User talk:Dominic/Archive27

Close
Please close the requested move discussion --Vinie007 11:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Absentee editor is I!
Hey Dominic,

I got your message back and I'm not dodging you or anything like that, the office has just been crazy as of late and I was out most of last week. I'd still quite like to talk over lunch or a soda, say tomorrow or next week. You might have to thwack me if I ask too many questions though :-) I've been talking with my team of and on about the GLAM/NARA, and it sounds like there's some interest in helping out, as our own responsibilities allow, of course.  Look for an email from me tomorrow morning, and I look forward to meeting you!

Cheers! BcNARApix (talk) 21:18, 16 June 2011 (UTC)


 * We should definitely do lunch next week. I'll keep an eye out for your e-mail. I assure you that you can't ask too many questions. ;-) Dominic·t 18:45, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

interview for Wikinews
Hey Dominic. You haven't acknowledged my comment above, and I'm just wondering whether you just missed it. I understand that you're busy, and if you indeed don't have time to do an interview, then I totally understand! Let me know. Cheers, Ragettho (talk) 19:30, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I haven't forgotten. :-) I will make sure to get it done over the weekend, but I just haven't had a chance yet (and I was out sick most of yesterday). I apologize for the delay. Dominic·t 19:53, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, I apologize again for stringing you along, but I've actually started this time. I'll post the text by tomorrow. Dominic·t 19:06, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem. Take your time! (Wikinews' staleness policy doesn't apply for interviews) Just one quick question: on what day did you start your work at the National Archives? Ragettho (talk) 04:48, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Hidden vs. suppressed
Hi,

I saw that you edited MediaWiki:Abusefilter-edit-denied some time ago. I don't quite understand why is "suppressed" better than "hidden" here, but it doesn't really matter to me; what does matter is that if you think that it is better, you should propose it at http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Support, so it would be fixed on all sites that use MediaWiki and not just in the English Wikipedia. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 18:43, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

You're invited to the New York Wiknic!


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Take along your friends (newbies permitted), your family and other free culture enthusiasts! You may also want to pack a blanket, some water or perhaps even a frisbee.

If you can, share what you're bringing at the discussion page.

Also, please remember that this is the picnic that anyone can edit so bring enough food to share!

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I submitted a couple requests
Thanks for the invite. I thought my name was already on the list of members but I added it so its all good now. I also submitted a couple of Requests.

On the issue of requests it might be worth while to setup a default request template of the information you are likely to need. Maybe something like this: {{NARA Request |type     = Media/Document/Advice, etc |description = Place description of your request here (and you can sign here too) |link = |action = |completed = --Kumioko (talk) 19:37, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * You and a few hundred of my closest friends just got that invitation. :-) That's a great idea. I'll see what I can do. As for your requests, moving images and textual documents may be complicated. I will have to see what our chances are of getting them digitized. Of course, if they are held here in College Park, we can organize for local volunteers to come in and digitize any requested documents. I have been meaning to post a note to DC-area Wikimedians at some point to see if there is any interest from Wikipedians in coming in to the National Archives and volunteering time to help with digitization; I can definitely make arrangements if anyone would like to participate in a project like that. Dominic·t 20:06, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * If you need me to I can probably help with scanning and stuff sometimes. I live in the DC area and work at the Navy Yard down the street (or rather down the Metro tunnel) from College Park. There is also already a group that comes to College park (I don't know how often) and scans or copies files for the FedFlix project. --Kumioko (talk) 18:29, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
You have  new messages ( last change ). / ƒETCH COMMS  /  19:47, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Remove from mailing list
Hello. Please remove him from your list. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:58, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I have removed the unnecessary notices from his page. Mine was just a one-time message to members of related WikiProjects, so there is no list to remove him from. Dominic·t 13:09, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Req
Hi Dominic, I left you a request over at your (awesome) page, but I wanted to make sure you didn't kill yourself in getting to me... I realize that a lot of requests just popped up out of nowhere. :-) Thanks again for doing this! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:11, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Uploads
Hey, I seem to be getting grief from the system for trying to upload large files, it won't seem to do it. Figured you're gone for the day, but wondered if you had any insight on whether its my lack of skill, the network, Wikimedia or a combination of the three. If all else fails I'll just have you upload the scans. BcNARApix (talk) 20:59, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I have frequently have similar problems if it makes you feel better and Wikipedia/Commons has a 100MB file size limit. --Kumioko (talk) 21:01, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I made sure the views were under 100mb, but even when around 25mb then it just seems to hang. I wouldn't put it past just being an issue on the network, not Commons. BcNARApix (talk) 21:06, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, I should have warned you. We think that this is a NARA network problem, probably bandwidth restrictions on our accounts that cause file uploads to fail. On a good day, I am able to get a few files to upload properly, but often I just take some home with me for upload. If you could just e-mail any files to me along with their citation information, I can take care of them. I actually need to bring another staff member in the loop on any new digitizations, so that the items can be described in ARC, too. Dominic·t 21:11, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

follow-up for Wikinews interview
Hey Dominic! Once again, thank you so much for agreeing to answer my questions! I really like what you had to say. I've been working on the article for the past few hours, and in a day or two I should have it ready for either your approval or further questions. Cheers, Ragettho (talk) 01:43, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello again. I've highlighted in red some possible typos in your answers. Please take a look at them and correct as needed. Furthermore, I've posted a follow-up question near the end of the article. Personally I thought it would be relevant to your statements on the need to organize the community, but if you think the question is irrelevant, then I'm open to pulling it out of the interview. Lastly, once you're done, please review the rest of the article and let me know if you're satisfied with the text, as you seem to have done with that one factual correction. :) Ragettho (talk) 04:48, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for answering the follow-up question. I'm getting ready to submit the article for publication; I even corrected a small typo in your answer. Are you ok with the entire article? Ragettho (talk) 22:34, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I think I am done and satisfied. Also, though the job posting said 32-40 hours, I am indeed working the full 40. Dominic·t 23:29, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The article was published. Thanks again for helping me out with my first Wikinews interview! :) Ragettho (talk) 17:33, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Small favor to ask
I realize you're quite busy, but I was wondering if you could do me a small favor. I'm going to be traveling until Sunday (but possibly Monday), so I won't have Internet access, and I was able to manage a quick expansion of Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom for the Today's Document challenge of July 7. Unfortunately, I'm not nearly done, and I'm actually about to run out the door in an hour now, so I was just wondering if you could make sure the article is coherent, figure out a good DYK hook and nominate it, and get the Today's Document stuff for it taken care of (the image is in the article already), and keep an eye on the nomination—I think it's been expanded 5x, but if it's a few hundred characters short, there are sources at User:Fetchcomms/Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. If you don't have time, it would really be helpful if you could find someone else to nominate for DYK and watch this until I get back on July 3 (and hopefully not later). Innumerable thanks, / ƒETCH COMMS  /  17:54, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok I'll see what I can do in the 3 days I have; a good go-to editor for Hawaii is Viriditas, btw. Res Mar 04:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Fetch: see User talk:Resident Mario. Also, I marked UPHTS as stale, no one's really done anything there in ages. :/ Res Mar 04:09, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, I've done a little background work and set down the article as a DYK nom: T:TDYK. Res Mar 22:45, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * My hotel has wifi but I'm stuck on an iPod for now, tyvm ResMar--I'll be back hopefully on July 3 so no worries there, it's before the July 7 date. Ta. / ƒETCH COMMS  /  03:38, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! =) Res Mar 03:47, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Awesome, great job you two! :-) Dominic·t 13:15, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, I think you are supposed to list the nomination in the normal area for review, and then move it to the special occasion holding area only after it is approved. Dominic·t 13:22, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Gotcha, now I know. Res Mar 16:54, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

 * Thanks, I was happy to do it. Dominic·t 13:18, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Today's Document talk
I've made a new template:. I can't find the ARC IDs though, where are these things? <b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 05:40, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

NARA FA contest
Dominic, I think your contest's timeline is too short. The minimum time an article will take at FAC is roughly two weeks. Given that these articles are popular/large in scope, it will be longer than this. Couple that with rewriting the articles, finding sources, etc., and you're looking at much more than a month. Just my opinion on it. Hope life is treating you well at NARA! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:56, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I do understand that. The timeline is tentative. The real reason I have a deadline at all is that that is when my time here at NARA is up. In the meantime, I will be working out how to run this beyond that date, but I can't make any promises right now. It could change at some point when that is resolved. I might also have to remove the deadline if it sounds like anyone is being scared away from even starting based on the timeline, because that's not the intention, but I thought I would set a short time frame which I know I can deliver on and see what happens. There certainly might be other languages where it would be easier and faster to achieve featured status, too. Dominic·t 22:06, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * On second thought, maybe this edit is a step in the right direction? Dominic·t 20:37, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * As long as the editor(s) can get someone to review it quickly, that's a great idea :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:43, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Block request
Please see Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive711. Would you care to do the honours, since you are familiar with this case? Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 20:39, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Dominic, if you're not going to block the IP, please let me know so I can take this elsewhere. Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 16:01, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I apologize. I am very distracted these days. I have reblocked the IP address. Dominic·t 18:35, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

hope you like it

 * Wikipedia patriotic scroll.gif
 * – Ling.Nut 09:16, 20 July 2011 (UTC)


 * That is great! Thanks! 13:33, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject National Archives Newsletter
The first ever WikiProject National Archives newsletter has been published. Please read on to find out what we're up to and how to help out! There are many opportunities for getting more involved. Dominic·t 21:21, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow, very cool! Kaldari (talk) 23:07, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

A2 Meet-up
Bummer my friend, as the 6th lands on the first day of my week out of town and away from this awful weather. I was really hoping to give folks the dime tour of Stills, but alas. Have fun at it, and if I can help with the set-up let me know. :-) BcNARApix (talk) 02:29, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

FYI
Dominic, the title on this image is wrong. Based solely on the number of guns, she has to be a New Mexico- or a Pennsylvania-class battleship. Based on the bridge structure and line drawings I have from Stillwell's Battleship Arizona, I'm almost certain the image is one of the two ships of the Pennsylvania-class after their late-20s/early-30s refits. It's virtually impossible to determine which one, but I'd love you forever if you could find out (if it's Arizona, I'll gladly add it into the relevant article) ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:46, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Is there a walkway around the pilothouse? (U.S. battleships: an illustrated design history By Norman Friedman, p. 204) ...oh and a low conning tower... – Ling.Nut 08:46, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Glad there's someone around with enough sense to check their sources. ;-) Now that I know what to look for, this is definitely Pennsylvania. Compare the top photo of Arizona here to the one taken of Pennsylvania on May 31, 1934 here. Note the open walkway on Pennsylvania versus the enclosed (and higher) walkway on Arizona. Thanks Ling.Nut, that was much appreciated. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:02, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Well this is disappointing. After fifteen minutes of peering at images of ships, I find the other half of the mistake: File:Pennsylvania (BB38). Starboard beam, underway, 08-23-1935 - NARA - 520584.tif. The two images must have been switched at some point. I don't have the right to move files at Commons, but if you know someone that does, all that's needed is to move them to the other's title and copy/paste the descriptions. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:09, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

So, if you need to show off the immediate benefits of the upload to your NARA people tomorrow, feel free to show them File:Delaware (BB28). Starboard bow, Guantanamo Bay, 01-01-1920 - NARA - 512950.jpg or all the articles that are now illustrated with their images. You could even point out that their image led me to find an unethically-photoshopped image! (I checked with my friend at the NHHC, who confirmed that our image was wrong to have three people hanging rather than two) :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:59, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Four things: (1) You are awesome. (2) I am really impressed that you caught these at all, and at your work identifying them. I am sure the people here at NARA will appreciate it, too, as I'll be letting them know. The descriptive aspects of catalogs are made by actual humans, so they often have more errors than we care to imagine (especially item-level archival description of unique documents). (3) The two mixed-up files have been switched on Commons. Please check: Nebraska  and Pennsylvania. (4) You are awesome. Dominic·t 14:13, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Heh, thanks! I didn't catch any more, but my knowledge of the little patrol ships is spotty at best. I didn't find matches for the missing counterparts to the above two images, by the way. The Savannah/Portland image might have been misidentified by NARA, but I hope they didn't mess up the Colorado one, as it says the name right on the image. ;-) The switched files look great now, thanks! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:13, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Another error, but this one's minor. File:V4 (SS164), reclassified as minelaying type SM1 and renamed the Argonaut. Port side, 11-1928 - NARA - 512984.tif was never SS-164; she was supposed to be designated with SS-166, but this never happened (see ). In a similar vein, File:V2 (SS166), renamed the Bass. Aerial, starboard beam, underway, 08-23-1935 - NARA - 520780.tif was not SS-166, but SS-164. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:29, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * (moved from above) Also note that File:Salt Lake City (heavy CA25). Aerial, starboard bow, underway, 08-23-1935 - NARA - 520813.tif is wrong; it's actually of USS Colorado (ACR-7). I expect we'll find that the Pennsy/Nebraska hiccup was repeated. I'm finally off to bed – cheers :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:27, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * This image too: File:Savannah (light CL42). Starboard bow, 02-08-1938 - NARA - 513030.tif. I think this one is actually USS Portland (CA-33) or USS Indianapolis (CA-35), but I'm too tired to look into it more. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:49, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I think I can positively identify this as Indianapolis based on the funnel cap (cf. File:USS Portland (CA-33) 30 July 1944.jpg versus File:USS Indianapolis at Mare Island.jpg). Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:37, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Here's one you uploaded on June 28th: File:Colorado (Armored Cruiser 7), renamed the Pueblo. Port side, underway, 09-1907.tif is actually USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4) with Eugene Ely's first shipboard landing. It was uploaded by your bot here and I added it to the ship article last night. :-) On the flip side, I found where the "Salt Lake City (heavy CA25)" image above needs to be moved to!!
 * Then for a few images that are clearly not of naval history and probably don't belong in that NARA series: File:George Washington receiving French generals at Mount Vernon - NARA - 512943.tif, File:Lafayette, Marquis de (bust) - NARA - 512941.tif, and File:Lafayette, Marquis de (bust) - NARA - 512941.tif. (this one might also be wrong, but JPJ is a naval war hero, so I'm not sure) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:32, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 10:12, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Ambassador Program: assessment drive
Even though it's been quiet on-wiki, the Wikipedia Ambassador Program has been busy over the last few months getting ready for the next term. We're heading toward over 80 classes in the US, across all disciplines. You'll see courses start popping up here, and this time we want to match one or more Online Ambassadors to each class based on interest or expertise in the subject matter. If you see a class that you're interested, please contact the professor and/or me; the sooner the Ambassadors and professors get in communication, the better things go. Look for more in the coming weeks about next term.

In the meantime, with a little help I've identified all the articles students did significant work on in the last term. Many of the articles have never been assessed, or have ratings that are out of date from before the students improved them. Please help assess them! Pick a class, or just a few articles, and give them a rating (and add a relevant WikiProject banner if there isn't one), and then update the list of articles.

Once we have updated assessments for all these articles, we can get a better idea of how quality varied from course to course, and which approaches to running Wikipedia assignments and managing courses are most effective.

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:23, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

DC-area Meetup, Saturday, August 6

 * You might want to remove from your distribution lists for the time being. That account has been blocked until June 19, 2012 based on the outcome of an Arbitration Committee case.  Imzadi 1979   →   21:56, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm just using the regular distribution list for DC events. In any case, anyone who would like to come is welcome, and blocked users have never caused a disruption before; the person you are talking about is actually quite involved in Wikimedia-related organizing in DC. Dominic·t 22:01, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I have corrected the meetup page as there is bus service on Saturday August 6 from the UMD-College Park station to the National Archives site on Adelphi Road. I have also included instructions for visitors coming by bus, rail or air (BWI, National and IAD).  Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) (talk) 15:54, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Excellent! I had no idea about that route because it apparently doesn't drop off in front of the main entrance, but out on the street (not too far, but not within view of the entrance). I've also added a note about a Saturday shuttle option, though the schedule is slightly misaligned with ours. Dominic·t 16:29, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Not to be sounding like I'm complaining, but will the free shuttle allow ordinary people on it? Some people discover that the University of Maryland bus service only allows UMD Faculty and Students to ride, with the possible exception of the bus running from the UMCP Metrorail station to the college, or at least it was about ten years ago when no Metrobuses went to the college so UMD's bus accepted non-students on that line only. Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) (talk) 16:54, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I know what you mean. I am living in College Park, and it's always quite irritating when those UMB buses are the only ones running and we can't use them. This one, however, is a public shuttle bus intended for "ordinary" people using the National Archives. :-) I have never used it before, but there should be no issues as far as I can tell. Dominic·t 17:02, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

added awards section to Wikipedia:GLAM/NARA

 * modify or delete it as you wish, see GLAM/NARA. – Ling.Nut (talk) 05:41, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

source files for cheat sheet
That cheetsheet is one of the pages of the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure, so that's where you can find the source: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Welcome2WP_SOURCE_082410.zip

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 01:25, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Well, I tried
I tried to go to the meetup today and only discovered that my ID had expired when I tried to get in. What's even more annoying is that when I went back to MVA to get a new ID, it was issued with an 8-year validity. It's silly that a card that is 5-years-and-less-than-a-month past its issue date is not valid for entry, but my new card will work for 8 years!

I don't understand why non-driver's IDs have expiration dates anyway; it's not like you need to take an eye test or a road test as you might for a driver's license.

Anyway, if you do another one, I'll try to show up. -- BRG (talk) 17:55, 6 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Someone was making the argument to me, just this past week, that a new ID (in my case, a passport) is needed every few years in order to ensure that your photo is relatively recent, otherwise it becomes useless as a means of identification (which defeats much of the purpose!). This person argued that in some countries, such as Germany, they issue IDs for life and that a picture of you as a 20-year-old was completely useless when you were trying to use it as an ID as a 60-year-old. It seemed like a reasonable argument to make. As someone with a currently expired passport, it'd be nice if they had a means of providing some damn notice, though. It's a good thing I have no international travel ahead!
 * I was thinking Wikipedia should have an article on U.S. state license expiry times, at a minimum. And maybe passport expiry times. But that also might be rather silly idea. It can be difficult to tell. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:03, 8 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Bruce, I'm really sorry that after all that, you got to the door but couldn't get in. :-( I would love to make this a more regular occurrence. Hopefully we'll have another similar event next week! Dominic·t 16:55, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

A brownie for you!
That chocolate sure was free!--Wehwalt (talk) 22:51, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Battleship pics
How specifically are we handling the files again? I've got them uploaded to Commons in both the original TIFF and in JPGs (see here). -- Cyde Weys 22:57, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Frederick's Photographic Temple of Art image file should be renamed
Hi Dominic, apologies if this isn't the correct method for doing this, but could you please correct the title of the for this pic? It should actually be Fredricks' Photographic Temple of Art. The photographer's name is Charles DeForest Fredricks. Thank you! Tmc11579 (talk) 00:23, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Email
– Connormah (talk) 01:35, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

User at unblock-en-l hit by a rangeblock
Hello Dominic. Here is part of a message at unblock-en-l: Hello, I tried to create an account on Wikipedia and I got an error message, stating that my ip is blocked. I want to make an inquiry on that, since I've never even tried to edit an article. I've only used Wikipedia for reading purposes. Information about the block: account creation from this IP address (94.64.55.196) was blocked by Dominic, who gave the reason checkuserblock. I think the range is. I noticed some IP vandalism via this rangecontribs but don't know if you also have registered users in mind. The block is anon-only. Is it OK to create an account for this person? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 00:45, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Talk with National Research Council
Hi Dominic

I work for the National Research Council in Washington, DC (specifically, the Division on Earth and Life Studies, www.dels.nas.edu), and we are interested in learning more about how we can contribute to Wikipedia. Over the past month or so, I’ve been talking with Cheryl Moy and Daniel Mietchen to develop some strategies about how we might do this, and they told me about the GLAM project.

On October 26, I’m holding an informal lunchtime session to tell the staff in my division a little bit about Wikipedia and how our organization might contribute to it. Although the GLAM project is a bit different to what we’d be working on, I thought it would be great if one (or both, I'm also going to contact Sarah Stierch) of the DC Wikipedians in Residence might be able to come and make a guest appearance. Perhaps you could talk about Wikipedia in general, why it is important for organizations to contribute, about the GLAM project, and your own experiences as a WiR.

Do you think you might be interested in this? If so, please let me know, and we can discuss this further.

Best wishes, Solmaz (Earlgrey101 (talk) 13:49, 28 September 2011 (UTC))


 * Hi Solmaz. This sounds exciting! I'm sure I can make make this work for my schedule. I am happy to talk to people about the inner workings of Wikipedia, as well as my perspective on GLAM collaborations. (Feel free to contact me at mcdevitd@undefinedgmail.com, if you prefer.) Dominic·t 23:53, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:The Musical in NYC Oct 22
You are invited to Wikipedia:The Musical in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and lectures that will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center), as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events being held across the USA.

All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and here !--Pharos (talk) 04:10, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

You're invited! Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC
Note: You can remove your name from the DC meetup invite list here. -- Message delivered by AudeBot (talk) 18:43, 31 October 2011 (UTC), on behalf of User:Aude

Thank you for the invitation
I would have loved to have been able to attend the first-ever backstage pass tour and Wikipedia editathon hosted by the Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley; but regret that I must miss out on this great opportunity. I fly out of LAX to Portland early on the 19th to spend Thanksgiving with family. I hope and pray that you do have a great turn out and that all who attend will find it more that worth the time and effort to participate. I personally know and expect that it will be a wonderful event and one that should not be missed if at all possible. Dbiel (Talk) 04:50, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your encouragement! I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. Hopefully if it's a success we'll have more similar events. ;-) Dominic·t 18:08, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

I added the meeting entry on the master page Meetup by editing the linked template. Hope you do not mind. Feel free to revise the entry. It was the best I was able to come up with. Dbiel (Talk) 05:52, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, looks fine. It hadn't even occurred to me. Dominic·t 18:08, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:BURO
Just read this quote in a book by a certain political scientist and immediately thought of WP:BURO. Might be too long for your userpage but I thought you might get a kick out of it. The general spirit of the bureaucracy is the secret, the mystery, preserved within itself by the hierarchy and against the outside world by being a closed corporation. Avowed political spirit therefore appears to the bureaucracy as treason against its mystery. Authority is the basis of its knowledge, and the worship of authority its conviction. In the bureaucracy, spirituality is crass materialism, the materialism of passive obedience, of faith in authority, of the mechanical action of fixed and formal behavior; of rigid principles, views, and traditions. In the case of the individual bureaucrat, the state objective turns into his private mission, chasing after higher posts, the making of a career. For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him. Hierarchy, the central organizing principle of bureaucracy, is not protection against abuse, but a powerful source of it. It encourages subordinates to rely on their superiors for rules and policy, superiors to trust only their officials and both to present a united and impassable barrier against outsiders. The bureaucracy shrouds all of its actions in secrecy preserved internally by hierarchy and against the community by its closed, corporate nature. And when it does interact with the world, the relationship is essentially, not accidentally, manipulative. The world is clay to be moulded, resistance to be overcome. causa sui (talk) 00:52, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

National Archives Extrava SCAN za

 * I read "documents ... theme ... battleships" and basically cheered for joy. I'm a bit far away to join you on any of the days, but if you find anything related to the South American dreadnought race, would you let me know? I'll be FACing it soon and I'd love to include any documents or images you find. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:58, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I thought you might enjoy that. :-) I put it on Saturday, when I expect the most attendees, because my sense is that while the other themes are all important, the battleships will be both popular among participants and put to the greatest use on Wikipedia. I would love it if we organized an on-wiki element to the event among those who are too far away to attend. Maybe a campaign the following week to categorize/digitally restore/add to articles the images, or even some article collaborations or something. Is that something you would be interested in organizing? Dominic·t 02:06, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd be fine with doing it, only if you find something on the Battle of Caldera Bay :). Buggie111 (talk) 02:17, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, considering these are the US' archives, I don't think they'd have much Buggie. ;-) Dominic, I left a message at WT:OMT and will leave a few more at relevant projects tomorrow (Ships, Milhist, US, etc.) after I go create a user subpage or something to actually organize this a bit. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:41, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd be most interested in images of German battleships, but can help find places in articles for pretty much anything. Depending on how the quarter goes, I might be able to help on article collaborations too. Parsecboy (talk) 12:10, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Why not a stand-alone page in the Project namespace? (And if you read any of cAldera, you'll see the ties to the US)... Buggie111 (talk) 14:45, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * If there's an online effort being organised in support, I would love to join in, in the evenings GMT (so early afternoon Eastern time). What I would particularly like from the "battleships" day, and what is particularly missing from our existing image selection, is images that support the technical details or the human side of the ships. We have lots of photos of battleships steaming along, a fair few of them firing their guns, but very few shots of the crews doing anything or operating any equipment, and very little in the way of technical drawings, photos of individual bits of kit, and so on... The Land (talk) 16:19, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind, Buggie, that NARA generally has documents that are from the records of a US federal agency. It turns out that there are a lot of photos of foreign ships because they were constructed at American ports, but I wouldn't be very hopeful about finding documents related to a foreign naval engagement unless Americans were involved. It can't hurt to look, though. I think there are probably some documents to be had related to the types of activities The Land wants, though. If any of you want to search the online catalog and see if you can pull of any records that look promising, that would help me prepare for the day, and I can get those records pulled. This will all depend on how many people show up next Saturday, and how productive we are, of course. However, if you haven't already, take a look at some of the images from the first event: Category:August 2011 NARA Backstage Pass. There are already a lot of ships in there, some of which may have been worked with already, but perhaps quite a few not. Dominic·t 22:16, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Well Dominic and Land, there is this group which includes this: "Many of the prints in this series are overall views of a ship while others show details of ship exteriors or interiors. Some interior views show the furnishings. Naval personnel on duty appear in a few of the photographs." There's even something for me (the Argentine Rivadavia!), and "views of the construction, launching and completion of some of the U.S. battleships launched between 1906 and 1919," which we have articles for and can certainly improve upon. However, there's two caveats here. You probably only want the first group identified there ("photographs of ships (thereunder alphabetically by the U.S. Navy name of the vessel)"), as we won't have articles for the small tugboats, and the navy yards aren't battleships. :-) The other is we already have five of these images on the Commons. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:52, 31 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, the background to the Chilean Civil War involved a brawl with sailors onboard the Baltimore and Chilean civilians. There might be something on that..... [Buggie]
 * You're thinking of the Baltimore Crisis, but I doubt many sailors had cameras. There may be some documents relating to the incident, though. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:52, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Section break
Back to the topic on hand: Should it be a contest? If so, what prizes will be offered? Buggie111 (talk) 22:29, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I actually tried to think of a way to make the scanning a contest, but there isn't really a fair way to do that (and you don't want to encourage people to scan faster, without regard to image quality or document safety). However, if you can come up with a reasonable contest related to the images we produce—as long as there are enough participants for it to be competitive and achieve some tangible results—I can supply some prizes from materials I am using for these prize packages. I would love to see that. Dominic·t 22:53, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I was thinking about the categorization/addition later to be done on-wiki. But maybe you could (or we here could, doesn't matter) rate each scan on a scale of 1 to 10. Whoever scores the most points (I'll assume you guys will be keeping logs of what each of you scan) will win a prize package. And I get one too, for giving you this idea! :) Buggie111 (talk) 23:07, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * And for onwiki, we could offer a specific barnstar for categorization of a specific type (Maritime for OMT, the Chilan Barnstar for Chile, etc.) and a larger barnstar for overall categorization. Buggie111 (talk) 23:12, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * That'd be a lot of scans for poor Dominic to go through, my friend. :-) On-wiki though, barnstars could work, but again there's the issue of who is going to count and tally it all? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:54, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Us? Buggie111 (talk) 02:06, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually I guess it depends on how many images there are... I was thinking of the automated bot, but that was thousands of previously-digitized photos that were donated which would have taken forever to tally. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:10, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * 17 hours, 10 people (hopefully)=About 500-750 scans. Not thaaaat bad, but still a handful. Buggie111 (talk) 02:13, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

NARA on-wiki group
User:The ed17/NARA -- on-wiki hub for participation in the scanathon. If these continue I will probably move it into the project space, but as it's a one time deal right now, I thought it would work best in userspace. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:45, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Are the Smithsonian Weather Maps (1848-1870) anywhere within the National Archives?
I poked around there about 11 years ago trying to find these wild geese, but like the whole Library of Congress, Archives was overwhelming and although I was able to find memos relating to the Smithsonian Weather Network, I couldn't find any of their surface weather maps. Would you know where to look? Are they elsewhere? They do not appear to be covered within the Weather Bureau or NOAA collections at NARA and I haven't run across them at the NOAA Central Library either. Would College Park have them? Out of ideas. Thegreatdr (talk) 20:14, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

sbm
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?diff=486804&oldid=486747&diffonly=1 --MZMcBride (talk) 18:26, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Dominic,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 05:45, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

transcription
hello my teacher told me about the transcription project and i would like to know what should i do --CarlaFlores25 (talk) 18:49, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Arkan Sonney
Any thoughts on whether Arkan Sonney should be on Wikipedia? It seems like Wiktionary material to me. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Help with District of Columbia GLAM page
Hey, Dominic, if you have a few minutes, I started a page for GLAM DC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect Needs some help! Djembayz (talk) 12:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Hadden Clark G10 CSD
Hi, I noticed you speedy deleted the article citing no sources. Although there were no proper references used, there was a link to more data on this person. I don't feel the G10 rule would apply to this article as it wasn't purely a negative biography or attack page, but documented history of an incarcerated serial killer. In these cases, I feel an improvement banner or cite sources banner would have been more appropriate. If this had been an attack page on a non-notable person or on a celebrity it would have fit G10 rules, but in this case it was the facts of his murder/case/trial. I haven't been on in awhile, so I don't know if there is a current trend of deleting serial killer articles as "attack pages" or not. This article could have been easily improved or had references provided. I propose this page be restored at some point so that it may be properly referenced as it is a historical record of fact. I currently do not have the time at the moment to improve upon the article, so I am not proposing restoring it immediately. Please feel free to reply or send me a message if you have any thoughts or comments. Sorry for the "rant" style message, kind of bogged down with research at the moment. Thank you for you time. &laquo;&raquo;Who?&iquest;? 21:59, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It is fairly obvious to me that accusing a person of being a serial killer makes a biography negative. I say "accusing" because these claims need reliable sources. Please note, though, that a deletion on the basis of a lack of sources is not actually a judgment on the subject's notability. If the topic can be properly sourced, it may be perfectly fine. In general, though, I also find that many such articles about criminals often fall afoul of other Wikipedia guidelines like Wikipedia is not a newspaper and single-event notability, so please keep that in mind. When you want to rework the article, any admin can give you the original text to work from, but just remember to ask yourself if there actually sufficient biographical information on this person that make a biographical article worthwhile, or if there is just news and true-crime coverage of his crimes.Thanks! Dominic·t 02:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * To be fair, I am not accusing, just following the facts already at hand, we do a lot of serial killer research and he's already been convicted, so I was just stating. As for the other, I do agree not all persons in society that do things of notable content are necessarily encyclopedic material. I wouldn't consider one off criminals to be inherently encyclopedic, but as far as confirmed serial killers, there's a great deal of need for this type of research from several communities, which qualifies some of them for inclusion. I'm not in it to glorify the topic like some of the true crime websites, we do it out of scientific need of research on this type of criminal. I also spend a great deal of my time, when I'm on, correcting, adding and revising authenticate references to several types of articles. I do appreciate your input on the matter. I am an admin, but I always give common courtesy and approach the admin who deleted an article before proceeding and usually request they undelete an article, even if I haven't made any edits to it. No worries, I would not revive an article if I could not obtain enough substantial factual information to sustain it, but I always try to save articles that may have merit with a little more effort put into them. Thanks again. &laquo;&raquo;Who?&iquest;? 03:22, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't mean to say that *you* were accusing a person of anything, or that the fact that this person is a serial killer is mere accusation. My point was simply that without actual references in the text as it was, we can't claim that the person is a convicted serial killer, and that's what makes it unacceptable as biography. (As in, without a reference the Wikipedia article was merely accusing the person, rather than establishing as fact that he is a convicted serial killer.) I'm sorry if I sounded like I was lecturing. I was genuinely just trying to give advice and didn't check to see how much experience you have. :-) Dominic·t 03:41, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You're right, I didn't read well into what you had said, and did not mean to sound rash, it was not my intention. Thanks for clarifying and the discussion. &laquo;&raquo;Who?&iquest;? 03:44, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Dominic!
Hi Dominic! Thanks for coordinating an event for WikiWomen's History Month! I am trying to gather information on a few things for a summary I'm writing about the month! It'd be great to know the following information, if possible: Any thoughts you can share about successes, participant experience, lessons learned, things one wishes they would have done differently, ways WMF and chapters can support these events, and so forth, would be wonderful. Thank you so much and all you do for improving women's representation and participation in Wikipedia. Sarah (talk) 19:22, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * How many participants did the event have?
 * How many new editors created accounts? (A list of editors would be awesome!)
 * Is it possible that all of the article and contribution outcomes can be shared on the WWHM outcomes page?

thank you note
Thanks for inviting me to the New England Meetup this weekend. It was very interesting. I only wish I could have stayed for dinner afterwards. --Found5dollar (talk) 13:53, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Meetup address corrected
Hi Dominic, tonight's meetup is at 33 Harrison Avenue, not 33 Harrison Street as was listed on the event page and meetup.com. Both of those are now fixed and I've sent an email to the Boston mailing list, but I wanted to let you know here in case you happened not to catch those other fixes. Map: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33+Harrison+Ave,+floor+5,+Boston,+MA+02111&hl=en&geocode=+&hnear=33+Harrison+Ave,+Boston,+Massachusetts+02111&t=m&z=16. Best, Emw (talk) 22:09, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Geonotice.js
Your edit summary Please do not take down notices like that without notifying whoever added it and discussing first confuses me. As far as I can tell there was no discussion about whether that particular notice should be included. The requests section at Geonotice does not mention it. Therefore its removal is per WP:BRD and the next step is the discussion part. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:52, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * There is no need to request most geonotices. A standard meetup or other Wikimedia event can simply be added by any admin. The request page is for non-admins, admins who don't know how to use the page, or for when discussion is required. Moreover, meetup notices are time-sensitive. It's not nice to simply take one down without even talking to the person about your disagreement first, and especially without even notifying them of your removal afterward so they can address it. I suggest you do that. Dominic·t 18:31, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying. I guess we have slightly different ideas of how the wiki works. To my mind, an undiscussed change which is contested may be reverted at will. In these cases it is often courteous to inform the editor, but not required. (Or perhaps you are treating this page differently to any other page on the project?) Moreover it can be unreasonable to expect an editor to trawl through all the recent history to find who actually added something ... although in this case I only had to go back 9 revisions. Anyhow I shall leave Harry a note, but do you actually disagree with the removal or were you reverting on principle? (Personally I couldn't care less about whether it is there or not, I was just acting on a good faith request from another editor.) Cheers &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:56, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * We're not talking about a hypothetical here. In this case, it was trivial to find out who added the notice and talk to them first; you didn't. You can actually revert anything that you want, and there is no requirement that you say anything to anyone about it. It's a wiki. I already explained why I think it reasonable that you should discuss any changes you want to make first, though. (I'm not trying to reprimand you; it's just that I don't find "It's not required that I be courteous" to be a very inspiring explanation.) As for the edit, I wouldn't have taken much notice if it seemed helpful, but I don't see how removing a notice on the English Wikipedia for a meetup taking place in a predominantly English-speaking country, just because the meetup is for a different Wikimedia project, is remotely helpful. Dominic·t 22:56, 12 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Dominic, it was removed because of the argument I posed here. It's not an en meetup. I understand what you are saying re notice (not) given, but it's exactly the same when someone reverts the revert (so to speak), as you did. I personally feel that it's more important in your case to found out why the decision was made. The position we are in now is quite an awkward 'wheel war' type of situation, and I'm concerned that people just wander off at this juncture (genuine big sigh).


 * I'm happy to put my point elsewhere if discussion is actually needed, but the question is where? For me it's actually an important issue. There is a Welsh language wiki for a reason, but it's not the language of Cardiff, the UK or the En.Wikipedia, it was initially misleading (it's not at all for En-language Wikipedians like myself and I actually live in Cardiff incidentally so it's a little disappointing), and I've probably wasted a couple of hours on this now all told (including getting the meetup page to be more clear). The "meet for a pint" thing is just wrong in this case. It's basically not accurate. I'd like to know if the different language wiki thing is or isn't in the rules too. If it is it should be more clear - ie the Wachlist should not just conflate the two different wikis (it should be clear), even if all the cities are British. You won't care, but there is serious politics in what Cardiff and Wales is and represents - so it really should all be clear. Matt Lewis (talk) 23:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)


 * We're not in a wheel war situation. It's just that the meetup organizers deserve to be consulted, precisely because someone might make a useful point like . To be honest, I don't really see what your complaint is, though. If you would rather not go to the meetup, then you don't have to. The notice does no harm to you. If you feel tricked because the meetup page wasn't clearly written, then that should be fixed, rather than the notice removed. There is still value in promoting it to others, though. (Also, I think your tone is a little off-putting. Welsh is a language of the UK, certainly, and you sound a little dismissive.) Dominic·t 23:30, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Mrjohncummings has got it wrong - it's not English language too. It did look like it was when the notice was place. As I've said, I've already had the meetup page re-written over that actual point, and withdrew my name. Please read my comments properly. The watchlist notice is harmful in my opinion - please read my above comment again, and don't be so dismissive when someone has that point of view. It's an issue with people. As for your last comment, I hardly ever say this but - AGF? Also you should have AGF'd with Martin's action. Basically - you need to assume good faith here. If you disagree, you disagree - but it sounds to me like it's not something you know a great deal about anyway. So agf! Matt Lewis (talk) 23:44, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you think I don't know about; it's not complicated. The meetup page specifically says "Non welsh speakers are also welcome to help work on the Welsh Language Wicipedia. Here are a few ideas: [...]". Again, if you don't want to go, you don't have to. But that's not a reason not to promote the event on the English Wikipedia. Welsh speakers, by and large, speak English and frequent the English Wikipedia, which is far more popular than the Welsh Wikipedia. It is appropriate to advertise here for any meetup taking place in Wales (just like it would be appropriate for a Montreal meetup). All geonotices reach a certain number of people who are not interested in the type of event being advertised, but that is unavoidable. I never accused anyone of acting in bad faith, and I really don't know what you are talking about there. Dominic·t 23:58, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You are not British are you. I just find it so amazing that you could right all that. Couldn't you just hold back and leave this kind of thing to someone from the UK, who might be more inclined to ask about actual reasoning before reverting an admin's action? Matt Lewis (talk) 00:08, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It is now clear to me that your objection is political in nature. And you don't seem capable of communicating without hostility. All I have done is reinstate a notice removed without discussion. I'm just a person; I'm not preventing anyone from taking it out again if there is community consensus for that action. If that's what you want, please go elsewhere and find that consensus. I doubt you'll get far with that attitude, though. Dominic·t 00:24, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I told you it was political in nature! It's there already I'm afraid - so Wikipedia cannot be cack handed in these areas. It should be more intelligent than this anyway. The 'notice' was placed without any prior discussion at all, and there was some discussion on removing it - at least more than there was in putting it up. You just didn't see it. Saying I am incapable of not being hostile is just typical admin defensiveness in these situations. It's always the same when admin revert other admin in this manner - some editor somewhere always gets really cheesed off. I'm sorry, but "go elsehwere" is a naff reply to my continual question "where?". It also might explain why there is little or no discussion to be found. And it's just typical of course that I need to "find consensus" when you people so rarely do. Matt Lewis (talk) 01:07, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I did see your complaint, as it was linked in the original edit summary. There was no ensuing discussion, however. I've also seen that you have been told there, and it's clear in this thread too, that this is a Geonotice. That is where it would make sense to discuss it. Dominic·t 14:32, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't say it was that obvious, but I'll do so on the Talk page. I didn't see any discussion like it there when I had a look. The place is clearly unregulated, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was largely unwatched too. Matt Lewis (talk) 16:50, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * There is not much to regulate. There is not usually much controversy in announcing meetups. Dominic·t 16:55, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

You're invited! Wikimedia DC Annual Membership Meeting
Note: You can remove your name from the DC meetup invite list here. -- Message delivered by AudeBot, on behalf of User:Aude 18:17, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Coordinator sought for the US National Archives WikiProject
Greetings, WikiProject US National Archives member!

We are seeking a coordinator to help reboot the project and work on new initiatives! The role is modeled after other Wikiproject coordinators, like the WikiProject Military History coordinators. The coordinator will work with the Wikipedian in Residence to organize and increase participation in the WikiProject, with the goal that the WikiProject is an active space for collaboration maintained by and for the Wikipedia editors, rather than the National Archives.

Please see the full information at GLAM/NARA/Coordinator and contact me is you have any questions. Feel free to pass this note along to any interested parties. Thanks! Dominic·t 21:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

The Generals Photos again
Hi Dominic - are you still at NARA? If so, over the past few months I've been receiving letters from stillpix regarding the generals that I'd previously been trying yo find hptoos for - I have the accession numbers currently and also have the Xerox photocopies uploaded here - is there any way we can arrange to get color scans of the images on here? Thanks, – Connormah (talk) 21:32, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Here are the photos -
 * File:Chess edwin r.jpg (342-P-133-14-A)
 * File:Samford John Alexander 2.jpg ( 342-B-12161-1-(P-175-4-A) )
 * File:Samford John Alexander.jpg (342-B-12-036-2-KE-10121)
 * File:Ackerman John B.jpg (342-B-12-001-1-K-KE6356)
 * File:Wm H Blanchard VCSAF.jpg (342-B-12-004-KE16732)
 * Alt shot of Blanchard - (342-B-12-004-1-KE16733)
 * File:Gerrity Thomas Patrick.jpg ‎ (342-P-143-32-A)
 * File:Preston Gen MA.jpg (342-B-12-332-K-10049-A)
 * File:GEN McBride, William Vincent 2.jpg (342-B-12271-KN-54978)
 * File:GEN McBride, William Vincent 1.jpg (342-B-12271-KN-54977)
 * Additionally, 2 others (of Gen. Charles D. Palmer) that they could not provide me with a Xerox of, as it only exists as a negative - (111-C-11194) and (111-P-33638)
 * If there's any way we can get color scans of these, that'd be great! Thanks! – Connormah (talk) 21:45, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This is actually good timing. I've been away from NARA for grad school, but I am back for the summer now. I'm willing to put more work into fulfilling requests, and making the requests page functional. It can be a little difficult, because I don't really work in still pix or digitization (I'm in social media), but I think our luck might be changing with some of the new people we have in the office that are more connected. I'll see what we can do. Maybe in exchange (I know you're working on these so you can improve the articles, so you don't really owe me anything; I'm just being cute), you could tale a look at WP:GLAM/NARA/Coordinator and see what you think. I think we could use someone who's invested in the project, experienced, and active like you. Dominic·t 00:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd love to help out, however I'm pretty busy in the next year with school (and I'm taking a course this summer as well). I'll keep watch and make improvements to the articles when I get the time though, without question. Thanks for the help! – Connormah (talk) 00:56, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Could we additionally get
 * File:William E DuPuy.jpg (111-PC-200614)
 * in color as well? I just got another letter today for some others, I'll post their citation numbers here once I upload the Xeroxes. Thanks! – Connormah (talk) 23:11, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Here are the other ones I got today:
 * File:TPFinnegan1.jpg (342-B-12-13-2-KE-13497)
 * Finnegan ALT - (342-B-12-13-2-KE-13497-A)
 * File:TPFinnegan2.jpg (342-B-12-13-2-K-10636)
 * File:EODonnellJr1.jpg (342-B-12-32-1-KE-11403)
 * File:EODonnellJr2.jpg (342-B-12-32-1-K-13398)
 * Kenneth B. Hobson - (342-P-149-21-A) and (342-P-149-21-OFF) - no copy could be made as these only exist as a negative (pretty sure these are his 4 star portraits - I have copies the cards with info)
 * Keep me posted if you are able to get these done! Thanks so much again! – Connormah (talk) 23:48, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

You've got mail!
Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:45, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Better link
At http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence, many projects list to subpages about them, but the NARA project just links to the US National Archives on Wikipedia. I am sure you could provide a better link, right? --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 19:08, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries
Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries is part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012, the second annual continent-wide campaign to bring Wikipedia and libraries together with on-site events. Running this fall through October and November, libraries (and archives) will open their doors to help build a lasting relationship with their local Wikipedian community.

Organized by Wikimedia DC, this event will take place on October 12, 2012, and will include new editor training, a "backstage pass" tour of the National Museum of Natural History, and an edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Kirill [talk] 18:43, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Your username
Hi Dominic. Your username is linked from Wikisource. Any suggestions what to do? I think it is useful, but I think our policy is not to link userpages. Are you notable yet? :) With all the coverage, I think you should be... :) --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 20:42, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * If I'm to be mentioned, it should probably use the real name (I'm not sure if any secondary sources have ever actually noted my username), and I agree that it's odd to link to the user page. Personally, I'd rather it just be unlinked, rather than made into a red link or (heaven forfend) an article, but I understand that shouldn't really be my decision. Dominic·t 11:17, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedian in Residence
Hello, I saw your name at GLAM/US/Connect as a contact in New England. I'm organizing a residence at Brown University's Ladd Observatory in Providence, Rhode Island. A draft of the project description is at Wikipedian in Residence/Ladd Observatory. Any feedback, suggestions or help spreading the word would be greatly appreciated. --mikeu talk 02:37, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Another COI discussion
You may want to weigh in here, since I know you see the issue very differently than I do. User_talk:Jimbo_Wales. Gigs (talk) 17:13, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Notification
Hi, Hope this finds you & yours well....

Just a friendly heads up that your adminstrator bit is up for yearly review over on Wikisource this month. I'm a proponent of the NARA project overall, value your efforts there & have my support to remain an Admin because of that oversight, but I get the sense there might be (stress might be) an issue growing over the "lack" of activity/coordination on that front for more than a few months now. It might be a good idea to pop-in over there and make it clear real-life has temporarily taken your attention away (or whatever) for the most part and the Project is not "dead" (or maybe it is?). Either way, I think its better that you speak to the community/project sooner rather than later. Prost. -- George Orwell III (talk) 23:38, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

FYI
I made a editprotected request at MediaWiki talk:Abusefilter-edit-denied. Legoktm (talk) 03:47, 3 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] 04:33, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Come to the First Topeka Meetup, January 15!


Come celebrate Wikipedia Day with other Kansas Wikipedians sponsored by Wikimedians Active in Local Regions in the United States (WALRUS) and hosted by the Topeka and Shawnee Public Library. Come chat, hang out and enjoy good company while find out more about Wikipedia in our regional community! RSVP at Meetup/Topeka/Wikipedia_Day.

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Hope to see you there Sadads (talk) 20:01, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Celebration and Mini-Conference in NYC Saturday Feb 23
You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia Day and the 12th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site at Wikipedia Day NYC on Saturday February 23, 2013 at New York University; sign up for Wikipedia Day NYC here, or at bit.ly/wikidaynyu. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience!--Pharos (talk) 01:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassadors update
Hi! You're getting this message because you are or have been a Wikipedia Ambassador. A new term is beginning for the United States and Canada Education Programs, and I wanted to give you an update on some important new information if you're interested in continuing your work this term as a Wikipedia Ambassador.

You may have heard a reference to a transition the education program is going through. This is the last term that the Wikimedia Foundation will directly run the U.S. and Canada programs; beginning in June, a proposed thematic organization is likely to take over organizing the program. You can read more about the proposal here.

Another major change in the program will take effect immediately. Beginning this term, a new MediaWiki education extension will replace all course pages and Ambassador lists. (See Course pages and Help:Education Program extension for more details.) Included in the extension are online volunteer and campus volunteer user rights, which let you create and edit course pages and sign up as an ambassador for a particular course.

If you would like to continue serving as a Wikipedia Ambassador — even if you do not support a class this term — you must create an ambassador profile. If you're no longer interested in being a Wikipedia Ambassador, you don't need to do anything.

First, you need the relevant user rights for Online and/or Campus Ambassadors. (If you are an admin, you can grant the rights yourself, for you as well as other ambassadors.) Just post your rights request here, and we'll get you set up as quickly as possible.
 * Please do these steps as soon as possible

Once you've got the ambassador rights, please set up at a Campus and/or Online Ambassador profile. You can do so at:
 * Special:CampusAmbassadorProfile
 * Special:OnlineAmbassadorProfile

Going forward, the lists of Ambassadors at Special:CampusAmbassadors and Special:OnlineAmbassadors will be the official roster of who is an active Ambassador. If you would like to be an Ambassador but not ready to serve this term, you can un-check the option in your profile to publicly list it (which will remove your profile from the list).

After that, you can sign on to support courses. The list of courses will be at Special:Courses. (By default, this lists "Current" courses, but you can change the Status filter to "Planned" to see courses for this term that haven't reached their listed start date yet.)

As this is the first term we have used the extension, we know there will be some bugs, and we know the feature set is not as rich as it could be. (A big wave of improvements is already in the pipeline. And if you know MediaWiki and could help with code review, we'd love to have your help!) Please reach out to me (Sage Ross) with any complaints, bug reports, and feature suggestions. The basic features of the extension are documented at Course pages, and you can see a tutorial for setting up and using them here.

In the past, the Education Program has had a pretty fragmented set of communication channels. We're trying to fix that. These are the recommended places to discuss and stay up-to-date on the education program:
 * Communication and keeping up to date
 * 1) The education noticeboard has become the main on-wiki location for discussion of the Education Program. You can post there about broad education program issues as well as issues with individual courses.
 * 2) The Ambassadors Announce email list is a very low-traffic announcements list of important information all Ambassadors need to be aware of. We encourage all Ambassadors (and other interested Wikipedians) to subscribe to the list; follow the instructions on the link to add your email address.
 * 3) If you use IRC regularly, or need to try to reach someone immediately, the  IRC channel is the place to find me and fellow Ambassadors.

We now have an online training for Ambassadors, which is intended to be both an orientation about the Wikipedia Ambassador role for newcomers and the manual for how to do the role. (There are parallel trainings for students and for educators as well.)
 * Ambassador training and resources

Please go through the training if you feel like you need a refresher on how a typical class is supposed to go and where the Ambassadors fit in, or if you want to review and help improve it. If there's something you'd like to see added, or other suggestions you have for it, feel free to edit the training and/or leave feedback. A primer on setting up and using course pages is included in the educators' training.

The Resources page of the training is the main place for Ambassador-related resources. If there's something you think is important as a resource that's not on there, please add it.

Finally, whether or not you work with any classes this term, I encourage you to post entries to the Trophy Case whenever you see excellent work from students or if you have great examples from past semesters. And, as always, let students (and other editors!) know when they do things well; a little WikiLove goes a long way!

--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:43, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for February 12
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DC happy hour on Thursday, February 28!
Please join Wikimedia DC for Happy Hour at the Capitol City Brewery at Metro Center on Thursday, February 28 at 6 p.m. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, see Meetup/DC 34. Hope to see you there! Harej (talk) 02:19, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Signpost op-ed
Hey Dominic, would you, or does someone you know, be interested in authoring a Signpost op-ed on the best ways to approach GLAMs? I discovered that there's not a whole lot of advice on this when I found some images on Flickr of 'my' Brazilian ships, and I can't imagine that I'm the only one. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:26, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks
for holding the hand of User talk:HistoricalSocietyWashingtonDC. I can't quite remember how I came across their username, which is why I left that note rather than possibly reporting them. They posted on their talkpage about their name and I must not have put it on my Watchlist. So thanks. Shearonink (talk) 06:03, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. I'm glad a block at least wasn't their very first interaction with the Wikipedia community. ;-) And I'm hoping to meet them tomorrow and ensure that they, and the Historica Society of DC, remain interested in contributing. Dominic·t 06:06, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

April 2013 Bootcamp
Hi Dom -

So excited about the upcoming Bootcamp. How will it work with the travel expenses? Thanks. Bdcousineau (talk) 15:20, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Meetup NYC this Sunday April 14
Hi Dominic! You're invited to our next meeting for Wikipedia Meetup NYC on Sunday April 14 -this weekend- at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.

Please sign up, and add your ideas to the agenda for Sunday. Thanks!

Delivered on behalf of User:Pharos, 18:10, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

You are invited to the "All Things GW" editathon on Saturday, April 20
The "All Things GW" editathon on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. is a rare chance to go behind the scenes in the University Archives of the GW Libraries and use their unique resources to research and update Wikipedia pages related to The George Washington University and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. Did you miss our last D.C. history editathon? This is your is your chance to come edit with wiki-friends using different great collection! The event includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives and a show-and-tell of some of its most interesting treasures, snacks, and the editathon.

Participation is limited to 30 volunteers, so RSVP today! Dominic·t 07:22, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

User:Josephgrossberg no longer in DC area
I got invited to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/All_Things_GW but I am no longer in the DC area and would like to stop receiving invites. I'm not listed on Meetup/DC/Invite/List; is there anywhere else I should check? Josephgrossberg (talk) 19:50, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

May 3 2013, 19-20h UTC, GLAMout Google Hangout Link Location is GLAM/GLAMout
Hello, You signed up to participate or view in this month's GLAMout. We'll be using Google Hangout, but unfortunately the link to the Hangout won't be available, until 15 minutes beforehand. We'll post the link as soon as possible at GLAM/GLAMout

Time: 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC) Coordinator: Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC Anchor topic: VIAFbot and authority control in EN:WP, and on Wikidata.

EdwardsBot (talk) 05:06, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

2013 Wikinic
Hope you can make it Tinkermen (talk)

You're Invited: Field Notes Edit-a-Thon, Friday June 21
The Field Book Project, a joint effort of the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Archives, invites you to an edit-a-thon on the scientific field diaries held at the Smithsonian on Friday, June 21, 10am-5pm. Activities include new editor orientation and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Smithsonian’s Russell E. Train Africana Collection. Participants will also be invited to preview and test transcribe field book materials using the Smithsonian’s new digital Transcription Center. Coffee and lunch generously provided courtesy of Wikimedia DC.

Hi Dominic- We'd love to have you at the edit-a-thon. And if you can suggest ways we can spread the word, let me know! Best, --Digitaleffie (talk) 13:40, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

DC WikiSalon on June 6
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:48, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May in the USA
Hello Dominic, You have written before for the newsletter This Month in GLAM. I see the USA is missing regarding the edition about May 2013, do you perhaps have any idea what GLAM activities were done in the USA in May? Can you perhaps write about those? Or do you know who I can ask to write about it? Thanks! (Deadline of the May edition is Friday 7 June 18:00 UTC, so in about 6 hours. If you need more time I can postpone it.) You can start writing at the page GLAM/Newsletter/May 2013/Contents/USA report. If you wish to be informed by e-mail next time, please write me at this page. You can reach me the best at nl-wiki talk page. Greetings - Romaine (talk) 12:43, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Join us this Sunday for the Great American Wiknic!
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Harej (talk) 15:31, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

You're Invited: Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian

 * These edits mangled a number of user talk pages (example) and the lack of prompt action on your part to correct these mistakes is making the cleanup process much more difficult. Even very recent edits often cannot simply be reverted when there are subsequent edits. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:37, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's bizarre that pywikipedia did that; it hasn't in the past, that I am aware of. I'll use a different method next time. I am not sure I can go through hundreds of talk pages to check for that, though. Luckily, no one else has complained so far. Dominic·t 20:28, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, August 24!
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 03:52, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Are you free on Wednesday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 11:27, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Meet up with local Wikipedians on September 14!
Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 18:44, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Are you free next Thursday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 26 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 05:39, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Are you free on Sunday? Join us for a special Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!

Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.

If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill [talk] 01:58, 8 October 2013 (UTC)