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An exciting opportunity to get involved!
As a member of the Aviation WikiProject or one of its subprojects, you may be interested in testing your skills in the Aviation Contest! I created this contest, not to pit editor against editor, but to promote article improvement and project participation and camraderie. Hopefully you will agree with its usefulness. Sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here. The first round of the contest may not start until September 1st-unless a large number of editors signup and are ready to compete immediately! Since this contest is just beginning, please give feedback here, or let me know what you think on my talkpage. -  Trevor  MacInnis   contribs  00:16, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Contest update
Well, it's just 1 day until the contest begins, so I thought I'd check in with everyone and make sure you're all ready to go. First I'd like everyone to check out the main contest page and read over the rules and the scoring system. If you have any final questions or concerns, make them known on the talk page. WikiProject Aviation/Contest/History/2009 is the scoreboard that will be updated, you can watchlist it. Check out WikiProject Aviation/Contest/Submissions which shows how your submission page should look. Another example is at WikiProject Aviation/Contest/Submissions Example, and your personal page should be listed at the footer of the page, which is also at WikiProject Aviation/Contest/Users. Again, take any questions to the contest talk page.

Good luck! -  Trevor  MacInnis   contribs  20:57, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Contest scoring change
I've realized there may be an issue with the scoring system, and I have a solution, which I've explained here. Feedback is requested. -  Trevor  MacInnis   contribs  23:54, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Aviation Contest
Hi Econterms! This note is to inform you that your Aviation Contest submissions page has been archived from the previous round! You are now free to add submissions for this round! Note: This next round will run from January through February, so feel free to update your submission page with work from both months! Thanks, and happy editing! (Note: I will not be watching this space. If you have any questions, feel free to ask at the Contest discussion page. -SidewinderX (talk) 13:43, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Economics census
Hello there. Sorry to bother you, but you are (titularly at least) a member of WP:WikiProject Economics, as defined by this category. If you don't know me, I'm a Wikipedia administrator, but an unqualified economist. I enjoy writing about economics, but I'm not very good at it, which is why I would like to support in any way I can the strong body of economists here on Wikipedia. I'm only bothering you because you are probably one of them. Together, I'd like us to establish the future direction of WikiProject Economics, but first, we need to know who we've got to help.

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good catch
I'm usually the one making those sorts of corrections but here I slipped into this all too common mistake. Thanks. radek (talk) 22:04, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Just dropping by...
...to say hi on the en wiki :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 21:59, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Wiki-Conference NYC (2nd annual)
Our 2nd annual Wiki-Conference NYC has been confirmed for the weekend of August 28-29 at New York University.

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Meetup/DC 11
Hey, just in case you missed it, there is an oppurtunity to get a free dinner this Tuesday August 11 and a chance to meet and hang out talk about WikiProject United States Public Policy and WP:GLAM/SI. Sorry that this is so late in the game, I was hoping the e-mail would be a better form of contact for active members (if you want to get on the e-mail list send me an User e-mail ). Hope that you can attend, User:Sadads (talk)12:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC

small world networks
Thanks for the note - it looks like the article you found is totally appropriate! And nice changes too. Carry on! de Bivort 04:44, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Historical Social Research
hey. The article looks good an notable. However wiki's (such as the German version of wikipedia) are not reliable sources under WP:RS. Cheers --Guerillero &#124; My Talk 02:01, 3 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Fixed. Econterms (talk) 20:42, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia DC Meetup 13
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 * I made a comment on your topic idea at Meetup/DC 13, would like to talk to you about it some time. Unfortunately I can't be at the meetup, Sadads (talk) 18:35, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

File:L'Aérophile cover 1898.jpg
The engraving is signed "M. Mallet" in the bottom right. Bit of Googling later, yes, I think that would be the same Mallet. So yes, it should be PD in both the U.S. and France, and should be fine for Commons. Carl Lindberg (talk) 14:17, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiXDC: Wikipedia 10th Birthday!
You are invited to WikiXDC, a special meetup event and celebration on Saturday, January 22 hosted by the National Archives and Records Administration in downtown Washington, D.C. Please RSVP soon as possible, as there likely will be a cap on number of attendees that NARA can accommodate.
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Nice to meet you!
Hi! It was nice to meet you at the WikiXDC event yesterday! Thanks for talking about Statipedia and sharing your thoughts about the potential incorporations of similar projects into other areas of Wikipedia. I do contracting work at the Smithsonian, and I know you mentioned seeking information about federal policy regarding Wikipedia editing/etc during work time. Would you like me to look up Smithsonian policy? I haven't even looked it up myself! :) I have added photos to our event page, feel free to add to it! WikiXDC photos See you soon! Missvain (talk) 22:25, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

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Wikimania 2012 bid, DC chapter & next meetup!

 * 1) At WikiXDC in January, User:Harej proposed that DC submit a bid to host Wikimania 2012. A bid and organizing committee is being formed and seeks additional volunteers to help. Please look at our bid page and sign up if you want to help out.  You can also signup for the bid team's email list.
 * 2) To support the Wikimania bid, more events like WikiXDC, and outreach activities like collaborations with the Smithsonian (ongoing) and National Archives, there also has been discussion of forming Wikimedia DC, as an official Wikimedia chapter.  You can express interest and contribute to chapter discussions on the Wikimedia DC Meta-Wiki pages.
 * 3) To discuss all this and meet up with special guest, Dutch Wikipedian User:Kim Bruning, there will be a meetup, Meetup/DC 16 this Tuesday at 7pm, at Capitol City Brewery, Metro Center. There will be a pre-meetup Wikimania team meeting at 6pm at the same location.

Apologies for the short notice for this meetup, but let's discuss when, where & what for DC Meetup #17. Also, if you haven't yet, please join wikimedia-dc mailing list to stay informed. Cheers, User:Aude (talk)

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WikiProject United States Government
Greetings. I noticed that you are one of the few members of WikiProject United States Government that are still active so I wanted to ask you a question. It appears that this project is mostly inactive aside from what the members might be doing independently. I was considering suggesting that this project be pulled in under WikiProject United States and wanted to solicit comments from some of this projects members before doing so. As with Washington DC and the others the project would for the most part maintain its own independence but I believe this would benefit both projects. What do you think about this? --Kumioko (talk) 00:54, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The way they are organized now makes sense to me. I think the energy and capability to improve Wikipedia comes from individuals not from WikiProjects so I wouldn't want to spend a lot of time on reorganizing unless I could see how it would make a difference to individuals. Have you written up the costs/benefits/risks of a reorganization? I'd take a look. -- Econterms (talk) 13:57, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

DC Meetup: May 7 @ Tenleytown Library
The next DC Wikimedia meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 3:30-5:30 pm at the Tenleytown Library (adjacent to the Tenleytown Metro Station, Red Line), followed by dinner & socializing at some nearby place.

This is the first official meeting of our proposed Wikimedia DC chapter, with discussion of bylaws and next steps. Other agenda items include, update everyone on our successful Wikimania bid and next steps in the planning process, discuss upcoming activities that we want to do over the summer and fall, and more.

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GLAM-Wiki Baltimore meetup
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There also is a Wikipedia & Cultural Heritage at the Young Preservationist Happy Hour on Friday, July 22, 6:30pm at the Midtown Yacht Club, an unpretentious neighborhood pub.

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Re:Bert Hoselitz
I will try to look over the article and issues as soon as I can, but I may be a bit inactive over the next few days (dissertation defense, family issues, etc.).

I will not be in Haifa, sadly. Can you remind me which city you are in? I will let you know if a conference takes me there. Or if worst comes to worse, maybe WikiSym/Wikimania next year? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk 02:38, 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 21:22, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation
 Bert F. Hoselitz, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. Thank you for helping Wikipedia! CharlieEchoTango (talk) 17:43, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
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Talkback
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You're invited! Wikimedia DC Annual Membership Meeting
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You're invited! Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC
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Nomination for deletion of Template:PD-USGov-USDA-FSA
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You're invited to DC Meetup #28!
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You're invited: Smithsonian Institution Archives Edit-a-thon!
Hi! Thanks for signing up to attend the Smithsonian Institution Archives edit-a-thon, today. We are located in Suite 3000, the 3rd floor, of Capital Gallery in Washington, D.C. Please bring a government issued ID, a laptop, and, if you wish, a camera. We will be taking a tour of the facility so you'll have a chance to see rare and cool things from the Archives! Any questions let us know, and we'll see you soon! Sarah (talk) 13:45, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

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

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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)

Talkback
Armbrust, B.Ed. WrestleMania XXVIII The Undertaker 20–0  07:03, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to comment at Monty Hall problem RfC
You are invited to comment on the following probability-related RfC:

Talk:Monty Hall problem

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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)

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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] 14:16, 10 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] 04:41, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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) 02:27, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to a discussion: Wikipedia and legislative data
Hi Econterms, since you are interested in meetups in DC, I'd like to invite you to attend the Cato Institute's "Wikipedia and Legislative Data" events on March 14. (There's also an all day workshop on March 15; let me know if you are interested, we may be able to add more people.)

There will be an introduction to Wikipedia and open edit-a-thon in the afternoon, and a Sunshine Week Reception in the evening. I hope you can make it!


 * Please sign up here
 * Announcement on Cato's blog
 * Background from Cato sponsor Jim Harper's perspective
 * Background from Wikipedian Pete Forsyth's perspective

Hope to see you there! -Pete (talk) 19:09, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, March 9!
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Guapo's at Tenleytown-AU on Saturday, March 9 at 5 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 Meetup/DC 35. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 14:02, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

You are invited to a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29
In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian and the National Museum of Women in the Arts are teaming up to organize a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29, 2013 from 10:00am - 5:00pm. The event is focused on encouraging women editors while improving Wikipedia entries about women artists and art world figures. This event is free of charge, but participation is limited to 20 volunteers, so RSVP today! Sarasays (talk) 23:18, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, April 13!
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, April 13 at 5:30 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 Meetup/DC 36. Hope to see you there! Kirill [talk] 19:07, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

WikiLoves Capitol Hill
 Thanks for you participation in the very first Meetup/DC/WikiLoves Capitol Hill.

For all your hard work, you have earned a pawn!

Nothing promotes WikiLove more than the advancement of pawns to K-8 becoming a Queen for open knowledge. Slowking4Farmbrough's revenge ⇔ †@1₭ 12:59, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

DC meetups on April 19 and 20
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for two exciting events this weekend:

On the evening of Friday, April 19, we're hosting our first-ever WikiSalon at our K Street office. The WikiSalon will be a twice-monthly informal meetup and collaborative editing event to help build the community of Wikimedia enthusiasts here in DC; please join us for its inaugural session. Light refreshments will be provided.

On Saturday, April 20, we've partnered with the George Washington University to host the All Things GW Edit-a-Thon at the Teamsters Labor History Research Center. Please join us for behind-the-scenes tours of the University Archives and help edit articles about GWU history.

We look forward to seeing you at one or both of these events! Kirill [talk] 20:12, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, May 11!
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, May 11 at 5:30 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] 23:12, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

DC WikiSalon on May 24
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of May 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] 18:27, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Webinar / edit-a-thon at the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Join us at the NLM next week, either in person or online, to learn about NLM resources, hear some great speakers, and do some editing!

On Tuesday, 28 May there will be a community Wikipedia meeting at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland - with a second on Thursday, 30 May for those who can't make it on Tuesday. You can participate either in-person, or via an online webinar. If you attend in person, USB sticks (but not external drives) are ok to use.

Please go to the event page to get more information, including a detailed program schedule.

If you are interested in participating, please register by sending an email to pmhmeet@gmail.com. Please indicate if you are coming in person or if you will be joining us via the webinar. After registering, you will receive additional information about how to get to our campus (if coming in-person) and details about how to join the webinar. Klortho (talk) 00:52, 25 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] 11:58, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Have time on Saturday?
I'm sorry for the last-minute notice, but on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 6 PM, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute are hosting a Legislative Data Meetup. We will discuss the work done so far by WikiProject U.S. Federal Government Legislative Data to put data from Congress onto Wikipedia, as well as what more needs to be done. If you have ideas you'd like to contribute, or if you're just curious and feel like meeting up with other Wikipedians, you are welcome to come! Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.

I hope to see you there!

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Harej (talk) 04:44, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, June 15!
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, June 15 at 5:30 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] 20:17, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Join us this Sunday for the Great American Wiknic!
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Harej (talk) 16:09, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, July 13!
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, July 13 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] 00:51, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange
Hi Econterms, I was referred to you by Djembayz and Bluerasberry. Here is my background which I just posted at here. As a government Wikipedian, do you have any suggestions about how I can use Wikipedia and DBpedia to share the resources on the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange site? I work on other projects too, but this collection has the most useful content. If I am successful at this effort, I can use my experience as a case study to share with other project directors at Westat working on a variety of health, education, and other government projects.

Hello, I am the Web Content Manager for the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange. I work for Westat, the contractor that manages this project on behalf of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The site contains more than 800 innovation profiles that describe quality improvement programs that have been successfully implemented at various health care organizations and hospitals throughout the United States. I would like to find out how I can use the collection to enhance articles about specific health care providers and topics such as EHRs, chronic conditions, patient safety, etc. All of the material on the site is public domain. The profiles contain evidence ratings that provide information about the strength of the correlation between programs' results and the implementation of specific innovation programs. The site publishes new profiles every two weeks and updates older profiles annually. I believe there is a lot of worthwhile information here that can be used to enhance Wikipedia articles, including health care stubs. I understand that profiles in the AHRQ Innovations Exchange collection are considered primary sources and that secondary sources are preferred, especially with regard to undue weight. However, each profile in the collection contains a "Context of the Innovation" section which provides historical material that could be useful for articles about hospitals and local health providers. The "Results" section could also provide primary source material that supports major themes in some articles. I would like to use the collection to contribute in a manner that conforms to Wikipedia standards. I am new to Wikipedia but feel there is value in making this government-funded content more available through open source platforms. I would like the community to consider how these resources could be used to update articles. I am eager to meet more people working on this project and learn more about Wikipedia best practice in general. Please contact me on my talk page if you have any suggestions, or I can provide more information. Also, can someone take a look at my edits to the main AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange article. I tried to reduce the PR language that someone else had posted and provide category headings that would tell users what type of content they could find on the site. I thought this was a step in the right direction for this article, but my edits got reverted along with edits on other pages. I understand why some of the other reversions took place but do not understand why my edits on this article are not considered beneficial. Thanks FieldsTom (talk) 20:30, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Happy to help. I think I understand some of the issues. Long lists can take a lot of vertical space and be impressive but not that helpful. Let's fold some of your changes back in, carefully. Please advise: (a) Can you point me to a specific secondary source, outside HHS, that we can use for some of the basic facts? A newspaper article, for example?  It may seem lame to you but that would be an independent-ish source from which we could draw selectively. If the ONLY source is the site itself, that's awkward in the Wikipedia context. (I usually avoid starting an article till I have three independent sources.) (b) Is there specific authorizing legislation for the Exchange?  Couldn't see that in the history.  That's useful to mention. It helps anchor notability neutrally. (c) I see in the text "professionals can" -- this means medical professionals? health care professionals? business managers? some other set? (d) does the Exchange welcome international participants or is it strictly focused on content from U.S. institutions and professionals? (e) "Innovation" is a word I use often but it can be ambiguous and sound buzzwordy or salesy so it is helpful to have clear synonyms in the text -- in the Exchange, are these usually practices? or devices? or something else?
 * Let me know about these specifics, and we can both make some edits to carefully expand and clarify. I wouldn't try to make it a long article right away. -- Econterms (talk) 23:09, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I added a "History" section -- a good place for some cool neutral facts. I put suitable WikiProjects on the talk page. Your footnotes were good -- put some of those back, or I will. After you do I'll tweak the formatting. Let's discuss further on the article's talk page. -- Econterms (talk) 23:50, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

ok. I will (a) provide some links to articles on the article's talk page. (b) Will look into the legislation. (c) I think "health care professional" is most accurate, the audience is primarily nurses, physicians, administrators but community workers and others are also appearing in profiles. (d) It is focused on U.S. institutions. However, 20% of the audience is international. (e) agreed, innovations on the site deal primarily with practices not new devices. However, occasionally added equipment can be part of a new process. Going forward, I will leave all my comments on the article's talk page. Thanks, FieldsTom (talk) 14:16, 12 August 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] 04:31, 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] 12:07, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

DBPedia
I am trying to find out if it would be possible to put the entire AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange collection on DBpedia. I'm not really knowledgeable about DBpedia though. Are you? I thought your statistics background would probably have generated some interest in it. If so, do you know of any good examples of government sites using DBpdedia. Especially, any that are content rich and narrative. I can't find anything that is similar to the resources I am working with. FieldsTom (talk) 14:22, 19 August 2013 (UTC)


 * My understanding was that DBpedia is a downloaded version of certain structured data in Wikipedia, like the Persondata structure which includes birth dates for individuals from their Wikipedia articles. I haven't heard of people putting anything into it that wasn't on Wikipedia and I don't think there's a way to do that. For more see DBpedia and http://dbpedia.org/About -- Econterms (talk) 17:46, 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] 19:26, 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 5 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] 15:25, 28 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] 06:22, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

GLAMs and Wikisource
Hi there - just FYI - we developed a concurrent Wikisource project as part of our GLAM initiative because we have so many primary source materials. Happy to give you details or point to the participants - including the project's WiR, who took it upon himself to learn Wikisource-ery ... we even had plans to have a "Transcribe-a-thon" during which he would teach the local editors about Wikisource; sadly we ran out of time! Best, Bdcousineau (talk) 17:54, 27 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] 02:39, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Space at the Smithsonian WLL event tomorrow
Hi! Looks like there are one or more last minute cancellations at the Meetup/DC/AAPG_Library Wikipedia Loves Libraries meetup tomorrow. Even though you are on the waitlist, feel free to show up! We'd be happy to have you. Thanks! --Sarasays (talk) 02:16, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Meetups coming up in DC!
Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:


 * Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
 * Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

I hope to see you there!

(Note: If you do not wish to receive talk page messages for DC meetups, you are welcome to remove your username from this page.)

Harej (talk) 00:06, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Coming up in February!
Hello there!

Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.

If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.

Thank you, and hope to see you at our upcoming events! Harej (talk) 18:41, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello
I was googling "statipedia" before I've found your userpage. Can you tell me more about statipedia? I'm about to make a FOIA request regarding it. I thank you.Elryacko (talk) 10:25, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello Elryacko -- Statipedia's a wiki for U.S. federal government people with an interest in statistical work. I pressed to create it and had several very supportive partners.  The need for wikis across government is extreme.  By gathering knowledge we can get around the astounding amounts of stovepiping, compare procedures, raise morale, and save money.  Statipedia's still non-notable by Wikipedia's definitions, just an infant -- a pilot project.  I made a presentation about the benefits of wikis in government at Wikimania 2012: .  Here's a paper with some specifics about Statipedia that I presented at a conference: .  Surprisingly few feds are interested, but so be it.  I think it could snowball someday and gather interest once it's easy to use.  I'm avaiable to answer more questions.  It would be nice for me if you waited to file a FOIA because I would like to minimize administrative burdens and definitions and defenses, in order to let it blossom.  But, it's your right. -- econterms (talk) 21:53, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

DC Meetups in March
 Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:


 * Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
 * March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
 * Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.

— Harej (talk) 05:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

An exciting month of wiki events!
 Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

All the best, James Hare

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Two edit-a-thons coming up!


Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:


 * This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
 * On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.

Best,

James Hare

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Meet up with us


Happy May!

There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:
 * On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
 * Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
 * You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.

Come one, come all!

Best,

James Hare

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Wikisource meetup at Wikimania 2014
Wikimania 2014 will be held in London this August and it will be a great opportunity to discuss how to use the recently created Wikisource Community User Group to coordinate and to better promote Wikisource. We would like to invite the participants of each Wikisource language community to showcase the projects has been working in the past year and, of course, learn from each other experiences. See you there? Sign up in the meeting page. &mdash;''The preceding MassMessage was sent by Micru to the members of the Wikisource Community User Group according to this delivery list (sorry the duplication if you already received the message through the ws mailing list).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:55, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Washington, DC meetups in June


Greetings!

Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:


 * On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
 * Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
 * The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
 * Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
 * Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.

Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

Best,

James Hare

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Nice to meet you at Wikiconference USA
Hi Peter, this is Alex Peek. Nice meeting you at the event. I have created a new project page for the Global Economic Map and here is a link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Global_Economic_Map

Mcnabber091 (talk) 01:41, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

There are "Frederick area folk"?
I didn't know there were any other Frederick area folk! Regardless of whether or not they come I'd love to be put in touch with some of them. It would be nice to finally know some other editors who live geographically close to me. Zell Faze (talk) 12:52, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Not Wikipedia editors, but people aligned with open source, compatible causes, global awareness, and Frederick area history. I'm hoping a friend will come and bring others. -- econterms (talk) 00:38, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Museum pictures
The building, the entrance, the sign. Harej (talk) 18:51, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

The Great American Wiknic and other events in July


I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!

July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.

What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.

We hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon!




Greetings!

Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!

Best,

James Hare

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Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet
Come one and come all. To a presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history.
 * Show the Internet who is the better editor.
 * Be the creator of culture that you know you are.
 * Spread the knowledge of noteworthy people who no one but you cares about.
 * Lead the charge to a better Wikipedia --- eventually.

Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:08, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet
See you at the Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street, Laurel, MD on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM EST. See http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205494212/ for more information. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:13, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC invites revolutionaries, free thinkers, and other sundry editors to a DC WikiSalon
The WikiSalon is a special meetup usually held during the first and third full weeks of every month, from 7 PM to 9 PM. It's an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis 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.

If you're coming by Metro, the closest station is Dupont Circle (on the Red Line). If you're driving, a lot of parking opens up downtown after 6:30 PM, so finding a parking space (even a free one) should be easy. Once you've found the building, go to Cove on the second floor. We will be in the conference room. When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: The Cove, Dupont Circle, 1730 Connecticut Avenue NW, 2nd floor, 20009, DC

For more information, see http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205500822/

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:25, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC's Wonderful meetups
Wikimedia DC's Upcoming meetups My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:49, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thursday, September 11: “Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet, One Article at a Time!”
 * A presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history. Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street in Laurel, MD. 7 PM.
 * Wednesday, September 17: WikiSalon
 * Come for the pizza, stay for the conversation. 7 PM – 9 PM
 * Saturday, September 20: September Meetup
 * Get dinner and drinks with fellow Wikipedians! 6 PM
 * Sunday, September 21: Laurel History Edit-a-Thon
 * Local history for Wikipedia! 10:15 AM – 4 PM
 * Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28: Please RSVP for the Open Government WikiHack at Eventbrite by clicking on the link. The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC are teaming up to come up with solutions that help integrate government data into Wikipedia. 10:30 AM – 5 PM each day

The wonderful annual meeting! And more!




Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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End-of-the-year meetups


Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Museum hacks and museum edits
<div style="padding:3em; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size:110%; line-height:1.75;"> Hello there!

Upcoming events:


 * February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
 * February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
 * February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.hare@undefinedwikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!
<div style="max-width:1000px; margin:0 auto; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size:110%; line-height:1.75;"> Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:


 * Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
 * Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
 * Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
 * Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

Regards,

James Hare

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Two pages of possible interest
Salut, Econterms, hope you are well. Two pages, underway, which you might want to check out. (1) Les Events of March 23, 1965, crudely translated from Événements du 23 mars 1965. (A tumultuous "spring" of yesteryear.) And (2) 1965 Soviet economic reform. Not the easiest topic to research and comprehend, and I suspect the page could benefit from review by an econovocabularian. Though admittedly, Soviet "econterms" may be slipping into obscurity. ∫ groupuscule (talk) 17:42, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Editing for Women's History in March
<div style="padding:3em; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size:110%; line-height:1.75;"> Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:


 * Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM
 * Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM
 * An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)
 * Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM
 * In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM
 * Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM
 * Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
 * Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup

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

Thanks,

James Hare

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DYK for Warren Elliot Henry
<small style="color:#999;white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:lightgrey 0.3em 0.3em 0.15em;">&mdash; <big style="color:#ffa439">Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 22:42, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Software patents under United States patent law
Alice brevity revisions - OK, that's reasonable. PraeceptorIP (talk) 18:24, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Just saying hi
Smallbones( smalltalk ) 16:17, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Follow up
Hey, just giving you a hello and following up with last week. I've signed up with the Wikimedia DC stuff, so give me a head's up if there are any other edit-a-thons in the Virginia area. I'm pretty easygoing with travel as long as it's within a couple of areas of my home area. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  11:55, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Good to hear!  Glad to have you on board and to stay in touch.  econterms (talk) 15:15, 10 November 2015 (UTC)


 * On a side note, do you have the email address for the sociology student at UVA? She wanted to do an interview for a project and I realized that I didn't have her email address. She's supposed to send me a Skype link (the interview was supposed to be today) and I haven't received anything yet. I feel embarassed saying that I don't exactly remember her name. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  09:06, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No worries. She's at ftripodi dot com. Could you also email me briefly at my chapter address given here? I'm losing track too.  -- econterms (talk)


 * Aye aye, Captain! But does brief mean that I can't send you my 80 page manifesto about how Squirrel Girl is the greatest superhero ever? Anywho, thanks for the website link - I got in touch with her shortly afterwards. For some reason my hotmail address wasn't getting her e-mails. (sighs) I really need to move to a better provider. Any suggestions? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  18:45, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

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February events and meetups in DC
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February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:
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Rare Disease Day edit-a-thon
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March events and meetups in DC
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Looking for something to do in DC in March? We have a series of great events planned for the month:
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 * On Sunday, March 20, the American Chemical Society will host the Computers in Chemistry Edit-a-Thon.
 * On Saturday, March 26, we'll host our second March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

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Range block
I have just changed the IP range block you mentioned to make account creation possible, at the very moment that you undid your edit to my talk page with the edit summary "no longer relevant ; we lost them". If I have been the cause of losing an editor, I'm really sorry, as naturally that wasn't my intention.If I'd been online at the time when you posted your message, perhaps I could have dealt with it in time. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:57, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Understood. If I can remember how to create accounts for other people while I'm logged in, the issue will go away. It's been a while since we faced this. -- econterms (talk) 21:06, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah. For future reference, it's here.  Will put that in my toolbox.  -- econterms (talk) 21:10, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Editathon at UVA
Hey Peter - I've been asked to help out at an editathon at UVA next week. It's a little last moment, but I've also been asked to help create the meetup page. I've created a draft at User:Tokyogirl79/Meetup/Take Back the Night at UVA using the past meetup page as a template, but I'd really love some feedback about the setup. We don't have a Facebook event page just yet and it looks like it's going to be part of a larger event, so there may be a lot of people coming.

You interested? Since this has the potential to be big I'd really like for there to be someone more used to meetups and explaining things in person, just since there's the potential for it to be a big event. Especially since this might garner some press coverage, given that it's UVA and Take Back the Night. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  13:03, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

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It was nice meeting you today at wiki conference! I enjoyed our conversation about how to create space holders for wiki pages in different languages! Thank you for your feedback on what sort of articles are better for me to start editing in the beginning so that I learn and adopt the skills :-) enjoy the rest of your time in San Diego! Mgho12345 (talk) 02:45, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you
for reminding me that the new regime has not defeated wikipedia on Day 1. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 00:46, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

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I uploaded a photo of Barry and added the cat tag Presidents of the American Statistical Association'. File:Barry_Nussbaum.jpg MichaelJM (talk) 18:24, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

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Viologen is probably not used in any battery
I saw you inserted the note that viologens use in batteries. I dont think that they are used in any battery. Viologens are really only used as herbicides, and maybe a little bit in some electrochromic devices. The articles that were recently inserted are recent primary references, but in the chemistry project we try to stick to secondary sources for "uses". But your thoughts are welcome. --Smokefoot (talk) 21:36, 13 January 2018 (UTC) Well, I just checked, and am actually quite wrong. Indeed almost 1% of the literature on viologens (12000 sources discuss viologens according to Chem Abs). I found a recent review and am guessing that you are ok with my replacing the primary ref with a review per WP:SECONDARY. Sorry for the alert. --Smokefoot (talk) 21:42, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not expert, as you are. The abstract of Beh et al (2017) says "We demonstrate an aqueous organic and organometallic redox flow battery . . ."  This potential use seems important, and seems likely to be a reason people will be looking for info about viologens on Wikimedia.  Some readers will not be PhD chemists, so some of the discussion should be in plain language.  I thought I had addressed the issue about applications by keeping the battery stuff out of the lead.  Isn't that a standard way to organize the content?  I will watch your edits for further education.  It is important to me that this potentially industrially significant application be made clear.  -- econterms (talk) 21:52, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, take a look. Here are my strengths and weaknesses on this kind of material.  I know the chemistry well. I am very attentive to real (vs hyped) applications.  I am not so great at plain language.  I am suspicious of any press releases from Harvard or other similar ivy leagues schools since I know these places are under huge pressure to sell their results.  If you have other articles that merit attention let me know. --Smokefoot (talk) 21:57, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Let's follow up at Talk:Viologen. I will wait a day till you are done with your edits then get back to it.  Re other articles, I intended to make similar edits at ferrocene because of the same research claim which is that the researchers had made them last longer. I agree on the need to avoid anything being too hyped, or to a particular institution's advantage.  Still, I don't see how to leave out all three of these sources: the press releases by Harvard, the rebroadcast by AAAS, and the claim in the abstract of Beh et al (2017).  There are other primary research sources cited in this and other such articles, so I'd thought that was okay. I'm disinterested but not uninterested.  -- econterms (talk) 22:15, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Here's the scenario to help portray the situation: An editor who knows little chemistry or engineering catches wind of a techie proposed app, having read some blurb provided by some recent researcher.  Being a good soul, the editor  shares this insight in Wikipedia.  Question: did this editor do a good deed or mislead readers?  Ans: unclear.

Data (always a nuicance): There are 40,000 citations to ferrocene (40047 to be exact according to Chemical Abstracts), 0.6% (556 to be exact, as of today) are to batteries (in many manifestation). Does their entry help of it a violation of WP:UNDUE? If we are going to list every 0.5% topic, ferrocene article will be unwieldy at best, and most likely useless.

That is one perspective on the situation.--Smokefoot (talk) 23:20, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It is a clinical perspective we could draw from, but I don't want to put heavy weight on the proportions in the bibliometrics of an advanced literature when determining what should be in Wikipedia. As a reader I want the wp articles to be clear, neutrally written, accurate, and when possible concise and interesting.  I can write such things, given time.  I am acquainted with some academic/advanced literature in other fields, including economics and history.  A severe problem in using bibliometrics there to determine wp article content is that it would emphasize the significance of works or statements that are obsolete, repetitive, narrow, dogmatic, or obscure. For example, if 1000 works assume or conclude X, then new data simply overturns X, let's skip most of the controversy and report what is now known.  Having written such stuff myself, I don't mean that such literatures should not exist, rather I mean they shouldn't have "proportional" weighting in the context of Wikipedia articles.  Getting back to viologen and ferrocene, I just want to make address their relevance to a casual reader regarding prospective developments for use in batteries, because these are potentially important and exciting, and they are a reason for a casual reader to look them up.  I am thinking about how to do this without advertising something unduly.  It can be brief.  -- econterms (talk) 23:28, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Is Wikipedia dying
I looked at your user page and saw that you are interested in the essay by Jorge Stoffi. He used to be a pretty regular editor of in the Chemistry Project. His stuff was kind of narrow (inorganic carbon compounds, especially exotic ones), but good quality. In any case, his essay User talk:Jorge Stolfi/DoW/Intro touches on a topic that does interest me since I contribute a lot. I find the rebuttal at the bottom of the associated talk page ("Baseless assumptions") to be persuasive although it is too sharply worded. Basically the Chemistry project is in maintenance mode. Article improvement is rare. New articles are few. Most of what is added is conflict-of-interest stuff (that is why I pounced on viologen) usually by academics vying for some attention for their (primary) paper. The other kinds of contributions are college courses (awful stuff). But the saturation of Wiki-Chem is disconcerting. One big problem is that the bar is so high now that one really needs a PhD or long experience to contribute meaningfully, and these types of people do not like to edit.--Smokefoot (talk) 22:13, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

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Copyright policy
Meant to share this with you earlier in the week:



Hits a bunch of useful points: And that's not including other untraversed waters (easier Creative Commons/public domain declarations if copyright is automatic and virtually indefinite, the impossibility of tracking ownership for purposes of fair use when without image metadata or central registration on the open web, the length of p.m.a. in general, etc.)
 * 1) Whether we're bound to see a new round of copyright extensions now that Steamboat Willie is approaching expiration in 2024, and who will answer those lobbyists
 * 2) The insane difficulty of trying to determine something as textbook as whether a work is in copyright
 * 3) Cultural institutions that receive exemptions from copyright towards the end of the copyright's life when the work is out-of-print

czar 16:43, 23 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Good to hear from you, Czar, and to see the article. If you already see the Steamboat speeding towards us, I wonder if Wikimedia orgs should preemptively oppose extension of copyrights at that time. We could announce now and start to build alliances and arguments. Regarding orphan works we are on record as being in favor of making them easier to use and will be happy to replicate our arguments. -- econterms (talk) 18:33, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I think it's useful to have an affirmative position, at least. Good to have a preemptive answer to extension arguments, but even better to set out a fair vision instead of letting those with the coffers drive the public to their interests. czar  12:19, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Can we talk about editathon organizer tools?
Hi Econterms, I’m a product manager at the Wikimiedia Foundation. My team's next assignment is to design and build a tool that will make life easier for people who organize and run editathons. (Here's the project page, which I’ve just inherited from another PM).

I’m reaching out people known to organize editathons to learn more about your process and needs. I’d like to better understand where you most need help and what changes you’d like to see. If that sounds interesting to you, I’d I’d like to set up a time when we might chat via video conference (Google Hangouts).

If you’d like to talk, please send me a contact email where I can reach you and I’ll be in touch. You can reach me here: jmatazzoni[at]wikimedia.org. You might also wish to let me know what time zone you’re in (I’m in California time).

I’m looking forward to learning more about your work! —JMatazzoni (WMF) (talk) 23:52, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Meetups #87, #88, #89, #90
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Help with a NARA article
Hi Peter! For COI reasons, I am restricting my involvement in this article to the talk page, so I was wondering if you would be interested in taking a look at our requests, as an independent editor, at Talk:Archival Recovery Program. Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Dominic·t 18:50, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Really early aviation
Hi, it was very nice to meet you at the conference. If your time allows and you have a car, you may want to make a quick visit here or a longer stop here if you haven't already - they're about an hour south of the conference. LovelyLillith (talk) 09:23, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * You are so right! I had hoped to fit Wright Cycle in this trip but the timing is too tight.  I will come back!  -- econterms (talk) 12:28, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

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Women in Red April Events
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nice to meet you at NMWA
Hi Econterms, It was nice to meet you at the NMWA Edit-a-thon. I would like to learn more about the Wikimedia DC chapter. Let me now where I should look. Best, WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:23, 24 March 2019 (UTC) It was easy enough to locate info...nevermind :) WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 20:59, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

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Nomination of Leo Törnqvist for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Leo Törnqvist is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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 * Törnqvist is notable and also has interesting unexpected links. It was a joy to discover it was the same guy who taught Linus Torvalds to program and who made the Törnqvist equation which is important in economic statistics.  I responded on the nomination page.  I didn't catch why someone would want to delete the article.  I don't think it's useful to generate a bunch of work and pain in an effort to destroy it. -- econterms (talk) 05:58, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Reminder: Doodle: Cascadia Wikimedians User group 2019 annual meeting
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 * Doodle poll for deciding date for the Cascadia Wikimedians User group 2019 annual meeting

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WikiConference North America
I saw you were looking for volunteers to help with WikiConference North America. Is this something that is still needed? HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 20:08, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I think so! You'd help?  :)  Sweet.  I'll write back if we do.  -- econterms (talk) 21:15, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hello Econterms, thank you for listening to my lightning talk at WikiConference North America 2020. I wanted to ask you to check out the Sustainability Initiative page on Meta and to add your name to the list of supporters so that we can demonstrate the community's support for this effort. Thanks! --Gnom (talk) 23:18, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Done! -- econterms (talk) 02:34, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

note re discussion
nice meeting you at the online conference today! I see that you are very active in the DC chapter. let's be in touch again sometime. thanks! see you! --Sm8900 (talk) 02:06, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Indeed!  Good to talk with you.  I will watch for you on articles about calculus and contemporary history. :) -- econterms (talk)

US housing edit-a-thon
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 * Is there a presentation? I'm in room C.  I've got an hour before my next obligation. -- econterms (talk) 17:09, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
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Sorting out image source
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Public domain events
Good to touch base on the WALRUS call. Let's talk about how a PD event would look like! - kosboot (talk) 02:28, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Yo! Good to hear, User:Kosboot.  Could you leave a note at the bottom of Meetup/Boston/Public_Domain_Day_2021_%2B_Wikipedia_20th_Anniversary_Celebration?   We'll have to reach out to the people who came to the first meeting to bring the second tentatively-scheduled one to life.  I had in mind that we could have at least a speaker or two comment on the works becoming public domain.  We can also get copyright experts to speak about the legal situation.  Let's continue our conversation there!  -- econterms (talk) 02:33, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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Adopting MovementCharter
Hi Peter, I've sent you a question on your meta talk page. As we're moving from Transition towards Implementation of Movement Strategy, I'm about to create a new "Implementation space" on Meta, where we would like to unify/centralize conversations and discussions around the initiatives that are being worked on. To avoid confusion, I wanted to ask you, if we may adopt the meta:Movement Charter page you have created, rename it to meta:Wikimedia 2030/Implementation/Movement Charter, and add all new/important information regarding it. Would that be okay for you? Best regards, --CKibelka (WMF) (talk) 16:56, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh yes. Proceed!!   I will participate more as time and opportunities permit.  -- econterms (talk) 17:22, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Talk pages
Hi Peter,

If you think that your new folks are going to need to use talk pages tomorrow, I recommend that you tell them to go to Special:Preferences and turn on "Discussion tools". It'll give them a [reply] button on talk pages, and in the visual mode, they'll even get a toolbar with a "ping" feature if they need to attract your attention. You (and anyone) can try it out on this page by clicking on this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Econterms?dtenable=1 WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:27, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

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Philadelphia WikiSalon at WCNA 2021
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Draft:Michelle Zatlyn
Hi Don't move that page from draft again, until the concerns have been addressed. Two seperate editors in good standing have reviewed the article at different times and found it wanting, specificlly how it is ref'd as a BLP. Profiles and interviews, and a listing, don't make passing for WP:SIGCOV. They are primary sources and can't be used to notabilty. They're is not one secondary in that reference list.  scope_creep Talk  13:30, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 * She is president of a public company and on a major magazine's list of highly accomplished people. It's not a close call. -- econterms (talk) 14:37, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks for thanking me! I will never again be able to say that AfC is a thankless task.

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 * You're welcome? And thank you!  And I didn't mean to restrict your free speech. :) econterms (talk) 21:16, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

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 * Nice to see! Thank you, <b style="color: #0000FF;">OhanaUnited</b>, and I was very pleased to be part of this success and look forward to working together in the future.  -- econterms (talk) 17:11, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Gordo, come back
Hello, and great to have met you again on the Wikipedia journey. Have pinged you in a merge close-objection to the Gordo (dinosaur) page, and would be nice to get yours or that young librarian's panoramic up on the page. Did you have a look at my e-mail? Thanks, and happy thanksgiving. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:56, 22 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh! That hurts. They seem to have gotten it wrong, and to have rushed past the next steps I was going to take. I am sorry, but I have been absolutely too busy to contribute further to Gordo.  The article clearly met notability and independent-source requirements. I don't always understand the agenda of deletionists or people who want to take the joy out of the enterprise, but they do contribute to our collective enterprise in their way. I guess they are trying to meet some other professional standard.  I replied to your email also.  -- econterms (talk) 17:10, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Gordo's tears are large (and it's not even his skull!). Your thoughts above are very consistent with assuming good faith, thanks. Just realized the holiday weekend is coming up and people are busy, so will reply further early next week. Have a great and tofu-turkied weekend. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:04, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Randy Kryn -- Here are two possible next steps: (1) Put the Gordo article on the Simple English Wikipedia, and revise it to meet the standards there, e.g. simple language.  Or, (2) put the Gordo article into Draft space here on en.wp, and revise it there, and figure out why anyone objected to it.  I would support either step, because they're both educational.  I can help either a bit with research and writing.  I'd prefer to put it on Simple English, because I've never spent time there, and I should understand that site better.  I think this article would be welcome there, and that it wouldn't be a subject of tension and debate.  I'm not particularly interested in preparing for a future conflict, more in making better encyclopedia(s). The basic guidelines are here) and the new location would be here.  Given time, I can study the Paleontology project and also reach out to the volunteer photographer you recruited, and see about a contribution to Commons.  What do you prefer? -- econterms (talk) 15:15, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello, just read this (didn't want to bother you further during the long weekend). Sure, try it on Simple. I've never edited there either, and really never got the concept, so I guess I should wander into editing a page there at least once. Haven't read the email as yet either, same reason, and will reply in the morning. Thanks for thinking outside the box on this. The closer hasn't replied to my initial questioning of the close, and hopefully won't object to the page being placed on Simple Wikipedia. Randy Kryn (talk) 04:26, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * All right, here we go: Gordo_(dinosaur). I simplified it a bit and partway got it meet the Simple standards.  I alerted an experienced user there who tentatively thinks we're on a good track.  This'll be fun I think. We want it to be easy for people who are new to English, and kids, to read and enjoy and perhaps contribute. It should be easy to learn how to be good at Simple. -- econterms (talk) 02:13, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Lucky I saw this on my watchlist. Still not very happy with this pathway, as it should definitely be a Wikipedia article (per sources, etc.) but hopefully it will evolve into a full article at Simple so there will be no real reason to not allow it here. Thanks for going ahead with this, Gordo fans rejoice. Randy Kryn (talk) 02:21, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed. But we were outnumbered. The key thing for me is not to be checkmated, but rather to be allowed to MOVE, and to learn, and to get better. So I will study WikiProject Paleontology's criteria at some point. Let's get smarter.  But it's more fun to learn in a place where we're allowed to breathe and nobody's trying to squelch the effort.  Also I'm an eventualist. -- econterms
 * Wise words, and a nice linked article. Maybe their criteria can be summed up as "less", kind of like if the visual arts project only allowed one painting article per art genre and Wikipedia put up with that for some reason. I've added a bit to the article (that non-Gordo skull is poetic in an anatomical lyrical way) and will poke around at it. From one-or-more directions "Eventualism" defines Wikipedia, and inhabits some of the hovering space around the top of the logo. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:25, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

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North American hub - connections concept
Howdy Peter. Wanted to reach out. Kind of you to try to make me feel better Sunday of the conference. Anyway, we probably should start coming up with some idea of how to form my "North American resource collaboration" thing I brought up a the conference. Mitch 32 (won't you be my neighbor?) 19:33, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Good to hear, @User:Mitchazenia. Let's move forward with it. Three thoughts:
 * (1) Let's email and phone to follow up. The details are otherwise too intense.  But first:
 * (2) Have you used the [|WikiSpore] site? That's a better place for me to build up organizational definitions and plans than en.wp where I want to focus on content.
 * (3) For building the North American resource collaboration, I'd like to tie into an existing Wikimedia network if we possibly can. Two sound similar: The Capacity Exchange effort described at Capacity_Exchange/FAQ and The_Capacity_Exchange_initiative_-_cXc and the Let's Connect effort described at meta:Grants:Knowledge Sharing/Connect and meta:Grants:Knowledge Sharing/Connect/Skills Directory.  It's too much to fully read, but if you skim those . . . . do they seem promising?  I'd like to build up an understanding of what those folks are doing and if what you have in mind is compatible perhaps we can follow their practices . . . and if not I will want to understand the differences so we can explain what we are doing.  -- econterms (talk) 05:29, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
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A solstice greeting
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