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Thanks
Hi effeietsanders, thansk for the translation sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Ive been looking for you on IRC but you havent been there so thats why I thought to leave you a message on your user page. If you could leave me a message on my user page or better yet log onto irc for a little while so that we could talk itd be cool. Thanks again for your help and I'm going to add it to the Oil pastel page asap. Graxe 19:51, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

eerste nl.wikimedia.org ontmoeting
ik zou iedereen graag willen uitnodigen te overwegen of zij een rol willen en/of kunnen spelen in de oprichting van een nederlandse wikimedia-organisatie. een eerste ontmoeting wordt momenteel georganiseerd, zie daarvoor hier, op de nl.wikimedia.org wiki. er zijn nog vele stappen te nemen, en meer wikianen nodig, om e.e.a. op verantwoorde wijze verder te ontwikkelen. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 10:49, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

test of signature
effeiets'''anders 20:43, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

wikimusic
Hi there Effeietsanders! I finally responded to you at User talk:Quill Sorry for the delay. Quill 23:20, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I had a look at that link; not sure where the project is going. Remind me again after the proposed merge on 20th Dec if you would. Ciao. Quill 22:39, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

User wikinl
Hoi eia, is het sjabloon misschien iets voor jou? :-) SietskeEN 10:32, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * :) ik ben een beetje tegen gebruikersboxen buiten de babel-structuur :P Maar bedankt voor het me er opmerkzaam maken :) effeietsanders 11:23, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

bimah
Hello. Why did you removed the link to Polish page at Bimah article? --Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 16:23, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The polish page says, as far as i can see, that it is a disambig-page. I am cleaning up the mess of a dutch robot, and saw this. If you polish is better then mine, please correct it. But the reason was the disambig-sign aboe the polish article. A normal article should not link with a disambig-page... effeietsanders 16:28, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

nl.wikimedia.org
Aangaande jouw opmerking:
 * Beste allemaal Al enige tijd is er een Nederlandstalig chapter in oprichting, te vinden op http://nl.wikimedia.org .

Ik dacht dat http://nl.wikimedia.org een chapter van Nederland was. Ikzelf ben echter geen Nederlander. --Donar Reiskoffer 18:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ik ben alle gebruikers met nl-N afgegaan :) Maar ook niet-nederlanders kunnen lid worden als zij dat willen. effeietsanders 22:30, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandal Fighter page(s)
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 * -- That Guy, From That Show!  (talk) 04:04, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for voting in my RfA!
Taking a moment to say thanks for voting in my RfA! And you know how much time I have! The nomination did not gain consensus, but I am happy I accepted this one - a good learning experience. - Amgine 20:39, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Iona Catholic Secondary School
I saw your question on the talk page. All our school teams are called "the Dolphins" ;)--Shanel § 05:06, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your answer. I tried to make the article more clear. effeietsanders 12:57, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Logo for Tsuana
Do you still need a logo for Tsuana? It seems User:Nohat is missing and presumed on extended wiki-vacation. Image:Wiki-tn.png Ask me if you want more help. Good luck. --Jecowa 11:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot!!! effeietsanders 11:47, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Please don't guess
Please don't make destructive edits (removal of material), like this one, based on guesses. That brochure is actually available online here. You could have determined that for yourself. Thanks --Justanother 14:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Please assume good faith. I was very much wondered that this brochure was given out by a ministry of Germany :S Usually this kind of propaganda is given out by foundations, hence my edit. Maybe adding the link to the image descriptionpage would be usefull (to proof your point) Btw, it might imho be better to mention official Bayern paper instead of German. effeietsanders 12:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I do WP:AGF. That is why I simply ask that you not remove material based on a guess. That is not "good faith editing". If you question the accuracy of something in the article and cannot prove it one away or another yourself then bring up your issue in the talk page rather than imprinting your uncertainty on the article. You should be the one assuming good faith and assume that the editor that put it there knew what he was talking about. I had already made all those changes you suggest when I corrected your edit. --Justanother 12:28, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikimania proceedings
Hey, thanks for getting in touch. Yes, the presentation is given, but the 'edit status' line refers not to the presentation itself but to the Proceedings: it's 'missing' because (as far as we know) you've not submitted the text of your presentation (or any other material such as slides or notes) for inclusion in the Proceedings. (In fact, not many presenters have: I need to get round to having a push about this.)

So, if you would like to send in your text I will get it uploaded, edited and finished off right away. There are some guidelines at which explain what we are after and what we'll do to it once we get it. :) The only change to that document I would suggest is that for the moment it is probably safer to send submissions directly to me (ngb [at] mit.edu) rather than to the wikimania email address listed. I look forward to hearing from you! --ⁿɡ͡b Nick Boalch \ talk 23:38, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Fyi: I had only a few lines of notes myself on beforehand, as it was a BoF. I wrote a summery of the discussion and the whole trip, and went around with it a few times at the #wikimania channel, no response. Finally I dumped it somewhere on meta i guess, no clue where. But as I said, I had no slides, no real notes, most of it was from a few lines on paper which were at the end not at all about the discussion. All the notes that are relevant are on the page I linked to and maybe it's talkpage. That's the whole idea of a BoF :). effeietsanders 19:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, we should probably change the template around so it allows for BOFs and the like, and so it's a little clearer what the template is for. And no clue where you dumped your notes? :( I thought they were going to end up on wikimania06. cheers, -- User:phoebe (brassratgirl) ]] / (talk) 17:03, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Were not really notes, but I think a short summary. (written quite some time afterwards). The summary of the introduction and of the main questions (or which were intended to be main questions) are on that very proceedingspage and it's talkpage. effeietsanders 18:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Stroopwafel move
You rock. :D

Quendus 14:12, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Details Needed - What tags should I use?
The image tags for already include what I think is sufficient justification for fair use in Wikipedia. It seems your opinion of the sufficiency of that rationale differs. Please provide specific details explaining why you think the existing justification is insufficient.

The image was used by the AC Propulsion press release announcing the availability of their eBox. In my non-wiki-lawyer reading, the press release usage provided sufficient basis for fair-use of the image in Wikimedia. I went one step further as well, just to be sure, and personally contacted the photographer to obtained permission to use the photo in Wikipedia.

Here are the tags I chose to convey that information about the image:


 * Non-free promotional
 * AC Propulsion eBox
 * Non-free media rationale
 * Withpermission
 * Original online at http://www.stefanoparis.com/piaev/acpropulsion/eBox/2006.08.18eBox/pages/44-SANY0397.html

Permission from photographer granted via email. (from the WithPermission template above) To: Mark Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 3:53:32 AM Subject: Re: Upload images to Wikipedia for AC Propulsion eBox article?
 * Description=Picture taken by Stefano Paris showing a left front view of the AC Propulsion eBox automobile at it's unveiling
 * Source=The original from the photographer can be found online at http://www.stefanoparis.com/piaev/acpropulsion/eBox/2006.08.18eBox/pages/44-SANY0397.html . The photo is used in Wikipedia with the permission of the original photographer (see email below). In addition, the photo is used by AC Propulsion in promotional material for the AC Propulsion eBox.
 * Portion=5%
 * Low_resolution=Yes
 * Purpose=Illustrate what the eBox Automobile looks like as suggested in Template:Infobox Automobile
 * Replaceability=Perhaps
 * other_information=" From: Stefano Paris 

You're welcome Mark to upload the below. I've never posted on wikipedia (yet).

best regards,

Stefano

>Hi Stefano, > >I found your pictures of the AC Propulsion eBox prototype via the >links both from AC Propulsion and from the the Wikipedia article >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion_eBox. The Wikipedia >article would benefit from one or two images of the eBox and your >photos at > >http://www.stefanoparis.com/piaev/acpropulsion/eBox/2006.08.18eBox/pages/44-SANY0397.html >and > >http://www.stefanoparis.com/piaev/acpropulsion/eBox/2006.08.18eBox/pages/02-SANY0340.html >look perfect. Would you mind uploading them to Wikipedia for use in >the eBox article (via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload ), >or give me permission to upload them? > >Thank you, > >Mark Mwarren us (talk) 21:49, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I should also mention that the boilerplate text you pasted into my discussion page is not friendly and needs to be made more specifically helpful. this unsigned comment has been posted by user:Mwarren us.
 * Hi, sorry for the delay, Hard to find internet in taipei. I explained my comment in the template, as I said that the image is replaceable with a free alternative. The object projected is not destroyed, still exists, so can be fotographed again, and licensed freely. That makes that the image does not comply with the required reasons. I hope this explanation is enough for you. That I put a boilerplate is because i understood that that is the way here. Wrt\iting something myself might not deliver the required info. I am not sure what exactly is needed to get the deletion process done, as i originate from nlwiki, and even after 45 minutes searching, i still dont get the whole system... sorry if my lack of ability to understand the complicated system offended you. effeietsanders 15:52, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the expanded explanation here, but it's too late to fix things and should have been in the original communication. The boilerplate pasted in was so absurdly arrogant and annoying that I have chosen to stop helping with the eBox article to avoid any further annoyance from wiki-lawyers. Mwarren us (talk) 21:41, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

A.W.52 rationale
Two built, one crashed in 1949, the other one was scrapped in 1954. Until someone comes up with a time machine, the fair use stands. Hence the "none available" clause in the template. - Emt147 Burninate!  23:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

nl:
Thanks a lot. Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 23:10, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Jimmy Leonard Stolk
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Sandbox
Trying to speedy delete the sandbox, eh? How risque. Tijuana Brass (talk) 00:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Not really, I was trying out the script, but I preferred actually not to do that on regular articles (hence the sandbox ;-) ) effeietsanders 00:58, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I figured as much. I guess I'll hold off from my 87 day block then. Tijuana Brass (talk) 01:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Translation
Dag effeietsanders. The translation is ready, sorry i couldn't do it earlier, I was helping a friend of mine. It can be found at Jimmy Wales. Rafax (talk) 16:09, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! I understand it has been uploaded :) effeietsanders 18:38, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

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Happy 's Day!
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 * Thanks a lot for your kindness :) I don't know how I deserved this, but I appreciate the gesture! effeietsanders 11:44, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Scrutineer for the Arbitration Committee elections
Hello Effeietsanders, I have received an email stating that you would be willing to help out for the En.wiki Arbitration Committee elections starting on December 1st. I'd just like to confirm on-wiki that you are happy to be a scrutineer? Dank u wel,  Skomorokh  14:53, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * yup effeietsanders 23:10, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks again!  Skomorokh  23:17, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed, thanks, Effeietsanders. I'll arrange to send you more information in the next day. Tony   (talk)  16:10, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Dear Effeietsanders, I believe I speak on behalf of the English Wikipedia community, as well as my fellow election coordinators, in expressing thanks for the scrutineers' hard work in ensuring that the ArbCom election ran smoothly. Because of your contributions, we can have confidence in the election outcome. I wish you an enjoyable end-of-year break! Tony  (talk)  13:58, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Beantwoorden otrs
Antwoorden kan op mijn overlegpagina op de Engelse Wikipedia: (User_talk:Westermarck). Westermarck (talk) 15:10, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Nja, sorry, maar emails ga ik verder niet beantwoorden via de gebruikerspagina's weer. Je kunt ofwel je vraag stellen op een gebruikerspagina, en daar antwoord krijgen, of je kunt een echte mail sturen, en daarop antwoord krijgen. effeietsanders 14:06, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Re:Mark Rutte
I would be thankful if you could fix it- I was copying from the article as best I could, but I feared I'd get it wrong. J Milburn (talk) 06:21, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks- please could you fix the caption on the FPC page as well? J Milburn (talk) 15:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you have a link? --effeietsanders 23:09, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Rijksmonument
Hi there. You removed the shield illustration from Rijksmonument stating "incorrect". As I also see it in nl:Rijksmonument I presume that it does mean something. Could you please correct the article instead of removing the (apparently somewhat relevant) image? Is there some other shield which is more relevant? Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 18:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, the shield is relevant to the Hague Convention, not to Rijksmonuments. There is some overlap (~10%), but with this amount of information it only enforces the confusion. In the current context it is easier and better to remove it. --effeietsanders 06:07, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Right. Is the current way better? I think it adds to the history aspect of the article--Muhandes (talk) 09:24, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

YL
Hoi Effeietsanders. Ik ben het 100% met je eens mbt je kroegbijdrage. Ik heb reeds bij de eerste blokkades en al ervoor zelfs om mediation gevraagd, omdat zaken scheef liepen vanwege mijn aanvankelijke motief uit 2007. Er volgden blokkades met als dwang dat ik een paspooirt af moest geven ipv bemiddeling. Arb.Com alsmede moderators weigerden mijn kwestie anders af te handelen dan blijven blokkeren, met als gevolg dat er een kat en muis spel gaande is dat ik blijf voortzetten totdat er eens een keer normaal gepraat gaat worden wat ik wel en wat ik niet mag. Ik wil al jaren afspraken maken. MM wil dat echter niet en sloot de ontsnappingsclausule af voor me, wat mij een vrijbrief geeft om nieuwe accounts aan te maken en relevante info (met externe bronnen) in te voegen, zolang er geen andere mogelijkheid is. Dat dat nu stiekem gebeurd is de consequentie van MM's blokkeergedrag tezamen met de onmogelijkheid om onder deze blokkade uit te komen. Arb Com durft zich er niet mee te bemoeien. Ik kan mails sturen waarin dit besproken is. Arb Com en MM hebben mijn email-adres, voel je vrij om dat bij hun op te vragen. M.vr.gr. 94.210.224.208 (talk) 12:38, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of First Gerbrandy cabinet


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The Signpost interview
Hello Effeietsanders, I understand from Jane023 that you are the person to talk to regarding Wiki Loves Monuments 2011. I am a writer for The Signpost and I am interested in interviewing you for an article on this topic. I am aiming for publication this coming Monday, 5 September. I know it is rather short notice, but I do hope that you can spare 15 minutes of your time to answer some questions that I have. If you are interested, you can answer the questions at the interview page. Thanks for your time and I hope that your participation will help you publicise your interesting project. Cheers, and look forward to your responses. SMasters (talk) 05:14, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Dear Miss,
 * Thank you very much for the appreciation :D It is fun to write about :) effeietsanders 20:09, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
The request will  shortly  be archived. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:26, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Following up
Hey Lodewijk! I just wanted to follow up on your question during the WMF metrics meeting about our Template A/B testing project. We just got a test started in DE, and are analyzing tests in EN and PT Wikipedias too. But I'd definitely be interested in brainstorm on NL about any possibly useful tests. What do you think? Steven Walling (WMF) • talk   19:30, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Steven,
 * I guess we would have to throw it into the community - which can be quite sensitive to change sometimes. Maybe they are up for it, under the right conditions, but it probably depends on all kind of minor details. I wouldn't have the time or energy to do it all myself, but I'll ask around a bit to see if I can find someone who can be of more help. effeietsanders 19:34, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, if we just want to start out with an explanation of how it works, what's required, and maybe create a list of testing options, I think that would be a good first step for NL. That way people can get a view of what would go on during a test, and we can tailor it to how NL in particular works. Thanks for the help, Steven Walling (WMF) &bull; talk   19:55, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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Removing Speedy at Ad van der Steur
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 * Yes, and I approached the admin about it too. effeietsanders 16:03, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Removing Speedy at Ad van der Steur
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 * My Dear,
 * Very nice these bot messages (cough) but as you can clearly see, the problem has been resolved as indicated in the edit summary. There is no sense in keeping the template there. But I guess you'll keep reverting me, and talking to a bot makes little sense... effeietsanders 16:26, 1 March

2012 (UTC)

receiving semi aggressive messages from other users wasn't a very enjoyable experience for me. Maybe you should practice what you preach.Sarahj2107 (talk) 01:35, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry if I came across semi-agressive, that was not my intention. I just wanted to let you know that checking the edit summary might be helpful. I know that the bot is probably out of your hands, that is why I wanted to tell you about it. effeietsanders 07:08, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Teylers Backstage event

 * I have unfortunately already other obligations on that day. effeietsanders 09:41, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * We hebben het verplaatst naar zaterdag 28 april. Opgeven kan op nl:Wikipedia:Ontmoeten. Multichill (talk) 19:35, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Top of the Mont Blanc
Greetings! I just thought I'd take a moment to make you aware of the inuse template, as I believe you could probably be making use of it as I type. Good luck with the new article. Happy editing. :) -- WikHead (talk) 15:33, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I usually just write it in the summary - but mostly people seem to miss that, and then put speedy templates or warnings up anyway. So hence this text, because I'm always too lazy to go look for the right template, and it is only for a short amount of time anyway :) effeietsanders 15:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

John Cuthbertson
Hi Effeietsanders, I see you have moved John Cuthbertson to John Robert Cuthbertson. Nothing wrong with that, but it's good form to first tidy up the incoming links before setting up John Cuthbertson as a dab page. Because if you don't, it obviously leaves pages behind that link to this dab page. Not too much of a drama, but it does break things and for that reason, it is accepted protocol that this is done by the person who moves pages. I shall go and tidy this up, but thought that it's probably useful to point this out to you, so that you are aware of what ought to happen.  Schwede 66  08:02, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

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WLM unique ID
Hi,

How do we create this unique ID? I could not find any information on the many WLM pages. Thanks a lot! Yann (talk) 12:06, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Yann,
 * It is important that within a certain defined environment, every monument can be defined uniquely. For example, within a country. Usually the authorities give such an ID to every monument. In some countries this is unfortunately not the case - and the numbers are given on a more local level. Then a unique ID can be 'created' by combining information. If I take India as an example, the combination of the state (, sometimes the circle) and the ID within that circle/state will give a unique identifier. This is mostly important when the information is imported into the international database. However, we're trying to avoid to do 'original research' and make up a number ourselves. Hope that clarifies - otherwise please leave another (more specific?) question. effeietsanders 13:49, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I see that you created lists for nearly all states, including ID numbers. For Madhya Pradesh, the monuments of Orchha have disappeared. For Gwalior Fort (#146 in MP West), it is a very big place with several monuments within. What do we do in this case? I think this will also be the case for other big monuments (Taj Mahal, Delhi Red Fort, Agra Fort, etc.). Thanks for your help, Yann (talk) 05:59, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Yann,
 * I'm not sure what you mean with 'disappeared' in Orchha. I assume you're referring to these? They are indeed not on the ASI list - which means that officially they are apparently not recognized. I'm sure they're great buildings, but they are not covered by the ASI recognition as are probably many many other buildings that should be (I was amazed by how short this list was). To do Indian heritage justice, you probably need a second source besides ASI (and seperate lists) like INTACH to cover more structures. But so far it doesn't seem one has been found that is available to enough extent.
 * Yes, Orchha temples and palaces are important and famous monuments, so I don't understand that there are not in the list. Shouldn't we just add them? How do we create the ID number in that case? Yann (talk) 11:49, 16 August 2012 (UTC)


 * The question about 'very big monuments' (which could also be considered a collection of monuments) is common in most countries. We can't simply split them up of course, but nobody forbids people to take many pictures of them, and simply put them in a category. In those cases, I would try to include an overview picture, and add a link to the relevant commons category in the description. effeietsanders 07:10, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * So we assign the same ID for all monuments inside the Red Fort or the Agra Fort, is that right? I am not sure what this ID is used for, so I can't give an opinon. But we need much more detailed identification for Commons. of course. Yann (talk) 11:49, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, if the ASI considered it as one single monument, for the purpose of this identifier we would consider it as such, too. This is something that's different in many countries unfortunately. Of course you're right that you should motivate people to photograph many different buildings/details within the identified monuments. Since the monuments in India are generally very large, it might make sense to include the commons category in the table? effeietsanders 11:53, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thank you so much! effeietsanders 15:41, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

List of heritage sites in ...
You have obviously put a lot of effort into translating the List of South African Heritage sites into English. I don't understand the template you are using for these lists, so I can't do this myself, but could you please change it, so the column headings in the English Wikipedia are actually in English?

There also appears to be a redundant column e.g. in List of heritage sites in the Cape every single entry under "District" is "The Cape". If this column is omitted, it will allow the Notes column to expand, making it more readable, and the list shorter.

Arjayay (talk) 18:03, 31 August 2012 (UTC) Looking into this a bit more, several entries seem to be truncated e.g. the second entry under List of heritage sites in Richmond, to which I have added (???) below:- ''It is a single storey building of U form with a corrugated iron saddle roof and central gable on the(???) This impressive Cape Dutch style house was built in the middle of the 19th century. A board carrying (???) Type of site: Commercial Current use: Commercial - Restaurant. De Oude Dak is one of only three known Cape Dutch style buildings in the Northern Cape and is the ol(???)'' Arjayay (talk) 18:29, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Arjayay,
 * Thanks for the compliments. However, the original source from the South African government is already in English. The headers were already in English, but another user accidentally translated it into Afrikaans when trying to transfer the lists to afwiki. (have reverted that, thanks for spotting!)
 * The column for district is not quite redundant though. The same template is being used in several pages and only on some pages the district is the same for every heritage site. But if someone with template magic feeling can change the layout so that things are more smooth, that would be welcome of course. effeietsanders 18:09, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You seem to have solved it - despite your comments - Templates are beyond me, which is why I didn't do it myself
 * Yes, that is correct. Unfortunately the source data for this wasn't perfect and truncated. I didn't find a way to automatically remove these truncated sentences, so I thought it would be wiser to take the principle that everyone can edit, and remove/fix the truncated sentences. Feel free to remove parts that don't make sense and fix grammar - unfortunately I don't have an easy way of fixing this myself. I created these lists to help the South African Wiki Loves Monuments volunteers primarily, because they were desperate on how to get to this point from their excel table :) Hence. effeietsanders 19:09, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Editing by others to fix the gaps might be a bit problematic, as the list I looked at (the Free State one), doesn't have any source(s) listed. YSSYguy (talk) 06:54, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That is why I only used that field in the description - that means it is not critical and can be removed, or cut back. The description is not intended to be just the 'official' description, but just a good wikipedia-like description of the building. If you know the building it shouldn't be too hard to fix that particular building. Those won't be many, but given time... If you want I can share the excel file which this is based on (just send me an email) if you want to try to improve based on that. effeietsanders 07:50, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Moving WLM lists into mainspace
Good call on moving site lists which were part of project space into main space. I was just thinking that would be useful.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)   18:08, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I made Lists of Monuments of National Importance in India and I see that there is also need for a sorting of the state monuments. I will sort the state monuments before next Monday in the same way, and otherwise look over everything and try to connect all these pages to the articles about the individual Indian states. Thanks again for getting this started. I am really interested in sorting this for India now that I see what can be done.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   13:42, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Great article! Thanks for that. Would it make sense to differentiate between States and Union Territories? It seems to be done everywhere. Especially for State Protected Monuments it is important, because it seems Union Territories don't have anything in that category. effeietsanders 13:44, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I do not immediately know what is best. "Union Territories" seem like states in some ways and cities within states in others. Generally these are areas with their own government which would be harmed if they were under the control of a larger state government, like modern developed Delhi would be harmed if it had to work within the context of undeveloped Uttar Pradesh's government infrastructure. I might just have one page with lists of all kinds of protected monuments, whether national or state government, because for the reader they probably will only want to find lists that are local to a given area and do not care which government entity designated them. In the end, I might have a page called "Designated Monuments in Uttar Pradesh" which breaks other lists apart but which includes all monuments which are within the State of Uttar Pradesh whether they are national monuments or state monuments. I still would want to separate the lists, so in the UP monument page there would be a list of national monuments and state monuments but both would be on one page instead of separate pages. The problem that I want to avoid is that these lists both designate monuments in the same places but since they are not cross referenced a person in one place might not know there are two lists. I want to work on this - if you can give me the weekend I will do something and then create a centralized discussion somewhere. I have not really answered your question - sorry, I need to review the data more.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   15:09, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I wanted to acknowledge that I said I would do something and still have not, and will update you when I do. I would like to say that I will be done before the weekend but maybe I will finish this weekend. My hope is that having an article as a portal to all the lists will make the photos more easy to navigate.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   12:34, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I combined state and national monuments in India into one list. See Lists of monuments in India. There is a blank column in the table that I plan to develop in the future with more practical lists showing monuments in geographical proximity, for example, in the same city. I really think that most users would prefer to see monuments sorted in such a way that they could see what is near them, and also I think it would be useful for city article to link to a list for that city. I am also talking about this with others. Thanks for doing what you do with WLM. I hope that lots of people tell you that the idea of WLM is one of the greatest cultural innovations ever in any context, because it is and you are awesome for your part in it.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   16:04, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the helpful overview page :) effeietsanders 08:05, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Tiny type
I looked in on List of Monuments of National Importance in Punjab and ended up squinting: the text in the list is too small. It forced me to change font size to read the list, then change back to read the rest of Wikipedia. Please consider using the default font size the rest of the encyclopedia uses, and spare those of us with deficient eyesight. Thundersnow 09:23, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Thundersnow,
 * Thanks for your message. I wouldn't be against such a change in principle. However, practically speaking I have just copied this template from another one and adapted it. The problem we seem to face is if we increase the font size, that column widths are getting more complex. Since I'm not sure how to handle that properly, I wouldn't dare to touch this myself at this point. Perhaps it is best if you bring it up at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_India/Wiki_Loves_Monuments and then I'll try to point the right people to that discussion. effeietsanders 22:48, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Copyright problem?
Just to let you know, I've posted at Talk:List of heritage sites in Gauteng and asked for expert help at WP:Media copyright questions. I hope I'm got this wrong! -- John of Reading (talk) 11:30, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi John,
 * I guess "expert help" will be of little use until the moment that someone can explain what permissions are in place :) After your question I asked the relevant volunteers to elaborate on that, but it likely takes a little while for them to get back to you about that. effeietsanders 12:16, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of List of Monuments of National Importance in Lucknow circle


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Unused India images
Hello! I do not know anything about Indian monuments - how can you tell an image has been tagged wrongly? If you can give me some clues as to "wrong" I can start working from the other end of the list. I am even willing to crouch into my screen to read the teeny, tiny text. I just need to know I am not going to make things worse by "helping." Thundersnow 13:36, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, Thundersnow! The things I kept in mind mostly is comparing images if there are multiple images available, checking if they didn't just upload a plaque (instead of an actual photo) and whether it fits the description (if it says it is a church and it shows a temple... it is doubtful :) ). But many of them are not very specifically named, so I don't always know either. If in doubt, just don't place it yet and leave it for the locals. Just for the record: I'm not a local either :) Maybe User:Karthikndr has more tips. Thanks for your help! effeietsanders 13:51, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I did not think you were a local, but I considered you might have a specialty I do not, such as historian or photographer. I shall use your tips to get by; everything you said is what I do to get by on the US sites.
 * Shall I start at the bottom of the list? And I apologize in advance if we have edit conflicts - I find they happen a lot when more than one person is working off the same list. Thundersnow  14:05, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I usually save after every state/territorium (or even more often) to avoid conflicts as much as possible. Feel free to start where you like, I won't be able to work on it the coming hour(s) anyway. Thanks! effeietsanders 14:16, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Gibraltarpedia article discussion
Hi

I missed your message here before, found it today and hopefully answered it? Mrjohncummings (talk) 09:59, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

List of heritage sites in Albany, South Africa
Hi! I ran across this article while correcting typos. There were fragments and duplicates and I did the best cleanup I could, but the restoration needs help. Hope you will take a look. Thanks! --LilHelpa (talk) 21:35, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help! I'm afraid most of the typos were already in the source, so there was little I could do about it except going through it manually. I mainly offered to help them out to turn the huge excel sheet into these templated tables, so that people could edit them and improve on that. Quite some work has been done in that field, but clearly not enough! Also I'm afraid most of the cut-off sentences were already like that in the source. I'm afraid I can't go through it manually myself (apologies! I would love to...) but I hope that many hands will make it a lighter work. Thanks for all the help so far! effeietsanders 21:40, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:ASI Monument row duplicate
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MfD nomination of WikiProject India/Wiki Loves Monuments/Uttar Pradesh/Agra
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Nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Wiki Loves Monuments/Uttar Pradesh/Agra for deletion
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Flickr and WLM
Hi friend! It's been so long. Are you organizing WLM this year? Now that I'm the Community team contact at Flickr, I'd love to do what I could never get done when I was at WMF: get Flickr involved in WLM. Let's talk about what that might look like? Or if you're not involved, can you connect me with the right folks? Work email is almonroth@undefinedyahoo-inc.com. Or Talk Page, etc. Almonroth 01:53, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Help on creating templates
Hi Effeietsanders! Could you please help me create a template similar to Template:Philippine cultural property row? I'm planning to use it for other cultural properties which does not merit or currently does not have its own article (like for archaeological national cultural treasures). Here is the format:

Thanks. --Carlojoseph14 (talk) 08:54, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, Carlojoseph14, glad to see you're working on cultural heritage!
 * Setting up the template is not so hard, you can just copy the code and start editing. However, the tricky part is to understand what information should be in there. For example, you use an identifier, but this seems to be the same type of identifier as the identifier for official monuments. I would strongly advise to either use no identifier at all, or make up a new series - to clearly distinct them from the official monuments. Secondly, there should be a clear understanding how you want to use the template, in what kind of page. What kind of information do you expect to have? I don't think you need an upload button in case there is no picture, right? On what wiki do you want to create the pages? effeietsanders 17:30, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response! My proposed table is actually an improvement for the Philippine cultural property row that are currently used on List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines. This will allow merging of the Address/Location, Municipality, Province and coordinates to allow more space for the description especially for those that do not have individual articles on Wikipedia. We can remove the identifier. It will be employed on this wiki. --Carlojoseph14 (talk) 13:57, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

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Appreciated your Listserve entry
Hi, just wanted to connect here to say I really enjoyed and appreciated your Listserve post about Wikipedia. Good to meet you! Extraface (talk) 15:16, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, glad you appreciated it! I can only hope it's a little droplet for more activity :) effeietsanders 16:21, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Wiki Loves Monuments/Uttar Pradesh/Agra
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Lillian Boteler House (Photograph)
Hi Effeietsanders, please see TheCatalyst31 Talk Page regarding the Lillian Boteler House photograph. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 21:37, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I have removed the template from the images to avoid further addition. effeietsanders 01:36, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

The false positive you reported
I just reviewed the false positives and found that you reported http://www.congress.gov.ph/orphil/index.php as alive. When I checked it, I found an error message stating the page contents couldn't be found. Please make sure that the URLs you report are actually alive.— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 17:31, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * There was one i reported, but made a copy paste error. This might be the one. I was unable to undo my report, as far as I could see. effeietsanders 17:34, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah okay. Just be more careful.  It's why this is a two page process. :-) The tool gives you the opportunity to click the URLs you are reporting to check them.  In any event only tool roots have access to the false positives, so I went ahead and declined it.  You may have gotten an email if you have your email settings set up. :-)— CYBERPOWER  ( Chat ) 17:36, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Historic sites/Nepal
First of all a headsup that WikiProject Historic sites/Nepal to track the whole Nepal fiasco to get it to mainspace. In the meantime a number of Nepali editors seem to help out, but that also means that categories start to go all over the place. That is where I need you: And anything else you might want to add. Agathoclea (talk) 18:19, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * What category is currently needed for tracking purposes?
 * Once a move to mainspace is done
 * How long would it take to get the database updated?
 * Would it be wise to make that move during WLM?
 * Do you have a preferred final category to track the lists?
 * Thanks for reaching out. I'm glad to hear things are moving forward and the lists are improving. The database uses the templates to track, so the exact category doesn't matter too much for those purposes. It would be nice if it's consistent though. The database is currently not harvesting Nepal, due to it's unclarity with regards to namespace. If I understand the comment on T173726 correctly, it should already be set up to function properly if things are back in mainspace. That assumes that templates etc did not change. It may take a day or two before they are harvested properly.
 * At this point, I'd say move it as soon as you're ready (but leave redirects because external pages are pointing there). A logical tracking category would be for me something along the lines of Category:Lists of monuments in Nepal. But from my end, I'm not particularly picky. I wouldn't categorize under WLM-specific categories. These lists serve a more general purpose. Hope that makes sense! Thank you for the effort. effeietsanders 18:31, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Lists are moving now. One problem that has arisen is that our Nepali editors have changed the IDs of the Monuments - see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Historic sites/Nepal. I had no feedback as to why, I only guess that it has to do with the new districts that where established in Nepal. Anyway we have a discrepancy between the tagged images and the lists now. Agathoclea (talk) 07:32, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the ping, I responded there. I agree that there is some concern with regards to the changing ID's. This should not be a stopper for moving the pages though, but for the wider ecosystem it would be nicer if we stick with the old numbers, or at least record a dual system. effeietsanders 17:35, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

ErfgoedBot
Since the ownership of ErfgoedBot was passed on, there seems to be no working point of contact for the bot. You seem to be involved somehow, is it ok to pass issues to you, or is there somewhere a central discussion point you could point me to? Agathoclea (talk) 11:30, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reaching out. The management of Erfgoedbot has been taken over by JeanFred. The best place to report issues is on Phabricator, where you can tag it with Wiki-Loves-Monuments-Database, https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wiki-loves-monuments-database/.
 * can you help respond? :) Correct me or provide more detail, as yyou wish. effeietsanders 11:48, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Now I have to just work out how to post something on Phabricator. Agathoclea (talk) 12:05, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Phabricator is the main bugtracker for Wikimedia technical issues. Always helpful to know how that works :) You can find a manual here and (after logging in) you can create a task here. You can even subscribe JeanFred already to your task when you create it (pro-tip ;) ). Hope that helps! effeietsanders 12:10, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Do you know if there is a "notes" field in the database that could be fed from the lists? I am thinking in particular where sofar people have left html notes in the lists regarding access or that they could not find the object at the location or obvious errors in the official documentation. Something that could later be filtered into a botgenerated worklist. Agathoclea (talk) 09:44, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I doubt so, but you could check yourself to be sure (documentation is public). However, it would sound like a bad practice to me. html notes are a bad way to define information. It would work better to define a new parameter, include that in the template and file a phabricator ticket to include that in the database. effeietsanders 16:21, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Exactly my point. So I take it, nothing in that direction has been done so far. Agathoclea (talk) 20:39, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * It may very well exist in one or a few countries. do you know of an example? effeietsanders 22:57, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata
How good is your German? 24-26 November de:Wikipedia:WLM-Wikidata-Editathon_2017 might be of interest to you. Agathoclea (talk) 10:46, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your suggestion. I'm afraid that I currently live a bit too far away (USA) to travel up and down, but I'll poke some colleagues that may be interested. effeietsanders 14:48, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

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Help translating an article from Arabic into English
Hi, can you translate an article from Arabic into English, since I am subscribed to Arabic Wikipedia حمد حمود شاطي حسين العكيلي 07:39, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

https://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%8A حسين العكيلي 07:40, 31 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nayyef.katash (talk • contribs)
 * I'm afraid I don't speak any Arabic. What made you think I was a good candidate? :) effeietsanders 07:45, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

You are cordially invited to the SPIE Photonics West edit-a-thon on 02.02.2020
Join us for the SPIE Photonics West edit-a-thon this Sunday, 02.02.2020!




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Coronavirus pandemic in Indiana map
Thank you so much for adding the COVID19 case map of Indiana, I really appreciate it! There is a slight error with the tilt of the state. It is leaning to the left a few degrees, which may be how it would appear on a larger map of the US due to projection issues, but just looking at any Indiana map, and you can see the side borders (which run due North/South) are depicted as straight up and down. Would it be possible to fix this easily? Cerebral726 (talk) 13:06, 29 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Chiming in to agree with u|Cerbral726, thanks for adding the map! I've been considering adding something similar, but haven't found the time.
 * The tilt made me do a double-take as well. If it can be adjusted easily, I think that would reduce confusion.
 * I noticed that you also changed the infobox back to pandemic from outbreak. Is there a reason? I thought I had checked and found that is just a redirect to.
 * Also, can you add a citation for that map? We've been trying to keep up with citations for data on that page because so many people are interested in looking at the data in various ways and questions come up.
 * Thanks, again! 3Todd (talk) 13:52, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how to fix any tilting issues - they indeed stem from the extraction of the state level maps from the US map. That is also why the sizes look a bit off if you look at the preview on Commons. If someone has a hint how to fix it for all states at once, I'll pick it with the next run later this week.
 * As for the sources: the file description on Commons has all necessary information. Please feel free to adjust the template with the legend accordingly (I'm not entirely sure what would be the appropriate way to describe it in this specific instance). effeietsanders 15:34, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * PS: as for the pandemic/outbreak template: I didn't check thoroughly but tried to keep consistent template use across states that I looked at. As far as I could see all used pandemic, so I assumed that this was the 'correct' one. I was assuming (wrongly, apparently) that outbreak referred to the phase before it was recognized as a pandemic, and that someone just forgot to update it. effeietsanders 04:58, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
 * With the gracious help of a friend, we managed to re-create the maps from TIGER, now with a different projection. Please check and let me know how this works for you. effeietsanders 06:28, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * While it does not have the tilt any longer, it is now severely squashed in the North-South direction. For reference, here is a map of Indiana showing the correct dimensions. I appreciate your continued work! Cerebral726 (talk) 12:53, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I think the squish is less distracting than the tilt was. Thanks! I have been meaning to try my hand at some map data visualizations, but haven't made time for it yet. Maybe if it keeps raining where I am all weekend I'll dabble. 3Todd (talk) 14:58, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

COVID-19 in South Carolina map
Hi there! I have done a good bit of work on the COVID-19 pandemic in South Carolina article, and noticed that the map you added in the infobox does not match the templated legend (Template:COVID-19 pandemic in the United States prevalence legend) that was added with it, but rather uses a different legend and rationale for shading altogether (pct. of population infected, rather than number of cases). I was wondering if you could perhaps tweak the image file (or show me how to do so, so I could keep up with it in the future and perhaps take some work off of your hands) to agree with the legend currently displaying on the page. Thank you! PCN02WPS ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 22:20, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Moments after sending this message I looked at it again and realized that I was reading the legend wrong. Very sorry to bother you, and thank you for all your work! PCN02WPS  ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 22:23, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem, thanks for paying close attention! effeietsanders 22:25, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Hugo de Jonge opening line
Hi, I've commented on the "who serves/has served" opening line on Talk:Hugo de Jonge. 2001:984:20BB:1:95:6FC8:6CB8:F963 (talk) 17:34, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

New message from Narutolovehinata5
Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:28, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * to follow on from this, i started the review and had some queries Mujinga (talk) 19:14, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks!
Just a quick thank you for your clarity and sanity in the conversation about Olive Dunn and the Bonferronni Correction. Much appreciated! Aaron (talk) 18:39, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Jerry Masslo
Hello! Your submission of Jerry Masslo at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 18:18, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
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 * Sorry, life is asking attention. I'll look into it later this week - didn't realize it was already two weeks... effeietsanders 19:58, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi again. Another week has passed. Where are we holding? Yoninah (talk) 11:26, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Template:Did you know nominations/Jerry Masslo
You are invited to join the discussion at Template:Did you know nominations/Jerry Masslo. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:24, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Jerry Masslo
Just to let you know as nominator, Template:Did you know nominations/Jerry Masslo has now been reviewed. Mujinga (talk) 22:10, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Jerry Masslo
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:01, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

List of heritage sites in Port Elizabeth
Hi there, I've run into an odd issue at a page you created quite some time ago. List of heritage sites in Port Elizabeth contains a lot of duplicate text (such as at the entry for Alms houses, Bethelsdorp) and truncated sentences (such as at Fort Frederick). These issues have been there since the page's creation in 2012. I cleaned up some of it, but there are a ton of similar errors remaining... any idea why this would have happened? No hurry. Thank you, Jessicapierce (talk) 04:33, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It's been a while... I don't know what caused the duplicate text, that's odd. Never noticed before. I suspect two columns were merged that typically contained unique information, but not always. The truncation was a problem with my data source, I believe. This was cleaned up manually in some regions, and not in others, it seems. I just converted the data source at the time because I had done it before. Others involved like user:NJR ZA (I think?) may know more about the data itself. Either way, thanks for your help in cleaning up, it's much appreciated! I'm sorry that I can't be of much help. I am afraid that with all the changes so far, going back to the original source will be actually more painful than going through and fixing it manually. But I can dig up the spreadsheet if you like. effeietsanders 05:07, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No worries, I knew it was a long shot after so much time has passed! Thanks for the reply - I'll probably do a quick cleanup job, just to trim the duplicate text, and not worry about the rest. Cheers, Jessicapierce (talk) 05:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

"Brooder" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Brooder. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 August 11 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Plantdrew (talk) 00:36, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikimedians of the Year 2021
Congratulations, Effeietsanders, on being honoured in this presentation. In addition to your work on the NL Wikipedia, I see you have been active on the English version, creating lots of detailed lists of monuments worldwide. Keep up the good work!--Ipigott (talk) 13:30, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Precious
You are recipient no. 2731 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:08, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to Local Wikimania Event in San Francisco this Friday
Hi!

Wikimania is happening and hopefully you're enjoying the sessions. While it's fairly last minute, you're warmly invited to participate in the local Wikimania-themed meetup in the Wikimedia Foundation office this Friday (tomorrow!). You will have to register in advance, but we would love to see more people from the WikiSalon community participate! For more information and registration, please check out Wikimania 2022/San Francisco Meetup.

The event will involve hacking, teaching, learning, and celebrating and we'll have snacks. We will have the opportunity to watch live sessions at Wikimania together in the afternoon. The rest of the day we'll have opportunity to participate in the hackathon, and we may have some on-demand workshops/learning sessions.

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Fundraising banner discussion
Hi Effeietsanders, it may interest you to know that the Dutch community-authored fundraising banner has been translated into English and is one of the candidates for the banners to be used on the English Wikipedia from next week onwards. See Fundraising/2022_banners.

This follows a recent RfC here on the English Wikipedia in which nearly all participants agreed that the banner texts the WMF had planned to use were "at least partly untruthful, and that soliciting money by misleading readers is an unethical and inappropriate use of this project."

I can't remember who authored the Dutch banner, but they might be gratified to know their idea lives on. Regards, Andreas JN 466 10:48, 25 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the pointer. I think Andreas is referring to you. effeietsanders 14:29, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note also Volkskrant article, out today. Best, --Andreas JN 466 21:25, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

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commons category is misplaced
your edit, commons category is misplaced. placement info Template:Commons_category. thank u. <_> jindam, vani (talk) 14:42, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

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