User talk:Epistemophiliac/Archive 3


 * I'm really sorry to see this (though I understand the feeling) and I deeply hope that nothing I did contributed to your need to take a break. You're one of the finest editors associated with the education program, a voice of reason. Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 03:12, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Mathew, as much fun as our discussions have been - no please do not consider my absence anything to do with your actions - if anything they are simply the product of certain frustrations that I share with you. Epistemophiliac (talk) 03:38, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi
Hi, I hope that you have a restful wikibreak and come back feeling better. Pine(talk) 09:54, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you Pine. Epistemophiliac (talk) 03:38, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Welcome back
Welcome back from break. Many things have happened in your absence, I think mainly for the good. Pine✉ 06:31, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the welcome back, it was nice to get away from wikipedia for a month and take the chance to settle into my new home on the west coast. Epistemophiliac (talk) 05:25, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

pdx wiknic
Thanks for posting a wiknic, the fundamental requirement for organization. I went to go put it on my calendar, but I was stumped as to the time. Perhaps suggest that too? —EncMstr (talk) 03:00, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * somewhat randomly picked noon, and posted it. Epistemophiliac (talk) 03:42, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes Portland photo event
Sign up here: Wikipedia Takes America/Portland :)--Pharos (talk) 12:23, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Tehran Stock Exchange
Hello, Epistemophiliac. As a courtesy, I thought I would give you a "heads up" concerning the Tehran Stock Exchange article that you worked on, some time ago. I am giving serious consideration to undertaking an (individual) Good Article Reassessment (GAR). I would agree that the article is good is some aspects, with broad scope, nice graphics and numerous references (although my initial review indicates that some may be dead links, or are not from reliable sources). But the quality of writing is poor, most likely originating with a non-native speaker, with numerous unsupported and, frankly, meaningless statements. The faux financial terminology reads like a machine translation. I am concerned that it is simply not the sort of work that we should be promoting as a Wikipedia Good Article.

If you have a moment, would you mind sharing your thoughts? Perhaps time has given you a perspective on the matter, which would be helpful in this evaluation. Gulbenk (talk) 01:30, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:56, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit-thon: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Hope to see you there! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:58, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

2013 Portland Wiknic!
Hope you are able to attend! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:17, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes Portland 2013!
-- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:21, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit-athon at Portland Art Museum
-- Another Believer ( Talk ) 04:17, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Just a reminder about this weekend's event! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:18, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Meetup in Vancouver, WA
-- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:35, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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You are invited to an upcoming WikiWednesday meetup!
Hi Epistemophiliac, you are invited to come meet fellow wiki enthusiasts at WikiWednesday, a series of meetups for fans of Wikipedia, PortlandWiki, and wikis in general. If you are interested in attending, we will be meeting at NedSpace (619 SW 11th Avenue, Suite 250, at the corner of SW 11th and Morrison) at 6pm on Wednesday, May 21. You would be welcome to work on Wikipedia articles of your choosing, or other preferred wikis. I'll be there to help out. Hope to see you there! (Feel free to RSVP on my talk page or here.) -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 23:20, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Portland Oregon (March 7, 2015)
 You are invited!


 * Saturday, March 7: Art+Feminism – noon to 5pm
 * Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Portland Art Museum's Crumpacker Family Library (Mark Building, 2nd Floor; 1219 SW Park Avenue). Art+Feminism is a campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords.

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

Thanks,

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