User talk:Jbmurray/Archive 16

FAC delegate resignation
Que te parece?! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 05:09, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

University of BC
See Talk:Postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder and and  (Kalina Christoff and Helen M Dunn). Perhaps you can help "orient" these new editors. Sandy Georgia (Talk)
 * Hmm. I like the approach that Tom Cloyd is taking.  Are these UBC profs, then?  Ah, I guess.  --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 20:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, Tom's approach seems healthy, but these women won't engage on talk, hence it falls to me do all the cleanup. The real problem is them not engaging either on article or user talk, in case you're able to have any effect there.  Saludos, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 20:32, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've sent Christoff an email. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 20:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * You're a gem-- see my post on article talk, we should be good to move forward now! Best, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 21:01, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. I just got another email, in which she says "I think I may have just figured out how to write on the talk pages too."  She's working on it.  All will be well.  --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 21:07, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Might be faster to meet her for a cafecito. Thanks, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 21:17, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I have my own Childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder‎ to deal with. (Evidence here.)  --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 21:26, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Whatever that's about, he is a very handsome little fellow!! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 21:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll second that; nice pic! Thanks for the heads up on my talk page, Jon.  Sandy, I'd be glad to chip in and help -- my immediate reaction is to post a greeting at their talk page and watch the article, but since I saw a note that they were feeling a little overwhelmed I thought I'd check in here first.  Should I just watch the article for now?  I don't know medical issues well, but I can try to be generally helpful. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 01:51, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not too worried now. The editor who first created the article (surprisingly an established editor, but according to Cristoff, one of her students ??) had synthesis, POV, COPYVIO, primary sources, grammatical errors, the works ... but as soon as Kalina Cristoff got on board, she seemed to catch on quickly, and started citing secondary reviews right away. My hunch is that it's going to be fine, and isn't going to be the time consuming mess that I had with klazomania.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 02:04, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

RfC on FA leadership
Please ignore my query if everything is as you wanted, but I noticed you added "support" in a section which asserts that Raul's tenure should be subject to periodic reconfirmation. Most other comments in that section propose a suggested term (like "annually"), so I'm wondering if you intended your comment as written, and in that section. Johnuniq (talk) 02:39, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I realized afterwards that I should have put a term. But then I also noticed that not everyone had, and reallY I have no particularly fixed view on the matter.  So I'm happy to leave things as they are.  Thanks for your query.  --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 05:48, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Jbmurray,

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

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:16, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to Vancouver meetup
Hello,

You are invited to an edit-a-thon at the Prophouse Café on Sunday March 25, as part of Women's History Month events all over the world. If you wish to attend, please see Meetup/Vancouver WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon and add your signature to the list.

Thank you! Inverse Hypercube (talk) 09:39, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with File:Chicha.jpg
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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Kelly hi! 23:25, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Education problem and potential RfC
Hi. I'm trying to draft an RfC related to reforming the WMF on English Wikipedia run education programme. It can be found at User:LauraHale/Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Education Program. At the moment, it has a variety of issues and could use a set of eyes helping to edit and improve the draft before it gets taken live. Any help in improving the focus, making it more coherent, making the purpose more clear, having acceptable and a variety of solutions offered, and fixing the general formatting, spelling and grammar would be appreciated. --LauraHale (talk) 02:24, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 09:28, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

New education noticeboard
WP:ENB. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 17:25, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Ugh. Thanks for the pointer.  --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 09:27, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Ping
Hi, I've emailed you on a matter of some importance. Tony  (talk)  02:02, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Goodness. Well, thank you! :) --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 04:39, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

New essay
Since you're an expert in this, any help you can give to develop/refine the new essay Assignments for student editors (even if it is just dropping comments on the talk page) would be much appreciated! Thank you, and thank you for all of your contributions. Best! Biosthmors (talk) 19:50, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Have been observing; it looks as though there is good progress. If I have time, I'll add something at some point.  --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 20:06, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Biosthmors (talk) 23:11, 15 February 2013 (UTC)