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Thank you!
Thank you for everything you do for the LGBT community... and wikipedia. I also wanted to let you know that your "coached" link is broken. Don't want to re-link a broken link, though :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by HumminPolGeek (talk • contribs) 20:49, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you for the barnstar
Thank you for the barnstar. It is nice to know somebody recognizes one's work. I was going to make a dumb joke that if you wrote better articles, I wouldn't be editing them... Then I looked at your userpage and website. Dang. The barnstar is a real honor from somebody of your Wikipedia caliber and your professional acclaim. Thank you. Bgwhite (talk) 06:59, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Redirects
You seem to have a better grasp on some of the terminology, do these redirects seem odd, or even needed? I was looking at the new article list on the LGBT project page and saw them. Insomesia (talk) 22:45, 8 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Autogynephilic narratives
 * Narratives of autogynephilic transsexuality
 * Narratives of autogynephilic transsexualism
 * Autogynephilic narrative
 * Men trapped in men's bodies


 * Hi there-- Redirects are cheap, as they say. I don't see any problems with those. It's a very obscure terminology which appeals to some people who used to be called "pseudotranssexuals" or "non-transsexuals" but who identify as transsexual. No one will ever search those terms, but there are very few redirects I would ever delete. Jokestress (talk) 23:32, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Insomesia (talk) 23:44, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

do NOT get yourself killed, child
you do not want to get yourself killed tampering with information on this topic, child. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.43.201.210 (talk) 00:21, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Northwest Africa 7034
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Eugene Patterson
What in the blue hell are you doing touching my article? Naw just kidding thanks for expanding it, I try to make a stub then let other editors expand it and I just thought I'd let you know it is looking quite nice thanks to your additions! Happy editing!!! Hell In A Bucket (talk) 08:16, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Pretty terrible that we didn't have an article until he died. At least we have one for every Pokemon! Jokestress (talk) 08:18, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I've always thought the same on some things that we include, but better late then never. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 08:21, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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AFD Question
It looks like you may speak Russian? Can you look into this and see if you can assay the sources provided for [], on the article Shimun Vrochek. I myself do not and could use the help, if you find that this person is notable you can link this to the AFD discussion and close it by withdrawing the nom. I can't read Russian and it will hinge on if the article is kept or not. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 13:14, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

David Wynn Miller
Hello Jokestress...

I don't see why you would remove from the article about Miller the fact that he alleges he died in 1975. It is a significant part of his life, his purported abilities, and his accomplishments. So it seems to me it belongs there. At any rate, the reference is found in one of the youtube videos from his Quantum Grammar seminar.

At about 3 minutes and 30 seconds into the video he says he was dead for 35 minutes. Here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZaK9ZXDgak&feature=player_detailpage#t=209s

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Thank you
Thanks for the barn star. I think an over-enthusiastic editor was trying to prove how "important" she was! Regards, WWGB (talk) 12:33, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Regarding your removal of the "Controversy" section in the fark page.
Greetings, Jokestress.

You recently removed an entire section from this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fark

You were nice enough to send me the following comment when you made the edit:

"Hello, I'm Jokestress. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Fark because it didn't appear constructive. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Jokestress (talk) 09:41, 13 January 2013 (UTC)"

I have chosen to contact you as you requested. As you may know, Fark.com has been hemorrhaging people since about 2007. As a fark member since early 2001 I can say I have seen its influence grow and wane over the years. It is my opinion that the reason for fark's declining influence is the dissatisfaction felt by the members over the growing epidemic of "shadowbanning" where people are effectively removed from the site without evidence, notification, or any way of even telling that you've been removed except clearing your cookies.

You mention that the "controversy" didn't "appear constructive" and yet I truly believe that it is. It is factual, up to date, and I did not include any personal opinions in it like I have in this posting. (Specifically, my claim in the above paragraph that Fark's shadowbanning policy is likely the reason for their declining relevance.)

I intend to reinstate the section but I will allow you a few hours to do so on your own. Nice to meet you,

-Leeds — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.17.59.18 (talk) 21:04, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Need your help
Hi, I was very much actively editing with wiki. But now I am really facing a trouble, please help me to overcome that. I have created one article Kumar Anish, now the same is in a trouble. One of the Wikipedian put one notability box in that. I am putting a lot of efforts to create an article. I have very few supporters in wiki, you and other two three guys, so please help me to overcome the trouble. I want to save my article. He is a very famous person. Please give support and help me too. Mydreamsparrow (talk) 15:06, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I did not see very many English-language sources which mention him. If you have any other books, magazine, or newspapers discussing his work, add them. Also, if he is covered in other languages you know, you may wish to start articles on him in those languages, too. Let me know if you need any help adding sources. Jokestress (talk) 16:39, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Jokestress. Thanks for posting your explanation about the offsite picture incident. Though it doesn't make your actions right, they now seem far less monstrous then the NYT made the out to be. Would you prefer this whole mess go to Arbcom? If so I would be inclined to drop my !vote. I'd hate to see you get TB'ed from a subject you are passionate about, but something needs to be done (and it's not just you). I'm usually anti sanctions, so im torn about supporting sanctions for you because you are an amazing editor. little green rosetta $central scrutinizer (talk)$ 17:49, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I was just composing a response to you at AN/I. I'll post it there shortly. Thanks for keeping an open mind. Jokestress (talk) 18:31, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

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An arbitration case involving you has been opened, and is located at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Sexology. Evidence that you wish the Arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence sub-page, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Sexology/Evidence. Please add your evidence by February 22, 2013, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can contribute to the case workshop sub-page, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Sexology/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 03:21, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I've kibbitzed a little about this dispute (it offers a far more serious opportunity to apply principles of separation of Wiki from extraneous activities that I had proposed in the Fae case). I should note that to me, as an outsider, your evidence about Bailey seems mystifying - it is not clear why you spend so much time in your presentation describing the foibles of a third party.  Even if all of sexology can somehow be partitioned as pro-Bailey and anti-Bailey, even so, I'm not sure it's all that relevant.  (If this were an arbitration between a liberal and a conservative, would the budget deficit be admissible?)  If there is a strong direct relationship between Cantor and Bailey in some kind of on-wiki editing then you should make that clear; otherwise, it might be better to swap in more relevant data about your and Cantor's relationship instead.  I should note in particular that the "fucksaw" thing is amusing but not persuasive to me - as one would not expect a medical course in gross anatomy to proceed without an autopsy, it seems like Bailey was taking what I would call a "forsane" position (i.e. more sane than most people) and suffered for it.
 * It is of course entirely possible that I've missed your point and I shouldn't have, but I just wanted to give you feedback. I am sympathetic to some of your position about overmedicalization of behavioral diversity  though I view purveyors of transgender surgeries with equal suspicion.  The most ironic thing about that citation is that I take it that both you and Cantor would agree, generally, that pedophilia is not a strictly isolated phenomenon of people attracted to prepubescents but has a long tail of people who are affected to a lesser degree, which to my intuition seems like an important step in the right direction.  To me, it seems like the problem of pedophilia will be over with when you look up porn on the Internet and find lots of pictures of sexy 40- and 50-year-olds mixed in the natural ratio of the population; it seems bound up with the question of why adults' preferences are being driven in age-inappropriate but legal directions.  Unfortunately, that source makes it sound like small differences in how the disease in defined are a sectarian battle in which small differences in religious doctrine can translate to people being locked up for life rather than freed for the exact same actions - but innately, properly, the decision of what to believe in ought to be made as freely as when people (in modern times) decide between Homoousian and Homoiousian.  I would like Wikipedia to be a zone of "psychiatric religious freedom" in which all faiths can express themselves without having to fight each other over who is right. Wnt (talk) 18:27, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. It became clear from the request section that some people were going to start making up their minds before they saw all the evidence. The background material I have up for now is simply a placeholder to give context about the off-wiki disputes. My material about on-wiki conduct will contextualize that information. You'll note that most folks who come unhinged in response to this are academics, have science backgrounds, hold rigid medicalized worldviews, or some combination of the three. This dispute challenges the belief systems of some people, so they have very strong emotional responses. That upsets them too, because they consider themselves rational, objective people. The cognitive dissonance is not something they usually feel when considering "science." Add sex and consent to the emotional mix and kablooey! Gaskets are blown. More soon, and thanks again for the comment! Jokestress (talk) 19:44, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, be careful not to overgeneralize. My background is academic and scientific (but "real biology" :), and to me, psychiatry doesn't seem scientific enough.  To continue with the previous example, I see no evidence in a search that anyone has ever taken pedophiles out to Nevada and let them pick out a sex worker, seeing how far they can get while periodically looking at fMRI and compared it to non-pedophiles with special attention to the regions reported to be lesioned in some individual pedophiles examined.  I don't see evidence anyone has tried testing with pheromones, which to me seem of primary importance in altering and updating sexual perceptions.  It ever galls me that our whole society is half nuts with fear over this condition, using it as an excuse to undermine basic axioms of freedom of communications, and we don't try the most obvious first-pass ideas to try to cure it; but I imagine we don't even know the full extent of the fallout, for example on age discrimination and on elderly couples who stop feeling attracted to one another.  Anyway, I realize I'm off topic here, but when it comes to your case, I hope everyone will be able to focus tightly on the on-wiki interaction, which reflects not only your differences of opinion but also some inept Wikipedia policies I would like to fix. Wnt (talk) 21:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

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Bailey, Blanchard et al in academics
Hi, you are surely busy but I had an idea that may help. To me one of the core issues is the self-promotional nature of Bailey, Blanchard and crew. Someone else countered how many academic sites as evidence the subject(s) were not fringe. I wonder if examining how many of those cites are self-referencing vs. how many dispute their findings might be informative? I know it's complex but every time I look into this I notice how it seems like a walled garden is being nurtured along. Hope all goes well and keep up the good work! Insomesia (talk) 20:35, 18 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Yeah. That's what led to the creation of this diagram. The source from which this all pours forth is this CAMH nexus. They are constantly logrolling for each other, citing each other, and self-citing. The self-citing has leaked onto Wikipedia via Cantor. Jokestress (talk) 20:49, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * That's what I see. If the diagram or a version to demonstrate all of that isn't already included I encourage it's use. To me this is the core of Cantor's activities. Insomesia (talk) 05:57, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I know this is probably a bit of a stressful time for you now, but don't foget to relax and smile.

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 * Thanks! I'm not stressed, though I have spent a lot of time sifting through mountains of evidence. It's an interesting exercise to distill this to under 1000 words. I'm treating it like a controversial article requiring extensive citations. Jokestress (talk) 03:51, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

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BBC R4 Programme on Transgenderism
Hi Andrea, you're probably already aware, but Analysis, a BBC Radio 4 programme, made an interesting episode recently on trangenderism and feminism. The context is quite specific to the UK. I stumbled across it today and thought it might interest you. "Who Decides if I'm a Woman A spat between feminist Suzanne Moore and transgender rights activists played out on social networking sites, and then hit the headlines when journalist Julie Burchill joined in too. Jo Fidgen explores the underlying ideas which cause so much tension between radical feminists and transgender campaigners, and discovers why recent changes in the law and advances in science are fuelling debate. Contributors: James Barrett, consultant psychiatrist and lead clinician at the Charing Cross National Gender Identity Clinic; Julie Bindel, feminist and journalist; Lord Alex Carlile QC, Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords; Melissa Hines, professor of psychology at Cambridge University; Richard O'Brien, writer of the Rocky Horror Show; Ruth Pearce, postgraduate researcher in sociology at the University of Warwick; Stephen Whittle OBE, professor of equalities law at Manchester Metropolitan University." It's likely you're more tech savy than I, but here's a primer in using a proxy to access the BBC iplayer from outside the UK:. FiachraByrne (talk) 10:50, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks-- that's quite a motley crew! Always interesting that the majority of animus is directed at trans women (hence their title). That re-ignition of the radfem debate from 1979 is not something I am going to wade into again, but I'll take a look. Jokestress (talk) 10:59, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Sonata
Please spare us the stress of jokes such as Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata Number Eight In C Minor Op. 13. It's wrong in many respects, Beethoven Pathetique piano sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 might work, but for whom? Did you know that naming conventions exist? Did you know that Beethoven wrote violin sonatas and cello sonatas? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:50, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It appeared on this list which we are systematically clearing to determine the names of needed articles. We redirect as many variants as possible, because at least one person thought that was the name. Nice pun BTW! Jokestress (talk) 20:25, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks ;) - where does the list come from? "Minor" should be "minor", "Number" should be abbreviated, the number itself not a word, the nickname Pathetique probably italic, - can we educate that one person, rather than create a redirect that should not be imitated? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:23, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * ps: I also saw (not by you) Beethoven sonatas, redirected to his piano sonatas, - but he also wrote violin sonatas and cello sonatas, - misleading, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Per your inquiry, I have redirected Beethoven sonatas to Beethoven's sonatas, which disambiguates sonatas by featured instrument. Please feel free to expand Beethoven's violin sonatas and Beethoven's cello sonatas into articles similar to Beethoven's piano sonatas. Jokestress (talk) 02:21, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry to but in, but redirects such as this should be encouraged (along with most combinations of the factors you mention) because they are very likely search terms. Redirects exist to enable people to find the articles they are looking for, whether they know Wikipedia's naming conventions or not (and particularly if they don't). I know little about this sort of music, but do occasionally listen to Classic FM, so my exposure to the titles is mostly by hearing it rather than reading it. I would be particularly unlikely to guess that "number" should be abbreviated, doubly so as the naming conventions for the areas of Wikipedia I'm most familiar with (rail transport, geography and language) generally avoid abbreviations. Thryduulf (talk) 00:06, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

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Hi n stuff
Hey! Just stopping by to say "Hey!". I've been busy with biochemistry and differential equations these last few months, but it's good to see that my slack has been picked up, so to speak. I'll be back in a few weeks once exams have finished up and maybe actually start writing some of these articles that need pages instead of just redirecting. The progress page estimates that the Stanford Archives will be done on May 13, 2014, and I must say: Challenge accepted. Anyways, it's kind of nice to know that I'm not the only one out there trying to destroy this monster, as it were. Well our time together dwindles, so until our fates intertwine once more, by my troth, I am off!  Sesame honey  tart  13:22, 13 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks! These lists get harder to clear as we get down to the last answers, because the topics are either complicated, obscure, or borderline notable. It's interesting how many famous works of art do not have articles. Clearly a systemic problem! These lists get cleared by fits and starts, so I look forward to when you can put a little more time against them! Jokestress (talk) 16:30, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

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Film producer
Todd Lieberman tried to write his own article and made a bit of a mess. I don't know if it is in your field to expand. There is lots of RS on the net and you may have some handy in your area. His people are working on getting me a photos under free licenses. I will upload them to commons, help them with OTRS etc., and link his commons category to the article. No biggy but I just fear that his end may try to expand it and make a mess again.Canoe1967 (talk) 19:37, 21 April 2013 (UTC)


 * The original author is probably an employee/publicist, but Lieberman definitely warrants an article. I'd see him around the Disney lot now and then. I added some more stuff and sourcing. Jokestress (talk) 23:02, 21 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you ever so much. The user posted first at help desk wanting an article on 'himself'. No way to no for sure though. I emailed his PR for images and explained how Wikipedia works and I think they trust us with the article now. I gave them a COI link, etc. Once any images arrive then I will add those. If I don't hear from them then I will send one more email. If Larry Thomas (actor) is kicking around there you may wish to ask if he wishes to pose in as The Soup Nazi character for that article. I noticed the Comic-Con post above and may ask in that project as well. We have another notable person, User:Bebad2013/sandbox, that I have been helping with images. Her article is still in draft space but due to go live in the first week of May when more sources are published. May I ask you to take a peek at that one now or when ready? Same issue with COI creating one in a sandbox. I came across it with image copyright issues at commons. She forwarded images and email permissions from the photographers to me and they are in the OTRS backlog at commons now. (insert your favorite barnstar here and sign my name to it).Canoe1967 (talk) 23:22, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

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

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Gynandromorphophilia & until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Sceptre (talk) 19:33, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! (Women in Science SIA)
Hi there, just wanted to say thank you for the amazing work you've done creating and populating pages for Women in Science (She Blinded Me With Science) from Smithsonian Institution Archives. It is wonderful to see the articles take shape thanks to your and other editors' efforts. Thanks again for letting these scientists shine a bit brighter! Meghaninmotion (talk) 14:18, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Allison Wyatt


A tag has been placed on Allison Wyatt requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 22:49, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Infobox film template tweak
Hello, Andrea. A little while back you were nice enough to post a message on my IP talk page. As you can see, I've been adding AFI external link templates to film articles. (Also, when I've seen obvious errors I've tweaked them.) I'm up to # 1175 in the 60,000+ AFI listing!) Well I got to thinking: why isn't there a parameter for AFI data in the Infobox film template? The infobox template talk page archives have some very old discussion, but it didn't resolve anything. I wondering if you can do anything about this. Thanks. iP. 1234567890.71.95.39.226 (talk) 06:04, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of National Economic Council, Inc.


The article National Economic Council, Inc. has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Lack of notability - no significant coverage in RS

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. OccamzRazor (talk) 01:59, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Showing some WikiLove: You rock!


Your work is awesome! And extra points for meeting Felicity Huffman, she did an extraordinary character in Transamerica.  Miss Bono  [zootalk]  18:18, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Invitation


As there is a Wikipedia article about you, you are cordially invited to contribute a short audio recoding of your spoken voice, so that our readers may know what you sound like and how you pronounce your name. Details of how to do so, and examples, are at Voice intro project. You can ask for help or clarification on the project talk page, or my talk page. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:56, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Just to let you know -- Missing Wikipedians
You have been mentioned at Missing Wikipedians. XOttawahitech (talk) 14:33, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Edit-a-thons at UC Riverside
The UCR Libraries are hosting three edit-a-thons focusing on their great special collections (science fiction, water resources, the Inland Empire and more) on Oct. 12, 2013, Oct. 26, 2013, and Nov. 23, 2013. Please participate if you can! Details and signup here. All are welcome, new and experienced editors alike! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 04:08, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter
Books and Bytes Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013 by , Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved... New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted. New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis?? New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration Read the full newsletter ''Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 21:39, 27 October 2013 (UTC)''

Margaret Nichols
Hello, Jokestress. I though you might want to know that the article Margaret Nichols, which you created, has recently been nominated for deletion. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 20:30, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Survey
As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasit &#124; c 15:46, 9 December 2013 (UTC)