User talk:Kirkcudbrightshire

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June 2013
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Change in your user rights
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Ready for review before going to main space
User:Barbara (WVS)/sandbox/Willie Has Gone To War is ready for your review and comments. Obviously, it is a draft at this point, but completed enough to pass review by new page patrollers. If you can come up with a 'hook' to go along with this article which would create overwheming curiousity in the minds of those visiting the main page of wikipedia, I will move the new article to main space and then nominate it for the "...Did you know" section (DYK). I still have to fill out the references completely because bare urls are sometimes do not look as good as the other detailed references. Best Regards,
 * Barbara (WVS) (talk) 12:31, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Comments on WikiEd dashboard
I've completed my 'training' and my dashboard page looks okay. I can't seem to change the assignments. I erroneously listed Polio virus s the article I am 'assigned' when it should be Polio vaccine. It doesn't look like I can change my assignments, i.e., identify the articles on which I am working. Also, the dashboard does not include the detailed edit summaries that I include on my user contributions page. You get more info from my editing history than you do via the dashboard. Best Regards,
 * Barbara (WVS) (talk) 12:31, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

New article:Morrison Foster
There is so much information about Morrison in all the content and references regarding his brother, creating an article about Morrison hasn't taken much effort, though at this point it is only a stub. Best Regards,
 * Barbara (WVS) (talk) 18:50, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

This is how I responded
I left the following message on the talk page of the article and I posted the following message on the talk pages of the two editors who expressed an interest in moving the Archives article:

Proposed merge of Archives Service Center, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
This article has been renamed to its more descriptive and accurate title. You will find it now if you do a search. The references also contain the name of the archives and the references describe the distinction between the Archives and the rest of the Pitt library system. The secondary sources specifically mention this part of the library as a separate entity. An article for the University of Pittsburgh Library System will be drafted, then this article may be able to be merged with this future article about the libraries at Pitt, but until then, news coverage supports the treatment of this topic separately from the rest of the Library system. Please retain this article under its current and correct name. Best Regards,:Barbara (WVS) (talk) 20:56, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Suggested Conflict of Interest notice to place on talk page
Good news! Librarians are given a good bit of freedom in editing and there should be no problem with corrections you want to make to any article. I have written a sample notice for you below. You can cut and paste it to the archives article talk page.

COI disclosure
I am employed by the University of Pittsburgh as a librarian. I do not get paid to edit content on Wikipedia and it is not part of my job description. I am collaborating with User:Barbara (WVS) a visiting scholar with the University of Pittsburgh. I intend to oversee her edits and article creation and check them for accuracy. I believe that I will be able to do so without creating a conflict of interest and I intend to be neutral and unbiased in this capacity.

Formation of Wikiproject 19th-century American Music
If you would like to support the formation of the Wikiproject 19th-century American Music, then go here, select the edit option next to the heading Support and add your ~. If you know of any other editors that might be interested, please invite them to show their support in a similar way. You really aren't committing to a certain amount of activity 'in' this project, but you are showing interest. No one checks up on you to see how active you are (usually). Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) (talk) 13:44, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Please comment
An editor wants to rename the article I wrote on the Archives. Please leave an appropriate comment in response to the discussion here
 * Best Regards,
 * Barbara (WVS) (talk) 11:23, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Very, very rough draft
here is where you will find the incredibly rough draft of the ULS. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) (talk) 02:55, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Very, very rough draft about carnegie's telegram to Frick
Here is a draft I started on the telegram. I surely believe the telegram is a notable subject, worthy of an article all on its own. I'm having trouble finding online sources but will be taking out some books on the subject.
 * Barbara (WVS) (talk) 12:15, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Working on CAM part of ULS article
KmHaines (talk) 15:31, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Whiskey Rebellion
Now a Good Article on Wikipedia with content from the archives. I finally did it. Best Regards,
 * Barbara (WVS) ✐   ✉  14:53, 12 February 2017 (UTC)