User talk:Missvain/Archive 12

List of female architects
Hello again Sarah. I see your women's initiative is beginning to bear fruit, both with new articles and of course this list, including all your own additions. Maybe it would be useful for you to look at the discussions on the list's talk page as well as those on the talk page of WP Architecture. As you will see, despite my own initial suggestions, there now seems to be an understanding that red links should be avoided as far as possible. Short stubs should be added instead. The problem is that the purpose of a list is to inform readers rather than to assist developers. While you provide a book as a reference for your additions, it is not going to be an easy job to write bios just on this basis. A further suggestion was that red links could be added, for example to WikiProject Architecture/List of female architects as a basis for future development. What do you think? - Ipigott (talk) 08:25, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry! I guess since I've made so many darn lists in my Wiki-life that I've found red links are as empowering as stubs. But hey, what do I know :) I'm done adding additions, I did quite a bit of research into it. I even added a few newly translated articles. Ah well, I understand if my work is reverted. SarahStierch (talk) 15:18, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Great job adding all those names and thanks for adding those sources!! My understanding of redlinks is that they can be used where there is a reasonable chance of creating a meaningful article. I imagine all of the people you've added will be verfiable and notable enough for the list, but whether they should be redlinked is a different question. If I were you I'd not remove anyone from the list until we've come to a concensus about what we're doing. Sionk (talk) 17:29, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ya'll might notice I've started to create some stubs (some are better than others!) about some of the red links. Oh, Wikipedia how you work wonders for my OCD ;) I've also removed a few that I failed to find decent sources for. Ok..real work to now. I will revisit the women of architecture soon :) SarahStierch (talk) 22:22, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, you've certainly been making progress in the right direction. Good work! Overall, the list is now more blue than red. Now I've added some of the more important Danes, I'll have a look at some of the red links. It would be great if we could compile a good, world-wide list before the end of March. What we need now is more women actually contributing to the editing. - Ipigott (talk) 07:47, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

GLAM/Delaware Art Museum
Please take a look at User talk:Dthomsen8/Draft articles/DMA as a second draft, with help from Smallbones (talk of redoing Delaware Art Museum. I have dropped some of the links in the original in redoing the whole section, and I am unsure if I am consistent in adding subsection and sub-subsection headings, but overall I think this is much better visually. Smallbones and I have been discussing this on both of our talk pages.  --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:58, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok! I'm SUPER busy right now so I can't promise I can offer much support this moment. I would encourage you to drop by User:LoriLee's talk page, as she is the United State Cultural Partnerships Coordinator (unlike me, the gender gap fellow), and she may have more time for input! SarahStierch (talk) 15:19, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * fyi, uploaded some occupy pics today, art already hanging the morning after.  Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 03:46, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:North Carolina Monument Back.jpg
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 * hi this is a result of the merger by wildwolf List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield, let's discuss. Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 13:11, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * So what do we do? SarahStierch (talk) 15:02, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, and the copyright law changes now declare that this artwork should be in the public domain. I don't believe this piece was copyrighted at it's time of creation. We can move it to commons and change the template. SarahStierch (talk) 15:02, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * correct, smallbones unmerged, and add gettysburg monuments to public art to do list. Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 00:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Re:Award
Thank you!--Cattus talk 18:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Signpost and WikiWomen's History Month
Hello Sarah, I noted with interest your comment about WikiWomen's History Month at the tipline; I'd be very interested in focusing coverage on this issue. Do you know of anyone who might be interested in contributing writing on the topic area? It would be great to have an opinion essay on the topic in the first issue of the month, especially since the issue of women and Wikipedia has dropped off the community's radar somewhat in recent months. Regards,  Skomorokh   23:45, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Skomorokh. I can write something, perhaps a piece that involves a few interviews with women in Wikipedia and within open source/tech/education community, etc. This could explore why it's important to have improved women's history content on Wikipedia. Sound good? SarahStierch (talk) 03:03, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds wonderful Sarah; I've made a note of it at the newsroom – let us know when you might be in a position to write it (we generally like to schedule stories by Friday and finish them by Sunday), or if you need any assistance with anything. I'm looking forward to publishing this! Regards,  Skomorokh   03:22, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, regarding the Women project, I made a proposal to a museum director about doing an Edit-a-thon about the Catalan surrealist painter Àngels Santos Torroella ca: Àngels Santos Torroella, she is 100 year old, but still alive and kicking, so I want to support her centenary improving her bio. The Museum director (also a woman) who helds several of her artworks is considering the idea, and I'm suposed to be contacted with a yes/no during the next week. I'll keep you updated.--Kippelboy (talk) 17:40, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * That's great Kippelboy, be sure to drop us a note at the tipline once you hear something concrete. Cheers,  Skomorokh   03:22, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Adding categories versus lists
Hi Genevieve. Thanks for contributing to the List of lists of women. However, I had to remove all of the categories you added, as they are not lists. You can learn more about the differences here: Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates. Perhaps creating some cited lists with information about the subjects you added would be a good idea? As I know we could use more related to those subjects! Thanks! SarahStierch (talk) 00:23, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

שלום, אני מבקש סליחה לטעות שלי. יש הדף הזה בצרפתי ( http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme_rabbin) ובעברית אבל אין לי זמינות לתרגם אותה זה. Hello, excuse my errors. There is this page in French and in Hebrew  but I have no availability to translate, Je te souhaite bonne chance dans la traduction de cette page importante pour les féministes juives.--Cordialement féministe ♀  Cordially feminist Geneviève  (talk) 14:22, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Miss America protest
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Photo requests
Hi! Do you do photo requests? If so, there are some places in the Indianapolis area which may be useful to have photographed for Wikipedia Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 02:25, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I actually haven't lived in Indianapolis in two years, or I would lend a hand! Sorry! SarahStierch (talk) 19:11, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright. Thanks anyway! WhisperToMe (talk) 19:12, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Archives of American Gardens
The DYK project (nominate) 09:23, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Patsy in the list
re: File:Patsy Cline's Home in Winchester, Virginia.jpg

Article at Patsy Cline House

Smallbones (talk) 01:48, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's Day
 User:Slowking4 has given you some missvain wikilove! Nothing promotes Public Art WikiLove more than the smiling face of missvain on your talk page.

Spread the goodness of public art wikilove, by adding wikilove to someone's talk page with a friendly message!


 * thanks for the barnstar, now you have iconic status. Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 18:50, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * HAHAHAHA! This takes "self love" to a whole new level. Oh, did I just type that? ;P SarahStierch (talk) 18:51, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * dominic created this floating head: it was a team effort. remember us in your demigoddess elevation. lol, your talk page is #not# irc. Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 18:56, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * you didn't have a great-grandmother in the puget sound shipyard? check out the riveter.  Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 02:45, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Cuddly Valentine's Day to You

 * too cute! :) Thanks Carol! <3 SarahStierch (talk) 19:32, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Very sweet of you to remember me!! Thankyou Sarah! ♦ Dr. Blofeld  19:34, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!
Hi Sarah, thank you so much for the Valentine's Day wishes. I wish the same for you, a great year, which you've worked hard for and thoroughly deserve. All the best to you, SlimVirgin  TALK |  CONTRIBS 21:00, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Re:
This is the best of the best for a forever alone celebration XD --ProtoplasmaKid (talk) 21:40, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Women and all that
First of all, thanks very much for remembering me on Valentine's day. All the very best to you too. You certainly deserve it. But what I'm really writing about is how you think we should go forward on improving the coverage of women. Writing biographies in connection with the List of female architects has convinced me that some of those pioneering and/or influential ladies should be included in other articles. I'm not too sure whether to start with an article on Women architects (covering especially those who also should as mid or high in WikiProject Women's History) along the lines of Women artists or to take a country by country approach. We also need to do something about Women sculptors based on the List of female sculptors. It might also be useful to add summary details to the names on the lists so that people can get a better overview of the coverage. Most of the names currently listed can mean very little to people living outside a given country. In any case, I think we need to do more so that enterprising people such as the Estonian Valve Pormeister (I've just been writing about her) get more than just a couple of dozen hits even for a new article. Any ideas? - Ipigott (talk) 08:43, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK Esther Hill
Hi! i have reviewed and approved the DYK nomination of this article you created. I have also posted some suggestions for the articles improvement on its talk page. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 10:32, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi. That's nice that someone submitted a DYK for the article. I've stopped doing DYK's because the process has gotten a bit high maintenance in the past few months. Regardless, nice suggestions, hopefully someone will take them to heart! I just created a stub to get a stub up and hopefully someone will expand it. Thanks! SarahStierch (talk) 16:47, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like i myself will have to take it to heart. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 18:51, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikimania
Thank you for the Rubber Ducky. Of course, it reminded me of Friendly Floatees, so I went to that article and added some talk page templates. I am very big on talk page templates.

User:Smallbones, aka Peter, and I are coming to Wikimania, perhaps sharing a room. Can you tell me anything about the hackers days prior to the main conference? Any other advice on the event? --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:09, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Yeah, there are two days of hack days which are just, well, hacker days for those types of folks. I don't really have any type of "Advice" at this point, as I don't even know what the schedule, etc, is going to be. I'm sorry :( Not yet...not for a few months probably! SarahStierch (talk) 17:14, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

I am here to bug you
Hey Sarah. Awhile back you got either an AfD or PROD notification, and it was during one of the template testing project's experiments. If you could go here and leave us some feedback about what you think about the new versions of the templates we tested, that would be very useful. (You can also email me at swalling@undefinedwikimedia.org if you want.) Thanks! Steven Walling (WMF) &bull; talk   00:42, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

perhaps overlooked articles

 * I posted a few "perhaps overlooked articles" on Wikipedia talk:WikiWomen's History Month, then immediately saw your call for to-do list items above my thread... if I think of anyone else I'll post it somewhere visible. GraniteStateGrump (talk) 02:19, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I love kittens. Hope you do too! Here's one for you! For the occasion of the release of the One page GLAM handout which hit Indian lists today. Nice photo of Liam, you, Lori & Dominic (I think?). Great going, Sarah!

AshLin (talk) 18:22, 17 February 2012 (UTC) 

notability of public art
we really didn't get around to hashing some notability criteria. i could write an essay, but you would do better - if you have the time. consider the cases: Johnson Memorial; River Horse (sculpture); Uncle Beazley. Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 20:09, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * also i started a User:Slowking4/Public Art Plan. Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 21:53, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

I answered your Teahouse question
Hi there, I answered your Teahouse question about punk bands and finding other Wikipedians who also like them. Banaticus (talk) 23:25, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

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Teahouse Userbox
Hi Sarah, Not to rush into things too quickly, but I'd like to propose a user box for the Teahouse hosts:

If you'd like to respond, you can do so at my talk page. Thanks, 08:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Teahouse
Hey there, thanks again for the selection as a host. I would just like to inform you that I am currently having a barrage of exams and assignments in my college and as such will not be too active before the 6th of March when all of it gets over. I probably won't be able to stay away from Wiki like now, but I will not be too active in my visits. Just giving you a heads up. Hope that's ok. :) --Debastein (talk) 07:22, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I understand (I'm working two jobs and in school with my final semester of my master's full time!)! Any contributions you can make would be appreciated of course, but school is #1, thanks for letting me know. Perhaps you'll find a bit of time to invite a few users to visit the Teahouse next week, or drop in for a cup of tea before the 6th :) Good luck with classes! SarahStierch (talk) 15:19, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Re: Meetup in Dubai!
Sure, need your help with theme. --S Q 10:35, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi! I'd just do something as simple as "Women in Dubai" as an article perhaps or think about a series of biographies about women in Dubai's history that need articles or article expansions. I'm unfortunately not as aware of Dubai women's history as I am other histories...perhaps there is a book or a university library that might be able to lend in support too? SarahStierch (talk) 15:22, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello, wanted to clarify a revert.
Regarding [| this edit] of mine, I reverted it assuming good faith. I almost always add an explanation to my reverts but in this case I was unsure if this was vandalism or an error. Possibly neither, so I left it blank figuring it was self-explanatory. SusanBrownmiller (talk) is not a registered user, added to the project by an IP address stating they were adding themselves. Susan Brownmiller is also the name of an author of mild controversy, but not a factor in my decision to revert. It was a factor in my indecisiveness about explaining my edit as reverting vandalism. Please advise how one would proceed, if warranted. I am still learning the ropes here. Thanks! Ongepotchket (talk) 13:45, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem, thanks for coming by. I know Brownmiller, I actually recently wrote an article about a book of hers and she's started to contribute to Wikipedia because of it. I like to AGF also, so I'm doing that with Brownmiller :) Let's just see what happens, and for me - unless the user is banned, I generally don't remove them from the participants list. Perhaps she will start editing (I'll be inviting her to a new user project I'm working on next week)..so fingers crossed, and let's just wait it out (IMHo!). SarahStierch (talk) 15:21, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow, very cool! Congrats to you on your article, and thanks for the reply! :-D Ongepotchket (talk) 18:31, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Name of a DC participant
Hi Sarah,

I'd like to get in touch with a GLAMcamp DC participant; he was the one who had the Campus ambassador sweater... do you know his username? I actually want to have some for w:fr:Utilisateur:Benoit Rochon/Bac à sable 1. Thanks in advance.

Hope to see you soon in Montreal. Ne me quitte pas. Benoit Rochon (talk) 17:04, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, they all should be listed on the GLAMcamp page on meta. I believe it's User:Cryptic C62. SarahStierch (talk) 17:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Merci chérie. Benoit Rochon (talk) 17:51, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

WP Women's History in the Signpost
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Women's History for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:14, 25 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Thought I should let you know I added a snippet on WP Architecture in response to the question on other projects. Maybe you would like to add something yourself, especially as you are probably more aware of what's been going on elsewhere. BTW, you probably missed my query on 15 February (see "Women and all that" above) on follow-up, etc. It seems to have been bogged down in all the responses to your Valentines. I am contemplating writing an article on Women architects. Are you aware of similar initiatives in other fields? Is it a good idea? - Ipigott (talk) 09:01, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've been so busy with work that I haven't really had time to follow what is going on with WWHM, my ability to focus on things goes back and forth with two jobs and a full time master's degree I'm working on. Regardless, I don't know anyone directly writing a women architects article or anything related, there might be something on the talk page for WWHM but I can't remember if anyone has started any similar projects. Kadari and I have written Women in Chile but that really isn't similar. I believe the history of women is very important and that the article exists, just like I believe that articles about the history of women in any major subject should be covered. Not much of a great or helpful reply, I'm just encouraging people to be bold :) SarahStierch (talk) 15:42, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry for dropping into this Talk page thread! A Women in architecture article would be a great idea. There are already plenty of articles such as Women in art and Women in computing, for example. There's plenty of material that could be added! Sionk (talk) 16:06, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll put something together in the near future. For the time being, I'm still trying to fill important gaps in Sionk's list and writing the corresponding biographies. Also continuing to work on Danish sculpture. - Ipigott (talk) 18:18, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Women's history article ready for some text here here. Trilliumz (talk) 03:28, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Awesome!!! When I find some free time I will fiddle with it =) SarahStierch (talk) 04:17, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
For inviting me to the survey last year, as you could see, I seldom connect. Thanks and sorry for not being able to help. --Dea (talk) 00:45, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Mail call
Not sure if you got it, but I sent you an email a few days ago. WormTT  &middot; &#32;(talk) 08:59, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup, thanks Worm! It's been a hectic 24 hours with the Teahouse opening and wrapping up my master's paperwork. Thanks for touching base. I apologize I failed to get back (that drives me crazy, so I'm sorry I failed at one of my pet peeves!) SarahStierch (talk) 15:13, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Not a problem at all, I wasn't sure if you'd changed email address in the enormously long time I failed to get back to you!  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 15:17, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

 * Thanks Blue! We actually have an agreement with the professors of your class to send students our way as back up, for you, so to say! You can learn the basic details here: Teahouse FAQ, and that links to our meta page with all the details. Let me know if that helps, and feel free to send any students our way! :) SarahStierch (talk) 21:34, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Place names of Spanish origin in the United States
Why did you add Ano Nuevo Island to Category:Place names of Spanish origin in the United States when the category was under nomination for being merged out of existence?John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:06, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi! I was always told it was a-okay to continue to add content to categories no matter what. I don't think there is a rule against it, but perhaps there is. Hopefully it didn't cause any epic work for anyone. Thanks for coming by! SarahStierch (talk)

Teahouse
Hello, Sarah. Thank you for the kind welcome. I've joined the teahouse and will keep an eye on the discussions there. --Brian 22:07, 28 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrianDeeG (talk • contribs)

Recent email I received from OTRS
Hi Sarah,.. Thanks for updating me about the Anne Triola /John Wayne photograph that I had uploaded on Dec. 23. It is listed as "File:Anne Triola & John Wayne photo.jpg." Its URL is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anne_Triola_%26_John_Wayne_photo_-_Without_Reservations.jpg

Anyway, Sarah. I got in touch with Warner Bros. plus Ms. Julie Heath and found out that this project was going to be a great expense. I can't get the copyright license for this photo. Maybe in three years, I will be able to afford one of Warner Bros.' expensive publicity stills for Anne Triola, but not right now.

Y'all can delete the "File:Anne Triola & John Wayne photo.jpg" as I can't fund an expensive fee for the copyright licensing on the picture. That's why I went to less expensive methods as a backup plan to help my Anne Triola Wikipedia biography for the time being. This economy just will not help me out at this time. Again, thanks for updating me with your efforts with OTRS. I just know more now unfortunately. Again, thanks. Rod Hayes (talk) 01:04, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ugh, well that's a bummer! I understand, copyright is not only lame for many reasons of control, but even lamer due to the amount of money companies think (and some do!) make off of it. Thanks for giving me the update. While I'm not an admin, I'll make sure someone comes along and takes care of it. It's helpful Wikipedians like you that make this place easier to work within :) SarahStierch (talk) 01:27, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi again, Sarah. I saw that the administrator made his move to edit my Anne triola & John Wayne photo.jpg by dropping the license permission attempt tag. You know, I was pursuing getting that photo eligible for Wikipedia use via a PD US non renewed tag. They now have it tagged that way. They can keep it up that way if they choose to. I am totally OK with that. According to Ms. Julie Heath, Warner Bros. has actually lost that publicity still, and in my own mind - I think we are almost justified either way to keep or delete this photograph. I mean, Ms. Heath showed me three replacement stills for the John Wayne/Anne Triola photograph - and topping that off with the fact that RKO Studios Inc. became defunct in 1959, it almost begs for the case of "PD US non renewed." Again, they can go either way with this. Rod Hayes (talk) 02:56, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

OTRS and non-free use
I notice that you added an OTRS permission tag together with a non-free use tag at File:Arnold Leibovit.jpg. It seems peculiar to me to combine OTRS permission with the non-permission of non-free use. I looked but couldn’t find evidence that you are an OTRS volunteer. Can you point me to evidence and explain how OTRS combines with non-free use? —teb728 t c 03:01, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've been doing OTRS for almost 9 months now. I have been under the understanding that it's acceptable to have permissions for files even if they are non-free. It happens fairly often, and no one has ever asked me about it until now, actually. It actually makes sense to me - that someone would provide permission to use a copyrighted image, like a company or organization. Better to seek permission to use a copyrighted image than not :) SarahStierch (talk) 03:08, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * For your information, I asked essentially the same question at WP:Help desk. —teb728 t c 04:51, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, documenting the permission is OK, but the OTRS ticket tag then needs to say the specific kind of permission which was granted by the copyright holder. Otherwise it's misleading. If they didn't specify a compatible license, then the permission letter is invalid for keeping the image. See Declaration of consent for all enquiries. The most usual compatible free license is CC-by-SA. Permission for use on Wkipedia only (or only for non-commercial purposes) is incompatible with our licensing and still makes the image non-free. As it is an image of a living person and therefore replaceable, it does not count as a valid fair use and will almost certainly be deleted. Voceditenore (talk) 11:02, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

File:Sudarshan bomb.jpg
The issue of copyright has already been decided by administrator User:Future Perfect at Sunrise. Please refer to and read the comment by the adm saying "self-rv, has a cc-by claim on source website". This image has been released by the owner under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales (CC BY 2.0) Licence, which is also clearly mentioned in the source website, as noted by the adminstrator. So there is no need to further verify the copyright of the image. Thanks! Anir1uph (talk) 07:35, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

OTRS ticket but no licence
I noticed that you but did not add the licence which the OTRS ticket approved. I presume you can correct the omission. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 14:53, 29 February 2012 (UTC) ✅ SarahStierch (talk) 14:55, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks ww2censor (talk) 15:22, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

File:Town center1.jpg
Should the template on the file be Do not move to Commons or KeepLocal? If the license is really cc-by-2.5 there shouldn't a problem with copying the file to Commons at least. Thanks! Kelly hi! 15:36, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The user who uploaded those images adamantly repeated in her OTRS emails (about 10 of them) that she did not want the images migrated to Commons. I was told I could use the Do not move to Commons tag to express this. It's out of my hands at this point, so..thanks for coming by! SarahStierch (talk) 15:38, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Very strange...thanks. Kelly  hi! 15:39, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks and Blog
Hi Sarah! Thanks for welcoming me to Wikipedia! FYI, I posted a blog post about my first experiences with Wikipedia here. I admire your efforts to bring more women in to the Wikipedia community! Justinesherry (talk) 23:58, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow, thank you for sharing this Justine! I'm so glad to see this, and thank you! Looking forward to perhaps seeing you at a meetup in the bay area, hopefully this summer! Sarah (talk) 17:17, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Host number
Hey Sarah,

I got some time and hence wanted to at least add my name to the Teahouse but when I clicked the edit button, I saw something in a comment box, i.e. a host number...err, I'm not exactly informed, what exactly is my host number? --Debastein (talk) 05:58, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The host numbers came from this original list. But they are not crucial, just another way of finding your own template in the long list on the Teahouse host page. heather walls (talk) 16:14, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Heather for fielding this question, I wasn't so sure what the proper answer was (and now I do!). SarahStierch (talk) 16:16, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Many many thanks, I added myself. Just a couple more days till I came fully come on board. :) --Debastein (talk) 19:03, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for my special one!
Please accept this simple kitten of mine as a sign of my friendship for you. "A SMILE can make people HAPPY, LOVE make the world go ROUND, HATE can give you WRINKLES.....

but FRIENDS.........................

THEY MAKE LIFE WORTH LIVING....

THANKS FOR BEING ONE! :-)

Lightning monty (talk) 11:29, 1 March 2012 (UTC) 

WP:TEAHOUSE
Sarah -

The idea of a controlled environment for responding to editor questions is, well, a bit orthogonal to Wikipedia traditions. But another tradition is to try different things, so I don't have any personal objection to the design of the Teahouse. May I be so bold as to point out, however, that an experienced editor coming to Teahouse/Questions sees absolutely nothing on that page that indicates that hosts, and not others, should be the ones answering questions? -- John Broughton (♫♫) 15:15, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, like the online ambassadors, it's a somewhat controlled environment. We do have a method to the madness (which has been discussed extensively on meta) since this is a pilot, and if it succeeds it'll probably evolve based on community input, and if it fails (and it could) it'll be canned or morphed into something else (who knows, as I hope it succeeds :) ). So it's got a pretty specific set of goals right now to judge those things, and the fact that experienced editor's want to join in on the fun is one of those factors, and gets added to my observations sheet. Excellent point about a "disclaimer" of sorts. There is a call for action to meet hosts, and a pretty big stress on that there are hosts on WP:Teahouse main page, etc. But, your point is actually something that popped into my head when folks started participating who aren't hosts or new editors. It is also something the Teahouse team is discussing right now. I figure reaching out and individually touching base with folks is the best thing right now, until we can figure out how to express it on the Q&A board. Thanks for your input (and of course we encourage you to share it on meta and on WP:Teahouse/Talk) SarahStierch (talk) 15:23, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Just a note to say it seems I made the same mistake when I wandered in there yesterday, saw a question and answered it. I agree with John that it might be a good idea to point out to visitors that only "hosts" should be answering questions, since nowhere else on Wikipedia works this way. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 15:28, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Punk music COTM
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This Month in GLAM: February 2012
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New Page Triage engagement strategy released
Hey guys!

I'm dropping you a note because you filled out the New Page Patrol survey, and indicated you'd be interested in being contacted about follow-up work. This is to notify you that we've finally released both the initial documentation about the project and also the engagement strategy, which sets out how we plan to work with the community on this. Please give both a read, and leave any comments or suggestions you have on the talkpage, on my talkpage, or in my inbox -.

It's awesome to finally get to start work on this! :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 02:06, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

GLAM/SIA Templates
Sure, happy to do this. - PKM (talk) 01:40, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Huzzah! Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 01:42, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Let me know if the orange works for you, or if anything else needs to be changed! - PKM (talk) 01:57, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, yeah, I actually do like the orange! SarahStierch (talk) 01:58, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Great, should other tabs be gray, or the blue like your welcome box? - PKM (talk) 02:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Let's do gray, and we'll alter the welcome box. I just copied and pasted it from the AAA Page =) SarahStierch (talk) 02:07, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Changed to #cccccc. It needs to be fairly light for the text to be readable.  Easy to make it darker if you like. - 02:12, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I like the grey. Now how the heck do I change the color in that box? I swear someday I'll be competent at this stuff... :( SarahStierch (talk) 02:17, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That was actually tricky. You don't want to change the color on the AAA box, so I made you a new template Divbox/style/sia and changed the background color parameter. If the gray is too dark, you can change it to #eeeeee for a light gray and I'll make the tabs match, or just let me know here and I'll do it. - PKM (talk) 02:47, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Reverts on the WikiWomen's History Month Page
Hello, I reverted your edits because they are irrelevant to the event. We have a place holder currently there because Wikimedia France has interested in supporting an edit-a-thon regarding women's history. If you have concerns about French Wikipedia you can share them on the talk page for Wiki Women's History Month or at French Wikipedia, where it seems a conversation like that would be more valuable. Thanks for understanding, I am reverting your edits again, and I'd rather not "Edit war" about it. Thanks! SarahStierch (talk) 23:39, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * je ne parle pas anglais. Je suis québecois francophone. Je suis souverainiste pour l,indépendance de mon pays le Québec. Je suis un ancien pasteur ouvrier. J'ai perdu la foi en ce dieu masculin. Dois je m' excuser auprès de vous sur le wikipédia anglophone ? que connaissez vous de la France, du peuple français ? des féministes de la France ? avez vous vécu quelques années en France ? Vous me parlez en anglais du wikipédia français mais avez vous été une contributrice sur ce wikipédia ? je suis banni du wikipédia de la France  dois je être aussi banni du wiki anglais si tel est le verdict Charles De Gaule va être triste et Le Pen sera heuxeux de votre censure, votre --67.70.147.72 (talk) 02:06, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Smithsonian Institution Archives
Hi Sarah, Just a reminder that the stub tag goes after everything except inter-language links (you'd put it above "External links"). See WP:FOOTERS. It just makes life easier for stub-sorters if the unsorted stub tag is in the right, predictable, place. Thanks. Pam D  09:34, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup, I actually knew that, I just was in a rush and it was late at night when I created the page. Thanks for fixing it! SarahStierch (talk) 16:21, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

I think that Category:Smithsonian Institution Archives related should collect talk pages (and consequently be a non-hidden category), because WP:PROJCATS indicates that is the suggested policy. Disavian (talk) 16:17, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I used the same method with the Archives of American Art, as far as I know it's the only way I can easily to do a mass check on article viewing statistics (as seen here). SarahStierch (talk) 16:21, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * There's a bot that collects those statistics for WikiProjects. Here's an example: WikiProject Georgia Tech/Popular pages. Disavian (talk) 23:53, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't think that bot is accepting new WikiProjects anymore. Kaldari (talk) 00:25, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * See the notice at http://toolserver.org/~alexz/pop/config.php Kaldari (talk) 00:27, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Just trying to help :) Disavian (talk) 03:00, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!
Many thanks for your invitation to Teahouse on my talk page. It'll be a privilege!

DoscoinDoon (talk) 15:32, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Mee two :) Nice reading your user page :)

Fernquestjon (talk) 18:53, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yay! Hi DoscoinDoon and Ferquestjon! Looking forward to seeing you both at the Q&A of the Teahouse - feel free to participate if you two have input to others questions as well. SarahStierch (talk) 14:11, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

User:Brigittedepuis
Hate to tell you this, but that's just the latest sockpuppet out of the Management Institute of Canada sockdrawer. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  18:41, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright! I'm sure i've invited a few here and there. We've invited almost 600+ people to the Teahouse, a few socks will always get in the mix! :) Sarah (talk) 18:43, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Huh?
Is there a reason you unanswered yourself here:. It looked like a good answer! -- Jayron  32  19:53, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I wanted to give another member of the Teahouse team a chance to respond! Sarah (talk) 19:54, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

The First Lady of Malacology
Oh how fabulous! A million thanks, Sarah! It's a very good article too. How did you do that so fast??? Myra Keen was really a great pioneer in her field, so she certainly deserves her own article. I have her big book on the Panamanian fauna in 2 editions. You are very kind, and I am very impressed!

Matthew Roth told me about the Teahouse when I talked to him on Sunday; I had not head about it before. Then there was an article and a link in the Signpost, so I went over there to take a look. It is very pretty to look at, and it seems as if it will really work to help out new people and make them feel welcome. Of course it it essential that it is staffed by people like you, who are warm and enthusiastic and will take the time to do the right thing! Yes! Best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 22:09, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks Invertzoo, and thank you for improving the article. I never knew what a malacologist was until yesterday :) I do work pretty speedy...just give me the right tools. But I am a trained researcher, so perhaps that explains it. (Working under pressure for art exhibitions, and sudden changes, etc.) Fingers crossed on the Teahouse, we've had a good and bumpy first week, and this is the second week and we're still trying to figure a few things out, but, the new editors have had nothing but good things to say - and that is what matters. Drop by anytime :) Sarah (talk) 01:44, 7 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Sarah! I too am most pleased and impressed by your work on the Myra Keen article.  Her second edition of "Sea Shells of Tropical West America" is the proverbial bible for west coast sea shells, and she is undoubtably one of my heros, together with her mentor Ida Oldroyd - an honorary Professor at Stanford and a fascinating woman in her own right (and deserving of an article).  Note: I know of one species named after Myra Keen, Favartia keenae by Emily H. Vokes in 1970. Shellnut (talk) 01:22, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Shellnut! Wow, thank you so much. I'm really flattered to have both of your kind words grace my talk page. Even more honored I could start the article for one of your heroes! Wow. :) Thanks for sharing that species - and yes, let's get that Ida Oldroyd article started too sometime soon. Thank you again, I really am flattered. The kind words of fellow editor's regarding my article contributions mean so much. Sarah (talk) 01:44, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Sarah! I actually have several specimens of the shell itself, Favartia keenae (Vokes, 1970), so I will photograph it and upload the macro image onto the species article.  I noticed that you did links to your Myra Keen article off of several species articles I had written, citing Keen's treatise.  That's how I found you, together with your association with my friend and mentor Invertzoo.  By the way, I have a complete original set (4 volumes) of Ida Oldroyd's works from Stanford University Press starting in 1927, Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Shellnut (talk) 04:01, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That would be very cool to have a photo of the shell named after her for the article! And perhaps you can toss in that information in the article. As writing about people who have creatures named after them is surely a new experience for me. Sarah (talk) 16:22, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It makes a very nice DYK! Thanks again. I Hope Shellnut gets an image of that species up soon. Invertzoo (talk) 20:54, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Sarah, I just wanted you to have a kitty, too, and to say that I am so glad to be part of the inaugural Teahouse host team.

Rosiestep (talk) 02:51, 7 March 2012 (UTC) 

You're invited to DC Meetup #28!
Note: You can remove your name from the DC meetup invite list here. -- Message delivered by AudeBot (talk) 03:19, 7 March 2012 (UTC), on behalf of User:Aude

A barnstar for you!

 * May I second that – I had been considering writing about Isabel, but I'd put it off for ages, so it was a lovely surprise to find a fully-formed article appear. --Stemonitis (talk) 10:01, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * WOW! I am so flattered to wake up to a barnstar from Dr. Blofeld and a kind comment from Stemonitis. I've been writing bios about people who I'm not as familiar with, and it's been really cool knowing that Farfante and Myra Keen were both subjects that filled a void. I'm really, really flattered. Thank you to you both! (Shrimp cocktail anyone? :) ) Sarah (talk) 16:21, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Smithsonian message
Seems it's screwed up on every page. Would you like help fixing? --MZMcBride (talk) 23:42, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

And double-posted? You should really use EdwardsBot. :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 23:44, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It wasn't screwed up until a few minutes ago :( I would use the bot..but it often doesn't cover everyone. I really should learn the bot-ways :) Sarah (talk) 23:45, 7 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I checked the most recent few without checking the first few. I was wondering how you'd made it so far without anyone noticing. It looks like it's only messed up on five or so pages. Weird line breaks or something. I'll leave it to you to fix up (I did kill one double-post, though).
 * The bot can be fed a category or a list of user/user talk page links. People usually set up distribution lists that are reusable for subsequent deliveries (reminders for the event, etc.). --MZMcBride (talk) 23:49, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, one more thing. Please sign your posts, otherwise the archive bots get screwed up by a lack of timestamp. Example post. --MZMcBride (talk) 23:51, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

User talk:Minotaurlives has a double-post. You really ought to clean up the broken code you inserted into these talk pages. It looks quite unsightly. And please go back and sign the messages that are currently unsigned (e.g., User talk:Newyorkbrad). Attribution is important and all, but even more importantly, a lack of a timestamp often screws up archive bots. So your message will get stuck on all kinds of talk pages. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)