User talk:Missvain/Archive 21

Editor review/TheGeneralUser (2) Your review is required and will be greatly appreciated :)
Hi SarahStierch ! I have started my second editor review at Editor review/TheGeneralUser (2). I will be greatly delighted, thankful and valued to have your review for me regarding my editing and possible candidate for Adminship. As you are a experienced and long term Wikipedian so i have asked for your kind review. Take your time to review my editing and give the best review that you can :). Feel free to ask me any questions you would like to on the review page itself. It will be a great honor to have you review me for which I will truly feel appreciated and helpful! I always work to improve Wikipedia and make it a more better place to be for Everyone :). Regards and Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:27, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Death of Carole Waugh
Hi Sarah, you were the closing admin at Articles_for_deletion/Death_of_Carole_Waugh. I've been contacted today by someone with a personal connection to the victim, who is appalled at our having an article based on press reports that are full of inaccuracies and erroneous speculation . It's a fact of life that press reports on ephemeral cases like this often contain inaccuracies which, due to lack of enduring interest, are never corrected. Now, as I said in my comment on the talk page, by any interpretation of policy this article fails WP:NOT by a mile. There is simply no evidence and no likelihood of enduring notability for this murder case (who will talk or write about it in ten years' time?), and the article is causing significant distress. Is there any chance I can get you to reconsider the close? Best, Andreas  J N  466  01:08, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey Jayen! Man, I am really regretting ever getting mixed up with this article. I've had another user absolutely blow his lid about the keeping of the article. It was asked that discussion about it be brought up at WikiProject Crime or the article talk page. I have to be honest, I don't feel comfortable getting that closely mixed up with the article from this point out. It'd probably be best to seek a different admin or something more higher level. I'm really sorry - I have a feeling if I make one decision or another all hell will break lose and I really don't feel comfortable (as a volunteer and as a Wikimedia Foundation Fellow) moving further with this. Sorry you have been put in this position. SarahStierch (talk) 02:06, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Sarah, Jayen’s wife here. The person who is suffering from this article being on WP is my friend, too. I’m seeing a lot of “I”s in your reply. How about you forget about your concerns for your Wikimedia career for a minute? Try and imagine what it would feel like if the victim was your sister and you couldn’t bear seeing her remembered this way, awful photograph and all? You assumed responsibility for the article by closing the Afd. Having followed some of the many good things you did for the project, I know you can do better than bow out of this now. Please reconsider. DracoE 10:41, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sarah's due responsibility as an administrator in closing this AFD was done in accordance with policy in determining consensus. If you disagree with the consensus, the option is not to request the closing administrator to disregard consensus. At this point, I think Sarah has spoken her thoughts rather clearly, so I would recommend a review of the Guide to deletion, which provides a review of the policy process. You may also wish to submit a request for deletion review. Best regards, Cindy  ( talk to me ) 11:29, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * AfDs are not decided on numbers; they are not a vote: a closing administrator has to weigh policy-based arguments. WP:NOTNEWSPAPER is fundamental site policy, and applies, in spades. Cindy, you need to understand that an attempt to resolve the situation with the closing admin must precede the initiation any deletion review. I have made more than 40,000 edits here for the past seven years, and I can wikilawyer with the best of them: you may indeed assume that I am well aware of policy. But this is not about wikilawyering; it is about being human. Policy is informed by and represents conscience in this project, and we have to act with conscience, for the benefit of both this project and our fellow human beings.  J N  466  11:50, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You have attempted to resolve the "situation" with Sarah, yet she has not responded in the manner in which you desire. Beating a dead horse here or on the article's talkpage has now gone beyond par. The community has determined in the AFD that the WP:NOTNEWS argument did not hold water in this regard. You have other options here. I'm sure there are thousands of individuals that would prefer to see an article removed from the encyclopedia, but there are also many disappointed people worldwide. I don't consider it wisdom for both you and your wife to essentially brow beat the closing administrator's decision, based on emotional pleas from your friends. Respectfully, it is apparent that there may be a conflict of interest here that you may wish to consider. Again, there are other options available to you. I recommend that you choose one of them. Cindy  ( talk to me ) 12:04, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Cindy, I appreciate your loyalty to Sarah, but you and I wouldn't be here if our parents hadn't let their emotions get the better of them at one point in time. Your "dead horse" analogy seems especially cruel in this context. Here's hoping you'll never learn of the death of a loved one via email or google news, and then went on to find a sensationalist article about them on Wikipedia. Neither JN nor I got no conflict of interest here. This is about basic human decency. DracoE 14:29, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You are right. It was highly insensitive of me to relate this discussion to a "dead horse". Please accept my apologies. As a personal note, I actually learned of the suicide of a sibling in a phone call and the murder-suicide of an uncle in an email. In a separate incidence, when my sister was murdered, it was reported in regional and statewide news that I was actually the one that died, rather than my sister. My closest friends mourned my death and it took heaven and earth to get the news media and law officials to correct their mistake. In professional interviews I have given, I have been misquoted and misrepresented in newspaper articles that have been picked up and repeated in international news without retraction. I have personally experienced all sides. (My book is forthcoming.) In regards to my personal emotions, they are not dependent on my parents. Human decency is defined and governed by community standards. I am able to separate my personal feelings and professional expertise from the guidelines and policies that govern our community. In doing so, I am able to carry out responsibilities in an objective manner. When colleagues have asked for my assistance in creating or deleting an article, my first question is one of notability and sourcing to support the same. Outside of that, my personal emotions matter little. I have to question when others disregard consensus (which does not equate to a vote), claiming a loyalty to a friend in an effort to alleviate suffering that an article on Wikipedia brings. At this point, there is an option to review any information that may conflict with that presented in the article. Once this information is made public, we can review independent and reliable sources that may provide balance to any outstanding questions, then add that new information to the article, while retaining or dismissing the current content. Other options include WP:DRV or a second AFD. There are constructive alternatives available, that none seem to have considered. We need to refocus. My loyalty lays not with Sarah, but with the community. We have a deletion process for a reason. The approach with Sarah has made. I simply recommend following the process to the next logical step. In all though, I sincerely apologize for equating the discussion to a dead horse. Thanks for calling me out on that. Your admonition here is not one I will soon forget. Cindy  ( talk to me ) 17:09, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi everyone. My emails are blowing up with MediaWiki pings from this thread. I certainly understand how Draco and Jayron feel, but I disagree that the closure of the AfD gives me responsibility over the article. As an administrator, my role there was to read the consensus of the community involved in the discussion, and I think I discharged that duty. If you believe the closure was inappropriate, I would recommend deletion review. SarahStierch (talk) 17:15, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * If your first question is one of notability, then delete. There is no notability here, just a tragic death of an ordinary person, blown up out of all proportion by tabloid speculation (Libya, oil millionairess).  Obviously the tabloid writers have to earn a living by exaggeration, but this is supposed to be an encyclopedia. Not that it really is, of course. See my note below. 86.173.254.83 (talk) 21:22, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

I am the person who got upset by this article. Carole was an old friend who I lost touch with a few years ago and I was very shocked to see this ghoulish article. She was not a 'millionairess' nor a 'businesswoman' and these touches have been added to give a patina of notability. She was just a secretary on a modest income whose late partner left her a little money to buy a flat in London. Including the photo is especially unkind - it was issued by the police for identifying a missing person - I don't believe it should have been uploaded to Wikipedia. If you had any human decency, you would remove that. As for the deletion process, I looked at the page and I see a small number of votes to keep, most of them from a small coterie of editors devoted to turning Wikipedia into 'Sensational crime daily' or 'True detective' or whatever. This is just a sad story of someone who was dear to a few people, including me, who was robbed violently. I don't see any 'process' or 'consensus' and I don't see any 'community'. 86.173.254.83 (talk) 21:19, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I am very sorry for the loss of your friend, but I do not believe it is in my discretion as an administrator to override the people in that discussion. If you feel differently, I hope you will visit Deletion review. If you have difficulties with the forms, I'll be happy to help you. SarahStierch (talk) 21:29, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is. That's what administrators are for. The so-called community is an erratic, protean thing at the best of times. Please don't put my friend through the wringer. Have a heart and do right. Please. DracoE 21:42, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

I don't understand what 'discussion' you are referring to. There was a small group of ghoulish people determined to play at being crime journalists. This is wholly inappropriate for an 'encyclopedia'. I notice that the article has changed now - the photo has been removed, confirming my view that it was not fairly used. Some of the speculative material has been removed. Why as an administrator did you not question these problems in the first place? What actually is the point of being an administrator? I am very confused. It was an obvious breach of policy, and you did nothing. Shame 86.184.50.36 (talk) 06:06, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Sarah. I don't know if the reference here to a user "blowing their top" is to me, but if so, that is slightly uncalled for. Yes I pushed on this issue at the original AFD, but that's because it seemed so obvious to me (so obvious that I originally simply prodded the article for deletion when I first saw it; but the creator objected and forced us to AFD) - but when I queried your decision at that AFD here, I was extremely apologetic about coming to your talk page and bothering you for clarification, and very explicit that I was simply trying to understand your reasoning - because you gave none - rather than berating you. I then left one, equally calm and explanatory follow-up response. I know it's hard for a reviewing admin to overrule what appears to be a vote in favour of something, even if AFD discussions are not meant to be such. The problem is with the system more generally, where the right decision can effectively be vetoed if enough people (often as few as 2 or 3 people in a small debate) insist on the status quo. It seems at least now that we're going to get back to where we should have been on pure policy grounds, after many hours wasted on all sides, and needless upset caused to people familiar with the victim.  N-HH   talk / edits  08:53, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Teahouse talk
Hi Sarah. I've been asked to give a talk to a group of librarians in a couple of weeks about Wikipedia, with a particular emphasis on how to get involved. The organiser has asked me to raise the Teahouse, so I thought I'd check with you if there was anything in particular you normally cover in regard to the Teahouse that I should make sure to mention. :) It should be a good opportunity - they've already asked about meetups, so it is looking really promising, and I suspect they would be great contributors. - Bilby (talk) 01:30, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey Bilby! There really isn't much that I share that is out of the ordinary - depending on the audience, I might explain why the project formed (after presenting my research about why women edit Wikipedia, the community and I discussed ideas to create a more friendly and engaging help space...and voila!), and how it has been a proven success (33% recention, 28% women participants). But, if we aren't trying to inform people about the research and reasoning behind the Teahouse, I'd just encourage them to use the space, and after you speak to them and if they create user names, get their accounts and we can all welcome them and invite them to the Teahouse. Or even give them an assignment to ask a question (no matter how stupid) at the Teahouse or make a profile. I think it's a good starting point. If there is anything on your mind, I'm happy to break things down further with you if you'd like (or give a review of your presentation ;D) That's a great opportunity. OH! On a related note: I'll be at Linux.con.au in Canberra talking about the Teahouse - in late January early Feb - think you'll be around? I'll also be spending some time in Sydney! SarahStierch (talk) 21:42, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That all sounds great. :) In this case, the focus is on how to get involved in WP, so I'll raise the Teahouse and do exactly as you suggest about getting them to use the Teahouse early. As this talk is mostly about editing, I'll probably give a variation of the "How WP works" with more of a focus on practical stuff, and bring up the Teahouse as part of the process of getting started. This one is a bit unusual - most of these for me are an hour of presentation and about 30 minutes of questions, but they prefer 30 minutes of presentation and an hour of questions. :) Which is neat. The great part of this group is the focus on becoming editors that they asked for. I have another talk for a different group coming up a couple of weeks later, but they're more focused on what WP is than how to be editors.
 * I'd love to go to Linux.con.au and say hello - I'll have to see if the uni agrees and will fund the trip. :) Canberra is a bit of a drive, but if I can do it via Broken Hill I'll be able to vist some of the big things that I haven't made it to yet, which will make it doubly worthwhile. - Bilby (talk) 00:31, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for editing Wikipedia! Need help?
Hello SarahStierch, thanks for contributing to Wikipedia! I want to invite you to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. I hope you see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 04:17, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * My mom always said that people who talk to themselves are either crazy or have money in the bank... -- Jayron  32  04:18, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd lean more towards crazy :) I'm just fiddling with something. Hehehehe.. SarahStierch (talk) 04:19, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, and then my mom always said "and I'm flat broke..." I got what yer doing.  I just thought I'd leave some witty remark.  But since I couldn't think of anything, I left this dumb little thing instead.  -- Jayron  32  04:21, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Not dumb at all. Nice to have a laugh on my talk page in recent light :) #wikilove SarahStierch (talk) 04:22, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, you mailed me a T-shirt. The least I could do is be friendly once in a while.  -- Jayron  32  04:24, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I guess this means I need to start being less crazy and making more money to send my wiki-friends more presents for niceness ;) SarahStierch (talk) 04:26, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I do need a matching baseball cap... ;) -- Jayron  32  04:54, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

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Thank you!
Hello, SarahStierch!

Thank you for inviting to the Tea House for new Wikipedians. I have joined you, and I hope you can help me improve my skills as a Wikipedian.

With best wishes.

Karlen91 (talk) 11:36, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Re-post and reconciliation
In March, you were away, and with your catching up from your many messages here, I was not sure if you saw my apology of March 8th regarding the spam conflict between you and me before your bot archived it a day or few days after the initial post. I am reposting it just in case you missed it since I want things to be reconciled between us and I didn't see an acknowledgement of it:

"Wrongs lie on both my part and your part, and I am apologizing here for my wrongs in the conflict. I apologize for my deficient charity/love on my part in this conflict. I apologize additionally for overreacting and the resulting legal threat. I also apologize for subjecting you to an unwarranted legal threat (and the negative emotions related to that subjection). I do feel bad and sorry for these wrongs that I did to you. I will certainly double-check myself in the future on how I related to you and to others. I do not, never have, and will never consider reconciliation (dialogue and/or any related apologies) to be harassment toward me. Hence, per ANI's thread |Legal_threat where you expressed to the admins that you desire to apologize to me, I will welcome an apology for the wrongs on your part. Coviepresb1647 (talk) 17:53, 8 March 2012 (UTC)" Coviepresb1647 (talk) 14:22, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Speakeasy Submission
Hello Sarah, Thank you for reviewing my submission for The Speakeasy with John Bateman & Matt Steffich. My submission was rejected due to "not adequately supported by reliable sources". I have since embedded a link to "The Speakeasy" at the beginning of the descriptive paragraph. The link leads to a program schedule on the broadcasting station CFSI which is recognized by wikipedia. Please advise me on further information I can add. Thanks for your time. TusketTusket (talk) 06:36, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

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Lincoln Memorial
In what list page is the Lincoln Memorial? It has id 66000030 and I can't find it. Multichill (talk) 14:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No clue, the reference is here. West Potomac Park has it's own number as a historic district. SarahStierch (talk) 16:20, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply! Moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. Let's see if someone there can explain it ;-) Multichill (talk) 21:21, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

HKAGE
Please this request at WP:RM, The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education was salted by you in August due to repeated recreation. The requested move seems to be an end-around of the deletion process. The new HKAGE article is possibly still a G11 candidate. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 19:02, 7 September 2012 (UTC) ✅ SarahStierch (talk) 20:17, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you SarahStierch
Thank you SarahStierch. I have entered a simple rename request per your guidance. Sarsfieldsgaa (talk) 22:39, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem! Good luck :) SarahStierch (talk) 22:47, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
Hi, Sarah! I wanted you to know that the Barnstar you gave me way back when was part of the reason I have stuck with Wikipedia. If you would, I'd appreciate an honest critique of the last two things I did at teaahouse before signing on to be a host. One was the reply I gave to DEIDRA C at Teahouse (Teahouse/Questions). The other was a reply I made on the talkpage of an obvious WP:SPA, User talk:Adecoratingmom. I want to do the best job I can at Teahouse cause I think this kind of thing is my Wikiniche, if you will. I am not much for writing articles, although I can refine ones already written. Thanks! Gtwfan52 (talk) 05:51, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi! Awe, that means a lot to me - about the barnstar, etc. That really does :) I have taken a look at what you wanted me to review, and honestly - there isn't much to review! You truly are a great lead in the Teahouse "movement" of help - clear and respectful answers that don't make those you are helping feel stupid (at least, it reads to me like that!) but it explains things simply and clear. I also like the use of bullets :) (re: the SPA case) so I'm bias. I'm glad the Teahouse has been able to provide a space for you to feel productive and a part of this - everyone has their "niche" and perhaps it will strike you someday to write more article content - but every type of person is needed at Wikipedia. I do everything from help people, review articles, do disambiguations and so forth! I think you're doing great - and you know me, if I have a problem, I'll tell you ;) SarahStierch (talk) 18:02, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Ask for details to improve the article
Dear SarahStierch,

Thanks for your review on the article I created. (Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Transport_Marketplace ) However, it was declined again with the reason that it looks like an ad. I did several modification accordingly but it seems more work still need to be done. Could you be so kind to explain to me in details what exactly I should improve this time? Thank you so much!

Foncion (talk) 12:17, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Please help us with the creation of new articles for the Indian Ordnance Factories
Hi Sarah,
 * Thanks for the warm welcome. We would be needing your generous help for the creation of new wikis for the Indian Ordnance Factories, part of Ordnance Factories Board which is controlled by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. It's world's largest government operated company and the oldest run by the GoI. It has served India for over two centuries and proven its reliability in both the World Wars, Indo Pakistani wars of 1965, 1971, 1999 and Indo Chinese war of 1962. Each of the factories is notable and is prime national importance. It would be a great help if you can help us with this or find some people who help us. Thanking you in anticipation. --BharatRakshak (talk) 14:29, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries
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Organized by Wikimedia DC, this event will take place on October 12, 2012, and will include new editor training, a "backstage pass" tour of the National Museum of Natural History, and an edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Kirill [talk] 18:49, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

GLAM: Philadelphia Museum of Art update
Hi GLAM PMA folks! I wanted to update you about some recent events related to our fantastic Museum. I met Jessica Milby, PMA Collections Information Project Manager, at Wikimania in July. Jessica was looking for ways to improve articles on Wikipedia about the Museum and its artists/collections. We followed up a few weeks later at the Perelman Building in downtown Philadelphia where we discussed ways to increase participation in the GLAM/PMA project.
 * The first idea is to do some outreach to the GLAM:PMA project members, including mass messages updating you all about plans and, seeking feedback about new ideas, and hearing your thoughts about what's in the works.
 * The next step is a drive to improve the main Philadelphia Museum of Art article. The article is currently 'B-Class', but Jessica was confident that with the abundance of high quality sources about the Museum that it could be improved even further.  Jessica recommended this extensive source from the Museum's website.
 * Another idea that came out of the meeting was a project within the Museum to assess which PMA-related topics are missing articles on Wikipedia.
 * One of Jessica's ideas is to have the knowledgeable curators of the Museum provide recommended reading lists for PMA-related articles. That should be a great first step to guiding editors towards the information they need to expand and improve that content.
 * Also raised for discussion were some ideas about how to engage the broader community. There is interest in setting up a tour/edit-a-thon, but this remains in the preliminary stage.  Would you be interested in participating in such an event?
 * We have new stats! These 24 articles are all under the PMA project.  I compiled the last 90-day page views and then annualized the results.  PMA-related articles get almost 800,000 view per year!

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WikiWomen's Collaborative
Hi Sarah - Yay, let's get the ball rolling. I've suggested to interviewees. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:48, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Edward O'Grady
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Everis
Dear Sarah...

I appreaciate your message in my Talk regarding the declined submission of my article about Everis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Everis

It is indeed the second time and I received the support of the live help chat, where they told me that the article was ok. I would really appreaciate if you could help me to go through the process and get the article finally published.

I have added reliable sources such as: http://www.expansion.com/agencia/efe/2011/05/16/16152811.html

http://www.intellectuk.org/component/content/article/397-our-members/6253-everis-consultancy-ltd

https://aws.amazon.com/solution-providers/si/everis

Among others...

Could you advise me of what did I do wrong so that I can solve it and submit it again?

Many thanks.

--Octaviorojas (talk) 11:28, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

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User talk:Example
This edit appears to have been in the wrong place. Stuartyeates (talk) 06:13, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Gah, thanks. I rolled it back. There have been problems with the AfD system (automation is broken for decline/acceptance) hence that mistake.. Thanks! SarahStierch (talk) 16:41, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

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Motivated and Inspired by your speech at George Washington University Graduation Ceremony
Hey Sarah :), I wanted to let you know that I saw the speech that you had given at George Washington University Graduation Ceremony 2012 and I am very Motivated and Inspired by your speech! By the way congratulations on successfully completing your Master of Arts in Museum Studies! I don't know how to thank you enough for the work you do here both on Wikipedia and in Real life for helping this project and all other Wikimedia Foundation projects. But I do hope and know that one day there will surely be an article on Wikipedia by your name :). All the best for your future and may you get all the Success that you deserve in life. Best Wishes. TheGeneralUser (talk) 10:27, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Invitation for discussion
I invite you to discuss about a threatening message recieved from a registered user saying I have commited copyright violation and reverted his undo on my contribution twice. Infact i would tell you to do thorough research on how it became a copy and paste as i had done the work myself from the external written material resources not cyber and it took 5 days,discussing with users like Sphilbrick,not to disgust anyone but frankly saying is a waste of time and completely useless.you can point out extracts of what is written to show copyright similarities if you like. otherwise if u dont have time leave a yes or no comment on my talk page. --Johnyjohny294 (talk) 05:37, 15 September 2012 (UTC) or leave it completely--Johnyjohny294 (talk) 05:37, 15 September 2012 (UTC)Please keep an eye on Sphilbrick behaviour and asess him and his blocking policy if u dont mind--Johnyjohny294 (talk) 05:37, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Johny, I can't help you as I am preparing to board a plane overseas and won't be around that much. If you are concerned, I'd try to assume good faith and/or post your concerns at the Administrator noticeboard here. SarahStierch (talk) 05:47, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

needs fixing
It appears that Wikipedia acted too quickly in erasing this entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Sprague The author's book was published in mid-August and is already in more than half a dozen libraries: http://www.worldcat.org/title/paramilitarism-and-the-assault-on-democracy-in-haiti/oclc/768793099 The book has also been reviewed on the Inter Press Service and other outlets. http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/book-exposes-violent-role-of-paramilitaries-in-haiti/ The Miami Herald also ran a piece: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/06/2988432/reviving-haitis-army-would-harm.html (206.108.210.76 (talk) 18:31, 15 September 2012 (UTC)BCReader)

Teahouse meet GLAM
Hi Sarah,

I'm at GLAMcamp in London. I've just been bold and added a link from GLAM getting started pointing people to the Teahouse. See diff. Feel free to edit it and improve it. —Tom Morris (talk) 11:27, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Fabulous! Thanks Tom! Wish I was there... SarahStierch (talk) 16:22, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

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Re: Shree Govindajee Temple
Thank you for your good review Hombegowda (talk) 11:25, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Everis
Dear Sarah...

This is related to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Everis

I've been in the Teahouse and dalahäst answer my comment: Hey, and thanks for stopping in at the Teahouse. It looks like your article was rejected because it doesn't have enough reliable sources. I'm guessing the reviewer noticed that some of the sources you have listed are primary sources, like the company's Amazon page. They may have also had a problem verifying some of the sources; I noticed that one is in Spanish (which I can read, but not everyone can) and another requires a subscription to access, which you should note in the references; we have a template for that called. Try fixing those things, or explaining them more to the reviewer (their talk page would be a good place). Then they can tell you what the problems they found were more specifically. Many reviewers are even willing to help you fix the problems, if you ask them. dalahäst (let's talk!) 16:00, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

I am wondering if you could help me to improve my article to get it published.

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Best,

--Octaviorojas (talk) 14:07, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

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Teahouse profile
Hey Sarah! Sorry I've just now gotten around to this, but I'm ready to add my host profile, but honestly I don't see exactly how to do that. If there's instructions somewhere, feel free to send me a link (especially since I probably have overlooked them). Thanks! :) -- McDoob  AU  93  03:30, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, McDoob, I had the same issue when I tried to recreate my host profile, actually. If you go to WP:Teahouse/Hosts, on the left side of the page, under the "guest intros", "host intros", and "Q&A forum", there's a box that says "Experienced and want to help at the Teahouse? Become a host...".  Click on that box and it'll take you to this page, where you can begin the process. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 04:48, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

RfC on differentiating reference syntax in text window
Hi Sarah-- based on the village pump discussion on giving reference syntax a unique color to differentiate from other text while editing, I've opened up an RfC to expand the audience on the topic. You are welcome to participate anytime. My intention behind the proposal is, in part, to help editing be more accessible to new users, and I think highlighting certain kinds of syntax, particularly references (which we get a lot of Qs about at The Teahouse, as you know) would be a very positive thing for future participation in Wikipedia generally. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 04:52, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Interesting woman in technology
Looked over a book about a woman in technology today: Ping Fu. I bet she could give quite a talk about psychological resilience ... Djembayz (talk) 01:38, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library on GLAM
Hello,

On the Commons, commons:User:Bdcousineau states that the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library are interested in participating in GLAM and porting there collections to the Commons. Could you reach out to them? (I've also left this message at User talk:LoriLee, but she hasn't edited for several weeks.Smallman12q (talk) 11:38, 22 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey there. I think User:Dominic is the right person to ask, as he is Wikipedian in Residence at the National Archives and they maintain and control the presidential libraries (for example, he did an event at Reagan's library a few months ago). I think he'd be the best person to ask! SarahStierch (talk) 03:05, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

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Joseph J. Katz
TO SarahStierch: In Aug 2012 I aubmitted an article "Joseph J Katz." He was a famous scientist at Argonne National Laboratory (USA). I knew him well. I interviewed colleages and his wife, but used only citable sources in my article. On Aug 15 the article was rejected by Aaron Booth with comments by you. I modified it on Aug 16 with an intro paragraph and more references. Having not received notice of acceptance, I wrote to Aaron Booth this month. No action. Please reconsider my Aug 16 submission. Lester Morss — Preceding unsigned comment added by HANNOVER1 (talk • contribs) 18:25, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ SarahStierch (talk) 23:37, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Adopt-a-user just got shinier!
Hi Sarah. User:Worm That Turned and I have recently been giving the old Adopt-a-user program something of an overhaul; largely inspired, I might add, by the Teahouse project! In the interests of making the adoption scheme more prominent, we were hoping to perhaps enter into some sort of mutual arrangement with the Teahouse; many of the editors asking questions there are those who would benefit most from adoption. Worm has suggested that teahouse guests be directed to adoption if they seem to have multiple or very complex questions (something like, "Your third question today? Here's the answer, and by the way, have you considered adoption?"); this would reduce the load on Teahouse hosts and ensure that new users who wanted to get an in-depth experience of Wikipedia were able to dive in under the auspices of an experienced mentor.

I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts, both on the AaU redesign and on the prospect of the two projects working more closely together. Drop me a line and let me know what you think. Cheers, Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 08:49, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Yuhshui. The Teahouse was originally created as a many to many support system, and I am sure there are some guests who might benefit from the adopt-a-user program. The new page looks great! Thanks for linking to the Teahouse. Since you signed up as a host, you are welcome to stop by the Teahouse host lounge and encourage your fellow hosts to invite editors to the adopt-a-user page as needed. And do note: we surely need more questions and visitors to the Teahouse - hosts are not overloaded :) So don't fear having the Teahouse be bombarded - the more questions the better. Thanks for your efforts and for revitalizing the project! SarahStierch (talk) 18:32, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Page Curation newsletter
Hey. I'm dropping you a note because you've been using the Page Curation suite recently - this is just to let you know that we've deployed the final version :). There's some help documentation Page Curation/Introductionhere that shows off all the features, just in case there are things you're not familiar with. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:00, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I believe most of the sources are already secondary, so I'm a bit confused. One comes from University of Warwick, one from UCL and one from an independent consultancy firm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.244.76 (talk) 16:51, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Overseas Research Scholarship
Hi Sarah,

I'm somewhat confused regarding primary/secondary sources in my recent article Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Overseas Research Scholarship which you've reviewed. You suggested that my sources were primarily primary rather than secondary sources, but 3 out of the 4 sources were from University of Warwick, University College London and an independent consultancy firm. Since they not related to the agency that runs the scholarship, are these sources not secondary? Anyway, I've added some new sources, including one from the British Council.

Thanks

DaYZman (talk) 01:35, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

List of language translators in fiction
Hello Sarah,

Thanks for the good news re: the creation of my page, I'm happy-happy!

I have a question: on the original page in French (of which I'm also the proud mother), there also is a non-fiction section, mainly memoirs and biographies. Should I also add it to the en.wiki page even if it's non-fiction? It might be useful for people who research to topic and are looking for books in general about interpreters and the profession.

Waddya think?

Otherwise, I'll rather stick to fr.wiki (my mother tongue). I might come and visit en.wiki from time to time though...

Thanks again!

--BiiJii (talk) 08:16, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi BiiJii!! I think it's a great idea to add the non-fiction - whatever can make the article more usable and beneficial to scholars and researchers is great to me. Thanks so much for your contributions - the more translations the better :) SarahStierch (talk) 14:06, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Peter d'Entremont
hello sarah,

the user "sryder" tried to create an article on peter d'entremont - which was rejected. if i understand the objection correctly, a lack of "significant (detailed) coverage of him in independent, reliable sources" was mentioned as the reason. i am taking over the creation of said page - which is really just a stub at this point - and hope that i can provide some information that might help:

by following this link - https://www.canadianwhoswho.ca/Biography.aspx?param=X1XxpaYy80c%3d - you will find his biography in the CWW (canadian who's who). i hope that this qualifies as an independent and reliable source. (upon review, i would appreciate if this link could be erased as the page contains personal information not meant for public viewing.)

thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mittgenstein (talk • contribs) 19:41, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

LaQuan Stallworth
Per your request at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Basketball, I left my comments at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/LaQuan "Degame" Stallworth. Not sure if I did it per AfC convention (likely not), as I'm not familiar with the process and frankly didn't invest much time reading the instructions. As such, I did not want to venture to formally decline the submission. Feel free to cleanup as appropriate.—Bagumba (talk) 23:22, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

augusto meneses article
Dear Sarah,

Thank you very much for your comments and guidelines. I have now edited the text accordingly. I would be very happy to again receive your feedback and to see whether I am on the right track.

Best regards,

Rolf RJ Hegel (talk) 13:12, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Smithsonian question
Hello Sarah. How's it going. I've a question related to the Smithsonian and their copyright on items in their collection. In our article Mary Vaux Walcott we have an image (]) that is from the S.I. archives. It has a date of creation (1914), but no publication date and an unknown author. We're discussing it over at Commons: Commons:Commons:Village pump/Copyright. Thought if anyone might know about this, it would be you. Take a look if you've got time. Really want to use this image in an article of mine. Best, The Interior  (Talk) 22:13, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ (It's public domain!) SarahStierch (talk) 22:25, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Sarah for the quick response. One of the Commons users is still questioning the tag we currently have it under.  I think the sticking point is that for the 1923 statute to apply, there needs to be evidence of publication before that date.  They seem to think an OTRS ticket is still needed.  Once we get this figured out, we should try to get Mary Vaux Walcott up to GA.  I've found quite a bit of material on her Canadian adventures.  This book (This Wild Spirit: Women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada) is a great resource for ladies in the Canadian mountains, maybe keep it in mind for one of your women's editing drives.  The Interior  (Talk) 17:07, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I have updated the license to "no known copyright," with the custom template that was created for the SIA project by the Commons community. This should cover it. I assure you, SIA would not release an image if they weren't comfortable with this. If someone is interested in obtaining OTRS they can email Effie Kapsalis at KapsalisE at si.edu - but, the no known copyright template should be good enough. The image is from 1914, I don't know why the Commons users wouldn't trust, of all organizations, the Smithsonian. SarahStierch (talk) 17:24, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Pinterest
I started a board on Pinterest about Wiki Women, I can add other pinners, if you log in, I can add you on it. . If you think it's not a good idea I will take it down. --RexRowan 忍(Ninja signal ) 09:14, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Great Rex! Thanks for being bold! SarahStierch (talk) 17:26, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit count requirement...
At The teahouse. What about an adminship-like vote? No one's going to let someone in as a host without enough experience that way and there'll be enough negative votes to make sure of it? Plus it doesn't have the same impact as an edit count requirement and is more flexible in that regard. Thanks and have a nice day/evening ツ Je no va  20  (email) 15:09, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Jenova! The best place to propose that would be at the Teahouse Host Lounge talk page. :) Thanks for your idea! SarahStierch (talk) 15:11, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Okedokie ツ Je no va  20  (email) 15:21, 27 September 2012 (UTC)