User talk:PKM/14 Jan-June 2011

File:Kodak dress 1920s rene lelong.jpg listed for deletion
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Invitation to join WikiProject United States

 * Welcome to the project. --Kumioko (talk) 04:42, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Natural dye
It's time for other editors to get their hands on Natural dye, so I moved it up from my sandbox. Have at it. - PKM (talk) 03:17, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your effort. I cannot say when I will be able to contribute to this but I certainly will when I can and I will be watching this article. Blue Rasberry  16:14, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

No problem re: the rating, it is a very nice article, thanks for your contributions! Polyamorph (talk) 21:39, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Super work. I've nominated it for a Good article. Hope this OK with you. You should still have a few weeks if you wish to improve it further in the meantime..♦ Dr. Blofeld  15:43, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't have any problems, if you are still having problems with that in a day or two let me know. Honestly your article on Natural dye is one of the most interesting and readable articles I've read in quite some time on here. I always like reading about ancient traditions in various parts of the world anyway.. Keep up the great work!♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:51, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

New Years Message for WikiProject United States
With the first of what I hope will be monthly newsletters I again want to welcome you to the project and hope that as we all work together through the year we can expand the project, create missing articles and generally improve the pedia thought mutual cooperation and support. Now that we have a project and a solid pool of willing members I wanted to strike while the iron is hot and solicite help in doing a few things that I believe is a good next step in solidifiing the project. I have outlined a few suggestions where you can help with on the projects talk page. This includes but is not limited too updating Portal:United States, assessing the remaining US related articles that haven't been assessed, eliminating the Unrefernced BLP's and others. If you have other suggestions or are interested in doing other things feel free. I just wanted to offer a few suggestions were additional help is needed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions or you can always post something on the projects talk page. If you do not want to recieve a monthly message please put an * before your name on the members page.--Kumioko (talk) 03:59, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Natural dye
HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   00:06, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Random Smiley Award
For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award. (Explanation and Disclaimer) ♠  TomasBat  02:28, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Nice job
With the images you've been adding to the 1945-1960 in fashion article! They look great.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 18:51, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! - PKM (talk) 19:27, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Humanist minuscule
Thanks for that illustration at Humanist minuscule, where the picture is certainly worth a thousand words!--Wetman (talk) 04:08, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

New WikiProject United States Newsletter: February 2011 edition
Starting with the February 2011 issue WikiProject United States has established a newsletter to inform anyone interested in United States related topics of the latest changes. This newsletter will not only discuss issues relating to WikiProject United States but also: You may read or assist in writing the newsletter, subscribe, unsubscribe or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following this link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page or the Newsletters talk page. --Kumioko (talk) 20:45, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Portal:United States
 * 2) the United States Wikipedians Noticeboard
 * 3) the United States Wikipedians collaboration of the Month - The collaboration article for February is Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
 * 4) and changes to Wikipolicy, events and other things that may be of interest to you.

New WikiProject Women's History
A new WikiProject on Women's History has been approved. The project founders are doing a lot of outreach to engage new editors with expertise in the field, but the project also needs experienced editors. - PKM (talk) 02:01, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi PKM - thanks for the suggestion re: "prior to" dates for my suggested category for the Women's History Project, Women in Technology. I would like this to cover a large timespan, e.g. women and technology in the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Industrial age, early 20th century, Internet age. I am wondering about including persons who are still living - your thoughts? Best, Tjepsen Tjepsen (talk) 20:48, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Marguerite Gérard
Hi, noticed you added this to the Women's History requested translation page - not sure how the German article would help expand the stub though, as it's no bigger!Dsp13 (talk) 00:27, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Ha, I added that since there's a tag to that effect on the article. I'll remove it. - PKM (talk) 00:32, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
 * and I've removed the tag on the article! it is nice having so many people getting involved with women's history atm.Dsp13 (talk) 18:54, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

The Monument of Matrones
Someone with JSTOR access can probably add lots of juicy tidbits to The Monument of Matrones. Just sayin'... - PKM (talk) 04:27, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Picture license
Good morning,

I'm writing to you about the license of one of your picture used on several Lord of the Ring articles on various Wikipedia projects, first importer on en. in 2007, then transferred to commons.

Could you add on the Commons description page or state here the source of the two images which compose File:Andúril.jpg?

And are they freely licensed or should I delete the image from Commons after a reimport on en. under fair use?

I'm waiting for your instructions about what I should do with this picture. Thank you. --Dereckson (talk) 14:52, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for those precisions.
 * It seems nevertheless there is still a licensing issue: the sword itself is a copyrighted work, as it's more than a utility object and so bypass the threshold of originality.
 * I so invite you to reimport the image on en., with a fair use rationale (no free equivalent exists).
 * Once reimported here, the commons. version will be deleted with the summary Derivative work of a copyrighted object. --Dereckson (talk) 20:15, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Monument of Matrones
Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi PKM, When I saw this was already in the prep area, I reminded the DYK people yesterday that you had asked for this to be held over until March 8th. It may be too late to change it, but perhaps you could check with them here. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 06:38, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Andúril and Horn of Gondor.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:Andúril and Horn of Gondor.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude2 (talk) 05:22, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks like sooner-or-later it will get replaced with the one on commons - thanks. Skier Dude  ( talk ) 05:00, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * But the one on Commons is going to be deleted...that's what started this whole thing. - PKM (talk) 00:46, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Update- it appears that it's back on the article - if this starts up again let me know & I'll see if we can get some resolution between here & commons... let the 'sleeping dog' alone at this point :) Skier Dude  ( talk ) 03:29, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Women's History
Hi PKM, you'll probably see this anyway since you particpate at the talk page, but below is a copy of the message I'm sending to all members...


 * WikiProject Women's History needs members' input on implementing auto-assessment. You'll find the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women's History. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 11:00, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi PKM - We haven't met, I don't think, but I saw your excellent contributions to the strategic planning wiki, and wanted to say hello, and thank you for them!

Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:35, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Edward Burne-Jones
What a gorgeous article. I'm looking to take an article I've worked on about William Burges to good article status and I think I've found my model. Many thanks. KJP1 (talk) 23:01, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
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Derby Template
I think the template looks OK now, are you happy with it? I'm sure it will be improved (like all wiki stuff), but there are three new Derby Museum articles in the DYK queue which would look dapper with the "blue shoes" you have made, and it would good to get them shod. If you agree then please be bold. Are you happy for me to also paste where I can? Victuallers (talk) 18:30, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Something new by Gheeraerts
Well, perhaps "new" isn't the right word... PKM (talk) 03:08, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond
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 * sigh. - PKM (talk) 03:27, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Iman al-Obeidi
Hello PKM. I wonder if you would consider Iman al-Obeidi eligible to be listed under WikiProject_Women's_History. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 12:18, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

GLAM stuff
Hi PKM,

I see you're particularly interested in working in the area of cultural partnerships (e.g. your recent discovery of the Los Angeles content) and I'd like to encourage you to join the conversation on these issues on the "cultural-partnerships-list" which you can find here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Contact If you need any help more generally, please get in touch :-) Witty Lama 09:59, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

GLAM stuff
Hi PKM,

I see you're particularly interested in working in the area of cultural partnerships (e.g. your recent discovery of the Los Angeles content) and I'd like to encourage you to join the conversation on these issues on the "cultural-partnerships-list" which you can find here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Contact If you need any help more generally, please get in touch :-) Witty Lama 10:03, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

April 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 01:08, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

weaving and dyes
With pleasure. The last article I worked on which related to that was Teotitlán del Valle a town in the state of Oaxaca known for the weaving of rugs colored with natural dyes.(got one in my living room) Right now Im working on getting the Museo de Arte Popular, Mexico City on board with GLAM. There might be an opportunity for collaboration there.Thelmadatter (talk) 17:58, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Gosh I forgot a more important article I wrote Textiles of MexicoThelmadatter (talk) 18:04, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bizarre silk
The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

textiles
I like handcrafts in general and textiles in particular. I used to quilt for a very long time. (since been replaced with editing Wikipedia) Im in Chiapas this week and expect to get some good textile pics. Thanks for the compliment. Lets keep in touch, I do think there is a collaboration opportunity sometime in the future with your LA museum...Thelmadatter (talk) 01:16, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Another Holbein
Another Holbein, from LACMA. - PKM (talk) 01:35, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Cat-a-lot
It is indeed very useful, but has its quirks. You often need to add the destination category as a parent to the one you are working on so that it appears, & then remove it later. Also if the one you are working on his lots of sub-/parent cats, only some will appear. I have a dummy category beginning aaa (it keeps getting deleted) & I move them there first, then to the final destination. Also you can't look at the image pages while selecting, so a form of Kim's Game applies. Johnbod (talk) 00:19, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that heads-up. - PKM (talk) 02:18, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

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A cupcake for you

 * Thank you! Yum! - PKM (talk) 02:35, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Talk:1550-1600 in fashion/Comments
Talk:1550-1600 in fashion/Comments, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:1550-1600 in fashion/Comments and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Talk:1550-1600 in fashion/Comments during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Kumioko (talk) 02:55, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

May 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
. --Kumioko (talk) 15:50, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

William Rogers
You're most welcome. Happy to help out. Really pleased to see you started the entry on him, which looks most promising. Best regards, MarmadukePercy (talk) 07:19, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for William Rogers (engraver)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Members' input needed at WikiProject Women's History
Hello. I'm writing to you as your name is listed on the members page for WikiProject Women's History. In recent discussions at the project, most notably here, several members have indicated that the scope of the project may need to be more clearly defined and communicated. I have set up a workshop page for this, but it obviously needs as wide a participation as possible to achieve genuine consensus and to allow the project to move forward. You'll find the workshop here.

If you no longer consider yourself an active member of the project, it would help if you could indicate this on the members' page. This will allow us to better gauge how much people-power we actually have. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 18:38, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Morgan
Hi Johnbod I thought you would find this interesting ...Modernist (talk) 10:58, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that - sounds great. Sadly I don't think I'll be seeing it. I'll tell User:PKM too. Johnbod (talk) 11:01, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I actually know about this one - trying to get there in June (I have to be in NY on business). - PKM (talk) 16:01, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Public Domain pictures
Hello! A long time ago you had offered assistance if I needed, so I'm taking you up on your offer :) I roughly know that government publications are public domain, and that we can use public domain pictures.  I've created several articles using http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/biographies/all and http://leg.mt.gov/css/find%20a%20legislator.asp.  Are the pictures on these okay to add to Commons?  And help on telling what is public domain and not so I can not ask everytime would be great. Thanks for the help! --Tbennert (talk) 03:49, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the in-depth answer! It was just what I was looking for.  --Tbennert (talk) 02:50, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2011
Unsubscribe &middot; Global message delivery 17:55, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

you've got mail
Daniel Case (talk) 04:16, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-break
Have tickets to the Morgan Library exhibit, will travel. Cross-country. Twice in the next three weeks. Play nice. - PKM (talk) 20:26, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

June 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 22:27, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikinic
Hello! The Los Angeles Wikinic is fast approaching, and we need intrepid volunteers to bring supplies and whatnot. I've posted a little info and a sign-up sheet at Meetup/LA/4 so please let me confirm your attendance and sign up to bring something. Thanks!  howcheng  {chat} 23:46, 22 June 2011 (UTC)