User talk:Peteforsyth/Archive 6

Maybe you know this person
Pete, I was doing a quick search for a picture for Norma Paulus, and came across this one on Flickr and I think I recall you mentioning at some point you worked with the Bus Project, and I know you know Jefferson Smith. We can't use the pic as is, since the license doesn't allow for commercial use, but I was wondering if you might know the photographer (could have just been hired for the event) or know of someone else who was at that party and might a pic they might upload. If you know the photographer, we would only need a cropped headshot version of Paulus. Let me know, thanks. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:23, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I know both Smith and Paulus (though I suspect Paulus doesn't "know" me ;) Don't know the photographer though. I've had pretty good luck just approaching random Flickr photographers directly though (see, e.g., LeGarrette Blount), and would suggest you send the guy a message. I generally send them to OTRS rather than having them set up a Commons account and learn all the ins-and-outs. Let me know if you want some more help. You're right, it's a great picture of her! (You also might approach her directly, I could help with that.) -Pete (talk) 00:44, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I'll try her first directly, as we both went to the same law school. Send me an email with any contact info you have. Thanks. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:33, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Nav box
That would be better, methinks, than a list. Two other thoughts come to mind: (1) If the navbox appears in the Johnson Creek article, shouldn't it also appear in the other articles linked to in the nav box? (2) Eventually someone will decide to complete the list by adding all of the named streams (like the Johnson Creek tributaries) in Portland that don't have separate articles. Do we want to go there? Finetooth (talk) 17:26, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll try my hand at creating a nav box (my first ever). "Watersheds managed partly by the City of Portland" is as good a title as I can come up with this morning. (I don't believe the city has full control of any water body; state and national regs, for example, apply to all streams.) I think I should include Columbia River and Portland Water Bureau. I'll try this out with Johnson Creek and see how it looks. Finetooth (talk) 17:37, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. Since this is my first navbox experience, would you mind looking it over before I save it as a template in the main article space (or whatever it's called)? I assume I do that in the same way I would create an article that does not yet exist. The navbox is at the moment only at User:Finetooth/Sandbox2 at the top of the page. Thanks for the nudge and the ideas. Finetooth (talk) 20:57, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking and the kind words. I think PWB is close to GA, but I'm aware of a couple of missing things. I'm working on Bull Run as well; I'd like to take one of the PWB tours next summer and get some photos from inside the restricted zone. The Willamette still needs a lot of work; I keep edging up to it and nibbling every once in a while. Finetooth (talk) 19:03, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Notification: Proposed 'Motion to Close' at Wikipedia:Community de-adminship/Draft RfC
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PGE report
That link worked but only intermittently. Frustrated by its slowness, I found a version at the PGE web site with yet another url. This one works smoothly, so I'm using it in the Sandy Basin articles. Alas, the PGE website says of everything on the site, "All information, documents, products and services, trademarks, logos, graphics, images and other proprietary materials provided on this site are subject to trademark, service mark, copyright and/or intellectual property rights or licenses held by PGE or by third parties who have licensed their material to PGE." Still, I was interested to learn about Wikisource, which I had never looked at before. Finetooth (talk) 03:36, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Al-Durrah
Thanks for your note, Pete. Yes, I do feel exhausted. :) SlimVirgin  TALK  contribs 01:34, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

History merge needed
Pete, could you do a history merge on Bela S. Huntington to bring in the original history from User:Eino81/Bela Huntigton? The editor there apparently copy and pasted from the user space version instead of using the move feature, which as I did extensive editing on the user space version means there are problems with the licensing and attribution. Thanks. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:12, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Hooboy. I don't know how to do that. I'll try to read up and figure it out, but it may be a job for a more tech-savvy admin! -Pete (talk) 00:54, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * If you can do it, great, if not just let me know as I'm sure there is a notice board somewhere for it. Thanks. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:30, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * OK boss, I'm going in. If you don't hear from me within 12 hours, send in the Editor Rescue Squadron. -Pete (talk) 21:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, I think it's set. I did not follow the complete instructions, just step 1 -- because I believe no edits had been made after the copy-paste. Is that correct? Or am I missing something? -Pete (talk) 21:41, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * No, there were some edits after the copy paste on the pasted article, and they need to be restored as it is for the DYK nom. Minor items (added some cats and info about 1897), but should be in the history. Thanks. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:20, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, think I finally got it. (Is this some sort of elaborate test to see whether I really deserve my adminship??) Turns out that the initial user page had a typo I didn't notice, so I initially tried to move it to Huntigton instead of Huntington. I believe it's all squared away now. Take another look? -Pete (talk) 23:02, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I finished up, everything looks good, thank you. And now you have the experience too! Aboutmovies (talk) 03:10, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh good. Sorry if I missed some stuff, but glad to hear it's back on track. I think maybe I can improve the instructions a bit at How to fix cut-and-paste moves to make it clearer what the overall method is; so yes, valuable experience indeed! -Pete (talk) 05:12, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Images in Scott's History of Portland
Hi Pete. Maybe you can help me with a puzzle. I've used the link you've provided on the Oregon project's reference desk page to thumb through Harvey Scott's History of Portland on various occasions. The book has a list of illustrations but, apparently, no illustrations in the Google Books version. I'd like to upload mug shots from Scott, but where are they? I can't tell if I can't see them because of a setting on my computer or whether they really aren't there. Scott's book is here, and the list of illustrations is on page 13. Finetooth (talk) 17:05, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Chiming in. Looking at that book, it is listing the images as "facing p. ##". Which means they don't have an actual page number, so either Google couldn't process it properly (I have noticed other similar errors in Google Books) and the images were left out, or the scanning people just didn't scan them since there were no page numbers. Nonetheless, there are no images in the Google version. But, this version does. If you click on the title link in the reader you can get the other display/version options so you could download the PDF and pull out the pics. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:02, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, thanks. Brilliant. I did not think of trying the Internet Archive. I've now got what I was looking for (Frank Dekum's mug). I saw that Rootsweb had posted a 32kb copy from Scott, but going to the original source is better. I've been looking for a free George Weidler mug too but haven't found one. I wonder if I could talk the Oregon Historical Society into releasing its entire holdings into the public domain. Probably not. Finetooth (talk) 19:57, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * On the last bit, LOL. Unless they get new leadership/funding they will never do that, too much revenue for them. It's really funny. If you haven't had the dis-pleasure of visiting their library for research and wanted to get a copy of something, they charge a fair amount just for the copy, and then they are sure to stamp the thing trying to claim copyright. Problem is, the one thing I was getting was a hand written letter from 1850 from someone who died in 1850, so not really in copyright, and I seriously doubt they even ever would have had the rights since I'm pretty sure the letter was donated by the estate of the recipient and not the author. I'm sure they get donations of physical pictures/letters all the time, but I doubt that they actually get the copyright handed over to them very often. It's actually kind of sad that our premiere historical society has so many resources tucked away going largely unused, when they could easily be used to better cover our collective past. That at I'm annoyed that the Hillsboro Argus doesn't have an online archives. But, time to get off the soapbox. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:38, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, despite being 1.5 blocks from OHS, I walk further to go to libraries instead. It's sad they have a sort of anti-community bias :-/ tedder (talk) 21:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Great discussion -- sorry to miss the earlier bits. On the topic of interacting with the OHS: in case any of you is unaware, I did a presentation along with and  to the editorial team of the Oregon Encyclopedia, who are closely linked with the OHS. I think it's fair to say that they look favorably on our work, but (as AM suggests) are not inclined toward releasing their holdings, etc. But if/when people want to contact them, I think it's a great idea; and it might not be a bad idea to talk with me, Steven, or Cacophony first, to get a feel for the history between our groups.

By the way, to clear up a strong misconception I've had about copyright -- I think AM always knew this, but I think there are many people who don't quite get it. If a publisher (e.g. OHS) publishes something that's in the pubic domain (because it was originally published before 1923, or is a work of the federal gov't, etc.) -- they cannot claim copyright unless they have added something creative to it as a derivative work. So, if you go to their library, for instance -- and can get past their draconian prohibitions on scanning, etc. -- don't be too intimidated by the © symbols you see on things that you think are in the public domain. Just use your best judgment! -Pete (talk) 22:53, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

RfC on Community de-adminship
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WikiProject State Legislatures
Hey Pete, I am looking to jump start the WikiProject State Legislatures again. If you would to help set goals and recruit members I would greatly appreciate the help. Thanks, --ilamb94 (talk) 06:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Assistance request
Hi. I'm looking for someone to help assist a famous engineer (unconfirmed, but likely), with the editing of Wikipedia. All the details can be found by a quick perusal of his contributions and our brief discussions at his talkpage (See the pre-blanked state in this April diff, and this May diff). I'm hoping you could either help him out, or help me find someone else appropriate to do so. I'm watchlisting everything, so reply/act wherever (and please let me know if I've done anything terribly wrong, so far :) Much thanks. -- Quiddity (talk) 04:03, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * FYI, I told Quiddity they should come to you. The experience with paid editing/wikipedia-conforming autobiography (and being at WMF) are what made me volunteer you for this. tedder (talk) 04:30, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Quick update: I had previously asked admin User:EncMstr the same question, and he has now had time to respond to the user at their talkpage. You're still welcome to watch or comment in the future, if that seems useful, but it is no longer at all urgent. Thanks again. -- Quiddity (talk) 20:06, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

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Portland Parks Photo Blitz!
Hey, Pete! Hope all is well with you. It's been a while since we chatted, and I am still sorry that I did not get back to you sooner when you asked about establishing a WikiProject. I realize you are not in Portland, but I thought I would include you in case you had pictures you took in the past that you could contribute, or if you knew of good resources online with pictures that can be uploaded to Commons and used for our lists. The Portland parks list I am working on will take a LOT of work, but it will be such a great resource when it is complete. Take care! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:53, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Your Wisdom has been Noted
I just wanted to let you know that one of your comments has been included (and attributed to you) as part of my Nuggets of Wiki Wisdom   . Thanks, and if you object then let me know :o)  Red thoreau  -- (talk) 07:15, 10 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Wow, thanks Redthoreau -- nice to have that dredged up, glad it strikes you as "wise"! I had to hunt a bit to find the diff, I couldn't remember where that came up. -Pete (talk) 18:51, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Outreach request
Hi Pete. Somebody I met in Arizona this fall took an interest in my interest in Wikipedia and sent me an e-mail today asking if I knew of any Wikipedian who might be willing to give a talk to members of Creative Albuquerque. She says the group has guest speaker luncheons on a quarterly basis and an annual symposium. Her note was short, and I have no further details. I responded to her by saying that I'd ask the one Wikipedian I know who might be able to answer her question. I can send you her e-mail if you want to talk directly to her, or I can relay a message if that works better. Thanks. Finetooth (talk) 02:38, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Population growth table and graph for Eugene
Hi, Pete— I'd like to ask you a quick question about whether or not it's best to have here both the historical population table according to U.S. Census data as well as this graph of the same data. And on the graph, it looks rather awkward for the scale to break at the end because of 2008's population estimate. I asked about this before here, so feel free to answer over there. Thanks, Jsayre64 (talk)  00:31, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, I most recently created and uploaded this for the Lane County article. I replaced the table in the article with the graph. Oh, and thanks to your vast knowledge of HTML code, I copied the table on the description page of the previous graph on to this one's description page, and I filled in the corresponding data. Anyway, I didn't want to miss any additional suggestions from you, because I'm now interested in creating more of these graphs. Thanks! Jsayre64 (talk)  03:05, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

You're Invited! Come Celebrate Wikipedia's 10th Anniversary!
(I know you are in San Francisco, but I wanted to send an invitation nonetheless! Hope you are doing well.) -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:59, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassadors
Now that you aren't working for the foundation anymore, would you be interested in helping as one of the WP:Online_Ambassadors? We are a few short of our goal for this next semester Sadads (talk) 02:43, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Pete, You are no longer working for WMF!? —EncMstr (talk) 02:51, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * It's true -- I just finished the contract I came down here on. I'm likely to continue working on a few grants on a part-time basis for a while, though. And the rest of the time? I'll finally have a little time to get back to wiki writing =) Sadads, thanks for the offer -- I've talked to Sage about it a bit, and will probably take you up on it. -Pete (talk) 15:32, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Welcome back, Pete! :p -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:59, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds great! Sadads (talk) 22:29, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings
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Yes I did try asking one of the WikiProjects listed on the articles' talkpage just a few minutes ago, because I've totally forgot about this article. Unfortunately silly old me "Peer Review" isn't a place for any feedback on the article to assess it even though it's in that WikiProject. No problems with you, thanks for trying to help. I do appreciate it. Thanks Adamdaley (talk) 07:14, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Columbia Gorge casino for deletion
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 * Now you may want to see this. Jsayre64 (talk)  02:18, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Review of new article
Hi Pete, I noticed you're an admin on WikiProject Oregon and I thought you can help me out with this. Don't want to waste too much of your time; maybe there is a section in that project where I can ask for help regarding this instead? I saw one discussion page with potential but the last entry was in 2007. Anyway, I recently created the article Oregon Ducks track and field and think it could be close to a good article nomination; I figured I should ask someone to look at it first. I looked over the criteria and I'm mostly concerned about 4, 5, and 6a. 4-I think there may be some bias in the article but I think I adequately referenced anything that can be construed as an opinion. 5-Well, the article has only been up for a day, so I'm not sure if there needs to be a certain period of time before nomination? I don't foresee any potential edit wars. 6a-A bot posted a possible copyvio on the Bowerman image. I'm not sure how to address this though (or even if it should remain), aside from deleting the image altogether. Thanks, I appreciate your help. Cluskillz (talk) 17:28, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

wikistrategies
Hey Pete, what is up with wikistrategies.net? I hope that the editors under that website will follow WP:COI guidelines. Phearson (talk) 00:50, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed spelling to make the URL functional. tedder (talk) 02:39, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Phearson, yes -- absolutely! As we have on the front page on the site: "we hold the site’s policies and culture in high regard We require the same of our clients, and only take on work that is compatible with Wikipedia’s mission." And we mean it. -Pete (talk) 06:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Ted Ferrioli
Ran against Harper in the primary? I can't find anything on this, since it appears he ran unopposed. Have any insight? 3rd party candidate or ??? Valfontis (talk) 02:17, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow, wiki pop-quiz! I think I just fail this one.
 * I can only say I must have read it somewhere, but have no recollection where that might have been. But if it looks like he ran unopposed, my best guess is that this Harper fellow filed, and then withdrew. Or died. Or moved to Mars. I think it's safe to cut -- obviously, it wasn't a race worth remembering, even if it *did* happen. -Pete (talk) 06:29, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I've just emailed another one
Eliko (talk) 19:07, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Just noticed you made an edit
or more; I guess your day job isn't keeping you too busy. Are you back in Puddletown? Or are you gone from here for good? -- llywrch (talk) 06:03, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I have been wondering the same thing: what are you up to?  —EncMstr (talk) 07:33, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Great to hear from both of you! I've been really enjoying the opportunity to get back into a little encyclopedia work -- my work at WMF had mostly taken me away from that. It's good to be back, and great to see WP:ORE still thriving. I'm still based in SF and am planning to stick around here, but getting back in touch with Portland a bit too -- have been talking a fair amount with Kotra and Dave about their efforts with PortlandWiki and the ongoing WikiWednesdays and Monday Meets. Professionally, my next main gig will be working to establish a research and learning center focusing on Wikipedia, pedagogy, and Open Educational Resources at a major university. I expect to get back into blogging in the near future, so I should have more details for you soon :)


 * Hope you're both doing well? Maybe I'll run into you on a visit some time soon! (Llywrch, did you see this? Act fast if you wanna weigh in!) -Pete (talk) 20:50, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

tks

 * Hey thanks for the kind words on my talk page! See ya 'round! &bull; Ling.Nut (talk) 04:15, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Flood Control Acts
Pete -

Saw the category changes you made for the Flood Control Acts and am curious as to why you deleted the categories for water laws and environmental laws. I know that some of the relationship may be a bit tenuous, but .... Just curious. Don&#39;tKnowItAtAll (talk) 18:21, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Netball FAC: Thank you for the review
Thank you for helping to review Netball. I've never been through the FAC process and I found your edits and comments regarding what needed fixing to be extremely helpful. While the article may have failed, the feedback was insightful, on point and offers a clear route to addressing issues in the article. Speaking for myself and other regular contributors, we'll definetely be addressing the problems raised so that at some point in the future we can renominate it and get it passed. Thanks again for the assistance! --LauraHale (talk) 00:33, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Campaign and Legislation Finance Data
Hey Pete, so word on the grapevine is you want to work on a large-scale historical project concerning legislative information? Either way, this is an awesome project idea. I think most people can agree there isn't good coverage of legislative information on Wikipedia--and historical info is often the least contentious and so very useful.

Do you have an idea for how this project will take shape? I am interested because I wanted to discuss with you the potential for working on integrating campaign and legislative finance data into Wikipedia. I think a good way to approach this might be to create a project group, add a few changes as tests, expand as is natural to more and more articles, and aim toward setting up a bot (or bots) to regularly update this type of information (as necessary). However, if your project is concerned with the general coverage of legislative information (including campaign finance), then perhaps this works as a sub-goal, or sub-task.

I think it would be great to get the ball rolling on organizing a group of people who are interested in seeing this information become more accessible, and to provide space for growth as tasks come to completion. Let me know what you think. It may make sense to organize smaller groups, but you are the veteran here, so I'd love some advice ;).

I've solicited and garnered a bit of feedback on running a bot to update the type of info that is accessible from maplight.org's API on the village pump.

Mattsenate (talk) 08:46, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion for WikiProject United States to support WikiProject US State Legislatures
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A Sighting!
Who was that masked editor? Valfontis (talk) 20:25, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * :) -Pete (talk) 20:35, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

July 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 13:16, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

WP Oregon in the Signpost
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Oregon 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. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:39, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Description/annotations/attribution for a photo?
Hey - I haven't been on here in ages, but today I ran across something I don't understand. needs to be identified better (it's really not clear - at least to me - just what this dancer is spinning). I put an "annotation' on the Commons page, but not sure that's the right way to do it, or the right place. Advice?  Martha (talk) 19:24, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Forget Aunt Betty
This is your new favorite band. Valfontis (talk) 01:29, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Reminder
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King Saud University
Hi Pete. I worked really hard on this page and I would like you to give some suggestions. I appreciate your help.Abrnkak (talk) 14:44, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Political cartoon about Oregon direct democracy, 1912.png
I think you got the year wrong (except the guys in tweeds would also be holding a Pabst or obscure micro and riding a bike). Great image! Valfontis (talk) 03:36, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Ha! I'm so glad you noticed that. I was pretty pleased with that one meself :) -Pete (talk) 03:38, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

John MacLennan Buchanan listed at Redirects for discussion
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DYK for Vallejo (ferry)
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   07:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, Pete. Vallejo got 3,500 page views on its DYK date!  In my experience, that's pretty darn good for a (small) article that is not in the top-of-list, with-photo spot in DYK!  Nice work. However, I wanted to let you know, for the next time you nominate for DYK, that you accidentally forgot (or didn't realize it was required now) to transclude your nomination on the main DYK nominations page after creating it.  That step only became necessary when changes to DYK were put into effect in late July, or about one month before your Vallejo nomination. It's in the new instructions, but you may have missed it.  As a result, your nomination went virtually unseen for almost 5 days after you created the page for it, because it wasn't being displayed on the DYK nominations page.  At that point, I discovered it, only because I was checking your User Contributions page (take that as a compliment; I sometimes check those pages for users who do interesting editing in subjects that interest me), at which point I transcluded your nomination onto the DYK nominations page (initially under the wrong date, which I fixed a few hours later).  Only then, when the 5-day time limit was about to expire, did your nomination appear in a place where other people would be likely to see it.  I could claim to have "saved" your nomination at the last minute, but I'd like to think that if someone else had discovered the oversight after the 5 days had run out, they'd have reset the clock from the time it became visible on the nominations page. Who knows .... but it worked out well this time.  As I said, this is a new step only recently added to the nominations process.  Having a separate nomination page/template for each individual nom has the great advantage of allowing individual noms to be watchlisted (which I believe may have been the main reason for that change), but it added that step that you overlooked. I'm surprised that (evidently) no one has created a bot to do that transclusion automatically.  SJ Morg (talk) 06:04, 1 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Many thanks, SJ Morg -- both for rescuing my nomination, and for the detailed explanation! I had missed that part of the instructions, apparently. You're right, it sounds like something a bot should look after. But regardless, I'll watch out for this next time. Thanks again for your insights in the nom. I will probably do a little more expansion soon, and will add a lead section at that time. -Pete (talk) 17:21, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. By the way, here's another article that may be useful; I haven't checked it. I stumbled across it while looking for an ISBN for the Sutter book (it doesn't have one, evidently). I'm moving on to other subjects now, but wanted to pass this on before that. SJ Morg (talk) 20:01, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

September 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 03:19, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Vallejo
The article is great! I do not own the houseboat but have lived on her recently. The owner is as you may know very protective of his privacy, and there are some hull issues that mean right now the boat should only be accessed by people familiar with its structure until it's repaired. Ciao! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.20.206 (talk) 06:39, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Have a cupcake!

 * Now in audio format on-Wiki! (Thanks to Sarah.)LoriLee (talk) 23:22, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Netball video


Not beautiful but video. I have higher quality but it doesn't appear to want to upload. If you want to try to include in the relevant article, awesome sauce. :) --LauraHale (talk) 05:40, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

OH NOES!
SarahStierch (talk) 22:38, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

/me averts his eyes! -Pete (talk) 22:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Netball GAN
Not sure if you noticed, but a review has been conducted of Netball. I can work through it tonight if you are busy, it looks like reasonably simple stuff to fix. AIR corn (talk) 22:14, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 01:29, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

An award for you!

 * Many thanks Sarah! But of course, so much of the credit goes to User:LauraHale, who did nearly all of the research and writing, and the many other people who contributed to the process in various ways. But I appreciate the award nonetheless. -Pete (talk)

Children's Museum update
I'm sucking you in *evil laugh*... LoriLee (talk) 17:35, 21 December 2011 (UTC) It's time again to share the latest news on the Children's Museum of Indianapolis Wikipedia project! In the last few months we have been busy with our third image donation, which was made up of 150 images that were professionally photographed specifically for this upload. We are asking for volunteers to categorize these images and distribute them into Wikipedia articles. Your help is appreciated! Check them out here.

We have also donated our first ' and a second ' to Commons. In September we were thrilled to welcome Jimmy Wales to the museum. Following our successful Edit-a-Thon and Translate-a-Thon in August, translations have continued with the help of the established QRpedia community, (particularly Russian translations thanks to Lvova!) We have begun to analyze our implementation of QRpedia codes and completed an extensive case study. In November we presented at the Museum Computer Network conference about how museums can effectively collaborate with Wikipedia. You can see more details on the Prezi.

In more general news, in addition to serving as the Children's Museum's Wikipedian-in-Residence, it was recently announced that I will be taking on the role of US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation. In this role I will be working to streamline the process of connecting interested US GLAMs with the Wikipedia community. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to let me know. Be sure to sign up for This Month in GLAM to keep up with the latest GLAM-Wiki news from around the world (subscribe).

We have a listing of High Need and Moderate Need requests on the Ways to Help section on the project page. I encourage you to lend a hand if you're able. While the Children's Museum partnership continues to truck along, we still are in desperate need of volunteers to help disperse our images and update and maintain content. Thank you for your time and help. Happy holidays! LoriLee (talk) 16:45, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Commons user requesting assistance
Hi Pete. I don't know how closely you're watching commons:User talk:Sociabull, so I just wanted to give you a heads up that Sociabull has replied there to your offer of assistance. Although I can recognize a copyvio when I see one, you are much better able to help where someone needs guidance on obtaining permission from a copyright holder. See also User talk:Sociabull. Thanks very much! (By the way, at commons:User talk:Peteforsyth, you have a link to this page, but I think "Talk" needs to be changed to "User talk".) – Wdchk (talk) 14:43, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects
--Kumi-Taskbot (talk) 18:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Requests for comment/F&aelig;
A request for comments has been opened on administrator User:F&aelig;. You are being notified due to your prior participation in ANI, RfA, or RfC discussions regarding this user. Thank you, MadmanBot (talk) 19:57, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Advertiser
Hi Peteforsyth, 5 albert square directed me to you about the following question: I have reverted this edit and issued a warning on the user's talk page. User has been blocked before, but despite warnings adds 'official websites' again. Since I'm not sure what next step to take, if any, would you be so kind looking into it? Thank you, — Quibus (talk) 10:06, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like you reverted the edit, so I'm assuming this is resolved for now. I don't see any problem with the web site being there (the Facebook page is of course a problem though). This user clearly has some learning ahead, but if you're looking for a block or something, I'm not sure that would be appropriate; after a few reverts, I'm sure he/she will start to get the idea. Thanks for asking. -Pete (talk) 13:40, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for having a look. I assumed since this user was blocked before, some kind of action was needed. I'm not that familiar with the whole websites policy; is Facebook not done anyway, or just this one? Homepages seem ok as long as they're not all about selling product and advertising, is this similar? — Quibus (talk) 19:21, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * For external links, you will probably find this page informative: WP:EL. In general, it's fine for a page to have one link to the subject's home page, but not to multiple profiles on various sites (Facebook, blog, MySpace, etc.) Generally the advice would be, put those links on your own web site's home page -- don't clutter up Wikipedia with a bunch of promotional stuff just to drive traffic to those sites. (The central idea is, what's actually useful to the reader? If the reader's trying to find the Facebook profile, they can probably go one extra click to the web site to find it.)
 * For blocks, there is a page on the blocking policy here: WP:BLOCK -- again, most basically, it's not something that needs to be done unless there is active harm that needs to be interrupted. A block isn't used as punishment, but as a way to interrupt real problems. If a user made one or two bad posts, it's not really a big deal; just fix the problem and move on. Hopefully, they will notice and start to learn what is and isn't accepted. -Pete (talk) 03:45, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks again, your reply is very useful for me. Take care, — Quibus (talk) 09:23, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Port of Morrow
Help a stub out? Valfontis (talk) 18:09, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice start..and nice to see my buddy Slowking has jumped in too! From a quick googlin' (about all I'm able to manage at the moment, as I'm in the throes of GLAMcamp DC) I wonder if a further stub about the Oregon Investment Advantage might be worth working on, to add some context. Sigh..a wikignome's work is never done… -Pete (talk) 05:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

wikilove
 User:Slowking4 has given you a pawn! Nothing promotes WikiLove more than the advancement of pawns to K-8 becoming a Queen for open knowledge. thanks for the masterful facilitation at glamcamp dc 2012.

Spread the goodness of pawn's p0wnage by adding wikilove to someone's talk page with a friendly message!  Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 03:29, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

It was great fun working together in person -- and I greatly appreciate the pwn. Heh. I nice throwback to my pre-Wikipedia days -- I don't think pwnage has crossed my linguistic radar in many moons :) -Pete (talk) 21:44, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * yes, i couldn't resist the pun, and the non chess players go huh?; i do have a reaction to "corporate pawn", we should go easy on all the "melt the phone" etc. rhetoric, since it will be coming around again and again. <font face="Vijaya"> Slowking4 ⇔ †@1₭ 23:07, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikimania
Hey Pete, I'm thinking about going to Washington. Are you? (I guess so, from the barnstar above.) I'm wondering--I had a lot of fun doing that GA thing with you in Boston. Shall we update, revise, and reprise that? It's a very different audience, I imagine. Drmies (talk) 19:18, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed, I expect to -- though a lot could change between now and then! It's nice to hear from you. We should catch up sometime. Have you joined the new-ish email list for educators teaching with Wikipedia? -Pete (talk) 21:41, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Peteforsyth,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 03:01, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Free Oregon images
Pete--your name came up in Wiki-Oregon group discussion regarding use of official Oregon photo images in Wikpedia. May want to review discussion and add comments. Question is do these use conditions meet Wiki-image standards.--Orygun (talk) 04:29, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, could you drop by again? The Archives is willing to change their conditions, but I'd like to hear your opinion on whether or not they will meet Wikipedia's standards. Thanks! <font style="font-variant:small-caps;"> Little Mountain  5   01:43, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

GLAMcamp DC Video
Hi Pete, I saw your message on my Commons userpage about the video I upload. In fact it was a mistake when I use commonist to upload pictures massively. It is a video of us when we were at Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, National Portrait Gallery. It not really interresting, but if you want it I guess it's light enough to send it by email. Let me know. Benoit Rochon (talk) 18:00, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

HighBeam

 * Hello, I am sending this message to editors who signed up for the Women's History Month Edit-a-thon. Please help spread the word. HighBeam Research--an online, pay-for-use search engine for newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines and encyclopedias has agreed to give free, full-access, 1-year accounts for up to 1000 Wikipedia editors to use. HighBeam has access to over 80 million articles from 6,500 publications, most of which are not available for free elsewhere on the internet. Aside from a free 7-day trial (credit card required), access to HighBeam would cost $30 per month or $200 per year for the first year and $300 for subsequent years, so this is a wonderful, free, no-strings-attached opportunity. To qualify, editors must have at least a 1 year-old account with 1000 edits.  Please add your name to the WP:HighBeam/Applications account sign-up page if you are interested.  Cullen <sup style="color:purple;">328   Let's discuss it  18:32, 18 March 2012 (UTC)