User talk:Peter G Werner/2011-2014

Wikipedia Campus Ambassador needed
Hi! My name is Annie Lin - I'm the Campus Team Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm contacting you because you're listed as a resident of San Francisco, and we're currently looking for a friendly Wikipedian to teach students in a University of San Francisco class how to use/edit Wikipedia. This is a role titled the "Wikipedia Campus Ambassador," and you'll basically be doing in-class presentations about Wikipedia, running Wikipedia labs/workshops, and in general providing face-to-face Wikipedia help for the professor and the students in the class. The time commitment is about 3-5 hours a week (with variations throughout the semester), and for this particular University of San Francisco class, most of the workload will be between March and May.

Please let me know if you're interested!

Thanks. Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 19:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * No, I'm not interested. 3-5 hours per week, week in week out, and unpaid is a huge commitment, even if it was on my own campus (Merritt College). Second issue, you're additionally asking me to do this on a campus (USF) I have no connection with whatsoever, and to commit 3-5 hours per week to that. It simply amazes me that Wikimedia Foundation is asking this of people. I'm not sure how many volunteers you're getting this way, but you'd probably get more if you allowed for varying levels of commitment. Also, avoid assigning people to spend time on campuses they have no connection to! Peter G Werner (talk) 08:38, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

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Socialist Party of America
Dear Peter,

I reviewed Drucker's book, which is visible at Amazon (with a page limit). I found some page numbers which may be useful to our readers.
 * 1) Harrington and the majority caucuses had opposing viewpoints in nearly every issue of New America. [page 307]
 * 2) McReynolds quit in 1970. [page 305 (McReynolds's SPUSA-Oregon blog states repeatedly that he quite in 1971, but this must be wrong, because several newspaper accounts quote his departure in 1970.)]

I am glad that we both like Drucker's biography of Shachtman, which succeeds in understanding a Shachtman despite Drucker's profound differences, as stated in his preface---an understanding that I find admirable and which I should like to do a better job of achieving!

I mention these pages in the book, in case they disagree with what you had written many years ago. If you have time, and if this interests you still, perhaps you would care to revisit these issues?

I should confess to having quite strong admiration and even affection for Michael Harrington, and I hope that these emotions do not cloud my judgement. It's better to confess such possible biases, now, to put you on your guard.


 * 1) Shachtman and his followers had a strategy was to win a negotiated peace, one which would protect the safety of communists in the South, as noted in 1972 by the NYT. P. 303. Shachtman supported bombing perhaps (p. 305) or perhaps not (p. 303). [I add that the Socialist Party was against bombing by 1966 (as you can see at the convention resolution)]. Drucker says that Harrington won stronger criticism of the Vietnam War in every convention (p. 307)
 * 2) Harrington compromised with Shachtman and the others through 1972 (p. 307)—much I add (as known from Isserman's biography of Harrington) to the irritation of Irving Howe at Dissent and to the New Left. Harrington and the majority negotiated compromise positions from 68-summer 1972 (307)
 * 3) I could not find any mention of "Debs caucus" in the book, although McReynolds was mentioned. Perhaps you could re-check your copy, which may have a useful pencil mark or scrap of paper, if we are lucky.... (I have bad eyes and could easily have missed a mention of the Debs Caucus.)
 * 4) There are some other issues, where I couldn't find a precise statement in Draper to match the history written by you and many other contributors over more than 5 years. However, I think that you can check the history of my revisions and note any changes I've made, and (without undue trouble) please correct any errors I've made (and forgive me for perhaps editing too boldly).

Thanks again for your work on this article, many years ago. I hope that this note brings back pleasant memories, of your editing and of course of the events that interested you in this topic in the first place. Sincerely, Kiefer .Wolfowitz 12:25, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

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Remove what you wish
Peter,

I should be glad to remove or edit sections, per your request and per common sense, if I may have your permission.

Of course, you have the right to remove all my my postings here, whenever you want, and I consider it generous that you left my complaints here.

I wish and shall now remove my postings, in what I think to be the spirit of your last request. If I have misinterpreted your wishes, then please revert my edits and please accept my apologies.

Sincerely, Kiefer .Wolfowitz 13:21, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Socialist Party of America
Hi again Peter!

I have made similar edits to the SPA article's talk page, following repeated suggestions by several persons. Would you please complain if I have removed anything improperly. I believe that now you may wish to do similar editing, because your prose refers  to now deleted comments. I trust that you or Demiurge1000 may perform similar clean-ups, and then I may finish my clean-ups. Sincerely, Kiefer .Wolfowitz 14:16, 8 August 2011 (UTC)


 * You are welcome to strike my contributions to the "NPOV Tags" section, if you strike yours and DU1000's. (I did not want to strike only mine.) Kiefer .Wolfowitz 22:20, 8 August 2011 (UTC) I went ahead and blanked the section, as I thought was consistent with a consensus. Please revert me if I am wrong and of course accept my apologies if I was in error.  Kiefer .Wolfowitz 22:25, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Peter, this is just a note to let you know you were mentioned in a recently opened RfC/U on Kiefer.Wolfowitz. I realise you may not wish to revisit the issues from a few months ago, but equally you may choose to comment there.

Sorry to have notified you rather late; Worm was advised that it was best to notify anyone who was mentioned in any detail in the RfC/U, but we got our wires crossed as to who/when/how that would be done. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:21, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

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San Francisco meetup at WMF headquarters
Hi Peter G Werner,

I just wanted to give you a heads-up about the next wiki-meetup happening in SF. It'll be located at our very own Wikimedia Foundation offices, and we'd love it if some local editors who are new to the meetup scene came and got some free lunch with us :) Please sign up on the meetup page if you're interested in attending, and I hope to see you soon! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 23:15, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric, is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the southern hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. Although it is generally considered poisonous, deaths from its consumption are extremely rare, and it is eaten as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. It was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia; however, such traditions are far less well documented. UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

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Hi there Peter G Werner! I've noticed you have yourself listed as a member of the Food and Drink Wikiproject. Unfortunately it looks like the project has been slowly sliding into inactivity except for a couple of people. That makes me a sad potato, and nobody likes a sad potato amirite?

If you'd like to turn my frown upside down, can you do two small things?

First off, go here and add Tick (✅) next to your name if you're still part of the project.

Second, go to the project talkpage and participate in a discussion about how to make the project more active, and how to go about making articles in our area of interest a lot better.

You don't want to make me cry, do you? Potatoes have a lot of eyes you know. So come on, join in! :)

— The Potato Hose 18:29, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Mabuhay Gardens
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Re:Domingo Castillejo in English Wikipedia
Hi Peter, thanks for your message. I was looking for a good biography of this author for a long time and I had no success. The one you found is very interesting, that even provides a source to the city where Domingo was born. I'm not so good in English as en:wikipedia requires, so if you consider it relevant here is the translation of the text I added with that source. «Domingo Castillejo began his studies in medicine at the Royal College of Surgery of the Navy in Cadiz the 5 of May of 1759 and delivered his pre-graduation public lecture the 29 of September of 1763. After graduating he was appointed Second Surgeon in the College of Surgery the 14 of May of 1764 and that same year he received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy.» Thanks again and greetings.Falconaumanni (Carlos para los amigos) 09:56, 4 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Fantastic! I'll add that information. Peter G Werner (talk) 23:06, 4 November 2014 (UTC)