User talk:Pharos/Golden Age of Kiev

AfD nomination of Skygazing
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Providence, RI Meetup
Yes, I did get in touch with someone from the Free Culture group at Brown, but it has not been active since the spring. I'll try to coordinate something with them. --mikeu talk 14:39, 3 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The Providence meetup is today. The plan is to try to meet between about 4-6pm and we'll be ordering pizza around 5pm. Note, that I will be there during the entire 1-8pm, and anyone is welcome to stop by, but I thought a more specific time might make it easier for people to plan attending. See the talk page for more info and discussion.  --mikeu talk 13:03, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Talk page etiquette
Pharos, over on Talk:AIDS denialism, one editor made an assertion in support of AIDS denialism, including allegations about viral researcher Robert Gallo. Subsequently, User:RetroS1mone, a somewhat new user, removed it because it was "libellous". I reverted this, explaning to Simone that libel is a legal dispute that, in this case, would be between Gallo and User:80.237.191.141, and that one editor cannot simply declare "libel", by fiat, and that instead, others should ask User:80.237.191.141 for sources, as another editor named Verbal correctly did. Simone responded that User:80.237.191.141's post violates WP:TALK and WP:BLP. I was about to revert, since a talk page is not an article, let alone a BLP article, and making assertions that others consider to be untrue is not "libel", and because I do know know of anything on WP:TALK justifying this. By contrast, deleting another editor's post does indeed seem like a breach of talk page etiquette. But then, I noticed that another editor, an administrator named SheffieldSteel, edited the post in order to alter its meaning, for the same reason as Simone. Subsequently, Simone again deleted it altogether. I was suprised to see an admin doing this, though he's only been an admin since August, and I see some neutrality concerns on his RfA page. Before reverting, I thought I'd get the perspective of another admin. Do you really think that another editor should declare what is "libel", or that an admin should edit such posts? It seems pretty obvious to me that it's not, but I wanted to make sure with you. Nightscream (talk) 17:24, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for agreeing to look over the matter. Although my preference is for false material to be refuted rather than deleted, I can at least stomach the latter if it is accompanied by an explanation--for the benefit of the uninitiated and future readers--as to how the material in question is known to be poorly sourced. RetroS1mone says that the material was self-published, but has repeatedly refused to elaborate on how she knows this, insisting that her "personal knowledge" of the subject informs her of this, despite the fact that this sounds like original research.


 * As for the Meetup, well, you flatter me sir. :-) As I stated on the Meetup page, I will be covering the Big Apple Con Fri - Sun, Nov 14 - 16 (I even managed to get a press pass by showing the organizers my past photo work covering that con--Yay!), but if I feel I have enough pics taken by the time of the Meetup on Sunday, I'll stop by. To be on the safe side, you should ask Daniel Case and Richard Shankbone if they'll be there, since they have cameras with videotaping capability, or perhaps put an open inquiry on the Meetup page.

Btw, I've been making a shitload of artwork lately, and posting it on my MySpace blog and on Facebook. If you're interested in seeing it, looking me up on those sites under my real name. My MS profile is restricted to Friends due to spam, but my art folders in my Facebook profile are open for the public to see. Nightscream (talk) 06:05, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: You are invited!
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, finalize and approve bylaws, interact with representatives from the Software Freedom Law Center, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the June meeting's minutes and the September meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikis Take Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wikipedia Loves Art! bonanza, being planned with the Brooklyn Museum for February.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

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User:Brooklynmuseum
Her userpage is obvious spam; she has a history of inserting spamlinks. What is your justification for unblocking her, without discussing it with the blocking admin (me) or anybody else? -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  03:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Is she going to apply for a change of username? It's still a violation of the "role account" prohibition. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  20:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Civility
"Just rude"? I consider that itself a rude remark. The page in question is a blatant advertisement, and the username a blatant violation of our role account rules; tagging it as spam was a statement of fact. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  22:18, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

The Foxes
Hello. :) It would appear that Orangemike is ignoring me, so could I please ask you a question?

Could you please unblock the page 'The Foxes' which, at present, redirects to 'Leicester City F.C.' as I would like to move an article to it? Thanks for your time. Blaze42 (talk) 16:22, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia loves art
Thanks for the note. I'll look into it. Not sure I'll make it Sunday, but if I don't I'll catch up on details and see what I can do to help. StarM 13:09, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Non-exclusive ethnic group
An article that you have been involved in editing, Non-exclusive ethnic group, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Non-exclusive ethnic group. Thank you. Slrubenstein  |  Talk 16:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC).

Question about the use of the term "wiki"
Hi Pharos, my name is Raina_noor and i have a question about the use of the term "wiki" i work for an international organization, and the intra-net admin team announced last week that they were going to launch a "wiki-seek" page. from what i understand, it's going to be modeled after wikisearch, but they are calling it "wiki-seek" is this a copyright infringement? let me know, thanks raina_noor (talk) 18:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC)raina_noorraina_noor (talk) 18:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Odd edit attributed to me
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=String_Quartets_1%E2%80%933&oldid=249577268

I didn't do this edit intentionally and I find it quite disturbing. --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 17:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

V&A
Hi Pharos, I heard about the V&A via the UK list, and I'd like to get involved. I've put a mention on Meetup/London 16, but current plans are that I'm going to be  skipping that so it might have to wait for Meetup/London 17 in January.  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  09:13, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Art
Hi Pharos, I am writing from WM Hungary; we would be interested to hold a similar event as Wikipedia Loves Art and I would be interested how did you get the different museums to support this effort? How did you contact them? What did you offer them, why is it good for the museum, did you need to persuade them? etc. We have the most basic of questions at this stage, because we are a new organisation with not much experience yet. I would be glad if you could offer some tips or the story of how this event comes to be. Thank you --Dami (talk) 11:34, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

ScienceApologist
Whoops, thanks for fixing that :) Verbal   chat  13:19, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Could I get your assistance here?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jennifer_Kale#Velez

Whose interpetation of Wikipedia policy is the correct one?--Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 00:17, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

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The Barnstar
Thanks, Pharos. And Happy Holidays. :-) Nightscream (talk) 03:50, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Pharos was inducted into The Hall of The Greats
Happy New Year to New York's Wiki Kingpin - the inscription is in the description. -- David Shankbone  20:11, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

You're invited!
In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, look at our approval by the Chapters Committee, develop ideas for chapter projects at museums and libraries throughout our region, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the November meeting's minutes and the December mini-meetup's minutes).

We'll make preparations for our exciting museum photography Wikipedia Loves Art! February bonanza (on Flickr, on Facebook) with Shelley from the Brooklyn Museum and Alex from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

We'll also be collecting folks to join our little Wikipedia Takes the Subway adventure which will be held the day after the meeting.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

To keep up-to-date on local events, you can also join our mailing list. This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 02:39, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Did you see the e-mail from Students for free culture?
Hey, the e-mail about the Students for free culture thing? I think your meet-up may be great opportunity to recruit people to volunteer. Registration doesn't have to be expensive (see e-mail). Sadads (talk) 15:08, 22 January 2010 (UTC)