User talk:PittSammy

Wikimedia Pennsylvania
Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:
 * Contact us on IRC at #wikimedia-pa
 * Join our mailing list
 * Visit our blog at http://wmfpa.blogspot.com

Thanks and I hope you join up!  Cbrown1023   talk   04:12, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Sigma Alpha Mu

 * It was definitely no problem. I'm still confused about this incident. I have never seen anyone deny references before. It is even a wikipedia policy to keep a reference up if the link no longer goes anywhere (most likely because people can cache it). I can understand where Alan.ca was coming from, but I see no reason to ever delete a reference unless the reference doesn't have anything to do with what it is referencing. I saw you joined the wikiproject for greek life, which you should definitely keep up with. Greek life articles on wikipedia have been growing in quantity and quality a whole lot recently. Feel free to help out with other articles as well. Hail t Pitt! Acidskater (talk) 15:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

SAM Alumni
See what you think - maybe the Alumni/Reference nightmare is over.

http://www.israel-times.com/finance/2006/10/sigma-alpha-mu-a-powerful-fraternity-1431/

Hps05 (talk) 02:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Sigma Delta Tau
Using university 'famous greek' websites is like using chapter websites or greek101, it's basically user generated (or local chapter generated) information that isn't checked for reliability and cannot generally be sourced by other more reliable and verifiable content. While a university website would possibly be considered a reputable source about academics, anything related that field, their own university in some cases, like this, it is not a reliable source. Fact checking for university notable alumni pages is basically nil.. and if you read over WP:RS closely you'll see an addendum stating "Sources should be appropriate to the claims made." Since a university's website is more geared towards the university it's not an appropriate source for famous greeks. An example from that website is Courtney Cox-Arquette on there she is a Delta Zeta however she, and many others, are not members. Another very good example of this is the University of North Florida's notable greek page. Jennifer Blackburn Dunn is listed as a Tri-Sigma; she is however a Gamma Phi Beta. Hope this helps and explains why I removed her and the reference; if you can find a more reputable one please do add her back in, but as of so far I've been unsuccessful in locating one. --ImmortalGoddezz 06:36, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * By local chapter generated I meant the local chapters at the university; not just a Sigma Delta Tau chapter. Sorry, I probably could have clarified it in my above response. However Greek Offices exist to promote greek life and one of the things most commonly used is 'this famous person was in greek life, you should be too!' or something similar to that. While the university might have a reputation for fact checking this is not an academic publication, this is promotional material from the greek life/student affairs department, a department that does not necessarily have a reputation for fact checking that the university does. In addition the website doesn't state where they got their original information, so you don't know where it comes from. If you still disagree I think the next best step would prob. be the F/S wikiproject to get opinions on the source itself. --ImmortalGoddezz 22:51, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Melissa Hart - 4th District Candidates
Where is the official list of candidates?--Dr who1975 (talk) 23:26, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, got your link from the discusiion page... you said it is the official list but it says unnoficial list at the top. I still agree that it is a reliable source. Thanks for updating Lynn Swann's page.--Dr who1975 (talk) 23:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Deletion issue
Hello PittSammy, a Pitt-related page very similar to ones that you helped to work on has been tagged for deletion. The page tagged for deletion is the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article may determine the eventual fate of other similar Pitt pages that you helped to create. If you are willing, please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). Thank you!cp101p (talk) 08:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Pitt deletion
A Pitt related page, Oakland Zoo (cheering section), has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are important. Please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Oakland Zoo (cheering section) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you.CrazyPaco (talk) 06:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Pittsburgh event for Wikipedia's tenth anniversary
Hi! Since you're listed as a Wikipedian in Pittsburgh, I wanted to invite you to the Wikipedia Tenth Anniversary celebrations we're having in Pittsburgh on Saturday, January 15. During the daytime, we're going to be having a photo contribution drive where anyone can bring in their digital photos or prints and Wikipedians will teach people how to upload them and add them to articles, and maybe introduction to Wikipedia workshops as well. Then in the evening, we'll have fun at the Carson City Saloon. There will be free Wikipedia t-shirts and other goodies, as well. See the Pittsburgh meetup page for more details. I hope to see you there!--ragesoss (talk) 15:25, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject Pittsburgh
--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk 20:47, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Teaching with Wikipedia Workshop at CMU (Aug 15)
Since you are a member of the WikiProject University of Pittsburgh, I'd like to invite you to the Teaching with Wikipedia Workshop that will take place at CMU on Aug 15 (this workshop is open to general public, and is a joint imitative of CMU and Pitt). There will be another workshop held at Pitt in the Fall as well. It will cover how to include Wikipedia in one's course (WP:SUP) and also how to become a Campus Ambassadors. Pennsylvania has currently only one ambassador (myself) and it would be great if we could recruit at least several more. Ambassadors help course instructors, showing them how Wikipedia works, and interact with students. Many current ambassadors come from the body of students, faculty and university staff; it is a fun adventure, and adds to one resume/CV, to boot :) If it sounds interesting, feel free to ask me any questions, or to come to the workshop. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk 19:33, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Pittsburgh meetup
Pittsburgh Wikipedians are invited to a meet up on April 3, 2015. Meetup Pittsburgh


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