User talk:Slaporte

WP:Hornbook -- a new law-related task force for the J.D. curriculum
Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 02:24, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

hey
Pleasure to meet you tonight! Philippe Beaudette, Facilitator, Strategy Project (talk) 08:13, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Reply at Talk:Section_301
I'm in full agreement with your merger proposal. Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 21:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Please help fill out a 501(c)3 application
Removed. Banned user Nrcprm2026 is not permitted to edit. Hipocrite (talk) 18:39, 20 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm taking exams for the next two weeks, but when I am done I will gladly help with both. Cheers, Stephen (talk) 16:03, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, would you be so kind as to give us support!
Hello, I hope you're doing fine and I sincerely apologize for this intrusion. I'm Claudi Balaguer, a member of a Catalan association "Amical de la Viquipèdia" which is trying to get some recognition as a Catalan Chapter but this hasn't been approved up to that moment. I know that you are also trying to obtain a Californian Chapter and I sincerely hope that you will succeed and I think that all the members of our association feel likewise because denying it implies, in my opinion, going against the spreading of knowledge creating boundaries to creativity and collective voluntary work. So maybe I am not bothering you and you will help us... We would appreciate your support, visible if you stick this on your first page: Wikimedia CAT. Supporting us will be like giving equal opportunity to minorized languages, cultures and local or regional entities in the future! Thanks again, wishing you a great summer, take care! I wish I could visit your great, beautiful and sunny region once more soon! If you ever need my (probably "our" too) help you can count on me even though I'm currently really far away from California. Capsot (talk) 15:47, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your encouragement! If you need anything else, feel free to send me an email. It looks like we face some similar issues (such as overlap). In California, our group is still at a very preliminary phase of development. I would be interested to hear more details about your group's growth. Best of luck! Cheers, Stephen (talk) 18:15, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, I hope you're doing fine. I just wanted to thank you (I thought I had done it but well I'm way too busy running around in so many wikipedias) and again wish all the best to your future Chapter. If you would like to have more information about our situation I was wisely advised to create some kind of diary on my userpage, and I'll try to keep it updated. If you'd like to share information about our association or to create some exchanges with us (I think it would be really interesting to all of us) you can contact our president, he'll be real glad to talk and exchange ideas, opinions or else with any of you. Take care, best regards to you and all the members of Wikimedia California! Capsot (talk) 07:28, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikisource : Supreme Court Project
Thank you for the new ideas and help on the Supreme Court project over at WS, a daunting task. User George Orwell mentioned in the discussion thread you had a bot that would upload the US Reports of all the cases. I am just wondering how it is going with that? It would save a ton of manual labor. Also would we have to individually add the cases to the front of the WS Supreme Court page? Also I feel that it is important to cross-link the cases not just the volumes in the US Reports. Like if Roe v. Wade cites an earlier case (making this up) plessy v. ferguson we cite Plessy v Ferguson as Plessy v Ferguson etc not just the US Reports volume that you would find it in. That is just some of my ideas, glad to get some new blood and keep it up it will save me a ton of manual labor. Wabbit98 (talk) 3:36pm, 31 July 2010 (PST)

Google Summer of Code 2011
Hi! I'm Sumana Harihareswara, and I'm MediaWiki's GSoC administrator this summer.

Two questions:

1) Are you happy with your GSoC experience from last year? (Including the current status of the code you produced in 2010?)

2) Are you eligible to apply again this year? MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki are doing separate GSoC projects:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2011#Student_signup

http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/GSoC_2011

Thanks! Sumanah (talk) 20:02, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Legal opinion
Hi, I'm looking for an expert opinion on copyright law as it pertains to Wiki policy. Would you be interested in offering an opinion please on Reliable sources/Noticeboard? Thank you. USchick (talk) 01:49, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Image Scavenger Hunt
Hey Stephen, we met at InfoCamp this year, you mentioned an app you made for easily finding buildings for which there exists wikipedia articles but that have no images. I'd love to find it again! We should also chat about doing a scavenger hunt some time! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattsenate (talk • contribs) 23:15, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey Matt! I will be at the SF Wiknic, so we can chat then if you plan to attend. Here is the photo hunt generator. I agree, we should do a scavenger hunt! Cheers, Stephen (talk) 23:30, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Article Quality: over 9000!
Hi! I w2as just demoing your cool gadget to Angelika, and we found that the quality of University_College_Falmouth is 231%... it's pretty good, but not that good ;) what's happening? -- Duesentrieb-formerly-Gearloose (?!) 17:36, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * There is a bug in scoring the paragraph count, I think. https://github.com/slaporte/qualityvis/issues/4 Yesterday I noticed that mammal was ranked 195%, but I figured that was because it used a picture of Richard Nixon in the infobox... Stephen (talk) 17:50, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Reminder! Women's History Month edit-a-thon
Just a friendly reminder about the Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon for Women's History Month :)

Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PT)

Location: Wikimedia Foundation Offices 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th floor San Francisco, CA 94105

Bring: Your laptop and charger (we'll have some extra computers available), your questions, and your friends!

What to expect: A fun, laid-back environment with food, drink, a great mix of people, and a wealth of knowledge and resources.

Public transport: BART to Montgomery station and walk 1 block down New Montgomery St.

Reminder: The St. Patricks Day parade will be starting at 11:30 on Market Street. Market street will most likely be closed to cars so please plan your journey accordingly ;-)

When you arrive: A volunteer will be at the front of the building to greet everyone arriving 12:40 - 1:20. You will take the elevator up to the 6th floor.

If you are early: If you expect to come earlier than 12:40 to help set-up, please let us know, so we can give you a contact number.

If you arrive later: No problem. There will be a phone number posted to the front door of the office building. A volunteer will run down and let you in.

We can't wait to see you on Saturday! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 23:32, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

HighBeam
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Mary Burt article progress
Hi, I'm continuing on the Mary Burt project, we've asked some German speakers about her fame in Germany.

As I mentioned, I am interested and concerned with getting copyright free images into Wikipedia. I have a fabulous old dictionary with a phantasmagoria of images. How can we see if it's images could be used? It was called the New Century Dictionary. First copyright was in 1927, last one in this book was in 1938.

KSRolph (talk) 04:19, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello! Glad to see that you are working on the Mary Burt article. I hope we can find one or two more articles to ensure that it passes WP:BIO.


 * Unfortunately, I cannot give specific advice on the book's copyright status, but I can point you to some resources that should answer your question. Commons has a simple guide, Public domain, and Cornell has a more detailed guide on the public domain. You will probably need to check if the book has any copyright notice. Stephen (talk) 21:01, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

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Sure nice meeting you at the Maker's Faire
I am so glad I got to meet you and all the other Wikipedians at the Maker's Faire. I'd love to join you again in person but I live too far away. Perhaps next year we will see each other up north. I look forward to that happy occasion again. Thank you too for making WP seem so warm, friendly and inviting. You all were the perfect ambassadors for WP. Quill and Pen (talk) 13:50, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

It was great hanging out with you in Berlin!
Did you ever find that Freitag store? :)

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Authority Control Integration
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Edit-a-thon tomorrow (Saturday) in Oakland
Hey there, just a quick reminder about the edit-a-thon you signed up for tomorrow afternoon at Tech Liminal. Hope to see you! -Pete (talk) 03:52, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Wiknic 2013
"Wiknic 2013 Sunday, June 23rd · 12:34pm · Lake Merritt, Oakland Theme: Hyperlocal list-making" This year's 2013 SF Wiknik will be held at Lake Merritt, next to Children's Fairyland in Oakland. This event will be co-attended by people from the hyperlocal Oakland Wiki. May crosspollination of ideas and merriment abound!

Location and Directions

 * Location: The grassy area due south of Children's Fairyland (here) (Oakland Wiki)
 * Nearest BART: 19th Street
 * Nearest bus lines: NL/12/72
 * Street parking abounds

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Recent changes in spanish
Hi. I want to thanks for add Spanish to map of recent changes. User:Fedaro last year did a conference where show it in english 'cause there was no spanish version. Now he can add spanish one. Cheers. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:49, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm glad to hear that! Stephen (talk) 06:17, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

2013 San Mateo Maker Faire
I can probably come Saturday, May 18, for the whole day (probability 0.95; there's one chance in 20 that other events could prevent that).

Do I need to buy a ticket for the Faire if I'm only going to staff the Wikimedia booth?

I'll be coming from San José, probably carrying a bike on Caltrain. I plan to bring a notebook computer plus an iPad Mini -- though I'm a little concerned about the iPad walking off. I can also bring some markers, a power strip, duct tape, and 6-7' ethernet cables if these would help.

Would you like me to print something? I have an Oki C6150dn color printer, which can provide fairly cheap, laser-quality copies -- 8.5 x 11" size (or anything that can be conveniently made from 8.5 x 11": I produce tri-folds and occasionally bookmarks).

If needed, I could also bring a relatively large desktop computer (Athlon 2.8 GHz quad core with 4 GB RAM running Fedora 18 Linux with a 20" monitor), plus a card table and chairs, and a case of water bottles. However, that would require me driving, and then I'd need to find a place to park, pay for parking, etc.

Thanks,

DavidMCEddy (talk) 21:48, 12 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Awesome, ! I don't think we have anything to print right now but I'll let you know if we do have anything. I'm really glad you can join us! Stephen's coordinating computers so I'll let him let you know what we've got and if we might need the desktop -- but if you have a laptop that you don't mind being in the booth that would be awesome. We should be pretty good on tables and chairs -- they usually have some extras for us. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:40, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I'll bring a laptop computer and an iPad Mini, as I previously indicated.


 * Will I need to purchase a ticket for the Faire? Or can I get in for free (or a reduced rate) if I plan only to staff whatever Wikimedia has there?  Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 22:55, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

You're invited...
to two upcoming Bay Area events:
 * Maker Faire 2013, Sat/Sun May 18-19, San Mateo -- there will have a booth about Wikimedia, and we need volunteers to talk to the public and ideas for the booth -- see the wiki page to sign up!
 * Edit-a-Thon 5, Sat May 25, 10-2pm, WMF offices in San Francisco -- this will be a casual edit-a-thon open to both experienced and new editors alike! Please sign up if on the wiki page if you can make it so we know how much food to get.

I hope you can join us at one or both! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:37, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, LOL, you'd better come to Maker Faire ;) --phoebe / (talk to me) 17:38, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, OK, I'll go, but you better go too! Stephen (talk) 17:44, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

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Regarding Listen to Wikipedia project
Hey Stephen, great job with the Listen to Wikipedia project. Kudos to both of you for bringing this vocal wikipedia to all of us. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to customize this and make it available for other language projects as well. I'm particularly interested for the Indic languages (as, hi, bn, te, ta, mr, kn, or, pa, sa and gu). Could you avail this for those languages and share the link for me to check the magic? And please make the same checkboxes for selecting languages. Hope I'm not asking too much ;-) --SubhaUtter2me! 18:30, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey Subha, I added a the Indic languages you requested. You can see them all enabled at: http://listen.hatnote.com/#as,hi,bn,te,ta,mr,kn,or,pa,sa,gu There is much less activity on these smaller wikis, so the sound is more calm. Let me know if you find this useful! Best, Stephen (talk) 09:54, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi! Discovered L2W yesterday and it's really awesome. And discovered the multilingual version here, even greater! Just posted about it on G+ https://plus.google.com/114406186864069390644/posts/AbPLvzLrQxC. --universimmedia (talk) 09:45, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Stephen (talk) 09:50, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for such a nice thing! Could you add uk.wikipedia there, please? Perhaps, also other Slavic as ru, pl, mk, be, be-x-old, sr, bg... :) And I will be very happy to see uk.wikinews there :) -- Base talk сontr.  18:42, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello : I added UK, PL, MK, BE, SR, and BG Wikipedia to the Recent Changes Map and Listen to Wikipedia. We haven't started adding sister projects yet (other thank Wikidata) -- we may need a better interface to handle all the possible options! Cheers, Stephen (talk) 00:26, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Ping!
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Tool revisionstats
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would you mind resurrecting your tool revisionstats after the migration? Regards. --Hedonil (talk) 12:50, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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Request for comment
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Backlog drive
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deck.js
Hi! This is the hack I was talking about: uk:User:Юрій Булка/common.js --Yury Bulka (talk) 19:11, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Nice meeting you
Stephen, it was great to meet you at the Maker Faire on Saturday. It was my first year going, and I had no idea WP would be there, but it makes a lot of sense, WP being not only a great resource for creators, but also one of the best collections of creative people. I have seen your name on various discussions&mdash;you're doing a great job, BTW&mdash; and was glad to be able to connect your name with the person. (FWIW, you are the first other Wikipedian I am aware of having met since I became one, almost 8 years ago.) No reply necessary; I just wanted to say hello. Peter Chastain [habla, por favor]  00:14, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello Peter, it was good to meet you too! You are welcome to join our bay area meetup group, if you are interested in an editathon sometime. Best, Stephen (talk) 16:10, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Paid contributions
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(14825) Fieber-Beyer page
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Knowledge of Mary Burt?
Hi Slaporte,

I've been working to complete an article on the life of Mary Burt for some time, and I see that you did a bit of editing on it some time back. I am wondering... did you know her or anyone who does/ did? Anyway, slowly but surely I will get the article completed. I wish I knew more people who knew her and it's my understanding there was quite a bit published in Germany about her psychotherapy work. KSRolph (talk) 03:23, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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SF edit-a-thons on March 7 and 8

 * Just returning to your page to say hi, now that we've met, and thank you for the thanks yous. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 22:44, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, good to meet! Thanks for putting all this together, it's awesome! Stephen (talk) 23:25, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey—I imagine you're watching the #ArtAndFeminism edit summary hashtag. Thanks for the thanks! but Mtengel2 actually did all the work—could you pass along the thanks to her? Thanks, czar ⨹   23:13, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, and I all pass some thanks to Mtengel2 too! There is a lot of great stuff on #artandfeminism this weekend. Stephen (talk) 23:24, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

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REMINDER/invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29 at 6 p.m.
Please join us in downtown San Francisco tonight!



If you cannot join in person or want to view portions later:
 * To join via Hangout on Air
 * Via YouTube Stream

We will have:


 * Light snacks, and time to mingle
 * A brief report on the Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Public Library, that was coordinated by Wiki editor Merrilee
 * A special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
 * Join in on a brief in person Wikidojo!
 * Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cjLRrSTlEkGOPTQ-h6A0WvSFI4ZmIUl6jEHp_RYas-E/viewform and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

See you tonight! ,, and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 29 June 2016 (UTC) | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice)

Late breaking invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, July 27 (Wednesday) - change of venue - tonight
Please join us in the Mission at Noisebridge (one time change of venue)!



We hope you can join us today, Wednesday, from 6 p.m. on, at our July Bay Area WikiSalon. This month only, we are going to be at Noisebridge, a hackerspace/makerspace 1.5 blocks from the 16th & Mission BART station (see the link for directions). Some of us will be working on the Wikipedia article on basic income. [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bay_Area_WikiSalon_July_2016 All info here]. Some good news - we do not have to be as strict about advance RSVP at Noisebridge, so bring spontaneous guests! ([//docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHtIIcEtUPqLtbG6BXCAs-A6u6bdK6aW3z_jBNiA5lnTHKog/viewform Registering] ahead of time is still helpful, as always, as it will help us plan ahead.)

Come and hang out, have some light snacks. Wi-Fi is available, so please bring your editing device if you plan to edit.

Also, Pete just published a writeup of the Wikidojo exercise we did last month. Your comments welcome, if he missed anything! http://wikistrategies.net/ghost-town-royals-wikidojo

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. Mark you calendars now.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend.

See you soon! ,, and  | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:05, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, August 31
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have a brief presentation for your education and possible enjoyment:


 * Former EFF intern Marta Belcher will discuss crowdsourcing her Stanford Law School graduation speech using a wiki. The "WikiSpeech" was the subject of prominent national media attention in 2015, and more than half of her classmates contributed to writing and editing the commencement address via a wiki.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, August 2016

See you soon! ,, and  | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Tonight: Live and archived links for Bay Area WikiSalon
Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, August 31:

If you cannot join us in person tonight, we are streaming (and later archiving) the presentation by former EFF intern Marta Belcher. We expect her to be live starting between 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. PDT and talking and taking questions for about 30 minutes thereafter.

Here is the YouTube stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8V79s2-og Here is the link to join the Hangout on Air: https://hangouts.google.com/call/ezrol7dafjfwxfh2ilpkjyxoaue

You can search for it on the Commons and YouTube later too.

Wayne, Pete, Ben, and Stephen MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:50, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, September 28
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no formal agenda to allow people to freely share ideas and perhaps learn about Wikipedia through hands-on editing. Co-organizer Ben Creasy will be looking at election-related articles to enhance the information available in the upcoming November elections.



Co-organizer Stephen LaPorte has suggested doing an upload-a-thon for Wiki Loves Monuments. Niki, the California coordinator for WLM will be in attendance. WLM is an annual event and the official dealine is Friday the 30th for submissions to count towards awards.

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, or a stool and do your own thing.



Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, September 2016. Mark your calendars now for the 3rd Wednesday in October, the 26th, when we will have a brief presentation.

See you soon! ,, and  | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

You are invited to a Wednesday evening event in SF
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi folks,

Please copy and share this on other talk pages. We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather at the Wikimedia Foundation lounge to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no meaty agenda this month, but we will allow a brief period for:


 * Open mic for anybody who attended [//wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page WikiConference North America 2016] in San Diego last week and wants to share their takeaway
 * Question & answer
 * Open mic for announcements
 * Maybe a focus on some topical election article editing with Ben?

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, a stool or counter and do your own thing.

Please note: You should [//docs.google.com/forms/d/1cjLRrSTlEkGOPTQ-h6A0WvSFI4ZmIUl6jEHp_RYas-E register here], and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, October 2016. PS: Mark your calendars ahead now for the 3rd Wednesday in November, the 30th (the week after Thanksgiving), at 6 p.m. when our WikiSalon will host a super awesome top secret mystery guest mingling in our midst. We will announce specifics at the upcoming WikiSalon.

See you soon! ,, , Jacob, and | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:51, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Everybody is invited to the November 30 Bay Area WikiSalon
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Details and RSVP here.

See you soon! ,, and | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:54, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon series: Everybody is invited this Wednesday evening at 6
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki and open-source enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Before and after the brief presentation we allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks.

In addition, this month we will have:
 * a brief presentation from (Jim Heaphy) about the Wikipedia Teahouse
 * spontaneous lightning talks from the floor
 * community announcements from the floor

For details and to RSVP see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, December 2016

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P.S. Any help spreading the word through social media or other avenues is most welcome! We plan to announce this on various sites and invite various groups; if you would like to join in, check our meta planning page, and please note any announcements you are sending out: Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco

Please feel free to add to, refine, reorganize or edit the above linked page: it is a wiki!

We need more helpers and organizers, so if you see a need, please jump in, or talk to us about it! You can add your username to the meta page where appropriate, or create a new role! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:44, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Reminder invitation to the December Bay Area WikiSalon
Please join us in downtown San Francisco!



Hi, everybody.

We are excited to remind you of the ninth in the Bay Area WikiSalon series that is coming up this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.


 * Details (RSVP suggested) here (RSVP helps us know how much food and drink to bring in)

What is a WikiSalon? A monthly safe and inclusive meatspace event conducted in organized chaos and we all clean up the mess afterwards. Livestream links for the presentation are available during presentation months, and will be forthcoming for those of you that cannot attend. December is a presentation month. Hope to see you there! (and ) - co-organizers Any last minute questions or suggestions? Please ping or email Ben or me. | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Archived link for December Bay Area WikiSalon
Hi, y'all. In case you missed it and want to watch the archive reel; the topic was The Wikipedia Teahouse and the presenter was well respected Wikimedian Jim Heaphy [[User:Cullen328]]


 * [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeJim1n2uiY Archive link] (also includes intro, announcements, and a lightning talk)


 * Details about Bay Area WikiSalon for December here

The full title of Jim's presentation was: Welcoming and Helping New Editors: A Month at the Wikipedia Teahouse: an overview of the Teahouse and an analysis of over 300 Teahouse conversations during the month of August, 2016

Jim gave a longer version of this presentation in October at [//wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page WikiConference North America 2016] in San Diego, California.

Cheers! Co-organizer - and co-organizer  | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

PS: Mark your calendars now for Sunday, January 15 at 2 p.m. which will be Wikipedia's 16th Birthday party hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon! Details to follow soon. If you want to help plan it, get in touch with us ASAP! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:43, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Broken link in 16th birthday bash invitation
Please see notice of broken link in 16th birthday bash. Thanks. Mathglot (talk) 09:55, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject Investment
Hey there! I just re-launched the WikiProject Investment.

The site has been fully revamped and updated and I would like to invite you the project.

Feel free to check out the project and ping me if you have any questions.

Cheers! WikiEditCrunch (talk) 00:10, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Hashtags tool
Hello Slaporte and ,

The Hashtags tool seems to currently not work: the page doesn't load. Could you take a look when possible? We would like to use the tool for this event on frwiki.

Kind regards, Jules78120 (talk) 14:14, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, it seems to work now. Sorry! Jules78120 (talk) 14:47, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi! Since yesterday, the tool is unavailable again. Best regards, Jules78120 (talk) 14:18, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Zh-wiki copyright issue
Hi, Stephen, do you deal with copyright legal stuff at all? I'm looking for the right person to follow up on the discussion above.

Am I wrong in thinking that WMF being HQed in the US means all wikipedias including zh-wiki need to comply? Do Chinese admins have to be more forthcoming about posting and enforcing copyright policy if there's as little there now as there appears to be per User:Diannaa? Mathglot (talk) 19:17, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'd be interested in hearing the outcome of this since it involves one of my students. More just throwing my two cents in so I have this edit in my edit history as a bookmark. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:22, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Congrats!!
Stephen, I don't know if you remember me but we've met a few times over the years at various conferences. I just read in the Signpost that you're going to be the new General Counsel! Congrats – very much looking forward to working with you in your new role. Best, KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 06:39, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! Stephen (talk) 23:42, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

I've just seen this in the signpost, too. Many, many congratulations on your new position! All the best, MichaelMaggs (talk) 16:51, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Congratz Stephen, happy to see this! II | (t - c) 06:02, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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