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SCUM Manifesto
Hey Taylor, I reverted your addition to SCUM Manifesto, since that image is actually the cover of the obscure 1977 edition that Solanas self-published (not the original 1967 self-published edition). Due to the extreme obscurity of that edition, I'm not sure it's the best illustration for the article. Let me know if you find the 1967 edition though! Cheers! Kaldari (talk) 21:13, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

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In brief
Is it possible to have the Wikipedia e-mail limit suspended or relaxed for the sake of conducting a survey of Wikipedia editors’ use of a particular archival source?

Our study
My name is Donald Taylor and I'm the Wikipedian-in-Residence with the University of Maryland Libraries, Historic Maryland Newspapers Project. The Historic Maryland Newspapers Project is a part of the National Digital Newspaper Program, a joint program of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities. We are digitizing historic state newspapers for inclusion in the Library of Congress's Chronicling America online digital collection of America’s historical newspapers.

We are conducting a study to identify ways that Chronicling America might be made a better resource for people editing Wikipedia. One part of our study is a survey of Wikipedia editors who have cited Chronicling America in their contributions to Wikipedia. We have identified 590 such editors and would like to send them a request to take our survey via the e-mail tool available from the left-hand column of the User page. The e-mail tool is preferable to posting on users’ talk page as the message includes the URL for the survey and we would like to restrict the survey to the select, relevant editors, rather than have the survey URL posted in a public place.

The problem in detail
An intern and I have been sending out survey invitations, but Wikipedia’s spam prevention policy limits us to only sending nine e-mails per 24-hour period before we get the “Action throttled” notice. The notice reads “As an anti-spam measure, you are limited from performing this action too many times in a short space of time, and you have exceeded this limit. Please try again in a few minutes”, but in fact the waiting period is 24 hours. At this rate it will take us a month just to distribute the survey. Is it possible to have the e-mail limit lifted for myself and User:DC_Elliott for a few days until we have completely distributed our survey?

Justification
We believe this to be an acceptable use of Wikipedia’s functionality for the following reasons:


 * 1) Our study has been approved by the University of Maryland’s Institutional Review Board.
 * 2) It is completely anonymous (we do not connect our list of identified Wikipedia editor account names with survey responses or make any attempts to further identify Wikipedia editors).
 * 3) Our study is for the benefit of the Wikipedia community and in promotion of Wikipedia’s values: we are seeking input from Wikipedia contributors for the purpose of making the nation’s historical archives more available for research and article verification.
 * 4) Wikipedia contributors have already judged Chronicling America a valuable source. It is currently cited by 1,777 Wikipedia entries – many on issues of local, community interest (e.g. monuments, National Register of Historic Places, local people of import) where few other sources are available – and the rate of Chronicling America citation has accelerated by 150 percent over the last five quarters.
 * 5) We intend to only send a single e-mail notice to users.  There will be no reminders, harassment or subsequent solicitations (since the survey is anonymous, we do not know who has opted to take it and who not).

I could provide you with further details of our study (including the full list of questions) if you would like.

Thank you for your attention in this matter.

-- Taylordw (talk) 15:45, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Ronhjones response

 * Mass message senders is the link you want Ron h jones (Talk) 20:17, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Further clarification of question
Thank you User:Ronhjones. Wikipedia:Mass message senders is for people wanting to mass-post to users' talk pages. I would like to avoid the User:Talk page solution if at all possible because I would prefer that the message be private in order that the link to the survey not be widely publicized so that the potential respondent pool can be limited to just the list of users meeting the study criteria. Is there a group that I can be added to (temporarily) that would allow me exemption from the e-mail throttle rule? If there is no other solution, I can go with User:Talk pages; I want to make sure that there is no other alternative first.

Taylordw (talk) 14:18, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * User right makes no mention of a flag that would bypass a outbound e-mail limit; as a matter of fact, I was unaware such a limit existed, and am unable to find any documentation of it. Is it something you have personally encountered? I see it is something you have encountered. I'm trying to find more info on that limit; will leave the request open while I look into it since it may take a while and someone else might already know. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  21:20, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * There are two questions here: (a) is it technically possible to give you exemption from the email throttle? and (b) whose agreement would be necessary? Let's worry about (a) first. It isn't one of the standard User rights like rollbacker or mass-message sender. I have asked at WP:VPT where the technical gurus hang out. JohnCD (talk) 21:39, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Why not use talk pages to post the invitation and explain that only those invited should respond. If you have a space on your questionnaire for the user's account name that will allow you to check that the right people have responded. Wikipedia users are not that great at checking for emails and it is often suggested that an email should be followed by leaving a talk page notice anyway. EdJohnston (talk) 01:57, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It seems that if I gave you the Account Creator right for, say, 24 hours that would exempt you from the email throttle. I have asked at WP:AN whether anyone objects to my invoking WP:IAR to do that. JohnCD (talk) 12:17, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

DC WikiSalon
Good to meet you, here is my username. Manumitany (talk) 00:50, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!
I really enjoyed your presentation at the UMD/Chronicling America edit-a-thon - thanks for sharing your preliminary results! Will your final findings be available at some point? extabulis (talk) 18:36, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia DC Annual Meeting and more!




Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce the upcoming Wikimedia DC Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

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End-of-the-year meetups


Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Museum hacks and museum edits
 Hello there!

Upcoming events:


 * February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
 * February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
 * February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.hare@undefinedwikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!
 Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:


 * Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
 * Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
 * Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
 * Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

Regards,

James Hare

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Editing for Women's History in March
 Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:


 * Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM
 * Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM
 * An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)
 * Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM
 * In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM
 * Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM
 * Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup
 * Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
 * Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!
 * More information • RSVP on Meetup

Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Thanks,

James Hare

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User:Taylordw/sandbox/Aeroplankton
Hi,

Text in a sandbox are not an article yet, so the categories must be put as a remark. Only when you transform it into a Wiki article that you unremark them. So please do not revert my edit.

Pierre cb (talk) 14:41, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Upcoming attractions in DC
 Hello!

Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:


 * Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm
 * See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia
 * Friday, April 17: Women in Tech Edit-a-thon with Tech LadyMafia – 5-9pm
 * Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.
 * Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
 * Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!
 * Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
 * An edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland

Hope to see you at these events! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Cheers,

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February events and meetups in DC
Greetings from  Wikimedia DC !

February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:
 * On Friday, February 12, NPR will host a Black History Month First Edit event.
 * On Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, we're working with the Wiki Education Foundation to hold a series of four edit-a-thons at the AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting.
 * On Tuesday, February 16, we're holding the Smithsonian American Art Museum and American University WikiWorkshop with Professor Andrew Lih's class.
 * On Saturday, February 20, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will host the African American Artists Edit-a-Thon.
 * On Friday, February 26, Howard University will host its second annual Black History Month Edit-a-Thon.
 * On Saturday, February 27, we have three different events. In the morning, we're holding an Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.  In the afternoon, we'll host our second February WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

We hope to see you at one—or all—of these events!

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at [mailto:info@wikimediadc.org info@wikimediadc.org] !

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March events and meetups in DC
Greetings from  Wikimedia DC !

Looking for something to do in DC in March? We have a series of great events planned for the month:
 * On Wednesday, March 9, we'll host our first March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle.
 * On Friday, March 11, the National Archives will host the Women in the Civil War Edit-a-Thon.
 * On Saturday, March 19, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian will host the Color History with the Smithsonian! event, and we'll hold our second Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
 * On Sunday, March 20, the American Chemical Society will host the Computers in Chemistry Edit-a-Thon.
 * On Saturday, March 26, we'll host our second March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

Can't make it to an event? Most of our edit-a-thons allow virtual participation; see the guide for more details.

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at [mailto:info@wikimediadc.org info@wikimediadc.org] !

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