User talk:Travis.Thurston

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Kaimū
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Primo Brewing & Malting Company
Aloha, seems to have survived deletion-ites so far, congratulations. Even though I grew up in Milwaukee, never became a beer connoisseur. But seems notable enough. Obvious suggestions: decorate with a picture. I can do a quick look in the usual places for a pre-copyright one, or you could snap their office-front if it is photogenic, or take a picture of of a label and hope we can justify with fair use. Rewrite the timeline list as prose. Expand refs to use cite templates. I have not found a general tool for web links; I do use the google books one (and then hand edit the result, but it still saves time). Generally the tool needs to be specific to the source to dig out title, date, work, etc. because they all use different conventions (so much for HTML meta-data standards). There is a New York Times one, for example (although I just tried it and does not seem to work for historical articles that I use). To be honest I usually just grab a previous one from the same source, paste, and then edit the fields. I suppose one could do, say, a "Honolulu Advertiser tool" that parses out the info from their pages which would work for all of those. But they of course changed all their web conventions (invalidating many refs) recently when the Star-Bulletin merged. I will convert one or two to give some examples. W Nowicki (talk) 15:53, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Red links on disambiguation pages
Nice work creating Kahana Bay. However, your edit summaries referred to wp:red. However, the applicable guideline for disambiguation pages is at WP:DABRL. There is specialized guidance for disambiguation pages because they are primarily navigational pages and not articles. Disambiguation pages are intended to disambiguate existing articles, which is why there is criteria for inclusion of redlinks on disambiguation pages and why external links and references are not appropriate on disambiguation pages. older ≠ wiser 22:18, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * So is it then appropriate to just delete an item on a DAB page because there isn't an article associated with it?--Travis Thurston+ 22:45, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * If there are no other incoming links and no other article that mentions the subject, yes -- there is nothing in Wikipedia to be disambiguated. older ≠ wiser 02:39, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm just not a fan of deleting items when it takes a minute to create a stub, add some internal links and de-orphan an article. No harm, not foul... thanks for the feedback. --Travis Thurston+ 04:59, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine
I have restored the article and moved it to your user space at User:Travisthurston/Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. when you have done the necessary removal of information useful only to a   prospective student and general  information about the merits of naturopathic medicine, you're free to move it back to mainspace. If you encounter any technical difficulty, let me know.  DGG ( talk ) 20:57, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I cleaned it up, removed any advert and moved it over. Thanks! --Travis Thurston+ 00:55, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Talk:List of YouTube personalities
Hi Travis.Thurston. Because you participated in Articles for deletion/List of YouTube celebrities (4th nomination), you may be interested in Talk:List of YouTube personalities. There are disputes over who should and who shouldn't be included in the list. Cunard (talk) 23:09, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Sims Snowboards
Hello Travis. In December 2010 you created a new article - Sims Snowboards. Your new page was not patrolled within 30 days and recently has had a "New Unreviewed Article" banner attached to it. Today I reviewed the article and removed the banner.

I consider that your article does not demonstrate that the subject, Sims Snowboards, has sufficient notability to warrant its own article on Wikipedia so I have attached the appropriate banner. It would be good if you could return to this article and add to it in a way that demonstrates the notability of the company. Citation of reliable, independent secondary sources is the ideal way of doing this. Please read WP:CORP. Happy editing. Dolphin ( t ) 03:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Sims was a pioneer of both the skateboard and industry in the 70's and during the 80's was one of the most identifiable brands of its time. Tom Sims is notable for being the founder of both. Just like Burton, Lib Tech and Powell Peralta, I'm confident it is noteworthy/notable per wp:note and wp:corp.. I'll do my best for find more sources.--Travis Thurston+ 05:33, 15 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that offer. Dolphin  ( t ) 12:33, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Portland, Oregon
Valfontis (talk) 20:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

North Star
Hi Travis - Thanks for your note about the North Star Mine and North Star Mine Powerhouse. I made a comment under yours on the North Star Mine talkpage. After doing some editing, shifting content between the 2 articles, I think the articles are more clearly delineated as stand alones. I don't feel a sense of ownership with either of them, so if others think a merge is called for, then that's ok. However, if merge is the answer, I would think it would go in the other direction... North Star Mine Powerhouse and North Star House (Grass Valley, California) would merge into North Star Mine. Happy editing. P.S. I see you're from Portland; I lived in Bend for 4 years! --Rosiestep (talk) 15:17, 24 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Cool :) I like Bend. And I think Mt. Bachelor makes the top the list for Oregon mountains to play on... Regarding North Star, I also don't much investment in it. It mostly piqued my interest because I grew up in the Nevada City/Grass Valley area and I "watch" some of the Nevada County articles. We'll see if anyone chimes in. And I agree that North Star Mine should be the parent article. Thanks for responding! --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 17:56, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin
Please note that deletion discussions for redirect pages belong at Redirects for discussion. I have closed the AfDs and MfDs you opened, and opened RfDs on your behalf. See Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 September 8. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 18:16, 8 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you! --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 18:26, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Iolani_Palace_Oahu_Hawaii
Thank you for the comment on the photo I took last week of the Palace. I have nominated that picture for consideration as a featured pic on Wikipedia and wold like to invite you to cast your vote here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Iolani_Palace_Oahu_Hawaii WPPilot- 12:53, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Okina
Here is the ones I can find. There is bound to be more. Kama'aina, Ho'okipa, Ali'i, Ha'ula Beach, Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa, Maui No Ka 'Oi Magazine, Pa'ao, Ho'olaule'a...Your username Thurston? Are you by any chance descended from Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 00:18, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks... The furthest I can trace my genealogy is back to Washington State, about 100 years. Who know's though! :) -<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 00:50, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Ji Suk-jin
Hello there. I was wondering why you reverted my edit and tagged it as vandalism? If you can help me with the article, I would greatly appreciate it.  Rockysmile11  (talk)
 * Edit the article all you want but do not remove the blp delete/review tag at the top. You can help ensure the survival of the article by finding reliable English language sources. See wp:rs -<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 05:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism at University of Hawaiʻi and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Articles

 * Aloha Travis Thurston, I hope that you noticed my contributions at both pages, helping to deal with the vandalism that occurred, and found them constructive. As a result of this incident, I have recently requested rollback, in case I encounter a situation like this in the future so that I can deal with it better. If you found my contributions helpful to this end, I would appreciate if you could vouch for what I did at Requests_for_permissions/Rollback if you have time. Thanks for any consideration. Dalisays (talk) 05:38, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * sounds good... but honestly, I don't even know what rollback privileges are. Let me know what I can do! -<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 09:02, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Oahu Wiknic on June 23rd
Aloha! I am planning to set up an Oahu Wikinic for June 23, as described at Wiknic

My Wikipedia user name is Peaceray, I started about 15 months ago, & I have about 2,500 edits on en.wikipedia.org. I have been hankering to meet with some fellow local Wikipedians, especially since a few of us live in Kailua. To that end, I am sending email to or posting on the user Talk pages of 19 of us from the WikiProject Hawaii/Participants page who I could identify as possibly living on Oahu.

Please see Meetup/Oahu/1 & Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Oahu/1

I am open to any of the locations mentioned in the post, or other alternatives. I am like-to-operate-by-consensus type of guy, any workable location on which we could soon decide would be great!

Mahalo, Peaceray (talk) 23:16, 19 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Cool. Love the term wiknic :) You can message me here, email at info (at) travisthurston.com or invite me on some fb group.
 * Much Mahalo's!
 * -<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 05:54, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

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Nomination of Shark baiting for deletion
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COI vs knowledgeable on subject
Travis, I wanted to call your attention to the Wikipedia guideline on conflict of interest and point you to the essay Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. I am not sure where the balance between conflict of interest and being a person with a good deal of knowledge on the subject rests. I think given the information on your user page a clear case could be made that you have an interest in promoting naturopathy and the associated institutions. That said I think you are probably also in a position of having education, experience and knowledge about the subject and associated institutions. I think you can make valuable contributions to WP on the subject. It would probably be appropriate to declare your conflict of interest and make contributions through suggestions on the talk pages of articles rather than via direct edits. I am willing to assist you in doing this, you may place a talkback on my talk page anytime you propose an edit and I will certainly take a look. I have no objection to adding material that is encyclopedic in both content and tone and is properly sourced, and I am willing to assist you in doing so. I thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia and look forward to your continued efforts and our potential collaboration. - - MrBill3 (talk) 07:57, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

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Hawaii edit-a-thon!
Hello. I'm interested in attempting to put together an edit-a-thon for Hawaiian cultural topics something during the Makahiki festival perhaps around the month of November. The hope is that our lackluster coverage of Hawaiian mythology could be improved with help from the Bishop Museum, Hawaii Pacific University, and the Honolulu public library. I am in the process of making initial contacts with these organizations as well as Wikimedia DC's GLAM project. If this sounds like something you might be interested in participating in, or perhaps helping to coordinate, could you please add your name to 2014 Makahiki Edit-a-thon?--v/r - TP 21:24, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

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There has previously been some resistance against translation into certain languages with strong Wikipedia presence, such as Dutch, Polish, and Swedish. What was found is that thre is hardly any negative opinion about the the project itself; and any such critique has focused on the ways that articles have being integrated. For an article to be usefully translated into a target-Wiki it needs to be properly Wiki-linked, carry proper citations and use the formatting of the chosen target language as well as being properly proof-read. Certain large Wikis such as the Polish and Dutch Wikis have strong traditions of medical content, with their own editorial system, own templates and different ideas about what constitutes a good medical article. For example, there are not MEDRS (Polish,German,Romanian,Persian) guidelines present on other Wikis, and some Wikis have a stronger background of country-specific content.
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 * Swedish Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: patient info, for professionals. The same can be said for English, but has really given us all the more reason to try and create an unbiased and free encyclopedia of medical content. We want Wikipedia to act as an alternative to commercial sources, and preferably a really good one at that. Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May.
 * Dutch Dutch translation carries with it special difficulties, in part due to the premises in which the Dutch Wikipedia is built upon. There is great respect for what previous editors have created, and deleting or replacing old content can be frowned upon. In spite of this there are success stories: Anafylaxie.
 * Polish Translation and integration into Polish also comes with its own unique set of challenges. The Polish Wikipedia has long been independent and works very hard to create high quality contentfor Polish audience. Previous translation trouble has lead to use of unique templates with unique formatting, not least among citations. Add to this that the Polish Wikipedia does not allow template redirects and a large body of work is required for each article. (This is somewhat alleviated by a commissioned Template bot - to be released). - List of articles for integration
 * Arabic The Arabic Wikipedia community has been informed of the efforts to integrate content through both the general talk-page as well as through one of the major Arabic Wikipedia facebook-groups: مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي, something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.

Integration is the next step after any translation. Despite this it is by no means trivial, and it comes with its own hardships and challenges. Previously each new integrator has needed to dive into the fray with little help from previous integrations. Therefore we are creating guides for specific Wikis that make integration simple and straightforward, with guides for specific languages, and for integrating on small Wikis.
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Nomination of Sims Snowboards for deletion
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Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Portland Oregon (March 7, 2015)
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Looking for editors to help with an Asian Pacific American edit-a-thon in Honolulu
Aloha!

Last summer I moved to the Seattle area after 14 years in Kailua on Oahu. I immediately fell in with the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group as it formed, joined its board and became its first president as well as the GLAM representative for Washington State.

Recently, Adriel Luis, Curator (Digital & Emerging Media) at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, contacted me about setting up an edit-a-thon like the previous Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon. In addition to discussing one for Seattle, he wrote:

It's awesome to learn about your past in Honolulu - I'm actually going to be there for another SmithsonianAPA project mid September, and thinking that this could be an opportunity to do an event there as well! I have lots of contacts with UH and the museums, but do you know of any contacts on the Wikimedia side out there?

As I was working two jobs while I lived on Oahu, I did not have the opportunity to meet your or any other Wikipedians at the time. Hence, the reason why I am contacting you now.

If you would like to help, please contact me through one of these methods:
 * Email me directly at [mailto:peaceray@cascadia.wiki peaceray@cascadia.wiki]
 * Use Special:EmailUser/Peaceray to email me
 * Leave a message for me on my talk page.

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Nomination of Outside In (organization) for deletion
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Nomination of Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges for deletion
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Upcoming Art+Feminism events in Oregon
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New Challenge for Oceania and Australia
Hi, WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge and WikiProject Australia/The 5000 Challenge are up and running based on The 10,000 Challenge which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. The Australia challenge would feed into the wider region one and potentially New Zealand could have a smaller challenge too. The main goal is content improvement, tackling stale old stubs and important content and improving sourcing/making more consistent but new articles are also welcome if sourced. I understand that this is a big goal for regular editors, especially being summertime where you are, but if you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Oceania and Australia like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1700 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for the region but fuelled by a series of contests to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. The Africa contest scaled worldwide would naturally provide great benefits to Oceania countries, particularly Australia and attract new editors. I would like some support from existing editors here to get the Challenges off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile and potentially bring about hundreds of improvements in a few weeks through a contest! Cheers.♦ --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:12, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Upcoming Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to artists of color - Thursday, Oct. 26 at PNCA
On Thursday, October 26, a Wikipedia edit-a-thon dedicated to artists of color will be held from 4–8pm at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (511 NW Broadway). Learn more at Facebook. Hope to see you there! -MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:27, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Jewish Women Artists (March 8, Oregon Jewish Museum)
On March 8 (International Women's Day), the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and artist Shoshana Gugenheim will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about Jewish women artists. Click here for more information. You can also express interest or suggest articles to create or improve here. This event is free and open to the public, and will serve as both a public art action and a public educational program. Participation is welcome in person and remotely (for those outside of Portland). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:25, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (March 10, Pacific Northwest College of Art)
On Saturday, March 10 (11am to 4pm), the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art, feminism, and women. You can read details on the Facebook event page, or this Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, childcare, and refreshments will be provided. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, you're welcome to stop by to show your support! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:50, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (April 13, University of Oregon)
On Friday, April 13 (3pm to 6pm), the University of Oregon will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art and feminism. You can learn more at the Dashboard page, or our Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, and snacks will be provided. Please bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support and have snacks! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:01, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

List of YouTubers
There is another deletion discussion on List of YouTubers. If you would like to weigh in, you can do so by checking out the discussion here. Mr. C.C. Hey yo!I didn't do it! 05:24, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Editathon: The Visibility Project - Saturday, January 19
Make+Think+Code and the Pacific Northwest College of Art are hosting a Wikipedia editathon at the Shipley Collins Mediatheque (511 NW Broadway) on Saturday, January 19 from 10am to 2:30pm. The purpose of the event is to make Wikipedia a more vibrant, representative, inclusive and diverse resource. Please visit Meetup/MakeThinkCode/TheVisibilityProject for more information. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:46, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Oregon State University Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Friday, February 8
To commemorate Black History Month, Oregon State University, Wikimedia Nigeria, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and AfroCROWD are hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at the Oregon State University Valley Library on Friday, February 8 from 2–5pm. The purpose of the event is to reduce Wikipedia's diversity gap by creating and improving articles about African American culture and history, as well as notable people of African descent and the African diaspora in general. Please visit here for more information. Remote participation is welcome! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:37, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

PNCA Art+Feminism Wikipedia Editathon, Saturday, March 9
The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in the Shipley Collins Mediatheque (511 NW Broadway) on Saturday, March 9 from 10am – 2:30pm. This is a free community event designed to teach people to add and edit information about cis and transgender women and nonbinary folks to Wikipedia. We'll have training sessions, artist talks, snacks, free childcare, and plenty of exciting energy and collaboration! You're welcome to drop in any time during the event. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops and charging cables, though if you are not able, computer stations will be available. Please visit this link for more information. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:02, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Oregon Jewish Museum, Thursday, March 7
The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, in partnership with social practice artist Shoshana Gugenheim and as part of the Art+Feminism Project, will host the 2nd Annual International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to edit and/or create Wikipedia articles for Jewish women artists. The event will be held at the museum on Thursday, March 7 from 4 to 8 pm. Pre-registration is preferred but not required. Members of the public are invited to come to the museum to learn about the editing process, its history, its impact, and how to do it. We aim to collaboratively edit/enter 18 Jewish women artists into the canon. Support will be provided by an experienced local Wikipedian who will be on site to teach and guide the process. This edit-a-thon will serve as both a public art action and a public educational program. Participants will have an opportunity to select an artist/s ahead of time or on site.

Please visit this link and the meetup page for more information. Thanks! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:25, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Graywalls (talk) 17:22, 10 April 2019 (UTC)


 * This is about the page Outside In (organization). I know it's ages old, but the policy requires that any users discussed about on conflict of interest be notified. Thank you for your understanding Graywalls (talk) 17:24, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of World Medicine Institute


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Proposed deletion of Institute for Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine


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Ahupuaʻa
Hi Travis, you participated in the discussion about the page move in 2011, therefore you might be interested in the new one here: Talk:Ahupuaa. However, I wanted to ask the same question as KAVEBEAR here ;-) Greetings to Mānoa valley ... Best, --ThT (talk) 13:19, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia - Editathon 2021
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You're Invited! Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia
On, Friday, February 25, 2022, Oregon State University will be hosting an online editathon focused on Black history of the Pacific Northwest. You can learn more here and/or register here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:26, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Portland Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon: March 12, 2022
You are invited! An Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon will be held in Portland, Oregon, on March 12, 2022. Learn more here!

Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites on the internet—and it’s created by people who volunteer their time to write and edit pages. Learn how to edit Wikipedia and be a part of shaping our understanding of our world. In this workshop, volunteer Wikipedia editors will be on hand to train participants on how to get started editing pages and offer ideas for which pages you can pitch in to help improve. Show up at any point during the four hours to get started!

Also: Free burritos!! We will be providing vegan, vegetarian, and meat burritos from food cart Loncheria Las Mayos. Alder Commons has a large, fenced playground. Children are welcome! Some computers will be available to borrow, but if you have a laptop, please bring it to use. We will also be leading an online training for new editors at 11am-12pm PST. Please feel free to join that training if you are not able to show up IRL.

This event is part of the international month of events organized by Art+Feminism, which is building a community of activists committed to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

"Barrier Islands of New Jersey" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Barrier Islands of New Jersey and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 May 14 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion.  J947  † edits 02:47, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hawaii § Campaign to upload Lāhainā photographs
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International Women’s Day Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, Sunday, March 10
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