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Michigan Pages
Does anybody see something wrong with this page? Brady Hoke has no picture!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Hoke AzryckAnin (talk) 03:47, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I tried, but as you can see it didn't come out so well. We need to get someone a little closer to him to get a good photo!  Michael Barera (talk) 00:59, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * After a little bit of digging on Flickr, I found this, which is now on Brady Hoke's article. It should do the trick, I think. Michael Barera (talk) 02:39, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Michael you are awesome!!! Nina Kryza (talk) 17:09, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Zingerman's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zingerman's Nina (talk) 17:46, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Group Spokenword Project
Hi Group, Let's read the AIDS page for the Spoken Wikipedia Project. A good friend of mine thought of this idea in order to increase the access to the valuable information to this page. Here is the link for the version for us all to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AIDS&oldid=455343718 Please use the version above so that we are all reading from the same version. Also, this way we will attach this version to our audio file. Tips: go slow. "use your best midwestern newscaster voice". don't worry if you messup in the middle, just start over without stopping the recording, we can cut the mistake out later. If you are starting a section, read the section header and then pause. Sign your name next to the section you will record, and we will combine all of the sections and make a large file. Please place the date you finished your section.
 * Intro - MichChemGSI (talk) done: 10/19/2011
 * Signs and Symptoms - Nina (talk) - Complete
 * Cause Maximilianklein (talk) 14:36, 16 October 2011 (UTC)--Completed
 * Pathophysiology -   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 23:44, 13 October 2011 (UTC) (completed 20:58, 30 October 2011 (UTC))
 * Diagnosis
 * Prevention - Pixor (talk) 23:25, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Managment - aupif
 * Prognosis and Epidemiology - Nina (talk)
 * History and Origin - Michael Barera -- completed 03:48, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Society and Culture/and Research and Direction MichChemGSI (talk) 23:33, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

MichChemGSI (talk • contribs) 23:36, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Let's Move Discussion to Talk:AIDS
 * Yay, we can post it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spoken_articles
 * Arbitrarily0, should we also post ourselves here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia MichChemGSI (talk) 03:27, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Once we finish it we can post it at Spoken articles, but for now we can post it at WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia.   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 13:07, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * how to convert audio to .ogg [] — Preceding unsigned comment added by MichChemGSI (talk • contribs) 23:31, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Have we completed all of the recordings?   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 02:34, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

The U of M Hackathon?
Greetings - I'm one of the coordinators for this year's Hackathon at Wikimania 2012. I was wondering if The U of M Wikimedians group might be interested in hosting a Hackathon at The U beforehand to perhaps try out some new ideas. Any interest or feedback? --Varnent (talk) 22:58, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Major update of the HIV/AIDS article
I just received the following message on my user talk page (and saw that many of you did as well) from James Heilman, MD: ''Recently did a major update of HIV/AIDS. Wondering if you could update the spoken version?'' I don't know if there is any interest among the club to re-record the article, so I thought I'd ask. Michael Barera (talk) 17:13, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes America
Is there any interest among the club to participate in the Wikipedia Takes America event that is occurring throughout the month of September? We're right here in Ann Arbor (at least some of us) and it should be fairly easy to coordinate Commons photo hunts, even if they are informal and/or individual outings. I know Ann Arbor is already well-covered on Wikipedia, but there have to be blind spots that we can help cover this month if other club members are interested in this idea. What do you think? Michael Barera (talk) 19:08, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

The Ford project
All right, Bdcousineau has given us a good amount of material to start with pertaining to the Ford Library and Museum project. Here is the link: User talk:Bdcousineau. Michael Barera (talk) 00:46, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!
I just discovered you made a header for our project - so cool, and so useful for my reporting to Library staff. Thank you!

I'm on a bunch of email lists and everyone in MI is suddenly talking about getting onto Wikipedia/Wikimedia....  I mention this group at every opportunity, hopefully you'll get overwhelmed (in a good way) with calls for help. Bdcousineau (talk) 21:54, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * You are most welcome, Bdcousineau. We are happy to be helping out.  By the way, this page is a good place to central place to refer others in the future. Cheers,    A rbitrarily 0    ( talk )

WiR at the Ford Presidential Library
The rumors are true! Michael Barera has been named the FIRST EVER Wikipedian in Residence at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. We are THRILLED to welcome him and have him guide us as we move our project forward. He begins on or around January 1, 2013.

His internship represents a new partnership between the University of Michigan's School of Information and the Ford Library/NARA.

I'll send you links to the PR that gets generated. Thanks to Chris Leeder for suggesting this to me.

It is my intention to make this a multi-semester internship...just sayin'!

PLEASE help me spread the news. Have a great day, and thanks for your on-going help. Bdcousineau (talk) 14:42, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Congratulations Michael. This is great news.    A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 00:40, 15 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks, everybody! I can't wait to get started next month! Michael Barera (talk) 16:40, 15 December 2012 (UTC)