I don't really understand the process. Is putting it on the main space/page different than submitting it for review? 212.101.252.7 (talk) 07:13, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
Oh yes - new articles can be created without anyone's help - or you can use the AFC process (what you are doing) - or you can ask someone to help (me?). Once published then nice looking articles can be placed on the front page. Victuallers (talk) 13:39, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
On 26 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Emilie von Berlepsch, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Emilie von Berlepsch(pictured) described herself as "fighting against the prejudice that wants to grant women neither a will of their own nor the courage to express it"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Emilie von Berlepsch. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Thank you for adding the church to Dorothy Hughes' bio. I couldn't find a picture of it OR the nightclub that I was sure was free use. There are some great images of the nightclub (red George Jetson-house looking thing) on the web, but I couldn't figure out if any of them were free to use. Since it has now been demolished, it is a shame that there is no photograph people can access. I really enjoy doing the architects and finding pictures of their works :) SusunW (talk) 20:37, 27 October 2015 (UTC) I did see the wonderful cantilevered Jetson design @SusunW:. I thought it had reopened in 2014?? It is possible to find pictures on Flickr and beg the users to change the license but it can be quite a faff as they frequently have to be persuaded that wiki allows commercial use. Thanks for your work. Victuallers (talk) 21:12, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
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I nominated a hook from Arba'een Pilgrimage which found its way to the Queue 6. I had nominated it with a picture while it is not accompanied with the pic there in the Queue. I asked to understand why and they told that the pic had not been suitable for this purpose. Is there anyway to stop the process so that I can find a suitable picture for it? Thanks. Mhhossein (talk) 11:03, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Sadly no, your picture enters a "beauty contest" with other hooks and pictures and the person who put them together chooses the one they like. You can be the chooser, but obviously not if it includes one of your pictures. Best is to enter again and see if you are chosen next time. Victuallers (talk) 11:30, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
But the article will not eligible next time! Mhhossein (talk) 12:50, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
... thats why I said No. You have to write a new article ... Victuallers (talk) 13:05, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for proposing the DYK and giving me a credit. I think "vicereine" is the normal spelling, although the term is is obscure (presumably from old-fashioned French, reine being the feminine equivalent of roy). Thoughtfortheday (talk) 20:41, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
...aaah my mistake. Do feel free to just correct my errors (I try to leave a few :-) ) Victuallers (talk) 22:21, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
It's a good start. I hope some more people will get involved. Thoughtfortheday (talk) 14:40, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you so much for your help on Harry Brand. I'm a bit overexcited about the DYK and I'm a bit overexcited about Wikipedia. People added refs to the article and did copy edits and format fixes after the hook was scheduled for the main page -- it was so incredibly cool, and such an amazinig example of what Wikipedia is all about. THANK YOU! Julie the coolest thing ever. Julie JSFarman (talk) 20:15, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
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OK. How about just changing it from "international hit" to "popular hit"? Yoninah (talk) 14:44, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
Karduner is not widely known, but his song was covered by more well-known groups, including an Israeli band and an American Hasidic star, and that made it popular. It is considered a "classic", not a "pop hit". How about changing the original hook to:
I think the language should be "hit tune". The article states, Shir LaMaalot became a hit in the Israeli religious world... – this is found in footnote 4, cited at the end of the line. I'm really sorry about losing that place at the end of Queue 2; it coincides with Friday night in Israel, when everyone's home. Yoninah (talk) 20:34, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
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Victuallers, it looks like your DYKbotdo template is missing one of its two opening brace characters. Can you please fix it? Thanks.
If it turns out you've stopped editing for the day, I'll see if I can find another admin to take care of it. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:34, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
If you want to, please take a look at the article about Marie Serneholt, which is this weeks selected TAFI article. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 16:20, 13 November 2015 (UTC) Thanks for the invite - I'm afraid I didnt find her intriguing. Victuallers (talk) 09:33, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
In Template:Did you know nominations/Susan Maxman I have used the ref indicated by you. Is there s problem of copy vio? I cannot find alternatives for some of the names of instituions and degrees.--Nvvchar. 02:14, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
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I was wondering if it was possible on Wikisource or elsewhere to create new language versions of the books, I started a discussion here
It would be very cool to get it translated into other languages, currently it is available from UNESCO in English, French and Portuguese. Perhaps other languages from Angola and surrounding countries would be really nice. I would like to set up the process so that UNESCO can release artwork from other publications.
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Victuallers, Bruin2 has finally replied to your review on this nomination. When you get the chance, please return and see whether your concerns have been addressed. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:40, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
By taking out "most common" you have made the hook slightly inaccurate. It may not be the antenna in your mobile phone. SpinningSpark 16:55, 26 November 2015 (UTC) I know that - I'm not sure that every hook is 100% accurate - a thing readers know that the facts are in the article and the article seems to say that this is the common type. I can say the rubber tyres on your vehicle and you then tell me you drive a caterpillar tracked all-terrain vehicle. If it really bothers then raise it at main page errors Victuallers (talk) 17:04, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you! Yoninah (talk) 17:18, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
On the Veronica Mars season 3 commentary citation, I just wanted to clarify that this was just a mistake on my part. It was my first time working with that template and it was a simple mistake to link that article in the title parameter. I guess I just wasn't thinking. Thanks for your changes. Best, Johanna (formerly BenLinus1214)talk to me!see my work 15:30, 27 November 2015 (UTC) Thats OK, I have seen it elsewhere and we all make misteaks. Victuallers (talk) 15:32, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, thanks for the DYK nom for Annie Armitt. I was fascinated by the sisters when I stumbled on them quite by accident while working on something else, and then found your pages for Mary and Sophia. I will be keeping an eye out for any more information to add as I can.Alafarge (talk) Your welcome - I'd had the same reaction and Id done the first two and decided there wasnt enouugh to do Annie ... so pleased to see I was wrong. Victuallers (talk) 23:24, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
It seems to me that with the latter, the first attempt to click takes you to an empty page, and the second clicks through to German anyway. No issue has been solved, and the text looks worse for readers who aren't interested in the link. Can you explain why the latter might be preferred? Maproom (talk) 14:33, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
1. click on the "de"... 2. I write translations and on the second one I can see there is a job to do. 3. If you don't read German/Japanese etc then its annoying to be offered stuff. 4. ..... I see your point of view.... but were you aware what the template does? Victuallers (talk) 17:22, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Page stalker weighing in. The first one is misleading for the reader. Makes one think they are going to a link on an article so that they can learn more about the topic. Unless they speak German, going there is completely worthless (and some would be aggravated by it). The 2nd one clearly shows there is no version in English, but IF they speak German, they can read an article. And finally...as Victualler's said, it tells those of us who do translations that an article is needed. SusunW (talk) 17:29, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Ok, points taken. I shall stop adding direct links to foreign articles. I can't read German, but I never feel aggravated whan a link takes me to a German article. My browser translates it into a more-or-less comprehensible language resembling English; and sometimes (as in this case) I get to see good pictures, or a map showing where the thing is. Maproom (talk) 22:28, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
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What does that mean? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 3 December 2015 (UTC) Oh sorry Gerda. It stands rather rudely for "can't be arsed" or "I'm not bothered". I'm losing patience with the DYK project where we/they spend more time listing and discussing problems rather than fixing them. One recent article was worked on for weeks by a newbie and then it was chewed up because the tense was wrong in someone's opinion. I am unwilling to add to the accusations. I have therefore decided to run down my interests. I maybe over-abbreviated my reasons as "cba". Victuallers (talk) 09:33, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Next time I will know, this time I will just brutally revert you ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:42, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
If you want to take over the nomination then you are free to do so. Good luck. Victuallers (talk) 09:44, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Victuallers, I reverted your rejection of this approved nomination with the puzzling "cba" edit summary before I noticed that you were the original nominator. If you want to withdraw the nomination that's fine, but better you withdraw and let someone else close it. (Of course, it might get promoted before that happens, in which case I can pull it for you.) Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:39, 3 December 2015 (UTC) @BlueMoonset: cba means "Can't be bothered". If you want to re-establish this in your name then by all means. It wasn't ticked and now you say its approved.... I have seen you argue that if it isnt ticked then it isnt approved. I have diminishing interest in these nominations. These articles are taking too long to approve and new editors who do manage to keep up their interest are having their work thrown back because the tense is wrong or it was referenced and it was correct... but they should have referenced it from the body and not the title. I'm sure you can rationalise this behaviour and we could find meta:editors to discuss this issue ad nauseum - but I'm not convinced DYK is rational at the moment. Victuallers (talk) 15:51, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
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Victuallers, the Queue 1 that was promoted should have been the first of two Ada Lovelace Day (bicentennial edition) sets, but it wasn't. At the moment, all of the Ada Lovelace Day hooks remain in the special occasion area; the Queue 1 hooks need to be moved back into an available prep or two, and the first batch ALD hooks loaded directly into Queue 1. Note that Preps 5 and 6 are reserved for Frank Sinatra, so nothing should be moved there. Since this needs an admin to work directly with Queue 1, most of the usual set builders cannot help. Best of luck. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:01, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
OK I'll have a look Victuallers (talk) 23:03, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
Please help with the presentation of corrected information regarding page "Nan Chiau High School" for both English and 中文. Information presented are carefully cited and approved by school for upload, but met with issues from wikipedia systems. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nchssg'15 (talk • contribs) 02:55, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
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I have also reviewed my edit and removed certain input under "Co-curricular Activities" that may be classified to sound like an advertisement. Do assist to point out any other possible lapses and if the article is suitable for publishing. The changes are saved in my sandbox:
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Dear Victuallers, I'm writing to you as the person who first welcomed me to Wikipedia in 2010 and who was a founder member of Wikiproject Derbyshire.
I'm hoping that your knowledge of Derbyshire reaches back far enough to remember the Kenning motor empire. I am having difficulty getting a draft article on the key figure in the development of that motor empire, Draft:Sir George Kenning, accepted by the Wikipedia reviewers. I have had my submission refused 3 times on the notability criteria. My gut feeling is that someone who has received a knighthood, has an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and had an obituary in The Times qualifies as "notable". From your personal knowledge of Kenning, have you the same gut feeling? If so, please can you offer me some advice on how best to make the article acceptable?
If you don't have any personal knowledge of Kenning, perhaps you could point me at a "model" article for a business magnate like Kenning. I expect that you will have encountered such an article as part of your sterling work on DYK. Davebevis (talk) 08:23, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Dave - someone is being a bit silly I think. ODNB entry means they are notable. I have no knowledge of Ken, but I guess you have ODNB access. I'll look at your draft. Victuallers (talk) 15:51, 13 December 2015 (UTC) Oh, I just did. Why are you using the AFC route? publish and be damned. You are a editor they are just reviewers - I have seen another example of AFC people making sure that the encyclopedia is perfect - by blocking new articles! Tell me if you need help but if your draft has inline citations then just publish. Look at my recent contribs for models Victuallers (talk) 15:55, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
After a week of rejections, your words of encouragement were very welcome!
Yes, I can access the ODNB via my Derbyshire Library Service membership.
I was aware that there was a way in which I could create articles without using AfC, but I have not actually used that route. I had naively regarded AfC as a useful and important quality control mechanism. However, I had not envisaged the notability criteria being applied in such a rigid and unhelpful manner that did not allow any flexibility to take account of country-specific "tests" for notability (eg an entry in ODNB).
What I intend to do next is:
(a) Create a new article with a new name ("George Kenning (1880 - 1956)").
(b) Paste the existing draft article into the new article but minus the reviewer panels.
(c) Save the new article.
(d) Provide a wikilink from the existing draft to the new article.
(e) If you know of a better way, please let me know.
I am aware that the Manual of Style frowns upon the use of bullets and I will try to reduce my use of them.
That should work well - and its how most of us work. The other think is never copy and paste more than a few factual words. Put everything in your own words and include a ref at least every paragraph and more if you are saying something that may be challenged. Give me a prod when you have it about ready. Victuallers (talk) 12:04, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
I just accepted the article, and reminded those who had rejected it that theONDB itself has always been regarded a proof of notability. The article does need some improvements in format: please write in paragraphs, not bullet points. And we refer to people by their last name within an article: Kenning, not George (except when its ambiguous whether it means him or his father) . I fixed the first section as an example. DGG ( talk ) 17:47, 14 December 2015 (UTC) (I sentthe same message to Davebevis). DGG ( talk ) 18:21, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your (and DGG's) efforts in getting this article published. You have restored my somewhat-battered faith in Wikipedia. Thanks also for the changes you have made to the article itself. I will now set about adding categories and putting wikilinks to the article from other articles that already mention Kenning. Davebevis (talk) 09:34, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Victuallers,
thank you for your answer, appreciated very much! For me is everything so clear, but an other editor is debating it. So let me to make it easy for you to judge, I will paste here the corresponding source misinterpreted by the other editor, and judge by logical inference the author's conclusion - apart from sourced or debated historical material - since this is the key in the conflict:
Prequisites:
-variable A = ország (country in Hungarian, referring to Hungary)
-variable B = erblande (hereditary lands in German, referring the lands ruled by the Habsburg dynasty)
- variable C = Kingdom of Hungary
- variable D = Empire of Austria
- variable E = Court
"The Empire was not a unified state but a monarchic union of Lands in which the ország was part of the empire but also separate from it: ország and empire moved on different planes. From the perspective of the Court, since 1723 regnum Hungariae had been a hereditary province on the dynasty's three main branches on both lines. From the perspective of the ország, Hungary was regnum independens, a separate Land as article X of 1790 stipulated. Hungary was connected to the other Lands of the empire largely through the monarch. The Imperial matters - foreign policy, defense and state finance - were handled by the monarch as reservata exercised him as the king of Hungary. In 1804 Emperor Franz assumed the title of Emperor of Austria for all the Erblande of the dynasty and for the other Lands, including Hungary. Thus Hungary formally became part of the Empire of Austria.The Court reassured the diet, however, that the assumption of the monarch's new title did not in any sense affect the laws and the constitution of Hungary. After the discussion the diet concluded that the title change was not something that affected them."
CONFUSION:
EDITOR E1's interpretation:
Hungary became part of the Austrian Empire
EDITOR E2's interpretation:
Hungary legally remained a separate state as before, since the fact the King of Hungary rendered also the title of Emperor of Austria did not change any affiliation between them. Thus Hungary's inclusion to the Austrian Empire is strictly formal by assumption, but not legal, since article X - Hungary is regnum independens, a separate state remained in action.
EDITOR E1 does not want accept EDITOR E2 inference.
Literally: (please note A=C)
S1:D != unified state, but monarchic union of lands
S2:A is part of D & separate from D
S3:E's claim of heredity is simply restricted to the Crown
S4:A's claim is being an independent state, that remains valid after D is created
S5:D's leader assumes inclusion of A & E confirms the assumption did not change any former releation with A
Thus, E1's statement of; D included C || C became the part of D is NOT SATISFIABLE AND LEADS TO CONTROVERSION because S1, S4, S5 is harmed
E2's statement of; C remains indepedent state because of S1 & S4 & S5 so the conclusion os SATISFIABLE, VALID WITHOUT CONTROVERSION
Thus, because of S2 & S5 we may only formally/symbolically agree with E1's claim, but not legally -> TWO SEPARATE ENTITES HAVE A COMMON KING = PERSONAL UNION IS LEGAL.
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Hi, I just created another Women in Leadership article, Kathy Bardswick. Would you mind cropping the photo so it just shows her body without the lectern? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:05, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
Thank you! Great job! Yoninah (talk) 14:33, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
And just in case my request got buried up above, I am looking for a crop too on Betty Bumpers. I did not realize what an expert you were :) SusunW (talk) 05:13, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
Could I prevail upon you to do one more? I am surprised at how few pictures of Doris Duke we have. Can she be cropped out of either of these [File:Doris Duke flanked by the Kahanamoku brothers, c. 1937.JPG] or [James H. R. and Doris Cromwell.jpg] for use in the RI Hall of Fame article? Again I thank you for your superior skill. SusunW (talk) 16:56, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Victuallers. I'm TDKR Chicago 101 from the Simple English Wikipedia. I'm not if you knew, but that Wikipedia has it's own DYK section, but we are struggling to find solutions to keep it going. Not a lot of users are contributing to it and I myself am the only one. This issue has been brought up to the community of Simple English but no one can find a perfect solution to encourage users to nominate their own hooks. I come to you seeking for help as I see you have done some contributions to this DYK. Thank you for your time. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 23:09, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
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I was delighted to read your article on Lecesne - I was looking for information on him after coming across a brief reference to his case in a newspaper and I expected it would be a very long, hard slog: but you've made it easy. Thanks.
I know that as Lecesne was born into a propertied class in a slave-based economy, and I believe ran a business, he unavoidably held some slaves himself. (Actually it's because he was compensated under the negotiated settlement of the 1830s that I was looking for information on him). I would like the article to address this, but don't feel historian enough to explain how free people of colour were born into a social and moral minefield. I generally just parachute historical references into existing articles. This would be misleading here I think.RLamb (talk) 12:27, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
The point about Lecesne receiving compensation was unknown to me and I think it would be a valuable addition. After all he was on the premier anti-slavery society committee!!! I was intrigued by him after discovering his face at the 1840 conference and his association with Stephen Lushington who seems amazing. I later found out that one of my very ancestors (a white guy) worked for him. (Due to that link I have distant cousins with Maori ancestors). So I would like to thank you for seeking me out - he is a very interesting guy who maybe needs a book! Do add some stuff, but I agree that your piece on the position of slave owning people of colour looks like its worth writing but I'm not sure where it fits in the wiki. All the best. Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 12:43, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
The site which details compensation paid to slave-owners on emancipation is [2] The database lists three payments to two people called Lecesne, spelling their names as 'Lewis Lecesne' and 'Lewis Celeste Lecesne'. The first could be a relation, but the second I think must be him? Although, come to that, the payments made to 'Lewis Celeste Lecesne' are not for slaves held in Jamaica but on other islands. Perhaps I should do some more genealogical research before accusing the abolitionist of being a slave-owner?
However, Lushington's parliamentary speech refers to Lecesne having ten slaves and Escoffery four at the time they were unjustly driven out of Jamaica, so clearly in early days LCL didn't see slavery as totally repugnant. His views evolved. I still don't feel I can set this in context. If I simply add the details about slave-ownership and compensation, I make him sound a hypocrite whereas I suspect it may have been a lot more complexRLamb (talk) 01:20, 5 January 2016 (UTC).
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If this is a correct assumption, could you please put up the page for speedy deletion? I can always do so if you'd rather not; we've already deleted over a dozen such pages. Or I could simply close the nomination as unsuccessful if you'd rather keep the page in the system. Thanks for your help. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:04, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Marjorie Reeves is another nomination from early October from the same never-transcluded list, this time one of your own articles. The hook needs work, since there's a red link (not allowed), no question mark, and ends confusingly. If you want to try to resurrect it, let me know, and I'll see what can be done. If not, we can delete or close as per above. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:33, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, I think its too late to fix. I'll delete it. @BlueMoonset:
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Please find below a crude translation as per request 2012. Some linguistic polishing by a native speaker of English might be required, so amend as nessesary.
NB. 1700-talet (year 1700 – 1799) in Swedish corresponds to the 18th century in English, so there is no printing error below.
Kalmar Glasäpple, (meaning glossy apple from Kalmar; an alternate name is Spanish renett) is an apple, the provenience of which has been disputed. Anyhow, this apple species has been grown in Sweden since the 18th century. The blossoming is late. Any apple species florificating at the same time as Kalmar Glasäpple is good for fertilization. The body is light yellow, and the taste is a mix of acidity and sweetness. Harvesting may begin in early October; fully ripe early December. The tenability is 1 – 2 months. Kalmar Glasäpple is suitable for eating as is, as well as for cooking. In Sweden, swedish cultivation zones (i) – (ii) [1] are suitable for gardening.
^Cultivation zone map (click on the image for zooming up) [1]
Kalmar glasäpple, också kallad Spansk renett, är en äppelsort vars ursprung är omtvistat. Äpplet har i alla fall odlats i Sverige sedan 1700-talet. Blomningen på detta äpple är sen, och äpplet pollineras av äpplen med samtidig blomning. Fruktköttet är ljusgult, och smaken en blandning av god syra och sötma. Kalmar glasäpple plockas i början av oktober och mognar i början av december. Hållbarheten är 1–2 månader. Kalmar glasäpple passar både som ätäpple, som i köket. I Sverige odlas Kalmar glasäpple gynnsammast i zon I-II.
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Hi, would you mind making a crop of the woman on the left for her infobox in Katrina Pierson? Thanks so much, Yoninah (talk) 18:04, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks ... but why is she so green? Yoninah (talk) 14:40, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
I'll redo it. I thought the pic was too dark so a pressed "white correction" and got that ..... Victuallers (talk) 15:58, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
I just created the article for Alida Hisku, an Albanian singer. Can you have a look at it, and maybe we can come out with a DYK?
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It looks OK to me. Would you care to nominate it? I can assist if you want Victuallers (talk) 18:07, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
You can nominate it. I will do next. Appreciate it. Cheers. --Mondiad (talk) 05:19, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, I am writing an article on these piano duettists for the Women in Music editathon. There is an article about Bartlett] in the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5th edition), but it is subscription-only. I wonder if you have access to this online article and could perhaps copy it and post it on my talk page, or send it to me via email? Thanks for your help, Yoninah (talk) 23:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
I don't think I need it after all. I found their listings in a different Oxford dictionary, and they were very short. I just posted the article at Bartlett and Robertson. Yoninah (talk) 01:58, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hi! I thought you might want to know that the lead images of these two articles you recently created are likely to at least have a chance at featured picture candidates. I'd rather give you the chance to nominate them, as you created the articles.
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I'm here to thank you again after seeing your immense contributions to the contest. Thank you so much, friend. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 17:01, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
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@Emijrp: Thanks, I noticed that a couple of hours ago and I have been editting wikidata instead. I'm looking foward to the bot finding the new stuff. Impressive. Victuallers (talk) 16:25, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for creating Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi. We were both at Adekunle Ajasin University before I left in 2015. She was in faculty of law while I was in faculty of science. Thanks for creating this page. You're an awesome Wikipedian. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 19:08, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
You are welcome @Wikicology:.... any more sources for Nigerian women? Victuallers (talk) 14:21, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
Sure, I will dig them out today. Trust me, I will notify you. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 14:35, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
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I am making my first proper article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Muiravonside_Country_Park I'm doing a project there to make a heritage trail so I've got a pile of research on the place that I'll sift through and add to the article. Any suggestions and guides would be appreciated. hugs, James B 22:30, 11 February 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jambamkin (talk • contribs)
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Hello Victuallers, please I need your help in clearing this CCI case. I am a Nigerian Wikipedian with over 300 articles; I started writing articles with probably too much copyrights violations and I have since been able to create article with minimum or no copyrights violation. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Regards. --—OluwaCurtis »» (talk to me) 14:32, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
I've added a lot of history from documents, and tried to find the original sources where I can, but a lot to that are held at the Callender house archives, how do I reference things that appear to have no name, such as handwritten interviews, do I need to get the official name of the document from the archives? If you find it interesting feel free to investigate further, it will help with the signage at the park.
I used the draft system to give me time to put in more detail while putting it somewhere it could be found, if you think it's of publishable quality then I'd be happy for it to go 'live' :) James B 17:56, 18 February 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jambamkin (talk • contribs)
Strictly speaking you should not use interviews or primary evidence. Wikipedia calls this "original research" as it includes those who have the "true" info on who killed JFK etc etc. Find secondary sources (not blogs), encylopedias (not wikis) are fine. HTH Victuallers (talk) 18:09, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for all the help and the move the userspace, impressed that you found the 1977 court case, I was looking for that. It will be good news to give when I meet the ranger at the park, that they now have a Wikipedia page. James B 22:53, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, I finally found a freely-licensed image on Flickr for a new women's article by User:SusunW. Would you be able to crop out the woman in white, who is Ana Irma Rivera Lassén? Thanks so much, Yoninah (talk) 22:45, 24 February 2016 (UTC) @Yoninah: done and the lady on her left Victuallers (talk) 23:38, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
I don't need the lady on her left, just the woman in white. Yoninah (talk) 01:44, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks! Yoninah (talk) 02:37, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, I added the info we talked about to the skpe page (cc: SusunW. Also, would you be keen on getting 2 meetup tabs up for April, or we could reach out to Pharos for assistance as WMNYC has extra hands? --Rosiestep (talk) 14:55, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Refresh my memory, Rosiestep, which topic were we doing for April? Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:16, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
@Megalibrarygirl: writers for sure. MENA, I think starts at the end of April; not positive. And we have requests from other projects (YoS -- I need to verify if it's social scientists or some other subgroup) and other orgs (WMDC; WMNYC). The sooner we can involve some liaisons in meetup page creation, the better. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:20, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Weird and sorry I didn't reply sooner, but I never got this ping. *sigh* Yes, I am all for two tabs, no idea how to do it for April. Maybe 3, writers, works, MENA? SusunW (talk) 03:27, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Should I break out the writers more like I did for the poets and journalists, Rosiesetp? I can break them down by children's and YA, novelists, etc. Do psychologists fall under social sciences? I'm not sure we have a lot of women listed under social scientists... I can dig up more though. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:03, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
@Megalibrarygirl:, waiting to hear back from Ryan at YoS as I'm unclear about how many events he'd like us to hold during the remainder of 2016, but adding Keilana to the convo as she might remember. Referring to the social science page, looks like these are the main subdivisions: economics, political science, human geography, demography, sociology, as well as anthropology, archaeology, jurisprudence, psychology, history, and linguistics. Excited to work on social science as that's me at my core! --Rosiestep (talk) 03:12, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
This all sounds good. Sorry Ive been busy with real world - hope to pick up actions this weekend..... Victuallers (talk) 10:52, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Roger, You will recall my note to you a few months ago regarding Frederick William Lock (artist), who was an illustrator of antiquities for Thomas Bateman in Derbyshire and Staffordshire. Early this week Wikipedia accepted my first (and only) article: [3] You will find a reference to your Thomas Bateman article in the first section of my Frederick William Lock article under “Early Life as an Artist in England, 1841-1846. Thank you for emphasizing my need to establish that Lock was “notable” to a degree acceptable to Wikipedia.
Thank you Roger for your extensive efforts to enhance the Frederick William Lock (artist) page. Your improvements and diligence on my behalf are much appreciated. Barton Ellison 23:06, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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Greetings Victuallers, thanks for all that you do here. You've uploaded several images of Nigerian artists from YouTube videos that have been licensed under creative commons. I stumbled upon this video of Yemi Alade performing for NdaniTV. Can you please take a screenshot from the video and upload the image onto Wikipedia? Thanks in advance. Versace1608(Talk) 03:14, 25 March 2016 (UTC) Hope you like it ..... we must thank NdaniTV for great licenses Victuallers (talk) 15:33, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Victuallers. I'm an editor of the Italian Wikipedia. I'm trying to participate to an IEG with the project "Women are everywhere". You will find the draft at this link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_are_everywhere It would be great if you could have a look at it. I need any kind of suggestion or advice to improve it. Support or endorsement would be fantastic. Many thanks,--Kenzia (talk) 09:05, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your support! Grazie--Kenzia (talk) 09:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for your comment. As I have already explained to other people I've not been very active on Wikipedia, being very engaged first in my studies and then in my work. I've always been a great user of Wikipedia, and have always been sorry for the gender gap in the women representation. Last year I participated to an Inspire campaign with this idea, and now that I've more time to dedicate to this task I would love to put it in action. If the fact that I've not been very active till now on Wikipedia is a problem, I will not present the project. It would be very kind of you to give me your advise on this point. Thank you.--Kenzia (talk) 10:04, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
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In parallel with Black History Month and our editathon there was a contest launched by Wiki Loves Nigeria. The contest was for most articles, best article etc. The results were made available two weeks ago but they were tricky to find and took some time to arrive. I'm pleased to report that WIR (and me) were well represented and Bilikiss Adebiyi Abiola took first place which included the cool video. The results are available hereVictuallers (talk) 17:16, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
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please why do u take part in the wiki love contest when u are an administrator Amunique (talk) 23:22, 28 April 2016 (UTC) @Amunique: I think you misunderstand the title of "administrator" - I'm just a volunteer .... but a trusted volunteer with extra powers. Victuallers (talk) 09:24, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
oh!!! I understand Amunique (talk) 15:06, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the initial review. I have addressed the issue raised by you. The final review is pending here Template:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth Caskey. Incidentally, I also reached the DYK landmark of 1500 DYKs on 28th. Thanks--Nvvchar. 02:10, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Initially, when I noticed that the image I added to the Shirley Frimpong Manso's article was replaced, this was the exact comment I prepared to post on the Wikipedian's talkpage.
"One of the instruments that Wikipedia uses in ensuring that it is not biased for any individual is the concept of WP:CONSENSUS. This is to let you know that I restored the earlier image in the Shirley Frimpong Manso's article because 1. You didn't seek consensus before replacing it. 2. It is of a better quality than the image you added. If you think your image is more appropriate than the previous one I added, kindly create a discussion on the talkpage with your reasons, so we can arrive at a consensus. No Wikipedian (including myself) have the monopoly on any article, so feel free to state your rationale for replacing it."
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Nvvhar's 1500 DYK achievement has been covered by CIS on their website here and your on-Wiki message has been mentioned. Thanks. --Tito Dutta (talk) 08:47, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
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I'm working on a bio for Sophia Goudstikker. There is a photo on German wiki, which is a crop of [4] which has some instructions I don't quite get what is required. Can you make that cropped photo one I can use? SusunW (talk) 00:05, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
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I tried, but Glenda's university is unusual in using cc by sa licenses on their images. Yay! The three blokes don't come from such enlightened universities. Thx for your work. Victuallers (talk) 21:04, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
Article on Rosette Wolczak : references in each paragraph addededit
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I've done my best to add references to the article Rosette Wolczak for the DYK as you advised me to, do you think this will do? --Nattes à chat (talk) 11:11, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[[Ro
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Hi Victuallers, thanks for the thanks on Beata Bergström, and the talkpage assessments. it was quite a bit of work, not knowing any swedish, except for ikea, but lots of fun.
Palestine, not Paradise! Including your image upload. Could you fix please -am on mobile. PamD 16:39, 1 June 2016 (UTC) Will do thx Victuallers (talk)
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Hi Victuallers, I'm so sorry!, The above user had canvassed on another editors talkpage and then straight after edited yours and as both had "Afd" as the title I obviously assumed he'd canvassed here .... So thanks for reverting and again my apologies, Happy editing, –Davey2010Talk 14:06, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi Victuallers! Thank you for all your great edits related to Women in Red's Celebrating Jewish Women edit-a-thon. A colleague of mine is working on part of the Hadassah archival records and noticed that the image on Faye Schenk's page is not of the Zionist leader, who lived from 1909-1981, but of another Faye Schenk, who just died in 2015. I removed the image and just wanted to let you know why. Thanks again for your edits! --Lange.lea (talk) 16:43, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi, do you have additional Twitter banners stored somewhere else besides here? --Rosiestep (talk) 04:38, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi Rosie, I have a complete set so far and occasionally I make a few but usually I create them before I goto bed. I'd like to see them used elsewhere but at least until wiki mania they will be supplied. I won't be there as I have real life commitments. However I have google alerts for "bamkin" so I hope to see a few mentions. I would offer a ppt slide on the progress of our promise last year if useful. I was thrilled when Keilana/you mentioned me in the US Guardian. Oh yes back to the point, I will load up the banners so far. Do you have an ambition to use them? Victuallers (talk) 12:49, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi Roger, Sorry you won't be there. :( WiR is our baby, co-founded by you and me, July 11, 2015; hopefully, we'll get some press this month with all the stuff going on. That said, if you'd like to do a ppt slide or two for my Wikimania presentation, that would be very welcome; please email me off-wiki to coordinate. Re: the banners, yes, I have ambitions to use them for my presentation at next weeks' Wikimedia Diversity Conference. Note, I'll also be presenting at a Round Table at next week's Glam Boot Camp and will show them off at that event to another group. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:49, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
Wow. Didn't realize there were so many. One day, you'll have to teach me how to create them. In the meantime, thanks for uploading them. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:31, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
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Hi again Victuallers, Thanks for the message you left on my Talk Page - much appreciated. I was really glad to hear about the WiR project and I signed up for it at the weekend. RuthPage (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:01, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, I have just followed the Wikimedia Diversity Conference in Washington. It was very interesting. If my understanding was right, it is you who are at the very origin of the project "Women in red". What a success! Amazing! Everything is much clearer now. Grazie, --Kenzia (talk) 21:35, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the trouble Kenzia to contact me. Yes it was my original idea and Rosie was one of the first to realise that we had an important opportunity to mitigate the effect of systemic gender bias .. and maybe we can remove, in time, the root cause. I keep meaning to update my talk page. I'm still working away at the project.... and I better get back to it :-) Victuallers (talk) 21:45, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
I'm very sorry Victuallers, but I have to disagree with you: if you really desire to fix a problem, you have first to make an effort to work on the root cause. Quantity without quality is meaningless. Sincerely, --Kenzia (talk) 07:17, 21 June 2016 (UTC) ????? Amazed. The root cause of systemic bias on Wikipedia has nothing to do with quality or quantity. These are just symptoms. I was pleased that my contribution had been noted - but now you are saying "if you really desire to fix a problem" .... oh so working for n years isn't enough to prove that I even "desire to fix a problem"??? I will with effort try to AGF and assume this was hyperbole. How you work out that me saying that we can "remove, in time, the root cause" ... means that I'm not working on it ??? how do you manage that insight? Victuallers (talk) 15:20, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
It seems to me that I have not said that "you are not working on it". Where have I said that "you are not working on it?". The "you" I used in the sentence: if you really desire... has to be meant in a general way: if someone really desires... This is my POV. May I have my personal POV on how to tackle with problems? May I express my opinions? Thank you--Kenzia (talk) 19:01, 21 June 2016 (UTC) Maybe a language problem as when "you" ask me I assume the you is Kenzia.... and if you say that you mean "if someone really desires" ... then I don't know why you said that you disagreed with me. (I'm sure you don't need my permission to have an opinion/POV.) You are free to disagree with me, but I'm confused as to whether you are. Still, I thank you again for your original compliment. Victuallers (talk) 19:20, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
Yes, I think it is a language problem. For example, I don't understand what it means "I'm confused as to whether you are". It sounds odd, but I assume it is my understanding which is not good enough. In italian, we can use "you" in a general way. Maybe, in english it is not the same. Anyway, I think that in every language one can disagree with someone else on the method, this doesn't imply one assumes that the other person is not working on something. It's not debatable that "Women in red" is a success, and that the numbers are amazing. Thank you for your attention, --Kenzia (talk) 19:38, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
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Glad you liked this article ! I made another on a rather more obscure figure Sara J. Duncan - it's thanks to her we have all these wonderful pictures of women active in the AME church in the 1900s. RMSN1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmsn1 (talk • contribs) 17:28, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for adding an image to Ingrid Christensen. Would you be happy to do something similar for Lois_Jones_(scientist)? There's an image on this article that may be similarly applicable. I've written to the copy-write holder several times, but with no response. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 06:08, 10 July 2016 (UTC) Done and tweeted. Lots of retweets - it seems to be a meme of a subject Victuallers (talk) 14:32, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
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I don't think there's a way to restore pages in bulk like there's a way to delete them in bulk. One by one will have to do.
If someone's blocked, then they're blocked. They don't get to sneak back and pretend to be someone else who didn't misbehave. If they're lying about their identity, what else could they be lying about? Are you going to trust that all their content is actually valid?
"The admins don't really want to ban me, because I'm too valuable! Look at all the content I create with all my sockpuppets! I can do anything I want, and there will be no consequences!"
I don't know what Slowking4 actually did, because I wasn't involved in that. But he did something. If he really wants to continue creating articles — and it's apparent that he does, I completely understand that desire — then why doesn't he use the energy that it takes to fabricate a new identity, and channel it into making amends for what he did wrong in the first place?
Restoring the content which he created as "Beetstraw" or other sock accounts would be... I believe the phrase is "reinforcing an unhealthy ego structure" (although for all I know, that's just psychobabble). You can pick any of the deleted articles and I'll check them to see if they've been substantially edited by other people, and if they have, I'll restore them. And if they haven't, I won't. DS (talk) 23:58, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the reconsideration. As far as I can see s/he has not created any articles with mistakes in them (any more than we all do!). I realise its galling that the articles will be there but it does seem odd that no one remembers what the original problem was. In the past banned users have written GAs and FAs on simple:wiki that have then been bought here. I believe that the Dictionary of National Biography was partially written by an author who was imprisoned in the UK for being criminally insane. His work is still there and was never deleted. Punishing the articles may "feel good" but actually it is counter productive.... Thanks again for your calm reconsideration. Victuallers (talk) 07:28, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
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I can't figure out from the log why you restored Irina Podgorny--what was "deleted in error too" in reference to? Thanks, Mackensen(talk) 20:57, 30 July 2016 (UTC) Because we want an article on Irana Podgorny and its a good start. The admin who deleted this gave reason as mass deletion. There has been a discussion about this - do we need to discuss this with every passing admin? Can you explain what this article did to prevent it from ever existing? Victuallers (talk) 08:18, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
Nothing beyond it being a valid WP:G5. Mackensen(talk) 14:21, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
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It says something about my recent pace that I managed not just 25 in total (a barrier I crossed in March), but 25 in a month (July 2016). I'm over 60 right now and just updated the table to say that. Raymie (t • c) 21:07, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
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Jennie Darlington is still alive, so fair use doesn't work. - I guess the BAS might help? We could get our activists to ask on our behalf? Similarly Janet although she may be contactable direct as she was receiving honours 10 years ago?. Sorry I cant help more. We really need groups like the British Antarctic Survey to change their policy to be open. Victuallers (talk) 12:50, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks for your changes on Hollace Shaw. I appreciate your help. Eddie Blick (talk) 12:51, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
I appreciate your Twitter post about Hollace Shaw. Thanks again! You might be interested in some of the other women about whom I have written. Links to those articles are included in the list at User:Teblick#Old-time radio people. Eddie Blick (talk) 17:50, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
I have seen a few and tweeted Patricia Ryan. Do feel free to look back through wwin reds records (and RT a few). Good work esp. the women) Victuallers (talk) 22:17, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you so much! I did put a bit of extra effort into that one. So many of the artist articles I do are just schools attended, exhibitions held, etc. This is my first appearance on Twitter...to the best of my knowledge :) WQUlrich (talk) 16:37, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi Victuallers, I've just knocked up the article Angela Madsen. It may be of interest to WomeninRed or maybe a DYK with the forthcoming Paralympic Games. You seem to have a better handle on these things then I do. Cheers FruitMonkey (talk) 22:16, 3 September 2016 (UTC) Brilliant - we tweeted that Victuallers (talk) 16:27, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi Roger. I've noticed you've added photos of living people to some of my articles. I wonder if you could help me out with Laurence de la Ferrière. I'm not too sure of the procedures.--Ipigott (talk) 15:11, 8 September 2016 (UTC) @Ipigott: - I have just been lucky with finding a few wrinkles, but not in your heroines case I'm afraid. Best I could do was to contact "#AntarcticWomen" on Twitter in the hope that someone has a pic. Can't believe how tricky it is for the wiki to find images in a world that is taking soooo many pix and they are being so freely copied but without the evidence that the wiki demands. Thx for your great work. Victuallers (talk) 16:31, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
There is a very good photograph here but I don't know whether it can be used on Wikipedia. Otherwise there also something on her website.--Ipigott (talk) 16:31, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
I found two pictures on Commons for her, but it looks like the source of those photos is flickr. Is it possible to use the bigger one found here [5] in the same album? I know diddly about photos and their use, unless I am justifying a fair use picture. Thanks! SusunW (talk) 20:19, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
Flickr is a good source Susun and in theory these Flickr licenses are fine. However I cannot see why they are fine ie why are they freely licensed? The painting needs to done by a painter who died 50-70 years ago .... unlikely. Of the people who now own it needs to give their permission.... and this Flickr account does not appear to be owned by the paintings owners. I have asked but I suspect we wont be able to. Sorry Victuallers (talk) 20:58, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
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I wrote an article about Ljubica Luković. There is a photograph of her on the Serbian WP. It says that it is in the public domain in Serbia. The photograph is well over 100 years old, as the woman died in 1915. Does it have to be uploaded again, or is there some way that the copyright can be extended to English WP? SusunW (talk) 20:39, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
Easiest path is to reload the picture as "fair use" to en:wiki. It could be debated that it is probably out of copyright but prob not worth the faff. Thanks Susun. Victuallers (talk) 12:11, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
Thanks. I did that. My rationale was that if those who spoke the language and could research it were not able to ascertain if it was freely distributable, I certainly couldn't. LOL SusunW (talk) 15:51, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
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First two are more than OK (Im familiar with bios - Ill look at the 3rd when have more time - You are doing a fine job and neither of will be surprised I think when someone finds an error - but not everyone will run round with a sign saying the "sky is falling in". Achievers make errors - and I can't see one yet. Victuallers (talk) 08:52, 10 October 2016 (UTC) These will please Wikimedia Cameroon - pity they are both blokes - you have to do five women as penance Victuallers (talk) 08:52, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
Thanks. Will main space the first two. If you can also take a look at User:LauraHale/Goalball in Cameroon, that would also be appreciated. I'll get around to doing women at some point. I just can't find women from this country who do disability sport who are notable. :( --LauraHale (talk) 11:36, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
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I need help. I created a draft User:SusunW/Anna Maria Niemeyer (Q9616311) for an article on Oscar Niemeyer's daughter. Someone apparently redirected a page to her dad's page several years ago. Of course, it won't let me move my article to Anna Maria Niemeyer and says I need an admin to do it. Can you help? I have a fair use photo for it and need to link it to the PT Wiki article, once it is moved. SusunW (talk) 21:04, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
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@Ipigott: Technically easy (screenshot and then paste into (say) MS Paint) but the video you chose was copyright. I did look and the only other open license video is this one but it only includes pictures of her work and not her. Sorry can't help more. However when you look at this video see that it says "Reuse allowed" and thats the bit that allows us to use it on wiki. Good work Ian. Victuallers (talk) 12:13, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
Sorry for the trouble. The video I sent you came up on Creative Commons search so I thought it was OK. Maybe all the other stuff I've been using on that basis has been copyright too!--Ipigott (talk) 12:48, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
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I could use some insight - help, ideas or a review. Would you have a look and see what you think?DYK nomination for Gertrude Kelly Something weird on the page, from my perspective anyway, it isn't appearing properly. Is there somewhere I should be listing this on a WiR page? ☕ Antiqueighthaver 00:39, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
The weird appearance is gone - don't know what that was about - probably my computer being odd... Looks right now. ☕ Antiqueighthaver 13:22, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Can I use this image of Coc at 1:25 [6] under the rationale that "This is an excerpt from a copyrighted work. This is an excerpt from a copyrighted work, e.g. a screenshot from a movie or TV programme, a panel from a comic, or a sound sample from a song. Its presence is needed to support a piece of explicit critical discussion in an article related to that work or its creator(s)" of her lawsuit that resulted in the receipt of the Equator Prize? or is that totally stretching the point? SusunW (talk) 17:21, 7 December 2016 (UTC) Hi Susun, I suspect you may not be successful, but I'm not familiar with this rationale - if this worked then that would be a major success but I'm not sure it would be used to "support a piece of explicit critical discussion" but then I'm not sure what that precisely means. Victuallers (talk) 17:43, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
I will try it and see what happens. If it fails, I guess I just, sigh, have to tweet it and ask for a photo. SusunW (talk) 17:53, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Fingers crossed. I did it and tweeted. Hopefully it won't get deleted. SusunW (talk) 18:19, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Don't know if this is the right way to communicate but I have now added a photo of Mary MacPherson's blue plaque and a photo of her last home. Ronald Cameron Ronaldcameron (talk) 19:36, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
You might be interested in this if you haven't already seen it.--Ipigott (talk) 13:33, 11 December 2016 (UTC) Thanks Ian. The communications was very confused for us because of the power of the BBC - still they are singing our song. (albeit with little attribution) Victuallers (talk) 13:44, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi, would you mind cropping this photo to a normal head-and-shoulders shot? I used it in the infobox at Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 01:05, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
Thank you. It looks strange, though, like it's been squished vertically instead of cropped. Yoninah (talk) 15:46, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
I think you ll find that's a temporary effect as your browser remembers the old version. Image is pretty poor though. but I see there is no alternative. Victuallers (talk) 15:52, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
OK, thanks. Yoninah (talk) 20:31, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
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Thanks! - I'm trying to see if the archive project will "own" her wiki page. Victuallers (talk) 11:24, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
If you need to be put in touch with the person who is in de-facto control/charge of Sewbrec's social media, let me know. (Its my wife.) Currently the project is basically digitising all of her records - but its a set grant-based project that is reliant on volunteers etc. So in a long-term basis it may not be able to take ownership in that sense, however the volume of material available, they should be able to donate some material. I *believe* but am not certain, part of the project is a book being published, but I would have to confirm that. Only in death does duty end (talk) 13:05, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
Aaah small world. Hope the project includes a wiki page as I suspect we will be around a long time. Mary seems to be an impressive person. I'm guessing theres nothing she should know that you couldnt help her with..... Hope there is lots of cc by sa material as its sad when good work gets a too tight copyright agreement. Best to both of you for xmas and new year Victuallers (talk) 14:34, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
I would have to check on that. Most of it is personal notes/records made & taken by Mary and left to Sewbrec as part of her archive. Sewbrec is a not-for-profit, but they are a commercial business, so material which is intended to be used as part of the commercial operation would be unlikely to be released under a license we can use. However this is basically decades of personal wildlife records, data, notes, drawings etc. Boxes and boxes of the stuff. So I would imagine there is some there that can be released under a compatible license. I will ask tonight. Only in death does duty end (talk) 15:46, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
Further to the above after a discussion the other night, its HLF funded, so any output is non-commercial. There were one (or two, this was unclear) unreleased books which are intended to be released for free. AlReeve is the man in charge if you want to discuss anything RE the project. But everyone is off for Christmas/New Year now, so I wouldnt expect a response before next year. Merry Christmas. Only in death does duty end (talk) 08:30, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
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@ClemRutter: - We could meet at Coopers Arms near? J24? Victuallers (talk) 14:36, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
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I just created Shulamit Bat-Dori for WP:Women in Red. I'm wondering if this historic image can be uploaded as a public domain image, or as a fair use image? I'm also having trouble saving it on my computer for upload, and wonder if you could help me with the uploading as well. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 00:19, 2 January 2017 (UTC) Now that you have a good image then the fair use approach wont work. Victuallers (talk) 23:53, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
I've moved the page on with some Wikidata queries, now that a push has been made to complete the ODNB listing there. Further DNB women are revealed (e.g. Hill Boothby). Charles Matthews (talk) 09:46, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Victuallers! Sorry, but I have no insight into wikipedians near Smith College. Never been there myself. P L E A T H E R talk 19:27, 5 January 2017 (UTC) thx anyway Victuallers (talk) 20:22, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Any idea if I can use this image of this historical women's college? [7] I tried to research it, but as is typical, I failed at finding a WP policy. This [8] does not address Antigua. It matters not to me if it is uploaded as fair use, since it is for the sole purpose of showing this school, but I can't figure out what rationale I would use to upload it as fair use. Can you help? Thanks! SusunW (talk) 19:07, 8 January 2017 (UTC) Sorry Susun, Ive tried to find a rationale but I cant. I also looked for another but no luck. Have you had any luck with the March 8th idea? Victuallers (talk) 23:51, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Wish I could say that I had, but no. The response was frustrating, curt and dismissive. Its a no, with no explanation as to why. SusunW (talk) 18:12, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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I noticed you get screenshots from Youtube of notable BLPs that don't have an image on their Wiki articles. I used to think that images must be exclusively licensed to be used in commons until this observation. There are alot of articles on Nigerian celebrities that I want to take a screenshot from Youtube to include in their articles sincfe there are none in them. Is that allowed?. Darreg (talk) 20:28, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Dear Victuallers, Not sure how active the Monmouthpedia Project still is but I've posted a note/query there re. some work I've been doing on the above. I thought I would also try you as our paths crossed on various of the Monmouth Listed Buildings articles. Aside from my specific question re. Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley's pamphlet, any other suggestions for improvements to the article would be much appreciated.
Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 13:20, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, re this image that you added to Matthew Kirtley - I really don't think that Matthew Kirtley was in the business of building rolling stock for anybody except the Midland Railway or its predecessor, the Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway. The styling of that coach - particularly the width of the doors and the shape of their tops - doesn't look at all like the coaches supplied to the Metropolitan Railway. I suspect that somebody is confusing the Metropolitan Railway with the unrelated Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd - which went through various name changes before becoming part of Metro Cammell. This company built carriages for various railway companies, both to their own designs and to the designs of its customers. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 15:57, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi again, you definitely know more than I do! I think it could only have been designed by him as he died 3 years before. I know nothing about this but what I remember from reading the info supplied at the museum/ station I visited at Swanwick Junction.... seems very likely that I misremembered Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd. Do feel free to change as you see fit, I was just reflecting the source and trying to ensure my photo was labelled. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 16:46, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Roger. I think we still need some inputs from you on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/37. It would be great if you could provide a link to "Role Models" with a short explanation. You may also have seen from the WiR talk page that we are beginning to prepare invitations to those who have shown interest in extending our approach to other languages. I think we should try to firm things up within the next few days so that we can keep people informed of our activities.--Ipigott (talk) 15:58, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks Ian, will do. I've been busy with real life which has impinged on my plans. This will effect me for at least the next two weeks. However I am keeping moving on Role Models and Cambridge. Victuallers (talk) 16:29, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
I can try to put a draft editathon page together for you if you can give me the following details (make corrections as necessary):
There'll obviously be a tie-up with A+F, Women's History Month and Women in Red.
If you can't provide all these details, we can start with a draft on Newnham College alone.--Ipigott (talk) 11:26, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Victuallers: I've created a draft editathon page for you here. I'm not too sure what the focus should be. You can either edit the page yourself or let me know what needs to be changed.--Ipigott (talk) 14:02, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
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says "and the record must have an 'Educated At' value of "Newnham College" ... changing wd:Q1247589 to the Q ID of another college will give you the same report, but for the next college; so
?item wdt:P69 wd:Q797846 .
will give you Girton College.
Check out the one I've done. All the rows seem to have ODNB references, but I'm not so clever as to be able to turn them into hyperlinks, sadly. Let me know where you want a set of reports to be established on wikipedia - I presume your Newnham gig has a page somewhere - and I can produce one of these per college for you. @Charles Matthews:, as I understand you're on the lower slopes of Listeria. --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:11, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
I've fiddled some more to give you alumni and employees, and commented the query. --Tagishsimon (talk) 03:26, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll give the matter my attention tomorrow: off to Hendon for the conference today. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:23, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks Tagishsimon for taking the initiative on this. The Newnham list looks great.
Roger: I think it would be a good idea to include this and other pertinent red link lists on the other Cambridge colleges on the editathon page. If you or Newnham have managed to develop specific relationships with other women's colleges or universities, it might also be possible to create red link lists on some of them. In addition, you could invite them to draw up their own red link lists of women they hope to cover. On the editathon page, I suggest we place more emphasis on students who became notable rather than on Art+Feminism, etc. And how about the invitation? It might be a good idea to send a separate one out to Wikipedians attached to the colleges you hope to bring on board. Just let me what you want and I'll try to put something together. And thanks for all your work on the editathon page. It's starting to take shape.--Ipigott (talk) 07:52, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Copying parts of my recent comments from user:Ipigott#Meetup 37 invitations x2 to here: In the US, the prominent historical women's colleges include the East Coast-based Seven Sisters (Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College, and Wellesley College), plus the California-based Scripps College and Mills College. But certainly, we need to be inclusive of all continents (e.g. avoid UK/US content gender gap systemic bias), so I hope the plan is to include redlists based on some of these schools, too. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:55, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
We can do that, Rosiestep. About time we had some new redlists. I'll start with Cambridge, then do your shortlist, then ask wikidata to tell me which colleges have the most women-without-biogs associated with them, and start working through them. If there are any suggested changes to the format in User:Tagishsimon/Newnham College Alumni (e.g. columns, ordering), let me know now, before I start duplicating it. I'll throw in some prettification of the header text for free. --Tagishsimon (talk) 19:17, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Tagishsimon, this, User:Tagishsimon/Newnham College Alumni, is nice. I think having more Wikidata-redlists is a good thing, so creating them for Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College, and Wellesley College is a good thing. But before doing any additional work, I think Roger and/or Ipigott need to clarify if the March event (#38) focuses only on Newnham missing women, or women from all women's colleges. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:48, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
This is so cool Simon, and Ian and Rosie's ideas add great support. Its already got me to add an article or two and a few images. At the moment the editathon page is still very fluid so feel free to delete liks to less relevant lists and install them here. I m thinking that we could tweet these lists to the target universities to see if anyone bites. Edinburgh Uni is a good supporter. Is there anyone "lurking" on this conversation who has a uni they would like doing?
Here's a wikidata report of counts of women with no biog per educational institute, for all women on Wikidata having an 'educated at' property. Sadly, at this point, the collection of Cambridge Colleges idea falls apart: Newnham has 57 qualifying records. St John's College has 2. Christ's, Emmanuel, Girton and Queens' Colleges each have 1. The rest have none.
On Rosiestep's list, the scores are Barnard College 2, Bryn Mawr College 13, Radcliffe College 5, Smith College 2, Vassar College 5, Wellesley College 9, Mount Holyoke College 0, Scripps College 0 and Mills College 0.
Various comments on all of the above. First, the reason we have so many women from Newnham without a biog seems to be that someone has gone to the trouble of adding names on the basis of other indexes, even if there are no articles in the other languages. I'm not sure whether this is the case for other colleges, especially the ones not in Oxford or Cambridge. Second, as there now seems to be general agreement on the scope of the editathon, I will adapt the /38 page placing the emphasis first on Newnham and the other Oxford colleges for women and then on other women's colleges throughout the world. We can certainly start with Tagishsimon's red link list for Newnham, perhaps adding others as interest evolves. I'll also prepare an invitation which we can try to send out to those who appear to be potentially interested in covering biographies of students, faculty, etc. I think we could also try to contact some of the universities Roger mentioned in our early discussions on this. I seem to remember Rome and at least one in Australia. I'll look back over our earlier discussions unless you can remind me here, Roger. The sooner we get moving on this, the more likely we are to attract participants from Britain and around the world. And how about the BBC? Any news from Gareth?--Ipigott (talk) 07:37, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Ian, thanks so much for your and Simon's work. It is markedly improved. We lost a lot of headway as Cambridge decided on its commitment. That is now settled but as you highlight we have lost some impetus. Your suggestions for re-advertising seems good. I know that Charles has some press contacts. I will renew the email to Gareth but he was looking for a new angle on the story. I will relook at the twitter feeds. Edinburgh Uni and Kent Uni showed some interest. I didn't see any response from US colleges like Smith. I could arrange for a direct approach to these but I feel that we need a Wikipedia to hold their hands. Is anyone in Massachusetts (Smith?)? More follows ... have to go Victuallers (talk) 11:08, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks very much, Tagishsimon, for all these. What jn German we would call ein wahres Meisterwerk. As you indicate, many more could be added. In the absence of Wikidata entries based on biographical lexicons and dictionaries, it looks to me as if the American universities would not produce anything interesting in the way of red links on the EN wiki. But the general approach looks really useful for the Role Models editathon and future work on notable women.--Ipigott (talk) 14:27, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
(prepared before your last message)
Sorry to keep pushing you on this, Roger, but I think it would be useful if we could identify contacts at some of the other colleges and universities which have been mentioned in connection with Role Models. Early on, you said Carol Black had contacts with Smith College and some Australian universities. I think at one point you or someone else also mentioned Rome (La Sapienza?). Please try to get Black to give you the names of the colleges and any representatives who would be interested in participating in the editathon or promoting it. You could then email them and draw their attention to the Role Models editathon page.
My second idea is to draw up a list of women's colleges and other potentially interested universities with a view to encouraging their participation. You have mentioned Edinburgh, Cardiff, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Smith College, Barnard College and the University of the West Indies. Rosie has mentioned Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliff College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, Scripps College and Mills College. Are there any others? Maybe Missvain or SusunW can help out, perhaps suggesting editors or Wikipedians in residence who might like to spread the news or even participate. I think it would be a good idea to post invitations along these lines on some of the WikiProject talk pages.--Ipigott (talk) 12:08, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
I took my shot with the University of West Indies and was turned down flat. I am in southern Mexico and know of virtually no one who edits on WP here, certainly not on English WP. The handful of editors I know on WP are in WiR and I have zero idea what their academic connections might be. If you are looking for names of Women's colleges, Spelman College should certainly be on the list. World wide, I have no idea. I cannot access this book [9] which appears to be a world-wide survey of women's colleges. SusunW (talk) 16:17, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Ian, I feel sure that we can get contacts at these colleges via Newnham but lets say that the "??? college" says OK ..... how do we convert that into action. The approach that Susun made to the University of the West Indies apart from their refusal. If they had sais yes then Susun could have held their hand. I you or anyone listening is willing to be that contact then that would be ideal. Are there any volunteers with a target institution? .... I will look back thro the twitter messages Victuallers (talk) 16:39, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
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Sorry Fae, don't know. Never come across a transgender teacher or student. I suspect that sometimes I have met students who are "questioning" (or I *think* they are going to - prob. in error!). Not sure but I speculate that this question doesn't get resolved until later. I was reading that the average to come "out" was now in teens. Great progress. Victuallers (talk) 14:07, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. My understanding is that many transgender children self-identify before they get to puberty, and many will say that they always felt they were not the gender they were born with when in primary school. Anyway, it's a complex area that much more is known about now than a couple of decades ago. Young trans childen, in Europe at least (!), are far more likely to have positive support, rather than being told they are mentally ill. If I get the chance, I'll follow up with a younger trans person who has had some personal experience of what goes in the state system now. --Fæ (talk) 19:22, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
@Fæ: Is this link any good to you- it says NI, but NASUWT is in the main a English union, and generally NI is more social conservative so it may have been felt that this was more of an issue over there. The Grauniad had a piece back in 2014, and HM Gov includes advice in its official publication on bullying. ClemRutter (talk) 21:52, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
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I think you have it Rosie. I couldnt find any really useful extra cites. Victuallers (talk) 08:18, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
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She is the woman supporting the work here as part of Wiki education. It means something to the user and me. Victuallers (talk) 07:29, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
Right. So you will declare this relationship? With both her and the user? You see, at the moment it's all a little ambiguous. Many thanks, — O Fortuna semper crescis, aut decrescis 21:01, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
She works at an East Mids Uniuversity - See my page. I do Wiki Edu work .... I cant be more than transparent. Victuallers (talk) 06:54, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
I appreciate the transparency :) although it could be argued that eventually replying only after a poke on another admin's talk, and then directing me to your user page with reference to an 'East mids university' presumable knowing that when I get there I will find no reference to anyone called Chadwick at all, leans further towards opacity than transparency :) still, you ultimately answered my query, so many thanks! Happy Friday. — O Fortuna semper crescis, aut decrescis 16:13, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
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&%&*% OK, I never claimed to be an expert, and all actions were in good faith 16:09, 5 May 2017 (UTC) Given that I have mistakenly done this wrong then can I check trhat undoing it in the edit history will undo it. Victuallers (talk) 16:12, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for adding her image. I saw her self-portrait on the art gallery website, but assumed I could not use it for the article because of copyright issues.
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Digital Marketing and Social Media - Loughborough Universityedit
Hi Roger, just a quick heads up to let you know I have now uploaded my article edit! You can find this on the Sports Marketing page, under the titles Relationship Marketing in Sport and Social Media and Relationship Marketing in Sport. I hope this is adequate, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RyanHarris19 (talk • contribs) 12:57, 8 May 2017 (UTC) Thanks Ryan I'll have a look. NB: You can sign your messages by typing the tilde character 4 times. Victuallers (talk) 13:15, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I just uploaded a new article, Jon Schmidt, for which I need an image. I wonder if you could crop his image (2nd from left) from the above image? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 15:24, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
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Hi, 2 questions on this file. It is a free-license file, but the uploader only knew to upload it to Wikipedia. I uploaded it to Commons and put a PROD tag on the Wikipedia file. Did I do that correctly? Also, could you crop the image so it's a portrait? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 12:53, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
Its cropped - I reckon its cc by sa but commons people have been odd about this. I've always deleted images myself or just waited until it gets done ... and it does. Keep up the good work. R (I can force this to happen if its gets to be important)
Hi, my name is Silvia and I am on your Digital Marketing and Social Media course at Loughborough University. --Silviagua (talk) 01:56, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
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That was a ridiculously premature AfD, to my mind, let alone the ODNB ref as instant notability. But I couldn't just think what "wip" meant when I saw it in your post or in your edit summary, till I checked WP:WIP. Might be better another time to add the {{new page}} template to the article, to fend off premature AfDs like this one? (There's also {{under construction}}, though that advises against use on brand new pages, recommending the sandbox (boring); and {{in creation}}, though that talks about a "several hours" timescale.) PamD 12:04, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi Roger
Just wanted you to know that I wanted to write a new article and finally have written the article in my sand box its under the name Digital Marketing platforms, by user minash8. I wanted to request you to please check it once so that i can finally submit for the final creation of the page as per the guideline. Thank You
Minash8 (talk) 17:53, 10 May 2017 (UTC)meenakshi. I hope to do this tomorrow. Victuallers (talk) 22:09, 10 May 2017 (UTC) Done it! Lok at the edit comments I have left you. Victuallers (talk) 13:09, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
I followed a link that a student made to Business modelTalk:Business model and spent 15 minutes trying to understand the lead- and then 15 minutes making comments and re -drafting and commenting. All masters students should get credit for doing this to other inaccessible articles. Over there they were many new ideas in the lead and beyond that were not wiki-linked- this is an excellent task for a non-native speaker who will be more sensitive. ClemRutter (talk) 21:09, 10 May 2017 (UTC) Thank you, feel free to make notes on Fionas page. I discussed today how we can improve a later offer as we discussed. Maybe we could add this to your document? Victuallers (talk) 22:05, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi Roger, I'm Jasmine from Loughborough just wanted to let you know I'm on wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasminevickers (talk • contribs) 21:01, 10 May 2017 (UTC) Good, I have added your name to the list Victuallers (talk) 22:08, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi! I'm SHIJIA from Loughborough University. I have copied my contribution to Mobile Marketing to my sandbox as you told. Hope you could check it and may give me some suggestions. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SHIJIA (talk • contribs) 21:57, 10 May 2017 (UTC) I hope to do this tomorrow. Victuallers (talk) 22:10, 10 May 2017 (UTC) I have made changes to your sandbox. Read the edit summary. Victuallers (talk) 12:50, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
It's pretty confusing to read when you format your replies this way (same here). Can you please indent or at least add a line break? --NeilNtalk to me 13:25, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Well at least we have got your sighs down to more reasonable requests. I'll see what I can do - buts its not my top priority. Victuallers (talk) 13:44, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
You don't care about setting a bad example for your students? Okay then. --NeilNtalk to me 18:35, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Its the sound of the sighing thats really noisy :-) Victuallers (talk) 20:12, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
I have put a draft of my edits in my sandbox, please would you be able to have a little look at it and see what you think? I'm just doing the intro part! Hattyanderson (talk) 18:14, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
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I have made the changes as directed by you. I have also added a wikipedia reference. I Used all the relevant academic sources as my source. I hope the article is fine now. Minash8 (talk) 18:49, 11 May 2017 (UTC)minash8
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If you can access more info about her England years (before she immigrated to the US; after she returned) would you please add? Thanks, --Rosiestep (talk) 19:43, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
I couldnt find anything but I gave it a copyedit. Nice work Victuallers (talk) 15:38, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
You've recently uploaded a non-free image, File:Salwa Nassar PhD.jpg, and linked it to the article about Salwa Nassar. Unfortunately this is a different Salwa Nassar from a different country and a different era. The Salwa Nassar in question died in 1967. I've found two (most probably non-free) images of her. Feel free to use those instead.
Any chance you and I could meet up this week over a pint and a laptop? I've not done any more work on the video, and now need some input from you, especially on length. I've now retired, so can pop over during the day, if you wish. Nick Moyes (talk) 08:22, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi Victuallers. You did a great job in creating the image map {{Gladstone's Cabinet of 1868}}. If you don't mind, would you help me create one for this image? Thanks.--Nevé–selbert 18:44, 9 July 2017 (UTC) Hi Neve, Thanks, curtsey - the tool I used for it is now a dead link but its here. I guess you may search and find it in tool labs .... but I'm told that there are better tools. However the tool I used was fine. Victuallers (talk) 22:08, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your baklava and your encouraging words on my contribution to The Homestead, and also for your addition of Katharine Burdekin; surely she will become even more well known in the future. Lady Margaret Cavendish has already received much publicity this year for her science fiction writings. I have just read your bio, and we share several cross-links, including the gypsy patch where I am at this moment. Well done on being brave and leaving safety to do something so worthwhile as helping people to educate themselves.JBel (talk) 22:30, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Victuallers! I am writing a blog on the acquisition of free licensed images of 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. Thank you for adding images and using them in different Wikipedia articles. I have mentioned your work in the blog, and wants to quote you in the blog. I request you to kindly share your words for this. Thanks, --Sailesh Patnaik (Questions) 14:38, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for your brilliant idea to create more women's biographies, not just annually in March, but all year, and for inviting me to develop the idea with you from the very start, which led to our July 2015 announcement in Mexico City of WikiProject XX, which morphed into Women in Red, now in 12 language wikis. We really did move the needle, didn't we?! Rosiestep (talk) 18:11, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi Roger. As you seem to be something of an expert on Twitter, could you create #1day1woman with a short explanation and link to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/00. We can then also include #1day1women in the "Use social media to promote our work!" box on the 00 page.--Ipigott (talk) 08:28, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi Ian - the procedure for hashtags is I believe surprisingly simple - you just start using them. I'm on the isles of Orkney at present so my twitter stuff is spasmodic. I believe you can pin some tweets to the hash page. I like the idea of #1day1woman - but we will need volunteers to watch the feed and react to it. Victuallers (talk) 08:59, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
You'll have seen I've also sent an email to Rosie and Sue on this. It would be good if someone could start the ball rolling with a link to WiR.--Ipigott (talk) 09:05, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
After further editing, I've got our video down to 7min 45sec. That leaves you plenty of room for your extra bit. The sooner you can send it to me, the more chance I have of getting it sorted. Any format should work - audio alone, or video with audio.
Cheers Nick Moyes (talk) 01:07, 2 August 2017 (UTC) Thanks Nick! Thank you for your time! See gmail Victuallers (talk) 09:00, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
thank for the link to twitter, but when I try to look at it it say I'm blocked to see it. Someone blocked my account? I'm ElisaReviews. --Elisa.rolle (talk) 18:54, 4 August 2017 (UTC) Thats odd, I have blocked very few accounts. Can you try a friends account? Victuallers (talk) 08:44, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Victuallers. In my opinion, it is enough to have the article state something like "she has been the president since". When she is no longer president, her page will, hopefully be changed. This means less change than going back in 2018 and checking whether she is still in the position.--Jetam2 (talk) 21:10, 12 August 2017 (UTC) Agreed Victuallers (talk) 17:41, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
Hi Roger, a friendly FYI that I pinged you yesterday via email. Thanks, --Rosiestep (talk) 15:38, 15 August 2017 (UTC) Hi Rosie, replied Victuallers (talk) 17:40, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
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but the message is wrong, the DYK has already received the by Gerda Arendt. How do I report the error? --Elisa.rolle (talk) 11:03, 24 August 2017 (UTC) I see Gerda has replied. Victuallers (talk) 11:16, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the photo of Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann, I had asked the graphics lab to snip her out of that group photo, since I couldn't figure out how to do it as it was already loaded to WP. That Catherine Marshall (suffragette) needs to be expanded. I added more involvement of women in the League of Nations article. Marshall found an error in the Leagues procedures and they changed them based on her recommendations. She's written about a lot in this source. I'll try to get back to it and improve it, but not sure when that will happen. Tomorrow working on a Bolivian nurse for Latinas month. SusunW (talk) 20:37, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
And I was just circling back to look at Marshall and I see you have done a bang up job of expanding her! Woo Hoo! SusunW (talk) 20:18, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
Curtsey with wobble Victuallers (talk) 20:20, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I'm in the middle of a GA review for Birds' Head Haggadah. This image is exceptionally clear. I wonder if you could make me two cropped-out images: one of the blue-robed figure holding the three matzos (left-hand page), and one of the three figures around the table (right-hand page). Thank you so much, Yoninah (talk) 22:09, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
I'm impressed by your inclusion of videos in several WiR biographies and on the #1day1woman page. But I have a few questions. How do you know these videos are Creative Common 4.0? And how do you know CC 4.0 is acceptable for Wikipedia? I thought it had been decided we should stick with 3.0. I would also be interested to hear if you could point to other sources where we could find videos suitable for inclusion in our articles.--Ipigott (talk) 07:15, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi @Ipigott: Ian, I know they are cc by sa because the web site given is all cc by sa 4.0. They should all be sourced to that. 4.0? As far as I know wiki will take the highest version of creative commons and all versions back. Its on the list of acceptable choices when loading pix or vids. More videos? Oh I wish. These come from UNESCO funding through a Dutch company and theyve done a very good job. I was hoping to have a speculative search using google or flickr to see if I can trip over more. Best R.
Thanks for all this. I think we should all be trying to include more videos. Perhaps we should start compiling a list of red links for women associated with Creative Commons videos and perhaps also a list of videos which could be used in existing articles. Maybe you could try to start the ball rolling. (cc Rosiestep)--Ipigott (talk) 09:32, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
Audio and video aren't my forte, but, of course, more would be better. A champion in this area is Fuzheado. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:54, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for the thank you :-) I'm very proud of this article. BTW while researching it I found this article on "Paris Review": [10]: "While Ida’s illustrations can be found on any vintage print or eBay site, and Amy’s out-of-copyright books are reprinted by companies in England and India, very little information about their lives is available. Ida is a mere footnote to the artistic careers of brother and father, while Amy’s prolific writing life has been whittled down to a short entry on Wikipedia riddled with errors." I think my next step is to improve Amy... --Elisa.rolle (talk) 07:39, 15 September 2017 (UTC) :Great article - I gave them a mention on Barrier Island using your text - sadly no free pic of the church which looks intriguing. Victuallers (talk) 08:33, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Victuallers, thank you so much for contributing to Wikipedia! I am producing a podcast episode about unsung heroes, such as the people who go out of their way to contribute to the benefit of thousands of strangers. I'd love to include a short phone call with you where I'd just say thanks "in person." Let me know if that's something you'd be willing to let me do! I'd really appreciate it. andy@andyoverthinks.com
Just checking that you are aware of Chinese names, where the surname comes first. The category names for the Chinese rowers are thus the wrong way round. No big deal, though. Schwede66 18:52, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
Aware - but get confused about which way wiki does it. Feel free to fix and thx for helping with that pic. Victuallers (talk) 11:51, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi user:Victuallers,
I'm involved with the Mind of the Universe project, of which you uploaded a video to Commons (the one about Jennifer Tour Chayes), we are really happy that this material is being used! So thanks for that. I had a question though: we did upload the collection to Commons ourselves also, see c:category:Media from the Mind of the Universe, I was wondering whether you know why you weren't able to find this video, do you think we used the wrong metadata? Was it because of the lack of categories? Anyway, again, we are really happy to see this material used, just to let you know also that this entire collection is already online :). Best, 85jesse (talk) 06:47, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi Jesse - a really cool piece of work. I think I came in from the direction of searching for one woman and I then found the video on the Mind of the Universe project. I then thought WOW - these need to be on the women's pages as that was my driver to increase the profile of women. I think you maybe didnt look at the videos from the direction of your interviewees. If I go to the Jennifer Tour Chayes article and (ignoring my video) go and look for more media on commons then I fail to find "your" video, but I find "mine". Obviously I had no intention to duplicate data. I'm not sure we have extracted all the benefit from this work (thats why commons is great!). I extracted jpegs from [File:Segenet Kelemu on how Africa can conquer the world through its knowledge of the world of insects-VPRO.ogv one of the videos] to improve this article. (not sure why but the video looks poor in the article before it plays - any ideas)
I see that this video says "uncategorised"... That would mean that it would be found more easily. However great, great work! Victuallers (talk) 09:04, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
Dear user:Victuallers, apologies for not following up earlier. I will see to it that a few appropriate categories will be added. I looked at the Segenet Kelemu video, it is strange that it doesnt show a thumbail. I think it is an issue with the file on Commons, I changed it for the same video that we uploaded and now a thumbnail is displayed. I will request the deletion of the duplicate files if that's ok with you. Thanks again for using this material. We struggle a little bit to get traction with it, though it is great material there aren't many examples of the use of interviews on Wikipedia. If you have suggestions beyond the use of videos in the article of the interviewee we'd love to hear! 85jesse (talk) 06:59, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
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The few web images of her on-line are awful. Either grainy [11] or not very flattering [12]. Then I discovered the sculpture! [13][14]. Is it useable? If not, I don't even have a clue how to tell Cristina Salvoldi, the sculptor, what we would need in the way of licensing to use it. Can you help? SusunW (talk) 18:16, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
Bad news I'm afraid Susun. 3D Art can usually be photographed if its on permanent display under a legal wrinkle called "freedom of panorama". Sadly does nt apply in South Africa (or the US). This gives the detail. Victuallers (talk) 20:28, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
I'm not giving up! If I read that correctly, no one else can take a photo and allow us to use it, but Salvoldi could, right? If I were to write her, via her blog and ask, what would I have to have her do to release a photo for us to use? SusunW (talk) 16:13, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
That's the only credible way forward with a living artist. I admire your tenacity Victuallers (talk) 14:16, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
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Paulina Irby was deleted but I can't find an AfD and the article is quite long and well sourced about a notable historical figure. Do you know what happened? -- GreenC 16:15, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
Do you know where or if I can appeal the deletion? -- GreenC 19:42, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
It was my mistake - I think I have restored it Victuallers (talk) 22:19, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
Ok great. I happened to see it as I monitor the backlinks of {{Internet Archive author}}, used in the article, and it dropped off the list and I checked and didn't understand as it looked like a good article (made by you!). -- GreenC 16:08, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
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Please the graph you included in the article contest progression page, what software did you use for that, is it spss? Can you give me a link to a tutorial where I could learn how to do it? I'm working on a project at the moment, where such illustration will be useful. Thanks. Darreg (talk) 09:06, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi Darreg, forgot to reply. I think you need to speak to @Tsange: as he put it together. Victuallers (talk) 02:13, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for the reply. I really love how it summarizes the entirety of a task on a daily basis with a single graphical depiction. I'll go through all the links you provided in the coming days. Darreg (talk) 19:14, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
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One for Twitter I reckon.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:58, 23 November 2017 (UTC) doneVictuallers (talk) 22:16, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
Cheers Vic! I thought of you when I saw it as it was a quality article on an African woman from a country and occupation you'd normally not see like that! Thanks so much for your interest and passion with this contest on Twitter. Best.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:45, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks so much! I've put an "Editathon notice" on the Talk page - probably unnecessary for this one but just in case/ties them all together... Lirazelf (talk) 11:51, 24 November 2017 (UTC) You're welcome Victuallers (talk) 21:48, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
This is for contributing article #2000 to The World Contest, cheers! Also, thanks for tweeting out five of my articles. Vami_IV✠ 02:18, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Well done!!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:24, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks guys - really enjoying this contest. Victuallers (talk) 09:29, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks for improving the lead on Tsitsi Dangarembga. I was not aware of that information.
I have a question. At the beginning of the month, I was creating articles on African filmmakers and noting them on both Africa and Film editathon pages. I then considered that counts of women on these editathon pages would be summarized at the end of the month. I could be causing double-counting of articles, so I started adding bios to only one page. I see that you added TD to the film page.
My question: Is it ok to put an article on more than one editathon page if that person can assigned to more than one category? thnx MauraWen (talk) 12:43, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
Sure Maura, those pages are not used in our most accurate stats - except for sharing our achievements. It helps others to swing in and help as I hope I did here. The main figures come from Wikidata which counts up all the biogs and counts all the gender=female or gender=not male (not sure which - obvs latter is better). She seems to have a lot going for her being first in some things and best in others. I was thinking that I should read the book. I updated the article on "the" book which is where I think I found the extra facts. Your work got 1,000s of tweets. Great work. Victuallers (talk) 14:19, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
Where is the gender=female on a page - I want to make sure I'm putting the data in properly so that it IS counted. ☕ Antiqueightchatter 18:29, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
@Victuallers and Antiqueight: I just started to read Tsitsi's book this weekend! That is what I love about writing articles on Wikipedia, it takes me to new subjects, people and places that I want to learn more about.
Gender=female, Isn't that taken care of on the talk page for a biography, as in Women =Y? MauraWen (talk) 09:44, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
Ah Duh!! Of course - yes. It would be. I was trying to think where on the article it was but it is on the talk page. Grand so - I think I have mine all done. Though now I'm wondering - I wrote a page for a non-binary person - does theirs get picked up because the page doesn't say gender= male or is there a term that should be on the talk page to identify this? ☕ Antiqueightchatter 11:32, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
Ummm no, I think. The important record of her gender is held here. This is a pretty subtle recording that aims to deal with non-binary, but its very complete. This record MAY come from the en:wiki or it may come from a wiki in another language or from an individual editor or data being loaded from a good source like the ODNB. One of the great starts for Women in Red was having this data and tools were built to improve its recording. There are only about 10,000 people who have no gender recorded (which is pretty small for 1.5m biogs). HTH Victuallers (talk) 12:18, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
Wait -so, should I be updating wikidata for every article I write? I'm not entirely sure how easiest to do that - certainly it wasn't something I did when I started. Help? ☕ Antiqueightchatter 12:27, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
I do - I actually created it first and use a pool called "prepbio" to create my first draft. Victuallers (talk) 09:40, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
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My article has been nominated for deletion. I am unclear as to what is the problem, as I thought a world champion was notable enough, and I don't understand the comment about the references I had. Can you help and explain to me why it was nominated?
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Hi @אמא של גולן: Sorry I saw your note, went to look and then got distracted. The arm wrestling is reffed but doesnt seem to be well covered and the association that she is chair of does not seem to have an address, employees etc. This makes the notability tricky but not insurmountable. Sadly the page on the arm wresting contest doesnt namecheck the women. Might be good to sort that out. I certainly think that world champions are notable assuming that the championship was representative - and not like the us baseball "world series" or a small village that has the "world" spider eating contest. Hope that helps Victuallers (talk) 17:16, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the explanation! Golan's mom (talk) 07:10, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, would you be able to make a portrait crop of the 5th man from right (with the big toothy smile) so I can use it in Chaim Topol? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:25, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hang on, are you sure they don't award doctorates in love languages? Nick Number (talk) 17:39, 25 August 2018 (UTC) I think you'll find I was given the last one Nick :) Victuallers (talk) 17:40, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
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In working my way through Chapin's Thumb Nail Sketches of White Ribbon Women, I came across Mary Shuttleworth Boden, a woman from Derby, and created her article. If you have time, inclination, plus access to images and/or additional sources, it would be grand if you would collaborate on this one. Thanks, --Rosiestep (talk) 23:35, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, Roger. Now: "ORES predicted quality: C-Class article C (2.87)". --Rosiestep (talk) 18:18, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for adding quality Nigerian images to Commons/Wikipedia. I understand the copyright guidelines concerning videos that are eligible for snaps, but what I want to know is the software you use for taking your snaps that ensures high quality images. Regards. HandsomeBoy (talk) 09:36, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Handsome Boy. Thanks for noticing! No complex software used. I just full screen the video and then "prt sc" print screen. You need to load these up with the templates YouTube and License Review and make sure the screen grab shows the time in the video. I then crop it after it has been over checked for its license. The only really good source I have found is NdaniTV, but if you know of others ... Victuallers (talk) 09:58, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks Rosie, I particularly appreciate this milestone barnstar. Thanks for your camaraderie. Victuallers (talk) 17:14, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: You beat me to the 100K punch! Victuallers: let me just pile on....
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Thank you Dolotta - your own edit count looks very quick and I think you'll get there much quicker than the 11-12 years it took me. I am curious as to what the 100,000 measures... is it en:wiki edits in article space? Cheers (from one of the 515) Victuallers (talk) 06:52, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi. In this edit are you sure of your use of the male pronoun? I'm not, but maybe you have info I don't... Stuartyeates (talk) 19:50, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
Great spot. Well done. Victuallers (talk) 22:17, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Victuallers! I would appreciate your help in going over my English in Aviva Gileadi. As in the Hebrew article, we have found some mentions in old Israeli newspapers (and library of congress), and pics were received with OTRS but additional information is hard to find. --Golan's mom (talk) 11:34, 3 December 2018 (UTC) Tis done, can I tweet it? Victuallers (talk) 14:13, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! Sure, I will be very happy to see it tweeted. Golan's mom (talk) 04:52, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Roger. I seem to remember you are something of an expert on images for BLPs. I'm working on a biography for the Danish opera singer Lone Koppel. I have found
this image on Flickr. It is listed as "public". Does this mean it can be uploaded to Commons and then cropped to present an acceptable portrait?--Ipigott (talk) 15:08, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ian you are right , but. The license is OK for wiki but its a fib unless this person created this LP cover. You can use LP covers to talk about the album but not about the person. I'll have a quick look to see if there are other alternatives. Victuallers (talk) 17:24, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Robert,
while helping a student with his Hebrew article about Helen Levitt (a different person which was sometimes confused with Helen Slote Levitt) , I noticed that Helen Slote Levitt is actually a redirect for Alfred Lewis Levitt since the couples worked together. I find it a bit odd, but am not sure if it is just a case of a "joint" article which should be renamed or an article about Alfred, in which the information about Helen should be copied for a new created article. What do you think?
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Hi, I just created the page Esther Farbstein and I wondered if you could make a cropped version of this image for the infobox. Hopefully a shot of just her and the podium won't be too grainy. Thank you, Yoninah (talk) 21:11, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
Thank you! Yoninah (talk) 12:46, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks to the regular updates generated by WHGI and posted by Ipigott, we can see that en-wp's women's biographies are now at 17.8%. My question to the math wizard (you): approximately how many more biogs will it take to get to 18%? Thanks in advance, and Happy New Year, amigo. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:27, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Rosiestep: Not sure if you're interested in 18% or 19%. If we continue at the same rate, we will need about 46,000 new bios to reach 19%. That will be around March 2020. If you are really more interested in 18%, it will take about 8,500 more articles. I'm not too sure how long that will take -- anything from three to nine months, depending on how many of our existing articles are deleted and how many men's biographies are coded male on Wikidata (there's quite a backlog). I've simply based these estimates on our stats over the past couple of years. We had a difficult time in 2018 as many women's bios were deleted from Wikidata.--Ipigott (talk) 16:55, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Ipigott, truth be told, I'm interested in both. Thanks for doing the math. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 16:59, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Interesting estimates Ian. I guess the Wikidata deletion explains my disappointment. I had seen 15% in 2015, 16% in 2016, 17% in 2017 and I was hopeful that we would achieve 18% last year. The deletionists seem to have now included Wikidata - which is a pity. Can you explain more? Or provide a link as I thought that only en:Wikipedia would concern us, whereas a wikidata deletion may affect all languages. Oh and Happy New Year. (We had quite a few new years resolutions on Twitter to target this - but several productive editors do not tag WIR although we get mentioned in tweets). Victuallers (talk) 09:53, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
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Trying to get the Inter-Allied Women's Conference on the front page for its centennial. The photo of the organizer,[16] is awful, but in PD. Looks like what appeared in the newspaper was cropped from this[17] as hair, necklace, dress, pose, etc. is the same. I have no idea how to re-upload a better photo. Can you help? SusunW (talk) 19:14, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Done. I suspect that the image was a blow up from the one you found. Must be a better image somewhere but couldnt find it. Victuallers (talk) 08:19, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank you so much. I suspected it as well, but it seemed clear to me they were the same and the one I found so much better. I love that you have skills that I don't have. It truly takes a village. SusunW (talk) 15:57, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I'm using this image in the infobox for Psalm 93. Would you be able to greatly enlarge the plaque part, maybe leaving just a little stone around the edges, so viewers can see the writing at the small size? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:20, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! It looks so much better! Yoninah (talk) 17:52, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
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Our (WiR) birthday is actually July 18th, right? --Rosiestep (talk) 03:52, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
BTW, last year, at WikiWomenCamp, I was given a second Wikimania 2015 backpack and I'm going to give it to you when I see you. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 18:46, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
hmmm I thought the twitter feed was May .... but typical I've forgotten the anniversary! Victuallers (talk) 20:38, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
There are no doubt various dates which could be celebrated. Maybe we should have a WiR timeline. The original idea was born on 12 February 2015. The rest, as they say, is history. I like the modest "My aspiration is that it might make a difference, and my dream is that something may come of it that helps us to make Wikipedia more accessible and useful." WikiProject XX did indeed start on 18 July 2015.--Ipigott (talk) 10:32, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Thanks Ian, I was hoping to look this up. 12th Feb to July 18. Very nice catch!! (as usual). Victuallers (talk) 10:49, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
It's a fact that this has been a life-changing journey for me, Roger. Maybe for you and others, too. I think about all the people we'll never meet who are now reading the articles and looking at the photos of all the notable women who now have a presence on Wikipedia because of the planning we did between Feb 12 - July 18, 2015; and all the coordination done by a devoted community since then. I imagine there is some girl out there -someone we will never meet- who is reading some biography of some notable woman/women, and thinking, "This is what I want to do; this is what I want to be". So yes, life-changing. BTW, I see that Adrianne uploaded a couple of photos of herself. That's a good start. BTW #2, the LA-based gender-equity documentarian I met at Wikipedia Day LA reached out to me over the weekend regarding wanting to meet in May; w00t! --Rosiestep (talk) 18:49, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
@Rosiestep: Yep, we have a great pic of Anrianna that I encouraged her to take with butterflies. I have been adding to her biog and the research is really interesting. That "girl" in my mind is my grand daughter - if she can see successful people then she will know. There is nothing wrong with working (say) in a pet shop for your life - but it shouldn't be because you never thought you could be a Naturalist Prof or presenter, animal film director or head of a zoo. And I have just been working with getting pix of Rita Orji. Victuallers (talk) 11:15, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
DYK that I was sure I said so long ago? Sorry, better late than never, and women's month is best for it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you a great pic for Carmen Thomas! - See my talk for trust to be an admin (pictured), - thank you for your support! - Next woman: Jennifer Holloway who doesn't want to be in a box mezzo / soprano. If you can hear her, do! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:52, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
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You may be interested in Margaret Byers. There may be more about her in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (I can't access more than a couple of sentences) and/or some UK reference materials. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:26, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
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Hmm tricky as "Nicholson family" are credited and would hold the copyright for 70 years after her death. If the pix were taken by a soldier photographer then they would be free to use after 50 years.... but no proof of this. One picture appears to be anonymous SO! 70 years since taken for anon. See you at the next editathon I hope. Victuallers (talk) 17:34, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Thanks so much. I'll work on that one, and yes, hopefully see you then. Papamac (talk) 07:46, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Roger, I wonder if you could help me out with my expanded article on Lou Koster. I see the LB version has a fair use photo but I am hopeless at handling fair use on the EN wiki. All my attempts have been deleted. If you have a minute, perhaps you could include it.--Ipigott (talk) 17:35, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Generally I'd agree Ronz but for the date of the birth of a celebrity then they were born generally when they say they were born until we have better info. If she says its that date and gives it to this site then I would say best available source. Lots of the stuff about celebs (in partic) is obviously created by "their people". I'm not sure how you avoid this apart from saying "This source says that her birthday is". Victuallers (talk) 12:29, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
Again, I'm not clear what your point is. BLPs require high quality sources.
I don't keep up on the information at WP:RSP, but there's an entry for famousbirthdays: There is consensus that Famous Birthdays is generally unreliable. Famous Birthdays does not provide sources for its content, and does not claim to have an editorial team or perform fact-checking.1234 --Ronz (talk) 14:15, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
Sorry I thought you said "If you disagree, let's discuss it." If you have already decided then don't offer to discuss. It doesnt reflect well. Oh and I hope you understand me this time at least. I'm not impressed, by your reply and emphasised "discussion". Victuallers (talk) 21:53, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
That's a fair point, but there's much that could be discussed about the ref in general, why you chose to use it, etc. I rarely ever get a response, and those are usually variations of "thank you for letting me know". --Ronz (talk) 01:36, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I have been looking at Froebel College and see that on 4 September 2015 you added the sisters Margaret Lowenfeld and Helena Rosa Wright as alumni or staff, referencing ODNB. Would you be able (and willing) to edit the article to clarify how they were involved with the college? My local library doesn't have ODNB access and the articles for the sisters do not mention the college.TSventon (talk) 09:40, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
Any UK library should give you access. You don't need their computer just the number on your library card...... however here are two quotes "Lowenfeld's education was, in many respects, liberal. She attended kindergarten at the Froebel Educational Institution in Talgarth Road, London, the first Froebel school in England. From eight years old she was a pupil at the Church of England High School for Girls, Graham Street, London, before joining her sister, in 1902, at Cheltenham Ladies' " and "At the age of six Helena stated that it was her ambition to become a doctor. Educated at the Froebel Educational Institute, West Kensington, London, then by governesses, and at Princess Helena College and High School for Girls, Ealing, London, her scholastic career was not remarkable until she went to Cheltenham Ladies' College from 1901 to ". HTH. Victuallers (talk) 09:50, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
Many thanks for the detail. I will edit the article to clarify that they were kindergarten alumni, not college alumni. I have unsuccessfully tried my library card number on the ODNB site and my library confirmed they don't subscribe, so unfortunately not all library cards give ODNB access (though perhaps they should).TSventon (talk) 14:56, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
Great to hear from you Godewind but sad that QRpedia isnt working correctly. We donated the facility to Wikimedia UK in order that they could keep it working for ever. I would suggest that you contact John Lubbock (john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk) or the CEO Lucy Crimpton-Reid (lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk). Obviously interested in helping, but it is the role that they agreed to do. Do keep me informed Victuallers (talk) 14:27, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for the crop! I think the image is pretty much not a portrait, so some caption should say that. I'm also reluctant to show more or less the same image twice, - the best solution would be a historc portrait ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:46, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt, but you seem highly-WP:INVOLVED and should not have closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ana Achúcarro. I was about to post on DRV, but I'd first like to ask that you revert yourself and limit your participation to the discussion. You can see my intended DRV rationale in a hidden comment in this message. -- Netoholic@ 09:44, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
While I agree this will quite probably close as snow - I agree with Netoholic. Closing after 6 hours is premature in regards to possible "early pile on". I would suggest you re-open as this will be less bureaucracy than a DRV followed by a possible re-listing.Icewhiz (talk) 10:28, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
This was not just people voting Keep it was editors saying Bad nomination which hasn't been mentioned. I had no interest in this particular person, I haven't edited the article or taken place in the discussion and if I wanted to support AfD's of 51% of humans (women etc) per se then I have a lot more to go at. So thank you for reminding me that I have not closed an AfD in 4 years, but I think that shows that it is not the gender of the person that makes me object but that it is obviously (as Icewhiz concedes) a SNOW. 6 hours is longer than recent precedents and the proposer thinks that a Norwegian Prof fails to be a Prof despite being recognised by an international body for her importance. I think some re-reading of policy is required. Victuallers (talk) 14:36, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
You closed snow, not speedy keep. And I disagree on bad nom - it did not meet any of WP:SKCRIT - the nomination was policy based (and the dispute was over whether PROF was met). I anticipated the snowiness here - in my keep !vote some 2.5 hours prior to your close - and I still think it was wrong to snow close this so early (for instance - some of the early !voters may be talk-page watchers of the author as opposed to deletion sorting list watchers). WP:SNOW#A cautionary note specifically warns of "early pile on". If this ends up in DRV - it will waste more time than just re-opening it and letting it run for another 2 days until snow is really obvious. If it ends up in DRV and gets relisted - it will even be a greater waste of time.Icewhiz (talk) 14:46, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
I have to agree, not only would it be a complete waste of time, but it is a complete waste of time. The proposer needs to re-read policy and check next time that a disinterested editor like you or I will see some merit in their proposal. Victuallers (talk) 14:53, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
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I did say that doing so was a waste of time. Looks like that will close as SNOW too. You do need to re-read the advice on PROF, its important to establish a reputation for good judgement so that your opinions will be valued more highly. Victuallers (talk) 10:05, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, Srsval. Sadly in times like this, I get some great support, but its at the cost of damaging Wikipedia's reputation in the public's preception. I do appreciative the virtual hug. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 07:29, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
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do you write such weird stuff on a regular basis and that too in the lead? Washuta says she is praised for her numerous essays such as ...... is sheer rubbish. Find reviews of her works and if they are mostly in favor, cite them to support her works being well-received. Otherwise, nuke that line out.
The fact about her work being well-received or not, is never dependent upon her own opinion. ∯WBGconverse 17:57, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest. Is this you first rhetorical question? I think you will find that was someone else's line that I corrected. Check the ref and your civility.Victuallers (talk) 18:06, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Curiously, can you quote the part. line of the source that supports what you metamorphosed the line into -- i.e. about hers' mentioning being praised for her essays? I skimmed but fail to pick up the relevant area; might be missing:-( ∯WBGconverse 18:23, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
I will put that on my list of jobs to do in line with how nicely you asked. Victuallers (talk) 18:53, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
I can never remember all that stuff, thanks for the reminder. I looked up the ultimate bit of your trifecta and it said "Subject only to the bounds of civility, avoiding personal attacks, and reasonable good faith, editors are free to question or to criticize administrator actions." ... Victuallers (talk) 19:13, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Obviously; if you did remember the stuff, you would not be abusing rollback tool (though I sincerely appreciated your apology) or introducing BLP violations. Periodic reminders are good.
And, civility is not a pretext to deflect legitimate queries about your editorial activities. ∯WBGconverse 19:38, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
"the bounds of civility, avoiding personal attacks, AND reasonable good faith". 3/3 Victuallers (talk) 19:45, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
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I have a strict rule that I never announce holidays publicly until I'm home from them, but... I wasn't home until yesterday. Anyway! Let's get this talk together. If it's for the general public, I do have a talk I've given before for History in the Pub, but I suspect that's a little too much about how Wikipedia is good as an image resource (with a bit about how to find images and such), and not enough on how to improve Wikipedia as an image resource. Plus, it's from before I found Gallica, and I really can't imagine not using Gallica now. How do you like to talk? Skype, Discord, email, on here? Need a new phone, so that's out for the moment.. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 6.5% of all FPs 06:54, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
I thought it was at the weekend. Dammit. I'll be there for the next one. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 6.6% of all FPs 23:10, 31 May 2019 (UTC) Ohand the best way to get me is Twitteron the #wikiwomeninred or land line (quaint huh?) Victuallers (talk) 11:07, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the thanks - for Mary Phillips (suffragette) updates. I have added her to Scottish suffragettes box but it points to the disambiguation page. help!
Thanks KB2 for the Kitten. Failed to fix this promptly but pleased to see that another came to your rescue. Victuallers (talk) 08:45, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi Roger. Long time, no speak. How are you doing, up north? Derbyshire's not the same without you both, you know. I've been following some of the fallout after WMF's recent desysop and 1yr siteban of a renowned admin with some interest, and noted your past engagement. I presume you were aware of this? Warning: Will take hours of reading. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 13:27, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
PS: I've been helping to give the Teahouse pages a bit of a refresh recently, and noticed how few active 'hosts' we have there who are either clearly young and/or female. It struck me that maybe WP:WOMRED could encourage some of its members to participate there more and thus help newcomers appreciate that Wikipedia isn't just for old white blokes, like me. Anything you can do to encourage more involvement at the Teahouse by experienced female editors would, I'm sure, reflect well on Wikipedia and benefit Women in Red's broad aims. Nick Moyes (talk) 13:40, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
Do you ever find yourself back in the wilds of Derbyshire at all, after your move up north? We're looking at arranging a teachmeet here at Derby on the uses of Wikipedia within education, aimed at bringing together people who have used Wikipedia as a teaching and learning tool, and those who are interested in doing so, to share ideas and practice. It's all going to be completely free to attend. I was wondering if you'd be interested in coming along to talk about Women in Red and Wikipedia's role in addressing issues of systemic bias and the gender data gap? Only if you're ever down here, I wouldn't expect you to make a special trip! We're thinking August sometime at the moment.
Ive just returned! Next scheduled trip is maybe July and November. If this looks like a great event then it might justify a trip. Do hope parkywiki is involved. See above. Victuallers (talk) 22:58, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Have indeed asked Nick_Moyes, waiting on a response! Would be great to get a perspective on Wikipedia and GLAM! Cbderbylib (talk) 10:38, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
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Feel free to make improvements - its a work in progress. Thank you for your additions and the documentation you have made. Victuallers (talk) 22:55, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hi missed you from the WiR session yesterday at Edinburgh, I created a new page for Katherine "Kitty" Marshall as well as Violet Aitken now.
I have posted to Ewen as well that on the main page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette#Great_Britain I noticed there is a section for Ireland and Great Britain but not highlighting Scotland although there is a category and list for Scottish suffragettes from the work you and others are leading on this year. I am rather reluctant to be brave and edit a 'main' article, perhaps you & other WiR leaders can think about increasing the prominence of Scottish women.
Thank you for all the encouragement!
Kaybeesquared (talk) 08:33, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
@Kaybeesquared: Brilliant article. We MUST find a pic of her. I cannot see how we missed her, although the confusion with "Catherine Marshall" may be the reason. One of them was an expert in jujitsu....??? Sorry I missed you too. I was at the Pankhurst Centre in Manchester sorting out another editathon. Hopefully next month? Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 11:30, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Anna B. Eckstein has been nominated for Did You Knowedit
Hello, Victuallers. Anna B. Eckstein, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. EnterpriseyBot (talk!) 10:10, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
some summer fruits for you Kaybeesquared (talk) 20:46, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks R this is correct re Katherine "Kitty" Marshall and the ju-jitsu but she was not the original expert who trained the others, checked trusty Atkinson and that was Edith Garrud (and I have linked back now). There is a lot about this stuff in the Museum of London website and one or two pics.
You know I barely know how to post new articles on twitter, but one of the articles about her says she has a twitter account. Surely as a journalist, she has a photo she would allow us to have, but I have zero clue how to tweet that and ask her. Any chance when you are tweeting the new articles you can try to ask her? SusunW (talk) 22:48, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Sure! and Ive also asked for more WiR barnstars to be made Victuallers (talk) 08:35, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Yippe kay-O! Thank you so much! SusunW (talk) 14:45, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
I have just listened to this amazing testimony; and have now linked it to Florence Haig, and Kitty Marshall and Lucy Burns as all these are mentioned. Also linked and added some text in Gerald Gould who edited the "raided" edition of the news
You will see I am getting bolder and amended the monuments and memorials page to show the new one for young suffragette piper Bessie Watson, and updated her page as well with quote from Nicola Sturgeon, even.
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Looking at your Commons contributions it looks like you were in Slaidburn last week and took several pictures of the youth hostel. A pity you didn't call it as I'v just finished a week as the manager there. Nthep (talk) 19:12, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
Roger, could you help yet again with an image. I'm completing an article on the above and would like to use the photo of him in uniform from this article. As he died in 1964 Would it be fair use if I cropped and downsized for use only on this article? Thanks as ever. Papamac (talk) 09:56, 8 August 2019 (UTC)?
I have removed the photo of Caroline that you had added to her bio as, although she had uploaded it to Commons claiming to be its owner, the metadata states it is the copyright of the photographer. Let's hope another will come to hand. Oronsay (talk) 19:25, 11 August 2019 (UTC) Sorry the person who tried to give it to us misunderstood and thought she "had" permission and that was sufficient. Victuallers (talk)
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Hi, when you said 'combine references like this', I couldn't actually see what you did? Would you mind expanding a little? Thanks so much for your expert help cleaning up after me, obviously I'm still learning so really appreciate you and Oronosay fixing pages after I upload them. you guys are so helpful! Thanks DrPlantGenomics (talk) 00:11, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi Roger. Are you aware of Mediapedia which is based in Tunis? I came across it while writing a biography pf Emna Mizouni, recently honoured as Wikimedian of the Year. See [18] and [19]. Maybe the article on QRpedia should be updated. Are you aware of any other applications?--Ipigott (talk) 14:49, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
Oh I wasn't aware that it made the press Ian but I did a lot of work for it. Onbviously not allowed to edit that page but I wrote this and thisat the time for an invited talk at the OII and for a proposed talk at Wikimania. The map only shows Sayadapedia but I think that was a twin work with Medinapedia. Pigsonthewing did a lot I remember. @Ipigott:Victuallers (talk) 11:29, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi Roger won't get to the WiR next week ( not just because of the witches theme) as I am en route from a conference in Leicester. thanks for noting the change I made adding WSPU as a category, I am working through my watchlist to add it to all relevant suffragettes - it is a great idea to have this as a category due to the mixup in suffragette/suffragist.
Best wishes.
Kaybeesquared (talk) 16:50, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Oh I shall miss this one again as well - sad - but I'm in France. Hope to see you in October. I'm doing an editathon at the Pankhurst Centre for Ada Lovelace Day. Victuallers (talk) 08:32, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking more time and efforts in expanding netball biographies such as Sharleen Makusha. I just managed to create stubs and couldn't able to find much sources to expand the article content. But I appreciate you for your contributions in expanding biographical articles like these. Abishe (talk) 01:47, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Despite the lack of physical prizes, we are launching a three-month stub contest on 1 October. I was wondering whether you could help to publicise it, perhaps through the social media?--Ipigott (talk) 07:10, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!edit
Greetings!
After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.
On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:
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For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your enthusiastic participation in the contest. There are various tools you can use to check the readable prose length of your articles, for example Xtools article info which you don't need to add to your profile. You'll see that under "Prose size", Ada Milea has 821 characters, 144 words, Ada Fijał: 858 characters, 150 words; Ada Salas: 733 characters, 133 words. Ada Zevin, Ada Castells and Ada Lundver are also too short. Perhaps you have been using the Wiki text or the prose size including HTML code. It's the prose size (text only) you need to watch.--Ipigott (talk) 07:47, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
@Ipigott: Oh I was only really just making up the numbers Ian, I don't intend to win just to set a target. I hope to write a whole bunch of Adas. - I've written 20 so far. I had forgotten the tool but I was going for quantity rather than quality. Oh, and I have been tweeting the contest. Thanks for your fine work. Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 09:04, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
I see that someone has created a section on "Newly-created stubs which do not meet contest rules". If you really do not intend to expand any of those that are too short, you could list them there and they will be available for others to destub next month. Great idea to work on all the Adas. And thanks for all the tweets. It all helps.--Ipigott (talk) 09:33, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
You didn't need to move them all, Roger. I've moved those which qualify back to where they should be. I sympathize with the difficulty you have been experiencing in assessing size. Perhaps we should revise our rules for December. Hope you continue to create more stubs. They are all valuable additions. I actually use the script from User:Dr pda/prosesize. If you add it to your profile, it appears in the LH column and you can simply click on it to measure the running prose size of any article.--Ipigott (talk) 12:57, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for your diligence, searching and linking for Suffragettes.
This finding is very interesting and helpful - highlights not only the bravery of the WSPU women but the sheer ingenuity, skills and contribution of Women [in Red] who are only now being recognised after decades of being ignored ThankYou for inspirational editing. Kaybeesquared (talk) 13:48, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
Wobbly curtsey (emoticon applied for) - see you see at EdLib Victuallers (talk) 15:25, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
It seems you created the article before I did, but at least I'm informing you that I would like to nominate it for a DYK. What do you think? ミラP 16:36, 20 October 2019 (UTC).
Oh that would be wonderful! I just tweeted it at #wikiwomeninred @Miraclepine:Victuallers (talk) 16:54, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
On 25 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Piera Aiello, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Piera Aiello wore a veil to protect her identity when standing for Italy's Chamber of Deputies because of threats from the mafia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Piera Aiello. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Piera Aiello), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hello. I have a big favour to ask. There is a draft article in my sandbox for The Kildare Lodge Inn in Minehead, Somerset, England. Once it is in articlespace, would you nominate it for DYK ?? I used to do so myself, but not since the criteria for submissions altered, requiring your assessment of another editor's work. I am not comfortable playing that game. I know it is a bit of a cheek to ask, but "if you don't ask, you don't get". The potential 'hook' is "The Kildare Lodge Inn was an arts and crafts style doctor's surgery, but now offers bed and breakfast in a four-poster bed at a listed building". I do take no for an answer. Thanks, - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 13:06, 26 October 2019 (UTC) Hi Derek, I cannot easiloy help as I havnt done an assessment either - I appeared courtesy of another's generosity. Victuallers (talk) 13:30, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
OK. Fully understand - I will try my luck elsewhere. Thanks for the quick response. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:13, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
Congratulations, Roger, with 36 acceptable new articles, you have gained second place in the new stubs section of the October contest. I suggest you include this award on your user page.--Ipigott (talk) 08:08, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanks Ian, have done Victuallers (talk) 16:23, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
36 articles!! Crikey you've been busy! Gibraltar Photographic Society is up for AFD BTW, I did that for Gibraltarpedia originally. .♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:47, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
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I'm more comfortable adding photos when the subject is dead than not. I am very uncertain about the whole topic... So thank you for taking the action for me. And yes - that lead is better. I had restructured it about 3 times and by the time I was finished I was stuck. ☕ Antiqueightchatter 20:16, 1 December 2019 (UTC) If dead then a pic that is < 300 x 300 is allowed under "fair use". Victuallers (talk) 23:51, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
Yeah- I go for it if dead but I often forget to make the pic small enough. Thank goodness for the bots that chase that up (and people). ☕ Antiqueightchatter 00:47, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Concentrating on notable women who died in 2019edit
Hi Roger, thanks for improving the article Reema Juffali and also for uploading the image of her. Well I found an image of a writer in Commons and her name is Kalalakshmi Thevarajah who notably died in 2019. I also found that there is a lengthy article about her in Tamil Wikipedia but with lack of references. I also searched for the subject in order to contribute to WIR/146 which focus about death of notable women in this year. But my efforts were in vain as I couldn't find even a single source to prove her notability. I am not sure to create even a draft page for the person. Abishe (talk) 03:29, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
The cello- that sounds.... possible but it's not that unusual a name. When I was writing this up I have to ensure I wasn't looking at details for the wrong Catherine Plunkett (There was a nun related to St Oliver Plunkett too about the same time and the wife of a Baron before that). I am not sure that a violinist last heard from in 1744 is likely to own a cello in 1818... I suppose unless she married a cellist - that's possible... But then why would it say the cello was hers and not her husband's? ☕ Antiqueightchatter 12:35, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Feel free to change, but the clincher for me was that the son was identified as the "son of Catherine Plunkett", its not usual to mention just the mother unless she is particularly relevant to the story. You may have noticed that I didnt say they were the same Catherine.... although there cannot be that many string instrument associated C Plunketts. As you like, no offence taken. Victuallers (talk) 16:14, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
I can't decide. I like the idea... ;-) ☕ Antiqueightchatter 16:46, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Now had a DYK for Louie Cullen today - so thanks again for all your encouragement over the last couple of years.
Kaybeesquared (talk) 21:14, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
Thanks Victuallers for nice pie and encouragement - yes I will keep coming to WiR @EDI if I can.. Thanks for the tweet as well, I don't do twitter myself but it has raised a question on 'last of the suffragettes' this was from reference 10 in the article which is from the NLA and refers to Louie Cullen's own description in "Two articles titled ‘The last of the suffragettes’ (People January 23 1957 pp 13-15 and Woman’s Day August 25, 1958 pp 8-9, September 1, pp 8,84)"
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このミラPはVictuallersたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！ フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE! ミラP 02:22, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
In the articles about St David's Church, Dalkeith and the Marchioness of Lothian, you note John Henry Newman as being "of Dalkeith". I'm not aware of any particular connection between Newman and Dalkeith, and the article on Newman does not suggest any - but have you come across a source that suggests that there was?George Burgess (talk) 08:53, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
I did, but cannot remember where. Thanks for your interest. Feel free to delete Victuallers (talk) 22:59, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
Congratulations, Roger, once again with 29 acceptable new articles, you have gained second place in the new stubs section of the December contest.--Ipigott (talk) 09:48, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
WiR stub contest overall winner for the three monthsedit
Furthermore, with 87 acceptable new stubs over the three months, you are the overall winner of the new stubs section of the contest October-December. Well done!--Ipigott (talk) 14:35, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Please enjoy this Picture Frame of Glorious Equity, for finding and adding a picture to Dara Strolovitch! Astrophobe (talk) 19:51, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks - nice to be noticed! Victuallers (talk) 12:59, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Victuallers,
Serigraph is a highfalutin' word for screen printing. It seems to have come into fashion during the "Golden Age of Screen Printing" in the US following the WPA revival of the technique. There are several serigraph societies that crop up around the same time. I have not referenced this note as I am just learning about the subject. From the wikipedia article "A group of artists who later formed the National Serigraph Society, including WPA artists Max Arthur Cohn and Anthony Velonis, coined the word "serigraphy" in the 1930s to differentiate the artistic application of screen printing from the industrial use of the process. " Best, WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 18:08, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, I thought as much, I just added the note to explain to mere mortals what a serigraph was, as I'm aware of it, but never heard this word. I guess it might be a US thing. Thx for your work. Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 09:41, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm back from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. As I wrote in the "National Serigraph Society" article the club was originally called "Silk Screen Group". Today's research unveiled the fact that a fair number of the members did NOT like the name change. I learn something new everyday. One thing I am really learning is that American artist collectives were not good at keeping records. Oh and you (I) can take a fairly good photograph-of-a-photograph with a Canon SureShot. Best, WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 03:11, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
I have fixed the spelling of her name three times in the second paragraph of "Life", but you will have to add whatever it is that goes between the two l's (ells!). Editrite! (talk) 09:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. "Anna Manel·la" is how they spell her name in Catalan, so looks OKish to me Victuallers (talk) 10:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Victuallers! I've seen you have a jaw-dropping experience on images upload in Wikimedia Commons, so I decided to ask you if you might help me with a small issue. I have currently written many articles within WIR about women from the 20th century. But as I'm a quite new editor (4 month) I feel lost with the copyright policy concerning images. I know that in the US any image before 1924 is considered free to use, but does it cover literally anything? For example, I've uploaded a subjects portrait, but can I also upload for example, the cover of their first book, or examples of the paintings? Which is appropriate and which is not (in terms of Wikimedia Commons). Also how many of those am I allowed to upload to Wikimedia Commons? And how many can be inserted in the article (I understand there shouldn't be an overload, but how many is too many)? Can you please help me with this. Thank you in advance. Less Unless (talk) 10:51, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Sorry for belated reply. The simple answer is thats its complex and the more accurate answer is that its a mess. <rant>99.9999% of all the images on the internet are owned by someone (who is more than willing to let you use them, but you need to get proof that they feel that way (tricky)). Yes the pic of the WW2 soldiers facing away from the camera and looking entirely uninteresting belongs to the the heirs of the person who took it - but can you find her heirs?. The law doesn't get fixed because there are lots of people making money from this. Getty images will sell you a pic of the Mona Lisa and many risk averse companies are willing to pay money for images that its obvious are not owned by the seller. (Museums/glaaeries don't help as they like to get money selling postcards of old paintings to visitors rather than their true purpose which is to share the common wealth that has been given/deposited with them.</rant>
Meanwhile ... my top tips for getting round this. Any wiki stuff I write below "likethis" means the template called likethis and the quote marks indicate double curly brackets. I am talking here about 2D ie flat art. 3D art is different.
Anything that is less that 300x300 and we have no other picture we could use. This is "fair use" and ONLY works by loading images direct to the en:wikipedia using "upload file". If the picture is of a person then they need to be (now) dead.
Anything published by the photographer and labelled as "cc-by-sa" or "attribution" - Google images can find these and there are lots on Flickr.
Anything published (in the USA!) before 1924 is free to use
Anything published in the EU (and lots of other places) that is over 70 years old (Since the person who created it died) "PD-old-70", "PD-old-100" is much better as its lack of copyright is unquestionable.
Anything that was published in the EU and is anonymous. Some argument is needed to show due diligence that the lack of author has not been assumed trivially. "EU-Anonymous"
Photos that are less than 50 years old and taken in Australia. "PD-Australia" I mention this as the top of an iceberg. You may think that there is no picture of Ms. Jane Doe .... but did she visit Australia in the 1960s and did she appear in the papers? If so then TROVE may find them.
look at link by country. Wikimedia has spent 19 years gathering together a working version of what is copyright, by country.
I think that's the best stuff I've learnt on this subject.... and there are lots of complications. e.g. I said 'anything' above, but it doesnt include stamps and money which has its own rules. Victuallers (talk) 08:56, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi. The Wikipedia:The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon is planned for March 2020, a contest/editathon to eliminate as many stubs as possible from all 134 counties. Amazon vouchers/book prizes are planned for most articles destubbed from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Northern Ireland and whoever destubs articles from the most counties out of the 134. Sign up on page if interested in participating, hope this will prove to be good fun and productive, we have over 44,000 stubs!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:56, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Can you alert your associates in Scotland of this and that whoever destubs the most articles for Scotland will get a £50 prize? It would be good to have some Scottish editors doing this.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:39, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Victuallers, could you check whether the info that Julia Emma Villatoro Tario was appointed as ambassador to the EU in 2020 is correct? The source you indicate dates from 2016 and she appears to have been accredited to the EU before 2020. From what I have found, she is now Ambassador to Austria and the UN office in Vienna. Many thanks for verifying! -- B2Belgium (talk) 20:17, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
I've changed it to 2017 as per the letter. Do feel free to add your extra info or improve as you see fit. cheers Victuallers (talk) 23:39, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Just a couple of reminders about categorizing politicians:
Firstly, they don't get filed directly in the top-level Category:Politicians. Due to the sheer scope of that category, which would literally contain hundreds of thousands of articles and thus be massively unbrowsable if it were fully populated, it's supposed to be completely empty of individual articles. Individual politicians are subcategorized by nationality and/or role, not thrown directly into the undifferentiated parent category.
Secondly, every town that exists does not automatically get a "People from [Specific Town]" category the moment there's one person from that town to file in it — there have to be at least five people from that town before a category for that town is justified, per WP:SMALLCAT.
Thirdly, you can't leave articles sitting in redlinked categories that don't actually exist pending the possibility that they might eventually come to exist in the future — so you can't just leave "People from [Specific Town]" on the articles anyway. If the category doesn't already exist, it can't be on any articles at all.
Finally, don't file draftspace pages in articlespace categories. The categories go on the page only when it's actually moved into articlespace, and drafts cannot be categorized as completed articles as long as they're still in draftspace.
Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 19:07, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
Sorry if this is causing you hassle. I will leave off the politicians cat if I havent identified the correct geography for that politician and I guess the same goes for "people from...". The draftspace thing was just an oversight - first time I've used it. Thanks for the work that you do in getting categories right. Victuallers (talk) 22:37, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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Virginia Mabiza and other permanent secretary articlesedit
I really appreciate your focus on expanding the information available about politicians in southern Africa. I'd love to collaborate further with you in the future.
I was a little confused as to why Virginia Mabiza was prioritized for a page, as she has not held elected office, while many female politicians within Zimbabwe are without a page.
The notability guidelines about people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people) don't seem to list bureaucrats as warranted of notability coverage.
However, before I challenged the page, I wanted to better understand why you decided to include this person in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnonkes (talk • contribs) 13:38, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
Because she had a picture! Many politicians think that publishing their picture on line means that anyone can use it (Nope). Copyright prevents it.... and actually there isn't any prioritisation - anyone can write about any notable thing/person on Wikipedia - footballers get done, because we have so many football enthusiasts. Women in Red focuses on missing women, and its black history month and Virginia has a photo of her. HTH Victuallers (talk) 15:20, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
I have nominated Boshin War for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- Beland (talk) 20:11, 29 February 2020 (UTC) Thanks for the notice Victuallers (talk) 23:52, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
I've taken care of it, but please mindful of cleanup and removal of AfC markup on articles approved out of draftspace. Otherwise, AfC related templates/comments will remain on the page in mainspace and it'll continue to show in our queue. Cheers Sulfurboy (talk) 21:50, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up .... but you fixed it within seconds and caused an edit clash because I was doing exactly the same thing. Suggest you pause before fixing if you want to give me advice about not doing it. Thanks for your work anyway. Victuallers (talk) 09:47, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I'm Sulfurboy. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Helen R. Tibbo, and have marked it as unpatrolled. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
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Sorry don't understand at all. You have "unreviewed" a page I "reviewed" and despite me looking (reviewing) at it yesterday and today it is now "unpatrolled". Should I panic? Does this effect Wikipedia in anyway? Victuallers (talk) 09:44, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comments on my talk page, I'm not sure that worked back in 2006 when I was editing here, and anyway now would only show how I never login :-D --138.38.99.92 (talk) 08:59, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
WRT to your edits on my main user page, by "discussion" I meant the talk page, and I wrote that in 2007 (see the history page!) I think there's a lot of great academic work on this now, so it probably won't be something I get to professionally. But thanks for your enthusiasm --138.38.99.92 (talk) 08:59, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Welcome - I did work that out. You must be an early wiki editor! Me too. Victuallers (talk) 17:42, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
It seems that there is a a link and wording mistake on Lisa Emelia Svensson. It says that she is « Global director for the UN Environment. » but it links to United Nations Environment Organization which is about a proposed organisation that doesn't exist yet. Shouldn't it be the United Nations Environment Programme instead? I've look quickly in sources and it's unclear, could you take a look and clear that please?
Did a lot of exercise today and spent a lot of time in the sun, made me sleepy. Not even played the guitar today. I'll update tomorrow, appreciate your work.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:51, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
Thats OK! Dr B, I'm not moaning, just worried that I have missed a rule Victuallers (talk) 21:56, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for motivational action on Edith Gwynne Read articleedit
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Thank you so much for rating my article on Edith Gwynne Read a C class article especially now during Women's History Month and in the midst of all this uncertainty in the world. I am still relatively new at all this and your kindness has motivated me to keep at it and add more entries about women. Stay safe and healthy! Minard38 (talk) 15:37, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
Thank you. Grin and wobbly curtsy (emoticon applied for). You are doing fine. Do sign up at www.womeninred.org if you haven't already and try logging your additions in the editathons where they should attract some help and praise. virtual hug Victuallers (talk) 16:42, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
Sorry, we were editing on top of one another. I'm done. I see that the chap is from your hometown. How cool! Schwede66 08:42, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
Don't worry! @Schwede66: I like the virtual company even if there are a few clashes. It was a joy to see the additions you'd made this morning. I went for a bit of exercise y'day and saw his name on the park gates and wondered - who is he? What a joy to find out he went out and helped form New Zealand - and it would appear is a relatively supportive role to the Maoris. I have another "famous" personal link to NZ in that Barnet Burns is an ancestor so I have Maori cousins. Hoping to find that Burns and Tinline might have met. Although the records seem hazy Margaret Tinline is daughter/sister and Robert Wiall is brother/cousin. So please feel free to delete/correct/edit clash. Victuallers (talk) 08:55, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
Minnie Elizabeth Cawthorn is awesome! Thanks so much. Would you be OK if I fold the references into the reflist? It's a bit easier to manage them. I do always check with the main author before I do this as the convention you start or approve of is your perogative - after all, you did all the hard work! - Chris.sherlock (talk) 09:48, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
Oh... I just noticed you created Eliza Ann Fewings - another article from my Australian women redlist I can remove from the list! - Chris.sherlock (talk) 09:50, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
You're welcome - not sure what you intend but go for it! Victuallers (talk) 11:04, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
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Good Morrow, how are you? This is an interesting article. Would you like to nominate for T:TDYK? Regards. --Titodutta (talk) 04:30, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
@Titodutta: thanks for the invite. I got a bit annoyed with DYK some years ago when it started biting newbies and allowing its leading players to behave like self important parking attendants. However, I should maybe give it another try, so thanks for the reminder. Victuallers (talk) 10:32, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
I would like to thank you for the time you spent explaining me the copyright nuances and you great humor and light approach. Less Unless (talk) 13:45, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
Thank you @Less Unless: I think that's my favourite barnstar Victuallers (talk) 14:04, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
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Good Morrow, {{Nari Shakti Puraskar}} is started, and you may use it. There are some information consistencies and some other issues related to categorisation etc. I'l try fixing on the go. Regards. --Titodutta (talk) 13:41, 10 April 2020 (UTC) Nice work!, there are quite a few articles .... fancy a go? We can find pictures of all of them which is what I find impressive. Maybe we could partner on a few DYKs ? I write just over a new article a day. Victuallers (talk) 14:18, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
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What a great award! Thanks Gerda - made my lockdown day Victuallers (talk) 09:19, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Well, thank Rlevse, mostly, oh wait, blocked, - well, it was the cacal of the outcast then already ;) - As mentioned on WIR, there's a move discussion for Fanny Hensel. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:24, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
There seem to be two different categories: Category:Recipients of the Nari Shakti Puraskar and Category:Nari Shakti Puraskar recipients. One needs to be kept, and other one can redirect to that one. What do you think? --Titodutta (talk) 12:34, 27 April 2020 (UTC) I think the former --- but it worse than that there is Nari Shakti winners by year too. I looked at the awards category before deciding and that seems to be "recipients of " Victuallers (talk) 14:04, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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On behalf of WP:WPWW, thank you for creating the recent new article on Ida Granqvist, who translated hundreds of texts into isiZulu while serving as a missionary in South Africa. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:40, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the award Rosie, it made my day! She would have been 261 on 27th April.Victuallers (talk) 06:46, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
Apologies, I made a google search, but made a typo. Staszek Lem (talk) 23:16, 2 May 2020 (UTC) That's OK thanks for this. Victuallers (talk) 10:34, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there: I noticed your edit on Fahmida Riaz in which you added a picture of hers. The problem for me is that the picture has no camera information; it was taken ten days before her death when she was visibly ailing, and I have my doubts that she would have wanted the picture to be circulating around. The editor who uploaded it was a one-time-uploader. I normally don't bother, but in this instance, I am concerned about personality rights (or whatever those things are called). Best regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 22:57, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi F&F, I wouldn't try to second guess her wishes or the circumstances of the photo. Obviously her personality rights only apply during her lifetime. She cannot be offended, but she could be forgotten (ish). Feel free to nominate for deletion, because a fair use picture could be used for the English Wikipedia - but other languages will have to wait 70 years to see a picture of her... which if I was going to 2nd guess then that would be the thought I'd cling to. We have so much missing from the public domain because we cannot find the rights owner... I wouldn't want to extend that boundary. But ... feel free to nominate if you are so moved.. this is a consensus thing. Stay safe Victuallers (talk) 09:15, 6 May 2020 (UTC) PS: Indias rights rules for photos I think are just 50 years from publication (need to check) so an alt image may be available Victuallers (talk) 09:19, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
I just looked on Google advanced image search, and you are correct, it is the only PD image of her. So, no problem: let's keep the image. Also, as she was a tough cookie, generally unconcerned about personal appearance, she very likely would not have cared. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 13:32, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks so much! This is great and deeply appreciated. Thanks for correcting that for me. Please I'd like to ask for one more favour. Please could you help me with this too so it can as well be moved to the article space... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Nicole_Asinugo. Thanks in advance. Ptinphusmia (talk) 18:19, 8 May 2020 (UTC) - Done .... the pictures were found by me from NdaniTV pics. Do you know Nicole? I think we have an award for her Victuallers (talk) 19:49, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you so much again for your swift reply. Please can these articles.... Nicole Asinugo and Cornelia O'Dwyer be nominated for GA articles? If so, how can that be done please? Ptinphusmia (talk) 20:16, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Oh Ive never done that Ptinphusmia - May be here?Victuallers (talk) 21:17, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hi - Apologies that I made a bit of a mess of some of my edits to this article and thanks for correcting them. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 14:59, 30 May 2020 (UTC) Thank you that's appreciated. It happens. Victuallers (talk) 16:12, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hi. I realise that you have started this article under the auspices of Women in Red but is there perhaps a case for doing a joint article "Elizabeth and John Newson"? I did this with Georg and Vera Leisner. Roundtheworld (talk) 12:39, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
Not "my" article... seems reasonable to squeeze her hubby in if you want to do this. Happy to collaborate. Have a go! The wiki data can get tricky but its all possible. Victuallers (talk) 13:38, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hiya thanks for your additions on Hilda Gregg - it is tricky with names, I just made a page for Kitty Lee Jenner and she had LOADS of names! I kinda wanted to make the page Katharine Jenner (and in fact I did make a wikicommons category under that name yesterday) but then her commemorative plaque and ODNB both say Kitty Lee Jenner so I went for that in the end. Anyhow, i was just adding the page to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Meetup/150 and i noticed the edit you made about Olive Morris getting almost 300,000 views because of the googledoodle, that's amazing!! Unfortunately the edit introduced an unknown parameter which was stopping the entries displaying, so I had to remove it but it was great to hear about. Maybe it's worth spreading elsewhere, like the Signpost? Cheers, Mujinga (talk) 19:07, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Our paths keep crossing - that is "my" cropped pic of Kitty Lee Jenner you are using. Signpost? Oh yes! Women in Red could do with the attention. Victuallers (talk) 21:16, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Ha! I was pleased to find that cropped pic since it showed someone focusing on her as person, instead of calling "Mrs Henry Jenner" which seems pretty archaic. I'll make a Signpost suggestion, see what people think. Mujinga (talk) 11:11, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
I've resurfaced. @wikiwomeninred went quiet a few weeks ago. It was one task too much a couple of weeks ago and I'd excepted a personal challenge to write an article a day, EVERYDAY, for 100 days, so Twitter had to go quiet, sorry (cont)
So today is number #100. I've made it. I've written about lots of different women. Quite a few Nigerian actors and yesterday (#99) was about Beau Nash's mistress who decided to give up being a "good girl" and then lived in a tree.
So article #100. Who should I choose for this article? Got to be notable. Got to have sources. ... but GOT to get it written. Have no time to decide. Why not just choose a Julia for July?
Julia Huxley will have to do. She is just about notable as she started a girl's school and she has impressive relatives. She died young but she will have to do. It was quite easy to find stuff on her... so the article is OKish
Wait a minute. I need some pictures. The first one I find is her as a child taken by Lewis Carroll. Amazing! I love this guy and his Alice book and the interesting maths he did. I have spent years studying his work.
Oh there is more! Lewis Carroll designed a word game for Julia Huxley and her sister when he was at THEIR Christmas Party. Not only that but the game was published, it has a Wiki article and I've played it! Getting better!
Bit more. A picture of her with her son. My favourite books are "Alice in Wonderland" and a book called "Island" about a Utopia imagined by Aldous Huxley. That is Julia's son! in the picture! Getting even better!
So when she died suddenly in her forties, her school children were there, her family was there.. and she passed a last letter to Aldous. He carried that letter with him for the REST of his life. Scholars say that he never got over his mother's death. Sad but interesting!
The funeral was held at an Amazing arts and crafts chapel that was built by a community in a wiki way with different people doing different bits. Julia, her husband and Aldous were buried there. I love arts and crafts.
So scholars say that Aldous has haunted by the death of his mother and it was a central theme to the dystopia of "Brave New World" AND to my favourite - the Utopian "Island". This really is getting very good.
So my 100th article contains arts and crafts, maths games, Lewis Carroll and Aldous Huxley and a nice quote. Julia said to Aldous in her last letter to him that he should,
"Judge not too much and love more". Thank you to serendipity - I really like your choice for my #100 article.Victuallers (talk) 06:42, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
You have great timing, you just made Diana Pokie, and today she was officially named as Minister of Regional Development and Sports starting Thursday. KittenKlub (talk) 20:35, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
That is great KK. Thank you for looking through the article, fixing, adding and polishing. I was driven by finding the pics and for Women in Red. Since then I have written two more Suriname politicians with newly licensed pics. Have you thought of proposing Diana for "Did You Know". Thanks for the recognition. Victuallers (talk) 22:19, 14 July 2020 (UTC) P.S. Do you thinj that that couldnt find a minister ... and used Wikipedia to make an informed choice?? :-)
Maybe I'll do the Did You Know at the end of the week. Right now, there's enough to do now that I've got the list, and most of it contains red links. I appreciate the additions, because the Suriname articles are like Swiss cheese. I had been thinking about Diana, but that was a long term plan. You actually scored two ministers (Krishna Mathoera will become Minister of Defense), so it is possible. Actually there were temporary lists circulating the news, but I did not pay attention to those stories, because 4 parties had to fight it out. KittenKlub (talk) 22:57, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
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I was just wondering if the coveted Wikipedia Sverige pencils had already been awarded and I had missed out.(I want my Blankety Blank chequebook and pen) Mujinga (talk) 17:58, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
Aha. There's an answer here ... seems like we can get our pencils, but we'll have to pay for the postage! Mujinga (talk) 05:09, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
In fact, allow me to offer to pay for your postage as well. Mujinga (talk) 05:11, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
@Mujinga: Brilliant to hear that you going to "just do it". Sad that these prizes are held up by postage. Maybe they could at least send a picture of the pencils?? Thank you. Hope this comes off. I've appreciated your help on the Puraskar articles. I have nommed a few more for DYK. I'll add you as author if you can spare the time to copyedit. Hopefully I can buy you a beer at a conference one day, until then give yourself a self-hug. Victuallers (talk) 08:12, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
This all sounds good, I'll take a look for the articles now and I'll pass on any pencil-related updates. Cheers! Mujinga (talk) 10:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
so far no update! Mujinga (talk) 17:42, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi. When writing biographies for British people please use the dmy date format, per MOS:DATETIES. Also, the United Kingdom is a nation, not a nationality. The nationality of people from the UK is British. Finally, when stating that someone is British in the lead this should not be linked as it is common knowledge what the United Kingdom is and therefore falls under WP:OVERLINK. Thank you for your time and all the best. Helper201 (talk) 04:16, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the advice. Unfortunately I use a tool called PREPBIO from our labs that has it own style and it takes its stuff from Wikidata which also has its own style. The suggestions you make, may be better, but they all involve extra work and my focus is in creating the articles as per the prime directive. I have no objection to all these items being changed to a style that you prefer. Where possible I will see what I can do, but if this really concerns someone then the tool needs to be modified (e.g. to recognise the special case of a British person) (not a trivial task) or singular styles need to be agreed with wikidata etc. Thanks for your messages and thank you for the work you contribute to Wikipedia. Victuallers (talk) 09:37, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
No problem. Thanks for getting back to me. Could you please flag this up as a suggestion or request for someone to alter the tool for these circumstances? I don't use tools so don't have knowledge of their processes. Thank you for creating these articles and I appreciated your thanks. All the best. Helper201 (talk) 22:15, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Have a great xmas! and thanks for fixing my recent articles Victuallers (talk) 23:04, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Victuallers, sorry for the late reply. Thank you for the Christmas message and for your thanks. I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year. Were you able to flag up a suggestion or a request for someone to alter the tool for the circumstance of articles for British people? As I noticed this problem is still going on, such as on pages like Gertrude Horton, which I'm currently fixing. However, I'm only one person and going and fixing every article with these issues because of this tool will be extremely difficult and a huge mountain to climb. It would make it much easier if this tool could be fixed so the problem doesn't persist into the future, creating more work to fix. Any help you could offer in flagging this issue up with those who created or monitor the tool would be much appreciated. Helper201 (talk) 21:56, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
It's a long time since I did some programming but I'm loath to suggest it to someone else, particularly a mate, as it involves a lot of (yucky) programming. There are 100s of wikis and each of them may have different ideas about how to write a date.... and some will decide that they want cooks to be called chefs or other style issues. It could be a full time job to just keep up with the changes. It would be a yucky bit of programming with no apparent improvement made to the wiki (IMO). As a Brit operating with lots of others who speak English it seems odd that we can't just agree how to write a date or even allow the user to choose.... (humans love complexity). At one time we had all dates on wiki held in a template that could have allowed a user defined display. Sad that we did away with this. I am trying to modify the dates when I see them, but as I said its not my priority. If you want to contact the programmer then its Magnus Manske, but he is a very busy (and helpful!) guy. There is a system for making suggestions on wikilabs. Magnus created media wiki. He's one of my favourite Wikipedians. Victuallers (talk) 23:05, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
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Oneupsmanship: This painting turned the friendly rivalry between Edward Redfield and Elmer Schofield into a feud. Schofield was a frequent houseguest at Redfield's farm, upstream from New Hope, Pennsylvania, and the two would go out painting together, competing to capture the better view. Redfield served on the jury for the 1904 Annual Exhibition of the Carnegie Institute; at which, despite Redfield's opposition, Across the River was awarded the Gold Medal and $1,500 prize. It was not until a 1963 interview that the 93-year-old Redfield revealed the painting as the cause of the 40-year feud between them. Schofield may have painted it in England, but a blindsided Redfield knew that it was a view of the Delaware River, from his own front yard!
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Hi. A couple of points: (1) Please take a look at Wikipedia:Writing about women, in particular the requirement that where possible we use surnames rather than first names. I went through the article and made changes but then lost them as a result of an edit conflict when you were uploading photographs, so I will leave it to you. (2) at present the article does not seem to establish any real notability. The contents are more about her family and social life than her role as a feminist. Thanks. Roundtheworld (talk) 10:38, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks I was aware, but the policy states that this should not be done where it is confusing and there is a lot of discussion involving her other relatives. But by all means make these changes if you think its an improvement. "My" (sic) article's are not finished (or approaching perfect) and benefit from copy editing. Best wishes. Oh yes notability ... see link to ODNB (its a slam dunk reason) Victuallers (talk) 10:53, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
My point was not that she is not notable but that the article gave few reasons why she should be considered as such. I would prefer to see more detail about her activities and less about divorces and affairs.Roundtheworld (talk) 14:24, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, interesting to see your interests. Do feel free to add the stuff that you think is important - I was just reflecting what is in the major sources of her life and links to other biographies which was my priority. Sorry you lost your edits - I switched to a Chromebook a year ago and v.rarely lose anything as the browser will usually go backwards - even after being logged out, a power failure, and failing to save my draft. You should see that the article has moved on a bit (I enjoy co-editing). Victuallers (talk) 15:02, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
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Nice one on A. Seema! Are you still doing an article a day? Mujinga (talk) 12:54, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Trying to! I started Nov 2019 but I missed some days until 22:3:2020 so its number 296 as a run of one women every day. Should be ~300 on the day that is Wikipedia's 20th birthday. I have added you as a co-author for the DYK being as you copyeditted it. Thanks Victuallers (talk) 14:36, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Wow that's great, good luck with your mission! Also thanks for extracting the foto of Kalyani Pramod Balakrishnan a few months back, I just made an article for her and added it. Mujinga (talk) 05:25, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
Wow I didn't realise she wasn't done. A very cool picture - I would like to meet her! We are getting down those Puraskar bearers Victuallers (talk) 13:00, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Amos, I've given it a polish, good luck. Victuallers (talk) 09:36, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
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Dear sir,
I'm writing to you for your attention on a valid AFC draft Draft:Souhardya_De which had been declined without proper reasons, almost 20 days ago. It was created by User:Nikita_Manzi and I have also edited it a bit, referencing it notably as per User:Anachronist's instructions. The subject is the recipient of the highest Indian civilian honour for minors Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar and there are sufficient references and inline citations from the Ministry, the Prime Minister's secratariat as well as from various notable national Indian media. I don't understand why the reviewer turned it down (reasons: for not being able to verify the information stated) but various editors have called it 'notable'. Since you have been involved in the creation of pages on Indian national awardees (an example being Uttara Padwar), would you mind taking a look at it and if it is good to go, maybe direct the draft to the mainspace article.
If however, it still needs improvement sir, could you let me know because I have had no response from the editor when I asked her to re-review it.
thanks
Rohan9082 (talk) 06:41, 19 February 2021 (UTC)Rohan9082
Hi Rohan, My interest is in notable women..... however, I have made several improvements to his presence on wikidata and wikimedia to assist. I'll see if I can do more later. Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 09:27, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
@Rohan9082: Looking it over again, I see many citations to sources that give the subject only a brief mention or a single short paragraph, but not in-depth coverage. This was also the case when the draft was rejected. The "significant coverage" requirement doesn't mean short coverage among a large number of sources, but rather in-depth coverage among multiple sources. I suggest looking through the sentences that have multiple citations and removing the citations that don't add value but merely corroborate the other sources cited for the same sentence. One thing reviewers absolutely don't like to see is a large number of insignificant citations; this is a sign that the draft was written to convey an appearance of notability rather than actual notability. Two or three reliable sources that provide deep coverage of the subject is a much stronger argument for notability than 20 sources giving only a brief mention. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
@Rohan9082:If I was working on this then I would look at the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar article and compare it to Nari Shakti Puraskar (NSP) article. .... I would think that if the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar article was expanded as per NSP then it would include a list of winners ... and Mr De would be in that list. If the other members looked notable then Mr De would be a step closer. 17:10, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
@Victuallers: sir, you are right. I did a little research and found out some notable names who are already on Wikipedia, including Shivangi_Pathak, Zaira_Wasim, Palak_Muchhal, Akash_Manoj, but there are more and I do not have an exact knowledge. I just gave you this list but once, the article of Draft:Souhardya_De is up and the notable awardees section gets created, we can hunt the others as well, hence completing the list. Should I create the notable section and put these already existing names there or should that be done after the Draft:Souhardya_De is up as an article? Please let me know. Rohan9082 (talk) 04:19, 22 February 2021 (UTC)Rohan9082
As I say I would use the NSP page as a model and just maybe add the winners for one or two years where you have one or two notable winners. The NSP page was once nearly all red links, but others turned to work on them. HTH Victuallers (talk) 10:09, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, Rohan9082 (talk) 11:54, 22 February 2021 (UTC)Rohan9082
Sir,
I am Tanuj Samaddar from India. I have received the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskaar 2021 - india's highest civilian honour for people below 18 years of age. I am an emerging artist with over 19 international awards and 47 national level awards. Sir, as a wikipedia administrator ,would you be kind enough to create a wikipedia page in my name 🙏 Tanuj Sam (talk) 13:28, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
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Sir,
I am Tanuj Samaddar from India. I have received the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskaar 2021 - india's highest civilian honour for people below 18 years of age. I am an emerging artist with over 19 international awards and 47 national level awards. Sir ,would you be kind enough to create a wikipedia page in my name 🙏 Tanuj Sam (talk) 13:29, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi Tanuj, do have a read of the conversation above. Wikipedia articles are written by people like you. Articles are not written by people about themselves, their mum, dad, boss, friend etc. Its created by people asking for no reward for themselves and we edit Wikipedia to benefit other people. I'm not sure of your talents but you could help this project. In time someone will write an article about someone you have met..... as I did for the cyclist. I didnt know her, but she had an award AND an offer of a film AND and offer to trial as a cyclist AND .... Hope this makes sense to you and you decide to become an altruist. Altruists frequently get articles. I have written 20 or 30 articles about notable Indians .... you could see how you could improve them?? Victuallers (talk)
Dear sir @Victuallers,
I have created a list of 'notable recipients' in the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar page which is incomplete but has some of the notable people who've received the civilian honour. I will try to gather more information on everyone and keep adding them to the list.
Can you please, in the meanwhile, check out Draft:Jyoti_Kumari which is on a girl who won the awards this year, rejected by a reviewer though it had notability referenced from the New York Times?
Also, let me know when and if Draft:Souhardya_De is to be moved to mainspace so that I can keep adding them accordingly.
with regards,
Rohan9082 (talk) 04:56, 25 February 2021 (UTC)Rohan9082
@Rohan9082, thanks for bringing Jyoti_Kumari to User:Victuallers attention. It has been transferred from a draft to an article, my first to be precise. Had a look over Draft:Souhardya_De as well and felt that it is good to go! I had done some editing there in the past. User:Victuallers has also edited important data on Wikidata and Wikimedia as well. He’ll be surely moving this soon! Good luck, best wishes and gratifications!
ShaktiPD (talk) 13:01, 25 February 2021 (UTC)ShaktiPD
My interest is Jyoti_Kumari. If the article had another 500 characters of referenced text in the next 36 hours AND we could find the PMs tweet of her which had an image of her then it could probably make the main page. The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar page could also do with more names with a reference for each. Happy editing Victuallers (talk) 19:26, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Dear sir,
Here is the link to the tweet by PM Modi: https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1353682599852519425?lang=en
It also has a photo attached alongwith.
Again, I'll try to add 500 more characters to the article within the next 36 hours. And since Draft:Souhardya_De is not of your interest, could you please direct it to someone who takes interest in male awardees as well, because the article is in a good shape and is relevant in time.
Please help,
Rohan9082 (talk) 10:51, 27 February 2021 (UTC)Rohan9082
I'd like to echo that thanks for your fantastic contributions to Women in Red's Women in Africa contest. An update, now that we're two months in: over 100 articles have been created in January and February! Please help make the final month of the contest a success too :) Dsp13 (talk) 14:51, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
I am Tanuj Samaddar from India. I have received the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskaar 2021 - india's highest civilian honour for people below 18 years of age. I am an emerging artist with over 19 international awards and 47 national level awards. Sir, as a wikipedia administrator ,would you be kind enough to create a wikipedia page in my name 🙏 Tanuj Sam (talk) 13:25, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
On 3 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Molly Clutton-Brock, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Molly Clutton-Brock treated the spines of African babies until she was deported by the government of Rhodesia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Molly Clutton-Brock. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Molly Clutton-Brock), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Much appreciated. And as regards redirects and moving, I don't even feel confident moving pages. I prefer copyediting and fixing things I can fix. :) Best regards FeanorStar7 (talk) 11:35, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
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Roger thanks so much for pursuing the need for open photographs and for your support to WIR events today and encouraging others at editathons as well. Enjoy the rest of the weekend! Kaybeesquared (talk) 17:35, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
On 8 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kagganapalli Radha Devi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Venkateswara Temple only allowed male barbers to shave off the ton of hair that is donated every day until Kagganapalli Radha Devi(pictured) challenged the rules? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kagganapalli Radha Devi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kagganapalli Radha Devi), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 8 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sadhana Mahila Sangha, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sadhana Mahila Sangha protected Bangalore sex workers from the police and from HIV, but they now help feed them during the pandemic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sadhana Mahila Sangha. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sadhana Mahila Sangha), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 8 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Krishna Yadav, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Krishna Yadav's journey from finding jobs for her family growing vegetables in Delhi to creating jobs for others won her an award (pictured) on International Women's Day? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Krishna Yadav. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Krishna Yadav), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hi Victuallers,
I've left a couple of comments at Template:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth Sander. Other than those small points, everything looks good and I'm happy to review if we can get some agreement on the hook. Best regards --Ykraps (talk) 23:13, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
On 17 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jyoti Kumari, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that teenager Jyoti Kumari(pictured) travelled 750 miles (1,210 km) on a bicycle with her injured father, during India's COVID-19 lockdown? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jyoti Kumari. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jyoti Kumari), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Molly Clutton-Brock and her work on the spines of African babies also made the cut with 6,555 page views. Nice work. Cbl62 (talk) 20:38, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
Indian hair cutter Kagganapalli Radha Devi as well with 5,308 page views. A diverse trifecta. Cbl62 (talk) 21:28, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
Dear Victuallers, previously you gave me so much good feedback on how to improve the Charin Mendes article and in fact moderators took off the promotional flag as well and everything was good and I'm so thankful. However, now a new moderator by the name MrsSnoozyTurtle has flagged it with a COI flag and moved the article to the draft space stating it is "over redirect: BLP with promo and COI concerns, incubate in draft space" though I worked very hard to make sure the article is written from a neutral point of view though it is one of my first articles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Charin_Mendes can you please help me with this matter and give me some advice as to what can be done to get it live again. I have also resubmitted it for review so can you please check. I would greatly appreciate your help. Please understand I have no real connection to this subject, I merely want to do a good job for this article as a mere Sri Lankan myself and I think his body of work is notable enough for a wiki page. Hoping you can understand my concerns. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tashiya Jayatilaka (talk • contribs) 12:04, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I can see the person's point. It does read like a wannabe wanting to get a record contract. I think you need to look at other biographies (excluding other entertainers who are trying to squeeze an article. Now I will talk straight. For instance.
Charin Mendis, known professionally as Charin Mendes (English: /tʃɑːrɪn/; Sinhala: /චරින්/; born December 1986), is a Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and entrepreneur. He first caught mainstream attention in 2016 when his cover of Coldplay’s “Clocks” hit the number three chart positions on the iTunes Top 100 in Sri Lanka and entered the iTunes Top 200 in Vietnam
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Charin Mendis or Mendes (Sinhala: /චරින්/; born December 1986), is a Sri Lankan singer-songwriter who produces his own records. He had had a number three in his own country in 2016 according to iTunes.
In the first version I read, 1. He is producing records in his bedroom. 2. He has had one hit (that made position 199 in another country). 3. He has not had a hit with his own songs. 4. This was written by a media person who has never read Wikipedia, but thinks (s)he can big this person up to look like he is Prince. Now Prince WAS a singer, songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and entrepreneur. We need to know who Charin Mendis is. If he isn't Prince then tell us who he is and why he is notable. HTH
Can you get an experienced Wikipedia editor to write <300 words about this person using just the 5 best refs and as few superlatives as possible? If I look at your contrib then they are 99% about this one person. That doesnt appear to a nuetral position. Victuallers (talk) 12:37, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Victuallers (talk) Thank you for your feedback. I understand your points, will try my best to improve the quality of the article. With regard to the appearing neutral POV I honestly did try my best and as for my contrib it is because I'm still a new user and this is my first article. I'm working on editing 2 other articles as well and creating a new draft article under a Sri Lankan metal band named Shehara. Still very new to all this, which is why I would love to get my first article right and not let it be deleted. I want to do my best. Thanks!--Tashiya Jayatilaka (talk) 12:59, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Victuallers Hi, the image you uploaded is not Olive Morris. Please delete it. This photo is continually misidentified as Olive and I spend so much time asking for it to be taken down. The photographer is Neil Kenlock and this woman has not been identified but it IS NOT Olive Morris. Thank you. MassiveEartha (talk) 13:49, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Its fixed on wiki Victuallers (talk) 14:16, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
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