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Mumbai IX

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As per your request to be notified of WikiMeet-ups in Mumbai, Mumbai IX has been announced and will take place on Saturday 23 April 2011 at 10.30am. Railway station nearest to venue is CST Railway Station or Churchgate. Cheers, Around The Globeसत्यमेव जयते 08:45, 12 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

TUSC token 5a76a2c81b0449c7213b399b91254ddb

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

You're invited

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  To Wikipedia's 11th Anniversary Celebrations!
An invitation for you to come and join us for Wikipedia's 11th Anniversary Celebrations in Delhi on the 15th Jan 2012: Click here for more details.

Will be great to see you! :) Nitika.t (talk) 13:18, 6 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Your HighBeam account is ready!

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Good news! You now have access to 80 million articles in 6500 publications through HighBeam Research. Here's what you need to know:

  • Your account activation code has been emailed to your Wikipedia email address.
    • Only 407 of 444 codes were successfully delivered; most failed because email was simply not set up (You can set it in Special:Preferences).
    • If you did not receive a code but were on the approved list, add your name to this section and we'll try again.
  • The 1-year, free period begins when you enter the code.
  • To activate your account: 1) Go to http://www.highbeam.com/prof1; 2) You’ll see the first page of a two-page registration. 3) Put in an email address and set up a password. (Use a different email address if you signed up for a free trial previously); 4) Click “Continue” to reach the second page of registration; 5) Input your basic information; 6) Input the activation code; 7) Click “Finish”. Note that the activation codes are one-time use only and are case-sensitive.
  • If you need assistance, email "help at highbeam dot com", and include "HighBeam/Wikipedia" in the subject line. Or go to WP:HighBeam/Support, or ask User:Ocaasi. Please, per HighBeam's request, do not call the toll-free number for assistance with registration.
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Thanks for helping make Wikipedia better. Enjoy your research! Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 21:04, 13 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Your free 1-year Questia online library account is approved and ready

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Good news! You are approved for access to 77,000 full-text books and 4 million journal, magazine, newspaper articles, and encyclopedia entries. Check your Wikipedia email!

    • Then go to https://www.questia.com/specialoffer
    • Input your unique Offer ID and Promotional code. Click Continue. (Note that the activation codes are one-time use only and are case-sensitive).
    • Create your account by entering the requested information. (This is private and no one from Wikipedia will see it).
    • You'll then see the welcome page with your Login ID. (Your account is now active for 1 year!).
  • If you need help, please first ask Ocaasi at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com and, second, email QuestiaHelp cengage.com along with your Offer ID and Promotional Code (subject: Wikipedia).
  • A quick reminder about using the account: 1) try it out; 2) provide original citation information, in addition to linking to a Questia article; 3) avoid bare links to non-free Questia pages; 4) note "(subscription required)" in the citation, where appropriate. Examples are at WP:Questia/Citations.
  • Questia would love to hear feedback at WP:Questia/Experiences
  • Show off your Questia access by placing {{User:Ocaasi/Questia_userbox}} on your userpage
  • When the 1-year period is up, check the applications page to see if renewal is possible. We hope it will be.

Thanks for helping make Wikipedia better. Enjoy your research! Cheers, Ocaasi 18:26, 24 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Questia email failure: Will resend codes

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Sorry for the disruption but apparently the email bot failed. We'll resend the codes this week. (note: If you were notified directly that your email preferences were not enabled, you still need to contact Ocaasi). Cheers, User:Ocaasi 21:16, 24 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Questia email success: Codes resent

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Check your email. Enjoy! Ocaasi t | c 21:41, 27 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Internet Policy Review

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Sorry, I had to delete your article as there was no indication of notability and no independent references. Deb (talk) 13:56, 23 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

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Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

 

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

Read the full newsletter


Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 21:09, 27 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

The Wikipedia Library Survey

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As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 15:28, 9 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

San Diego Wiknic

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Saturday, July 9: San Diego Wiknic
 

You are invited to the San Diego Wiknic on Saturday, July 9, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm in Fanuel Street Park, a grassy park on the Mission Bay side of Pacific Beach. Join San Diego-area Wikimedians at the "picnic anyone can edit" as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the United States.

Visit our event page for full details. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sign up today!

We hope to see you there! --Worldbruce (talk · contribs) 16:04, 4 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

(You can unsubscribe from future notifications for San Diego-area events by removing your name from this list.)

Thursday, August 4 San Diego Wiki-Dinner

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Join us for an informal San Diego Wiki-Dinner meeting with visiting Wikipedians Rosiestep and Fuzheado, to get to know each other, and to help prepare for WikiConference North America in October 2016! --Pharos (talk) 17:08, 30 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Delhi Meetup

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Hi,

A meetup in New Delhi is scheduled for this Sunday, 30th April. This is backed with a photography exhibition of Wiki Loves Monument in India 2016. More details here here. Do join us. Abhinav619 (talk) 11:33, 24 April 2017 (UTC)Reply