User talk:Woloshkm

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Welcome! My name is Sadads, and I'm one of the Online Ambassadors assisting students who are contributing to WikiProject United States Public Policy. We're excited to work with you, and we hope you'll stick around. If you haven't already, take a few minutes and check out the handy links below to start sharing your knowledge with the world. Welcome! Your class is part of a pilot project for bridging the gap between Wikipedia and the academic world; as you learn how to edit Wikipedia, we'll be learning how to better help newcomers. So it will be a fun learning experience all around! You'll find links below for leaving feedback or getting help. If you need anything further, feel free to contact me at my user talk page. And don't forget: have fun! Sadads (talk) 19:35, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hi there Katie, welcome! It would be my please to help out any way I can. What types of articles will you be working on with this class, and what sorts of assignments do you have? I see you're getting started by creating a sandbox, and that's a great place to test out editing. Let me know how the class progresses, and if you have any questions. Just leave a message on my talk page or even email me!-- Patrick, _oѺ^∞ 21:25, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Executive Order 11478 is an interesting article to be working on, and for one thing, it will let you work with one of Wikipedia's sister projects, WikiSource. The text of the executive order should be moved to WikiSource, since Wikipeida is more a place for sourced analysis or the law, rather than the text itself. Though you wouldn't need to do it until you were ready with new text and references, I would start by create an identical login on that site, and copying the sections which only contain original text to this page here, which you will need to create. After doing that, you can add {{wikisource}} to the top or bottom of the page, which will create a template to link your Wikipedia article to WikiSource equivalent. Last semester, one of my other mentees, User:SoAuthentic, also worked on this article, though not as their class project, and I'll contact him to see if he has any recommendations for you.-- Patrick, _oѺ^∞ 19:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Patrick, Thank you for your suggestions. I am waiting to hear back from my professor about if I should move my page to where you suggested. I just have a quick question. If I am hyper-linking words on the page I am working on and they turn red should I just remove the hyperlink? Hope you're having a great week so far! Thanks!

The first thing you can do with a red hyperlink is check to see if you just have it set up incorrectly. For example, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fails, but Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is good. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 20:40, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Executive Order 11478

The Wikipedia Manual of Style tells us: "As much as possible, avoid linking from within quotes, which may clutter the quotation, violate the principle of leaving quotations unchanged, and mislead or confuse the reader." Sooner or later someone will undo the elaborate linking you've been adding to the text of this Executive Order. Another rule is not to add such links repetitively. United States Postal Service is linkd in the first sentence. That's another reason not to link it from the text of Section 8.

It would be much more important to have the text of the original EO and then an explanation of the changes Clinton made in Executive Order 13087. As you currently present the material, you give us the amended text of Section 1 that did not exist when Executive Order 11478 was issued.

I would make what I believe are appropriate changes now, but I think you are doing this for a class and don't want to get in your way. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 20:37, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. >>> Sign up now <<<

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 17:25, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Hi Woloshkm!

I have put together a survey for female editors of Wikipedia (and related projects) in order to explore, in greater detail, women's experiences and roles within the Wikimedia movement. It'd be wonderful if you could participate!

It's an independent survey, done by me, as a fellow volunteer Wikimedian. It is not being done on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope you'll participate!

Just click this link to participate in this survey, via Google!

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or stop by my user talk page. Also, feel free to share this any other female Wikimedians you may know. It is in English, but any language Wikimedia participants are encouraged to participate. I appreciate your contributions - to the survey and to Wikipedia! Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 19:42, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their November 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles (and specifically will be targeting the oldest three months), as we want to copy edit as many of these as possible. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 5 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. >>> Sign up now <<<

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 02:54, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

GOCE newsletter

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Elections are currently underway for our third tranche of Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, 16 December – 23:59 UTC, 31 December. All GOCE members, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are five candidates vying for four positions. Your vote really matters! Cast your vote today.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 11:42, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report. Highlights Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261 Report on coordinators' elections Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives Guild Plans for 2012 Requests page report Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012! – Your 2011 Coordinators: Diannaa (lead), The Utahraptor, and Slon02 and SMasters (emeritus).

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 07:38, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!

Hi Woloshkm! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 18:07, 5 October 2012 (UTC) (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative: Come join us (and check out our new website)!

WikiWomen - We need you!

Hi Woloshkm! The WikiWomen's Collaborative is a group of women from around the world who edit Wikipedia, contribute to its sister projects, and support the mission of free knowledge. We recently updated our website, created new volunteer positions, and more! Get involved by: Visiting our website for resources, events, and more Meet other women and share your story in our profile space Participate at and "like" our Facebook group Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel Volunteer to write for our blog, recruit blog writers, translate content, and co-run our Facebook and receive perks for volunteering Already participating? Take our survey and share your experience! Thanks for editing Wikipedia, and we look forward to you being a part of the Collaborative! -- EdwardsBot (talk) 00:43, 10 January 2013 (UTC)