User talk:Вени Марковски/2016-2020
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Questions on COI
Since this question apparently has not been asked: do you currently have a financial or legal relationship with the Bulgarian government, or any of its affiliated entities (embassies, permanent missions), with regards to any public relations work, including SEO, media and any other PR? Can you please disclose any other relationships you have with Irina Bokova, or UNESCO, or the UN, as it may pertain to your frequent edits on her Wikipedia page? Hundnase (talk) 15:34, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
- Are you asking me because you think I have this kind of conflict of interest? Namely, "Conflict of interest (COI) editing involves contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial or other relationships. Any external relationship can trigger a conflict of interest. (The word interest refers here to something in which a person has a stake or from which they stand to benefit.)" I guess this is why you are asking me, but want to make sure, before I respond. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 16:24, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for your quick response, also for your email – will take me a day or two to respond. Continued courtesy also appreciated. Yes, I'm specifically asking with regards to that section, on "financial or other relationships". You advertise that you do PR work, on your website "Launched, owns and manages Global Solutions and Consulting, LLC, which advises companies from the U.S.A. and the European Union, non-profits, governmental institutions, and individuals on improving their marketing and sales, government and international organizations relations, and overall performance." -- nothing wrong with that, but it's reasonable to ask how this relates to your current work at Wikipedia. Hundnase (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:48, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks. I hope you understand that your question is loaded. It is exactly that type of question that is raised in the "information" from one "news outlet" (quotes are on purpose), which are the reason that I have moved couple of sentences from the main article about Mrs. Bokova to the talk page. You take a sentence from my personal website, or from my Facebook page, you make an assumption, and then you ask a question, which is loaded. I am sure you know that there's no response to a loaded question. So, unless you have some evidence to bring, I am sure you would understand why you cannot get an answer to such a question (it is also explained in the article about loaded question). And since you can find the answer to your question in the same sources you quoted above, including in the quote from my personal web site, that's another reason why one could reach to the conclusion that the question is loaded.
- But to add to my comment (see above): "Are you asking me because you think I have this kind of conflict of interest? Namely, Conflict of interest (COI) editing involves contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial or other relationships. Any external relationship can trigger a conflict of interest. (The word interest refers here to something in which a person has a stake or from which they stand to benefit.)"... It is quite obvious that I don't have a COI. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 10:53, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
- Veni, it is explicitly not a loaded question. It is entirely reasonable to ask whether you have a COI. (If you have a better way of phrasing this question for my future reference, do let me know.) You are also side-stepping the question, in your answer. In the New York Times, you previously were cited as an advisor to the President of Bulgaria (2003, here), and also more recently, in 2009 in another capacity. Specifically there, you were described as "Veni Markovski, a Washington-based adviser to Bulgaria’s Internet security chief". (See here.) On either NYT article, there is no record of you disputing that characterization.
- Do you continue to work in any such capacity? Is the Bulgarian state, or any other entity affiliated with Ms Bokova's candidacy, your client, in any way, over the last two years? If so, and it is stated policy of Bulgaria to nominate Irina Bokova, you clearly have a COI when editing aspects related to her candidacy. If you have no such conflict, you can state so freely, without hedging or qualifying your response. Given the visibility of this issue, and the concern by several editors that important information on a major public figure is being suppressed, it would be great if you could go formally on the record with your answer. If you prefer not to do that (which is understandable) maybe you should indeed stop editing this page, which anyway may be sensible, by many standards. Hundnase (talk) 16:29, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- The NYT made an error in 2003 (13 years ago, by the way). I was never adviser to the President. I was chair of his President's IT advisory committee, which was a non-paid body, and where we had people like Vint Cerf, Esther Dyson, George Sadowsky, Dimitar Ganchev, and other serving. None of us was an adviser - and the evidence is on the Bulgarian President's archived site. Actually, the NYT reported it correctly in this article, which is published the same day, as the one you quoted. I am surprised that you dig one of the quoted articles, but not the other - it doesn't require a lot to find them both, and realize that one of them made an error. Of course, why would you accept that the error is the one you quoted, and not the other one - well, check additional sources! As for the quote from 2009, that's correct - back then I was advising the Bulgarian cybercoordinator, but a) it is 2016 now, and I am not sure why would you think that this is still the case, especially that you also have b) this article from the same newspaper, NYT, from 2010, which states that at that time I had a different position. And the question is loaded, because you are assuming I am working for the government now, based on a quote in the NYT from 2003 or 2009, while avoiding the rest of the publicly accessible evidence. Seriously? If I was working for the Bulgarian government, I would have no reason to try to hide it - especially given how public my work is. And I say it is a loaded question, because the issue with the COI was discussed on Bokova's discussion page some months ago. No, I don't have such. I am not part of the team, announced by the Bulgarian Foreign ministry, that works on Mrs. Bokova's candidacy. In any case, it is not my task to provide evidence to loaded questions; it's up to the accuser to provide evidence in the other direction. Evidence would be a contract between me and the government, for example, and not a quote from 2003 or 2009 -- and by the way, the article about Veni Markovski clearly states what I did 2006-2009. Did you actually check it? If you had doubts, you could have raised them there. Hope that I have answered your (loaded?) questions? Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 16:54, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- well, it's getting more and more interesting. You are again side-stepping the question, by saying you are "not part of the team, announced by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry". This still leaves plenty of options for COI. As for checking additional sources, ok, so what do they show? They actually seem to increase doubts that any sensible person would have on how you represent yourself. You list, on your ICANN professional page (with updates after 2014), the following title: "Office of the National Cybersecurity Coordinator, Senior Advisor - Government Administration, Advising the Bulgarian National Cybersecurity Coordinator (cybersecurity tzar), 2009-04-01 - Present", here. So is that an error? If it is inaccurate, why do you keep it there? This is your bio, on the page of the organization you work for. The entry is recent. Yet up above, you deny that you do this work right now. What is really going on here? Either you have a COI, or you misrepresent yourself in other ways, or (most likely) it's just a mistake or sloppiness. At this point, would it not be better you focus your editing on other entries? Hundnase (talk) 10:55, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- thanks for picking up the old information is not corrected there. If you find other places, please, write here or email me, so I can ask to be corrected. This is really helpful. Of course, your other statement are not correct, as you only put two options (either - or), but not the third option, the natural one, which would be "or the information about your advisory role has not been updated as per your Wikipedia page". But it is good you have put some effort in finding this information, as it is helpful for me. As for your claim, I stated long time ago, quoting the Wikipedia page for COI that I don't have such. Since this is a loaded question on your side, instead of asking me to provide evidence I don't have COI, it is proper to show any evidence proving the opposite. You pointed to a bio page, which will be fixed to reflect the correct dates (which, btw, exist elsewhere). Please, if you have something more substantive, let me know. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 11:47, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- well, it's getting more and more interesting. You are again side-stepping the question, by saying you are "not part of the team, announced by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry". This still leaves plenty of options for COI. As for checking additional sources, ok, so what do they show? They actually seem to increase doubts that any sensible person would have on how you represent yourself. You list, on your ICANN professional page (with updates after 2014), the following title: "Office of the National Cybersecurity Coordinator, Senior Advisor - Government Administration, Advising the Bulgarian National Cybersecurity Coordinator (cybersecurity tzar), 2009-04-01 - Present", here. So is that an error? If it is inaccurate, why do you keep it there? This is your bio, on the page of the organization you work for. The entry is recent. Yet up above, you deny that you do this work right now. What is really going on here? Either you have a COI, or you misrepresent yourself in other ways, or (most likely) it's just a mistake or sloppiness. At this point, would it not be better you focus your editing on other entries? Hundnase (talk) 10:55, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
- Again - thank you for finding out about the old information. Very helpful, and really appreciate your continuous interest!
- On your loaded question, I can only state something, which I have already said: I don't have COI, as it is well described in the page Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.
- If you have any evidence that show differently, please, provide it. Above there is nothing that shows I am working for the Bulgarian government, and since you cannot show such evidence, I would consider the question as closed. I am sorry that you seem to be not happy with the fact that I don't have COI. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 14:44, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Support for Bokova Candidacy - For the Record
Note also, for the record, the following passage on Facebook, showing a strong commitment and support for Bokova on your Facebook page. (Google Translation:)
- Nice article in the "New York Times", and not one, but two nurses
- The official application of Bulgaria for the post of UN secretary general's Irina Bokova, who is chief of UNESCO. It's really great for our country, it is also important to change thinking in terms of women worldwide. Unfortunately, in our country there are still people who are willing to work against the candidacy of Ms. Bokova. There are people who spread idiotic and non- supported with nothing rumors about her, her father, her relatives under her brother - Philip Bokov. There are people who are more willing to believe malicious rumors on its address, but not its deeds as head of UNESCO. And, of course, there are people who in no way willing to accept facts that contradict their opinion on the address of a successful Bulgarian.
- I do not know why we have not yet managed to eradicate this incomprehensible aspiration nashenetsat for which Constantine Irechek wrote in 1881. "For me, the worst in Bulgaria, is a great pleasure that people here have to prosecute each other and spoil one to another job." I can not explain malice, envy, but it seems that a foreigner as Irechek it has grasped best: nashenetsat experiencing pleasure when it seeks to mar the work of the other. This is not a unique phenomenon, which occurs only in Bulgaria, but that is also found in other places, it makes it more bearable country.
Your commitment and support is understandable, and she may indeed be a wonderful candidate, and the motivations are well explained and reasonable. But given your sentiments, I do not think you should edit her Wikipedia page -- especially not continue to promote Bokova, and suppress any information that may be less flattering. Hundnase (talk) 15:34, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
- I wouldn't trust the Google Translate so much, and I wouldn't say that my personal views, as a Bulgarian, have influenced in anyway what I have written on any of the Wikipedia pages that I have edited. And they are much more than just the one of Mrs. Bokova. If you claim I have CoI, you need to prove it, based on actual edits, and also based on the description in Wikipedia itself: "Conflict of interest (COI) editing involves contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial or other relationships. Any external relationship can trigger a conflict of interest. (The word interest refers here to something in which a person has a stake or from which they stand to benefit.)"
- Your note is of the kind that loaded question describes well, I am sure you know it. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 16:32, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
Reply
Hi, I did not revert you, I just changed the list, so that candidates are listed alphabetically by the country they are from. That is how members of UN sit in the General Assembly, and that listing is often used within UN. Tnx --Tuvixer (talk) 23:05, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks - makes sense. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 02:41, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
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Hello! Thank you for your recent contributions to Castle Kyalami. I did have one note for you. I am working on a maintenance project to clean up Category:Pages using infoboxes with thumbnail images. In the future, please do not use thumbnails when adding images to an infobox (see WP:INFOBOXIMAGE). What does this mean? Well in the infobox, when you specify the image you wish to use, instead of doing it like this:
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- Thanks! I know that, but for some reason the browser / computer I was using, would not accept the proper syntax; using the thumbnail was the only solution. On my screen it looked oversized, and wasn't sure if it was me only. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 14:16, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
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 Part of Wikipedia's global 17th birthday celebration, Wikipedia Day NYC 2018 at Ace Hotel will include a mini-conference of scheduled panels as well as unconference style talks and discussions proposed by attendees on the day of the event. We are very excited to announce speakers such as Jason Scott (Internet Archive), Jackie Koerner (Visiting Scholar, Wiki Ed), and Andrew Lih (Wikimedia DC), as well as a fantastic line-up of panels that highlight projects and issues of relevance to the Wikimedia NYC community. See Wikipedia Day NYC 2018 speakers + schedule And there will be cake. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
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| Wednesday February 21, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Megs (talk) 22:19, 16 February 2018 (UTC) P.S. You are also invited to Africa and the Diaspora Edit-a-thon @ Schomburg Center for Black Culture on Saturday February 24! | |
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| Wednesday March 21, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Megs (talk) P.S. You are also invited to Art + Feminism Events in the New York Metropolitan Area continuing this month! | |
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| CANCELLED: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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Due to the winter storm warning, the WikiWednesday Salon & Skillshare scheduled for March 21st has been cancelled. Please consider attending one of the many edit-a-thons scheduled for this week. We look forward to editing with you soon! | |
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| Wednesday April 25th, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly WikiWednesday evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda! After the main meeting, pizza and video games in the gallery.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our agenda, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Megs (talk) | |
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| Wednesday May 23, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 03:13, 23 May 2018 (UTC) P.S. You are also invited to Action = History: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Asian American Literature on Sunday May 27! | |
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| Wednesday June 20, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 19:12, 14 June 2018 (UTC) P.S. You are also invited to Wikiproject Women Wikipedia Design @ Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Saturday, June 16! | |
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Thursday July 12: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ Jefferson Market Library
| Thursday July 12, 5-8pm: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ Jefferson Market Library | |
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 Wikimedia NYC invites you to attend a Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon on Thursday, July 12th at Jefferson Market Library! Wiki Loves Pride is a global campaign to expand and improve LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. We are holding this year's event in July in order to support folx who want to contribute a photograph they took at one of NYC's many Pride events or edit an article about something they learned this June. Not sure what to contribute? No problem! We will have a list of articles that need your help.
--Megs (talk) 14:57, 10 July 2018 (UTC) P.S. You are also invited to the "picnic anyone can edit", the Great American Wiknic NYC @ Prospect Park, Sunday, July 29! | |
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Sunday July 29: Annual Wiki-Picnic @ Prospect Park
| Sunday July 29, 2-7pm: Annual Wiki-Picnic | |
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We hope to see you there! --Pharos (talk) 08:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC) | |
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| Wednesday August 29, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 00:14, 29 August 2018 (UTC) | |
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September 26: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting
| Wednesday September 26, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. This month will also feature on our agenda, upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections - you can add yourself as a candidate. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 20:44, 20 September 2018 (UTC) | |
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Sun October 14: Open House New York Weekend Upload Party @ NYU ITP and Indigenous People's Justice Edit-a-thon @ Interference Archive
  You are invited to join two events supported by the Wikimedia NYC community on Sunday October 14:
Have a WikiWonderful Weekend! --Pharos (talk) 04:56, 11 October 2018 (UTC) |
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| October 24, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Triangle Arts Association in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 01:30, 23 October 2018 (UTC) | |
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Sunday Oct 28: Wikidata Birthday Party
| Sunday October 28: Wikidata Birthday Party | |
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 Wikidata, the newest project of the Wikimedia movement, went live on October 29, 2012. Please join Wikimedia New York City as we celebrate its sixth birthday at the Ace Hotel. There will be (optional) lightning talks, casual conversation, and, most importantly, CAKE! No experience with Wikidata? No problem. This event is open to all.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues on Sunday!--Wikimedia New York City Team 15:34, 25 October 2018 (UTC) Bonus edit-a-thons on Saturday The day before the Wikiata Birthday, on Saturday, you are also welcome to join Archtober Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Bard Graduate Center or Black Lunch Table @ Magnum Foundation. Please RSVP to those pages if you plan on joining. | |
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| December 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan, near Columbus Circle. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 03:23, 13 December 2018 (UTC) | |
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January 13: Wikimedia NYC invites you to Wikipedia Day 2019
| Sunday January 13: Wikipedia Day 2019 in NYC | |
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 You are invited to join us at Ace Hotel for Wikipedia Day 2019, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of the project's global 18th birthday festivities. In addition to the party, the event features keynote presentations, panels, lightning talks, and, of course, open space sessions. And there will be cake. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
We especially encourage folks to add your 3-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 20:57, 3 January 2019 (UTC) | |
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Feb 27 WikiWednesday Salon + Mar 2 MoMA Art+Feminism and beyond
| February 27, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 09:01, 27 February 2019 (UTC) | |
| Saturday March 2: MoMA Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon | |
 Art+Feminism’s sixth-annual MoMA Wikipedia Edit-a-thon will take place at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 4 West 54 Street, on Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. People of all gender identities and expressions are encouraged to attend. And on Sunday this weekend:
Stay tuned for other Art+Feminism and related edit-a-thons throughout the month! | |
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| March 20, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! This month, optional post-meetup drinks afterward at 9pm!--Wikimedia New York City Team 18:48, 19 March 2019 (UTC) | |
| Saturday March 23: Asian Art Archive/New York Public Library Art+Feminism Editathon | |
 Organized by Asia Art Archive in America]and Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs of the New York Public Library and in collaboration with Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong, the Art+Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Women in Art in Asia helps participants edit Wikipedia to create and improve articles about women artists and practitioners in and from Asia, including architects, designers, filmmakers, curators, and art historians. Books and research materials—as well as refreshments—will be provided. Also check out other Art+Feminism and related edit-a-thons throughout the month! | |
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| April 17, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 21:08, 3 April 2019 (UTC) | |
| Thursday April 4 and Friday April 5: Translat-a-thon NYC 2019 @ LaGuardia Community College | |
 Translat-a-thon NYC 2019 @ LaGuardia Community College is hosting the second annual Wikipedia Translatathon! At this event on Thursday evening and during the day Friday this week, anyone from the public is invited to LaGuardia to join students, professors, and CUNY faculty in translating Wikipedia articles among any languages which attendees understand. Themes for this event include public health and the history of New York City. New York City has a large immigrant population and great diversity of speakers of various languages. Among all schools in New York City, LaGuardia has the highest percentage of immigrant students, the highest percentage of students who speak a language other than English as their first language, and the greatest representation of language diversity. It is a strength of LaGuardia that it can present "Wikipedia translatathons", which are Wikipedia translation events. | |
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| May 22, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. Featuring this month a presentation by Interference Archive guests, and a group discussion on the role of activist archives and building wiki content based on ephemeral publications and oral histories. To close off the night, we'll also have Wikidojo - a group collaborative writing activity / vaudeville! We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 17:11, 16 May 2019 (UTC) | |
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| June 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 05:39, 18 June 2019 (UTC) | |
| Stay tuned for details om next event! Sunday Jun 23: Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
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Sunday June 23: Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art
| June 23, 12:30pm: Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
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 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for Wiki Loves Pride @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Togethe, we'll create new and expand existing Wikipedia articles on LGBT artists and artworks with LGBT themes in the Met collection! With refreshments, and a special museum tour in the afternoon! And there will be a wiki-cake! Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided. See also the global Wiki Loves Pride photo contest, as well as the Met's online LGBT Art Writing Contest, and also the LGBT Health Writing Contest.
This is the fifth annual Wiki Loves Pride edit-a-thon supported by Wikimedia NYC! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 16:33, 22 June 2019 (UTC) | |
| Stay tuned for details on next event! Sunday July 14: Great American Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island | |
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Sunday July 14: Annual NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Roosevelt Island
| July 14, 2-7pm: Annual NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Roosevelt Island | |
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 You are invited to join us at the "picnic anyone can edit" in the lovely Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. This year the Wiknic will double as a "Strategy Salon" (more information at Wiknic page), using open space technology to address major questions facing our social movement.
Celebrate our 13th year of wiki-picnics! We hope to see you there! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 21:38, 6 July 2019 (UTC) | |
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| August 28, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda. Featuring this month a review of the recent Wikimania 2019 conference in Sweden! We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 17:58, 27 August 2019 (UTC) | |
| Edit-a-thons at Interference Archive and The Met | |
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Saturday Sept 7: Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art
| Sept 7, 12:30pm: Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for Met Fashion Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Together, we'll expand Wikipedia:WikiProject Fashion topics for basic clothing types that can be illustrated by the Met collection, and also past Costume Institute exhibitions! It's the last weekend for Camp: Notes on Fashion, and we will have an intro talk to the exhibit by a guest from the Costume Institute, and participants will then be able to visit it on their own. Galleries will be open this evening until 9 pm. With refreshments, and there will be a wiki-cake! Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends, colleagues and students! --Wikimedia New York City Team 19:38, 4 September 2019 (UTC) | |
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Sept 25: WikiWednesday Salon NYC
| September 25, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team ~~~~~ | |
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Oct 23: WikiWednesday Salon NYC
| October 23rd, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 05:33, 22 October 2019 (UTC) | |
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Saturday Nov 16: Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art
| Saturday November 16, 12:30 pm - 4:30pm: Metropolitan Museum of Art Edit-a-thon | |
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The Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon @ The Met will be hosted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday November 16, 2019 in the Bonnie Sacerdote Classroom, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education (81st Street entrance) at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York City. The museum is excited to work with Wikipedia Asian Month for the potential to seed new articles about Asian artworks, artwork types, and art traditions, from any part of Asia. These can be illustrated with thousands of its recently-released images of public domain artworks available for Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons from the museum’s collection spanning 5,000 years of art. The event is an opportunity for Wikimedia communities to engage The Met's diverse Asian collections onsite and remotely. Asia Art Archive will host a sister event in Hong Kong next week.
Thanks, and hope to see you there! --Wikimedia New York City Team 16:46, 14 November 2019 (UTC) | |
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Nov 20: WikiWednesday Salon NYC
| November 20, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 16:17, 19 November 2019 (UTC) | |
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Pogrebin UNDUE content
If you have sources for that content you reinstated to the article, please add them. Otherwise, it is UNDUE and your readdition of unsourced text, without so much as a tag[citation needed] is not helpful. I have found nothing to support the claim that she was nominated for an Emmy. What evidence do you have to reinsert that? If none, please undo your reinsertion. SPECIFICO talk 19:24, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- Before you remove something, you could ask for a source. That's the normal way. And I am adding sources, as we speak here. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 19:26, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- No, the ONUS is on you to present Reliable Source references for article content. By the time it's been challenged, it does not reflect well on you to reinstate without addressing the problem. Some of sources you have added are Primary Sources and do not resolve the need. And it would still be necessary to provide sources for the other content, including what you reinserted. Thanks for your reply. SPECIFICO talk 19:42, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- No worries, I started editing today; after seeing that someone asked for sources five (5) years ago. Since you've waited for so long, perhaps you could wait for five more days;-) Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 19:50, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- I suggest you read the Policies and Guidelines about sourcing, notability, and biographies. Also, you can request assistance or feedback at the Help Desk or on any Admin's page. The article needs secondary sources to establish what is noteworthy in her life and career and to verify the content about awards and successes. Thanks for your note. SPECIFICO talk 19:56, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for the suggestion(s). Very helpful.Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 20:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- You continue to add WP:PRIMARY sources, which do not validate the article text. SPECIFICO talk 20:37, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- Be patient, please. No need to repeat what you've already said. Thanks for your note.Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 20:40, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- You continue to add WP:PRIMARY sources, which do not validate the article text. SPECIFICO talk 20:37, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for the suggestion(s). Very helpful.Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 20:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- I suggest you read the Policies and Guidelines about sourcing, notability, and biographies. Also, you can request assistance or feedback at the Help Desk or on any Admin's page. The article needs secondary sources to establish what is noteworthy in her life and career and to verify the content about awards and successes. Thanks for your note. SPECIFICO talk 19:56, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- No worries, I started editing today; after seeing that someone asked for sources five (5) years ago. Since you've waited for so long, perhaps you could wait for five more days;-) Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 19:50, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
- No, the ONUS is on you to present Reliable Source references for article content. By the time it's been challenged, it does not reflect well on you to reinstate without addressing the problem. Some of sources you have added are Primary Sources and do not resolve the need. And it would still be necessary to provide sources for the other content, including what you reinserted. Thanks for your reply. SPECIFICO talk 19:42, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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Bulgaria in WW2
You appear to be removing well-sourced factual information for no good reason. Please desist, or else find suitable reliable sources that support the claims made in your edits. Your edits are being disruptive to Wikipedia. Please consult the sources cited before removing important information; you might learn a lot. GPinkerton (talk) 15:56, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for the note. While I don't agree with you opinion, I'd kindly ask you if you have concrete remarks, please, use the talk page of the article in question. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 16:01, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
- I haven't expressed an opinion for you to disagree with. I'm stating fact: disruptive edits removing sourced material is disruptive to Wikipedia. If you disagree with the facts presented in this or any other article, find reliable sources that support your claims. Do not just remove important encyclopaedic content on your own whim. GPinkerton (talk) 16:26, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
As I said, your opinion is important, and I’m thankful you’re sharing it with me. Please, use the talk page of the article in question to share your opinion there. No need to share it (yet again) here; I’m editing this article as we speak, and will continue doing so. If you don’t agree with some of the facts, use the talk page. And, please, when explaining edits, try to avoid ad hominem attacks. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 16:31, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
- So add to the article, don't just remove or euphemize what is already there and well sourced. Add more detail on the actual back-and-forth between the gov't, church, opposition, &c. in April-May 1943, which is anyway what the article is supposed to be about. The article does not exist to say something nice about Bulgaria, it's there to detail a part of the Holocaust. Good, well-detailed sources are Chary and Crowe, there cited. The historical background is good as it is, though there are a number of partisan edits being made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GPinkerton (talk • contribs) 17:04, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
- In many historical topics, scholarship is divided, so several scholarly positions should be relied upon. To weight different views and structure an article so as to avoid original research and synthesis the common views of scholars should be consulted. Some people masquerading as scholars actually present fringe views outside of the accepted practice, and these should not be used. Jingiby (talk) 17:27, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
- So add to the article, don't just remove or euphemize what is already there and well sourced. Add more detail on the actual back-and-forth between the gov't, church, opposition, &c. in April-May 1943, which is anyway what the article is supposed to be about. The article does not exist to say something nice about Bulgaria, it's there to detail a part of the Holocaust. Good, well-detailed sources are Chary and Crowe, there cited. The historical background is good as it is, though there are a number of partisan edits being made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GPinkerton (talk • contribs) 17:04, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
Again, thankful for advice by both of you, and *again* kindly ask to move this to the talk page, where it belongs. Ms or Mr. GPinkerton, the article is about WW II, as you’ve stated in the %topic. If you’re confusing it with another article, that’s one more argument why this conversation should be taking place at the adequate talk page. Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски (talk) 17:31, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
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See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Bulgarian Holocaust: personal attacks and canvassing where your actions are discussed.--Eostrix (talk) 09:26, 21 April 2020 (UTC)