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Sjrates.com

Why do you keep removing the link to the sjrates site, is a website thats extremly useful to people who live in South Jersey, Everybody Banks somewhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerseydeviljb (talk • contribs) 21:52, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should I create a page for it first then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerseydeviljb (talk • contribs) 00:37, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but sjrates.com wouldn't meet the notability guidelines for companies on Wikipedia. Only businesses which have significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, such as newspapers or books, are typically included. For example, Le Bec-Fin has its own Wikipedia article, but the Springdale Farm doesn't. --Apollo1758 (talk) 00:46, 30 December 2009 (UTC) [originally posted on User talk:Jerseydeviljb][reply]

Reader Question(s)

Hello Apollo1758 - This is a clumsy way to do this, I couldn't find a way to comment to you directly -- but I wanted to say that your Transportation of New Jersey page is great -- just wanted to ask you if you considered adding pipelines as a transport category. They carry a lot of tonnage --- but are hardly ever noticed. Thanks for all your hard work on Wikipedia.org. -- Opusiv (talk) 19:38, 16 January, 2010 (UTC) [originally posted on User:Apollo1758]

Perhaps this is the place to say that pipelines bring a lot of petroleum and natural gas to New Jersey and should be considered for inclusion on the Transportation of New Jersey page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Opusiv (talk • contribs) 00:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that pipelines do qualify as a form of transportation, since they transport commercial items. You could create a new section and add information about pipelines to Transportation in New Jersey, as long as the information is encyclopedic. --Apollo1758 (talk) 14:56, 17 January 2010 (UTC) [originally posted on User talk:Opusiv][reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of List of bus transit systems in the United States

I have nominated List of bus transit systems in the United States, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bus transit systems in the United States. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. L P ^talk 02:37, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

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Transportation in Philadelphia

Hello. In January you added a citation to a book from the "Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases" series published by Icon Group International to this article. Unfortunately, Icon Group International is not a reliable source - their books are computer-generated, with most of the text copied from Wikipedia (most entries have [WP] by them to indicate this, see e.g. [1]). I've only removed the reference, not the text it was referencing. I'm removing a lot of similar references as they are circular references; many other editors have also been duped by these sources. Despite giving an appearance of reliability, the name "Webster's" has been public domain since the late 19th century. Another publisher to be wary of as they reuse Wikipedia articles is Alphascript Publishing. Fences&Windows 01:08, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for the tip. I'll be more vigilant next time when finding references for articles. --Apollo1758 (talk) 02:29, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wolff Schoemaker

Hi Apollo1758! I noticed you just created a much needed article on Wolff Schoemaker. I think it would be worth pursuing it to T:DYK. Let me know if you're interested, or need any help. --Elekhh (talk) 23:08, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm interested in getting this article on T:DYK because it could be an excellent candidate with appropriate revision. Would you be able to find referenced information for his personal life? There are probably Dutch and Indonesian books about him, but I don't know a single word of either language, and there isn't much information on the web. --Apollo1758 (talk) 23:29, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great! I'm happy to help. Will try to find some good sources and expand it today or tomorrow. --Elekhh (talk) 23:53, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok so there is this book which was just published in May this year and would be great to have, but I am also on another continent so it is unlikely we'll get to it in the next days. Otherwise there are bits and pieces on different websites, which might enable to expand the description of each of the key buildings. There are some very interesting facts about his bio on the Dutch wiki (converted to Islam, went to Mecca, was a close friend of president Sukarno), but I couldn't find reliable sources yet. There is an image of him as well which is most likely to be PD but again could not find any source to confirm that, in order to upload to wiki commons. The article qualifies now for DYK but would be nice to see it further expand prior to nomination. The "Frank Lloyd Wright of Indonesia" might be an interesting hook. --Elekhh (talk) 02:34, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I already saw the image that we could use. Right now, I was about to do some copy editing, and the article could use some more information about what he did after becoming professor. The information on the Dutch wiki seems interesting, but it'll need to be cited appropriately to qualify for DYK. I'll do more editing later because it's getting late over here in New Jersey. --Apollo1758 (talk) 02:53, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I created a nomination for the article at Template talk:Did you know#Wolff Schoemaker. --Apollo1758 (talk) 21:50, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good work. I added an image: maybe get lucky and have it included. --Elekhh (talk) 16:04, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note: seems like it will still take a day or two until is on the mainpage. Is great you got this article started. If you'll be interested to bring it to GA level or even further, I will be happy to assist. --Elekhh (talk) 05:46, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Wolff Schoemaker

Hello! Your submission of Wolff Schoemaker at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Thelmadatter (talk) 02:00, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wolff Schoemaker

On August 10, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wolff Schoemaker, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Perelman Building

On 21 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Perelman Building, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the owl, dog, pelican, opossum and squirrel sculptures decorating the Perelman Building in Philadelphia symbolize attributes of insurance: wisdom, fidelity, charity, protection, and frugality? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Now commons

Hi. We appreciate your work moving images to commons. Just one small request along the way: instead of directly using the {{Nowcommons}} template, consider using the {{subst:ncd}} template. It dates the move and helps us administrators to process things. Thanks. Magog the Ogre (talk) 22:35, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, no problem. I'll do that from now on. --Apollo1758 (talk) 22:37, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sticky notes

That was cool of you to post some positive feedback about the sticky notes idea. Hopefully, eventually, after some more brainstorming it will be ready for the proposal page of the idea lab.-Tesseract²(talk) 19:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

August Wikification Drive ribbon

This Wikification Ribbon is given to Apollo1758 for completing 10 articles in the August 2011 Wikification drive. Thanks, and keep up the great work! Nolelover ^Talk^·^Contribs 15:07, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Syracuse Reds/Nationals

Just wondering, are there any sources that show that the Nationals were a continuation of the Reds? I've done a little searching, and I can't find any good sources that clearly say that. I could be missing something, though. The history section of the Sixers' media guide begins at 1946: [2]. Zagalejo^^^ 23:24, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Great point, Zagalejo. This seems like a rare case of circular references because I haven't found any books older than 2007 that state that the Nationals were a continuation of the Reds (according to the history of the Syracuse Nationals article, an IP user added it in 2007). These books [3] [4][5] [6] aren't reliable sources so it seems plausible that each of them copied their info from Wikipedia. Also looking at the article history, the only reason I restored it was because another IP user removed it without discussion and I was kinda inexperienced at the time so I didn't know which references were reliable. The best thing to do would be to remove any mention that suggests the Nationals were a continuation of the Reds because every book or website that states it seems to be a circular reference. --Apollo1758 ^(talk) 03:26, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Howard Unruh

Would you mind making your edit again, but without substituting the template? Thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:24, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Apollo1758 ^(talk) 15:29, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:37, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to wikiFeed

Hello Apollo1758,

I'm part of a team that is researching ways to help Wikipedia editors find interesting content to contribute to Wikipedia. More specifically, we are investigating whether content from news sources can be used to enhance Wikipedia editing. We have created a tool, called wikiFeed, that allows you to specify Twitter and/or RSS feeds from news sources that are interesting to you. wikiFeed then helps you make connections between those feeds and Wikipedia articles. We believe that using this tool may be a lot of fun, and may help you come up with some ideas on how to contribute to Wikipedia in ways that interest you. Please participate! To do so, complete this survey and follow this link to our website. Once you're there, click the "create an account" link to get started.

For more information about wikiFeed, visit our project page. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask via my talk page, or by email at wikifeedcc@gmail.com. We appreciate your time and hope you enjoy playing with wikiFeed!

Thanks! MarchionessGrey (talk) 20:48, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds interesting! I'll try it. --Apollo1758 ^(talk) 20:53, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Air_transport_in_the_United_States

FYI, you started this page with a redirect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transport_in_the_United_States

I just moved content into it. - Wxidea (talk) 03:07, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, I'll try to find more referenced material to put into the article. Thanks for moving content into it. --Apollo1758 ^talk 03:36, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE July 2012 drive barnstar!

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For copy editing more than 8,000 words in the July 2012 drive, I hereby present you with the Working Man's Barnstar. Great job! —Torchiest ^talk_edits 02:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Camden photo

Hi,

I was wondering if you knew the (approx) address of a photo you posted, of Camden, NJ?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Camden_NJ_poverty.jpg

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SandraP17 (talk • contribs) 04:11, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Formal mediation has been requested

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Hello Apolla1758 I am probably going about this the wrong way (pardon me if I am messaging in the wrong section), but I had no idea where I should type. I would like to commend you for fighting to make changes on the Northeastern United States page that more accurately reflect the culture and general definition of what the Northeast Region is. I don't care about how the census bureau classifies what states make up the Northeast. Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C. (possibly Virginia) should be included in the Northeastern Region. I am a Delaware Native and I can guarantee that 99% of Delawareans consider themselves "Northeasterners". The current page is awful. Please continue the fight to make the changes that need to be made. Thank You!! (Denative1 (talk) 02:18, 21 February 2013 (UTC))[reply]

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Take pictures of Baltimore for Wikipedia on September 21

Hello there! You are invited to attend Wikipedia Takes Baltimore on Saturday, September 21 at 1 PM. The goal of Wikipedia Takes Baltimore is to take pictures of nationally-recognized historic sites to upload to Wikimedia Commons, so if you have a camera (even a cell phone camera!), meet us on the north side of the Washington Monument on North Charles Street in Baltimore. Feel free to bring a car, too, since some of the sites are spread out. To learn more and sign up, see the event page. You can also RSVP on our Meetup page. I hope to see you there! Harej (talk) 19:41, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC Annual Meeting and more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce the upcoming Wikimedia DC Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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End-of-the-year meetups

Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Museum hacks and museum edits

Hello there!

Upcoming events:

February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.harewikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!

Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

Regards,

James Hare

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Editing for Women's History in March

Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM
Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM
An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.

More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)
Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM
In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM
Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM
Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

More information • RSVP on Meetup

Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Thanks,

James Hare

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Upcoming attractions in DC

Hello!

Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:

Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm
See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia
Friday, April 17: Women in Tech Edit-a-thon with Tech LadyMafia – 5-9pm
Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.
Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!
Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
An edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland

Hope to see you at these events! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Cheers,

James Hare

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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February events and meetups in DC

Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:

On Friday, February 12, NPR will host a Black History Month First Edit event.
On Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, we're working with the Wiki Education Foundation to hold a series of four edit-a-thons at the AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting.
On Tuesday, February 16, we're holding the Smithsonian American Art Museum and American University WikiWorkshop with Professor Andrew Lih's class.
On Saturday, February 20, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will host the African American Artists Edit-a-Thon.
On Friday, February 26, Howard University will host its second annual Black History Month Edit-a-Thon.
On Saturday, February 27, we have three different events. In the morning, we're holding an Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. In the afternoon, we'll host our second February WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

We hope to see you at one—or all—of these events!

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at info@wikimediadc.org!

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March events and meetups in DC

Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

Looking for something to do in DC in March? We have a series of great events planned for the month:

On Wednesday, March 9, we'll host our first March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle.
On Friday, March 11, the National Archives will host the Women in the Civil War Edit-a-Thon.
On Saturday, March 19, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian will host the Color History with the Smithsonian! event, and we'll hold our second Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
On Sunday, March 20, the American Chemical Society will host the Computers in Chemistry Edit-a-Thon.
On Saturday, March 26, we'll host our second March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

Can't make it to an event? Most of our edit-a-thons allow virtual participation; see the guide for more details.

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at info@wikimediadc.org!

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