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Hello and Happy New Year[edit]

Hello Sage, I just wanted to pop by (you appeared by magic on my watchlist) to say I've tried to email you at your Public Policy account. I just wondered if you'd received it. Thanks, all the best, and happy 2011. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:48, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I got your email and passed along the application to the selection team. Unless there's some unexpected nastiness in your history that I don't know about, I expect you'll be a shoe-in, so expect to hear back within the next few days with an official welcome to the ambassador program.--ragesoss (talk) 14:50, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. Thanks for letting me know, and as I said, if there's anything else you guys need from me, just let me know. Best wishes. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:51, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pittsburgh event for Wikipedia's tenth anniversary[edit]

Thanks for the invitation, but I can't make it there from Grand rapids, Michigan.Pustelnik (talk) 15:27, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm signed up on the Facebook page as a Maybe Attending, as I honestly am not sure how likely I am to make it to the event. Iamany (talk) 00:47, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 3 January 2011[edit]

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Thanks for posting at Mentor list[edit]

Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:54, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WikiXDC: Wikipedia 10th Birthday![edit]

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

You are invited to WikiXDC, a special meetup event and celebration on Saturday, January 22 hosted by the National Archives and Records Administration in downtown Washington, D.C.

  • Date: January 22, 2011 (tentatively 9:30 AM - 5 PM)
  • Location: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), downtown building, Pennsylvania Avenue & 7th St NW.
  • Description: There will be a behind-the-scenes tour of the National Archives and you will learn more about what NARA does. We will also have a mini-film screening featuring FedFlix videos along with a special message from Jimmy Wales. In the afternoon, there will be lightning talks by Wikimedians (signup to speak), wiki-trivia, and cupcakes to celebrate!
  • Details & RSVP: Details about the event are on our Washington, DC tenwiki page.

Please RSVP soon as possible, as there likely will be a cap on number of attendees that NARA can accommodate.

Note: You can unsubscribe from DC meetup notices by removing your name at Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Invite/List. BrownBot (talk) 02:07, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 January 2011[edit]

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Pittsburgh event for Wikipedia's tenth anniversary[edit]

Hey I got your message a few weeks back but I wasn't sure if I would be able to attend. I actually got the day off work so I'll definitely have to attend--at least for the morning. As I'm sure you know, there's a rather important football game in the afternooon, and just like any Pittsburgher my attention from about 4:30-8 will be on that game. But anyways, hope to see you there! Jgera5 (talk) 03:27, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Daytime photo competition[edit]

Hmmm, not many are interested... are we going to do it? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 08:47, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ride possibility! If it doesn't pan out, I'll see how the buses look like... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 02:08, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chronicle of Higher Education: Wikipedia Comes of Age[edit]

Have you seen this? -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:35, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, thanks! There's bee a slew of good press lately related to Wikipedia in education.--ragesoss (talk) 19:14, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 17 January 2011[edit]

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Photos[edit]

Will you be uploading them to Facebook as well? Tagging is easier there :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 00:08, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Meh. I don't usually upload my photos to Facebook. But since you asked, I will this time.--ragesoss (talk) 02:01, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

BRFA for WAPLeaderboardBot[edit]

Here's the BRFA: Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/WAPLeaderboardBot --Jeremyb (talk) 02:17, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ragesoss. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

--JN466 21:28, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 January 2011[edit]

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 28 January 2011[edit]



This is the first issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program newsletter. Please read it! It has important information about the the current wave of classes, instructions and advice, and other news about the ambassador program.



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The Signpost: 31 January 2011[edit]

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Editing Friday[edit]

If it kicks off and is popular, I have a template here that you may be interested in. (If nothing ends up happening, It was a great way to start to learn all the fun syntax of templates.) cheers --Guerillero | My Talk 18:37, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:40, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It was recently moved to {{Editing Friday}}. – Athaenara ✉ 06:43, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:09, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't see your post on the matter. Disregard the email. It was a just-in-case heads up. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:26, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Anna. I do appreciate the heads-up, and if I don't seem to be online (e.g., not on IRC), emailing is usually the quickest way to reach me. BTW, for things related to the ambassador program, please use my Public Policy account. This talk page is my volunteer account, which I may not notice as quickly.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:21, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:History of science trophy box[edit]

Template:History of science trophy box has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:02, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Upcoming meetup[edit]

Could you add the information about it to the meetup pages? I see that the pink box listing upcoming meetups at Wikipedia:Meetup/Pittsburgh doesn't mention it... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:37, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 7 February 2011[edit]

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Editing Fridays article for 11 February 2011[edit]

--Guerillero | My Talk 02:53, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 14 February 2011[edit]

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DYK for Tradition[edit]

Thanks for brightening February on DYK Victuallers (talk) 06:05, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki:Watchlist-details[edit]

Do you think the Ambassador notice is about ready to come down? I just added another one for the PC RFC, and it's getting pretty crowded. Jujutacular talk 23:01, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 21 February 2011[edit]

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Wikimania 2012 bid, DC chapter & next meetup![edit]

  1. At WikiXDC in January, User:Harej proposed that DC submit a bid to host Wikimania 2012. A bid and organizing committee is being formed and seeks additional volunteers to help. Please look at our bid page and sign up if you want to help out. You can also signup for the bid team's email list.
  2. To support the Wikimania bid, more events like WikiXDC, and outreach activities like collaborations with the Smithsonian (ongoing) and National Archives, there also has been discussion of forming Wikimedia DC, as an official Wikimedia chapter. You can express interest and contribute to chapter discussions on the Wikimedia DC Meta-Wiki pages.
  3. To discuss all this and meet up with special guest, Dutch Wikipedian User:Kim Bruning, there will be a meetup, Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 16 this Tuesday at 7pm, at Capitol City Brewery, Metro Center. There will be a pre-meetup Wikimania team meeting at 6pm at the same location.

Apologies for the short notice for this meetup, but let's discuss when, where & what for DC Meetup #17. Also, if you haven't yet, please join wikimedia-dc mailing list to stay informed. Cheers, User:Aude (talk)

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The Signpost: 28 February 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 7 March 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 14 March 2011[edit]

My76[edit]

See this - and other comments there. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  06:46, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Fridays article for 25 March[edit]

--Guerillero | My Talk 17:33, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 21 March 2011[edit]

WP:ADVERT[edit]

Hi. Would you be so kind as to welcome User:Savtastic, but explain to him that his contributions constitute advertising for his theatre group Charles Court Opera...? I am pretty sure I know this user, and so I would rather not do it myself. Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:33, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure.--ragesoss (talk) 23:14, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 March 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 4 April 2011[edit]

Regional Ambassadors geonotice[edit]

I appreciate that this is for a good cause, but if you're reaching me in St. Louis, then your net is cast too widely. People that don't actually live in D.C. or nearby are unlikely to wish to be ambassadors there. It would also be good to have more content specifically about the ambassador program on the linked page, but Washington,_D.C.#Volunteers is currently a dead section link, and I don't see any specifics about the ambassador program on that page.--Chaser (talk) 15:09, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ack! Sorry about that. The link was wrong. It should have pointed to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Regional_Ambassadors (for which we are targeting most of the US). Thanks for pointing out the problem.--ragesoss (WMF) (talk) 15:22, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A cupcake for you![edit]

Sue Gardner has given you a cupcake! Cupcakes promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cupcake, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. From Sue: Sage, I hereby bestow upon you this cupcake, in honour of your editorship of The Signpost from February 2009 to June 2010. The Signpost is really, really great at helping the enWP community stay informed about important goings-on: I am really glad you worked on it :-)†
Haha, she is really having fun isn't she. Oh to have a Executive director with good humour! I love it, Sadads (talk) 01:28, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your barnstar to me[edit]

Is hilarious, since I believe it was only a few days ago that you were complaining to HR about Brandon's and my creation of a hostile workplace. Having said that: thank you very much! Barnstars are nice: I appreciate them :-) Sue Gardner (talk) 02:51, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 April 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 18 April 2011[edit]

Need help with a simple edit, involving citation of an external source[edit]

Hello Sage, Regarding my edits on the Wikipedia article, titled "Aeroméxico Flight 498" I am having difficultly referencing a source (external), which has already been cited, in an article, with a numbered footnote. There are 2 areas in the article, which I attempted to reference, to a previously cited reference. The first area of the article did not previously contain any reference, and was noted as "citation needed". The second area I attempted to reference had a reference but I attempted to change it, to the previously referenced footnote. I copied the text for the referenced footnote (#2), and pasted the text to the end of the sentences, where I wanted to add the reference to footnote #2. My edit did not produce the results for references to footnote #2. Instead, it added some weird text in the middle of the article, and made references for additional footnotes, for the same citation as footnote #2. I Hope I am making sense, and that you can help. Thank you, Kat Irshgrl500 (talk · contribs) 17:55, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]


--Thank you for your help-- Hello Sage, Thank you for formatting, or correcting my edit error on the "Aeroméxico Flight 498" article. After looking at the changes you made, and re-reading the information on named references format, makes perfect sense. Redirects, the concept is pretty simple but can any User add a redirect? Also, redirects are appropriate only for searches or linked references, correct? Lastly, thank you for the suggestion for the subpage of my userpage. I think I may create one but you also mentioned that by convention, people will leave userpages, and subpages, alone. Well, someone did edit my userpage, and fairly recently. I am not entirely sure why, because there wasn't anything wrong with my userpage, as far as, the appearance was concerned. Perhaps the edits by this user was some sort of attempt to correct a template I used, incorrectly or correct an alteration I made of a template. ??? Thank you, again so much for your help, you were very clear, with your explanations.

Kat Irshgrl500 (talk · contribs) 22:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A few more questions[edit]

Hello Sage, I don't intend to bombard you with messages and questions and in the future, will try to leave all my questions in one message. 1.) What exactly are redirects, why are they used, and what is the purpose of this "shortcut"? (A redirect is a shortcut, right?) 2.) Is there some sort of format, anywhere on Wikipedia, that a User, such as myself can use or create, for the purpose of keeping an address listing such as, lists of other User's pages, and helpful links, which is particular only to that User? Thank you again for your help. Kat--Irshgrl500 (talk · contribs) 18:13, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DC Meetup: May 7 @ Tenleytown Library[edit]

The next DC Wikimedia meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 3:30-5:30 pm at the Tenleytown Library (adjacent to the Tenleytown Metro Station, Red Line), followed by dinner & socializing at some nearby place.

This is the first official meeting of our proposed Wikimedia DC chapter, with discussion of bylaws and next steps. Other agenda items include, update everyone on our successful Wikimania bid and next steps in the planning process, discuss upcoming activities that we want to do over the summer and fall, and more.

Please RSVP here and see a list of additional tentatively planned meetups & activities for late May & June on the Wikipedia:Meetup/DC page.

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The Signpost: 25 April 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 2 May 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 9 May 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 16 May 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 23 May 2011[edit]

Bonsai![edit]

Hi Sage - great weekend! I'm glad we got to hang out and I look forward to doing it again soon. I have uploaded my photos to Commons regarding Bonsai to the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum section. There were a few I couldn't identify, and perhaps you can, you can find them under a CC Attribution license here. I also uploaded a photo of John Naka which you'll see I randomly placed on the article about him! Thanks for a great morning and I hope you made it home safe. #wikilove - SarahStierch (talk) 19:27, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And on that note, I challenge you to improve John Naka :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:15, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Game[edit]

A discussion about improving Wikipedia's help documentation inspired an idea--tutorials would be best if they were interactive and immersive. The thought of a learning-teaching game came up, one based on a real interface with realistic 'missions'. Would you be interested in providing some feedback or helping work on it, or know some editors who might? The idea is just getting started and any assistance with the help/policy side, the experienced-editor side, or the coding/game-making side would be great. You can add feedback at User_talk:Ocaasi/The_Wikipedia_Game where discussion has begun. Cheers, Ocaasi c 03:54, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 May 2011[edit]

Re: respond on user pages vs. user talk pages[edit]

Hi John! I noticed you mentioning that a message from you got deleted from Ssilvers' user page. That's because it was posted on his main user page, rather than his user talk / discussion page. Usually messages on user talk pages won't get immediately deleted, but it's considered rude to post on their main user page. If it was just an accident, then sorry for dragging it out; I just noticed that you had posted on a few people's main user pages recently. Cheers--ragesoss (talk) 20:55, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Dear Ragesoss, Thanks for pointing out the problem, which was caused by my clicking on my intended addressees name then not recognising that I had reached a USER rather than USER TALK page, especially since the User pages in question, looked very like User Talk pages. However, my apologies to Tim riley and Ssilvers for my error and of course, NO rudeness intended since in each case I have been massively grateful for their help. John Thaxter (talk) 12:28, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal[edit]

Merge discussion for Bounce board[edit]

An article that you have been involved in editing, Bounce board, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Kevin McE (talk) 10:30, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 6 June 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 13 June 2011[edit]

Stats[edit]

Hi Sage. In case you are not watching the page, I have left a request for the project here. I hope this was the right place to ask - if not I would welcome your suggestions. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:26, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That seems like a good place for it. I think most of that data can be gathered, as Killiondude says, from a knowledgeable SQL person with a toolserver account. If you don't get pointed toward a willing person in short order, I suggest putting in a request by following these instructions: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Query_service --ragesoss (talk) 19:27, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Sage. I already tried this yesterday and registered there. However, I'm just too stupid to figure out out to post the new query. As this concerns a major policy change, Jimbo and the WMF have made quite clear that the trial must be based on adequate numerical study, so I'm wondering what can be done to facilitate the gathering the first batch of these stats as quickly as possible. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:05, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps talk to Maggie Dennis, User:Mdennis (WMF). She can help make sure all the right people know about the need.--ragesoss (talk) 12:16, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited to the New York Wiknic![edit]

You could be having this much fun! Seriously, consider coming.

This message is being sent to inform you of a Wikipedia picnic that is being held in your area next Saturday, June 25. From 1 to 8 PM or any time in between, join your fellow volunteers for a get together at Norman's Landscape (directions) in Manhattan's Central Park.

Take along your friends (newbies permitted), your family and other free culture enthusiasts! You may also want to pack a blanket, some water or perhaps even a frisbee.

If you can, share what you're bringing at the discussion page.

Also, please remember that this is the picnic that anyone can edit so bring enough food to share!

To subscribe to future events, follow the mailing list or add your username to the invitation list. BrownBot (talk) 19:19, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 20 June 2011[edit]

Budget question[edit]

Hi Sage, my proposal to give a "Wikipedia in Secondary Education" presentation to the New York State School Boards Association was accepted. I want to include a slide that overviews the rise in the value of annual Wikimedia Foundation budgets. I've found some values, but not all. Is there a one-stop place I can go to see this information? Even an annual revenue listing would be fine too. My current chart goes as far back as 2004, which is fine since order of magnitude from 2004 to 2011 is so different that include previous years would add minimal impact. Would be a great help! Thanks. upstateNYer 06:22, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... I don't know if there's any better one-stop-shop than Wikimedia Foundation#Finances. But it looks like the graph there has basically what you're looking for, going back to 2003-2004 (the first fiscal year of WMF's existence).--ragesoss (talk) 17:56, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, that'll do. Gracias! upstateNYer 20:23, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ambassador Mailing list[edit]

For some reason, I've stopped getting emails from both mailing lists. Is this simply due to a lack of activity, or is there and issue with my account? Thank you 06:26, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Pittsburgh Wiknic[edit]

What a nice event, and how nice it was to meet you and the others. I'm really looking forward to attending other similar events.

The most often asked question (of me, at least) was "What sort of articles to you work on?" There IS no answer to that. (Navy ships, Australian youth softball awards, bays in Papua New Guinea, British baked goods and their ingredients, etc.) My biggest contribution in areas that are of interest to you is a pretty good public domain photo of Nicholas Rescher. Lou Sander (talk) 14:55, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh activity[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh is rolling out some new features (see our discussions at WT:PITTSBURGH). We are also trying to determine how many members are active, and interested in contributing to Pittsburgh content or coming to our real life meetups to discuss Wikipedia in general. If you could go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Pittsburgh/Members and move your name from inactive to the active or semi-active group (depending on your interest in Pittsburgh issue and overall activity) groups, this would be great. Hopefully in a near future you'll also receive our first newsletter with various information on what we have been doing, and what useful tools are available. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:13, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 27 June 2011[edit]

Some stroopwafels for you![edit]

just playing with WikiLove Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 22:15, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 4 July 2011[edit]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Original Barnstar
Barnstar of awesomeness for an awesome Wikipedian. :) phoebe / (talk to me) 21:39, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 July 2011[edit]

Smithsonian Archives of American Art Backstage Pass[edit]

Archives of American Art Backstage Pass! - You are invited!
The Smithsonian is hosting its first Backstage Pass at the Archives of American Art in, Washington, D.C., on Friday, July 29. 10 Wikimedians will experience the behind the scenes aspects of archiving the world's largest collection of documents and photographs related to American art. After a complimentary lunch, an edit-a-thon will take place and prizes will be awarded. Followed by an evening happy hour. We hope you'll participate! SarahStierch (talk) 16:53, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GLAM-Wiki Baltimore meetup[edit]

You are invited to the first Wikipedia Baltimore meetup on Saturday, July 23, 10:00am-12:30pm at the Walters Art Museum. Come meet Wikimedians, learn about GLAM-Wiki partnerships, get involved, and discuss future wiki outreach and activities in the Baltimore area!

There also is a Wikipedia & Cultural Heritage at the Young Preservationist Happy Hour on Friday, July 22, 6:30pm at the Midtown Yacht Club, an unpretentious neighborhood pub.

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Raspberry[edit]

I approve. – GorillaWarfare (talk) 22:17, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 July 2011[edit]

The WikiProject National Archives Newsletter[edit]

The first ever WikiProject National Archives newsletter has been published. Please read on to find out what we're up to and how to help out! There are many opportunities for getting more involved. Dominic·t 21:37, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DC Meetup, July 29[edit]

DC Meetup 21 - Who should come? You should. Really.
DC MEETUP 21 is July 29! This meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. See you Friday! SarahStierch (talk) 16:32, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 25 July 2011[edit]

File:How to create a Wikipedia article - Right to science and culture.ogv[edit]

Hi Ragesoss


The linked thumbnail to this article is not working. It is not even working on its own page. please can you let me know how I can get this fixed. thanks!! Islahaddow (talk) 14:21, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... I'm not sure. It works for me. The only advice I can give is, try it in a different browser. Wikipedia videos can be quite buggy sometimes, but it's often very hard to pinpoint the cause. Sorry I can't be more helpful.--ragesoss (talk) 00:15, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dominant group[edit]

May I make a request for comment (RfC) on the page Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dominant group regarding the article Dominant group? Thank you for your kind attention to this matter. Marshallsumter (talk) 06:21, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Geonotices[edit]

Hey Sage, hope you're doing well! Just wanted to remind you to be extra careful when adding geonotices, since any syntax error[9] will cause everyone to get Javascript error messages. Kaldari (talk) 01:27, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Eeep! Sorry about that. Thanks for the reminder.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 01:33, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DC-area Meetup, Saturday, August 6[edit]

National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
On Saturday, August 6, the National Archives is hosting a Wikipedia meetup, backstage pass tour, and edit-a-thon in College Park, Maryland. Meet staff and fellow Wikipedians, go behind the scenes at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Dominic·t 21:32, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 01 August 2011[edit]

Czech Wikipedia - ambassador project[edit]

Hi, a small group of Wikipedians is preparing a new Ambassador Project in the Czech Republic (at Charles University, Faculty of Science), so as to draw more students to writing Wikipedia. I see that you are both a coordinator and a biologist, so I would be really glad if I could discuss our plan with you. Would you be able to save some time for me this week? On IRC, for example? you can answer here (or write an e-mail if you like) Thank you in advance, --Vojtech.dostal (talk) 08:20, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 08 August 2011[edit]

The Signpost: 15 August 2011[edit]

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My newest Prezi[edit]

Check this out. Let me know if you have any suggestions (from typos to missing concepts, whatever comes to mind). The audience are professors and such at ASA. I am going to show it tomorrow. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 02:31, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 August 2011[edit]

Read this Signpost in full · Single-page · Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 00:17, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 29 August 2011[edit]

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Wikipedia:Meetup/Pittsburgh[edit]

Are we going to do a September one? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 16:08, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Info on editor demographics?[edit]

Hi Sage, my presentation for the New York State School Boards Association is due at the end of this week. I wanted to include some info on editor demographics (ages, sex, etc.). I remember seeing some stuff in past Signposts, but I'm not sure where to look. Are you aware of any studies like that? upstateNYer 20:31, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 05 September 2011[edit]

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Inquiry[edit]

Re: Your previous posting to my "talk page" - How do I locate Dylan Staley's "talk page" DrJA (talk) 16:15, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Help, help! (in a good way)[edit]

I have a new friend who happens to be head of the English Dept. at Rutgers in New Brunswick. She has never edited WP, but she is teaching a seminar this fall in which she is considering having a SHORT assignment involving WP. She doesn't want to make it a major part of the class, but her thinking is that the students can turn their research for ONE of the papers into WP contributions. I have offered to help her, but I am worried that the very limited amount of time that she wants to devote to the WP part will not be enough for the students to really get into it. I am happy to clean up their contributions, which, I hope, will at least have the necessary bibliographic source info for me to wikiformat into good references. Can you give me suggestions about how I can make this a very simple and efficient exercise where we can get the students to turn their research into WP contributions with minimal familiarity with WP software? They won't have time to read lots of guidelines, although I will try to get them to read WP:V, WP:OR and WP:N. I feel that even if some of the students just throw their research in a sandbox with reference info, we will at least get a bunch of well-researched new content, and possibly a couple of new contributors. So far, I have told the professor to register her own username, and I am going to have a phone call with her tomorrow to walk her through the basics of editing. I told her that she will have a better idea of how to design the WP segment of the course once she has some familiarity with editing. I plan to walk her through adding some referenced info to an existing article and starting a new article. So, without bogging her down in reading, what are your thoughts about how to make this quick and dirty but effective for her? Thanks for any advice (please respond at my talk page). -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:19, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:41, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your MediaWiki extension[edit]

...I've "upgraded" it to: Send2StatusNet, ----Erkan Yilmaz 22:47, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

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Wikipedia - University Collaboration Project[edit]

Hi. Did I miss the collaboration again? Thanks. ~AH1 (discuss!) 23:04, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DC-area Meetup, Saturday, October 8[edit]

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A brownie for you![edit]

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Science[edit]

I thought this might be of interest to you, given your academic background; you qualify on several counts to be a key member if the idea is gonig to work. Interested? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:52, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Ambassador inquiry[edit]

Hello. I was not sure if you were still the appropriate contact regarding Wikipedia ambassador inquiries. If you are no longer, I apologize in advance.

A student Mken86 (talk) in Professor Katz's Intellectual Property class has consulted me because his work, titled "an introduction to copyright law in Canada: origins and governing principles", was redirected to the article "Copyright law in Canada".

Is there a template for student articles that can be displayed in mainspace? Thanks for your time? Maple Leaf (talk) 21:49, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not working as Online Facilitator any more, but I'm happy to help when I can. There's this template: {{WAP assignment}}, which may be what you need.--ragesoss (talk) 17:15, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a huge help. Thanks very much! Maple Leaf (talk) 16:46, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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A courtesy shout[edit]

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Scholarship to attend WikiMania 2012, Washington[edit]

Ross,

I am Adethya from India. I want to attend the Washington conference and I am looking for scholarships for the same. I will be able to make it, only if I am awarded scholarships covering the most of my expenses. But I am eager to attend.

Please let me know the prospects.

Thanks in advance, Adethya Sudarsanan Wiki UserName : adethya — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adethya (talk • contribs) 18:32, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adethya. We expect to open the scholarship application process at the beginning of January. I look forward to seeing your application.--Ragesoss (talk) 14:06, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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National Archives ExtravaSCANza[edit]

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This will be a casual working event in which Wikipedians are getting together to scan interesting documents at the National Archives related to a different theme each day—currently: spaceflight, women's suffrage, Chile, and battleships—for use on Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons. The event is being held on multiple days, and in the evenings and weekend, so that as many locals and out-of-towners from nearby regions1 as possible can come. Please join us! Dominic·t 01:05, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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