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I have now done another interwiki geocoding run for Polish location articles using live database data, and copied around 1000 new sets of coordinates from pl: to the corresponding en: articles. -- The Anome (talk) 16:40, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hey I was wondering if you could help me out with my citations, taking them from MLA to acceptable wikipedia cites. Joko123nm (talk) 08:21, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
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Dzień dobry! I have a question for you, regarding something I encountered while I was in Warsaw last month, and was wondering if you could help me find some information about it.
I noticed historical labels on a couple of buildings in the Stare Miasto which stated that they have been included on the "National Historical Register of Poland" or something similar; at least one of them also had a plaque attached to it that looked like this. I did a Google search using those terms, but couldn't find anything out; would you happen to know a.) what the Polish name for the register is, and b.) if there's some kind of database of properties online? If it's possible, I'd like to begin compiling a list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Historic sites, and get it included in the list of recognized heritage registers. Once I do, I'll leave a note with WP:POLAND, so that y'all can contribute if you want (which would probably help, as I don't speak Polish very well. :-) )
Dziękuję!. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:04, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
dzieki za nagrode, ale chcialbym zebys przekopiowal to na moja strone w zakladke Awards:)--marekchelsea (talk) 18:23, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
I thought your perspective might be helpful at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mojżesz David Kirszbraun. The argument to keep seems compelling enough for me to withdraw the nomination, but I'd like your opinion. Best, Sławomir Biały (talk) 12:28, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
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Cześć,
proszę opisz ten plik - sprzątam kategorię [1] i natknąłem się na to. Pozdrawiam ToSter (talk) 11:03, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I responded to your request at Template talk:Did you know. Sadly, I don't think this article meets the criteria. The Interior(Talk) 18:47, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
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Gunpowder Plot was TFA yesterday, and thus cannot be at FAR today. I've left a comment to that effect on the FAR page. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 16:49, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi piotrus. It looks like we have support for the extension on Film Studies. I have updated the author about one other small issue that needs clearing up. The Interior(Talk) 17:10, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Powiedz mi do czego wlasciwie sluzy ta persondata bo ostatnio czesto mi dodaja to do moich artykulow--marekchelsea (talk) 09:56, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Piotr I sincerely apologize I did not act on the DYK page sooner but I disappointedly thought my deadline was missed and focused on other work. In terms of the source in question it was considered in the chosen hook; however, in choosing my hook I used information that I found widely accepted in the many sources I have used in my research and cited on my reflist. I refer to a book, specifically its introduction pg.1-8 (Film Studies Critical Approaches) that most explicitly details the information in the hook which I have now cited on the film studies page and the hook's sentence. Again I apologize for the late reply, the class and I really appreciate the work the wikiambassadors do for us, our grades:) and the community. I am especially greatful for you going to bat for me on DYK I just hope this was not in vain due to my idleness. From now on I do promise to check my wikitalk more often than I have been, now knowing that I may have missed the opportunity to make the main page. Thanks Joko123nm (talk) 01:07, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hey again, I'm really exited to see my article on the main page I think I might demand a celebration in class ha ha. I just wanted to make sure that I'm free to add on to my page up until its up. Also how will I know when its scheduled to go up. Should I just keep checking once it's on a queue? Thanks again. Joko123nm (talk) 01:39, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
The comments made by all in the discussion are still visible in Archive 1 of my talk page Barts1a (talk) 04:22, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a writer and would like to use an image found on CreativeCommons.org in an article. It is of a train at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
I usually take my own photos but do not have a suitable one for this article. I am rather new at the whole Creative Commons thing and worry that I will use something I am not supposed to, so I always like to ask for permission. :-)
If it is okay for me to use, please let me know how you would like to be attributed.
My email adress is sandyallen11@gmail.com.
Thanks for your assistance, Sandy Allen 24.125.28.189 (talk) 16:23, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure what was gained by splitting up the "Hammer's Slammers" page. It seems like it's just confusing things, particularly when the new page has a link to a "next in series" that goes to a completely wrong book!
I'm also not sure why you did this with no prior discussion or indication. 192.91.171.42 (talk) 18:22, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
...so you're going to make a separate page for every book in the series, then? Obviously this is very important to you! 192.35.35.35 (talk) 21:02, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Witam. Czy dałbyś radę wpisać do opisu zdjęcia, w jkiej miejscowości ten cmentarz się znajduje? Zdjęcie by dużo na tym zyskało. Chodzi mi o : [2]. Pozdrawiam --Piotr967 (talk) 09:12, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
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The problem is that they are translations, and generally I haven't sighted the sources, although there is no reason to think they are not accurate. Also the German articles generally don't have the detailed citations required in English Wikipedia.--Grahame (talk) 23:51, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Several contributors suggested moving this to your user space, Barts1a has no objection, so I have moved it to User:Piotrus/discussion1 and closed the MfD accordingly. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:17, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
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Witam! Twoje hasło zostało wstawione do PANDA/lista]. Czy jesteś w stanie je poprawić tak by spełniało obecne standardy Artykułów na medal?.Jill Tarter (talk) 14:44, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Piotrus,
I used the PD_Poland license because File:Dywizjon 303 4.jpg, another photo from the same source, used that license. If you don't think it's appropriate, I can change it. Let me know. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 05:11, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
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I should have restored the link like you did here.--Rockfang (talk) 04:10, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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I just wanted to say that it wasn't my intention to provoke--I know it can easily come off as such through an open system like Wikipedia. I made those edits after having read repeatedly though Vakar (perhaps the earliest English-language history of Belarus) and Lubachko (another major history for English-speakers, and others like Zaprudnik, who quote him).
Again, I don't wish to establish a sort of "false equivalency" on the issue. And I had no intention of provoking or alienating. At the same time, I did find mention of Polish control of West Belarus somewhat lacking, even if it is only a further consideration of Peace of Riga. Lubachko and Vakar vividly describe it period in West Belarus, in many periods, violent and aggressive in its own right, and it seems fair to mention then (Zaprudnik's history, particularly before 1957, is heavily based on their works.) Again, the choice of words for Bereza Kartuska are a reflection of Lubachko's own words (in his narrative, it is literally described as "Concentration Camp", though he is speaking from the perspective of the Belarusians). The article for Bereza Kartuska likewise acknowledges that some consider it such a establishment. I do not wish to edit Lubachko's words any more than I must--and even then, should it be called "prison" or something else, deleting the whole addition seems like a poor solution.
I hope I haven't "stepped out of line", since I am obviously not anywhere near the veteran of this system, so I felt as though you deserved a wider explanation. I'm a Taiwanese national as well, so English is a second language (and I still make a few hic-ups), so I wanted to be cautious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChuangKai (talk • contribs) 06:49, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
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You uploaded images of ships in Corfu. Unfortunately without the names of the ships. Ans you didn't give the source, so you may not be surprised when somebody will support deletion. Can you add source and names. I'l try to find the respective IMO numbers for the ships. --Stunteltje (talk) 21:41, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
I am glad that you trust that the photo is very real.
This place is Poland and the year is 1941. The victims are dressed in greatcoat. You must accept, that this is not the fake. The word "Katyn" is byword. All the murdered military in Poland in this period are to do with the Katyn massacre. If you do not see the to do with massacre of prisoners of war in Poland however, I entreat you to consult with anybody other in Wikipedia team about this simple questions: 1. Are the Nurenberg trial decisions is the fringe theory?! 2. Are the Nazi soldiers executing civilians on this foto? 3. Are the image's description is entirely sourceless? 4. Are in the number of murdered militaries in Katyn not have Polish and Soviet Jews? 5. Why the Wikipedia's opinion for the Katyn massacre is so firmly? (The national coat of arms in the document "decision of massacre" is in use from 1946). 6. Why so many times you change the reason for deletion of this foto?
Best regards, Santimento (talk) 22:50, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
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In WIKIMEDIA I found quite a number of photos of christmas decorations by you. While the objects are beautiful, the photos aren't; quite some of them are waaaayyyy out of focus. Could you take them again, please? Christmas is coming; I'm sure you still have your lovely objects and will use them this year... --Kauko56 (talk) 12:48, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
I am deeply disappointed that you should raise the spectre of the "original name". This Wikipedia is written in English, not German; in English, the English name is more correct - and the original name of Zurich is the Proto-Celtic word reflected in Turicum. whatever it may have been.Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:12, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
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You hereby be notified that an arbitration enforcement request has been filled against you [4]. --Dojarca (talk) 04:48, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for welcoming to wikiproject Poland. I look forward to helping improve the quality of articles relating to Poland. Have a nice day! --Piast93 (talk) 15:40, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
I was trying to find information about Dziś do ciebie przyjść nie mogę, but did not get very far. Perhaps you could help out. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 10:05, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
I would like some help from you about my Cap and dividend article. In the last section i tried to cite a source but instead of creating a new source in the references section it linked it to a old source. Im not sure how. ~user:snyde2bd —Preceding undated comment added 01:04, 12 December 2010 (UTC).
Hi, my name is James Fullerton, and I'm a teacher at Southern Lehigh Middle School in PA. Recently I've created a project that involves Wikipedia (WP) and small groups of students making a contribution to a WP article of their choosing, as long as the topic is related to the content of the course - being American Government, Civics, and Economics. For the past 4 weeks, students have become involved in the culture of WP, with many already narrowing in on a topic for their contribution. Here is the supportive material on Wikispaces (https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/). Your assistance would be greatly appreciated! Would you be available to act as a mentor to a small group of students as they begin to offer additional content to an article of their interest? The team sizes are numbered between 5-7 students each. I will notify you as to who is in the teams with their WP user names. Jmfullerton (talk) 17:38, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Well, it was like three years ago. :) Anyways it seems it was empty back then. On the other hand, I think this category (as all Silesia categories) is quite problematic, since Silesia is nowadays divided between two countries, so these categories would group unrelated articles. - Darwinek (talk) 12:34, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
On14 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Housing discrimination (United States), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that it was not until the Fair Housing Act of 1968 that housing discrimination in the United States became illegal? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Hi Piotrus,
I've deleted Stefan Gembicki as you requested. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 18:21, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Here you go:
Stefan Gembicki can refer to several members of the Gemicki family (from Gembice) of Nałęcz Coat of Arms:
Template:Expand has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. 134.253.26.6 (talk) 22:45, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks for informing me about that discussion. At least you have some common courtesy.--Piast93 21:25, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you Piotrus, for the Polish Barnstar of National Merit, 2nd Class. Thank you for welcoming me into the WikiProject despite my prior assumption of bad faith against many of its members. I'm glad we have come so far since then.
Warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 04:49, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Due to your past contribution to Technological utopianism, you may currently want to help editing the Technological utopianism article because currently only one editor is contributing to the article. The Singularitarianism Article could also benefit from your help.
I feel Loremaster is editing Singularitarianism and Technological utopianism in a biased manner in accordance with his Save The Earth propaganda. Loremasters's ideology seems to verge towards Neo-Luddism. Here are the damming facts Loremaster has stated in discussion:
"...critical of techno-utopianism in all its forms."
"...stop indulging in techno-utopian fantasies... ...so that we can all focus on energies on saving the planet."
"Although I am convinced that the world is in fact heading toward an ecological catastrophe, I think it can be averted and my optimism makes me want to fight to do do just that."
81.151.135.248 (talk) 11:42, 18 December 2010 (UTC)JB
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Interesting article, which seems to me to meet the DYK criteria - however I've suggested a stronger hook that would require a couple of small modifications and additional references. I've also left a message to this effect on the talk page of the original author, Target for Today. Ivolocy (talk) 12:45, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for 'welcome mat'. I did not need to use it so far hence not creating one. My visits here will be probably not very frequent ones (time or constant lack of it). Good luck to all. I tried, rather unsuccessfully, to make some sense in the Adam Mickiewicz article but it seems to be beyond reason (therefore we have a new poet: Polish-Lithuanian). It is my personal pride that I detest Polish chauvinism, but even more aggressive ignorance. No nation is better than other - but it works both ways. What if poor Adas would have written『Żmudzi, ojczyzno moja』- he would be a Polish-Żmudzin poet? But I digress. the best in the Seasons, --Emanek (talk) 09:22, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Moni thani01.JPG is Moni Thari monastery, Laerma village Lindos (Laerma is a Municipal Department of Lindos Municipality) I'll change it and the others accordingly and put the pics into Category Laerma.Have a good Christmas Robert aka Notafly (talk) 20:06, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
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The Sociology WikiProject third newsletter is out! According to our April mini-census, we have 15 active members, 6 semi-active ones and 45 inactive. Out of those, 4 active, 3 semi-active and 1 inactive members have added themselves to corresponding categories since the mini-census. The next one is planned, roughly, for sometime next year. The membership list has been kept since 2004. On that note, nobody has ever studied WikiProjects from the sociological perspective... if you are interesting in researching Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Research and wiki-research-l listerv. Moving from research to teaching, did you know that many teachers and instructors are teaching classes with Wikipedia? This idea is getting support from the Wikimedia Foundation, and some really useful tools have been created recently. I have experience with that, having taught several undergad classes, so feel free to ask me questions on that! And as long as I am talking about professional issues, if any of you is going to any sociological conferences, do post that to our project - perhaps other members are going there too? In other news: the a automated to do listing reported in the April issue went down shortly afterwards, but seems to be on the path to reactivation. We still have an active tag and assess project, and comparing the numbers to the April report, we have identified about 350 more sociology-related articles (from 1,800 to 2,150) and assessed about 100 (from 1,300 to 1,400). We now have a listing of most popular sociology-related pages. It is updated on the 1st of every month, starting with August, and reports which of our sociology-tagged articles are most frequently read. Of course, GIGO holds true, so after looking at it right now and trying to determine what is our most popular article, my first action was to shake my head and remove Criminal Minds (which, perhaps not too surprisingly, outranks all sociology articles in period tested). Second item I noticed it this month's Industrial Revolution, beating Criminal Minds, that moved from close to 30th position in August/September, to 9th in October and 2nd in November. If you'd like to discuss this or any other trends, please visit WT:SOCIOLOGY! Finally, with the reactivation of Article Alerts, we are getting our own here. Bookmark that page so you can keep track of sociology related deletion debates, move debates, good and feature article discussions, and more. Our first task force (Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology/Social movements task force) was created (1 June 2010). If you have basic or better graphic skills, our projects needs a dedicated barnstar (award) (currently the closest we can get is the Society Barnstar. As always, I highly recommend watchlisting the Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology page, so you can be aware of the ongoing discussions. |
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Hello. Thank you for your interesting. Sociology is one of the topics I'm interesting. So I'm interesting in receiving any newsletter from it, but not to make any article edit in en wikipedia for the near future. But I read some of them and I'm thinking about traslare some topics fot the el: wikipedia. Vchorozopoulos (talk) 23:47, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
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czolem Piotrusiu :) nie wiem jak zmienic tutul artykulu - a napisalem wstepny artykul o bitwie pod Lubrzem po angielsku http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batle_of_Lubrze , a z jakis powodow jest 'batle' zamiast 'battle' - pomocy prosze! — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarioTW (talk • contribs) 22:53, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
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Thanks - but after few attempts at rescuing Adam Mickiewicz from a colossal OR - it seems that reason escapes some of the editors on enwiki. My limited time is too precious for me to get involved in emotional debates devoid of logic. And I thought that plwiki is sometimes hard to work with. By the way - is the Polish-Lithuanian adjective spilling into Polish-Belarussian, Polish-Ukrainian and so on, or is it only specific to Lithuanian socio-political geography? yours, --Emanek (talk) 09:15, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
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Piotrus (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
See detailed reasons below. Short version: I am topic banned "from articles about national, cultural, or ethnic disputes within Eastern Europe". I edited an uncontroversial article about a battle in Eastern Europe. Blocking admin thinks I violated my topic ban because all things military are clearly part of my topic ban. I believe I didn't.
I would like to ask you to consider this: which disputes was I banned from? I was banned from ETHNIC, NATIONAL and CULTURAL disputes. Not from ALL disputes. Nor from MILITARY ones. There is no word "MILITARY" in my topic ban. Hence I did not violate it.
I am open to discussing whether I should not edit military articles. Heck, I promise that I will abstain from them till neutral editors reach consensus on that issue (presumably, on AE). The block serves no purpose, if one wanted to warn me that somewhere in the ETHNIC, NATIONAL and CULTURAL disputes there are MILIARY disputes (and I have trouble seeing where), this could have been achieved with a simple warning - why the draconian one week block?
I thus believe that it is sufficiently clear that I did not violate the topic ban that I should be unblocked; at the same time I promise to avoid military-related articles pending discussion to determine if this is so. I have no desire to aggreviate the situation, I just wish to return to peaceful editing as soon as possible. Please review the procedural note below, though - I don't want to get any admin in trouble over unblocking me (the wiki bureaucracy gets more and more complex and unfriendly by the minute, it seems). Thank you, --User:Piotrus 00:38, 1 January 2011 (UTC) PS. I am blocked so I cannot notify the blocking admin with a diff, I emailed him and I see he has now copied the appeal to AE. Please note that my unblock request is separate, and related, and I don't believe it is procedurally invalidated by an ongoing AE discussion.
Decline reason:
Procedural decline—you know the drill AE blocks to contested at AE yadda yadda. Wait one while I copy your appeal over there. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 04:50, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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7dteam- Thank you for your advice how to add a page, but I need to know how to add an article to a page. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 7dteam (talk • contribs) 19:25, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Need suggestions on what additional Białystok needs to get to B-Class. Been putting some heavy work into the top half of the article. I already know the culture / sport section needs some improvement since I haven't touched below the Industry section. Ajh1492 (talk) 23:30, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, can you find a source or to for this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:53, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Czy smakowała Ci ta gumowa kanapka z serem wczoraj? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrk91f (talk • contribs) 16:01, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I am going to see if I can find the registration of the Monarch A321 in corfu on Libhomeradar.org for you
--MKY661 (talk) 17:56, 9 January 2011
G-OZBG from Gatwick --MKY661 (talk) 18:07, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Piotrus,
I'm a faculty member at CMU, and will be using the improvement of relevant Wikipedia articles as an assignment in my Organizational Communications course this semester [[6]]. Since you are just down the street from us, would you be willing to schedule an orientation to Wikipedia with my class? Thanks. Bob Kraut Robertekraut (talk) 19:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
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SEE: SPIN -- Jarosław Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan
You might want to take a look at that. They're using my language directly from Wikipedia, which is what I'm trying to get through to you about his family background.
ALSO SEE: Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalism
Keep that in mind with your deletion nominations, particularly on seed articles.
I see the relevance of that particular article you twice nominated for deletion, but I'm not done yet.
Thanks.
And see User talk:Malik Shabazz#Thank You for Contacting Me for issues I see around User:Exxess/Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan.
Other than that, the matter is behind me. -- Exxess (talk) 10:37, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, but it strains credulity (mine, anyway) to believe that you didn't realize that the Adam Mickiewicz article was the subject of a dispute among Lithuanian and Polish editors with whom you are well-acquainted until the moment before you were going to hit save, as you state here [7]. (Quote: But moments before I was about to hit the save button, I realized that the article seems to be in the midst of an edit war related to the subject nationality...). (Recent article/talk page history: [8], [9]). You haven't edited the article since 2007 [10] and you must have thousands of other articles that need improvement on your watchlist.
You could have posted an article edit request to the PL noticeboard re this, as you have for many articles during the past few months.
In my view the A.M. part of your appeal demonstrates.. what to call it... a lack of forthcoming-ness. The remainder of the appeal, in which you speak of WP's losses from your lack of participation, that's a different story that others can think over.
If you remove the A.M. section I shan't contest your appeal, since lifting your topic ban now or in March doesn't make much difference in the long run. But I am concerned about that part - possibly the readers will take your assertion at face value without checking the article/talk page histories. You could either remove that section (since it hasn't been commented on there yet) or strike it. If you choose not to do either, I may bring it up at the AE appeal.
I'd prefer that we keep the conversation here, but if you'd rather have it on my talk page, that's OK by me - if so I'll post talkbacks. Novickas (talk) 21:03, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Piotr, this is Annie Lin from the Wikimedia Foundation - I work on the Public Policy Initiative as the Campus Team Coordinator, working closely with professors and Campus Ambassadors to encourage the use of Wikipedia as a teaching tool in university settings. Thank you for all your great contributions to the Initiative! I saw on WikiProject Sociology that you will be going to the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, and was wondering if you might be interested in this random idea I had, of potentially organizing/proposing a panel or roundtable at the Annual Meeting that would discuss the role of Wikipedia in academia, the role of technology in academia, or innovative approaches to teaching in general? I studied sociology at UC Berkeley and like to think of myself as a sociologist (at least at heart), and have gone to ASA annual meetings before and have some connections in the sociology academic world. Would this idea be something you're interested in? I think we've both had a lot of experience talking to academics about the idea of using Wikipedia as a teaching tool by this point, so the main work - if we were to attempt this - would be how to make this happen logistically (i.e. how to register or propose the idea). Let me know what you think? P.S. I also saw that User:Aetheling will be sitting on the panel at the ASA Annual Meeting, so I contacted him about this too. Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 22:20, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I am PhD student at FUCAM university (Belgium) and I'm working on Wikipedia negociations with narrative approachs. I have the feeling History Flow tool (Viegas) would be useful for me but at this state it is'nt : no possibility to get the full history from articles. I've just seen you worked on this, trying to improve it. Did you get any results? Sorry for my poor english and thanks a lot! IntraLucide (talk) 11:15, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for warning about page merging, I've brought the issue to the attention of the project. --Dans (talk) 23:13, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
On13 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sampling frame, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that proper design of a sampling frame can be crucial in statistical research? 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) 00:04, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Do you know an automatic archiver which will leave stuff unarchived at a tag? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 02:37, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Not just 'not many'... no one expressed any interest. And given the fact that getting around Pittsburgh is likely to be a little bit crazy, what with the sports stuff going on, I think we need to scrap the photo competition. :(
I saw your plea for a ride from Oakland, btw. I'm not sure how tight my schedule will be, but I'll give you a ride if I can. I'll email you tomorrow.--ragesoss (talk) 15:48, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Piotrus. I'd be happy to comment on those pages. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 00:08, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello Piotrus. For many years, there are have been minor disputes about the etymology of the word “transhuman”. The Transhumanist FAQ of the World Transhumanist Association has always argued it goes back to FM-2030 (1966). However, some people dispute this by arguing that it goes to Julian Huxley (1957) or even Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1949). However, correct me if I am wrong, although Huxley and de Chardin used terms likes “transhumanity”, “transhumanism”, and “transhumanizing”, they never explicitly used the word “transhuman”. So my question is: Does coining and defining the words “transhumanity”, “transhumanism”, and “transhumanizing” automatically mean that you have coined and defined the word “transhuman” even when you have never explicitly used that word? I would appreciate any answer you can provide was posted on the Talk:Transhuman page. --Loremaster (talk) 03:54, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
On14 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Variable and attribute (research), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that variables and attributes are some of the most basic concepts in science? 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. |
Materialscientist (talk) 06:03, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Aww you left a few minutes too early. Shell Kinney (mobile) (talk) 23:20, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
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