Merrilee

Nice Meeting You and Chatting about WiRs!

The ideas we talked about really gave me some food for thought. Glad to see the directions you're taking, let's definitely keep the dialogue open about connecting these different programs into Open Ecologies/Communities! Also, I wanted to mention I had an idea to help you to determine how to support the Education program. I could talk with the other Regional Ambassadors about an informal poll to get some ideas of where we can see need for support already, ways OCLC could help. FYI: I'm leaving a message using the new WP:WikiLove feature, it's that little heart button at the tom right menu, next to the search. ^ Mattsenate (talk) 20:24, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

For "Merrilee I am" :)

Ijon (talk) 01:57, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Reminder! Women's History Month edit-a-thon

Just a friendly reminder about the Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon for Women's History Month :)

Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PT)

Location: Wikimedia Foundation Offices 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th floor San Francisco, CA 94105

Bring: Your laptop and charger (we'll have some extra computers available), your questions, and your friends!

What to expect: A fun, laid-back environment with food, drink, a great mix of people, and a wealth of knowledge and resources.

Public transport: BART to Montgomery station and walk 1 block down New Montgomery St.

Reminder: The St. Patricks Day parade will be starting at 11:30 on Market Street. Market street will most likely be closed to cars so please plan your journey accordingly ;-)

When you arrive: A volunteer will be at the front of the building to greet everyone arriving 12:40 - 1:20. You will take the elevator up to the 6th floor.

If you are early: If you expect to come earlier than 12:40 to help set-up, please let us know, so we can give you a contact number.

If you arrive later: No problem. There will be a phone number posted to the front door of the office building. A volunteer will run down and let you in.

We can't wait to see you on Saturday! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 23:29, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

HighBeam

Hello, I am sending this message to editors who signed up for the Women's History Month Edit-a-thon. Please help spread the word. HighBeam Research--an online, pay-for-use search engine for newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines and encyclopedias has agreed to give free, full-access, 1-year accounts for up to 1000 Wikipedia editors to use. HighBeam has access to over 80 million articles from 6,500 publications, most of which are not available for free elsewhere on the internet. Aside from a free 7-day trial (credit card required), access to HighBeam would cost $30 per month or $200 per year for the first year and $300 for subsequent years, so this is a wonderful, free, no-strings-attached opportunity. To qualify, editors must have at least a 1 year-old account with 1000 edits. Please add your name to the WP:HighBeam/Applications account sign-up page if you are interested. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Mary Lou Breslin

Hello, and it was nice to talk to you yesterday at the Edit-a-thon about Mary Lou Breslin. I see that you are working on the article through "Articles for Creation". Please let me know if I can be of any assistance. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 19:00, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia! Drop by the Teahouse anytime for a cup of tea, or some help with editing!

Hello! Merrilee, you are invited to join other new editors and friendly hosts in the Teahouse. An awesome place to meet people, ask questions and learn more about Wikipedia. Please join us! Sarah (talk) 23:11, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

You're invited: San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2!

San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2! You are invited!

The San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2 will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco. Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join us! This event will be specifically geared around encouraging women to learn how to edit and contribute to Wikipedia. Workshops on copy-editing, article creation, and sourcing will be hosted. Bring a friend! Come one, come all! EdwardsBot (talk) 23:30, 22 May 2012 (UTC) · Unsubscribe

San Francisco Wiknic 2012

	San Francisco Wiknic at Golden Gate Park
	You are invited to the second Great American Wikinic taking place in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, on Saturday, June 23, 2012. We're still looking for input on planning activities, and thematic overtones. List your add yourself to the attendees list, and edit the picnic as you like. —Max Klein {chat} 18:35, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
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Saturday - and we need your help!

San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2! See you there
	The San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon 2 is this Saturday at the Wikimedia Foundation! We look forward to hosting you! If you'd like to bring a family member or friend, please sign them up on the event page or Eventbrite! Also, don't forget to bring your laptop! And we also need your help! Check out the Etherpad to learn more! Please arrive as close 1 PM as you can. We'll see you Saturday!

Thanks for your help this weekend!

	Thank you!
	Thank you Merrilee for helping out and participating at the edit-a-thon this weekend. Myself, and San Francicso's own Lillie Hitchcock Coit thank you =) Sarah (talk) 21:22, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Luncheon at Wikimania 2012

WikiWomen's Luncheon at Wikimania - You are invited!

Are you a woman attending Wikimania 2012? If so, join us on Saturday, July 14, for the annual WikiWomen's Luncheon (fka WikiChix Lunch) This event is for any women attending Wikimania. Pick up your lunch, compliments of Wikimania, and join us at 1:30pm in the Grand Ballroom for a lively facilitated discussion hosted by Sue Gardner. We look forward to seeing you there. Please sign up here. Sarah (talk) 23:39, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikimania Barnstar

	Wikimania Barnstar
	It was great to see you at Wikimania 2012! --evrik (talk) 14:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

My new project - WWC

Hi Merrilee! I hope all is well. I wanted to stop by to share a new project with you that I am developing, called the WikiWomen's Collaborative. I would love your input about the project.

WWC needs you!

• You can find the project page here.
• On the talk page, you'll find a number of questions I'm seeking input on. I'm especially seeking thoughts about hosting the space off of Wikipedia (in the WordPress section). I hope you will join in on the conversation.
• Finally, this project will be developed with volunteers from around the world who want to engage and support bringing new women to Wikipedia. If you think you'd like to be involved in some capacity, that'd be awesome. We're still working on developing roles, but, you can learn more about volunteer opportunities here.

Thank you for the consideration and I hope you'll participate in developing this exciting new project to bring more women to Wikipedia! SarahStierch (talk) 22:48, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

You're invited! - Wiki Loves Monuments - San Francisco Events

Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco

Hi! As part of Wiki Loves Monuments, we're organizing two photo events in the San Francisco Bay Area and one in Yosemite National Park. We hope you can come out and participate! Feel free to contact User:Almonroth with questions or concerns.

There are three events planned:

• September 15, Saturday - A bike ride along San Francisco's waterfront
• September 22-23rd, Saturday-Sunday - Wiki Takes Yosemite
• September 29, Saturday - A sunset and harvest moon bridges, palace, boats and tower tour

We look forward to seeing you there!

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You're invited! Ada Lovelace Day San Francisco

October 16 - Ada Lovelace Day Celebration - You are invited!

Come celebrate Ada Lovelace Day at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco on October 16! This event, hosted by the Ada Initiative, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Wikimedia Foundation. It'll be a meet up style event, though you are welcome to bring a laptop and edit about women in STEM if you wish. Come mix, mingle and celebrate the legacy of the world's first computer programmer. The event is October 16, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, everyone is welcome! You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 19:53, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Seattle Edit-a-Thon

I'd be delighted to help te newbies, and I'm really looking forward to the event! - J-Mo ^{Talk to Me} _{Email Me} 20:03, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon tomorrow (Saturday) in Oakland

Hi, I hope you will be joining us tomorrow afternoon at the Edit-a-thon at Tech Liminal, in Oakland. We'll be working on articles relating to women and democracy (and anything else that interests you). It's sponsored by the California League of Women Voters, Tech Liminal, and me.

If this is the first you are hearing of this event, my apologies for the last-minute notice! I announced it on the San Francisco email list and by a banner on your watchlist, but I neglected to look at the San Francisco invitation list until this evening. If you can't make it this time, I hope to see you at a similar event soon! -Pete (talk) 04:49, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

You're invited to the first-ever Wikipedia Iconathon!

Help build the visual language of Wikipedia at the first ever Wikimedia Foundation/Noun Project Iconathon

The Wikimedia Foundation is partnering up with the Noun Project to run the first-ever Wikipedia Iconathon on April 6th at WMF headquarters, and you're invited! What is an Iconathon: An iconathon is a co-design process where Wikimedia staff, the user community, and a few graphic designers collaboratively discuss what symbols could best represent a concept for an icon – for example, what's the best icon for New Editor, Revert or Oversight? Sketches will be converted into high fidelity icons by Noun Project graphic designers, and will be released under a free license for use by anyone on the Internet. Help build the free encyclopedia icon set that anyone in the world can share and reuse! Logistics: The event runs from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm on April 6th at the Wikimedia Foundation office in San Francisco. Follow the signs at the door! We'll have plenty of paper and pens/pencils for sketching. How to sign up: Please register here using the code 'wiki' More info: About the Noun Project About Iconathons

Hope to see you there! :) Maryana (WMF) (talk) 21:39, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Wiknic 2013

Wiknic 2013
Sunday, June 23rd · 12:34pm · Lake Merritt, Oakland
Theme: Hyperlocal list-making

Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge (Oakland, CA)

This year's 2013 SF Wiknik will be held at Lake Merritt, next to Children's Fairyland in Oakland. This event will be co-attended by people from the hyperlocal Oakland Wiki. May crosspollination of ideas and merriment abound!

Location and Directions

• Location: The grassy area due south of Children's Fairyland (here) (Oakland Wiki)
  • Nearest BART: 19th Street
  • Nearest bus lines: NL/12/72
  • Street parking abounds

EdwardsBot (talk) 04:44, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

May 3 2013, 19-20h UTC, GLAMout Google Hangout Link Location is Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout#Link

Hello, You signed up to participate or view in this month's GLAMout. We'll be using Google Hangout, but unfortunately the link to the Hangout won't be available, until 15 minutes beforehand. We'll post the link as soon as possible at Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout#Link

Time: 12pm-1pm Pacific Time (3pm-4pm ET | 19-20h UTC) Coordinator: Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC Anchor topic: VIAFbot and authority control in EN:WP, and on Wikidata.

EdwardsBot (talk) 05:06, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

You're invited...

to two upcoming Bay Area events:

• Maker Faire 2013, Sat/Sun May 18-19, San Mateo -- there will have a booth about Wikimedia, and we need volunteers to talk to the public and ideas for the booth -- see the wiki page to sign up!
• Edit-a-Thon 5, Sat May 25, 10-2pm, WMF offices in San Francisco -- this will be a casual edit-a-thon open to both experienced and new editors alike! Please sign up if on the wiki page if you can make it so we know how much food to get.

I hope you can join us at one or both! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 17:18, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May in the USA

Hello Merrilee, You have written before for the newsletter This Month in GLAM. I see the USA is missing regarding the edition about May 2013, do you perhaps have any idea what GLAM activities were done in the USA in May? Can you perhaps write about those? Or do you know who I can ask to write about it? Thanks! (Deadline of the May edition is Friday 7 June 18:00 UTC, so in about 6 hours. If you need more time I can postpone it.) You can start writing at the page outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2013/Contents/USA report. If you wish to be informed by e-mail next time, please write me at this page. You can reach me the best at nl-wiki talk page. Greetings - Romaine (talk) 12:43, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

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Laguna Beach

I saw your question at Teahouse. This is a reference you might find useful for that section that is lacking sources, http://www.light-headed.com/asite/laguna/laguna_history/laguna_beach_history.php . I am happy to help at anytime and you can leave a message on my talk page. Good luck Flat Out let's discuss it 14:08, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Flat Out, good catch. I'd be interested in looking at the book and others like it which I can find in a nearby library. I may add something from this in the meantime. Merrilee (talk) 14:17, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Shashi -- Japanese business histories concern

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mary Lou Breslin concern

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Displaying Dewey numbers on Wikipedia pages

Hi Merrilee. I've just noticed that you've joined the library project and branded yourself as a helper. I also note your connection to OCLC, and so I though I'd bring this suggestion to your attention. I first floated the idea of linking Dewey number to Wiki articles on Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Templates#Linking_Wiki_articles_to_library_classification. There was some concern about the issue of copyrights and the attitude of OCLC, which was further discussed at Wikipedia_talk:OCLC#Displaying_Dewey_numbers_on_Wikipedia_pages User:Ocaasi said he would talk to OCLC, but as yet there has been no feedback. IF, and I know it is an important IF, this would not cause a conflict of interest or cause trouble at work, then perhaps you might care to ask the question to the right person. Thanks, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 20:49, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for getting in touch! As noted in the discussion, Dewey is (and has been for some time) CC BY-NC-ND. I'm not as familiar with the Wikimedia guidelines for IP as I should be -- is this really a problem, and if it is, would specific permission be enough? I hope you saw the recent news that OCLC has declared OCNs to be public domain, because we want to encourage the use of our identifiers. Let me know what you think will work and I'll do what I can to move it forward! Thank YOU! Merrilee (talk) 21:01, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

To be honest I hadn't seen either of these items. I was aware that OCLC, and before them Forest Press had been quite enthusiastic in protecting copyright; they sued a hotel for using Dewey and I thought that publishing beyond the first 1,000 divisions could get you in trouble. If that is no longer the case then I welcome it, and there probably is not a problem. I just didn't want to drop Wiki in the copyright/IP mire. Thanks, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 21:20, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

I thought, and I could be wrong, that the hotel suit had to do with trademark, not copyright (predates my employment with OCLC, so was off my radar). Info about OCN's being in the public domain here: http://hangingtogether.org/?p=3318. The current editor of Dewey is quite a techie and also very enthusiastic about new uses of Dewey, so I'll bring this to his attention. If there's anything I can do to help advance it please do get in touch. I'm speaking to User:Ocaasi tomorrow and I'll mention we touched base about this! Merrilee (talk) 21:58, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. If you haven't so far, have a look at the sandbox pages (linked from the discussions) and feel free to use them to show to the editor. Also have a look at User:Martin of Sheffield/sandbox4 where I'm working on a rewrite of the Hartley colliery disaster. I've included one of the templates as a demonstration. I use Abridged 13 at home, so I've used it in this example! I've had a look at the OCNs, and whilst they are off this topic it is to be welcomed, provided (IMHO) that they don't cause confusion with ISBNs. As an aside, I didn't realise that the hanging together quote was Ben Franklin, but it doesn't surprise me; he turns up everywhere. I'm off to bed now; this side of the pond it is 23:30. Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 22:31, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

FYI: I've just added a tag line to Hartley Colliery Disaster as an example. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 22:29, 19 October 2013 (UTC). See old version (original reverted by administrator Redrose64).Martin of Sheffield (talk) 21:56, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

October 2013

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Your article submission Shashi -- Japanese business histories

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Mary Lou Breslin

I have been looking through AFC submissions up for deletion as abandoned and came across one from you, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mary Lou Breslin. This seems to be notable and I am inclined to move it to mainspace but since you are still active I thought I'd check with you first to see why you have left it mould in AFC. Avout all of it could be cited to this book source. I'll add that to the refs, doing an edit will delay deletion for another six months. SpinningSpark 14:53, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

AFD of List of Dewey Decimal classes

I have put in a deletion request for List of Dewey Decimal classes as it appears to be a copyright violation. I'm notifying you as you have either made multiple edits to the article in the past year and/or on the talk page for that article and Talk:Dewey Decimal Classification. --Marc Kupper|talk 04:22, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

You're invited: Art & Feminism Edit-a-thon

Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - You are invited!

File:Csaky madonna.jpg

Hi Merrilee! The first Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in San Francisco. Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Wikipedians of all experience levels are invited! Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors. Bring a friend and a laptop! Come one, come all! Learn more here! SarahStierch (talk) 09:04, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

You're invited! WikiWomen's Edit-a-thon at the University of California, Berkeley

Saturday, April 5 - WikiWomen's Edit-a-thon at the University of California, Berkeley - You are invited!

The University of California, Berkeley's Berkeley Center for New Media is hosting our first edit-a-thon, facilitated by WikiWoman Sarah Stierch, on April 5! This event, focused on engaging women to contribute to Wikipedia, will feature a brief Wikipedia policy and tips overview, followed by a fast-paced energetic edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please bring your laptop and be prepared to edit about women and women's history! The event is April 5, from 1-5 PM, at the Berkeley Center for New Media Commons at Moffitt Library. You must RSVP here - see you there! SarahStierch (talk) 22:19, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mary Lou Breslin

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Thanks!

Thanks, Merrilee for attending the RBMS edit-a-thon! -- kosboot (talk) 20:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! --Merrilee (talk) 20:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Real Life Barnstar
	Thanks so much for making the RBMS edit-a-thon a reality! May there be many more to come! kosboot (talk) 12:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Cool tool for editathons

Hey Merilee. I'm just getting to know this tool: Wikimetrics (you can use your WP account to sign in). Have you tried it? It allows you to set up a "cohort" of WP accounts - for instance, the attendees of an editathon. Then you can use it to see any edits that have been made by the accounts. I think it's pretty neat! The Interior (Talk) 20:35, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

xtra cool thanks for letting me know about this! will come in handy Merrilee (talk) 20:40, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

ORCID

It was great to see you again, in London. Please don't forget to add your ORCID to your user page, as described at WP:ORCID. And congratulations on your FSAA induction! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:32, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

...and here are the VIAF errata: Wikipedia:VIAF/errors. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:23, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

You're invited! Litquake Edit-a-thon in San Francisco

You are invited! → Litquake Edit-a-thon → See you there!

In the area? You're invited to    San Francisco Meetup # 22   Date: October 11, 2014   Time: 1-5 pm   Place: 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105   prev: Meetup 21 - next: Meetup 23 | All SF meetups & events The Edit-a-thon will occur in parallel with Litquake, the San Francisco Bay Area's annual literature festival. Writers from all over the Bay Area and the world will be in town during the nine day festival, so the timing is just right for us to meetup and create/translate/expand/improve articles about literature and writers. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. This event will include new editor training. RSVP →here←. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:54, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Requesting Editathon Info for Program Learning

Hello Merrilee, I'm with the Program Evaluation & Design team at WMF. We would love to include program data for the RBMS Editathon. There are still a few bits of missing data we'd like to fill in before Nov 26th. I've posted them over on the event talk page, could you please respond with any data you have, or "Don't know" for the answers you do not have, within the next week? If you have any questions, please do contact me through my talk page or at abittaker at wikimedia dot org. Thanks so much, this really helps our program learning and capacity building for future editathons! --Abittaker (WMF) (talk) 01:47, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia genealogy project

Just wondering if you have any thoughts re: the idea of WMF hosting a genealogy project. If so, feel free to contribute to this discussion. And apologies if I have made this request before. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:42, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

SF edit-a-thons on March 7 and 8

ArtAndFeminism (3/7) and International Women's Day (3/8)!

Dear fellow Wikipedian, In celebration of WikiWomen's History Month, the SF Bay Area Wikipedia community has two events in early March -- please consider attending! First, we have an ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon, which will take place at the Kadist Art Foundation from 12 noon to 6pm on Saturday, March 7. We'll be one of many sites worldwide participating in this edit-a-thon on March 7th. So join us as we help improve Wikipedia's coverage of women artists and their works! Second, we will be celebrating International Women's Day with the International Women's Day edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 8 from 1pm to 5pm at the Wikimedia Foundation. Our editing focus will be on women, of course! I hope to see you there! Rosiestep (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:06, 20 February 2015 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about SF meetups, please remove your name from this list.

Your request at User talk:Mark Arsten

Mark has not been active recently, so I looked at the AfD and original article. I don't see any copyvio issues. I see that your sandbox already has material posted, so I've copied the text to User:Merrilee/sandbox2. Best of luck. — Ched :  ?  18:40, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library needs you!

The Wikipedia Library

Call for Volunteers

Did you know that Wikipedia has its own library? The Wikipedia Library is seeking volunteers from those in galleries, libraries, archives and museums.

• Become an account coordinator to distribute research accounts to editors
• Get involved in some of our special projects:
  • Expand our Resources page with free resources for editors in all subject areas
  • Help develop a template for citing archival collections
  • Write guides to accessing and using library resources

Sign up to help here :)

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An online source page that you might like to review

Hi Merrilee, I can't track back exactly how I found you (I was working on an AFD page on a bus accident and looked at some others and saw your name, possibly connected with the list of Closed Stack Libraries up for deletion. Anyway, I have recently created this page Nurimedia for the online Korean journals, et al company that so many of our U.S. academic libraries use. I was thrilled to see that OCLC had taken the plunge and added them! I am not affliated with the company, I volunteer for the Korea Project. Thought you might find it a good read and please, let me know if there are any additions or corrections needed.

Because I'm a nut for details, I created the "Partnerships and subscribers" section where I added the OCLC info., because I could not determine some affliations. I can't get a handle on whether OCLC subscribes to Nurimedia, or whether their data is simply catalogued for "lending" and "borrowing" libraries to make their own financial arrangements for articles or online data they get from each other, via ILL. And I think one news article said it was for International Users only. What does this mean? I'm so boring! Hope you find this interesting. Cheers!--Bonnielou2013 (talk) 05:07, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Outreach coordinator

• Hello. If I may ask, how precisely do you fulfill your Outreach coordinator responsibilities? How much time per week? Is there need for another? Etc. Thanks. • Lingzhi♦(talk) 14:04, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

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WikiProject Women

Hi, I see you recently joined Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red. I've made a proposal to merge this project into Wikipedia:WikiProject Women at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red, so we can not only cover missing articles but focus on general quality of women's biographies. If interested please put your name down on the WP:Women page at the bottom.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:07, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Women in Red

	Formal merge proposal
	There is currently a merge discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red#Formal merge proposal. As you are a member of WiR, this is a courtesy notification in case you want to join in the discussion. Thank you. Rosiestep (talk) 02:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

You're invited! Women in Red World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Leadership

You are invited! → World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Leadership ← Come and join us remotely!

World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Leadership Dates: 7 to 20 September 2015 The Virtual Edit-a-thon, hosted by Women in Red, will allow all those keen to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Women in Leadership to participate. As it is a two-week event, inexperienced participants will be able to draw on the assistance of more experienced editors while creating, translating or improving articles on women who are (or have been) prominent in leadership. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. RSVP and find more details →here← --Ipigott (talk) 09:24, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

You're invited! Smithsonian APA Center & Women in Red virtual edit-a-thon on APA women

Asian Pacific American Women World Virtual Edit-a-thon

Dates: Friday-Sunday, 4 to 6 September 2015 Location: Worldwide/virtual Sponsor: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center "The Smithsonian APA Center invites you to attend the 2nd annual Wikipedia APA an editathon for cultural presence, which will be held during the month of September 2015. We are thrilled to invite you to Wikipedia APA, an editing event for improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to Asian Pacific American ("APA") experiences. The second Wikipedia editathon dedicated to APA content, this project will occur as physical events during September 2015... as well as remotely, with participants taking part from all throughout the world." Facilitator: Women in Red (WiR) Did you Know that 15% of the biographies on Wikipedia are about women? Not impressed? WiR focuses on "content gender gap". If you'd like to help contribute articles on women and women's works, we warmly welcome you! WiR will be hosting one of this world virtual edit-a-thon. The 3-day event will focus on improving Wikipedia's coverage of Asian Pacific American women and their works (books, paintings, and so on). For more information and to RSVP: → click here← --Rosiestep (talk) 03:23, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Five minutes to help make WikiProjects better

Hello!

First, on behalf of WikiProject X, thank you for trying out the WikiProject X pilot projects. I would like to get some anonymous feedback from you on your experience using the new WikiProject layout and tools. This way, we will know what we did right, and if we did something horribly wrong, we can try to fix it. This feedback won't be associated with your username, so please be completely honest. We are determined to improve the experience of Wikipedians, and your feedback helps us with that. (You are also welcome to leave non-anonymous feedback at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject X.)

Please complete the survey here. The survey has two parts: the first part asks for your username, while the second part contains the survey questions. These two parts are stored separately, so your username will not be associated with your feedback. There are only nine questions and it should not take very long to complete. Once you complete the survey I will leave a handwritten note on your talk page as a token of my appreciation.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Harej (talk) 17:49, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Merrilee.

I would like to invite you to present a talk at Vanderbilt University Library during Open Access Week next month. We are planning on holding two edit-a-thons for OA week, and would like to have a speaker come and address the community about how Libraries, the Academy, and Wikipedia intersect. Your work for OCLC make you a great choice for this. If you are interested, please get in touch with me here - or via email (I also sent you a message at your OCLC email address).

Thanks, Ed - Warga1 (talk) 15:24, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Procedural revocation of account creator right

Hi Merrilee, this notification is to let you know that I've removed the accountcreator user right from your account as it was granted for an edit-a-thon that has now concluded. This revocation is procedural and is not a result of misuse of the tool. Should you need this right to assist with edit-a-thons moving forward, please make a request at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Account creator. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. Thank you! — MusikAnimal ^talk 01:08, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Invitation to a virtual editathon on Women in Music

Women in Music
	10 to 31 January 2016 Please join us in the worldwide virtual edit-a-thon hosted by Women in Red.

--Ipigott (talk) 15:09, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Merrilee, it is nice to meet you a second time around! --Rosiestep (talk) 23:14, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon series kickoff, April 27

Please join us in San Francisco!

Panel discussion at a recent Wikipedia & Journalism event.

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area will gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. We have two brief presentations lined up for our kickoff event in downtown San Francisco:

• The Nueva Upper School recently hosted the first ever high school Wikipedia edit-a-thon. We will hear what interests them about Wikipedia, what they have learned so far, and what they hope to achieve.
• Photojournalist Kris Schreier Lyseggen, author of The Women of San Quentin: The Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons, will tell us about her work and how she researched the topic.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see here: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, April 2016

We hope to see you -- and until then, happy editing! - Pete, Ben & Wayne

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series on May 25

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2016

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See you soon! Pete F, Ben Creasy, and Checkingfax via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC) | Subscribe/Unsubscribe to the SF Meetups notice.

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have:

• A brief report on Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Publice Library, coordinated by Merrilee:

  What topics might we cover in a follow up?

  Find out more about resources your public library provides to help with editing (hint, it's more than just books!)

  Special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)

• Join in on an in person Wikidojo!

  Are you curious how your peers approach writing a Wikipedia article? This exercise, pioneered by Wikipedians Nikola Kalchev and Vassia Atanassova in 2015 and conducted in many places around the world, will help us all - from first-time wiki users to veteran Wikipedians - share ideas, while building an article together. If you have ideas (relating to Bay Area history, ideally) about a new article we could build (stubs and short existing articles are fine), please submit them ahead of time to coordinator Pete Forsyth. (User talk page or email is fine.)

  Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:07, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

REMINDER/invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, June 29 at 6 p.m.

Please join us in downtown San Francisco tonight!

If you cannot join in person or want to view portions later:

• To join via Hangout on Air
• Via YouTube Stream

We will have:

• Light snacks, and time to mingle
• A brief report on the Pride edit-a-thon recently held at the San Francisco Public Library, that was coordinated by Wiki editor Merrilee
• A special announcement (secret for now but come and find out more!)
• Join in on a brief in person Wikidojo!
• Announcements and impromptu topics are welcome, too!

Please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cjLRrSTlEkGOPTQ-h6A0WvSFI4ZmIUl6jEHp_RYas-E/viewform and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.

For further details, see: Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016

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See you tonight! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 29 June 2016 (UTC) | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice)

Late breaking invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, July 27 (Wednesday) - change of venue - tonight

Please join us in the Mission at Noisebridge (one time change of venue)!

We hope you can join us today, Wednesday, from 6 p.m. on, at our July Bay Area WikiSalon. This month only, we are going to be at Noisebridge, a hackerspace/makerspace 1.5 blocks from the 16th & Mission BART station (see the link for directions). Some of us will be working on the Wikipedia article on basic income. All info here. Some good news - we do not have to be as strict about advance RSVP at Noisebridge, so bring spontaneous guests! (Registering ahead of time is still helpful, as always, as it will help us plan ahead.)

Come and hang out, have some light snacks. Wi-Fi is available, so please bring your editing device if you plan to edit.

Also, Pete just published a writeup of the Wikidojo exercise we did last month. Your comments welcome, if he missed anything! http://wikistrategies.net/ghost-town-royals-wikidojo

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. Mark you calendars now.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:05, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, August 31

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have a brief presentation for your education and possible enjoyment:

• Former EFF intern Marta Belcher will discuss crowdsourcing her Stanford Law School graduation speech using a wiki. The "WikiSpeech" was the subject of prominent national media attention in 2015, and more than half of her classmates contributed to writing and editing the commencement address via a wiki.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, August 2016

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Tonight: Live and archived links for Bay Area WikiSalon

Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, August 31:

If you cannot join us in person tonight, we are streaming (and later archiving) the presentation by former EFF intern Marta Belcher. We expect her to be live starting between 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. PDT and talking and taking questions for about 30 minutes thereafter.

Here is the YouTube stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8V79s2-og
Here is the link to join the Hangout on Air: https://hangouts.google.com/call/ezrol7dafjfwxfh2ilpkjyxoaue

You can search for it on the Commons and YouTube later too.

Wayne, Pete, Ben, and Stephen

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:50, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

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Invitation to the Bay Area WikiSalon series, Wednesday, September 28

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no formal agenda to allow people to freely share ideas and perhaps learn about Wikipedia through hands-on editing. Co-organizer Ben Creasy will be looking at election-related articles to enhance the information available in the upcoming November elections.

Co-organizer Stephen LaPorte has suggested doing an upload-a-thon for Wiki Loves Monuments. Niki, the California coordinator for WLM will be in attendance. WLM is an annual event and the official dealine is Friday the 30th for submissions to count towards awards.

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, or a stool and do your own thing.

Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, September 2016. Mark your calendars now for the 3rd Wednesday in October, the 26th, when we will have a brief presentation.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Interview for Vanderbilt's Podcast: LeadingLines

Hi Merrilee,

Cliff Anderson mentioned that you gave a great talk on collaborations between Wikipedia and educational institutions, specifically at public libraries.

I'm an academic - in digital learning - at Vanderbilt. A group of us are putting together a Podcast series on Ed Tech in Higher ed. It would be great to have an interview with you be featured on the podcast. Please let me know if you'd be interested? Thanks much!!

Jeeyen18 (talk) 14:51, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Sure I'd be happy to -- probably best to contact me via my work email which is proffitm@oclc.org. Thank you! Merrilee (talk) 22:23, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

You are invited to a Wednesday evening event in SF

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi folks,

Please copy and share this on other talk pages. We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather at the Wikimedia Foundation lounge to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We will have no meaty agenda this month, but we will allow a brief period for:

• Open mic for anybody who attended WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego last week and wants to share their takeaway
• Question & answer
• Open mic for announcements
• Maybe a focus on some topical election article editing with Ben?

Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, a stool or counter and do your own thing.

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Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.

For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, October 2016.

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PS: Mark your calendars ahead now for the 3rd Wednesday in November, the 30th (the week after Thanksgiving), at 6 p.m. when our WikiSalon will host a super awesome top secret mystery guest mingling in our midst. We will announce specifics at the upcoming WikiSalon.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:51, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to Asian Women Month

Hi there! As you may know, this November is Asian Women Month, hosted by Wikipedia Asian Month and WikiWomen In Red. Our goal is to encourage coverage of Asian women in order to help overcome the Asian content gender gap. Asian Women Month observes the rules of Wikipedia Asian Month. You will receive a special Asian Women Month barnstar if you create four articles in accordance with the rules for the event, as well as a postcard sent from an Asian community! Thanks for your consideration. Read more here! -Rimmel.Edits Talk 20:52, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Merrilee. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Everybody is invited to the November 30 Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

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Details and RSVP here.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:54, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	WikiConference North America Barnstar
	Thank you for the role you played at WikiConference North America 2016. This year's conference could not have been a success without your contributions and we hope you will continue to be involved in 2017. On behalf of WikiConference North America - Gamaliel (talk) 01:14, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon series: Everybody is invited this Wednesday evening at 6

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki and open-source enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

Before and after the brief presentation we allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks.

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In addition, this month we will have:

• a brief presentation from User:Cullen328 (Jim Heaphy) about the Wikipedia Teahouse
• spontaneous lightning talks from the floor
• community announcements from the floor

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For details and to RSVP see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, December 2016

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See you soon! Ben Creasy and Checkingfax | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

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P.S. Any help spreading the word through social media or other avenues is most welcome! We plan to announce this on various sites and invite various groups; if you would like to join in, check our meta planning page, and please note any announcements you are sending out: meta:Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco#Announcements and promotion

Please feel free to add to, refine, reorganize or edit the above linked page: it is a wiki!

We need more helpers and organizers, so if you see a need, please jump in, or talk to us about it! You can add your username to the meta page where appropriate, or create a new role!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:44, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Reminder invitation to the December Bay Area WikiSalon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Hi, everybody.

We are excited to remind you of the ninth in the Bay Area WikiSalon series that is coming up this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.

• Details (RSVP suggested) here (RSVP helps us know how much food and drink to bring in)

What is a WikiSalon? A monthly safe and inclusive meatspace event conducted in organized chaos and we all clean up the mess afterwards. Livestream links for the presentation are available during presentation months, and will be forthcoming for those of you that cannot attend. December is a presentation month.

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Hope to see you there! Wayne (and Ben) - co-organizers
Any last minute questions or suggestions? Please ping or email Ben or me. | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Archived link for December Bay Area WikiSalon

Hi, y'all. In case you missed it and want to watch the archive reel; the topic was The Wikipedia Teahouse and the presenter was well respected Wikimedian Jim Heaphy [[User:Cullen328]]

• Archive link (also includes intro, announcements, and a lightning talk)

• Details about Bay Area WikiSalon for December here

The full title of Jim's presentation was: Welcoming and Helping New Editors: A Month at the Wikipedia Teahouse: an overview of the Teahouse and an analysis of over 300 Teahouse conversations during the month of August, 2016

Jim gave a longer version of this presentation in October at WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego, California.

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Cheers! Co-organizer Checkingfax - and co-organizer Ben Creasy | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)

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PS: Mark your calendars now for Sunday, January 15 at 2 p.m. which will be Wikipedia's 16th Birthday party hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon! Details to follow soon. If you want to help plan it, get in touch with us ASAP!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:43, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

You are invited to a birthday bash to Celebrate Wikipedia's 16th Birthday!

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district.

For details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Meetup/SF/Wikipedia Day 2017

The San Francisco gathering is one of a number of Wikipedia Day celebrations worldwide.

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PS: We need volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add your name to the Project page, and what you can offer. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the page.

Bay Area WikiSalon usually meets the last Wednesday evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch and learn about new projects and ideas.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:52, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi!

I missed a tweet from you about the project grant last year - are there any ways that I can still help out? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 09:42, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Reminder invitation to the Wikipedia Day 16 birthday bash & edit-a-thon

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wikipedia Day 16 SF is a fun Birthday bash and edit-a-thon on Sunday, January 15, 2017, hosted by Bay Area WikiSalon at the Wikimedia Foundation's Chip Deubner Lounge in the South of Market Street business district and everybody is invited!

Details and RSVP here

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See you Sunday! Ben Creasy, Checkingfax and Slaporte

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PS: We still need more volunteers to help make this a fun and worthwhile event. Please add what you can offer and your name to the Project page or Talk about it. It is a wiki, so please make direct edits to the Project page. The event is already growing due to volunteers that have stepped up so far.

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Bay Area WikiSalon meets one evening of every month as an inclusive and safe place to collaborate, mingle, munch or learn about new projects and ideas.

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Note: the previous invitation had a bum wikilink. Sorry! | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this notice) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:43, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon invitation for February 22

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks.

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Please note: You should RSVP here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in.

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For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017

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See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Bay Area WikiSalon February reminder

Please join us in downtown San Francisco!

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6 p.m.

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For details and to RSVP: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, February 2017

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See you soon! Ben Creasy and Wayne (co-coordinators) | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here) | MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:58, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

You've got email :)

Hey there! Sorry for writing in English. I just sent you an email about your participation in the Training Modules pilot testing. Thanks! Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 09:23, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hey there! I just sent you an email regarding the Training Modules pilot. (Long story short, it closes on March 12!) :) Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 21:46, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Your invitation: Bay Area WikiSalon series at Noisebridge

Please join us in San Francisco!

The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. This month we are meeting at Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace in the Mission near 16th Street BART (temporary change of venue). The good news is this means that you can bring spontaneous guests if you forget to RSVP!

We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including beer and wine) plus light snacks.

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If possible, please RSVP as it helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in. For further details and to RSVP, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, March 2017

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See you soon! Co-coordinators Ben Creasy and Wayne
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Reminder: Tonight is Bay Area WikiSalon at Noisebridge

Please join us in San Francisco!

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Details and to RSVP: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, March 2017 (optional, but helpful for food and special needs accommodations)

We are meeting at Noisebridge makerspace/hackerspace (temporary venue change) near 16th ST BART in SF.

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See you soon! Co-coordinators Ben Creasy and Wayne
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Please support the Sustainability Initiative!

Please support the Sustainability Initiative!

Hi, Merrilee! Please allow me to follow up on a project that was discussed at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin a couple of weeks ago:

I am writing you to ask for your support for the Sustainability Initiative, which aims at reducing the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement. Over the past two years, more than 250 Wikipedians from all over the world have come together to push the Wikimedia movement towards greater sustainability.

The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has recently passed a resolution stating that the Foundation is committed to seeking ways to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment. Now, we are working with the Wikimedia Foundation staff to have all Wikimedia servers run on renewable energy by 2019.

In order to demonstrate that this is an issue that the community really cares about, I would like to ask you to sign the project page as well. Thank you! --Gnom (talk) 15:56, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

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Hi. Whatʻs the objection to the reporting of the newsworthy accusation of sexual assault? WP:BLPCRIME?- Eponymous-Archon (talk) 03:21, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi, no objection whatsoever. If you look at the article, you will see that we were editing at the same time. I thought the newspaper article was more notable than the Facebook link, no? Take a look. Please feel free to revert if you think I was wrong. Merrilee (talk) 03:58, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Ah, totally missed that line without the section header! My bad. Yes, I agree about using the article instead of the Facebook post. - Eponymous-Archon (talk) 04:00, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

I don't think it needs its own section, but let's see how the story develops. I was heartened to see that someone else had taken an interest. Thanks for checking in. Merrilee (talk) 04:12, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

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Autopatrolled

Hi Merrilee. I happened to notice that you were given the autopatrolled user right for an editathon back in June 2015. This appears to have been a mistake, as autopatrolled is usually only given to very prolific article creators. The upshot of this is that your new articles are not being reviewed by new page patrol like all others normally are. Do you have any objection to me removing the right?

I want to stress that this isn't in any way a judgement on your editing or article creations (which seem excellent), just clearing up a clerical error. Thanks. – Joe (talk) 11:49, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Oh sure, of course, I thought it was revoked ages ago. That was for an editathon where we expected a lot of people and I was the only "real" Wikipedian on hand (yikes). I rarely create new articles but when I do I actually love the small things that get added and improved by NPP. <3 Merrilee (talk) 15:51, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Call to submission an essay for a special issue of JLIS.it on LIS/Wikipedia

Dear Merrilee, I'm a librarian/wikipedian from Italy, I'm the coordinator of Wikimedia Italy for school and university.

We are planning to publish a special issue of JLIS.it, the Italian Journal of Library, Archives, and Information Science, focused on the topic of the collaboration between Library, Archives, and Information Science sector and Wikipedia (and Wikimedia projects). We plan to publish this issue next september, in the vol. 9, No. 3 (2018). JLIS.it is an academic journal of international scope, peer-reviewed and open access, aiming to value international research in Library, Archives and Information Science. JLIS.it secures: open access to contribution (authors retain copyright), peer-review by Italian and international experts, and wide dissemination of published contributions both in the national and international area, with the help of specific tools. For more details about JLIS.it focus and scope, please read our manifesto. We ask your precious contribution to this special issue on LIS/Wikipedia, by proposing an essay in english of maximum 40.000 characters on the topic of Librarians for Wikipedia: guidelines and forms of collaboration. Your proposal has to be submitted before next April, 15th.

From that moment we will manage the review and we recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to [(https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/user/register register] with the journal prior to submitting, or if already registered can simply log in and begin the 5 step process. Your paper will be reviewed by an expert, to provide you with a competent opinion on your contribution. A review should give authors suggestions, if needed, on how to improve their papers. The peer-review process is managed with the OJS platform. Thank you for your support to our project!

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A kitten for you!

Hey Merrilee, having fun at this DC Meetup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/UMDLabor2018 Beth Kaplan

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GLAM help request: Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Can you help update the Pritzker Military Museum & Library's article? It has a lot of items that need updating, especially the new CEO. Relevant articles include:

• [Full press release: https://www.prweb.com/releases/pritzker_military_museum_library_brings_internationally_recognized_scholar_to_chicago/prweb16000422.htm ]
• [Here’s the link to the Crain's article on Dr. Havers: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/arts-entertainment/meet-new-head-pritzker-military-museum ]
• [2017 literature award: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pritzker-military-museum--library-announces-2017-literature-award-recipient-300476742.html]
• [2018 literature award: https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/dennis-showalter-wins-pritzker-literature-award#.XO70t4hKiUk]
• [2018 literature award: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/6/26/18371506/pritzker-military-museum-amp-library-awards-scholar-100-000-prize]
• [2018 literature award: http://www.startribune.com/minnesotan-wins-100k-literature-prize-for-military-writing/486607891/ ]
• [Books published by PMML: Zero to Hero https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190325/medal-of-honor-recipient-reflects-on-what-march-25-holiday-means-to-him]
• [Books published by PMML: Zero to Hero https://www.c-span.org/video/?458750-1/zero-hero]
• [Books published by PMML: Zero to Hero https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-zero-to-hero-medal-of-honor-st-0315-story.html]
• [Books published by PMML: Lest We Forget https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-robbins-world-war-one-posters-20181111-htmlstory.html]
• [Books published by PMML: Lest We Forget https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/2018/03/15/military-times-spring-reading-guide-grunts-generals-russians-and-keyboard-warriors-top-our-nonfiction-list/]

Thanks for your help! TeriEmbrey (talk) 21:16, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

VIAF

I've just noticed your message posted at the top of Wikipedia:VIAF/errors. The OCLC–Wikipedia joint project predates my time as an editor. I realized that the partnership was likely inactive when I became the sole contributor to the to the page for months on end. I understand if you do not wish to get involved on VIAF–Wikipedia matters due to COI concerns, but is there any way other than the VIAF/errors page editors can reach out and get the errors fixed? Vycl1994 (talk) 16:20, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi thanks for your contributions and your work. I am working with VIAF team members to identify a good way for Wiki contributors to work with them and will update here. Hopefully by the end of the month. Stay tuned! Merrilee (talk) 16:27, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Update to my update. The best way to alert the OCLC team about requested changes to VIAF is to email bibchange@oclc.org. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Merrilee (talk) 22:50, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

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