Bdcousineau is looking for a wiki contact to introduce Wikipedia at the National Archives at Riverside, California. Perhaps you should get in touch? Smallman12q (talk) 03:00, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey, I'd love to be Maître'd for a bit to just try it out and see what it's like, would you mind if I only signed up for a week or so after yours ends? I don't want to sign up for more as I don't know how well it'll fit into my time and schedule, and whether it's something I'd really like to do for a long time. But I'd love to try it out. If it's okay to sign up for 5-7 days after your shift ends, just tell me and I'll go fill myself in! Thanks!

One more question, is it okay if from now on we just, for internal communication between hosts, type Maitre'd? Because for me that's easier than the correct form. Thanks! gwickwire | Leave a message 03:07, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Oopsie! I just looked back at the calendar (which I should have before posting this), and I noticed that your shift ended yesterday. So I'll go ahead and sign up for a shift starting yesterday and going through next Friday if that's okay. Now for another question. Is there any template that we could use to notify users that there is an opening in the Maitre'd calendar, and request for someone to fill it? If not, should I create one? Thanks again. gwickwire | Leave a message 03:11, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

When are you going to make it out here so we can rock the town? --David Shankbone 06:45, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

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I'M NOT WORTHY! I'M NOT WORTHY! Thank you :) SarahStierch (talk) 19:46, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

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DEIDRA C. (talk) 16:48, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Sarah, maybe you can help sort out Commons:Category:California Historical Landmarks or maybe you know people who would like to help? Multichill (talk) 19:21, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

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You warned Hgringarten (talk · contribs) about a COI username (using {{uw-coi-username}}). This warning is specifically intended to be used when a user's username represents the name of a company or organization. In this case, the user has chosen their own real name, so this warning doesn't apply. The user clearly has a COI regarding writing his own autobiography, but his username is not problematic. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:45, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

I was the user she was speaking of, and the only reason she attributed my motives to my religion was I display a Christianity userbox on my userpage. This editor has serious problems and I am kinda wondering how to proceed with her. I will not any longer communicate with her directly, as she slammed my religious beliefs the last time I tried. Would you please take a look at her contributions and give me some advice quietly? I have been trying to get a hold of Dennis to ask for his advice, but am somewhat unwilling to talk about this in an open forum. My email is enabled. Thank you for your help. I hate this kind of crap! Gtwfan52 (talk) 03:22, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Ack! Ok, I'll take a look tomorrow (if it can wait?) when I'm feeling patient. Sorry this is happening and thank you for thanking me - sometimes I get worried people think it's the wrong move! SarahStierch (talk) 04:47, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks...And i did get a hold of Dennis...he will look too. Know that all you do is appreciated. I would have left after my first week if it wasn't for Teahouse. It was wholly appropriate you did that. My personal life is in turmoil, but once things start going smoother again, I will sign up for Maitre'd shifts. Gtwfan52 (talk) 04:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi, just a note to say I support the idea of the WikiWomen's Collaborative. I have at least one or two female friends who refuse to have anything to do with Wikipedia, one of whom (who has the time and the motiviation to contribute a lot) believes it be, in her own words, "wasting an awful lot of energy picking arguments with what look like self-important, puffed-up wallies". Anything that can be done to counteract the systematic bias that results from lack of involvement like this is a good thing. --Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:46, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Hello Sarah, I've just noticed that a welcome message you use for the collaborative may be causing an unintentional problem. I've just posted a message at User talk:HelenOnline immediately below your welcome and my message has been subsumed into your box. I am no good at coding but I suspect there is something missing at the bottom of your box to return the formatting back to normal. Could you, or someone who knows how to do these things, add the necessary code to </turn the formatting off> somehow? Many thanks, Kim Dent-Brown ^(Talk) 09:04, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Ignore this.... I think! It was probably my mistake in not adding something like a <<br />> after your welcome template and before my own post on Helen's page. As you can see, I'm sufficiently incompetent both to cause the problem and not understand the solution.... Kim Dent-Brown ^(Talk) 13:19, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Hola Sarah, I've just read your message for Women Collaborative, count me in! Let me know what else I can do to spread the word!--Tanuyeiro (talk) 15:00, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Sarah and Steven: Both of you had some involvement with 2011121910019394. A question arose at Wikipedia:OTRS_noticeboard#File:Wpcplogo.jpg. Would you be so kind as to make sure my answer is correct? I don't know whether there was an intention to freely license it and that got lost in the discussion of why it didn't show up on Facebook, or if it was licensed and I missed it, or if it simply is intended to remain as a non-free logo.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 14:32, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Probably best to ask Steven, as he's the lawyer and legal rep from WMF. I use a pseudonym because I have to, for a reason :) SarahStierch (talk) 16:48, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Sarah - thanks for looking at my entry and suggesting how to improve it. I'm tried to make it more neutral (please let me know if you think it reads better now) and also taken out the copyright symbols.

You had also mentioned to include more citations. In relation to the entry how do you think I could do this and what are citations. Whilst not being computer illiterate at all I am finding negotiating around wikipedia & understanding it's rules and editing pages etc a challenge!

Many thanks

John. Johnalex001 (talk) 09:35, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry Sarah - I should have let you know the address of the contribution/entry I am trying to make... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Walkodile

Thanks. John. Johnalex001 (talk) 09:39, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey John! Thanks for trying to contribute to Wikipedia - I know it can be overwhelming. A good place to get help about a specific thing (i.e. "what are citations and how do I add them?") is the Teahouse, a place I co-created for new editors like yourself to get easy to understand help. Anyway, you already have two citations added the EU prize and the London Gazette news article. What you'll need is more content like that. Basically, if something in a Wikipedia article doesn't have a citation or a source, something in the media or publications that talks about the subject, it can be challenged or removed. Subjects that can be considered promotional, like yours, risk being completely deleted if they do not have enough coverage. In the article, you state that the product has been featured in over 200 articles. That means there are over, in theory 200 citations that could be used to write the article. Just keep inserting references and the article will improve. ANd yes, the language has improved! SarahStierch (talk) 16:52, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

(for Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Chantal Benoit) rejected for - "appears to be a non-notable athlete"? have you looked at the refrences? She is considered the best female wheelchair basketball player in history, ans have three paralympic gold medals, and she was a Flag bearer. is that a non-notable athlete? what is the standard? 80.74.110.142 (talk) 15:21, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi there, I didn't decline your article. You might want to talk to Go Phightins!. One tip - you'll probably want to fix your spelling and grammar and also add citations that aren't just from the Olympics website, if possible. Another good person to ask for help is LauraHale, she specializes in disabled women sports. SarahStierch (talk) 16:54, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Please read it. Thank you.--Müdigkeit (talk) 18:07, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

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call me obtuse, but i have no idea what that means (i.e. message lost in noise); but then i see no one is reading the "save your drama for your llama" warning above. after the User talk:Timeshift9‎ user page debacle, i can have no confidence it doesn't mean "don't promote yourself on your user page" LOL. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 18:51, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

You deleted Dominic H. Francisco as a result of a recent AFD. However, that AFD included three related articles in a bundled nomination: Russian Horrors, New Terrain, Baltic Dreams, which are still hanging around. Additionally, the creator of these articles, User:Dhf510, has apparently converted his userpage to an exact copy of the deleted article. I'm not sure what the best course of action is here (reversion, deletion as recreation, MFD, etc.), especially considering that he is self-admittedly the subject of the deleted article. In any case, thanks for your help! Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 18:22, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

And it looks like User:Orangemike got them. Enjoy holiday! Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 18:53, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

"What is better? Ice cream, cookies, or brownies?"

(go to my Talk page to vote). (Type your answer next to the bullet points and don't forget to sign your posts)

Looking forward to your vote DEIDRA C. (talk) 21:10, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Sarah! Someone sort of put down my sprirts just now. :( But thank you, Sarah!!! DEIDRA C. (talk) 21:22, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

After such a serious decision about my first article will ask you to help me with the next one. I hope it should be more happy.

By the way. How can I take photo from another language Wikipedia? I mean copyright procedure. Thank you Kinedw (talk) 22:44, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi there. It might be best to ask for help at the Teahouse, a space that I co-created to help new editors like yourself. I'm pretty swamped with other wiki projects and so forth, so I might not be able to provide the assistance you need to help with your article. The image you seek to use depends on the copyright of the image - if the copyright page says it's CC BY SA or CC BY A then you can use it on any Wikipedia article regardless of language. If it says it is copyrighted and/or fair use, then I don't think you can use it. It might be best to double check with the Teahouse folks though. SarahStierch (talk) 22:52, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Kinedw (talk) 14:53, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Sarah: This is in reference to the tag "crystal|date=November 2011" which you added to the Digital Preservation article. This article is now in the process of significant revision as part of an NDSA Working Group WikiProject on Digital Preservation. We feel that the editorial issue you identified has now been remedied and would like to remove the tag. Please let us know if you have any objection. Davissp (talk) 21:35, 25 October 2012 (UTC) on behalf of the NDSA Working Group WikiProject on Digital Preservation

Hi there. Go for it, be bold as we say :) Glad to see the article being improved! SarahStierch (talk) 22:05, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

GA on Hold, please see GA Reviewer comments at Talk:Valerie Solanas/GA1. — Cirt (talk) 15:14, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Any chance you'd be able to respond to this? I'd be willing to give it an extension after revisiting in one week to see if there's any progress. Let me know your thoughts? Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 16:07, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey Cirt. I'm going to be offline for the majority of the weekend starting this afternoon. The article review sort of hit at a time when I'm not feeling very motivated right this second to work on it - and I know Kaldari is busy this weekend too. It might have to have an extension, on it. Sorry. I didn't know there was a one week limit type of thing (or I forgot there was..). Sorry! That's been a pretty exhausting article to work on due to the research we've done (Kaldari and I have literally sat up until the wee hours working on that article, and I know Nick has too) so I've got to have a spark of motivation to devote to it - the perils of being a writer and researcher in my real life and volunteer life ;) SarahStierch (talk) 17:35, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey, no problems, keep me posted and I'd be happy to give y'all an extension of another week or two. :) Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 03:10, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Sarah, long time, no see! I'm doing some bit by bit improvements to Croton-on-Hudson, my current home. You recently added Donald Wallace to the village's notable residents, but I can't find a reference to Croton in the source you gave (Cooper Union museum). Can you help out with that one? Eventually, I'm going to eliminate the list, and just retain a prose style discussion of those notable residents/former residents who have sourcing. I'd hate for a contribution from one of my favorite Wikipedians to not be included :-) Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 12:46, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

ACk! I used the wrong source :) It should have been the New York Times source. I'll fix it now. And yes, I'm +1 to prose over lists, for sure! Thanks for coming by! SarahStierch (talk) 17:53, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! AstroCog (talk) 18:25, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! Much appreciated. --CultureEurope (talk) 11:17, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

THANK GOD THAT I FOUND YOU! It's ME RAIDENRULES123! I'm sooooooooo sorry that I had to change my account! So sorry! I had forgotten my password and it expired! I'm sorry! DEIDRA C. (talk) 22:42, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Ah, that happens sometimes. Glad you got a new username :) SarahStierch (talk) 22:08, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to Papillon (dog) I found my account and all of yours. DEIDRA C. (talk) 21:03, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Guilty as charged (and fixed!) _{What Halloween does to you...} Theopolisme _Boo! 00:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Ha ha :) No trout needed. Not this time at least ;-) SarahStierch (talk) 00:01, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

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Hi Sarah, I'm from Berlin/Germany and I wrote the article about Jin Gyeong-suk (strictly speaking I prepared a German version and an American friend of mine translated into English). Thank you for reviewing it. Concerning the style I could ask my friend to rewrite it in a more encyclopedic tone. In terms of additional citations for verification, I don't know other sources than the sources which I entitled in the article. How can I handle this? Isn't Amnesty an relieable source? Many thanks, Jo Besserwisser (talk) 10:27, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

@ Deidra. You don't know what they want! And you certainly are not competant to decide for them what they want. Its their journey..not yours. @Sarah. Something needs to be done about this situation...and quickly. New Users come to Wikipedia completely blind to the hows and the wherefores of Wikipedia. They should not be led by a novice with questionable motives. A quick check of the contributions [1] of User:Deidra shows that she is radically and negatively effecting the initial, important first contacts that new users are having. She should not be adopting anyone. I think we have a prime duty and responsibility to protect new users from being mis-lead. This is not a road less travelled. This is a road that shouldn't be travelled at all...not by this user. As a member of WP:WER, I had a premonition that something twisted would happen. I dare say everyone involved here had the same premonition. What can be done to protect new users from being "misguided" without their knowledge? or permission? I will discuss this elsewhere. ```Buster Seven Talk

A teenage girl leaving cookies on peoples talk pages is the least of my worries on Wikipedia. I saw the post, and the rest of peoples comments and chose to disconnect, per the drama llama template on my talk page. I'd say this fall into the drama llama category. Sorry Buster! I know for a fact she is a teenager and she has no questionable motives. She isn't adopting anyone, either, if you didn't continue to follow the conversation. Again, she's seriously a teenage girl, I don't think you need to take this too seriously and taking "serious" actions really is a lost cause. SarahStierch (talk) 15:38, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

The fact that she is a teenager was quite obvious. This is not an issue of Age. Its about a neophyte leading and teaching a neophyte under the guise of "I'm Experienced. You can listen to my advice." But this isn't FaceBook. She has done more than just give out cookies (she gave me some). She did in fact adopt a user, User talk:Brybry1999, on October 22nd at his/her talk page., (my guess is he or she is also a teenager, probably 13 years old), with the comment, "I know all the policies....". I take the mistreatment and the possible damage to a potential WP career (Brybry1999's) as very important. I dont want to hurt Raidens fragile spirit. But, she cannot be allowed to present herself as a qualified instructor to new editors that don't know any better. She likes and trusts you. A word from you may do the trick and have her see the folly of her ways. BTW, I liked your "Drama LLama" and I am using it on my page. I completely understand if you don't see it as an important issue. No prob. Having welcomed hundreds of new editors, the Wonderful World Of New Wikipedia Users has become my little niche. ```Buster Seven Talk 16:12, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

This comment on User:Brybry's page sounds like adoption to me.. Ok I will go to you for help...you can adopt me! Not sure what Im doing still new at this. Brybry1999 (talk) 19:52, 21 October 2012 (UTC)BrYan N.'. His comment, "I'm new at this..." says it all. Rather than send him to your Teahouse or place one of the hundreds of informative Welcomes, she takes him by the hand and pretty much says..."Follow me!' ```Buster Seven Talk 16:25, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

@buster. hey it's perpetual september. are you really claiming the power to exclude adopters, outside of the process? "questionable motives"? really? looking through her contributions i couldn't find the "radically and negatively effecting the initial, important first contacts that new users are having." could you be more specific? it's hard for me to imagine what that contact would be that would be worse, than the average wall of escalating warnings and a block, such as [2]. i just spent all my time at WLL events, coaching expert editors who had previously had their edits deleted, on how to interact with the toxic environment. even "questionable" efforts at wikilove are better than that.

with that i will return to the somewhat more friendly shores of wikisource. it was nice visiting wikidramaland. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 17:07, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

I am not looking for the power myself. Im looking for someone with the power to protect new editors. If it is not Sarah, no problem. Maybe someone else will see this and better understand my concern. By questionable motives I'm referring to Deidra's childish refusal to follow the advice of fellow editors to not adopt new editors while she is still learning the fundamentals. This isn't a social network site. This isn't about being friendly. I'm one of the friendliest editors you could meet. Would The Romney or Obama camps smile dispassionately while a brand new supporter was promoting herself as a spokesman for the Campaign and telling potential voters to disregard the rules and policies and the advice of veteran politicos? Not a chance. ```Buster Seven Talk 19:22, 28 October 2012 (UTC).

@Slowking4. While I agree there is quite a bit of drama here, Buster has some valid points, albeit somewhat overboard for a child/teen. I have already had to personally address some inaccurate guidance this editor has offered to others, which brought about a bit of unnecessary confusion. That said, the editor in question can actually be found here: User:RAIDENRULES123. As a side note, the concerns have seemingly been abated due to the editor's own adoption by User:Keilana. Hopefully, this will curtail any immediate problems. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 19:49, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

A little deeper investigation will show that Raiden/Deidra did, in fact, "adopt" at least two new editors and, due to her mis-guidance, cause much consternation, misunderstanding over policies and guidelines, and alot of un-necessary work to repair an article. Drama happens at ANI and RfC. This was just concern for our new editors and their first steps into our society and our world. ```Buster Seven Talk 07:15, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi! I saw you relisted some AfDs from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 October 22 but missed this one, which is waiting for a consensus. Thought to inform you. Thanks. Happy editing! --Zayeem ^(talk) 06:17, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

How do I become an adoptor? I'm really helping out these two people and they want me to adopt them. Can you give me some links for signing up to adopt? DEIDRA C. (talk) 20:45, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hey Deidra. I think it's great you are willing to adopt users, but I think you should wait a while and dive a little more deeply into Wikipedia. Most of your editing has been on user talk pages, and less work on article content creation, dispute resolution, copyright, or deletion of articles, all of which a potential adopter should have some level of experience with (though it certainly doesn't need to be absolutely perfect). I'd suggest trying to check out these different aspects of being an editor before trying to adopt. I'll let Sarah weigh in here too, but I just wanted to give you my thoughts on the matter. I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!) 20:58, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Nevermind. <_< :P :( DEIDRA C. (talk) 21:01, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey! It's awesome that you want to adopt a user. It's a lot of work and dedication. I do have to agree with Jethro though - it takes a lot of Wikipedia experience in writing articles and knowing about policy before you can do that. So once you rack up some more article edits, perhaps you can become an adopter :) I think it's a great goal to work for! SarahStierch (talk) 21:12, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Be patient, Deidra. You just basically got your learners permit. It may be a bit early to become a driving instructor. What you might consider is offering yourself up for adoption. Having a mentor to guide you around the Wonderful World of Wikipedia is a great opportunity for you to learn the ropes. When the time comes I'm sure you yourself will be a great teacher and explainer. But, for now, it would be a dis-service to future new editors. ```Buster Seven Talk 21:28, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Have to agree with the others here. I have 4500 edits and am still currently in an adoption program. Be patient :) Go Phightins! 21:30, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Nevermind. Forget it. They only wanted me to be their adopter because I'm not confusing and I explain things in a way that they will understand. They mentioned how other adopters are confusing and give them policy links which are also very confusing. I explain the what the policies are and what they mean. Policies are very confusing and unnesessary for new users. DEIDRA C. (talk) 21:07, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

@ Deidra. You don't know what they want! And you certainly are not competant to decide for them what they want. Its their journey..not yours. @Sarah. Something needs to be done about this situation...and quickly. New Users come to Wikipedia completely blind to the hows and the wherefores of Wikipedia. They should not be led by a novice with questionable motives. A quick check of the contributions [3] of User:Deidra shows that she is radically and negatively effecting the initial, important first contacts that new users are having. She should not be adopting anyone. I think we have a prime duty and responsibility to protect new users from being mis-lead. This is not a road less travelled. This is a road that shouldn't be travelled at all...not by this user. As a member of WP:WER, I had a premonition that something twisted would happen. I dare say everyone involved here had the same premonition. What can be done to protect new users from being "misguided" without their knowledge? or permission? I will discuss this elsewhere. ```Buster Seven Talk 04:47, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

OMG! Buster, please. Your being very rude and over reacting. This is Wikipedia, not an arena. So please calm down. I thought you were nicer than that. Please stop spreading my business every where. And please remember- don't insult people and certaintly don't have any rude language. That is considered an insult. I wish I never asked Sarah if I could adopt because of you. DEIDRA C. (talk) 21:20, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Could you please take another look at this AfD you just relisted? The nominator all but admitted it was a bad-faith AfD, which poisoned the AfD from the start and brought calls to keep or close from four or five different users. There are over 40 citations listed in the article and the AfD discussion, so WP:GNG doesn't seem to be in question. If you don't like "trolling or drama," you might be the right person to put an end to that mess before more WP:SPA arrive. Thank you. - 91.105.232.26 (talk) 06:44, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

It's probably best another admin takes a look at it. If you're concerned further you can stop by the Admin Noticeboard and perhaps request investigation. It's the type of thing I don't personally venture into as an admin. SarahStierch (talk) 06:56, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

I've looked at it and given an opinion that I think will be persuasive, and is clearly based in policy. That was lacking there. No need for any boards at this point, although it does look like a whole drawer full of socks participating there. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 21:13, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

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what is about my article, you comment? Now it is optimized with references! Kind regards Claudia— Preceding unsigned comment added by Claudia vdH (talk • contribs) 13:21, 29 October 2012‎

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Hi Sarah, I got your email about the article having conflict of interests information - actualy, I made a mistake somehwere and entered the same page 2x for reviews. The first article "Great Lakes Consortium for Fish Consumption Advisories" is the correct page. I made the mistake of putting a duplicate version on the GLRI2011 user page.

Here is what I did:

1) I wrote the article in my sandbox

2) I submitted it on 10-29 and recieved an email that I needed to move the information into my User page - which I did, and now there are two copies with different names.

3) My emails now say a conflict of interests - (they are the same article)

4) How do I delete the GLRI2011 page?

Emails:

From 10-29: "Dear GLRI2011, The Wikipedia page "User:GLRI2011/sandbox" has been created on October 29, 2012 by MatthewVanitas, with the edit summary: Preferred location for AfC submissions. This is a new page. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GLRI2011/sandbox for the current revision. To contact the editor, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MatthewVanitas Note that additional changes to the page "User:GLRI2011/sandbox" will not result in any further notifications, until you have logged in and visited the page.

From 10-30 ""The Wikipedia page "User talk:GLRI2011" has been changed on October 30, 2012 by SarahStierch, with the edit summary: Welcome to Wikipedia! (TW) See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GLRI2011&diff=next&oldid=520667119 to view this change. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GLRI2011&diff=0&oldid=520667119 for all changes since your last visit. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GLRI2011 for the current revision. To contact the editor, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch Note that additional changes to the page "User talk:GLRI2011" will not result in any further notifications, until you have logged in and visited the page.""

Where Do I go from here?

Thanks for your help --GLRI2011 16:39, 31 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GLRI2011 (talk • contribs)

Great choice! It's beautiful! SarahStierch (talk) 22:15, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. It's just a placeholder before I figure out what to do with my userpage. I read on your page that you attended GW. I did my graduate studies there too, and had a couple friends in the museum studies program. It's a small world! Keihatsu (talk) 22:47, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

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Hi Sarah, I was wondering if you'd be at all interested in a WikiProject Women Scientists. I've been thinking about starting one for awhile and I'd love to know what you think of the idea. Thanks! :) Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 00:34, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

that's an awesome idea Keilana. What about creating a task force of WP:Women's History? Or Biography? SarahStierch (talk) 00:36, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Biography would probably be better, since women's history focuses on women who made an impact on women's history more than anything else. What do you think about that? It'd be cool to finally create a cohesive list of content needing work and improvement about women in science. I get asked everyday for things like that, and this project could create that. SarahStierch (talk) 00:37, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

I was thinking Biography too. I'll create it tonight (yay for being bold!) and send an email to the Gendergap mailing list. I'll start work on a comprehensive worklist; there's a lot to do! Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 03:46, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Awesome. Ping me when you get the list started, I'll add to it. Would you want to write a blog about this for the WMF blog? I surely want to share it on Facebook and Twitter! SarahStierch (talk) 03:49, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Will do! I have access to a ton of female scientist biographical dictionaries at Loyola, and I'll link to some drafts I have going in userspace. I'm a little worried about notability things, but we can sort that out at some point. I would love to write a blog about this! I'd prefer if you posted on Facebook/Twitter because those are obviously connected to my real name and I'm not quite ready to be totally 'unmasked'! User:Lquilter has also indicated interest, and I'm sure we'll get more from social media postings. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 03:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Sounds good. You an even blog under your username, of course! I know a lot of people who are going to want to be involved in this. I'd like to start one about women artists. Inspiration FTW :) SarahStierch (talk) 04:02, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

I would love to blog under my username! I'm even happy to put a picture of myself in, I just don't want the direct association with my name. I'm excited about this - and I'd love to join a women artists project. I'd be less knowledgeable, though, that's for sure. Yay for inspiration! (FWIW, my inspiration for this came from Ada Lovelace Day) Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 04:09, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists exists now! OMG! I'm working on filling in all the redlinks now. Exciting! Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 04:30, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Awesome. Where do you want to put the to-do list? SarahStierch (talk) 04:57, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

I had it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists/Worklist, feel free to get started. Just let me know when you're working on it so we don't edit-conflict; I'm doing the templates and notifying WikiProject Biography and the science WikiProjects. I was thinking for the worklist, we have the link (with disambiguation and whatnot if necessary), a short description (e.g. "British botanist"), and maybe a source where there's info about them. We could keep a list of good sources at the bottom to help. How does that sound? Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 05:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Sounds perfect! I'm going to work on it now. SarahStierch (talk) 05:05, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Awesome, I'll do the template and other subpages, notifications, and start the (loooong) tagging process. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 05:12, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Cool, let me know when the template is ready to rock and I'll help tag. SarahStierch (talk) 05:13, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Awesome. The template's done, how about we split up Category:Women scientists by discipline? I'll get the main category, Women botanists and its subcats, Women earth scientists, Women mathematicians, Women neuroscientists, and Women social scientists. You get Women chemists, Women computer scientists and its subcat, Women engineers and its subcats, Women paleontologists, and Women physicists and its subcat. Sound ok? Then we can worklist it up! Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 06:02, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

OK! Go team! ;) SarahStierch (talk) 06:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

	The Admin's Barnstar
	You did a great job in closing The Elephant House (2nd nomination). I'm glad you discounted Tokyogirl79's call for "delete", as she once again stated her misguided belief that "we need more than two sources to show notability". Thanks for reading the discussion and making the right decision. Dream Focus 08:21, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Good afternoon Sarah, I hope this is the correct avenue to get in touch with you. I so appreciate you leaving feedback on my last submission, it's the first time someone has! I can only imagine how busy you are but if you have some time, I'd like to go over my page. I'm obviously new at this and as you can probably tell, I've been struggling with my article for almost 6 months now! I am determined to get my page published and will happily comply with any guidelines you have, I just have a few questions.

On the issue of my sources, I completely understand how flickr and social media sites would not be the best references. However, after I was told via Wiki livechat that I would have to back up these performances, I checked some of the other local venue pages to see how they did this and found that Variety Playhouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_Playhouse) used Flickr for more than a few performances (reference number 27), while the Tabernacle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tabernacle) and Masquerade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masquerade_(Atlanta)) were able to get their page published with show lists that had no references whatsoever.

I can easily remove those performances/artists who have unreliable sources, but I'm wondering why there's a discrepancy between the requirements for my page and the pages mentioned above that were permitted publishing. I know you were more than likely not the person to give them the green light, I'm just lost.

Also, in my last livechat on 10/2, I spoke to a reviewer/aid (magicskyjuice) who went over the "guideline for buildings" and said if I could find one more newspaper/magazine article on the venue, he'd pass it. I saved this conversation, here's an excerpt: [11:39] <magicskyjuice> katy, if you can find one more i'll pass it [11:39] <katy> k, that'd be wonderful! When I submit it again, is there a way I can tag you or send it to you? [11:40] <magicskyjuice> i'll watch that article and i'll look next week

I found that last source by digging up a physical issue of Jezebel Magazine (reference number 9) and resubmitted, but to no avail. Again, I know you aren't this person, but this is my first page and I'm trying to learn how things are done. I didn't know if it was worth me trying to find him/her or what.

I would greatly greatly appreciate any input you had on this. Thank you so much for your time and patience, I don't know how y'all do it!

Katyw220 (talk) 19:41, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Sarah. When you deleted Yarg recently, I think you may have been looking at a vandalized version. The most recent version by VenomousConcept[6] looked fine to me. --Bongwarrior (talk) 06:57, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

I have restored the article, since you appear to be busy. If your deletion was a mistake as I suspect, please remember to check the page history a bit more carefully when deleting. Take care. --Bongwarrior (talk) 00:53, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Sarah - you kindly edited my submission a couple of weeks ago. Another editor has helped me a but but I am just stuck with something I think you can solve quite easily for me.

This is the submission link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Johnalex001

There are 2 things actually. 1. I cannot get citations for some of the awards as they have been taken off the web. Is this ok? 2. I seem to have got a little muddled with the citations and references. Specifically for reference 5 - the john logie baird award. I cannot code it correctly into the reference for some reason.

Hope you can help. Thanks again.

John. Johnalex001 (talk) 14:56, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Am I being overly concerned about the copyrigt on the image you supplied at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solanas_custody.jpg for the Valerie Solanas article? I'm not sure about having two images of her for both of which the fair use raionale is irreplaceability; presumably one can replace the other, and another fair use image of her was kept. Since this one, showing Solanas at her police booking, is sourced to your photostream at Flickr and thus only indirectly to MIT Press and AP and I don't know Flickr's fair use standards, I wasn't sure about taking from a chain of users. Feel free to respond at Talk:Valerie Solanas#deleted image toward GA status and kept one or to edit as you see fit, especially since my undersdtanding of Wikipedia is that a photo not being used may get deleted from all of Wikipedia in a few days, give or take, as an orphan. Maybe I'm too cautious. I'll probably be back online Sunday. Thanks. Nick Levinson (talk) 22:03, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

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Hello Sarah, I see you are proposing to delete the above article, but if you look at its talk page, the issue was debated at the time and the community decided to keep it. Do you feel strongly it should be deleted? regards, Constantine Cngoulimis (talk) 19:10, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

I don't feel strongly about anything ever being deleted from Wikipedia (unless it's a grave violation of BLP). So whatever! :) The article just needs some work! SarahStierch (talk) 19:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

SarahStierch, I think you may be rating the importance of articles for WikiProject Women scientists somewhat higher than the rest of us are. I see anomalies like Mary Kenneth Keller being rated as Top-importance along with women like Marie Curie. The higher ratings result in a bias in favor of computer scientists. You might find a list of articles sorted by score revealing. The scores are a measure of importance that factors in number of watchers, page view, links etc. Although it shouldn't be taken too seriously, I find many Top- and High-importance ratings unusually far down the list are for articles on computer scientists. Something to think about. RockMagnetist (talk) 22:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

But I would also like to say ...

		The WikiProject Barnstar
		Congratulations to you and Keilana for starting WikiProject Women scientists. This project looks quite promising! RockMagnetist (talk) 18:07, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

You have to admit, though: RDML Grace Murray Hopper was a badass. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 18:16, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

She sure was. I would keep her at Top-priority. RockMagnetist (talk) 18:19, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Prod?

Tell me more about how prodding the bios of professors and university deans is helpful :-) I do want to understand that ethic, since we need to do something about the massive body of information which falls into the category of "clearly useful to someone, and notable in some subdomain, but may be prodded by a well-meaning editor Any Day Now". This is the sort of deletion req that would make me frustrated and want to leave if I wasn't already an active community member... particularly if I were just an information-theory junkie for whom notability was obvious. – SJ + 03:21, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

SarahStierch seems to be more particularly targeting for deletion the bios of *female* professors and deans. This doesn't seem to be helpful to me. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:11, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

The reason for the "targeting" is that SarahStierch just co-founded WikiProject Women scientists, so naturally she's busy tagging articles on women. However, a wikiproject can't indiscriminately promote all articles in its scope. The subjects have to be notable. So far, the articles on Toniann Pitassi and Jenny Preece have not provided any evidence of notability. If you can find evidence, great. If not, the articles should be deleted. RockMagnetist (talk) 04:42, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Your opinion that the article on Pitassi doesn't already provide evidence for notability says more about your ignorance of the subject than about her. She is this year chairing the top conference in theoretical computer science. She has seven papers with over 100 citations each in Google scholar, well over the level that academic deletion discussions typically judge to be a pass of WP:PROF#C1 (and providing some 700 reliable sources for her research contributions, well over the "multiple sources" required by GNG). And, although it is true that being an invited speaker at most conferences is not enough by itself for notability, ICM is special in this respect, to the point where the American Mathematical Society used it as one of the criteria for its inaugural set of fellows (for what this means see WP:PROF#C3; Pitassi was not included, I assume because she is not an AMS member). As for Preece, her book Online Communities alone has over 2000 citations in Google scholar, so the evidence that she passes WP:PROF is even more clear. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:29, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Why are you saying that here? My point is that these things are not made clear in the article. Is every reader of the article expected to be an expert on her? RockMagnetist (talk) 05:56, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

The facts about the subjects are in the article. The background about how these facts imply that the subjects pass WP:PROF is not appropriate for the articles. And I expect people who put prods on academic articles to have more knowledge of the subject than the average reader. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:09, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

I do have to say, it's pretty brilliant that the gender gap fellow is being accused of system bias. I guess pigs can fly :) I'm a researcher by trade - and hell, if a BLP doesn't appear notable based on a few citations - and someone just "being a professor" doesn't make them notable, means that their article should prove that they are. I'm reviewing hundreds of articles - 3 people being proded, regardless of gender, doesn't make them special. Calm down everyone - and improve the encyclopedia! (and remember, you can remove the PROD tag!) SarahStierch (talk) 07:34, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi,

You recently added "{{BLP sources|date=November 2012}}"[7] to the Barbara Jane Liskov article. However, you didn't mention on the talk page or in the summary why you felt the article needed this banner. What was your reasoning? The template says that we need more sources, and that anything unsourced could be removed. This is true all the time, for all articles. Why does this article merit a special banner being placed at the top? Thanks for time. —fudoreaper (talk) 07:25, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Anything uncited, and if there aren't footnotes that means it's in theory possibly uncited, means it can be removed. She's not special - I'm reviewing hundreds of biographical articles right now as part of a project about women in science that i co-started. It just means that if content about her, especially claims (i.e. "Liskov has led many significant projects," - even if it's true, that paragraph has no citations), can be removed. The template serves as a tool for people to say "Oh hey, we should add citations and improve this." Another example "Barbara Liskov is the author of three books and over a hundred technical papers." - I can also say I've done that, but where is the proof? It's nothing personal, promised. SarahStierch (talk) 07:36, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Sarah,

I would like to create an up-to-date PrismTech page, with third-party independent reliable sources. I am currently in the process of gathering the necessary sources, and would like to know the process for submission of a previously deleted page.

Thanks and best regards,

ChrisLloydPT (talk) 08:55, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Chris! The best way to go about it is to start the article in your Sandbox. If you look at the "user" menu in the upper right corner you'll see "My sandbox," that is where you can experiment and build the article. When you are ready for review you can hit the "submit" button in the template at the top of the page, and then more experienced Wikipedians will review it, and make any additional suggestions you might need to move the article to the "main space" of Wikipedia. I hope this helps! For future reference, I'd stop by the Teahouse, a space I created on Wikipedia to help new users like yourself. Good luck! SarahStierch (talk) 08:58, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much Sarah! You've got to be the first helpful person I've come across on Wikipedia! I shall do so, I've already received a message from the teahouse, looks like it could be very useful. Thanks again. ChrisLloydPT (talk) 09:05, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Sarah, please see Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#PrismTech_Ltd_WP:COI. --Hu12 (talk) 02:52, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

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Sarah, as you are the deleting admin I thought you'd be the one best suited to help me. I am seeking to create (or propose the creation of) the PrismTech company page. I have access to many independent, third-party, reliable sources that (I feel) prove that PrismTech is notable and deserves its own page (product pages may be discussed later). I have managed to salvage the old page, and would appreciate any input on how to improve the page so it does not get deleted again. As I said there are many notable sources/publications that discuss PrismTech and its products, I have the page in my sandbox and would appreciate an example page of a similar (size, industry, notable) company to help guide the creation of this page. I eagerly anticipate your help MiddlewareMaster (talk) 11:42, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi there. Remember, any admin can help - all admins have the power to delete and undelete! I'm also pretty busy generally, so for faster help it's best to visit the Teahouse, a project I developed to help editors like yourself. Anyway, none of the links on the salvaged page are reliable - anything that has been created by the organization or company, or supplied by the company (press release) are reliable at all. I just went through a list of Google coverage to find reliable sources for PrismTech. Most things I found were either company created or supplied. The only thing I found was: [8]. After going through about 30 pages, I'm not sure that this company establishes notability. Therefore I don't think it can have it's own Wikipedia article, unless, of course, you have a vast collection of healthy coverage in notable media publications. This list has a list of "good articles" about companies. They are good examples of what a company article should be. Please don't take it personal if your article can't be on Wikipedia right now - it might just have to wait until it's more notable. I do encourage you to consider writing about other subjects or companies. I'm not sure if you're a staff member at the company, but, Wikipedia frowns heavily about staff members writing about their own companies. Thanks again, and try the Teahouse, too! SarahStierch (talk) 18:06, 13 November 2012 (UTC)