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New to Wiki

Hi Sarah: I need a lot of help. I am completely new to Wiki. What do you think a good intro contribution would be? Kristen46 (talk • contribs)

Biting?

I only joined a month ago. For my first article, my writing style was denigrated and they threatened to delete it because I didn't include enough third-party resources. How is telling her not to make my mistakes aggressive? --Zambonia (talk) 02:50, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm really sorry to hear that you also had a really bad experience with your first edits :( I do believe that showing negative energy towards another editor will generally make them not want to edit. I do appreciate your honest, trust me, my own edit, many many years ago were knocked and torn down and deleted! However, I do believe in the power of positivity when it comes to encouraging new users. IMHO, if I was in your situation, I'd channel your anger into welcoming new users in a way that you weren't welcome. But, that's what I've done. You also have a team of fellow e-volunteers and IMA folks who'll gladly lend a hand when anyone is giving you a hard time, so please know that I'm here for you if you need it! :) SarahStierch (talk) 02:56, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Netball WP:GA Nomination

I regret to inform you that Netball has not passed it's review for good article status. Please take a look at the review page for details on how to improve the article. Don4of4 ^[Talk] 01:10, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Gender Gap

Thank you for the invitation Sarah, I really appreciate it. Michael. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 13:38, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

I'd like to second that! Josh Josh Cory (talk) 00:30, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks Sarah for the invitation to IRC. I don't expect to participate on the IRC channel but it was nice of you to ask me. I'm not much of a chatter. -SusanLesch (talk) 13:56, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

IRC Channel

Yeah, I'll probably participate some. We really do need to close the gender gap. Women are a lot nicer IRL so i imagine they are less likely to accuse someone of being hitler/stalin/osama for making a tiny editing error on teh internetz. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gold1618 (talk • contribs) 17:17, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Sarah, I'll be there soon! Best regards from Mexico City. Gustavo Sandoval Kingwergs.--correogsk (talk) 19:27, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, thanks for the editorial contributions.

This user helped promote Wadsworth Jarrell to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:09, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

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E-mail

I sent you one. Courcelles 23:38, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

New Orleans Hackathon
MediaWiki and Wikimedia developers' meetup Hi, SarahStierch. I'd like to invite you to come to the New Orleans Hackathon 2011. It's an opportunity for MediaWiki developers and Wikimedia operations engineers to come together to work on advancing Wikimedia's tools and infrastructure, focusing on Wikimedia Labs (starting with the dev-ops virtualization cluster), and to train and to squash bugs. The theme of this event: "the infrastructure of innovation". We're going to improve and discuss the Wikimedia Labs projects infrastructure and other stuff that makes it easier for anyone to supercharge Wikimedia with awesomeness. We're going to work on our gadgets/extensions/tools support, authorization/authentication strategy, dev-ops virtualization, and general training and hacking. It's mostly going to be dev sprints and bugsmashing, with some discussion and workshops. The event is open to anyone who wants to come and contribute, and is an opportunity to spend time with senior MediaWiki developers & ops engineers, write beautiful code, and learn about the latest developments. If you can make it to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 14-16 October 2011, we'd love to have you. Please add your name to the attendees list. Thanks! Sumanah (talk) 20:23, 24 August 2011 (UTC) (Volunteer Development Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation)

Sumanah (talk) 20:33, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Lift Off redux

check out the external image template Lift Off (sculpture) Slowking4: 7@1|x 15:43, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

and check out your historic studios: John J. Earley Office and Studio Slowking4: 7@1|x 19:40, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Holy crap! That's awesome about Earley's office =) SarahStierch (talk) 21:32, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

it all circles around, Meridian Hill Park -> John J. Earley Office and Studio. you'd think they would put fine arts in there. (or the civil engineers) as you see i've been busy on this NRHP stuff. Slowking4: 7@1|x 15:28, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Gals Panic

Well, thank you for showing some attention to an article I created over five years ago. haha! To clarify on the Steve Austin issue, I'm fairly certain it's a different guy because shortly after I wrote it, one of the guys in the band made a comment on their MySpace page questioning it himself. So I took it out. It made sense to me that it would be the same guy (same instrument, same city), but if I couldn't be 100% certain, I didn't want to leave it in. NJZombie (talk) 21:18, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

We (details upon request)

are looking for someone to check an inscription on the General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument in Washington DC. SIRIS and the original wikipedia article used the word "prefect" but an editor has just changed in to "perfect." Which I believe to be the correct wording, but . . . .... Is there a way you or another Washington DC person could check the statue? By the wayGoode, James M. The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.: A Comprehensive Historical Guide, Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C., 1974, has the word as "perfect." Life is supposed to be interesting. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 21:37, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Sure. I am traveling this week, but, next week I can take a look if you can be patient :) SarahStierch (talk) 21:40, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

"Patient" is my middle name. Actually, it is "Einarsson", but I can happily wait. i strongly suspect that wikipedia has it right and SIRIS has it wrong. After you check it I will email them - something that they are more or less used to. Carptrash (talk) 21:43, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually, we can verify it right here from our desks! DC Memorials, scroll down :D SarahStierch (talk) 21:45, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

It's a done deal. Thanks, Carptrash (talk) 18:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Louise Nevelson

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 07:47, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Your article says: "During the winter of 1932–1933 she separated from Charles, disenfranchised by her husband's expectations for her to become a socialite", but "disenfranchised" can't be the right word. Should that be something like "disillusioned"? George Ponderevo (talk) 15:02, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, disenfranchised makes no sense. How about "disinterested?" SarahStierch (talk) 15:04, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

That sounds much better. George Ponderevo (talk) 15:11, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

• Good article but you need to check out the early history of Louise and her family. See my comments on the article's talk page. Ipigott (talk) 09:55, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks

Hi Sarah, thanks for the encouragement! I am a new user and hope to have a productive role within Wikipedia and expanding upon its art-related documentation. Feel free to edit and expand upon my current project involving 100 Acres.npeterswiki (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:25, 31 August 2011 (UTC).

DYK for Dolores Alexander

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Request for comment

May I request a comment (WP:RFC) at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dominant group (art). Thanks in advance for your comment! Marshallsumter (talk) 17:01, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

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ANI Report on Commons if you're interested.

A user took it upon themselves to bring the conversation of a closed convo asking about WMF policy to my personal talk page. I usually would not report, but because of this issue, I don't want any more of these people bothering, me and I feel like I need to nip it in the bud. ANI Report --Henriettapussycat (talk) 19:27, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

AfriCOBRA & Dr. Jeff Donaldson

Thanks! I agree, I think the "Wadsworth Jarrell & AfriCOBRA" article can be deleted, I'll go ahead and do so now. I'm not a writer or an art historian, so if you'd like to go ahead and flesh out the AfriCOBRA page and create one for Jeff Donaldson please feel free. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santagati (talk • contribs) 15:24, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Clothespin (Oldenburg)

we'll see how long your pic stays up. Slowking4: 7@1|x 17:04, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

GenderGap and IRC

Thanks for your invite of 21Aug11, to join the chats on #wikimedia:GenderGap. And yes, I would like a recommendation for my IRC client or application. I usually use Firefox browser, on an iMac using O/S X Leopard, so I could use Chatzilla if I got it. But if you recommend a different one, that would be even better, by me. (I should add that I'm really short of time to do all the WP writing I'd like to do; but will at least observe the chatting a few times. Good luck to us all, For7thGen (talk) 04:04, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Sarah, thanks again for inviting me. First impression on looking at the IRC page you linked to: I'm afraid I'm technically at sea as to understanding what to do next. Went back again; on second look: yeah, I definitely don't get what to do. Sorry, I need to ask for a little hand holding to get me there. Johanna-Hypatia (talk) 13:51, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

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Kelly Wearstler

I have noticed you tagging arts articles and now see that you are also involved in gender issues (I have been browsing the Gendergap list archives). I would like to suggest that you take a look at the history of the Kelly Wearstler article and the now-archived discussion about it here. I don't think I have anything more to add on that specific article than what I have already said in the discussion, but it involves broader issues of bias in Wikipedia. --Hegvald (talk) 12:09, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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Query

Hi Sarah, I'm in an interesting discussion at User_talk:Alf.laylah.wa.laylah#Royal_Chicano_Air_Force and I was really wondering if you or your contacts could help us out? ϢereSpielChequers 18:41, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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DYK for Hairdresser

Materialscientist (talk) 16:04, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

A salmon for you!

	A salmon for you!
	SALMON to the head! Kevin (talk) 20:14, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Joshua Johnson

I see you did some serious work on Joshua Johnson - I've just created Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl. If you have any insights on him that we can add that would be great. - PKM (talk) 01:08, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Re: mail

I appreciate the idea, but I'm not going to click on that link. Please do me the favor of sending the undisguised link so I know I'm not clicking on something that will harm my computer. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 04:34, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

• Gotcha! I emailed you with the Google link =) Women's Survey SarahStierch (talk) 04:36, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Thanks! Sorry, but you can't be too careful. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 04:38, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
• No problem, thanks for the talkback! I deliberated on how to send it, I think I'll stick with the Google link for now =) SarahStierch (talk) 04:39, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Your survey

I took your survey but I think that you should know off hand that I'm Genderqueer (basically I live as both male and female). Like sexism I think that Transphobia is a huge part of the wiki atmosphere. I hope this dosn't change the way you look at my survey. -06:25, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

• It absolutely doesn't. I am genetically a woman and I identify as both genders inside. So I understand, and it absolutely does not change my view of the survey or participants! If you ever need to talk, I'm here! SarahStierch (talk) 13:26, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation to participate in your survey. Completed and submitted. :-) ~dee^(talk?) 17:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

I was happy to complete your survey as well. Good luck with your project! Kjtobo (talk) 20:29, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello Sarah, I have completed your survey! I shall pass it on to other female Wikipedians/Wikimedians that I know (not many at this point). I really did not realize the gender gap existed (and at such a wide imbalance). I do wonder what this means for the content of this site. I do understand that we do not want to merely reproduce the male-dominated, "Western" (white), middle-upper-class view of the world (history, culture, things that are deemed important to write about), but I do wonder if there is yet any evidence WHAT this gender gap means to Wikipedia (in terms of content/other concerns?) Also, just like sports viewership which is still very male-dominated, what ARE women doing with their time? One would think that we have escaped gender roles at this point, but maybe we have not. Thank you! I have signed up for the gender gap mailing list as well. I am very interested in what this gender gap means for Wikipedia and also regarding the different types of knowledge that are excluded from Wikipedia and what this means too (eg. oral history). I wish I had gone to your "Wikimedia & Indigenous Peoples: Pros, Cons and Community" talk at Wikimania 2011; it would really help with my project right now haha. Have you ever used Atlas Obscura on your travels? It is pretty neat. --Farah-baleine (talk) 21:22, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

shana tova

Wikipedia:GLAM/IMJ/Members

Talmoryair — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.125.242.213 (talk) 15:01, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Sober survey results

I completed your survey, although I was sober. Perhaps the next survey I'll amend that. You probably would have gotten more interesting and thought-provoking responses from me were I not sober.

In a related note, I wrote the response that I should probably drink more when I edit. --Moni3 (talk) 18:21, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Dracorex says thanks!

	E-Volunteer survey star contributor
	A message of thanks from The Children's Museum of Indianapolis' star dinosaur, Dracorex, for contributing your opinion in our E-Volunteer survey. Thanks for your time. You're the best! LoriLee (talk) 19:59, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Survey

You didn't invite me but you invited someone whose talkpage I watch, so I have responded to it.

My username indicates that I am female, but only to those acquainted with certain languages. This illustrates one of my problems with the assertions about the sex ratio among editors on Wikimedia projects. I don't think Wikimedia has any basis for thinking it knows what that ratio is, and insofar as female editors are less likely to declare their sex, there may not even be an imbalance. So I left some rather pointed comments. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:29, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite, I've completed and submitted it. Adaobi ^YELL!!_done 00:04, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks to both of you for participating! :) SarahStierch (talk) 00:04, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Survey completed

I didn't get one of your invitations, but saw it on another editor's page, and took the liberty of going ahead and filling it out. LadyofShalott 00:23, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

• Thank you!! I appreciate it. I'm doing this manually (ah...no bot...what?!), so I'm glad people are taking initiative. Feel free to share it with other female editors =) SarahStierch (talk) 00:24, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Same here... saw the survey elsewhere, then took the initiative to complete it. BTW, thanks for soliciting women's opinions. It'll be interesting to read the survey results. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:05, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Your note

Hi SarahStierch, I've responded to your e-mail. Thanks for letting me know about it. :) I hope my reply will be helpful. Acalamari 10:21, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Kelly Wearstler

Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:38, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Talk with National Research Council?

Hi Sarah

I work for the National Research Council in Washington, DC (specifically, the Division on Earth and Life Studies, www.dels.nas.edu), and we are interested in learning more about how we can contribute to Wikipedia. Over the past month or so, I’ve been talking with Cheryl Moy and Daniel Mietchen to develop some strategies about how we might do this, and they told me about the GLAM project.

On October 26, I’m holding an informal lunchtime session to tell the staff in my division a little bit about Wikipedia and how our organization might contribute to it. Although the GLAM project is a bit different to what we’d be working on, I thought it would be great if one (or both, I'm also going to contact Dominic McDevitt-Parks) of the DC Wikipedians in Residence might be able to come and make a guest appearance. Perhaps you could talk about Wikipedia in general, why it is important for organizations to contribute, about the GLAM project, and your own experiences as a WiR.

Do you think you might be interested in this? If so, please let me know, and we can discuss this further.

Best wishes, Solmaz (Earlgrey101 (talk) 13:46, 28 September 2011 (UTC))

• Hi Solmaz, thanks for writing. I actually will be in San Francisco at the Wikimedia Foundation during that week, I regret that I can't participate - as in public speaking and outreach is my forte in the GLAM movement and I am a researcher by trade. If the date changes, or you'd like me to come at another date, please let me know. (You're on 5th street right..I generally work in that neighborhood and live just north of there.) I'm sure Dominic will be able to accommodate your needs as well. Again, keep me in mind for future projects and I can always provide consultation as needed, thank you for reaching out. sarahstierch@gmail.com --SarahStierch (talk) 13:55, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

• • Oh, that's too bad (for us, anyway)! Well, let's see if Dominic can make it, or we might well be able to organize something at another date instead. Thanks for being so willing to help. Yes, we're at 5th Street, and would love to have you visit us sometime. Best, Solmaz Earlgrey101 (talk) 17:32, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Research Study

Thank you for letting me participate in your research survey. It was definitely interesting! --Candy156sweet (talk) 01:36, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

DC-area Meetup, Saturday, October 8

National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
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Study

Thank you for inviting me to participate in your survey. I'm pleased that your working on this, as I've been thinking about similar parts of the gender gap issue that you explored in your survey, and I'll be very interested to know the outcome of your research. --Tristessa (talk) 01:41, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Like Tristessa, I also am interested to see the research's outcome; I find the gender gap to be very interesting and appreciated the survey. Warm regards, Ruby comment! 15:20, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Re: Survey

Thank you for telling me about the survey. Unfortunately, I'm very busy this week, so it's likely that I will not be able to participate. If I cannot participate, I'm deeply sorry, but otherwise, thank you for letting me know about this.Kitty53 (talk) 05:28, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for sending the survey!

Hi Sarah, I got and filled out the survey. Thanks for doing it.

I was looking at your Public Art lists, saw DC, took a look at the list, which is excellent, and wondered about murals. I've created a page for a DC muralist/health reform advocate, Regina Holliday, whose murals are for the most part in Chevy Chase (I still need to shoot some photos so that they can be CC'ed and placed through Wikimedia). Is there a list of DC murals on Wikipedia, could I start one or could I add her to your list?

Anyway, I totally agree with the goal of interesting more women in participating and will spread the word! Marilyn @MLangfeld @marilynsview 20:13, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Andrew Westmoreland

Why does this page need cleanup? I don't think so. It is chronological, and everything is referenced.Zigzig20s (talk) 20:29, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Hi SarahStierch. Perhaps you could use this list of "WikiWomen"? I know it's a bit outdated, but there are probably some users on the list you didn't ask yet. (Btw, I approached several other female editors I know of to participate with the survey) Kind regards, Trijnstel (talk) 11:47, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

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Survey

I saw your note on IceCream Antisocial's page, and filled out your survey myself. Just to let you know. Invertzoo (talk) 13:38, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Hey, Sarah! I completed your survey tonight, as per your request on my talk page. It was interesting, thank you for alerting me to it!

Abluescarab (talk) 05:40, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Ditto here! Regards, Mig (talk) 06:38, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Re: Survey

Hi there! I finally found some time to complete your survey. I hope my answers help! :) --SilentAria ^talk 15:33, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Glad to add my voice to your survey. Kiddo27 (talk) 22:33, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

I spotted it on a talk page on my watchlist, and have completed it.

A thought: you don't ask whether someone's username indicates, or hints at, their gender, although you ask if people have been described as he/him. It would be surprising if a native English-speaker assumed me to be a "he", given my username. However, too late to introduce a new question at this stage! PamD 08:55, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Have added a note to my talkpage here - is that helpful? If not, please feel free to delete it! PamD 09:09, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Another thought: if you've selected editors by choosing those whose username appears specifically female, you've got a non-random subset of female editors (and perhaps a few eccentric male editors). In particular the answers to the question about being addressed as male will be skewed, but there may be (a) differences in people's experiences in other interactions because other editors know/assume they are female, and (b) differences in the characteristics of women who choose to be obviously female and those who don't. Sorry if this is all obvious. Not sure how else you could find subjects for your survey. Would the Signpost let you put a couple of lines asking for recruits? (To hit another non-random set of editors, those keen/geeky/time-rich enough to actualy read the Signpost!) PamD 15:07, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

The survey closes on Friday, so I think I'm okay with the coverage, thank you for the suggestion. I actually based my recruiting on 1) a tool created to examine what gender people chose on their preferences 2) if they have the "female" or "woman" (or related) userboxes on their page 3) if they identify themselves as a woman on their talk page. I have emailed over 1000 people and only 3 came back as men thus far. It has also been shared on twitter, facebook, most Wiki-mailing lists and being shared by others. Thanks for your thoughts and for participating! SarahStierch (talk) 15:10, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I've been too busy shoveling goose and turtle poop in my growing zoo!! Thanks for the new friends =) -Pete (talk) 13:18, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Thank you for your invitation to participate in your survey. I was happy to participate. NinaSpezz (talk) 13:51, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Thanks for the invite and for doing it at all. I've filled it out. Hope it has useful results! Kate (talk) 06:25, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Migdia Chinea's Anonymous (Street Meat)

Take a look. They're doing to my film what you wrote about. Take out all relevance so nothing makes sense. http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Anonymous_(Street_Meat)

I think this is not very nice.Mig (talk) 18:17, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Just filled out your survey. Thanks for the link. EleanorDocherty (talk) 00:29, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

I filled out your survey, thank you Sarah. It was very interested. Vadszederke Agnes Modis (talk) 21:10, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Women and Wikipedia survey

I was happy to help, thanks for the link! - Suttonk3

Survey

Ohh, I'm glad you chose me for your survey, I'm sorry for the late reply, I'll sure try to participate in it! ^_^ MusicsColors (talk) 17:51, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Also, I think what is less appealing for women on wikipedia is the fighty environment and the look of wikipedia. Wikipedia has a far distaste in its looks, wikia project is much more colorful and more user friendly. I also think that socialization is slightly more important for women to keep editing than it is to men; women are more likely to feel unwelcomed if their edits are reverted, while men are more likely to revert the edits back and discussing the issue with the other editor, women seem to care more about how their edits are welcomed and this seems to affect their socialization; that may lead many women to leave wikipedia. That's why I think wikia project has more female editors than wikipedia, but, most editors are still male. I would like to see improvements. (: I was actually aware of this huge gender gap, but I hadn't yet taken a survey about it, so, thank you for giving me that opportunity! Thank you for reading. --MusicsColors (talk) 20:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Hi Sarah, Thanks for contacting me, I was glad to contribute to your study. Just in case you hadn't heard it – here's a link to an interview on CBC (Canadian public radio) Radio last (?) week about the gender gap in wikipedia: Voilà!. Schmalliso (talk) 19:03, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thanks for the award! Can't wait to start on the public art project and get your sage advice. Fuzheado | Talk 21:52, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

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Have a cupcake!

And listen to Teddy's adorable Wikipedia song that he made up out of nowhere. #Wikilove EPICNESS, I tell you... Teddy's Wikipedia song. LoriLee (talk) 21:56, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Thanks for sending me the link to the survey. Sorry, but I hadn't used Wiki for a while and it seems I'm too late now.

Nevertheless, I think it's a great idea. I'm quite concerned that the information here is often skewed, since there are so many more male than female participants. And with skewed I don't even mean deliberate lies, but the inclusion of information on males and the exclusion of those on females.

For instance, in the history section, where sometimes mothers are not even mentioned even if they played political roles in the life of the child and the child's connection to maternal relatives turned important later.Peaceingalaxy (talk) 13:58, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Done. I'll try to help spread the word. :-) Cheers Raystorm (¿Sí?) 20:16, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

You might want to try user:LadyofShalott, user:Moni3, user:Isha or user:Marinna. Raystorm (¿Sí?) 20:36, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. It's good to see others caring about this issue too. Women are often filtered out in certain articles, which do have mentions of men doing less important things than they did. An example would be something like: "An important peace was negotiated (by the king's mother or wife, who is not mentioned) and then he appointed his <male inferior> (whose name is mentioned) to manage one castle for him". There are more recent studies which finally acknowledge the political roles of women in history, but this is often not reflected on Wikipedia. Peaceingalaxy (talk) 10:14, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

Filled in your survey. HTH - NATO.Caliber (talk) 02:47, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

I would like to contest the actions of a robot - what do I do?

I don't agree that a video artist and a filmmaker are the same thing

(diff | hist) . . mb Category:Israeli video artists‎; 21:57 . . (+1) . . Cydebot (talk | contribs)‎ (Robot - Speedily moving category Israeli Filmakers to Category:Israeli filmmakers per CFDS.) Drkup(IMJ) (talk) 05:15, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

@Drkup: I think you just change it to what you want. And if you find the bot keeps "fixing" it then tell the user who owns the bot: User:Cyde. I could be wrong, but, I guess that's the option. SarahStierch (talk) 13:06, 10 October 2011 (UTC)