User Talk: MainlyTwelve

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Edits on Swingline ↗

Hey, MainlyTwelve, I noticed you recently removed the stub template from the Swingline article, which I had recently added. I was wondering why as the article was rated as stub-class on it's talk page ↗. Thanks! Rafaelmanman (talk) 14:54, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

May 22: Wiki-Picnic ↗ and Hackathon in Brooklyn

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You are invited to join us for a planned outdoor '''"Hacknic"''' gathering with the local Wikimedia NYC ↗ community at the '''10th Avenue Lawn ↗''' of Brooklyn's Prospect Park ↗.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

Sunday May 22 '''Wiki-Picnic ↗ and Hackathon (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

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Stub tags

Please remember that {{tl|stub}} goes right at the end, after categories - see WP:ORDER ↗. If you put it elsewhere ↗ it creates more work for anyone stub-sorting ↗. Thanks. <span style="color: green">'''''Pam'''''</span><span style="color: brown">'''''D'''''</span> 14:58, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

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Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}},

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page ↗, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers ↗ have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently {{NUMBEROFNEWPAGEPATROLLERS}} ↗ New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All {{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}} administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

If you have noticed a user with a ''good'' understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{tq|<nowiki>{{subst:NPR invite}}</nowiki>}} on their talk page.

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May 25: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC ↗

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon ↗ (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link ↗. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page ↗.

We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

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Wednesday May 25 '''WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

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:Category:20th-century Rhodesian lawyers ↗ has been nominated for merging

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>''':Category:20th-century Rhodesian lawyers ↗''' has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 12:42, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

:Category:20th-century Rhodesian people by occupation ↗ has been nominated for merging

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>''':Category:20th-century Rhodesian people by occupation ↗''' has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 12:42, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

:Category:20th-century Rhodesian painters ↗ has been nominated for merging

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>''':Category:20th-century Rhodesian painters ↗''' has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 12:42, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

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June 8: NYBG Environment of The Bronx - Editing Wikipedia for Beginners ↗

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The LuEsther T. Mertz Library ↗ of the New York Botanical Garden ↗ and the Environment of New York City Task Force ↗ invite the general public of all experience levels to come to the Mertz Library in person and learn how to use Wikipedia! All skill levels welcome at the event! Experienced Wikipedia editors from the Wikimedia New York City ↗ chapter will be in attendance and available to help. A one hour training session will be offered at the start of this event covering introductory topics. Attendees familiar with editing Wikipedia can edit off of a worklist focused on the environment of New York City ↗; as well as, a sub-list focused on the environment of the Bronx ↗. The Mertz Library will pull topical media from their collection to assist the editing.

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NYC Wiknic, June 26

Hold the date. Meetup/NYC Wiknic in Crotona Park ↗, Sunday June 26.

Watch Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic June 2022 ↗ for further details as they become available.

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DYK for Sonya Legg

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June 22: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC ↗

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Sun June 26: Bronx Wiki-Picnic ↗

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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

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Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}},

;Backlog status
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion ↗ on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000{{efn|not including another ~6,000 redirects}} at the end of May.

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.{{efn|The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.}}

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers ↗ have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

;Backlog drive
A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here ↗. 25px ↗ Barnstars will be awarded.

;TIP – New school articles
Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG ↗ has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.

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There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP ↗ recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.

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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

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(t · c ↗) '''<span style="color: black">buidhe</span>''' 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Culling monkeypox

Monkeypox USA is 17 pages, more than one page is just a timeline. "Monkeypox outbreak" is 65 pages.

Just because you're a senior doesn't mean your idea of "encyclopaedic" is more correct. If you followed Covid-19 you notice stuff gets added, changed, and then when we're all good it gets culled.

Don't think for a minute the average Wikipedia user is intelligent as you, people come to Wikipedia out of desperation, while the family is given a death sentence, they want this information easy-to-use, not a dead-end.

It's very irresponsible to remove the information that explains garbage has new rules and regulations (I gather you live stateside, I don't) and you can easily be breaking a federal law by doing something like sending mail or taking out a trashcan.

I'm grateful you haven't rolled back all my edits, but, I think you should have left culling life-saving information to an official Wikipedia bureaucrat.

I don't think I'm negligent by adding one page to a document, that is less than a quarter of the global outbreak size page count.

I sincerely hope you double-check your actions with a responsible party. I can live with myself looking dumb, no-one is going to think my actions are Twitter worthy.

Have a nice day. Victorianchan (talk) 22:24, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

July 2022

25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hi, and thank you for your contributions ↗ to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give a page a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move ↗", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history ↗, which is legally required for attribution ↗. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be ''moved'' to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits ↗, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab ↗ at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu ↗ for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect ↗ from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves ↗ to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge ↗. Thank you.  DrKay (talk) 06:56, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Thu July 14: Astoria Beer Garden Wiki-Picnic ↗

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All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

Thursday July 14 '''Astoria Beer Garden Wiki-Picnic ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

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Adam Neumann

Hi MainlyTwelve. I noticed that you have previously edited the BLP of the founder of WeWork, Adam Neumann ↗, so I thought you might like to take a look at my recent Edit Request ↗ which I posted on the article's talk page. I hope you agree with my request and can implement it as you see fit. Thanks for helping out. Carlos for Neumann (talk) 10:24, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

July 27: WikiWednesday Salon NYC (+Aug in-person for Wikimania)

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Wednesday July 27 '''WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

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Matthew Kenslow

Hey Mainly Twelve, Thank you for looking over my article. Obviously it is my first one. But why don't you reply to me here and tell me what I could do? I thought I was grammatical with no spelling errors. I cited everything I could that could be found anywhere on the internet, so how can you possibly say that I have a close connection with Kenslow? Everything I put can be found with a Google search or reading his book. Lastly, how can Matthew Kenslow not be a notable person with being in Newsweek, television, radio, podcasts, and all those followers on Instagram and YouTube? The only reason I written the article now is because he's noticed everywhere worldwide and a social media sensation. How is he not a notable person? This is my first article, it took a long time and research, and I don't know who or what I could write about that hasn't been written about yet. I found Matthew and assumed he was perfect since he is notable in my eyes. Read all the articles. Check out his social media following. I will be waiting for your reply. Thanks! CCFT Historian (talk) 14:48, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:41, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Fri/Sat/Sun Aug 12-14 with Saturday flagship Wiki World's Fair ↗ at Queens Museum ↗

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You are also encouraged to sign up for a lightning talk ↗!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

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Saturday August 13 '''Wiki World's Fair ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

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New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

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Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}},

;Backlog status
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators {{u|Buidhe}} and {{u|Zippybonzo}}, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to {{u|Dr vulpes}} who led with 880 points. See this page ↗ for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the '''other 600 reviewers''' to do more! Please try to do at least '''one a day'''.

;Coordination: {{u|MB}} and {{u|Novem Linguae}} have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. {{u|MPGuy2824}} will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.

;Open letter to the WMF: The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements ↗). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here ↗. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.

;TIP - Reviewing by subject: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.

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;New reviewers: The NPP School ↗ is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial ↗ exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page '''here''' ↗.

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Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page ↗ on your watchlist.

If you have noticed a user with a ''good'' understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing {{tq|<nowiki>{{subst:NPR invite}}</nowiki>}} on their talk page.

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Aug 24: WikiWednesday Salon NYC (+Sep annual meeting)

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon ↗ (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit the Zoom link on the meetup page ↗.

We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

If there's a project you'd like to share or a question you'd like answered, just let us know by adding it to the agenda or the talk page.

Wednesday August 24 '''WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom ↗ (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30)''

<big>P.S. September 28 will be our chapter's online '''Annual Election/Members Meeting ↗'''</big>
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NPP Award for 2020

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Here is a barnstar to show appreciation for the NPP reviews you did back in 2020. We realize this is late, but NPP fell behind in some coordination activities. We are just getting caught up. If you don't want to receive "old" barnstars, please just ignore this and reply (with a ping) to let us know not to send you any more. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:13, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

NPP Award for 2018

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Here is a barnstar to show appreciation for the NPP reviews you did back in 2018. We realize this is late, but NPP ↗ fell behind in some coordination activities. We have just caught up with giving out deserved barnstars. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:21, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Sep 28: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election/Members Meeting (+October 2 picnic)

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''Annual Election/Members Meeting'''. To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit the Zoom link on the meetup page ↗.

Important election info:
:*register your chapter membership at wmnyc:Membership ↗
:*read the Election FAQ ↗
:*review and possibly add yourself to the board Nominations ↗
:*voting will be online, via emailed ballots, and the poll will be open for the 24-hour period of September 28

Wednesday September 28 '''ONLINE Wikimedia NYC Annual Election/Members Meeting ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom ↗ (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30)''

<big>P.S. Sunday October 2 will be post-election picnic gathering at the Grecian Shelter ↗ in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.</big>
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October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

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Sun Oct 2: WikiNYC Post-Election Wiki-Picnic

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You are invited to join us for a planned outdoor gathering with the local Wikimedia NYC ↗ community at the Grecian Shelter ↗ of Brooklyn's Prospect Park ↗.

We will celebrate after Wednesday's Chapter Election ↗, share some food, and informally discuss wiki-plans for the coming year.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

Sunday October 2 '''WikiNYC Post-Election Wiki-Picnic ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

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Sorry for the edit clash Maitland Jones Jr. ↗

I was editing the article at the same time and thus may have overwritten your edits. Please try again. Malaiya (talk) 01:05, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
:*{{reply to|Malaiya}} All good, thanks for letting me know! — Mainly 01:54, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

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New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

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Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter ↗ finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of ''The Signpost'' ↗. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

'''Awards''': Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to {{Noping|MPGuy2824}}), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to {{no ping|John B123}} for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page ↗. Check out the new Hall of Fame ↗ also.

'''Software news''': {{Noping|Novem Linguae}} and {{Noping|MPGuy2824}} have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here ↗. The reviewer report ↗ has also been improved.
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'''Backlog''':80px|left ↗ Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive ↗ to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!
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Sat Oct 29: Wikidata Day in NYC

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for '''Wikidata Day in NYC ↗''', an event marking the Wikidata 10th Birthday ↗ with a celebration and mini-conference. The all-day event will feature beginner workshops, keynote presentations, breakout group discussions, lightning talk ↗s and yes, CAKE.

It is inspired by such past events as the Wikipedia Day tradition in New York City ↗.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

Saturday October 29 '''Wikidata Day in NYC ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''9:30 am - 5:30 pm ''
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<big>P.S. Three days before, October 26 will be '''October Online WikiWednesday ↗'''</big>
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--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:06, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of :Gerald Foos ↗ for deletion

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<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>A discussion is taking place as to whether the article ''':Gerald Foos ↗''' is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines ↗ or whether it should be deleted ↗.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerald Foos ↗ until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Recent rollbacks

Were your recent rollbacks e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:BoringHistoryGuy&diff=prev&oldid=1119413008&diffmode=source ↗ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed_Waugh_and_Trevor_Wood&diff=prev&oldid=1119413010&diffmode=source ↗ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zero_K_(novel)&diff=prev&oldid=1119413015&diffmode=source ↗ intentional? They don't look like it, and since they were all in the same minute I wonder if you misclicked somewhere? the wub <span style="color: #080;">"?!"</span> ↗ 13:47, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
:*{{reply to|the wub}} Yes, my cat was on my desk and while I knew he had done something I wasn't sure what. I have a plugin for Firefox that opens multiple links at once and he must have successfully rolled-back a bunch of pages by activating it. Thank you for catching the mistake. — Mainly 14:06, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
:*:No worries. Those pesky paws! Thanks for fixing. the wub <span style="color: #080;">"?!"</span> ↗ 14:12, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Sat Nov 12: WikiConference North America in NYC

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for '''WikiConference North America in NYC ↗''', as a local satellite event and celebration of the primarily online WikiConference 2022 (Nov 11-13) ↗. The Saturday in-person event will feature beginner workshops, keynote presentations, breakout group discussions, and lightning talk ↗s.

It is inspired by such past events as the Wikipedia Day tradition in New York City ↗.

In keeping with the online conference's partnership this year with Mapping USA and theme of "open knowledge allies", we are highlighting OpenStreetMap ↗ NYC efforts and other local organizing around various communities of practice ↗.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

Saturday November 12 '''WikiConference North America in NYC ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

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Nov 30: WikiWednesday Salon in Brooklyn + online

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''', with in-person at Brooklyn Public Library ↗ by Grand Army Plaza, in the Central Library's Info Commons Lab, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

We are proud to announce that monthly PIZZA has returned!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

Wednesday November 30 '''WikiWednesday @ BPL ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''6:30 pm - 8:00 pm '' (note modified time)
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--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:36, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

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Dec 28: WikiWed Salon (+ Wikipedia Day on Jan 15)

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''', with in-person at Brooklyn Public Library ↗ by Grand Army Plaza, in the Central Library's Info Commons Lab, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

We are proud to announce that monthly PIZZA has returned!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

Wednesday December 28 '''WikiWednesday @ BPL ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ''
:: (Brooklyn Public Library ↗, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn)
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<big>P.S. Next big event January 15 will be '''Wikipedia Day NYC 2023 ↗, and you can sign up now for your lightning talk ↗'''!</big>
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--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:31, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, MainlyTwelve!

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

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The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to {{noping|WaddlesJP13}} who led with 2084 points. See this page ↗ for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.
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{{no ping|Onel5969}} won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. {{no ping|Rosguill}} led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page ↗ and the Hall of Fame ↗. Congratulations everyone!

'''Minimum deletion time''': The previous WP:NPP ↗ guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR ↗). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed ↗ are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)

'''New draftify script''': In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page ↗. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js ↗ or vector.js file from <code>User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js</code> to <code>User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js</code>'''

'''Redirects''': Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide ↗, this checklist ↗, and spend some time at WP:RFD ↗.

'''Discussions with the WMF''' The PageTriage open letter ↗ signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches ↗ in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as {{noping|Novem Linguae}} and {{noping|MPGuy2824}} have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference ↗ with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.

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Sun Jan 15: Wikipedia Day returns to NYC!

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''Wikipedia Day 2023 ↗''' at Jefferson Market Library ↗ in Greenwich Village, a Wikipedia and Public Domain Day ↗ celebration and mini-conference as part of birthday festivities marking the project's founding in 2001. In addition to the party, the event features presentations by Jason Scott of the Internet Archive ↗ and Anne Hunnell Chen of the International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive ↗, panels, and, of course, lightning talks. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!

''And there will be WIKICAKE.''

Sunday January 15 '''Wikipedia Day 2023 ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''1 - 5PM at Jefferson Market Library ↗, 425 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan''
::''After 5PM, migration to afterparty at Ace Hotel ↗, 20 West 29th St''
::''Livestreaming is likely, watch the wiki meetup page''

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. New York Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.
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Feb 15: WikiWednesday Salon in Brooklyn

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''', with in-person at Brooklyn Public Library ↗ by Grand Army Plaza, in the Central Library's Info Commons Lab, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

We are proud to announce that monthly PIZZA has returned!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

Wednesday February 15 '''WikiWednesday @ BPL ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ''
:: (Brooklyn Public Library ↗, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn)
:: Also online via Zoom ↗

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Mar 8: WikiWednesday Salon by Grand Central

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community and visitors from the global Wikimedia Foundation ↗ for our '''WikiWednesday Salon by Grand Central ↗''', in-person at Convene 101 Park Avenue ↗ in the vicinity of Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal ↗. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

This is somewhat of a sequel to last year's Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Brunch ↗ in terms of the participants, though this time it is an evening event in a different borough.

We may leaven the event with a few impromptu lightning talk ↗s, a Wiki-fashion show (yes, really!), and likely an afterparty tour.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

Wednesday March 8 '''WikiWednesday Salon by Grand Central ↗ (RSVP off-wiki at Eventbrite ↗ to attend in-person)'''.

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Sorry for the watchlist notifications!

Hello! I just wanted to give you a preliminary "sorry" for the watchlist notifications you might get flooded with. I'm working through the novel categories adding cover images and I noticed that you've created a not-insignificant amount of book articles, so if a bunch of them get flagged in your watchlist it's probably because I'm adding those images to the infoboxes. <span style="color:green">ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)<sup>Talk to Me!</sup></span> 17:40, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

:{{reply to|ThadeusOfNazereth}} Thank you for letting me know! Appreciate the work, looking forward to seeing the articles updated. — Mainly 17:43, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Apr 12 WikiWednesday + Earth Week (Apr 15-23)

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''', with in-person at Brooklyn Public Library ↗ by Grand Army Plaza, in the Central Library's Info Commons Lab, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

We are proud to announce that monthly PIZZA has returned!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

Wednesday April 12 '''WikiWednesday @ BPL ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''5:30 pm -6:30 pm'' (Open Hour)
::''6:30 pm - 8:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)
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Earth Day and the Digital Environment - Beacon, NY ↗

: ''When:'' Saturday, April 15, 11pm - 3pm
: ''Where:'' Howland Public Library, 313 Main Street, Beacon NY

Earth Day 2023 Translat-a-thon at LaGuardia Community College ↗

: ''When:'' Wednesday, April 19, 2pm-5pm
: ''Where:'' LaGuardia CC - Room MB10B, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Queens, NY 11101

Earth Day 2023 Edit-a-thon Environment of Brooklyn with Sure We Can ↗

: ''When:'' Saturday April 22, 11am-2pm
: ''Where:'' Spectrum Learning Lab - DeKalb branch Brooklyn Public Library ↗ and Sure We Can ↗ & Hybrid

Earth Day Wiki-Picnic NYC ↗

: ''When:'' Sunday, April 23, 12-5pm
: ''Where:'' Concert Grove Pavilion ↗, Prospect Park
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Sat: Earth Day Edit-a-thon + Sun: Wiki-Picnic

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for a pair of special events this weekend as we wrap up Earth Week ↗! No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome.

Earth Day 2023 Edit-a-thon Environment of Brooklyn with Sure We Can ↗

: ''What:'' Improve Wikipedia articles on the Environment of Brooklyn!
: ''When:'' Saturday April 22, 11am-1pm (BPL), 1pm-5:30pm (SWC)
: ''Where:'' Spectrum Learning Lab - DeKalb branch Brooklyn Public Library ↗ and Sure We Can ↗ & Hybrid

Earth Day Wiknic NYC ↗

: ''What:'' Enjoy a picnic celebration and Wiki-Seder ↗!
: ''When:'' Sunday, April 23, 12-5pm
: ''Where:'' Concert Grove Pavilion ↗, Prospect Park
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May 17: WikiWednesday Salon + Queering Wikipedia

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''', with in-person at Brooklyn Public Library ↗ by Grand Army Plaza, in the Central Library's Info Commons Lab, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

We will also sync with the '''Queering Wikipedia 2023 Conference ↗''' and Wiki Loves Pride 2023 ↗ and have a Wikidata session on LGBT themes for figures in religion/mythology ↗.

We are proud to announce that monthly PIZZA has returned!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Brooklyn Public Library encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

Wednesday May 17 '''WikiWednesday + Queering Wikipedia @ BPL ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:: ''5:30 pm -6:30 pm'' (Open Hour + Wikidata-thon)
::''6:30 pm - 8:00 pm '' (Wiki Salon)
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:: Also online via Zoom ↗

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June 21: WikiWednesday Salon back in Manhattan!

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''', with in-person at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

We are proud to announce that monthly food has returned!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Prime Produce encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

Wednesday June 21 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''7:00 pm - 8:00 pm ''
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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

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'''Redirect drive''': In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with '''23851''' reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to '''0''' (momentarily). Congratulations to {{Noping|Hey man im josh}} who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by {{noping|Meena}} and {{noping|Greyzxq}} with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page ↗ for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

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July 19 WikiWednesday + New York Botanical Garden Edit-a-thon (July 29)

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''', with in-person at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

We are proud to announce that monthly free food has returned!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate. Prime Produce encourages the wearing of masks when indoors, and especially be mindful of those in your proximity.

Wednesday July 19 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

::''7:00 pm - 8:00 pm ''
:: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)
:: Also online via Zoom ↗
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You are also invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our 9th Editathon ↗ with the New York Botanical Gardens! Attendees familiar with editing Wikipedia can edit off of a worklist focused on the environment of New York City ↗; as well as, a sub-list focused on the environment of the Bronx ↗. Additionally, LuEsther T. Mertz Library ↗ will pull topical media from their collection to assist the editing. You can also learn more and RSVP on the NYBG website here ↗.

Bring your own laptop if you can, the Library can only provide laptops on a first-come, first-served basis. Entrance to the Library is free; when you arrive, alert Security that you are here for the event. Please enter through the Mosholu Entrance at 2950 Southern Boulevard.

Saturday July 29 '''NYBG Environment of the Bronx Edit-a-thon ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''

::''12:00pm - 3:00pm''
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:Category:Buildings developed by the Related Companies ↗ has been nominated for deletion

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>:Category:Buildings developed by the Related Companies ↗ has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. Estopedist1 (talk) 06:10, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Owner of KAOS Yacht

Please see this: https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/kaos/ JanManu (talk) 08:04, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Re: Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children

Just a note to say that I'm going to try and expand ''Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children ↗''. You're welcome to make whatever changes you want, of course, and to help in any way. Please feel free to change it around as you prefer. Viriditas (talk) 09:41, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
:{{reply to|Viriditas}} Very nice work & thank you for letting me know! I'll definitely take a look. — Mainly 13:27, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
::There is a lot more to add. Ideally, I would like to add an image of Billy Porter's dress, but apparently that's only allowed on a single page. I'm also curious if there's a free image of Madame Charpentier's dress available, as there have been several different exhibitions that traveled around the world with the dresses from the paintings on view. I think the material you originally added regarding fashion is fascinating and relevant and should be expanded in terms of its importance to the painting. One of the things that isn't emphasized enough regarding Renoir is that he was not just a painter, he was deeply interested in fashion at the most basic level--his entire family was involved in the fashion industry at the level of the working class: "Renoir came from a family of tailors and dressmakers. His father was a tailor, his mother was a dressmaker, and his brother Victor was a tailor who married a dressmaker. Renoir's elder sister Maria Elisa was also a dressmaker. She married fashion illustrator Charles Leray in 1864." The other odd thing about Renoir that isn't mentioned all that much, is that even though he ran in liberal circles and many of his patrons were liberals, he was, in fact, a conservative. From a modern perspective, I might attribute his political orientation to his poverty, struggle, and the incessant need to be recognized. But the honest truth is he was an asshole in many respects. I previously wrote about his regressive views here ↗. Viriditas (talk) 08:36, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Reverts

With your time and experience on WP, you should know by now what undo is and isn't used for. Reverting vandalism, unsourced and copyvio content, etc. are appropriate uses. Reverting your unsourced content back in after it was reverted out ↗, (and then adding the sourcing with a second edit), is not, it's just a waste of time and little bit obnoxious. In the future, please just fix your edits with single edit and leave the reverting to when it's actually needed. Also, when changing or removing sourcing for an entry, please ensure that all the entry's data is still sourced. Thank you and have a nice day - <span style="color:black">w<span style="color: red;">o</span>lf</span> 13:07, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
:Follow up question; why not just use the source provided for you in the above post ↗? - <span style="color:black">w<span style="color: red;">o</span>lf</span> 13:14, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Errant paste?

Hello MainlyTwelve, I removed some content you added to 2020s commercial real estate distress ↗ because it looked like you accidentally copy and pasted it from the source. Let me know if you have any questions. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 05:12, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
:{{reply to|Moneytrees}} Correct, that was a mistake! Thanks for getting rid of it. — Mainly 13:12, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Michelin Guide task force

Hello! I see your work on restaurant entries. Curious if you'd have any interest here:

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Food_and_drink#Michelin_Guide_task_force? ↗

No worries either way! Thanks for your contributions, and happy editing! ---<span style="color:navy">Another Believer</span> <sub>(<span style="color:#C60">Talk</span>)</sub> 22:18, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

SBF

Hi MainlyTwelve,

Explain what you mean by factoid? Sam Bankman-Fried: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia ↗

Are you referring to how it doesn't directly pertain to SBF but rather his company?

Thanks,

Alexysun (talk) 20:59, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

WikiWednesday (Aug 23) and Governors Island Wiki-Picnic (Sun Aug 27)

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''', with in-person at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, as well as an online-based participation option. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

Wednesday, August 23 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

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Additionally, you are invited to '''the picnic anyone can edit ↗''' on Governors Island ↗, at Colonel's Row by ArtCrawl Harlem ↗ house, as part of the Great North American Wiknic ↗ celebrations (and Wikimania ↗ satellite events) being held across the continent.

This is the first big summer Wiknic since the 2019 edition ↗ and will feature an edit-a-thon focused on Governors Island and ArtCrawl Harlem, Depths of Wikipedia ↗ (recently of perpetual stew ↗ fame), as well as plenty more food topics ↗ drawing on the potluck ethos. All are welcome, new and experienced!

Sunday, August 27, 2023 '''Annual NYC Wiknic @ Governors Island ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''2:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (come by any time!)

:Wiknic Discussion Groups: ''3:00 pm – 3:30 pm'' (session A); ''5:00 pm – 5:30 pm'' (session B)

:Picnic site: Governors Island ↗, 406b Colonel's Row by ArtCrawl Harlem ↗ house. Reach the island by the Governors Island Ferry ↗.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗, and don't forget your sunscreen!

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2020s Chinese property sector crisis

Hi MainlyTwelve! I noticed you changed the title of 2020–2023 Chinese property sector crisis ↗. In the interest of future-proofing the page, how would you feel about changing it to '''2020s Chinese property sector crisis'''? I've never changed a page title so seeking your opinion. 20WattSphere (talk) 11:34, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Sunday: NYC Wiki-Picnic @ Gov Island

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You are invited to the '''Annual NYC Wiknic, "the picnic anyone can edit" ↗''' on Governors Island ↗, at Colonel's Row by ArtCrawl Harlem ↗ house, as part of the Great North American Wiknic ↗ celebrations (and Wikimania ↗ satellite events) being held across the continent.

This is the first summer Wiknic since the 2019 edition ↗ and will feature an edit-a-thon focused Governors Island and ArtCrawl Harlem, Depths of Wikipedia ↗ and perpetual stew ↗, as well as plenty more food. All are welcome, new and experienced!

Sunday, August 27, 2023 '''Annual NYC Wiknic @ Governors Island ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''2:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (come by any time!)

:Wiknic Discussion Groups: ''3:00 pm – 3:30 pm'' (session A); ''5:00 pm – 5:30 pm'' (session B)

:Picnic site: Governors Island ↗, 406b Colonel's Row by ArtCrawl Harlem ↗ house. Reach the island by the Governors Island Ferry ↗.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗, and don't forget your sunscreen!

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New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive

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Sep 20: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting

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The Members' Meeting is similar to other WikiWednesday meetups, except that its primary function is to elect a new Board of Directors. We will elect five board seats. After being elected, those elected can potentially appoint more seats. We will also have a '''fun WikiWednesday'''!

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: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

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Sun Oct 1: NYC Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023

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It is being held in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month ↗ (Sep 15–Oct 15).

Some past local edit-a-thon ↗s touching on this area have included the two editions of Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiArte ↗ at MoMA in 2015-16, and the CUNY LaGuardia translat-a-thons ↗ held annually since 2018.

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Sunday, October 1 '''Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon! ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''1:00 pm – 5:00 pm''

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Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :ReAnimator Coffee ↗

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Wiki.NYC Pavilion for Open House New York (Oct 21–22) and Wikidata Day (Oct 29)

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Saturday, October 21 & Sunday, October 22 '''(optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

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Additionally, you are invited to '''Wikidata Day in New York City ↗''' at Butler Library ↗, Columbia University ↗, in celebration of Wikidata ↗'s 11th birthday. This coincides with the online/global WikidataCon 2023 ↗ and is a sequel to Wikidata Day 2022 ↗. The event will feature a Harlem Arts & Culture edit-a-thon, spotlight sessions, lightning talks, and cake!

Sunday, October 29, 2023 '''Wikidata Day in New York City ↗ (RSVP required on Eventbrite ↗ and optional on-wiki ↗)'''.

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November Articles for creation backlog drive

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Nov 15: WikiWednesday Salon + Wikimedia NYC Executive Director job

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:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

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: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

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Wed Dec 6: Hacking Night + job listing

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Thu Jan 4: Hacking Night + Wikipedia Day soon

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All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct ↗.

Meeting info:

Thursday, January 4 '''Hacking Night @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''7:00 pm – 9:30 pm'' (Introductions + Hacking)

:''9:30 pm – 10:00 pm'' (Showcase)

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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive

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:Category:Syrian philosophers by century ↗ has been nominated for merging

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A New Year's present for you

I see you're a fellow supporter of Jess Wade ↗'s regular articles; I noticed you do categories for many of them, as I try to add images. Anyway, I noticed on your user page you like Afaa M. Weaver ↗, so I found a couple of free images for our article about him, which doesn't have one. Neither is ideal, but hopefully at least one will be better than nothing. Which would you prefer?
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File:Afaa Michael Weaver smiling.jpg | Smiling, 2016
File:Afaa Michael Weaver reading poetry.jpg | Reading, 2013
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:I'll arbitrary put in the second one, I guess. --GRuban (talk) 14:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome MainlyTwelve! I'm glad that you are joining the
drive ↗! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
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Thu Feb 8 NYC Hacking Night + Feb 21 WikiWednesday

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Meeting info:

Thursday, February 8 '''Hacking Night @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''7:00 pm – 9:30 pm'' (Introductions + Hacking)

:''9:30 pm – 10:00 pm'' (Showcase)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

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Meeting info:

Wednesday, February 21 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

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Image request

Hi,

Your userpage says that you're open to New York City image requests...If you feel like it, it would be nice to have an image of OnPoint NYC ↗. Thanks, Prezbo (talk) 12:30, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :Category:19th-century Belarusian painters ↗

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may '''contest the nomination''' by visiting the page ↗ and removing the speedy deletion tag.   <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">'''''L'''''iz</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">'''''Read!''''' ↗ '''''Talk!'''''</sup> 04:26, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Tue March 5: Wiki Gala NYC

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community and visitors from the global Wikimedia Foundation ↗ for our '''Wiki Gala ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗. All are welcome!

This is a sequel to the March 2023 Grand Central Salon ↗ and the March 2022 Wiki-Tent Brunch ↗.

The event will feature lightning talks and a Wiki-fashion show, for which you are encouraged to dress in your finest Wikimedia clothing ↗ and accessories (bags, buttons, even books), or clothing connected to the topics you edit on wiki projects.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

Meeting info:

Tuesday, March 5 '''Wiki Gala @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 10:00 pm''

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Thank you!

Thanks for catching and fixing my rather embarrassing typo ↗, you've got good eyes! StereoFolic (talk) 03:20, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
:Of course! I think I did the same thing. Have a good one! — Mainly 03:23, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

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WikiNYC: 3/14 Hacking Night + 3/16 Queens Name Explorer

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for '''Pi Day Hacking Night ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well, and pies will be served in celebration of Pi Day ↗!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct ↗.

Meeting info:

Thursday, March 14 '''Hacking Night @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''7:00 pm – 9:30 pm'' (Introductions + Hacking + Pie)

:''9:30 pm – 10:00 pm'' (Showcase)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

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You are also invited to the Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Queens Name Explorer ↗ edit-a-thon at the Queens Public Library ↗ Tech Lab in Long Island City ↗, which will be hosted in collaboration OpenStreetMap US ↗, Urban Archive ↗ and the Queens Memory Project ↗. This is an opportunity for the tech savvy to learn about Queens history and for the history savvy to hone their open data skills – plus, there will be refreshments and prizes for everyone!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗. In addition, to participate in person, you should be vaccinated and be sure to respect others' personal space, and we may limit overall attendance size if appropriate.

Meeting info:

Saturday, March 16 '''Queens Name Explorer @ QPL Tech Lab ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''11:00 am – 1:00 pm'' (Morning edit-a-thon, focusing on Wikidata)

:''1:00 pm – 4:00 pm'' (Afternoon edit-a-thon, focusing on OpenStreetMap)

: (Tech Lab, Queens Public Library ↗ at Queensbridge ↗, Long Island City ↗)

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--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:58, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

:Category:20th-century Gibraltarian painters ↗ has been nominated for splitting

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>:Category:20th-century Gibraltarian painters ↗ has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 01:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Mary Ross Bell birth/death dates?

Hi, I was looking to see who did edits on Mary Ross Bell ↗'s Wikipedia page because they seem to have been conflated on VIAF via Wikidata with my grandmother Mary Jean Bell's VIAF record. I've notified VIAF but I'm trying to ensure we untangle the two. Those are my grandmother's death years and the years are uncited. I saw you did it with HotCat and I was wondering if it grabbed my grandmother's record from https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99262806.html. It looks like they live/d around the same times -- but I can't find any kind of obituary for Ross Bell. Ruthbrarian (talk) 19:46, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
:{{reply to|Ruthbrarian}} Hello! Looks like user Jess Wade originally added that information to the article...you'd have to ask her where the dates came from. I added the categories with the year of birth & year of death, but I took that information from the top of the article. Hope this helps! — Mainly 19:51, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

:Category:20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina mathematicians ↗ has been nominated for splitting

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>:Category:20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina mathematicians ↗ has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 03:42, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

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'''Backlog update:''' The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to {{no ping|Schminnte}}, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to {{no ping|JTtheOG}}, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion ↗.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

'''2023 Awards'''
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'''WMF work on PageTriage:''' The WMF Moderator Tools team ↗ and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October ↗, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November ↗. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed ↗, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October ↗. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

'''Recruitment:''' A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

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WikiWednesday (April 10) and City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon (April 11)

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''', with in-person at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, as well as an online-based participation option.

Among the topics, we'll be covering the newly-released drafts of the Movement Charter ↗ for Wikimedia global governance.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.

Wednesday, April 10 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

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Additionally, you are invited to '''City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon ↗''' at the New York City College of Technology ↗ Library in Downtown Brooklyn! Join us in person on April 11th to learn about these great new materials at City Tech Library; to learn about editing Wikipedia; and to help increase representation of LGBTQIA individuals and issues online. All are welcome, new and experienced!

Interested in attending, but not a CUNY student or faculty? Please get in touch; we'll help you navigate City Tech building security. Email Jen: jennifer.hoyer18 (at) citytech.cuny.edu.

Thursday, April 11 '''City Tech Library LGBTQIA edit-a-thon ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''12:30 pm – 3:30 pm'' (come by any time!)

:''4:00 pm – 5:00 pm'' (reception to celebrate the library's LGBTQIA collection)

:City Tech Library Multimedia Screening and Meeting Space, 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn NY

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.

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David Carnivale

I have reverted your removal of the AfD tag on David Carnivale ↗; as the tag itself notes, it is not to be removed while the nomination remains open. If you do object to any potential deletion of the article, your comments are instead welcomed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Carnivale ↗. '''<span style="color:red">WC</span>''<span style="color:#999933">Quidditch</span>''''' <span style="color:red">☎</span> <span style="color:#999933">✎</span> ↗ 04:51, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

:This is Architect Dave Carnivale; someone notified me that my Wikipedia page (which I've been proud to have for many years) has been suggested by someone to be deleted. I write to you because I've tried but cannot find out how to "join the discussion" and hope you will be kind enough to add my comments for me. Sounding immodest cannot be helped in listing why I should remain, forgive me. First, being the first architect in the world to have a website (affordablehouse.com) which made its debut March 15, 1996, becoming at the time the second book anywhere on Earth printed cover-to-cover on the internet (the site was simplified and revised around 2022 after having been "on the air" so-to-speak for a quarter century) is alone enough to warrant my page. Remember, in 1996 only 25k-30k websites were functioning at all; another 75k simply said "Under Construction." Secondly, in an 8 year federal case, pro se, which went to the Del. District Court ('Carnivale v. Staub' Civ.No.08-764-SLR), the U.S. Federal Circuit (Appeal from the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office,Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, in No. 92047553 'Staub v. Carnivale) and the Third Circuit (Civil Action 1:08-cv-00764-SLR) I brought trademark law, specifically the 1948 Lanham Act regarding trademark protections into the computer age. The case is now cited throughout the country and established that tiny alterations in domain names are insufficient to protect against claims of trademark infringement.
: In turning to my page I see a few inaccuracies which have crept in over the years; my projects now number more than 700 across the U.S. (not 500) and my book is now self published rather than published by BookSurge. Having practiced for nearly a half century (not quite but getting close) and having won nearly every preservation award there is in N.Y.C. (I am a very traditional architect with a strong interest in preserving historic architecture) I am not unknown and am as much an architect as any of those listed under 'American Architects' - and on Staten Island, a place of 500,000 people, I can say that I am fairly well known. I do not know why someone moved me from "People from Staten Island" to "Artists from Staten Island"- that is inaccurate in that I am an architect, a retired college professor, a preservationist and an author - and as you likely know, architects, while they should be artistic in nature, are part historians, part engineers, part mathematicians and part businessmen too - putting me in the limited 'artists' category is simply inaccurate. I see someone called my page a "Puff Piece" which does not reflect that I was the first pioneer of a major profession on the internet, and, acting pro se for 8 years in federal court, I altered trademark law regarding the internet. For these reasons, I ask that you might be kind enough to enter my comments into the discussion for me, since I haven't been able to figure out how to do that. I may send this same message to another editor or two (if I can figure out how!). bt until then, I thank you in advance, Sincerely yours, David Carnivale 2603:7000:6E3B:C199:B1A5:F394:7F02:6A17 ↗ (talk) 03:41, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

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Thu April 25: WikiNYC Hacking Night

Thursday, April 25 '''Hacking Night @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''7:00 pm – 9:30 pm'' (Introductions + Hacking)

:''9:30 pm – 10:00 pm'' (Showcase)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

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Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :Via Carota ↗

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A tag has been placed on :Via Carota ↗, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion ↗, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam ↗ and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations ↗ for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may '''contest the nomination''' by visiting the page ↗ and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines ↗. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the {{Querylink|Special:Log|qs=type=delete&page=Via+Carota|deleting administrator}}.   MarydaleEd (talk) 02:25, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

:Category:20th-century Palestinian philosophers ↗ has been nominated for splitting

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>:Category:20th-century Palestinian philosophers ↗ has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 23:42, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

May 8: WikiWednesday Salon with new Executive Director

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''monthly WikiWednesday Salon ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

This special WikiWednesday will feature a welcome session and beginning of a listening tour by the newly appointed executive director ↗ of Wikimedia NYC, the first staff member leading our local non-profit.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.
Meeting info:

Wednesday, May 8 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

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June 2: Hacking Sunday (+preview of June 8 Wiknic)

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''Hacking Sunday ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well! The event runs for the whole day, though you are welcome to come by for as little or as long as you'd like.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct ↗.

A documentary filmmaker will be in attendance, working on ''Rabbit Hole'', which aims to document Wikipedia's community to showcase how our network tackles important questions about how history is recorded. They will be in attendance to film snippets of this gathering for the documentary. It is completely optional to be a part of the film and there will be protocols in place if you wish to not be filmed. If there are any questions about the filming please reach out to the filmmaker, Meg Vatterott (meg.vatterott@gmail.com).

Meeting info:

Suunday, June 2 '''Hacking Sunday @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''9:00 am – 8:00 pm''

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

<big>P.S. Next up will be '''Sat June 8 Wiknic on Governors Island ↗!'''</big>
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Sat June 8: Governors Island Wiknic

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You are invited to '''the picnic anyone can edit ↗''' on Governors Island ↗, at 403 Colonels Row by the ArtCrawl Harlem ↗ house.

This is a sequel event to the 2023 Governors Island Wiknic ↗ and will feature a workshop led by AfroCrowd ↗ at the ArtCrawl Harlem house. We'll also encourage collaboration for wiki-coverage of ArtCrawl Harlem's current exhibition at Governors Island.
All are welcome, new and experienced!

Bring a picnic blanket and some potluck ↗, as well as some sunscreen! We'll also provide sandwiches for everyone, and maybe some NYC pizza too, but we encourage you to bring your own favorite dishes to share, especially for those food cultural topics ↗ you would like to improve on Wikipedia.

We'll also do a portal thing ↗ for a bit with West Coast friends at Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Wiknic2024 ↗.

'''Saturday, June 8, 2024 NYC Wiknic @ Governors Island ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''

'''Time:''' 12:30–7:00 pm ''(come by any time!)''

'''Demystifying AI for Creatives: A Wiki and Media Workshop:''' 2:30–5:00 pm (indoor presentation led by AfroCrowd ↗ and ArtCrawl Harlem ↗)

'''Location:''' Governors Island ↗ (picnic site: 403 Colonels Row by ArtCrawl Harlem ↗ house). Reach the island by the Governors Island Ferry ↗.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.

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:Category:19th-century Tasmanian architects ↗ has been nominated for splitting

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>:Category:19th-century Tasmanian architects ↗ has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 04:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

June 26: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''Online-Only WikiWednesday Salon ↗''' on Zoom. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

This special online-only WikiWednesday will be dedicated to the Wikimedia Movement Charter ↗ referendum, and also to exploring future options of other online-centric events for our Wikimedia NYC chapter.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.
Meeting info:

Wednesday, June 26 ''' ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''7:00 pm – 8:30 pm''

: '''Not in-person this month'''

: Online via Zoom ↗

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Fri July 19: Wikicurious in NYC, Editing Wikipedia for Beginners

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for the inaugural event of the beginner-focused Wikicurious series at Civic Hall ↗! All are welcome, and newcomers and aspiring editors are especially encouraged to attend.

'''Registration via Eventbrite ↗ is required''' for building entry, and is also encouraged on the event page on Meta ↗.

The Wikicurious series at Civic Hall is supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies ↗. Wikimedia NYC is an official affiliate and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation ↗.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.

Meeting info:

'''Date:''' Friday, July 19, 2024

'''Time:''' 3:00–8:00 p.m.

'''Location:''' Civic Hall ↗ 124 East 14th Street, Floor [''TBD''], New York, NY

'''Equipment:''' Please bring your own computer. We are not yet able to provide loaner laptops.

'''Eventbrite RSVP:''' https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikicurious-editing-wikipedia-for-beginners-tickets-929793225567

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--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:50, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Michelin Guide task force

You're invited to join!

Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Michelin Guide ↗

Either way, happy editing! ---<span style="color:navy">Another Believer</span> <sub>(<span style="color:#C60">Talk</span>)</sub> 19:44, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Sat August 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic

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You are invited to '''the picnic anyone can edit ↗''' on Roosevelt Island ↗, at Southpoint Park.

Following up on this month's Wikimania in Poland ↗, this Wiknic will have as guest of honor User:DerHexer, the 2024 Wikimedia Laureate of the Year ↗, marking his triumphant North American tour!

Bring a picnic blanket and some potluck ↗, as well as some sunscreen! We'll also provide a little something for everyone, but we encourage you to bring your own favorite dishes to share, especially for those food cultural topics ↗ you would like to improve on Wikipedia.

We'll also do a portal thing ↗ for a bit with West Coast friends at the WikiLA ocean life edit-a-thon ↗.

All are welcome, new and experienced!

'''Saturday, August 24, 2024 NYC Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island ↗ (RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''

'''Time:''' 2:00 - 7:00 pm ''(come by any time!)''

'''Salon-style ↗ Discussions:''' 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm (session A) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm (session B)

'''Location:''' Roosevelt Island ↗ (Southpoint Park, look for our Wikipedia/Wikimedia NYC banner).

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.

See also upcoming events in September and October at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC ↗.

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New pages patrol September 2024 Backlog drive

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Sep 25: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting (plus Latin music event on Sep 21!)

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''Annual Election & Members Meeting ↗''', with in-person at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, as well as an online-based participation option.

The Members' Meeting is similar to other WikiWednesday meetups, except that its primary function is to elect a new Board of Directors. We will elect three board seats, half of the elected seats on the board. After being elected, those elected can potentially appoint more seats.

We will also focus on the Wikimedia NYC Strategic Plan, our Financial Report, and Annual and Monthly event teams for the coming year.

Election info:

To run for election or to vote, you must be a dues-paying member of Wikimedia New York City, having renewed in the past 12 months.

Voting will be both online, via emailed ballots from the ElectionBuddy service, and in-person.

The poll will be open for the 48 hours between 8pm EDT on September 23 and 8pm EDT on September 25.

For additional information, please consult the Election FAQ ↗.

Meeting info:

Wednesday, September 25 '''Annual Election & Members Meeting ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.

<big>P.S. Also upcoming just before our annual meeting is the Latin music edit-a-thon, Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat ↗ (RSVP at Eventbrite ↗), on Saturday September 21!
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Sep 21: Wikicurious for Latin Music: Editing to the Beat ♫

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for the "Editing to the Beat" event of the beginner-focused Wikicurious series at Lehman College ↗. This is the second event of the series, following the inaugural event ↗ at Civic Hall in July. Led by a '''9-person live band demonstrating Caribbean and Latin musical genres''', we'll engage with efforts such as WikiProject Latin Music ↗, and will encourage editing on both English and Spanish Wikipedia. All are welcome, and newcomers and aspiring editors are especially encouraged to attend. Registration via Eventbrite ↗ is '''required''' for building entry, and is also encouraged on '''the event page on Meta ↗'''.

The Wikicurious series is supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies ↗. Wikimedia NYC is an official affiliate and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation ↗. Also supporting this event are Equis, The Celia Cruz Foundation, and the International Museum of Salsa. In association with WikiCari and AfroCrowd.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.

Meeting info:

'''Date:''' Saturday, September 21, 2024

'''Time:''' 1:00–7:00 p.m.

'''Location:''' Lehman College ↗ (CUNY) 250 Bedford Park Blvd W, Bronx, NY

'''Equipment:''' Please bring your own computer. We are not yet able to provide loaner laptops.

'''Eventbrite RSVP:''' https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikicurious-editing-to-the-beat-tickets-1009115641047

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Wed Sep 25: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election/Members Meeting 2024 ↗!

Sat Oct 26: Wikidata Day 2024 ↗!

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Article for Gregg Lemkau

Hi MainlyTwelve,

I work for BDT & MSD Partners ↗. I'm trying to create a Wikipedia article for co-CEO Gregg Lemkau. I see that you created the Wikipedia page for the company back in 2023, and I'm hoping that you will take a look at the draft I have posted here. Would you consider moving it to main space?

Thank you,
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Oct 26: Wikidata Day NYC

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You are invited to '''Wikidata Day in New York City ↗''' at Pratt Institute School of Information ↗ in Manhattan, in celebration of Wikidata ↗'s 12th birthday. This event, held by our chapter in collaboration with Pratt and Girls Who Code ↗, will be our third annual celebration of Wikidata Day. It will feature spotlight sessions, lightning talks, and the customary Wiki-cake, while those unable to attend in person will be able to watch a livestream.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗.

Saturday, October 26, 2024 '''Wikidata Day in New York City ↗''' ('''Eventbrite RSVP is required ↗''' and also optionally on-wiki ↗).

:''11:00 am – 5:00 pm''

:Pratt Manhattan (rooms 201 and 214), 144 W 14th Street

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":Invest 90L ↗" listed at Redirects for discussion ↗

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ANI where I mentioned you

link=|25px|alt=Information icon ↗ There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents ↗ regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Ratnahastin is reverting my perfectly legitimate edit and making accusations of my being a sock of some other user at the very outset. ↗. Thank you. I'm letting you know because I mentioned your name in relation to another editor who pinged you, but I see zero possibility your behaviour could come up for discussion. Nil Einne (talk) 01:58, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

November 22 + 26: Free Culture Friday and Wikicurious photo event!

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Friday, November 22, 2024

:''1:30 pm – 7:00 pm''

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You are also invited to '''Wikicurious: Capturing the Moment ↗''', the third event of the beginner-focused Wikicurious series, at Jefferson Market Library ↗ on Tuesday, November 26, in collaboration with WikiPortraits ↗ and AfroCROWD ↗. All are welcome to attend, especially those interested in photography ↗ or contributing to Wikimedia Commons ↗. We will explore the art of capturing the moment through photography and learn the basics of Wikimedia Commons, and (weather-permitting) we are also planning a photo walk, so bring your camera (or use your smartphone)!

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

:''3:00 pm – 8:00 pm''

:Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Ave

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Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :Category:Paolo Sorrentino ↗

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may '''contest the nomination''' by visiting the page ↗ and removing the speedy deletion tag.   <span style="color:#000000">✗</span><span style="color:white;background:black;font-family:felix titling;font-size:80%">plicit</span> 23:52, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

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Sat Jan 25: Wikipedia Day NYC 2025

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You are invited to '''Wikipedia Day 2025 ↗''', hosted by Wikimedia NYC ↗ at the Brooklyn Public Library ↗'s central branch.

The special focus this year will be the launch of our "400 Neighborhoods" campaign for the city's 400th anniversary and WikiProject New York City/400 Task Force ↗.

We'll also have a lightning talks session ↗ and you're invited to sign up for one, though space is somewhat limited.

Saturday, January 25, 2025

:''12:00 pm – 5:00 pm''

:Brooklyn Central Library ↗, Grand Army Plaza

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:Category:20th-century Cameroonian sculptors ↗ has been nominated for splitting

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February 19: WikiWednesday Salon

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WikiWednesday is back! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

Meeting info:

Wednesday, February 19 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

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Wed March 12: Wiki Gala NYC

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community and visitors from the global Wikimedia Foundation ↗ for our '''Wiki Gala ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗. All are welcome!

This is a sequel to the March 2024 Wiki Gala at Prime Produce ↗, the March 2023 Grand Central Salon ↗ and the March 2022 Wiki-Tent Brunch ↗.

The event will feature thematic video art installations and our traditional Wiki-fashion show, for which you are encouraged to dress in your finest Wikimedia clothing ↗ and accessories (bags, buttons, even books), or clothing connected to the topics you edit on wiki projects.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

Meeting info:

Wednesady, March 12 '''Wiki Gala @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

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Invitation to participate in research

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of a group of Wikipedians to better understand their experiences! We are also looking to interview some survey respondents in more detail, and you will be eligible to receive a thank-you gift for the completion of an interview. The outcomes of this research will shape future work designed to improve on-wiki experiences.

We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this '''survey ↗''', which shouldn’t take more than 2-3 minutes. You may view its privacy statement ↗ here. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards, Sam Walton (talk) 16:35, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of :Shonelle Jackson ↗ for deletion

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<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0;">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>A discussion is taking place as to whether the article :Shonelle Jackson ↗ is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines ↗ or whether it should be deleted ↗.

The article will be discussed at '''Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shonelle Jackson ↗''' until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Thu March 27: Editing the Open Data Garden @ Prime Produce

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for an urban gardening-themed edit-a-thon ↗ at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗. This event will be hosted in collaboration with Farming Concrete in celebration of Open Data Week in New York City. All are welcome, new and experienced!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

Meeting info:

Thursday, March 27 '''Editing the Open Data Garden @ Prime Produce ↗''' (RSVP on NYC Open Data ↗ and optionally on-wiki).

:''4:00 pm – 7:00 pm''

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

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WikiNYC April 11: Foundation and Friends' Free Culture Friday

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You are invited to '''Foundation and Friends' Free Culture Friday ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ on Friday, April 11. This event will feature a reception with Wikimedia Foundation ↗ staff in the afternoon, followed by a more informal salon, hackathon, and game night, utilizing Prime Produce's vast collection of board game ↗s. This replaces WikiWednesday Salon this month. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

Friday, April 11, 2025

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''3:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open salon, hacking, and board games)

:Prime Produce, 424 W 54th St

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New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

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:Category:20th-century Malagasy painters ↗ has been nominated for splitting

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NYC: May 7 WikiWed + May 10 WikiCurious

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗. This month's WikiWednesday will be focused on digital safety for editors. Guest digital security trainers will join us to lead this session. All are welcome!

Please bring a laptop or the editing device of your choosing for hands-on training that will guide you through steps to take to make yourself safer online. While there will also be an online participation option, the meeting will not be recorded.

Meeting info:

Wednesday, May 7 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

: Also online via Zoom ↗

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You are also invited to join the Wikimedia NYC Community and Rhizome ↗ for a community memory-focused edit-a-thon in the Financial District ↗. All Wikipedia and Wikidata enthusiasts are welcome, new and experienced!

Please RSVP on Rhizome's event page ↗ to gain entry to the venue.

Meeting info:

Saturday, May 10 '''Wikicurious – Amplifying Media Art with Rhizome ↗ (additional on-wiki RSVP optional)'''.

:''3:00 pm – 6:00 pm''

:161 Water Street, Financial District, Manhattan

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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 May 24 § Palestinian territories redirected categories ↗

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May 2025

25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Please do not remove maintenance templates ↗ from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to :Lakruwana ↗, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary ↗. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted ↗. Thank you. Obi2canibe ↗ (talk) 14:39, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome MainlyTwelve! I'm glad that you are joining the June 2025 drive ↗! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
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June 11: Virtual NYC WikiWednesday

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our virtual '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗'''. This month's WikiWednesday will be fully online and focused on Wikimedia global trends, neutral point of view, and the Wiki Loves Pride ↗ campaign for Pride Month. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

Meeting info:

Wednesday, June 11 '''Virtual WikiWednesday ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 8:00 pm''

:Zoom link ↗

''All attendees at Wikimedia NYC events are subject to the Wikimedia NYC Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.''

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--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:05, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

WikiNYC this week: Thursday Edit-a-thon + Sunday Wiki-Picnic!

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Please join us for the launch events to recognize the '''Wikimedia NYC 400 ↗'''!

Fulfilling Wikimedia NYC tradition, we'll start off the campaign with an edit-a-thon on Thursday and a Wiknic on Sunday, and will continue with Wikimedia NYC 400 events throughout the rest of this year.

Event details and registration link below:

NYC 400: Women Do News Edit-A-Thon ↗

: ''When:'' July 17, 2025
: ''Time:'' 5pm to 8pm (8pm to 10pm optional hackathon)
: ''Where:'' In person at Prime Produce ↗ (424 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019)

NYC 400: Wiknic and Edit-A-Thon with Washington Square Park ↗

: ''When:'' July 20, 2025
: ''Time:'' 12pm to 4pm
: ''Where:'' In person in NYC at Washington Square Park ↗

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== June 2025 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award ==

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NYC August: Wikimania Satellite Social + Roosevelt Island Wiknic

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While Wikimania 2025 ↗ is underway in Nairobi, Kenya, you are invited to Wikimedia NYC's Satellite Social at Prime Produce on Thursday, August 7th, which will be an informal gathering of local Wikimedians and potentially feature editing, hacking, and board games. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

Additionally, a second Wiknic of the season, this time on Roosevelt Island ↗, is planned for later in the month (August 24th). Stay tuned for further updates!

Wikimania Satellite Social ↗

: ''When:'' August 7, 2025
: ''Time:'' 3pm to 7pm
: ''Where:'' In person at Prime Produce ↗ (424 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019)

Roosevelt Island Wiknic ↗

: ''More info coming soon!''

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David Berman ↗

Do not retarget an existing disambiguation page to a disambiguated title, as you did with David Berman ↗. If you believe that there is a primary topic for the name, make a proposal to move the article through Wikipedia:Requested moves ↗. <span style="background:gold">'''''BD2412'''''</span> '''T''' 02:51, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

:Category:19th-century Mongol painters ↗ has been nominated for splitting

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>:Category:19th-century Mongol painters ↗ has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''the category's entry ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. <sup>S</sup>Mason<sub>Garrison</sub> 13:32, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 August 6 § Populous Holdings ↗

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 August 6 § Populous Holdings ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. — <b style="color: #660000;">''Dissident93''</b> <sup>(<b style="color: #D18719;">''talk''</b>)</sup> 20:32, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

WikiNYC Sun Aug 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic 2025

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You are invited to '''the picnic anyone can edit ↗''' on Roosevelt Island ↗, at Southpoint Park. Please dress for the weather and bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating; we will be having this picnic on the grass. Bring some potluck ↗ as well as some board games to add to the fun!

All are welcome, new and experienced!

'''Sunday, August 24, 2025 Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island ↗'''

'''Time:''' 2:00 - 7:00 pm ''(come by any time!)''

'''Location:''' Roosevelt Island ↗ – Southpoint Park; look for our Wikipedia/Wikimedia NYC banner. <small>(In case of inclement weather, we plan to relocate to our usual venue, Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗.)</small>

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

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New pages patrol September 2025 Backlog drive

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September 10: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''Annual Election & Members Meeting ↗''', in-person at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗ and also via Zoom.

The Members' Meeting is similar to other WikiWednesday meetups, except that its primary function is to elect new members to the Board of Directors. We will elect three board seats – half of the elected seats on the board – and the elected board can appoint up to five more board members. As part of the Members Meeting, we will also focus on the Wikimedia NYC Programs Plan for the coming year, our Financial Report, and Annual and Monthly event teams for the coming year.

Election info:

To run for election or to vote, you must be a dues-paying member of Wikimedia New York City, having renewed in the past 12 months.

Voting will be both online, via emailed ballots from the ElectionBuddy service, and in-person.

The poll will be open for the 48 hours between 8pm EDT on September 8 and 8pm EDT on September 10.

For additional information, please consult the Election FAQ ↗.

Meeting info:

Wednesday, September 10 '''Annual Election & Members Meeting ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

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Fri Nueva Yol Editathon + Oct 3-5 WikiGameJam NYC

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''Wikipedia NYC 400 Edit-A-Thon: Nueva Yol on Friday Sep 19 ↗''' from 5pm to 8pm, hosted with the NYU Latinx Project.

And if you're interested in the development of wiki-based games, we'd like to invite you to apply for the '''WikiGameJam on Oct 3-5 ↗''' — we're hoping to publicly showcase some of the best projects at our next Wikipedia Day!

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:Wikipedia:WikiProject Skyscrapers/Tallest building lists ↗ has an RfC ↗

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>''':Wikipedia:WikiProject Skyscrapers/Tallest building lists ↗''' has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on '''the discussion page ↗'''. Thank you. <span style="color:blueviolet;">'''''LivinAWestLife'''''</span> (talk) 18:49, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Nov 15: Kelly Street Garden edit-a-thon

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for an urban gardening-themed edit-a-thon ↗ at the Kelly Street Garden in Longwood ↗ in the Bronx ↗. This is the third event in the Community Garden series and is part of a collective project of remembrance. All are welcome, new and experienced!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

Meeting info:

Saturday, November 15 '''Kelly Street Garden edit-a-thon ↗''' (RSVP on-wiki)

:''12:00 pm – 4:00 pm''

: Kelly Street Garden, the Bronx

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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.

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Dec 5: Foundation and Friends' Free Culture Friday

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You are invited to '''Foundation and Friends' Free Culture Friday ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ on Friday, December 5. This event will be held '''upstairs in the Cybernetics Library''' and will feature a reception with Wikimedia Foundation ↗ staff in the afternoon, followed by a more informal gathering for editing and socializing into the evening. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

Friday, December 5, 2025

''1:30 pm – 3:00 pm'' (Wikimedia Foundation staff + community meet-and-greet)

''3:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open salon, hacking, and board games)

:Prime Produce, 424 W 54th St

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Skyscrapers discord server

Would you be interested in joining a discord server for skyscrapers? We have channels for casual skyscraper talk, architecture, new developments, planning, photos, off-topic discussion, and more. It's also easier to talk about Wikipedia editing there. Check it out if you can!

Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/nkP5tJNFFT <span style="color:blueviolet;">'''''LivinAWestLife'''''</span> (talk) 21:44, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

New pages patrol January–February 2026 Backlog drive

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The drive will run from 1 January to 28 February 2026.

The drive is divided into two phases. Participants may take part in either phase or across both phases, depending on availability.

Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled during the drive.

Two-month drive-exclusive barnstars will be awarded to eligible participants.

Each article review earns 1 point, while each redirect review earns 0.2 points.

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:Category:20th-century Montenegrin architects ↗ has been nominated for renaming

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Sun Jan 25: Wikipedia Day NYC 2026

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You are invited to '''Wikipedia Day 2026 ↗''', hosted by Wikimedia NYC ↗ at City Tech ↗ in Brooklyn. Help us celebrate the 25th birthday of Wikipedia! Together we will explore the past, present, and future of the free knowledge movement, and celebrate all the people, communities and ideas that make Wikipedia possible.

'''Eventbrite registration is required for entry: Register here ↗'''

We'll also have a session of 3-5 minute lightning talks ↗ and we invite community members to sign up for one, though space is somewhat limited.

Sunday, January 25, 2026

:''11:00 pm – 5:00 pm''

:The Theater at City Tech ↗, 275 Jay Street, Brooklyn

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Jubilee (cookbook) ↗

Hey, MT! I created Jubilee: Recipes from two centuries of African American cooking ↗ and was doing the finishing work -- finding all the places I could link in, like from Toni Tipton-Martin ↗ and from James Beard Foundation Award: 2020s ↗ and such, adding categories, trying to come up with possible redirects. And that's where I found this when I tried to make it a redirect. So I've gone ahead and redirected it to the full title, as I was like, "Should I do some sort of round-robin? Cut and paste everything from the long title into the short title, then move the short title to the long title?" At any rate, wanted to explain. Valereee (talk) 13:39, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Feb 25: WikiWednesday Salon + WCNA scholarship Feb 15 deadline

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WikiWednesday is back, and please register soon if you want a scholarship for this year's WikiConference North America ↗, being held in September 2026 in Edmonton ↗, Alberta, Canada!

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

Meeting info:

Wednesday, February 25 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

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Wiki-Play Friday tomorrow, plus April 16 CUNY Archives Editathon and April 29 WikiWednesday Salon

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Join Wikimedia NYC ↗ tomorrow for Wiki-Play Friday (2-6pm, drop-in whenever) on April 10, a pop-up exhibition and laboratory of wiki-based immersive design gaming at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan:

Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Play Fridays ↗ (Luma RSVP ↗)

Next week on Thu April 16 at CUNY City Tech in Downtown Brooklyn (12:30-4pm):

RSVP required for CUNY building entry on April 16 ↗

And the last Wednesday evening of the month, WikiWednesday makes its glorious return to Prime Produce on West 54th Street in Hell's Kitchen:

Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/April 2026 ↗

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April 29: WikiWednesday NYC Salon

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

Featuring this salon, a facilitated discussion on Wikidata ↗, notability ↗, and GLAM ↗!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

Meeting info:

Wednesday, April 29 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

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New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive

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New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

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Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}},

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'''Backlog update'''

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

'''2024 and 2025 NPP Awards'''

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{{no ping|Hey man im josh}} and {{no ping|MPGuy2824}} won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

{{no ping|BoyTheKingCanDance}}, {{no ping|Rosiestep}}, {{no ping|SunDawn}}, and {{no ping|Vanderwaalforces}} were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame ↗ for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

'''January–February backlog drive'''

The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to {{no ping|JTtheOG}}, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.

'''May backlog drive'''

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:37, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

May 27: WikiWednesday NYC Salon, focus on wiki+law school and wiki+ai

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thumb|right|Prime Produce ↗ on W 54th St ↗

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

Featuring this salon, a presentation on on whether Wikipedia can replace law school. And also, a facilitated group discussion on the proper place of AI in the wiki-verse.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

Meeting info:

Wednesday, May 27 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

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--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:38, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

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June 24: WikiWednesday NYC Salon, Pride Month Edition

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thumb|right|Prime Produce ↗ on W 54th St ↗

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''WikiWednesday Salon ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

This month's salon is a special Pride Month ↗ edition. Help us contribute to the Wiki Loves Pride ↗ global campaign and discuss how we can better represent LGBTQ+ issues on Wikimedia platforms.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

Meeting info:

Wednesday, June 24 '''WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''6:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Open Hour)

:''7:00 pm – 9:00 pm'' (Wiki Salon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

: Also online via Zoom ↗

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--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

July 10: Free Culture Friday / Wiki Loves Fútbol Watch Party

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thumb|right|Wiki Loves Fútbol, World Cup Watch Party! ↗

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC ↗ community for our '''Free Culture Friday / Wiki Loves Fútbol World Cup Watch Party ↗''' at Prime Produce ↗ in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

This special event will feature starting at 1:30 pm a Wikimedia Foundation ↗ meet-and-greet bringing together local staff and community, and then at 3 pm a Wiki Loves Fútbol ↗ watch party and edit-a-thon for the {{Q|137545497}}.

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct ↗ and Photography Policy ↗.

Meeting info:

Friday, July 10 '''Free Culture Friday / World Cup Watch Party @ Prime Produce ↗ (optional RSVP on-wiki ↗)'''.

:''1:30 pm – 3:00 pm'' (Wikimedia Foundation staff + community meet-and-greet)

:''3:00 pm – 7:00 pm'' (Wiki Loves Fútbol ↗ Watch Party + Edit-a-thon)

: (Prime Produce ↗, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan ↗)

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--Wikimedia New York City Team ↗ via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:58, 30 June 2026 (UTC)