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Sunday July 9, 1-6pm: WikNYC Picnic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" on New York City's green and historic Governors Island, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sunday July 9 WikNYC Picnic (RSVP) (also on meetup.com) 1–6pm - come by any time! Our reserved picnicking area is Grill #5 by Nolan Park in the northern part of Governors Island. Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner! We hope to see you there! --Pharos (talk) 11:02, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

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Wednesday July 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday July 19 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 145 West 14th Street (note the new address, a couple of doors down from the former Babycastles location) We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 02:37, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

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Draft:List of massacres by country, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:List of massacres by country and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Draft:List of massacres by country during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Legacypac (talk) 11:47, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

On 20 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Crimetown, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The New York Times said the podcast Crimetown "advances the [true crime] genre" and called it one of the "Best New Podcasts of 2016"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Crimetown. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Crimetown), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih^Talk 12:02, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Electronic music#Sub-project EDM as a participant of WP:WikiProject Electronic music. - TheMagnificentist 13:44, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

On 22 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rhode Island banking crisis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Rhode Island banking crisis of the early 1990s, hundreds of thousands of people lost access to their money? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rhode Island banking crisis. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rhode Island banking crisis), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih^Talk 12:28, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

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Sunday July 30: Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel

On the last Sunday of every month, the Boardroom at Ace Hotel New York hosts Action Equals History — a unique opportunity for New Yorkers to learn hands-on in a technology training/workshop session about the mechanics, practices and benefits of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. This is an opportunity for all to gather, share and work collectively towards a more robust account of history. For this month, we'll focus on Wikipedia casual editing, ways to use and develop Wikidata, building better edit-a-thon tools for a variety of different thematic campaigns, and user-testing them with the community. Towards a goal of advancing these tools for wider use with diverse local groups. Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel Date: Sunday July 30 Time: 2:00 am - 6:00 pm Location: Ace Hotel New York. 20 West 29th Street, Manhattan. RSVP: on Meetup.com or on Wikipedia Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 14:21, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

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Hello! You participated in a discussion about merging the Not My Presidents Day article. I was wondering if you'd be interested in sharing your thoughts on the proposed merge of Impeachment March into the Efforts to impeach Donald Trump article? If you're not interested, no problem. Happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 22:49, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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On 29 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bonded Vault heist, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1975, eight men stole $30 million from the Providence Mafia and associates in the Bonded Vault heist? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bonded Vault heist. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Bonded Vault heist), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih^Talk 00:04, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Who gave you the right to delete my contribution to the "False Accusations of Rape" page. The story was properly cited! February, 1987, Penthouse, page 18. What more do you need?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.121.6.97 (talk) 21:14, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

on wikipedia, everyone has that right. if I didn't, I assure you someone else would. for such a controversial topic we need sources of the highest possible quality, and all of the content added needs to be supported by the cited source. penthouse is not reliable for such a subject. The person you quoted may be, but ideally we'd be citing research published in a peer reviewed journal or something of similar authority. But don't get me wrong, I'm just an editor here. you're welcome to follow the next step in the WP:BRD process (basically means the status quo rules until there's consensus to change) by opening a discussion of the material on the article talk page. if there's a consensus to add it, then no problem. As you may imagine, this article is subject to a ton of poor sources, opinion, and plain old vandalism, so any non minor change would probably need to go through the talk page first. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 21:54, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

I have added more content to provide a more balanced perspective at WP:PRONLY. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:20, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000: Thanks, but it still doesn't seem to me like it fits at AADD. The argument is still a perfectly valid one when it's accurate, but any inaccurate statement should be something to avoid (without specifying each). I do appreciate that it is perhaps an argument too commonly used as an overgeneralization, but don't know that that means it needs to be included.. But I'd rather not start a parallel discussion here -- I opened a talk page discussion there that would benefit from your input/contextualization. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 05:36, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

So, are you going to photograph the destruction of ivory in Central Park today? cart-Talk 13:05, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

@W.carter: ah! No. thanks for the heads up but I'm in Colorado at the moment (adding to my growing backlog of pictures to edit/upload). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 16:27, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

I can relate. --cart-Talk 16:39, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

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Sorry about that. I did review & my thinking was that if it was never going to be notable, which seemed to be the case, it shouldn't remain a redlink. StarM 17:27, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@Star Mississippi: The MOS guidelines for such a scenario aren't clearly defined, to be sure, but the typical guidance for delinking redlinks when found to not be notable is most applicable to redlinks in prose. With a list, the blue/red/black distinction is more significant than simply linking to a page or not -- it's a way to determine if it fits the most common kinds of inclusion criteria. Most (though certainly not all) lists require notability for inclusion (WP:CSC, etc.). When an entry in such a list is deleted, delinking it makes that now-inappropriate entry harder to find. I commonly watch AfDs and, if deleted, look at the "what links here" to remove it from lists for which it no longer meets the inclusion criteria. If it's delinked before I do that, there's no way to find it outside of a text search (which can be difficult). In this case, it's a list that several people watch, but when it's not those non-notable entries pile up and signal to potential contributors that anything can be added. There are also scripts to highlight redlinks and redlinks stand out more than black text when scanning a list. Some people skip lists altogether when delinking a deleted page, but IMO the best way to go would be to just look for the inclusion criteria for the list (hopefully on the talk page or evident from the list itself, e.g. all blue links). Anyway, sorry for the rant. It's not a great big deal. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 18:13, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

No worries, it's not a rant and is super helpful to me. I've found that each content area (project, type, whatever) has general practices that may sometimes differ from the MOS, even at times when the MOS is more clear. TBH, I hate closing AFDs, but if I do get active there again I'll certainly follow your tip re: looking for criteria. I had to go find that script since the one I used when I used to be active no longer worked and was afraid I'd miss a st ep if I tried to close manually. But will keep it in mind too should it come up with speedies or other situations. Thanks! StarM 19:18, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@Star Mississippi: Sounds good. Thanks for your efforts with maintenance tasks. If it makes it easier to forego the looking for the inclusion criteria step, you can ping me or leave a message here with a list of, er, lists. I go on fairly frequent list cleanup-a-thons. :) Whatever's easiest, though. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 19:38, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Will do, thanks again StarM 02:52, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

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More information Wednesday August 30, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC ...

Wednesday August 30, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday August 30 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 145 West 14th Street (note the new address, a couple of doors down from the former Babycastles location) We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 12:03, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

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Hello, Rhododendrites. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "The Octopus Frontier".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Legacypac (talk) 18:02, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Rhododendrites. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Women's rights in 2013".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Legacypac (talk) 04:25, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

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