User talk:Phoebe

Disclaimer (2016 version): I make comments on behalf of myself as a volunteer, not on behalf of the WMF, MIT or other entities.

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But if you are looking for me, leave a message here, or feel free to email me

you can also find me at: meta * other wikis * irc:brassratgirl

The tinfoil protects me from *government* conspiracies. You need more than a hat to protect against rogue Wikimedians! Thomas Dalton

Talk page archives:

• 2003-2004 -- in which I am welcomed to Wikipedia and asked to work on marine bio articles
• to the end of 2005 -- in which I return as a lapsed Wikipedian after a year+ of absence, and get invited to some meetups
• 2006 (a busy year) -- in which I organize Wikimania II: the Prodigal Son of Wikimania; and do some other stuff
• 2007 (a busier year) -- in which I go to Wikimania:Taiwan, and lots of other in-person events
• 2008 (an amazing year) -- in which I work on San Francisco-area meetups, the Signpost, and a few contentious articles; and publish a book, "How Wikipedia Works"
• 2009 (an active year) -- in which I work on the Signpost quite a bit, give some talks, and recover from writing HWW
• 2010 (an unprecedented year) -- in which I muck around with the 'post, run WikiSym, and get elected to the board
• 2011 (a distracted year) -- in which I edit very little but do a lot of outreach. And worry about the board
• 2012 (a year abides) -- in which SF meetups come into their own, we bring down Wikipedia for SOPA, and I finish up my board term
• 2013 (a year of deja vu?) -- in which I edit a lot, do outreach, get involved in some wikiprojects and and am reelected by the community to the board after a year break
• 2014 (a year of work) -- in which I do work at various UC campuses, debate superprotect, do board work and more.
• 2015 (a year of change) -- in which I work on classes, my second board term wraps up, and I move cross-country, which leads to a whole new set of meetups!
• 2016 (a year of new coasts) -- in which I spend the whole year in Boston, help run WikiConference in San Diego, do a bunch of editing training, and for the first time ever (!) skip Wikimania
• 2017 (a year of carrying on) -- in which I don't skip Wikimania. What else happened? who knows?
• 2018 (a year of editathons and wikidata) -- in which I run a bunch of edit-a-thons in Boston and MIT, and get more involved in Wikicite!
• 2019 (a year of facto post and content questions) -- in which I run a women's health editathon, and end the year with a message from one of my favorite people on my favorite author
• 2020 (a year of world-changing developments) -- in which I don't work on covid articles, but do work on George Floyd-related articles]]
• 2021 (a year of lighter editing and climate change) -- in which there is more movement on the climate change wikiproject, and I run some virtual editathons
• 2022 (a year of virtual Wikimania and not much conversation) -- back to work in person in the real world, I spend time on virtual conferences, and see little activity on the talk page

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Inventation to Boston-Gathering, celebrating Wikipedias 22th Birthday

Afers several years of distancing, I wan to invite you tomorrow (Jan 17th at 6pm) to the Boston-gathering at MIT.

Details can be found at Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Wikipedia_22th_Anniversary_Celebration

I hope I see you there  — Johannes Kalliauer - contrib. 19:19, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 54

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 54, November – December 2022

• New collections:
  • British Newspaper Archive
  • Findmypast
  • University of Michigan Press
  • ACLS
  • Duke University Press
• 1Lib1Ref 2023
• Spotlight: EDS Refine Results

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Cybernetics in the Soviet Union

Hi! I need to check a quote from a book to which you may be able to have relatively easy access: Gerovitch, Slava (2002). From Newspeak to Cyberspeak: A History of Soviet Cybernetics. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262572255

According to the article Cybernetics in the Soviet Union, it's on page 288: "tactical uses of cyberspeak overshadowed the original reformist goals that aspired the first Soviet cyberneticians."

Is that the actual text? English is not my native language, but I find this usage of "aspire" a bit odd in a professionally edited book published in the U.S. I'd expect "inspired", or maybe "goals to which the first Soviet cyberneticians aspired". But if that's the actual printed quote, then I guess that's what Wikipedia should have. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 08:04, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

I found it myself! :) Here's the full quote: "By the early 1970s, the cybernetics movement had changed completely in character. It no longer challenged the orthodoxy; instead, tactical uses of cyberspeak overshadowed the original reformist goals that aspired the first Soviet cyberneticians."

As an English speaker, what would you say: is it an acceptable usage of "aspired", or is it indeed weird? Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 08:46, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Hey @Amire80:! I think it's weird. Typo for inspired I guess? Or I'd reorder the sentence: "the first Soviet cyberneticians aspired to" -- phoebe / (talk to me) 16:27, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! :) Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 17:33, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 55

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Issue 55, January – February 2023

• New bundle partners:
  • Newspapers.com
  • Fold3
• 1Lib1Ref January report
• Spotlight: EDS SmartText Searching

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Books & Bytes – Issue 56

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Issue 56, March – April 2023

• New partner:
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• Library access tips and tricks
• Spotlight: EveryBookItsReader

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Books & Bytes – Issue 57

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Issue 57, May – June 2023

• Suggestion improvements
• Favorite collections tips
• Spotlight: Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors

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Books & Bytes – Issue 58

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Issue 58, July – August 2023

• New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
• Tech tip: Filters
• Wikimania presentation

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:27, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

A WCNA Barncompass for you!

		WCNA 2023 Barncompass
		Thank you for attending the AGO culture crawl and writing about Inuit artists. I am awarding this barncompass to you. (Barncompass originated in Wikivoyage as a response to Wikipedia's barnstar. Since everyone travelled long distance for the conference and would have no doubt pulled out a map app at some point, awarding a barncompass is probably as fitting as a barnstar.) OhanaUnitedTalk page 14:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 59

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023

• Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
• Tech tip: Library access methods

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ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

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Writing women into STEM

Thanks, Phoebe, for your involvement in this initiative and in the follow-up work. A really impressive set of articles from talented new contributors. I hope you will try to encourage them to continue improving the coverage of women on Wikipedia. I have invited some of them to join us on Wikiproject Women in Red where we will be able to offer further assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 12:28, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 60

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Issue 60, November – December 2023

• Three new partners
• Google Scholar integration
• How to track partner suggestions

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Books & Bytes – Issue 61

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Issue 61, January – February 2024

• Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
• 1Lib1Ref results

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Books & Bytes – Issue 62

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Issue 62, March – April 2024

• IEEE and Haaretz now available
• Let's Connect Clinics about The Wikipedia Library
• Spotlight and Wikipedia Library tips

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Books & Bytes – Issue 63

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Issue 63, May – June 2024

• One new partner
• 1Lib1Ref
• Spotlight: References check

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Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello, Phoebe. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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TrangaBellam (talk) 20:00, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

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~Liance^talk 21:02, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 64

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Issue 64, July – August 2024

• The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimania presentation
• New user script for easily searching The Wikipedia Library

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