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Happy New Year Whiteghost.ink!

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Books and Bytes - Issue 9

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Issue 9, November-December 2014
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  • New donations, including real-paper-and-everything books, e-books, science journal databases, and more
  • New TWL coordinators, conference news, a new open-access journal database, summary of library-related WMF grants, and more
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This Month in GLAM: December 2014

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Bail Act 2013

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Hello! Your submission of Bail Act 2013 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Iselilja (talk) 17:29, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a go at addressing the reviewer's suggestions, I hope this has made the article better. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 09:07, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a bot or tool that I can trigger that automatically consolidates the same references? (So that it goes a, b, c, etc. instead of having different numbers for the same reference.) I've seen one consolidate references before, but that only triggered because I made the article so messy that the bot edited the article on its own. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 09:15, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I do know how to do it on my own, but I was hoping there was a bot or tool that I could use to automate the process (and go back later with a search function replacing 'autogenerated1' etc. for something more identifiable). Do you have any advice on how to remove the citations from the lead appropriately, as the reviewer suggested? Most of what they cite is either a quote or not common knowledge. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 00:03, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As the lead is supposed to be a summary, the refs should appear inthe relevant place in the body of the article. Make sure that what the lead says is in fact discussed in the body so you can do this. For the press releases and Gov. response, find the places where they belong and move the ref there. Similarly, the Change.org ref should be where that is discussed. For the Act refs themselves (important refs), write the early sentence to include the title so you can reference it there. For example, instead of writing "... the bail law" in the "Need for review" section, write "...the Bail Act (2013)" and add the ref. In short, make sure all the refs are included and put them where the issue is being discussed. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 00:26, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I've had a go at making sure the information in the lead is reiterated in the body. Currently, the citation to the text of the Bail Act 2013 is reference 18. The Commission's review was of the 1978 law, so I can't make the switch you suggested there. Would it be appropriate to cite the dates in the information box with the reference to the text of the Bail Act 2013? --110.20.234.69 (talk) 00:59, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure what you mean by "cite the dates". A link is now in the body, so that is good and a ref in the box sounds okay to me. However, as the text of the Act is so important to this article (and also so available), I think you could have a ref AND and an External Link. So include the Austlii link and others that give the text of the legislation in the "External Links" section at the bottom. (Style and policy is here: Wikipedia:External links) Then readers' needs should be well-met. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 02:30, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like there's a provision for external links to the laws and the hansards in the information box, so I've had a go at filling that out some more, and asked its creator for advice on how to handle the two 'assents' (the box only gives space for one, and according to the hansard, both the upper and lower house in NSW assent to legislation). --110.20.234.69 (talk) 07:11, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I couldn't have done it without everyone's help and your encouragement and moving it out of draftspace. Hopefully it'll open up new avenues for article creation as well. (Many of the 'most popular' laws on the NSW legislation site don't have their own articles... yet...) Do you have any idea when the article will be featured on the main page? --110.20.234.69 (talk) 10:41, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It is in Queue 1 for 2nd February at 11pm Sydney time. Not the best time but that is when it will appear on the front page. See: Template:Did you know/Queue Well done! Whiteghost.ink (talk) 22:33, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The article seems to be one of the most popular NSW articles of recent times. :) Much of that would have been the front page mention, but it's gratifying nonetheless. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 20:11, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, stats here. A steady interest. You have obviously made a valuable contribition to the encyclopedia. :) Whiteghost.ink (talk) 22:29, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Learning Quarterly: January 2015

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DYK for Bail Act 2013

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Presentation proposal for Wikimania 2015

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How to pick up more women...
Hello to the members of WikiProject Women writers! Victuallers and I have developed a proposal for a talk to be presented at Wikimania 2015. It's titled, How to pick up more women -- as in more women editors and more women's biographies. The proposal review process has begun and there's no guarantee that this proposal will be accepted. That's where you come in. Please review our proposal and give us feedback. Ultimately, we hope you add your name to the signup at the bottom of the proposal which signifies you're interested in the talk (it does not signify you'll be attending the event). Thank you! Rosiestep (talk) 21:50, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Books and Bytes - Issue 10

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Thanks for comments on Ella Orr Campbell article

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Thanks for your lovely comments concerning the above article. I had a bit of a bumpy ride with it but am gradually learning the ropes about how to write and cite appropriately for Wikipedia. I'll hopefully contribute at least one more article over the next couple of days as I'm going to work with the Smithsonian Archives at their Women and Science Editathon. I really appreciated the feedback. Ambrosia10 (talk) 17:42, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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A new reference tool

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Slides for map discovery & georeferencing talk

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Hi! Really good to meet and chat over the last couple of days in the Hague.

The slides for my talk on the map identification and now georeferencing project are now up and can be found at 

   http://www.slideshare.net/JamesHeald/mapping-the-maps-glamwiki-talk

Also here's the main tracking page that's updated on Commons,

c:Commons:British_Library/Mechanical_Curator_collection/georeferencing_status

-- clicking on any of the purple templated links takes you to the images that are available to choose to georeference from each group of books -- come and give it a go!

Again, it was a real highlight to meet you, and hope you have a really good remaining couple of weeks while you're over here in Europe,

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Learning Quarterly: May 2015

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Books and Bytes - Issue 11

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Nice to meet you!

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Glad our paths crossed at the Wikimedia Conference! Hopefully we will bump into one another on wiki again! :) ---Another Believer (Talk) 12:13, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! I am sure we will. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 16:35, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Classic 100 (Swoon)

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Hey, I've updated the works ... that's all I have time for right now. I'll chip in where I can over the next few days, but I'm not sure how much time I'll have. I've !voted keep in the AFD. Graham87 09:45, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Today's articles for improvement weekly vote

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Interview for The Signpost

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Alan Coates has been nominated for Did You Know

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The amounts of fat types in selected foods
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DYK for Alan Coates

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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2015)

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Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam. Pictured is the Masjid al-Haram during Hajj, 2007.
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This Month in GLAM: June 2015

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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2015)

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Books and Bytes - Issue 12

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Issue 12, May-June 2015
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  • New donations - Taylor & Francis, Science, and three new French-language resources
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Today's articles for improvement – discussion about changing project processes

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This week's articles for improvement (week 30, 2015)

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Dessert is a typically sweet course that concludes an evening meal. Pictured is a chocolate-strawberry crumble ball.
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Precious again

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architectural, social and organisational history
Thank you for your "significant contribution" of several years to the St James' Church, Sydney as "an important player in ... religious, musical and official life" (yes, you!), for quoting "till we see what's what in fact" and Entertainment, for listening to the final bars of Messiah in your sandbox, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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A year ago, you were the 926th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:12, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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An example of an igloo
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Learning Quarterly: July 2015

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L&E Newsletter / Volume 2 / Issue 5 / July 2015
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A farmhouse (bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland
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TAFI List of articles purge, part II

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Berries for sale at a farmers' market
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This Month in GLAM: August 2015

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"Boy on white horse" by Theodor Kittelsen
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Incomplete DYK nomination

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You're invited! Women in Red World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Architecture

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You are invited! → World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Architecture sponsored by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ← Come and join us remotely!
World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Architecture
Dates: 15 to 25 October 2015

The Virtual Edit-a-thon, hosted by Women in Red in parallel with a series of "physical" Guggenheim edit-a-thons, will allow all those keen to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Women in Architecture to participate. As it stretches over a week and a half, inexperienced participants will be able to draw on the assistance of more experienced editors while creating, translating or improving articles on women who are (or have been) prominent in architecture. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. RSVP and find more details →here←--Ipigott (talk) 11:38, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Personal finance – an example image of personal budget planning software
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Issue 13, August-September 2015
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DYK for Overseas Passenger Terminal

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Ice hockey is an example of a team sport. Pictured is an 1893 ice hockey match at Victoria Rink, Montreal.
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Greeetings

It seems you have been working on culture related some articles too. I am requesting your kind guidance for change of name of one article. When I started working on a new article recently, presently named Poles in mythology actual article name was some thing different, actually due to some misunderstandings some one changed name of the article to Poles in mythology. Matter of the fact is I wanted to cover cultural aspects and festive celebrations as an umbrella article and wanted to have historical mythological, worships wherever concerned as a small part of the main article.

Poles in mythology is altogether a different subject when I am doing research and writing cultural aspects of festive celebrations are also coming up simultaneously and I am coming to a conclusion that for covering cultural aspects of festive celebrations of 'pole' we need to have a separate umbrella article altogether so we will not have more confusions and misunderstandings. Either we need to change present article name or split and create a new cultural aspect related article.

Please let me know your openion and if you are positive to my suggessions what should be the new articles name ? In fact you can join in discussion at Talk:Poles_in_mythology#Change_of_article_name

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Learning Quarterly: October 2015

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The First Geneva Convention (1864) is one of the earliest formulations of international law.
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Wikimedia Education Newsletter: December 2015

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Books and Bytes - Issue 14

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Issue 14, October-November 2015
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This Month in GLAM: November 2015

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The word scandal is used a few times in several bibles like Douay–Rheims Bible.
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