User talk:Etacar11

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• Archive 1 (1/2/05 to 11/5/05)

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I am updating the Pacini page and a *few* years ago I saw you have worked on it. If you ever get a chance or are curious please tell me if I make any mistakes. I finished Sandra Savaglio, though I am thinking of adding where she taught. Pacini I am just starting and you can see it in my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MichaelDenisCassidy/sandbox regards Michael

Could you possibly take a look at the articles for the Jeans instability sometime? I would value your feedback. We currently have several closely-related articles -- Jeans_Instability, Jeans_length and Jeans_mass. I think they could be strengthened by combining them. My best thinking is that we should keep the Free-fall_time article distinct.

Rtfisher 14:02, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I actually thought it was a Robot doing the disambiguation. God wiking, Mariano(t/c) 17:02, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip. I thought I was getting the hang of the afd process, but I'm apparently still missing something. Is the process a little bit convoluted, or am I just not following directions closely? Jasmol 21:58, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

thanks eta for your cats on my arthur frank mathews article. do you mind if i add a small amount of material on your good childe hassam article linking his influence on california artists, which is one of my specialties. ps im also a physicist who is interested in art :}Anlace 04:28, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Got your note. My apologies! I do try to incorporate existing text but I got a bit carried away there. You are right, the image is from the Smithsonian. There is an incredibly similar version at Baltimore. I'll be more careful next time :) --Worldofdew 02:09, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks! I was thinking of taking a crack at Frieseke at some point, though if you were preparing anything I'll hold off--he's not as well known to me as the others. I like your entry on Hassam. You're lucky to live in the Northeast around all that great art! Thanks again for the friendly advice. --Worldofdew 12:07, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, I think you can move it. I did not name it like that because for me, Czech, he was Václav but I wrote it as a wiki novice, now I know the custom of putting the names. Thanks

Hi Etacar! Long time no talk. I've been away from Wikipedia for a lot of time, hehe. Guess what, some vandal who is angry at you has created an Etacar12 account and is posting some incredibly childish comments around the pedia. I don't remember the rules, but I have the feeling that impersonating is BAD hehehe. Drop me a message if you need some support to kick this child a bit ;) Sarg 17:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Yeah, I've seen this person before, editting using IPs. Don't know what I did that set this moron off... :) I just left note at WP:AIV. --Etacar11 18:05, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Might even be that childish Namela guy. The style is certainly similar. But again, every 11 year old writes like that :) Sarg 18:30, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Maybe, but he never resorted to lesbian and sexual references before that I recall... ;) --Etacar11 18:48, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think of the movement? Reply here. Thanks. --Kin Khan 02:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You fool Etacar11 it was me all this time blanking your user pages and writeing all does things about being a lesbian and stuff all this time, the vandel was you closet friend and i bet your going to ask but why well ill tell you why cause i just couldent stand you being mrs perfect all ways getting the fame for yourself.oh and by the way i was etcar12 and trust me this is no imposter this is the real thing.so what are you going to do block well go ahead block me at least i got what i come here for its over now.sarg dec 23,2005

The above was actually posted by Loom (talk · contribs), now blocked. -- Curps 20:21, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

U full, u suck it be mes all d time lolololol1111!!!1!!ONE I a vandel me be ur closet friend (?) and me be da blankin d pages you ask why well goood question isn't it I answer because since my schoooool teacha thinks I'm so smart but I can't type lololololol. (yeah, I'm sure he could convince anyone hehe. Now, seriously, is an IP ban out of the question here?). Sarg 10:07, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Smart-ass!! ;D Yeah, this guy has a habit of creating a new account and then vandalizing. Can the admins see the IP a user is coming from and block it? My RL friend Syrthiss is one now, I should ask him. --Etacar11 13:21, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, you once edited Camouflage. You might be interested to know, this article has been nominated for peer peer review. novacatz 03:40, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Many thanks, I was too quick pasting without checking. Hope I didn't do others. - Ted Wilkes 20:33, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• No problem. Easy mistake to make. :) --Etacar11 20:36, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Etacar11, thanks for catching the possible copyright violation on George Field. I thought it was a shame he didn't have a writeup and wanted to correct the situation. I will send him an e-mail with a request to use the text of his website.

Rtfisher

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Well, George stated that in his experience, wikipedia "is not sufficiently reliable to be useful," and requested that his bio not be used.

Hi Etacar11, can you give me some information about this painter? At last you made the list of his early works, so somehow you must have some information. There's nothing to be found in Germany. Regards Gerhard51 20:24, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I reverted APL back to the last Regieal1 edit, and added back in the appropriate content.

I understand why you did what you did, and the comment you left on that user's talk page, but I don't think it is Wikipedia policy that you can only ADD content. If it is, would you please direct me to that?

I worked at APL on NEAR, and I was so disappointed in the APL stub that I wrote to APL outreach and told them their Wikipedia article was crap. The Regieal1 content is OK, for now, and is definitely better than just the four mission links I put on their page. Rob^Talk 03:24, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I understand and what you did is fine. I wasn't really quoting a policy, I just hate it when a new person comes in and adds a big load of stuff, basically making a good stub into a long dead end article. I was hoping the person would come back and play around with and fix it. But another thing was that I was worried it was a copyvio (as often is the case when someone suddenly adds a huge amount of text), although I couldn't find a source online. Anyway, no worries! (And I did some work on NEAR at APL and GSFC too!) --Etacar11 03:30, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First off, good find.

Secondly, I'm on a personal campaign to increase the integrity of the AfD process. Could you do me a favor, and make sure to notify the article creator of the AfD? I would appreciate it; just a thing. TeKE 03:50, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Not a problem. --Etacar11 06:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I rv the bold external links and then they were made bold again, which you rv. Different IP but anon, so it's probably the same person using AOL or some such. I have left a note on the user page, which they may or may not see. Tyrenius 01:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I know, some people just never learn. I noticed you had just reverted the same thing from a different IP. :) --Etacar11 01:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Kelly lives! Your evil plots to foil him are a failure!

I've noticed you've reverted some vandalism on this article, so I thought I'd draw your attention to this proposal on the talk page. Tyrenius 01:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am just starting a new page. You seem to be knowledgeable on art of the late 19th century. You are welcome to make any revisions on my Haystacks (Monet) page. I have a long way to go. I was wondering if there is a category for Series Paintings. This is my second Series (Campbell's Soup Cans). I am also wondering if the term series is a serious enough art term to deserve mention on the Series dab page. I am an art hack who has never studied formally. I have never painted. I attend about 3-5 exhibits a year though.

Hi Etacar11,

I have tried to have the article deleted as it is breach of copyright laws, but Wikipedia haven't done anything about it. I am now contacting my lawyer about the person who wrote the article and if you notice what he wrote originally was copied entirely from our own article. Hopefully the article should be deleted from Wikipedia as no relevant information can be found as the whole thing was made up and is only a figment of the writers mind. I didn't mean to upset anyone from Wikipedia I am just trying to protect my own breed.

• If you feel it is a copyright violation, then follow the procedure outlined here: WP:CP problems. And please sign your comments in the future. --Etacar11 14:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but it seems to of gone already!!

• I'm sorry, but you've lost me. What's gone? The article? It is still there, as far as I can tell... The copyright violating text? If so, then why do you keep going on about it? And this is all very strange since YOU are the one who started the article in the first place... (btw, you sign by using ~~~~) --Etacar11 15:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't going on about it I was saying thank you! I didn't start the article maybe we have crossed wires I am talking about the Tamaskan Wolfdog article which has now been deleted and the page redirected instead. 80.223.126.199 17:22, 14 November 2006 (UTC)blufawn80.223.126.199 17:22, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Etacar11 - A persistent vandal who often uses IPs as sockpuppets decided on a new strategy and set up a couple of articles that really need to go. If you have a moment, I was wondering if you could look at Aga Khani and Islamic Cults and comment on their AfD pages. Much appreciated -- Aylahs ^(talk) 04:22, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Wow, my first! Thanks, I really appreciate it. :) --Etacar11 14:45, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• And, not so incidentally, for your many contributions to entries on artists. JNW 15:03, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on Luton and Cardinal Newman Catholic High School (Luton). I should of noticed, but I was busy on other things. Please keep up the good work! Random articles 14:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I usually pride myself on doing a decent reversion, but you are tres sharp. JNW 02:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Not a problem. :) --Etacar11 03:17, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I saw you appear suddenly all over my watchlist, making me wonder for a moment if I had a clone! I now see you were mostly bounty hunting, but did have to check to see if you were a bot :-) Good work. Skittle 16:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• No problem, just cleaning up the vandalism 'round these parts... ;) --Etacar11 16:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I saw the original link leading to William-Adolphe Bouguereau page of MoodBook web-site and corrected it a little, and then decided to add links to Michelangelo pages as well, because their site has good Michelangelo pages as well.

Why have you deleted all of the links including Bouguereau link which was added by someone else a long time ago? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Argenberg (talk • contribs)

• See my reply on your talk page. --Etacar11 21:20, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

These contributions [1] are blogs which appear to come from a reliable (authoritative?) source. WP:EL gives some guidance here, but I am uncertain about reverting them, and would value your opinion. Many thanks, JNW 14:12, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Although I'm always wary of massing linkings to personal sites like blogs, I am willing to give these a pass. There's no commercial aspect that I can see and as art history teachers/professors, they do seem to have some authority/knowledge in the field. I haven't delved into their stuff, though. Open for more discussion... --Etacar11 15:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Though I was uncomfortable with all the links, your rationale echoes my reasons for hesitating to revert. Thank you, JNW 02:08, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		For your diligence in keeping the fine arts pages vandal-free, and your many other contributions. Ewulp 03:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a million!! :D --Etacar11 12:56, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to tell you that your user page has been vandalized many many times by 71.229.11.82. It has been reverted and a block has been requested. Arienh4 11:43, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And I've requested semi-protection as I don't think the vandal is going away (it's the only thing he does here). Cheers! --Evilclown93_(talk) 11:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help guys. I appreciate it. --Etacar11 16:42, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's still continuing, he's just released from a block apparently, and I have requested a new block. Arienh4^(Talk) 14:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I took the liberty of semi-protecting your page. If you need anything else gimme a shout. Sasquatch t|c 17:53, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks, I appreciate it. --Etacar11 18:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Purple Star Because of all the vandalism, I thought it was appropriate. Arienh4(Talk) 14:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. Evilclown93_(talk) 20:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks, love you guys! --Etacar11 22:16, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thirded! JNW 15:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see your work has already been recognised, but I'm going to add to it anyway. Tyrenius 00:23, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		So many vandal reverts to Vincent van Gogh from you! Tyrenius 00:23, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Muchas gracias! :D --Etacar11 02:52, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please add to your admirable watchlist! In fact any Van Gogh articles are prime targets... Tyrenius 22:40, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Done! --Etacar11 02:43, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. There is going to be a Washington DC Wikipedia meetup on next Saturday, July 21st at 5pm in DC. Since you are listed in Category:Wikipedians_in_Maryland, I thought I'd invite you to come. I'm sorry about the short notice for the meeting. Hopefully we'll do somewhat better in that regard next time. If you can't come but want to make sure that you are informed of future meetings be sure to list yourself under "but let me know about future events", and if you don't want to get any future direct notices \(like this one\), you can list yourself under "I'm not interested in attending any others either" on the DC meetup page.--Gmaxwell 00:27, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Etacar11. Your thoughts on these edits would be appreciated [2] I've reverted a few already, with rationale on my talk page. It looks like the intent, more than anything else, is to promote a web site. Thanks, JNW 00:59, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• I agree, definitely commercial promotion, with dubious value coming from having the links in the article. And it's hard to believe the editor adding them isn't somehow connected to the gallery. Maybe they are, maybe they aren't, but adding the links to so many different articles makes you wonder. --Etacar11 02:25, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Much appreciated. Thanks again, JNW 02:54, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You beat me, I was in the process of editing the Pieter Bruegel vandalism right as you changed it. 76.166.111.168 11:09, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why did You (according to the edit log) change 18 to 45? 18 is what I see when I search the Net. Kdammers 04:32, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Just reverting an unexplained change by someone else. If I'm wrong, feel free to fix it. --Etacar11 12:29, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Etacar11, Please stop undoing the changes I've made to the National Academy of Design entry. The artists you added are NOT members of the National Academy. Please try and keep Wikipedia as accurate as possible for all those users. Thank you. An expert on the NAD. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnormanprice (talk • contribs) 18:27, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Mrmaninla (talk · contribs) (aka 68.121.18.63 (talk · contribs) .....THANK YOU for reverting the spamvertisement. WikiDon 21:06, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• No problem! --Etacar11 03:43, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe put the type of media somewhere else in the article, Edgar Alwin Payne, I think media type is important to tell the reader. But, I did make sound like he was a wildcatter drilling in West Texas. WikiDon 19:51, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was about to give you The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar, when I realised I'd already done so previously! Add a bar to it... Great work. Tyrenius (talk) 18:23, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• No problem, thanks! :D --Etacar11 13:56, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For cleaning up after my overzealous reversions of spam. My bad. I noticed that you have encountered the same links before, and I mentioned the long-running situation here [3]‎. Cheers and thanks again. JNW (talk) 02:52, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• No problem, you're most welcome. Yeah, I have seen these people before. When will they get it through their heads...? --Etacar11 03:00, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• I can understand their motivation: It's business, and how can you beat free advertising? Especially if it appears to have the blessing of an encyclopedia. JNW (talk) 03:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Etacar11, I have granted rollback rights to your account. The reason for this is that, after a review of some of your contributions, I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended use of reverting vandalism: I do not believe you will abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck. Tyrenius (talk) 20:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Hey thanks! I promise to use it wisely. :D --Etacar11 20:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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• Thanks for the tip! --Etacar11 17:25, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just like in individual edits, on wikipedia we do not credit the images in articles. There has been countless discussions about this. The relevant credit is available at arms length. You would need to click the image for it. -- Cat ^chi? 18:25, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, I don't like it, but I bow to the consensus.  :) Thanks! --Etacar11 18:36, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. -- Cat ^chi? 18:41, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

We apparently edited simultaneously at Sandro Botticelli--just a note to you that my unflattering edit summary referred to the anonymous edit we both reverted! Ewulp (talk) 20:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Awwww. :) No worries. --Etacar11 23:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you are ok, we miss you....Modernist (talk) 14:36, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• I know, I've been on an extended Wikibreak. Trying to break my addiction. :) --Etacar11 16:24, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I know what you mean...Modernist (talk) 17:55, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The WikiProject National Archives Newsletter July 2011 News Featured article contest This week, our first multilingual featured article contest was announced. We are aiming to improve the articles on the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, or Bill of Rights to featured or good status in English and other languages. Prizes for winners will be a gift package from the National Archives including a book of your choice or a tote bag, and other swag, plus, of course, a special barnstar. August 6 backstage pass Plans are in the works for a meetup and backstage pass event at the National Archives II facility in College Park, MD. There will be a regular social meetup, a discussion with Dominic about WP:NARA, a tour of the building by NARA staff, and then time for a scanathon and editathon in the research rooms and library until the building closes at 5 pm. Keep your schedules open! From our recent uploads: ...see more. Special requests: This section includes special requests from the NARA staff: Archival Recovery Team The National Archives' Archival Recovery Team (ART) is a team of law enforcement agents and archivists who investigate NARA's lost and stolen documents. They have received media attention ([4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11]) and would like to request an article be written for the team, if Wikipedians deem it notable. It is hoped that making more information about the group available on Wikipedia will increase public awareness of the documents they are seeking to recover. Ongoing Today's Document challenge The Today's Document challenge is an opportunity for Wikipedians to get their work related to National Archives holdings spotlighted on Archives.gov and the National Archives' tumblr. Each day the National Archives selects a document related to the day's date to showcase. The goal is to get articles related to the selected documents on the main page in ""Did You Know...?" the same day that the National Archives features the document. Alternatively, other appropriate articles related to National Archives holdings not already selected will be used for new documents of the day by NARA staff and posted to their tumblr. Wikisource WP:NARA has a sister WikiProject on Wikisource, WS:NARA. On Wikisource, editors transcribe, proofread, and arrange documents. This helps to make little-known documents more discoverable, or well-known documents more searchable, and improves accessibility. See the files being worked on. If you are new to Wikisource and would like to participate, there are experienced Wikisourcerors willing to be mentors. New contributions A list of some recent contributions to the project: Wikipedia District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act (Fetchcomms) Court of the Patriarchs (CutOffTies) Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom (Fetchcomms) Wikisource1 Memorial of Queen Liliuokalani in relation to the Crown lands of Hawaii Petition from women of Brookline Resolutions of the Joint Committee on the Washington Monument H. R. 4982 A Petition For Universal Suffrage Susan B. Anthony petition for remission of fine Alexander Hamilton's commission to take rank as Colonel 1Credit goes to Prosody, Theornamentalist, Inductiveload, Digipoke, George Orwell III, Kathleen.wright5, BirgitteSB, and Zhaladshar Tools Archives.gov grabber (Slakr) Future plans Major image contribution The National Archives has hundreds of thousands of digitized documents in its holdings. We are working on a bulk upload to Commons of one particular cache of about 123,000 TIFF master files in the next few days! Once uploaded, these will require a massive community effort to help categorize the files on Commons and add them to articles on Wikipedia or transcribe them on Wikisource. Inclusion in the online catalog We are currently working on a system for including links to pages on Wikimedia projects in the National Archives online catalog. The Wikimedia projects are hosting an increasing number of transcriptions of National Archives documents and high-quality image and video files that are not available through NARA's own site. Links to these Wikimedia pages in the documents' actual catalog records will benefit the end user by providing them access to further resources about the documents, and they will also demonstrate the National Archives commitment to supporting Wikimedians' efforts. To stop receiving this newsletter, please remove your name from the list.

DC Meetup 21 - Who should come? You should. Really.
	DC MEETUP 21 is July 29! This meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. See you Friday! SarahStierch (talk) 16:32, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
	On Saturday, August 6, the National Archives is hosting a Wikipedia meetup, backstage pass tour, and edit-a-thon in College Park, Maryland. Meet staff and fellow Wikipedians, go behind the scenes at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Dominic·t 21:22, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DC Meetup 23 & Annual Membership Meeting

Wikimedia District of Columbia, the newest officially recognized chapter, is holding its Annual Membership Meeting at 1pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library. Agenda items include: election of the Board of Directors for the next two years approval of a budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year report on the activities and accomplishments of the past year social gathering afterwards at a nearby restaurant Candidate nominations are open until 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, September 24. We encourage you to consider being a candidate. (see see candidate instructions) The meeting is open to both the general public and members from within the DC-MD-VA-WV-DE region and beyond. We encourage everyone to attend! You may join the chapter at the meeting or online.

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National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
	You are invited to the National Archives in College Park for a special backstage pass and scanathon meetup with Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, on Saturday, October 8. Go behind the scenes and into the stacks at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Free catered lunch provided! Dominic·t 16:09, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fine Art Edit-a-Thon & Meetup - Who should come? You should. Really.

FINE ART EDIT-A-THON & DC MEETUP 26 is December 17! The Edit-a-Thon will cover fine art subjects from the Federal Art Project and the meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. You don't have to attend both to attend one (but we hope you do!) Click the link above and sign up & spread the word! See you there! SarahStierch (talk) 16:16, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are invited to the National Archives ExtravaSCANza, taking place every day next week from January 4–7, Wednesday to Saturday, in College Park, Maryland (Washington, DC metro area). Come help me cap off my stint as Wikipedian in Residence at the National Archives with one last success! This will be a casual working event in which Wikipedians are getting together to scan interesting documents at the National Archives related to a different theme each day—currently: spaceflight, women's suffrage, Chile, and battleships—for use on Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons. The event is being held on multiple days, and in the evenings and weekend, so that as many locals and out-of-towners from nearby regions1 as possible can come. Please join us! Dominic·t 01:17, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply] 1 Wikipedians from DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, and Pittsburgh have been invited.

DC Meetup #28: March 10 at Capitol City Brewery
DC Wikipedia meetup #28 is on Saturday, March 10, 2012, from 7pm on at Capitol City Brewery in downtown DC. (11th & H St NW). Join us for an evening of socializing, chatting about Wikipedia, discussing Wikimedia DC activities and the latest preparations for Wikimania 2012. (RSVP + details)

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Who should come? You should. Really.
	She Blinded Me with Science: Smithsonian Women in Science Edit-a-Thon will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Smithsonian Archives in Washington, D.C. This edit-a-thon will focus on improving and writing Wikipedia content about women from the Smithsonian who contributed to the sciences. It will be followed by a happy hour meetup! We look forward to seeing you there!

Sarah (talk) 22:48, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please join us for a Wikimedia DC Meetup & Dinner on Saturday, May 5. This will be a great opportunity to meet other Wikimedians from the DC area, discuss upcoming Wikimedia DC activities and events, and have fun over dinner and drinks. All ages are welcome! Kirill [talk] 04:00, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please join us for the second Smithsonian Institution Archives Edit-a-thon! This event will focus on Smithsonian history including the history of the Institution's museums, archives, research centers and the people behind them. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the Archives, work within them & with staff, and learn more about the world's largest museum complex. We hope you'll join us on Friday, May 25. Please sign up here! Sarah (talk) 21:44, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply] Note: You received this message because you were listed here. If you no longer wish to receive messages of this nature, please remove yourself from that list.

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A tag has been placed on Paul Palmer (author) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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"Masterpiece Museum" Edit-a-Thon at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Smithsonian American Art Museum and Wikimedia DC present the "Masterpiece Museum" Edit-a-Thon. Drawing from their vast vaults of art, the caretakers of the Smithsonian American Art Museum have meticulously drawn forth canvas jewels to import into Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia articles. The museum directors and staff are excited about this project, and would love to have experienced Wikimedians help in the effort! Kirill [talk] 17:59, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply] When August 10, 2012, 10 AM - 4 PM Where Smithsonian American Art Museum, 7th & F St NW, Washington, DC Signup Details & signup

Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries is part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012, the second annual continent-wide campaign to bring Wikipedia and libraries together with on-site events. Running this fall through October and November, libraries (and archives) will open their doors to help build a lasting relationship with their local Wikipedian community.

Organized by Wikimedia DC, this event will take place on October 12, 2012, and will include new editor training, a "backstage pass" tour of the National Museum of Natural History, and an edit-a-thon. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Kirill ^[talk] 18:43, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 10 is Ada Lovelace's birthday! Not only was she the world's first computer programmer, but also the world's first female open source developer! Come celebrate with Wikimedia District of Columbia at Busboys & Poets for an informal get together!

The Washington, DC event will be held on Monday, December 10, 2012 at Busboys & Poets on 5th St NW & K St NW near Mt Vernon Square. The area is easily accessible by the Red Line Chinatown stop and the Yellow Line and Green Line Mt Vernon Square stop, as well as by WMATA buses.

Kirill ^[talk] 14:17, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC and four other local media nonprofits—the National Press Club's Young Members Committee, 100Reporters, IRE and the Fund for Investigative Journalism—in winding down another year with a night of well-mannered frivolity.

The festivities will take place on Friday evening from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM in the Zenger Room on the 13th Floor of the National Press Club, located on 529 14th Street NW, near Metro Center. There will be meat and vegetarian appetizers as well as a cash bar with specially reduced drink prices all night long. In addition, we will be exhibiting the finalists of the Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest at the event.

Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 04:42, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for Happy Hour at the Capitol City Brewery at Metro Center on Thursday, February 28 at 6 p.m. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 34. Hope to see you there! Harej (talk) 02:28, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Etacar11, since you are interested in meetups in DC, I'd like to invite you to attend the Cato Institute's "Wikipedia and Legislative Data" events on March 14. (There's also an all day workshop on March 15; let me know if you are interested, we may be able to add more people.)

There will be an introduction to Wikipedia and open edit-a-thon in the afternoon, and a Sunshine Week Reception in the evening. I hope you can make it!

• Please sign up here
• Announcement on Cato's blog
• Background from Cato sponsor Jim Harper's perspective
• Background from Wikipedian Pete Forsyth's perspective

Hope to see you there! -Pete (talk) 19:12, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Guapo's at Tenleytown-AU on Saturday, March 9 at 5 PM All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 35. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 14:03, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian and the National Museum of Women in the Arts are teaming up to organize a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29, 2013 from 10:00am - 5:00pm. The event is focused on encouraging women editors while improving Wikipedia entries about women artists and art world figures. This event is free of charge, but participation is limited to 20 volunteers, so RSVP today! Sarasays (talk) 23:19, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, April 13 at 5:30 PM All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 36. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 19:08, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The "All Things GW" editathon on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. is a rare chance to go behind the scenes in the University Archives of the GW Libraries and use their unique resources to research and update Wikipedia pages related to The George Washington University and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. Did you miss our last D.C. history editathon? This is your is your chance to come edit with wiki-friends using different great collection! The event includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives and a show-and-tell of some of its most interesting treasures, snacks, and the editathon.

Participation is limited to 30 volunteers, so RSVP today! Dominic·t 07:22, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for two exciting events this weekend:

On the evening of Friday, April 19, we're hosting our first-ever WikiSalon at our K Street office. The WikiSalon will be a twice-monthly informal meetup and collaborative editing event to help build the community of Wikimedia enthusiasts here in DC; please join us for its inaugural session. Light refreshments will be provided.

On Saturday, April 20, we've partnered with the George Washington University to host the All Things GW Edit-a-Thon at the Teamsters Labor History Research Center. Please join us for behind-the-scenes tours of the University Archives and help edit articles about GWU history.

We look forward to seeing you at one or both of these events! Kirill ^[talk] 20:13, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, May 11 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 23:13, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of May 24 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 18:28, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Join us at the NLM next week, either in person or online, to learn about NLM resources, hear some great speakers, and do some editing!

On Tuesday, 28 May there will be a community Wikipedia meeting at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland - with a second on Thursday, 30 May for those who can't make it on Tuesday. You can participate either in-person, or via an online webinar. If you attend in person, USB sticks (but not external drives) are ok to use.

Please go to the event page to get more information, including a detailed program schedule.

If you are interested in participating, please register by sending an email to [email protected]. Please indicate if you are coming in person or if you will be joining us via the webinar. After registering, you will receive additional information about how to get to our campus (if coming in-person) and details about how to join the webinar. Klortho (talk) 00:54, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 11:59, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for the last-minute notice, but on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 6 PM, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute are hosting a Legislative Data Meetup. We will discuss the work done so far by WikiProject U.S. Federal Government Legislative Data to put data from Congress onto Wikipedia, as well as what more needs to be done. If you have ideas you'd like to contribute, or if you're just curious and feel like meeting up with other Wikipedians, you are welcome to come! Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.

I hope to see you there!

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Harej (talk) 04:32, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, June 15 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 20:05, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

	Great American Wiknic DC at Meridian Hill Park
	You are invited to the Great American Wiknic DC at the James Buchanan Memorial at Meridian Hill Park. We would love to see you there, so sign up and bring something fun for the potluck! :)

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Harej (talk) 15:56, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, July 13 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 00:38, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:SAAM facade.jpg American Art Museum

Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian American Art Museum You're invited to the Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon, part of a series of edit-a-thons organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum to add and expand articles about American art and artists on Wikipedia. This event will include a catered lunch and special tours of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and the Lunder Conservation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 19, 2013 Smithsonian American Art Museum Meet at G Street Lobby (9th St. & G St. NW, Washington, D.C.) Capacity is limited, so please sign up today! If you would not like to receive future messages about meetups, please remove your name from our distribution list. Message delivered by Dominic·t 00:07, 12 July 2013 (UTC).[reply]

Luce Foundation Center

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 04:19, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 11:54, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 19:12, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 5 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 15:12, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]