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== First Comment ==
*If you have a question that is not one of the frequently asked questions below (moved to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GreenPine/welcome_page by [[User:GreenPine|GreenPine]] ([[User talk:GreenPine#top|talk]])), check out [[Wikipedia:Questions]], <span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:User talk:Sonia|action=edit&section=new}} ask me on my talk page]</span>, or click the button below. Happy editing and again, welcome! [[User talk:Sonia|<span style="color:#CC0099;">sonia</span><span style="color:black;">♫</span>]] 09:59, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

== [[Craig McAllister]] - article CE ==

Thank you very much, you have done a fine job there. Absolutly no objections, cheers, <small><b><i>[[User:Liamtaylor007|<span style="color:blue">Liam</span>]][[User talk:Liamtaylor007|<span style="color:red">Taylor</span>]]</i></b></small> 09:32, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

:Thanks for the feedback! Good luck with getting GA status for that article. [[User:GreenPine|<span style="color:#01796F;"><b> Pine </b><sub>(GreenPine)</sub></span>]] [[User talk:GreenPine|<sup>t</sup>]] 20:09, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

== Your WP signature is malformed ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/San_tribesman.jpg&diff=440447838]. Your WP signature should include a link to your WP userpage ([[User:Pine]]) --[[User:Hydrox|hydrox]] ([[User talk:Hydrox|talk]]) 20:49, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm confused. First, I DO check this page, and you only left this message yesterday, so I have no idea how you'd come to the conclusion that I don't check this page. <s>Second, the signature is NOT malformed. It links to this page. </s> I see what you mean. Wikipedia seems confused because of the usurp. I'll look at that, thanks. [[User:GreenPine|<span style="color:#01796F;"><b> Pine </b><sub>(GreenPine)</sub></span>]] [[User talk:GreenPine|<sup>t</sup>]] 17:46, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
:Sorry, I tried to contact you here, but you made new comment that SineBot fixed after that, so I concluded you were not receiving the message. Thanks anyway, if the problem is now fixed. Your signature must include a link to your logged in username's ([[User:Pine]]) user/talk page, even if it is a redirect.  --[[User:Hydrox|hydrox]] ([[User talk:Hydrox|talk]]) 18:54, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

== Renamed account troubles ==

{{collapse top|Technical details, not really important any more}}

;Usurped page needs splitting
{{tlp|adminhelp}}

This page, and the associated user page, need a history split.

On 13 June, the previous "User:Pine" was renamed to "User:Pine (usurped) [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=&page=User%3APine&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_patrol_log=1&hide_review_log=1], and "User:GreenPine" was renamed to "User:Pine" [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=renameuser&user=&page=User%3AGreenPine&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_patrol_log=1&hide_review_log=1].

At that time, this user talk page had just a single revision - the notification about the usurp [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pine_(usurped)&oldid=432649977].

However, after the rename, the "new" Pine ''copied'' over their talk page, here [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pine_(usurped)&diff=434370935&oldid=434101192].

Hence, it needs splitting, and the bulk of it merging back to the rightful location at [[User talk:Pine]].

And, [[User talk:GreenPine]] needs merging into [[User talk:Pine]].

And, [[User talk:GreenPine]] should redirect to [[User talk:Pine]]

And, ''this'' page - "User talk:Pine" - should end up with just the usurp request.

I think :-s

Same for the user page. <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white">&nbsp;Chzz&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 20:17, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

:Just about {{done}} I think. &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:The Earwig|<span style="color:#080;">The&nbsp;</span><span style="color:#040;">Earwig</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:The Earwig|<span style="color:black"><sup>(talk)</sup></span>]] 20:33, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

::Yep, all good; thx <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white">&nbsp;Chzz&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 21:09, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

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Pine, hiya.

I noticed your troubles with the rename; some of the pages got a bit mixed-up; the above request was me, working with an admin, to sort things out.

All should now be fine!

Your user page is just '''[[User:Pine]]''', and your user talk page is this one, <span class="plainlinks">'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pine User talk:Pine]'''</span>.

We've restored the edit history of your user-talk page.

'''You don't need to edit any other user/talk pages'''.

'''You should always log in as "Pine"'''.

The user/user-talk of GreenPine will redirect to this one (just in-case anyone follows a link from your old signature). 

The pages at [[User:Pine (usurped)]] and [[User talk:Pine (usurped)]] serve as a record of what happened.

I hope that is all OK now, and I'm sorry you had difficulties.

Also, my thanks to m'colleague {{user|The Earwig}} for helping sort it all out.

;Cloak on IRC

<s>-I am trying to resolve that part right now (I'm in contact with Avic, who I believe you spoke to before) and group contacts; I will write more here within the hour.
{{doing}} ...</s>

I'm sorry; I did try to resolve your IRC Cloak issues, but I was unable to do so; I was told, you need to just apply for a cloak in the normal way, [[WP:CLOAK]]. <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white">&nbsp;Chzz&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 05:23, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

{{user:chzz/contact}}

Cheers, <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white">&nbsp;Chzz&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 21:09, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

==[[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120]]==
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==GOCE drive newsletter==
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==[[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sonia Sotomayor]]==
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== Page creation in apparent violation of NOTPROMOTION ==

You wrote that article [[Infopulse Ukraine LLC]] appears to violate [[WP:NOTPROMOTION]].
# Could you explain what exact parts of article violates [[WP:NOTPROMOTION]]? I hope it will reduce amount of my work to correct it.
# How to move the article back to my userspace correctly? Can you do it for me? I would like do not lose the histories of edits of the article. [[User:ALEF7|ALEF7]] ([[User talk:ALEF7|talk]]) 14:19, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

:::OK, I let's leave it in the article space for now if you're going to work on it briskly, but tag it with [[Template:Under Construction]] so that people know that the article needs work. 

:::The basics of Wikipedia are that it is a "neutral compilation of verifiable, established facts," about notable subjects. For example, [[Microsoft]] is a notable company, but a single employee dog walking service probably isn't notable. In the article about Microsoft, mentioning that its CEO is [[Steve Ballmer]] is probably notable, but the name of Steve Ballmer's secretary probably isn't. When applying the same standards to your article, a company with 700 employees might be notable, but most of the sources that you cite seem to be trade publications or internal company publications that don't demonstrate that the company has any real significance beyond the fact that it exists in its market space, provides some B2B services to other companies, and has some history behind it. There's nothing in the article about notable contributions that the company has made in engineering or any other field other than its service to other companies. 

:::So I would say that this article is borderline promotional in two ways, first because its demonstrated notability is so low that the mere existence of the page suggests that its main purpose is public relations rather than informing the reader of anything truly noteworthy for the general public, and second because the article's tone is generally complimentary, even going so far as to mention the employee training center and corporate giving programs which are absolutely not notable but do give good PR to the company, thus violating [[WP:NOTPROMOTION]] by their inclusion. I think that you could turn this into an acceptable article but I would start by deleting the sections about the employee training center and corporate giving programs, then working on improving the notability of the article by including more significant facts beyond than the company's support relationships to other companies and the company's employee headcount. See [[WP:NOTABILITY]] for more information about what is considered notable. At this point, the article probably fails the Notability standards for inclusion in Wikipedia, as well as having problems with NOTPROMOTION, but you might be able to fix both and I'll be happy to advise. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 08:20, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
==Talkback==
{{talkback|Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Female_guajon_frog_on_tree|ts=23:41, 28 August 2011 (UTC)}}
Someone is questioning your support !vote based on a minor change on the image   [[User:Cerejota|Cerejota]] ([[User talk:Cerejota|talk]]) 23:41, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

== Thank you for your comments on [[Talk:Inside Job (film)]] ==

Thank you for your comments on [[Talk:Inside Job (film)]].  (",)  [[Special:Contributions/97.87.29.188|97.87.29.188]] ([[User talk:97.87.29.188|talk]]) 22:10, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

* Thanks for your note! [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 20:29, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

== Service award ==

{{Novice Editor}}

For your 700 edits to Wikipedia, I hereby award Pine the Novice Editor service award. Please post this with pride on your talk page. [[User:Sp33dyphil|<small><b style="background:HotPink;color:white;">Sp33dyphil</b></small>]] ''<sup>"[[User talk:Sp33dyphil|Ad]] [[User:Sp33dyphil/Master plan|astra]]"</sup>'' 07:58, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
::::::Thank you! [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 21:07, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

== A <s>coal ball</s> barnstar for you! ==

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar'''
|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | ... is a good article. Thank you for nominating it against my wishes, when I was unsure and fearful of a quick-fail. →<span style="font-family:Euclid Fraktur">[[User:Σ|<span style="color:#BA0000;">Σ</span>]][[User talk:Σ|<span style="color:#003366;">τ</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Σ|<span style="color:#003366;">c</span>]].</span> 08:06, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
|}


::::::Thanks! I did the easy part. The [[coal ball]] article is the work of others such as yourself. :) [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 19:07, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

==GOCE drive newsletter==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/November 2011}} 
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== Thank you for the help last night. :) ==

Just wanted to thank you for the help last night Australia time.  Your contributions and fixing of my typos, grammatical issues and fixing of clarity issues was extremely helpful. :)  I really appreciate the assistance improving it.  I hope to take further advantage of your good will later today/tomorrow to further improve it. :) --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 20:31, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

== A kitten for you! ==

[[File:Kitten (06) by Ron.jpg|left|150px]]
The kitty is joyful! :D Thank you for the help last night with editing.  We'll get done with this one day. :) Your patience and expertise is very much appreciated. :D

[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 19:35, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
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== Missed you on IRC ==

Went out to dinner and forgot to set myself away. :( Sorry about that. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 07:35, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

== Writing Styles of Female Editors on Wikipedia ==

'''<nowiki>:D</nowiki>'''  I'm going to see the [[Canberra Capitals|Caps]] play tonight, so I won't be available on IRC. I didn't add any additional information of substance to the article between last night and tonight.  I did run a spell check on the document, and corrected a few obvious errors. The table that compares Female created articles v Male created articles is in a footnote, starting on line 401. The methodology was as follows: I got a list of articles I created (about 495) and a list of articles Hawkeye7 created (about 46) and checked the formal gender coding of my articles vs Hawkeye7's articles.  I did a very basic analysis, consisting of the following table:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|+ Sortable table
|-
!Category
!Count
!Per cent
|----
|Total Female Written Articles In Sample
|495
|91.50%
|----
|Total Male Written Articles in Sample
|46
|8.50%
|----
|Total Identified Female Writing
|37
|6.84%
|----
|Total Identified Male Writing
|504
|93.16%
|----
|Total Female Written Articles Female Writing For Female Articles
|34
|6.87%
|----
|Total Female Written Articles Male Writing for Female Articles
|461
|93.13%
|----
|Total Male Topic Female Writing for Male Articles
|3
|6.52%
|----
|Total Male Topic Male Writing for Male Articles
|43
|93.48%
|----
|}

This was it.  It supports the idea that there is no fundamental difference between male user/male identified and female user/female identified articles on the main space. The sample size of male and female users is limited to one each.  These articles have likely been edited by many other users of both genders. The small sample size is why this information was put as a footnote instead of in its own section.  If you think it is worth breaking out into its own section, I'm fine with the decision.  I just wanted to note the relatively small sample size and fact that we can't assume the articles were exclusively edited by people who shared the same gender characteristics as the creators.  (I know some of mine have not, as I have taken about ten to DYK, after asking for editing help from two males.)

I renamed the section that is now Comparison of Articles on Wikipedia and Other Wikis to that.  This section is about where I think we left off in editing. Around line 796, "Using the analysis setting for..." I made what had been three paragraphs into one and tried to link it a bit better.  The conclusions could be little more firm.  I moved the wikiHow information that was in the conclusion part of that section to 623, where I also added information that helps suggest Geek Feminism Wiki has a female contributor base. If you think it would make more sense and give greater cohesion in the conclusion of the section, please feel free to move it back. :)

Outside of the areas mentioned (which please by all means fix), I think the second draft is mostly done and could use a cursory overview for a third reading.  I've left the link for you on memoserv.  If there are any major issues, I should be back around 9pm UTC+11, though I assume you'll likely be asleep by then. :)

Thanks again for the help. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 05:44, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Team Barnstar Hires.png|100px]]
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Teamwork Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | You did fantastic work with working with myself and Hawkeye7 in contributing to the essay on meta. :D [[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 08:20, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
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== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
|rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | [[File:Copyeditor Barnstar Hires.png|100px]]
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Copyeditor's Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Fantastic awesomeness.  Seriously, the amount of work you did deserves too. :) [[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 08:21, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
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== A tool for you! ==

Hi {{BASEPAGENAME}}! I've just come across one of your edits (or that you have been patrolling new pages), and noticed that you might appreciate some help with references.

I case you're not aware, you might consider using [[WP:REFLINKS|this tool]] – it makes your life a whole heap easier, by filling in complete [[WP:CITET|citation templates]] for your links. All you do is install the script:
<pre><nowiki>
// Add [[WP:Reflinks]] launcher in the toolbox on left
addOnloadHook(function () {
 addPortletLink(
  "p-tb",     // toolbox portlet
  "http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/webreflinks.py/" + wgPageName 
   + "?client=script&citeweb=on&overwrite=&limit=30&lang=" + wgContentLanguage,
  "Reflinks"  // link label
)});
</nowiki></pre>
onto [[Special:MyPage/skin.js]], then paste the bare URL between your <nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki> tabs, and you'll find a clickable link called Reflinks in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). Then click that tool.  It does all the rest of the work (provided that you remember to save the page! It doesn't work for everything (particularly often not for PDF documents), but for pretty much anything ending in "htm" or "html" (and with a title) it will do really, really well. You may consider taking on [[:Category:Articles needing link rot cleanup]]. So long! --[[User:Sp33dyphil|Sp33dyphil]] ''[[User talk:Sp33dyphil|©]] • [[Special:Contributions/Sp33dyphil|©]]'' 09:24, 11 November 2011‎ (UTC)

== How off task can I be? ==

[[meta:Talk:Mind_the_Gap#Wording_differences_on_Wikipedia_between_male_and_female_user_pages|More data!]] --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 04:45, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
:This essay will haunt me until the end of time! [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 06:40, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

::But it is awesome! :D  So, because I was curious, I played around got HI! MORE DATA! I used the [http://www.wikihow.com/Category:User-Person user boxes on wikiHow] to create a list of wikiHow users by gender.  I then ran their userpages through the same analysis I did for Wikipedia users where we knew their gender based on user boxes.  The results are here:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|+ 
|-
!Category
!Gender
!Count
!Percentage
|----
|Wikihow Identified Gender
|Male
|66
|28.6%
|----
|.
|Female
|165
|71.4%
|----
|Program identified gender
|Male
|131
|56.7%
|----
|.
|Female
|100
|43.3%
|----
|Correctness
|Yes - Female
|81
|49.1%
|----
|.
|Yes - Male
|47
|71.2%
|----
|.
|No - Female
|84
|50.9%
|----
|.
|No - Male
|19
|28.8%
|----
|}

We're dealing with a much smaller sample from a site that has 43% female participation but an overall smaller contributor base.  They have a greater percentage of females identifying with userboxes than Wikipedia does.  (Suggests to me that women feel even more comfortable expressing femaleness there.)  Beyond that, the program correctly identifies women 11% more often than it does on Wikipedia.  11% in this case seems significant to me.  I think we can assume some bias for male writing nature in both spaces because of the factual nature conveyance for both… but Wikipedia's population and WikiHow's should match up if they were attracting similar types of females… and they aren't because there is that 11% difference.  Beyond that, the program correctly identified male users within 1% (both roughly 71%) for wikiHow and Wikipedia.  This says to me the two wikis have unique groups of female users as their characteristics are not the same.

Better idea of the users with in the group…

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|+ 
|-
!STDEV
!Female
!Male
|----
|Female
|1380.1
|1457.5
|----
|Male
|824.5
|1012.9
|----
|MEAN
|Female
|Male
|----
|Female
|810.1
|852.3
|----
|Male
|558.5
|693.6
|----
|MEDIAN
|Female
|Male
|----
|Female
|324
|367
|----
|Male
|276.5
|319.5
|----
|MODE
|Female
|Male
|----
|Female
|0
|0
|----
|Male
|0
|213
|----
|}

--[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 11:00, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

== Hi ==

I'm wondering if the cn is still required on the [[iss]] ? <span style="text-shadow:#c5C3e3  0.2em 0.2em 0.2em; class=texhtml">[[User:Penyulap|<span style="color:#002100">'''Penyulap'''</span>]]</span><sub>[[User talk:Penyulap|<span style="color:07AA07">''' talk'''</span>]]</sub> 04:16, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
:I think it is. The claim that, "its final position at the front of the station increases the risk of damage from debris", is not supported by the referenced sources. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 07:38, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
::Well spotted, I think I popped in the wrong one, I put in a link to the Kibō page rather than the ISS page, which has the swapping positions bit. Any better now ? There are 3 refs now, maybe I should lose the Kibō one ? <span style="text-shadow:#c5C3e3  0.2em 0.2em 0.2em; class=texhtml">[[User:Penyulap|<span style="color:#002100">'''Penyulap'''</span>]]</span><sub>[[User talk:Penyulap|<span style="color:07AA07">''' talk'''</span>]]</sub> 07:53, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
:::Hi Pine, I've reworded that part to something better, anyhow, I'd invite you to take a look at the new wording. Also, please do keep in mind that the article has images of both Kibō's different position in the freedom space station section, as well as the risk model image in the debris section as well, plus over-referencing, called cite overkill would be something to keep in mind too. <span style="text-shadow:#c5C3e3  0.2em 0.2em 0.2em; class=texhtml">[[User:Penyulap|<span style="color:#002100">'''Penyulap'''</span>]]</span><sub>[[User talk:Penyulap|<span style="color:07AA07">''' talk'''</span>]]</sub> 22:33, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
::::I'd agree that the two images showing the risk model and the location of Kibo on the station, combined, support the statement. I also agree that over-referencing could be an issue, so I'm satisfied with not adding references. However, the references don't appear to support that "only significant change has been the placement of it's ballistic shielding." Also, I am concerned that http://www.astronautix.com/ appears to be a website belonging to a private writer who doesn't list his credentials, and is therefore not a reliable source. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 07:12, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
:::::That's cool. I think sometimes, rather than just plagiarize 8-) I should use some of my own words, but naturally not 'make stuff up'. Summarizing sub-articles into main articles, or large sources into articles, it takes a bit of compression as well as simplification, or using easier to understand wording. They call it 'approachable' language in wiki-speak. I wouldn't worry about that site, if he has gone to ''that'' much trouble to come up with such a wealth of info, just to fool everyone, and has got away with it for so many years, well, I say we should all fall for it, out of professional courtesy to the greatest trickster of all time. Now NASA on the other hand, OMG misleading all the time (seriously) I could give you examples all day long. Hey what do you think of that link I gave on the talkpage ? The 'ritual' one ? lolz <span style="text-shadow:#c5C3e3  0.2em 0.2em 0.2em; class=texhtml">[[User:Penyulap|<span style="color:#002100">'''Penyulap'''</span>]]</span><sub>[[User talk:Penyulap|<span style="color:07AA07">''' talk'''</span>]]</sub> 21:11, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

== Your vote ==

Hello Pine.

After you voted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Golden_Gate_Bridge_Sunset alternative was added, and the caption was changed. Maybe you could clarify your vote in regards to alternative.

Thanks.--[[User:GXK147|GXK147]] ([[User talk:GXK147|talk]]) 03:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
::I like alt 1 better. Unfortunately the time for voting has expired. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 20:56, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

== Re:Request to close conversation ==

I think it would be a little ironic of me to close that discussion, considering I've participated in it! I'm not sure it really needs closing as such- no changes need to be made, nothing needs to be clarified. Everyone seems to agree that there are occasions when a participant may be a closer, but most also seem to agree that no guidelines need to be added. [[User:J Milburn|J Milburn]] ([[User talk:J Milburn|talk]]) 23:29, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

== Re:Borderline vandalism on an FPC nomination ==

That is not vandalism, not even borderline- he is opposing based on perceived flaws in the picture. We might claim that his reasoning is poor, and we may be able to do so more civilly than TropicalAnalystwx13, but we most certainly should not be trying to get him blocked. Further, AIV is rarely going to be appropriate for established users, and the comment was made, and retracted, days ago. [[User:J Milburn|J Milburn]] ([[User talk:J Milburn|talk]]) 11:01, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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== Editing assistance: Perspectives on women in the WMF movement ==

Hi. :D As you do a fantastic job editing, I was wondering if you might be willing to help improve some of the articles on [[meta:WikiWomenCamp/FAQ/Perspectives|Perspectives on women in the WMF movement]].  At the moment, I've mostly done a lot of random putting of data into these articles, much of which is repetitive across different countries.  They have no organisation, no framework and often utilise really poor grammar. :(  It would be great to improve the organisation and flow on some of these articles, begin to give some of them a more unique feel… instead of a generic perspective with just the numbers changed. :)  The purpose of these little sections is to bench mark women's related content by country, the on wiki involvement of women women from a certain country, the involvement of women inside the country (chapters or running events) and the involvement of women behind the scenes in the larger context of Wikimedia Foundation projects. It needs to be written as neutrally as possible, to not condemn the WMF for any failures here, nor to make the WMF look extra special awesome for how well they have done that.  You're good with doing that balance. :) --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 21:50, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

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== The Quasar barnstar ==

Pine, a message awaits you here[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Awards#The_Quasar_barnstar]. Please feel free to delete this notification and also to comment on my talk page if you like. Thank you. [[User:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#800080">'''Djathink'''</span>]][[User talk:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#FF00FF">'''imacowboy'''</span>]][[Special:EmailUser/Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#000000"><sup>''(yell)''</sup></span>]] 10:32, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
: Regarding the new thread+star proposal.... Pine, I know you will have seen my comment at the thread for the new star proposal. I just wanted to drop a line here and say this really upsets me. Are you all really just going to ignore the fact that the new proposal has stolen the idea from my star? You even say yourself, The Quasar is going to be a [[PUA]] so ''this'' new star looks delightful. I don't appreciate thieves. You are not being accused of thievery: the proponent of that new star is in my book the thief. He clearly stole the original intent for the Quasar and re-worded it to make you all happy. So now his star will be created with his name on it... but it is ''my'' star.--[[User:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#DC143C;">Djathinkimacowboy</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#00013;">''what now?!''</span>]]</sup> 13:50, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
:: In case you are going to feel a bit lost, I mean the proposed '''"Instructor's Barnstar"'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Awards#The_Instructor.27s_Barnstar].--[[User:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#DC143C;">Djathinkimacowboy</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#00013;">''what now?!''</span>]]</sup> 13:55, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
::: Sorry to bog the page, feel free to delete it all if you like. You ought to see this[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SMcCandlish#Barnstar]. It is the way I feel-- what was done to the Quasar wasn't bad enough, ''now'' I discover even more evidence that my original idea was simply stolen. Was it stolen? Was it somebody else's original idea too? You decide. This is really upsetting, I cannot overemphasise that!--[[User:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#DC143C;">Djathinkimacowboy</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#00013;">''what now?!''</span>]]</sup> 15:09, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
:::: I have responded to your concerns at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards#The Instructor's Barnstar]] - [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 08:41, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

== Query: new star idea proposals ==

Pine, as to this[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Awards#Duplicate_barnstars] may I query? How often may an editor propose a new barnstar? Please reply my talk page, thanks.--[[User:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#DC143C;">Djathinkimacowboy</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#00013;">''chase me thru the cemetery''</span>]]</sup> 13:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
: For example, though here it's more of a 2nd query about specific stars already in existence: is there a star for editors who enlarge, brnup]]. So long! --[[User:Sp33dypwise enrich articles? Not something general like "improving", but, say, an editor who improves orphan articles etc.?--[[User:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#DC143C;">Djathinkimacowboy</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Djathinkimacowboy|<span style="color:#00013;">''chase me thru the cemetery''</span>]]</sup> 13:50, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

== Community input required: lowering delist bar at FPC ==

You are receiving this because of your current or past association with the Featured Pictures project. Following on from several cases where closers did not observe the prescribed minimum votes required for a delisting, there is now a motion to entirely dismiss the requirement for a minimum. Please participate in the discussion as wide-ranging changes may arise. [[User:Papa Lima Whiskey 2|Papa Lima Whiskey 2]] ([[User talk:Papa Lima Whiskey 2|talk]]) 13:48, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
:Courtesy link: [[Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates#Delist procedure changes]]. [[User:Papa Lima Whiskey 2|Papa Lima Whiskey 2]] ([[User talk:Papa Lima Whiskey 2|talk]]) 13:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)


==A Gift!==
For a fine editor who needs a lift!
[[File:Excelero.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A gift.]] [[User:Anna Frodesiak|Anna Frodesiak]] ([[User talk:Anna Frodesiak|talk]]) 11:21, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
:Thanks Anna! [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 09:34, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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== DYKs ==

[[User:LauraHale/DYK pass fail]]. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 01:33, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
:What are you asking of me? [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 07:57, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

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==World Factoring Yearbook==
I'm leaving this message as you're listed as a current participant of WikiProject Business. I was informed yesterday that the current World Factoring Yearbook (circa £150) is now free for download as an ebook. It's a matter of filling out [http://www.bcrpub.co.uk/registration this form].  I'm not sure if you'll find this useful as a reliable source, but I thought I should let you know that it's freely available online. I apologise in advance if this doesn't interest you! All the best, [[User:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry|The Cavalry]] ([[User talk:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry|Message me]]) 15:12, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

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== Saw these and thought of you. ==

[[File:Burglar scarecrow - Blewbury Scarecrow Competition, Oxfordshire - geograph.org.uk - 1364714.jpg|left|thumb|What you are...]]
[[File:Hourglass_jesus.jpg|left|thumb|What you need.]]
* [[User:Ocaasi|Ocaasi]]<sup> [[User talk:Ocaasi|t ]]|[[Special:Contributions/Ocaasi| c]]</sup> 01:26, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
**Thanks. :) This is what happens when you have bills to pay and have to work. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 02:07, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
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== Talkback ==

In case you aren't watching, [[user talk:Dcoetzee#Non-automated edit counts]]. [[User talk:Sonia|<span style="color:#CC0099;">sonia</span>]]♫ 19:26, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

== All your fault ==

[[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Australia women's national water polo team set‎ ]].  I got three opinions and yeah.  We'll see how that goes.  Scared to look.  Either way, good to nominate just to know the process. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 23:10, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

== Milk tea for you! ==

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:Thank you! [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup>talk</sup>]] 08:13, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

== Reply ==

<div style="background-color: #BBDDFF; border: #4169E1 1px solid; margin: 2em 0 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; ">[[File:Nuvola apps edu languages.svg|left|40px|link=Wikipedia:Requests for comment/COI]]'''Hello, Pine. You have new messages at  [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/COI|Wikipedia:Requests for comment/COI]].'''<br /><span class="plainlinks" style="font-size: 88%; font-weight: normal;"> You can [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} remove this notice] at any time.</span></div> Thanks for your queries ,hope I have clarified to you.I support retaining both [[WP:COI]] and [[WP:COIN]] in short .[[User:Pharaoh of the Wizards|Pharaoh of the Wizards]] ([[User talk:Pharaoh of the Wizards|talk]]) 14:02, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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* UK report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/UK report|British Library seek Wikipedian in Residence; Black Country Museum Backstage Pass]]
* France report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/France report|Continuation of the GLAM projects, GLAM Conference in Belgrade]]
* Germany report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Germany report|Cultural Partnerships coordinator for Germany]]
* Italy report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Italy report|Wiki Loves Monuments, Gruppo Archeologico Ambrosiano and Wikipedian in Residence Course in Milan]]
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* Netherlands report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Netherlands report|The Teylers Challenge]]
* Australia and New Zealand report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Australia and New Zealand report|Australian GLAM efforts: Sports, Libraries and other cultural institutions]]
* Israel report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Israel report|GLAM:NLI Project Report, New GLAM-IL Collaborations, GLAM-IL Mailing List]]
* Africa report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Africa report|Wikimedia Kenya and New Institutions Contributing to African Knowledge on Wikipedia]]
* Russia report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Russia report|GLAM in Russia: RIA Novosti]]
* Sweden report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Sweden report|GLAM in Sweden; white paper starte]]
* Denmark report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Denmark report|Wikipedian-in-Residence at Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen]]
* India report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/India report|Collaboration with Crafts Museum]]
* Wiki Loves Monuments report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Wiki Loves Monuments report|Wiki Loves Monuments: worldwide in 2012]]
* Tool testing report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Tool testing report|BaGLAMa now with timelines; Linkypedia is back; AmalGLAMate; Xmas bug; Toolserver problems]]
* Open Access report: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Open Access report|Ten years "Open Access"; chameleons, bees, copyright]]
* Calendar: [[GLAM/Newsletter/February 2012/Contents/Events|March's GLAM events]]

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== Re: FP category ==

Panoramas go in the panorama category. It's a panorama, so... If you think that categorising content based on height to width ratio is silly, I'm likely to agree with you. However, that would mean re-allocating all the existing panoramas. I was involved in a big re-organisation that was started many months ago and is now mostly complete, where among other things, the distinction between wikipedian and non-wikipedian images was removed. If you want to argue for something similar w.r.t. panoramas, I will support your argument, but I won't be doing any of the work.

Three other comments:
#The category specification was originally added to make it easier for closer. So the way I see it, it's still closer's discretion, although closers can obviously make mistakes (and more people should be active as closers).
#From what I've seen, in those cases where the EV of the picture is for a bridge, they've mostly ended up in [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others]]. So I see that as the status quo that you would have to challenge (and that your current placement runs against).
#There are people who think that listing in multiple FP categories is okay or even desirable, and there are some who think that's bloat. For possible future re-organisation, it's definitely easier if each picture is in just one category.

[[User:Papa Lima Whiskey 2|Papa Lima Whiskey 2]] ([[User talk:Papa Lima Whiskey 2|talk]]) 23:44, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

== NY training sessions ==

To tell you the truth, I'm not really much of a powerpoint/slides person.  I tend to work more in my presentations directly from Wikipedia policy pages and example articles, and trying to engage the trainees from general points and their particular questions and interests.--[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 12:16, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

== GOCE March drive newsletter ==

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'''Participation''':
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Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far.

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== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cooperation/Paid_editing_on_Wikipedia|Paid editing on Wikipedia]] draft ==
Hey Pine, hope things are going well. :) 

I just finished a massive draft on our own very topical subject of paid editing on Wikipedia.  I would love your close copyediting approach in checking it for neutrality, formatting, organization, reference detail, etc.  I hope you can take a quick look.  Cheers! [[User:Ocaasi|Ocaasi]]<sup> [[User talk:Ocaasi|t ]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Ocaasi| c]]</sup> 12:24, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
*Thanks for the heads up. I don't have enough time to look at that thoroughly right now but hopefully I'll get to it sometime this week. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 23:21, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

==You are invited to this local event!==
I would like to invite you to attend a Wikipedia meetup described on {{#if:seattlewp|[[Wikipedia:Meetup/seattlewp]]|[[WP:MEETUP]]}}. This meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 3 April 7pm in [[Café Allegro]].  Thank you for your attention and I hope to see you there.


This invitation is a template message, by the way. What do you think of it? [[User:Bluerasberry|<span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">''' Blue Rasberry '''</span>]][[User talk:Bluerasberry|<span style="cursor:help"><span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">(talk)</span></span>]] 23:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

* Replied. The template is ok but how about adding a picture? [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 23:20, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

== Bloomberg Television Revisions ==

Hi-there. I spoke with you a few weeks ago about updating the Bloomberg Television article. You originally gave me the advice to post my revisions to the article's talk page, which I did. Unfortunately, I haven't heard back from anyone on the page, I assume from generally low traffic to that article. I know you're very busy with other priorities, but if you have time, would you mind taking a look at my revisions? I have them saved in my Sandbox here: [[User:RivBitz/Bloomberg_Television_Sandbox]]. Thank you in advance!--[[User:RivBitz|RivBitz]] ([[User talk:RivBitz|talk]]) 15:32, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
*Hi, I've put this on my to do list. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 20:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
::Hi-there, I was just wondering if you ever had a chance to take a look at my revisions for this article? I have sought out a few other opinions, but none have proved successful. Thanks! --[[User:RivBitz|RivBitz]] ([[User talk:RivBitz|talk]]) 19:36, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

== Hiya Pine! Teahouse question ==

Hola Pine :) A few weeks ago you mentioned adding the Teahouse to welcome templates, and I said I had to wait to say "yes!" to that. Well now I'm saying...yes! How can we make that happen? Thanks for all you do (I usually have foundation-l go to my trashcan, but, I was told about your posts recently and enjoyed reading about it..thanks for being so positive <3 ) [[User:SarahStierch|Sarah]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 21:15, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
*Hi Sarah, I have added the link back to [[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia]] after seeing your request here. To add the link to [[Template:Welcome]] you will need to contact an administrator because that template is [[Wikipedia:Page protection#Full protection|fully protected]]. You may need to get a consensus to add the link to that template by posting your request at [[Template talk:Welcome]] before you request an administrator to add the link from that template. Thanks for your comments about the discussion on Foundation-l, and speaking of Foundation-l you may want to ask Steven Walling if he can include Teahouse information and links in his template testing work. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 08:53, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
::Hi Pine. Thanks for adding that link. I'll ask an admin about the welcome template and seek consensus. Thanks for your input. We've pinged Steven and Maryana, not really sure if they're doing any template testing right now, but it's on their table at least. Thanks! [[User:SarahStierch|Sarah]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 16:46, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
==References==
Please use high quality references per [[WP:MEDRS]] such as [[review articles]] or major textbooks. Thanks .{{-}}[[User:Jmh649|<span style="color:#0000f1">'''Doc James'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Jmh649|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/Jmh649|contribs]] · [[Special:EmailUser/Jmh649|email]]) 21:48, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
:To what article are you referring? [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 21:57, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
::I have found the place where you reverted me. The section in [[WP:MEDRS]] on "Respect secondary sources" says specifically, "Using a secondary source often allows the fact to be stated with greater reliability." [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 06:12, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
:::We do not typically use the popular press per [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)#Popular_press]. The second ref is a primary research paper. --[[User:Jmh649|<span style="color:#0000f1">'''Doc James'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Jmh649|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/Jmh649|contribs]] · [[Special:EmailUser/Jmh649|email]]) 17:21, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
::::OK, I get it now. [[WP:MEDRS]] isn't the most reader friendly policy I've encountered. If I get motivated enough I may propose rewording the section on secondary sources. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 19:47, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Sure we would be happy for feedback. --[[User:Jmh649|<span style="color:#0000f1">'''Doc James'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Jmh649|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/Jmh649|contribs]] · [[Special:EmailUser/Jmh649|email]]) 23:24, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

== Depression (mood) ==

Wrt your most recent [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Depression_%28mood%29&curid=840273&diff=485291028&oldid=485287357 edit] at [[Depression (mood)]], my comment that medication, psychotherapy and ECT are the mainstays of medical treatment is readily sourceable, but I agree with its removal until it's sourced to a [[WP:MEDRS]]-compliant source. As for the applicability and efficacy of the other interventions for ''depression associated with psychiatric syndromes'', I'm concerned that we don't mislead the reader. Would you consider deleting that content until those assertions are sourced to a [[WP:MEDRS]]-compliant source?

The present content of that whole article is mostly uncontroversial, but it nevertheless is badly bereft of sources. I've got a lot on right now, but will eventually get to that if no one else has in the meantime. --[[User:Anthonyhcole|Anthonyhcole]] ([[User talk:Anthonyhcole|talk]]) 06:57, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

:I removed the statement "depression associated with a mental disorder" from the section that lists treatments because the article isn't about [[clinical depression]] directly, and I don't think that we need to worry about [[WP:MEDRS]] as much because most of the studies are talking about treatments for [[clinical depression]] instead of the "simple" mood of depression. I think we need to make clear that [[clinical depression]] is a separate subject from what's covered in [[Depression (mood)]]. However, many of the articles that are linked from the treatment paragraph do have references that talk about effectiveness. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 07:51, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
::[[WP:MEDRS]] is essential for all medical content. As it now stands, that section, [[Depression (mood)#Treatment]], is a bit of a mish-mash. Since most of the included treatments are unsourced, and as a precaution against inadvertently misleading the reader, I'll remove the section for now. Let's work on the wording on the talk page, and post it into the article when we've got something that is coherent, useful and reliably sourced. I can't attend to that immediately - I'm meant to be addressing [[Cancer pain]] next - but will get to it soon. Feel free to start without me. My main concern is not having unsourced and possibly useless/erroneous assertions about treatment in the article. (I'll copy this comment to the article talk page so we can continue there. --[[User:Anthonyhcole|Anthonyhcole]] ([[User talk:Anthonyhcole|talk]]) 09:47, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

== ''This Month in GLAM'': March 2012 ==

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* USA report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/USA report|Latest Wikipedian in Residence at Smithsonian; paid Wikipedian in Residence positions listed]]
* UK report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/UK report|QRpedia goes to Church; edit-a-thon at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry]]
* Spain report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Spain report|Figueres Edit-a-thon; GLAM workshop for museum professionals and educators]]
* France report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/France report|New partnerships and progress of many projects]]
* Germany report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Germany report|Leipzig Book Fair; More on the Long Nights]]
* Russia report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Russia report|GLAM in Russia]]
* Bulgaria report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Bulgaria report|GLAM in Bulgaria]]
* Serbia report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Serbia report|Open Wiki GLAM of Serbia Conference, The internal meeting]]
* Chile report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Chile report|First Latin American GLAM-WIKI conference hosted in Santiago]]
* Mexico report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Mexico report|Edit-a-thon at Museo de Arte Popular]]
* Africa report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Africa report|55 GLAMs contributes to African contents on Wikipedia]]
* Australia and New Zealand report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Australia and New Zealand report|Australian and New Zealand GLAM efforts]]
* Open Access report: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Open Access report|Scholarly journal goes wiki; Open Access Media Importer takes shape]]
* Calendar: [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/March 2012/Contents/Events|April's GLAM events]]

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Greetings from the [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2012|March 2012 Backlog elimination drive]]! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter.</br>

'''Participation'''

Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to '''[[User:Lfstevens|Lfstevens]]''', who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months.

'''Progress report'''

During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2012/Barnstars|here]].

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==''The Tea Leaf'' - Issue Two==
Hi! Welcome to the second edition of ''The Tea Leaf'', the official newsletter of the [[WP:Teahouse|Teahouse]]! 
*'''Teahouse celebrates one month of being open!''' This first month has drawn a lot of community interest to the Teahouse. [[Wikipedia:Teahouse/Hosts|Hosts]] & community members have been working with the project team to improve the project in many ways including creating scripts to make inviting easier, exploring mediation processes for troubling guests, and best practices regarding mentoring for new editors who visit the Teahouse. 
[[File:Backlit tea leaf.jpg|thumb|right|Springtime means fresh tea leaves...]]
*'''First month metrics report an average of 30 new editors visiting the Teahouse each week.''' Approximately 30 new editors participate in the Teahouse each week, by way of asking questions and making guest profiles. An average of six new questions and four new profiles are made each day. We'd love to [[Wikipedia_talk:Teahouse|hear your ideas]] about how we can spread the word about the Teahouse to more new editors.
*'''Teahouse has many regulars.''' Like any great teahouse, our Teahouse has a 61% return rate of guests, who come back to ask additional questions and to also help answer others' questions. Return guests cite the speedy response rate of hosts and the friendly, easy to understand responses by the hosts and other participants as the main reasons for coming back for another cup o' tea!
*'''Early metrics on retention.''' It's still too early to draw conclusions about the Teahouse's impact on new editor retention, but, early data shows that 38% of new editors who participate at the Teahouse are still actively editing Wikipedia 2-4 weeks later, this is compared with 7% from a control group of uninvited new editors who showed similar first day editing activity. Additional metrics can be found on the [[meta:Research:Teahouse/Metrics|Teahouse metrics page]].
*'''Nine new hosts welcomed to the Teahouse.''' Nine new hosts have been welcomed to the Teahouse during month one: [[User:Chicocvenancio|Chicocvenancio]], [[User:Cullen328|Cullen328]], [[User:Hallows AG|Hallows AG]], [[User:Jeffwang|Jeffwang]], [[User:Mono|Mono]], [[User:Tony1|Tony1]], [[User:Worm_That_Turned|Worm That Turned]], [[User:Writ Keeper|Writ Keeper]], and [[User:Nathan2055|Nathan2055]]. Welcome to the Teahouse gang, folks! 
*'''Say hello to the new guests at the Teahouse.''' Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest [[Wikipedia:Teahouse/Guests|guests]] at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is a really nice way to make new editors feel welcome. 
<small>You are receiving ''The Tea Leaf'' after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username [[WP:Teahouse/The Tea Leaf|here]]. -- [[User:SarahStierch|Sarah]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 21:46, 5 April 2012 (UTC)</small>

== April 21 Edit-a-thon in Portland ==

Thought you would be interested in this special event if you're up for the trip: [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland]].--[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 14:16, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

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:Hi Pine! Thanks for volunteering to lead the meeting on Monday. Please show up about 2-3 minutes early so we can make sure your sound is working. I've posted the general agenda here: [[outreach:Wikipedia_Education_Program_Metrics_and_Activities_Meeting]]. You'll be responsible for welcoming everyone to the meeting, and then asking Jami to kick it off with an update for the U.S. I will mute and unmute participants for the updates section, then at the end of Tom's update about Brazil, I'll have you ask if any other people who are at the meeting want to give an update (sometimes the representatives from the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Israel, or other countries have something they'd like to share). Then you can turn it over to Ayush for a short presentation of survey results, and then to Jami again for a discussion of the Working Group. Finally, you'll just need to ask if there are any questions at the end. When all questions are answered, or when we're approaching 1 hour, wrap up the meeting and thank everyone for joining us. Please let me know if you have any questions! -- [[User:Ldavis (WMF)|LiAnna Davis (WMF)]] ([[User_talk:Ldavis (WMF)|talk]]) 18:15, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
::OK. Should I ask people who offer unscheduled updates to limit themselves to five minutes or so? [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 20:05, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
:::Exactly -- each update should be no more than 5 minutes. Thanks, Pine! -- [[User:Ldavis (WMF)|LiAnna Davis (WMF)]] ([[User_talk:Ldavis (WMF)|talk]]) 20:09, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
::::OK, I think I've got it. This should be an interesting meeting! [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 07:03, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

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I think this might be of interest to you. --<small> [[User:とある白い猫/12|A Certain White Cat]]</small> <sup>[[User talk:とある白い猫/12|chi?]]</sup> 22:43, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

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*Thank you! [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 23:43, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

== Monarch in May ==

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Did the crop satisfy your concerns? Thanks. [[User:Makeemlighter|Makeemlighter]] ([[User talk:Makeemlighter|talk]]) 23:13, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
*Thanks for the notice. I replied at the nomination page. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 04:54, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

== Some stroopwafels for you! ==

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* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/UK report|UK report]]: MonmouthpediA project; first QRpedia railway station
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/Spain report|Spain report]]: Augmented Reality; emerging artists internship; workshop for museum professionals
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/France report|France report]]: Release of content and outreach 
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/Netherlands report|Netherlands report]]: Edit-a-thon at Teylers Museum
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/Germany report|Germany report]]: Long Nights; Wikipedia Academy; Wikipedia meets Museums, GLAM coordinator; Wikipedian in residence vacancy; Open GLAM workshop
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/Australia and New Zealand report|Australia and New Zealand report]]: Australian and New Zealand GLAM efforts
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/Israel report|Israel report]]: GLAM:NLI Edit-a-thon; Two Wikipedian-in-Residence positions
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/Sweden report|Sweden report]]: Wikipedian in Residence at the Swedish National Heritage Board
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/Bulgaria report|Bulgaria report]]: State Archive, Zoo and Natural History Museum
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/Open Access report|Open Access report]]: Journal meets Wikipedia; presentations at OA and Wikimedia conferences
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/April 2012/Contents/Events|Calendar]]: May's GLAM events

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== A nudibranch for you ==

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== List email ==

Yeah, it got through and has had several responses-- did you not receive any of these? [[User:Rob Schnautz (WMF)|<span style="font-family:linux libertine o, times; font-variant:small-caps">Rob SchnautZ (WMF)</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Rob Schnautz (WMF)#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Rob Schnautz (WMF)|contribs]]) </sup> 15:24, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

== Thank you! ==

Thank you for the strawberry's,they were delicious! "[[User:Selene Scott|Selene Scott]] ([[User talk:Selene Scott|talk]])"  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment added 05:22, 7 May 2012 (UTC).</span><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

: And I thank you for the barnstars :) [[User:Pol430|<span style="color:#00008B;">'''Pol430'''</span>]] [[User talk:Pol430|''talk to me'']] 09:25, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

== Suggestions ==

Thanks! I had a look this morning, and I'm glad you've clarified these issues that were brought up. I'm a bit confused about the claim that it would violate the privacy policy etc...are you as well? [[User:Rob Schnautz (WMF)|<span style="font-family:linux libertine o, times; font-variant:small-caps">Rob SchnautZ (WMF)</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Rob Schnautz (WMF)#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Rob Schnautz (WMF)|contribs]]) </sup> 20:30, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

== Talkback ==

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:Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! [[User:Excirial|<span style="color:#191970;">'''Excirial'''</span>]]<sup> ([[User talk:Excirial|<span style="color:#FF8C00;">Contact me</span>]],[[Special:Contributions/Excirial|<span style="color:#FF8C00;">Contribs</span>]])</sup> 13:44, 14 May 2012 (UTC)</div><!--Template:Afc decline--></div>
*Hi, that's not my AFC, I added the submission tag on behalf of someone else who was struggling to figure it out. I'll comment on your talk page. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 19:53, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

== GOCE May mid-drive newsletter ==

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'''Participation''': Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. {{nowrap|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2012#Participants|Join us]]!}}

'''Progress report''': We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles.

'''Hall of Fame''': GOCE coordinator [[User:Diannaa|{{teal|Diannaa}}]] was awarded a spot in the GOCE [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/GOCE Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: [[User:Dank|Dank]], [[User:Diannaa|Diannaa]] and [[User:Stfg|Stfg]]
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== Photo Question. ==

I was strolling thru my new HighBeam account and did a search on [[Chesterfield, Idaho]], an article I worked on when I first got started.  I saw on HighBeam where the photographer of the images, Val Roberts, had passed away a few months back at the age of 75.  I've always loved this [[:File:Chesterfield_Idaho_Denmark_Jensen_House.JPG|photo]] he took of the Denmark Jensen cabin.  It is a [[saltbox]] house built in 1884, three years after Chesterfield was settled.  The small building to the right is a root cellar.  Do you think it is FP worth?  Sorry, I've done FA and FL, but I'm not a photographer, so I have no idea about FPs. [[User:Bgwhite|Bgwhite]] ([[User talk:Bgwhite|talk]]) 06:52, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
:A historic building probably has enough encyclopedic value to meet that part of the FPC criteria, but this photo of the building probably would fail FPC because the image size is too small and the image isn't clear enough. This same shot taken with a better camera would have a better chance of becoming a featured picture. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 07:02, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
::I have a higher resolution photo in my email.  I just uploaded and replaced the photo with the higher res version.  Hopefully this is better.  Lucky I kept the over two year old email. I better update the other Chesterfield photos.  I do have a question.  Whenever I goto commons, it asks me to login.  Has been doing this for awhile, but didn't used to.  Is commons different when using the unified login? [[User:Bgwhite|Bgwhite]] ([[User talk:Bgwhite|talk]]) 07:29, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
:::Commons is still showing me the lower resolution photo, but maybe there's a delay between your upload and when it becomes available for others to download. Are you logging into one site using http and the other using https, because if so then you will need to log in separately to each site. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 07:32, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
::::Had me scared I did something wrong, but things look ok.  Would clearing out the web browser cache help?   I'm logging in via https on both sites.  I just logged out of commons and it also logged me out on Wikipedia.  When I re-logged into Wikipedia, I wasn't logged into commons.  But, if I'm logged out of both and log into commons first, I'm also automatically logged into Wikipedia.  Strange. [[User:Bgwhite|Bgwhite]] ([[User talk:Bgwhite|talk]]) 07:40, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
:::::I can see the image at 1,280 × 900 pixels but not at 2100 x 1,477 pixels. Can you try your upload again? The login issue sounds similar to one that I have with Outreach. I think it's a known problem. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 07:47, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
::::::I cleared my cache and clicked on [https:/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Chesterfield_Idaho_Denmark_Jensen_House.JPG full resolution] and I saw the 2100 x 1,477 pixel version.  Commons just doesn't like me. [[User:Bgwhite|Bgwhite]] ([[User talk:Bgwhite|talk]]) 08:15, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
:::::::OK this works for me now. I'd say that there's a lot of noise in that image that probably would make it not pass a featured pictures nomination, but you could think about a [[commons:commons:Valued_pictures|Commons Valued Pictures]] nomination. [[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#000000;">(talk)</sup>]] 18:42, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
::::::::Thank you for judgement.  I'll take to valued picture nomination then.  I never heard of that before, so thank you for telling me.  There's a photo of another saltbox house that is a crappy photo, but great house... house has two front doors, a door for each polygamous wife. [[User:Bgwhite|Bgwhite]] ([[User talk:Bgwhite|talk]]) 20:42, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

== CPO and related drafts ==

Hi there, Pine. Thanks for continuing to follow up the discussion on CPO and related articles. I've posted a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cooperation/Paid_Editor_Help#CFTC_wording|fairly detailed response]] to Fifelfoo's plagiarism allegation, and offered some alternative sources to Lexology below. I suppose it's more on Fifelfoo to reply at the moment, but I wanted to say thanks for helping to work this through. Also: I dig the green glow in your sig, don't believe I've seen that before. [[User:WWB Too|WWB Too]] ([[User talk:WWB Too|talk]]) 15:27, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

== Working Group members page ==

I like how proactive you are. However, the current questions are just in place until I hear back from a few people about what questions we should post on there. Sorry about the confusion! [[User:JMathewson (WMF)|JMathewson (WMF)]] ([[User talk:JMathewson (WMF)|talk]]) 20:40, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

== Pages ==

Thanks! Glad to know my work is appreciated. Keep up the good work yourself! [[User:Rob Schnautz (WMF)|<span style="font-family:linux libertine o, times; font-variant:small-caps">Rob SchnautZ (WMF)</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Rob Schnautz (WMF)#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Rob Schnautz (WMF)|contribs]]) </sup> 20:24, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

== STRAT-X ==

Hello Pine. We use the GOCE Requests page for requests made by editors to GOCE as a whole, that any editor may pick up. Throughout Wikipedia, many copy edits and similar things are done by private arrangement, and we don't record or archive those, as there is really no need. My understanding was that you did STRAT-X when Sp33dyphil accepted an offer you made privately. If so, we don't need to record that. Have I misunderstood it? Kind regards, --[[User:Stfg|Stfg]] ([[User talk:Stfg|talk]]) 11:47, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
*OK, I'll remove the entry from the GOCE archive. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;">[[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#01796F;">✉</sup>]]</span> 19:53, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
**Thanks. --[[User:Stfg|Stfg]] ([[User talk:Stfg|talk]]) 20:21, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

== ''This Month in GLAM'': May 2012 ==

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* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/UK report|UK report]]: Monmouthpedia launches; British Library Wikipedian in Residence
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/Spain report|Spain report]]: Wikipedian in Residence at National Art Museum; Wikimedia representation at MuseumNext
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/France report|France report]]: Cultural lobbying; current and future projects
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/Italy report|Italy report]]: Wiki Loves Monuments and Case Studies
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/Germany report|Germany report]]: GLAM work in cities across Germany
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/Sweden report|Sweden report]]: GLAM handbook released; Europeana Awareness project launched
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/Mexico report|Mexico report]]: Collaborating with local artisans through Museo de Arte Popular
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/Africa report|Africa report]]: Lagos Black Heritage Festival and Case Studies
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/Australia and New Zealand report|Australia and New Zealand report]]: Wikimedia representation at Intelligent Info conference; editing workshops
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/Open Access report|Open Access report]]: Open Access developments: politics and software
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/May 2012/Contents/Events|Calendar]]: June's GLAM events
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== GOCE May drive wrap-up ==

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'''Participation:''' Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, [[User:Lfstevens|Lfstevens]], again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2012/Barnstars|here]].

'''Progress report:''' We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago.

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== Email ==

You have one - could you please check quickly if possible?  Thanks!  [[User:Risker|Risker]] ([[User talk:Risker|talk]]) 00:03, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
:{{done}} <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;">[[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#01796F;">✉</sup>]]</span> 00:10, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

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== A kitten for you! ==
Thank you for the kitten! You are the best! I will try to learn and be brillian, I promise.

[[User:FiverFan65|Fiona Kelleghan]]
(and I'm probably doing something wrong there - but I will learn!)  <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:FiverFan65|FiverFan65]] ([[User talk:FiverFan65|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/FiverFan65|contribs]]) 11:49, 7 June 2012 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:You're welcome! <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;">[[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#01796F;">✉</sup>]]</span> 20:42, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

== Ping ==

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== Thanks ==

Thanks, which sandbox? The one on this wiki is empty. [[User:Rob Schnautz (WMF)|<span style="font-family:linux libertine o, times; font-variant:small-caps">Rob SchnautZ (WMF)</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Rob Schnautz (WMF)#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Rob Schnautz (WMF)|contribs]]) </sup> 15:14, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
:Ah, yes. That's what we call a "leak", lol. Thankfully, I don't think any of it wasn't public knowledge. I realized I was drafting it on Wikipedia and moved it to our internal wiki. [[User:Rob Schnautz (WMF)|<span style="font-family:linux libertine o, times; font-variant:small-caps">Rob SchnautZ (WMF)</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Rob Schnautz (WMF)#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Rob Schnautz (WMF)|contribs]]) </sup> 20:57, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
::Wikipedia and Narnia apparently share that characteristic. {{=)|5}} [[User:Rob Schnautz (WMF)|<span style="font-family:linux libertine o, times; font-variant:small-caps">Rob SchnautZ (WMF)</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Rob Schnautz (WMF)#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Rob Schnautz (WMF)|contribs]]) </sup> 15:20, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

==''The Tea Leaf'' - Issue Four==

Hi! Welcome to the fourth issue of ''The Tea Leaf'', the official newsletter for the [[WP:Teahouse|Teahouse]]! 

*'''Teahouse pilot wraps up after 13 weeks''' After being piloted on English Wikipedia starting in February, the Teahouse wrapped up its pilot period on May 27, 2012. We expect this is just the beginning for the Teahouse and hope the project will continue to grow in the months to come!

<span style="font-size: 1.5em">Thank you and congratulations to all of the community members who participated - and continue to participate!</span>

*'''What you've all been waiting for: [[Wikipedia:Teahouse/Pilot report|Teahouse Pilot Report]] is released!''' We look forward to your feedback on the methodology and outcomes of this pilot project.
*'''....and if a pilot report wasn't enough, the [[Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host_lounge/Metrics|Teahouse Pilot Metrics Report]] is out too!''' Dive into the numbers and survey results to learn about the impact the Teahouse has made on English Wikipedia.
*'''Teahouse shows positive impact on new editor retention and engagement''' 
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:*409 new editors participated during the entire pilot period, with about 40 new editors participating in the Teahouse per week.
:*Two weeks after participating, 33% of Teahouse guests are still active on Wikipedia, as opposed to 11% of a similar control group. 
:*New editors who participated in the Teahouse edit 10x the number of articles, make 7x more global edits, and 2x as much of their content survives on Wikipedia compared to the control group. 
*'''Women participate in the Teahouse'''  28% of Teahouse participants were women, up from 9% of editors on Wikipedia in general, good news for this project which aimed to have impact on the gender gap too - but still lots to be done here!
*'''New opportunities await for the Teahouse in phase two''' as the Teahouse team and Wikipedia community examine ways to improve, scale, and sustain the project. Opportunities for future work include:
:*Automating or semi-automating systems such as invites, metrics and archiving
:*Experimenting with more ways for new editors to discover the Teahouse
:*Building out the social and peer-to-peer aspects further, including exploring ways to make answering questions easier, creating more ways for new editors to help each other and for all participants to acknowledge each other's efforts
:*Growing volunteer capacity, continuing to transfer Teahouse administration tasks to volunteers whenever possible, and looking for new ways to make maintenance and participation easier for everyone.
*'''Want to know how you can lend a hand at the Teahouse? Become a host!''' Learn more about what makes the Teahouse different than other help spaces on Wikipedia and see how you can help new editors by visiting [[WP:Teahouse/Your hosts|here]].
*'''Say hello to the new guests at the Teahouse.''' Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest [[Wikipedia:Teahouse/Guests|guests]] at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is really encouraging to new Wikipedians. 
<small>You are receiving ''The Tea Leaf'' after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username [[WP:Teahouse/The Tea Leaf|here]]. [[User:SarahStierch|Sarah]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 17:04, 13 June 2012 (UTC)</small>

== Office hour ==

Thanks for the question, Pine. It'll be strictly open Q/A, since we know lots of people have questions as of late. [[User:Rob Schnautz (WMF)|<span style="font-family:linux libertine o, times; font-variant:small-caps">Rob SchnautZ (WMF)</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Rob Schnautz (WMF)#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Rob Schnautz (WMF)|contribs]]) </sup> 19:26, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
==Talkback==
{{talkback|Solarra|ts=00:37, 20 June 2012 (UTC)}}
[[User:Solarra|<span style="color:#FC89AC; font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''♥ Solarra ♥'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Solarra|<span style="color:green;">♪ Talk ♪</span>]]</sup>  ߷  <sub>[[Special:Contributions/Solarra|<span style="color:darkgreen;">♀ Contribs ♀</span>]]</sub> 00:37, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

== GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive ==

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== Talkback ==

{{whisperback|User talk:Steven (WMF)#E3 questions}}

:One more. ;) <span style="font-family:Palatino, Georgia, serif;">[[User:Steven (WMF)|Steven Walling (WMF)]]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;[[User talk:Steven (WMF)|<span style="color: #8080b0">talk</span>]]</span>  21:58, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

== News! ==

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== [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/2012 CUOS appointments/OS/Mlpearc|OS Run]] ==
I would like to thank everyone for your questions and comments. If appointed I will strive to do the best job possible for the community and the project I will also keep in mind that according to [[Special:ListUsers/suppress|this log]] I will be the only non-admin in the group and the best I could hope for is to pave a strong smooth path for future non-admins, again I appreciate your interest, concerns and support. [[User:Mlpearc|<span style="color:#800020;">'''Mlpearc'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Mlpearc|<span style="color:#CFB53B;">'''powwow'''</span>]])</small> 14:50, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

== re United States ==

I didn't get the chance to give a better explanation than what was given when someone else reverted, so here it is: The territories are not ''part'' of the country, but rather possessions thereof, just like Gibraltar and Man, etc., are not parts of the United Kingdom. The United States itself is constituted by fifty states, one federal district, and one incorporated, unorganized territory (Palmyra Atoll). Everything else is an unincorporated territory, and thus not part of the constitutional framework. --[[User:Golbez|Golbez]] ([[User talk:Golbez|talk]]) 13:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
*I was looking at this discussion [[Talk:United_States/Archive_40#Territories_-_part_of_the_U.S..3F|here]]. It seemed to me that this hadn't been resolved conclusively one way or the other, so I WP:BOLDLY made the change. Is the distinction the one made in ''Balzac v. Porto Rico'' of what ''belongs'' to the United States versus what is a ''part of'' the United States? If so, I think that the case should be cited in the opening paragraph of the article to make that distinction clear. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;">[[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#01796F;">✉</sup>]]</span> 19:36, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
**I don't think that's necessary; we leave a lot out of the opening paragraphs, for example the existence and significance of Palmyra Atoll. We certainly don't need to go into the legal particulars of why Puerto Rico is not part of the country. --[[User:Golbez|Golbez]] ([[User talk:Golbez|talk]]) 22:48, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

== Stevens Institute of Technology article updates ==

{{talkback|Talk:Stevens Institute of Technology#Updating_page_along_guidelines_for_college_and_university_articles}}

[[User:QueenCity11|QueenCity11]] ([[User talk:QueenCity11|talk]]) 12:04, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

::Thank you for your review and advice.  I will go back to the Paid Editor help section to find another reviewer.  Thank you again. [[User:QueenCity11|QueenCity11]] ([[User talk:QueenCity11|talk]]) 12:42, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

== A bowl of strawberries for you! ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Aww thank you for the barnstar, Pine, it was a very nice way to wake up this morning :-)  The Teahouse is lucky to have your support, hope it always will! [[User:Sbouterse (WMF)|Sbouterse (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Sbouterse (WMF)|talk]]) 16:31, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
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== Thanks! ==

Thanks for the barnstar, Pine! A bummer I didn't get to meet you at the Wiknic a few weeks ago. Hope we get to chat at a meetup one of these days. Cheers,  - '''[[User:Jtmorgan|J-Mo]]''' [[User talk:Jtmorgan|<span style="color:gold;"><sup>Talk to Me</sup></span>]] [[Special:EmailUser/Jtmorgan|<span style="color:purple;"><sub>Email Me</sub></span>]] 17:25, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

== ''This Month in GLAM'': June 2012 ==

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* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/USA report|USA report]]: Walters Museum upload, GLAM Consortium, QRpedia in Congressional Cemetery
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/UK report|UK report]]: National Archives digitisation grant; WWI edit-a-thon; brief news
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/Italy report|Italy report]]: New case studies and featured contents from Italian GLAMs
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/Germany report|Germany report]]: Long nights; New Wikimedians in Residence; Wikipedia Academy & Zedler Prize
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/Sweden report|Sweden report]]: Council of Central Museums co-operation
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* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/Finland report|Finland report]]: Open Knowledge Festival
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/Africa report|Africa report]]: WikiAfrica Content Partnerships and Knowledge Projects
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/Australia and New Zealand report|Australia and New Zealand report]]: Workshops in Queensland; Creative Commons activity
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/Open Access report|Open Access report]]: Obama petition; SpringerImages; World Open Educational Resources Congress; Wikipedia Academy; Wikipedia Cite-o-meter
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/June 2012/Contents/Events|Calendar]]: July's GLAM events

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== Participate in a user study on UW campus? ==

Hi Pine,
Us UW folks are looking for a few veteran Wikipedians to participate in a usability study of our new editing toolbar, called Re:Flex. The study would require you to come to our lab in Sieg Hall on UW campus (at a date and time that works for you), would talke approximately 1 hour, and you will be compensated for your time. 

This study has been [[:meta:Research:Re:Flex_User_Studies|approved by RComm]] and by UW's Institutional Review Board, and any additional information about the study (such as the purpose of the study, and how we will store and use your session data) is available upon request.

It's possible someone from UW already approached you about this at the WikNic (if so, sorry for the request spam!). Does this sound interesting? Reply here (or email me) if so, or if you have any questions. Cheers,  - '''[[User:Jtmorgan|J-Mo]]''' [[User talk:Jtmorgan|<span style="color:gold;"><sup>Talk to Me</sup></span>]] [[Special:EmailUser/Jtmorgan|<span style="color:purple;"><sub>Email Me</sub></span>]] 22:52, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
*OK, I'm interested. Please mail me with some dates that would work for you. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;">[[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#01796F;">✉</sup>]]</span> 05:36, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

:Woot! Thanks Pine. [[User:Avdelamerced|My collaborator Anna]] will email you shortly with some possible dates and times. It should be fun! Cheers,  - '''[[User:Jtmorgan|J-Mo]]''' [[User talk:Jtmorgan|<span style="color:gold;"><sup>Talk to Me</sup></span>]] [[Special:EmailUser/Jtmorgan|<span style="color:purple;"><sub>Email Me</sub></span>]] 21:47, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

Hi Pine, thanks so much for [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ALdavis_%28WMF%29&diff=501613764&oldid=501541512 this]! Glad you liked hearing about the program in Cairo. -- [[User:Ldavis (WMF)|LiAnna Davis (WMF)]] ([[User_talk:Ldavis (WMF)|talk]]) 13:01, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

== A bowl of strawberries for you! ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | As requested, ripe, fresh and juicy strawberries! Cheers, [[User:Riley Huntley|Riley Huntley]] <small><sub>[[User talk:Riley_Huntley|<span style="color:red;">'''talk'''</span>]]</sub> ''No talkback needed; I'll temporarily watch here.''</small>  08:07, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for the delicious strawberries. <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;">[[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#01796F;">✉</sup>]]</span> 08:13, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

== GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter ==

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'''Participation''': Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. {{nowrap|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/July 2012#Participants|Join us]]!}}

'''Progress report''': We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles.

'''Copy Edit of the Month''': Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month|here]] for details. – Your drive coordinators: [[User:Stfg|Stfg]], [[User:Allens|Allens]], and [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]].
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== USCAN Education Program strategy ==

Pine, sorry you couldn't make the meetings in DC. I fully understand the priorities of work.  If you have any questions about the work accomplished to date from a strategy process perspective, don't hesitate to ask.  Glad to have you on board and thanks for volunteering for the Financial Processes. --[[User:Mike Cline|Mike Cline]] ([[User talk:Mike Cline|talk]]) 01:40, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

==FP comment==
Hi Pine, as you commented and also supported the nomination of 
[[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/IDF soldier put on tefillin|FPC IDF soldier put on tefillin]] I want to inform you I created another nomination of the same image as the old nomination was closed without further comments from other users. If you still wish to support the image it is located [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/tefillin|Here (tefillin)]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;– ''[[User:HonorTheKing|HonorTheKing]] ([[User talk:HonorTheKing|talk]])'' 14:35, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

== The Wikipedia Adventure:  Request for feedback on Community Fellowship proposal ==

Hi! I'm contacting you because you have participated or discussed [[WP:TWA| The Wikipedia Adventure]] learning tutorial/game idea.  I think you should know about a current Community Fellowship proposal to create the game with some Wikimedia Foundation support.  Your feedback on the proposal would be very much appreciated. I should note that the feedback is for the propos''al'', not the propos''er'', and even if the Fellowship goes forward it might be undertaken by presently not-mentioned editors. Thanks again for your consideration.

Proposal: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships/Project_Ideas/The_Wikipedia_Adventure http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships/Project_Ideas/The_Wikipedia_Adventure]

Cheers, [[User:Ocaasi]] 16:41, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
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'''Progress report:''' We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress).

'''Copy Edit of the Month''': Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Copy Edit of the Month|here]] for details. – Your drive coordinators: [[User:Stfg|Stfg]], [[User:Allens|Allens]], and [[User:Torchiest|Torchiest]].

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* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/July 2012/Contents/UK report|UK report]]: British Library update; UK representation at Wikimania 2012; brief news
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/July 2012/Contents/Spain report|Spain report]]: Wikipedian in Residence for a whole town; Backstage Pass at National Art Museum of Catalonia
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/July 2012/Contents/Germany report|Germany report]]: Wikipedian in Residence updates; WikiCon 2012; Hamburgmuseum workshop
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/July 2012/Contents/Italy report|Italy report]]: July's case studies shed new light on African GLAMs
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/July 2012/Contents/Mexico report|Mexico report]]: Second editathon with Wikipedia Student Clubs; participation in Mexico City's Creative Commons Film Festival; private art gallery donates 650+ images
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/July 2012/Contents/Africa report|Africa report]]: A month in Africa's GLAMs
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/July 2012/Contents/Wikimania report|Wikimania report]]: Wikimania gets GLAMorous
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/July 2012/Contents/Open Access report|Open Access report]]: Open Access at Wikimania; Year 2 of Wikimedian in Residence on Open Science; Open Access Media Importer tested; WikiProject Medicine goes publishing
* [[outreach:GLAM/Newsletter/July 2012/Contents/Events|Calendar]]: August's GLAM events

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==''The Tea Leaf'' - Issue Five==
[[File:Iced Tea from flickr.jpg|thumb|right|Stop by for a tasty glass of wiki-[[iced tea]] at the [[WP:Teahouse|Teahouse]], today!]]
Hi! Welcome to the fifth edition of ''The Tea Leaf'', the official newsletter of the [[WP:Teahouse|Teahouse]]! 

*'''Guest activity increased in July.''' Questions are up from an average of 36 per week in June to 43 per week in July, and guest profile creation has also increased. This is likely a result of the [[meta:Research:Teahouse/Invites|automatic invite]] experiments we started near the end of month, which seeks to lessen the burden on hosts and other volunteers who manually invite editors. During the last week of July, questions doubled in the Teahouse!  (But don't let that deter you from [[Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host lounge/Invite guide|inviting]] editors to the Teahouse, please, there are still lots of new editors who haven't found Teahouse yet.)
*'''More Teahouse hosts than ever.''' We had 12 new hosts sign up to participate at the Teahouse! We now have 35 hosts volunteering at the Teahouse. Feel free to stop by and see them all [[Wikipedia:Teahouse/Hosts|here]]. 
*'''Phase two update: Host sprint.''' In August, the Teahouse team plans to improve the host experience by developing a simpler new-host creation process, a better way of surfacing active hosts, and a host lounge renovation. Take a look at the plan and weigh in [[meta:Research:Teahouse/Hosting|here]].
*'''New Teahouse guest barnstar is awarded to first recipient: Charlie Inks.''' Using the Teahouse barnstar designed by [[User:Heatherawalls|Heatherawalls]], hosts [[User:Hajatvrc|hajatvrc]] and [[User:Ryan_Vesey|Ryan Vesey]] created the new Teahouse Guest Barnstar. The first recipient is [[User:Charlie Inks|Charlie Inks]], for her boldness in asking questions at the Teahouse. Check out the award in action [[User_talk:Charlie_Inks#You_are_the_first_Wikipedian_to_ever_receive_the_Teahouse_Guest_Barnstar.21|here]].
*'''Teahouse was a hot topic at Wikimania!''' The Teahouse was a hot topic at [[Wikimania]] this past month, where editor retention and interface design was heavily discussed. [[User:SarahStierch|Sarah]] and [[User:Jtmorgan|Jonathan]] presented the Teahouse during the [[meta:Wikimedia Fellowships|Wikimedia Fellowships]] panel. Slides can be viewed [[commons:File:Teahouse presentation.pdf|here]]. A [[Wikipedia_talk:Teahouse/Host_lounge/Archive_5#Who.27s_at_Wikimania.3F|lunch]] was also held at Wikimania for Teahouse hosts.

As always, thanks for supporting the Teahouse project! Stop by and [[WP:Teahouse|visit]] us today!

<small>You are receiving ''The Tea Leaf'' after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username [[WP:Teahouse/The Tea Leaf|here]]. [[User:SarahStierch|Sarah]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 08:34, 4 August 2012 (UTC)</small>

== Advice ==

Hi Pine, I hope you don't mind, I'm hoping to get your opinion as to the FP potential of these videos:
[[File:Reagan Space Shuttle Challenger Speech.ogv|200px|thumbtime=15|left]]
Space Shuttle Challenger address: ranked #8 on the list on top 100 American speeches of the 20th century. Featured in [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]], [[Oval Office Address]], [[User:Lionelt/Speeches of Ronald Reagan]],  [[Ronald Reagan]], [[John Gillespie Magee, Jr.]]. 
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[[File:Tear down this wall.ogv|200px|thumbtime=3:29|left]]
Berlin Wall speech: Time Magazine ranked the speech in its list of the top 10 political speeches. "Tear down this wall!" has been called "The four most famous words of Ronald Reagan's Presidency." Featured in [[Tear down this wall!]], [[Berlin Wall]], [[User:Lionelt/Speeches of Ronald Reagan]], [[Cold War (1985–1991)]], [[Foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration]]
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Thanks, &ndash; Sir [[user:Lionelt|Lionel]], [[wikt:evil genius|EG]]<sup>([[user talk:Lionelt|talk]])</sup> 09:04, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
*Yes, I think those would be good nominations! <span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;">[[User:Pine|<b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b>]][[User talk:Pine|<sup style="color:#01796F;">✉</sup>]]</span> 22:25, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

== This Month in Education: August 2012 ==

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* [[outreach:Education Portal/Newsletter/August 2012/Welcome to the first This Month in Education newsletter!|Welcome to the first This Month in Education newsletter!]]
* [[outreach:Education Portal/Newsletter/August 2012/EduWiki Conference, UK|EduWiki Conference, UK]]
* [[outreach:Education Portal/Newsletter/August 2012/"Students Write Wikipedia", Czech Republic|"Students Write Wikipedia", Czech Republic]]  
* [[outreach:Education Portal/Newsletter/August 2012/Reaching out to different target groups in Germany|Reaching out to different target groups in Germany]]
* [[outreach:Education Portal/Newsletter/August 2012/Involving more professors in the Wikipedia Education Program in Brazil|Involving more professors in the Wikipedia Education Program in Brazil]]
* [[outreach:Education Portal/Newsletter/August 2012/Working with International Baccalaureate students at ITESM-Campus Ciudad de México|Working with International Baccalaureate students at ITESM-Campus Ciudad de México]]
* [[outreach:Education Portal/Newsletter/August 2012/Cairo Pilot wraps up successfully with conference|Cairo Pilot wraps up successfully with conference]]
* [[outreach:Education Portal/Newsletter/August 2012/Project_TAO_at_Wikimania:_Promoting_Wikipedia_among_Seniors|Project TAO at Wikimania: Promoting Wikipedia among Seniors]]
* [[outreach:Education Portal/Newsletter/August 2012/"Wikipedia_for_Seniors":_Upcoming_Presentation_at_WikiCon_2012_(Austria)|"Wikipedia for Seniors": Upcoming Presentation at WikiCon 2012 (Austria)]]
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== Wikipedia Takes America/Seattle ==


[[Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#September_2012:_Wikipedia_Takes_America.2FSeattle|Wikipedia Takes America/Seattle]] needs you. Please sign up to participate, and  [[Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Seattle#Wikipedia_Takes_America|discuss]] a date and meeting location. And maybe volunteer to be the organizer. I've been tagging articles needing photos for [[:Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Seattle, Washington]]. A lot of these articles need proper location data added to that they will appear on the [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://toolserver.org/~para/cgi-bin/kmlexport%3Farticle%3DCategory:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Seattle,_Washington%26usecache%3D1 Google map]. Thanks! --[[User:Dennis Bratland|Dennis Bratland]] ([[User talk:Dennis Bratland|talk]]) 19:52, 19 August 2012 (UTC)