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Contents 1 Drexel Alumni: Pearlstein 2 New mailing list 3 You are invited! 4 K-368 5 Meetup archives 6 You're invited! 7 Planning for the 7th Wikipedia Meetup 8 Zeehan and Dundas Herald 9 NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008 10 {{db-bio}} and other A7 tags 11 Hey, you 11.1 Thanks for the citation correction!

[edit] Drexel Alumni: Pearlstein

I noticed that you added Leonard Pearlstein to the list of Drexel University alumni. I'm happy that you're contributing, however the articles that you cited don't actually say that he was an alumni, only that he was a contributer and that the gallery is named after him. In fact I can't find any source saying that he's an actual alumni. If you can then you're welcome to add it, or if you need help adding it just give me the link to the source and I can show you how to add the reference, but if you can't find a reliable source that says that Pearlstein attended Drexel then it will be removed. --TexasDex ★ 03:19, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad to hear you've got that straightened out. Thank you for doing the work, and let me know if you need any help with the article. --TexasDex ★ 03:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New mailing list

There has been a mailing list created for Wikipedians in the New York metropolitan area (list: Wikimedia NYC). Please consider joining it! Cbrown1023 talk 21:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] You are invited!

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday March 16th, Columbia University area Last: 1/13/2008 This box: view • talk • edit

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, and have salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

Well also make preparations for our exciting Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, a free content photography contest for Columbia University students planned for Friday March 28 (about 2 weeks after our meeting).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

You're also invited to subscribe to the public Wikimedia New York City mailing list, which is a great way to receive timely updates.
This has been an automated delivery because you were on the invite list. BrownBot (talk) 03:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] K-368

Roads of the state highway level and above are generally agreed to be inherently notable. See User:Scott5114/Highway notability FAQ. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 01:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Basically, yes, because there are thousands (millions?) of roads in Kansas alone, and this is one of the comparatively few (~300?) that KDOT singled out to get one of those designations. Having a designation is sort of a big deal. State highways get extra signage and maintenance furnished by the state DOT and funded by the state government's tax dollars, which allow for a higher standard of quality than a county or city road. State highways also meet WP:Notability because they're the subject of many available sources: DOT records, maps, and so on... and you can say a lot about the highway too, even short ones; see Oklahoma State Highway 156, Oklahoma State Highway 74, Kansas Turnpike for an idea of what is possible for road articles. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 01:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Meetup archives

I'm going to keep the old page up for a week or so, so we can add the pictures and meeting notes from different people (as we've done in the past). After that I'll move-archive it. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 03:26, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] You're invited!

This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 23:43, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Planning for the 7th Wikipedia Meetup

The planning for the summer Philadelphia meetup has begun. We would appreciate your input.
You're getting this invitation because you're on Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia/Philadelphia meet-up invite list. BrownBot (talk) 21:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Zeehan and Dundas Herald

Thanks for your enthusiasm - I have just warded off a request to cleanup up arts with red links in the centre of Tasmania (written sources I do not have on hand) - I think it will be close to impossible to ever write arts about those two guys - the sources that I have (i have over 10 western tas books as refs for my stub work :( ) - that is wishful thinking my friend putting links there - unless you are sitting within walking distance of the national library of australia or the tasmanian state library :| SatuSuro 15:17, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

But thanks anyways - any oversight to my multitude of west tassie stubs is always welcome SatuSuro 00:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Yep. I just wikify stuff and ask questions later.--Mblumber (talk) 03:33, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday June 1st, Columbia University area Last: 3/16/2008 This box: view • talk • edit

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, elect a board of directors, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wiki Week bonanza, being planned with Columbia University students for September or October.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

Also, check out our regional US Wikimedia chapters blog Wiki Northeast (and we're open to guest posts).
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 00:09, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] {{db-bio}} and other A7 tags

Please note that {{db-bio}} now redirects to {{db-person}}, so please use other A7 tags when tagging web content, organizations, and bands. Thanks. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 02:27, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey, you

I'm the person that started the Higher Education in British Columbia as an assignment for my class. I realize Wiki is a public thing and anyone can edit and whatever, but what you did has really caused problems for me with regards to my assignment. I just wanted to let you know that I'll be uploading a final version in order to be graded so what you posted will likely be deleted, but I understand from a Wikipedia administrator you can reverse what I did, but I ask you to wait until June 11. Thank you. (Dawnalee8 (talk) 21:05, 2 June 2008 (UTC))

Oh, I agree with you neither I or my professor understand Wikipedia. I was actually against using it for the class project, but no, that's not the way the prof wanted to do things. I think the prof will re-think how things are done for future assignments when this course is taught again to a different set of students. Thanks for understanding though. Cheers. (Dawnalee8 (talk) 03:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Thanks for the citation correction!

Just wanted to thank you for the work you put into my article! Leonard^Bloom (talk) 04:15, 7 June 2008 (UTC)