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<div style="text-align: center;"><big>'''''<font color="#800080">My talk page archives are</font> [[User talk:Kyoko/Archives|here.]]'''''</big></div>


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''Please follow these guidelines for my talk page:''

''1. Please [[WP:CIVIL|be civil]] and [[WP:DICK|respect]] that this is'' '''my''' ''talk page. That means avoiding excessive images (barnstars and smileys are fine, within reason), not treating my talk page as your personal chat room, and not altering your comments after the fact.''

''2. Please [[WP:SIG|sign your messages]] by typing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or by using the [[Help:edit toolbar|edit toolbar]]. The automated signature button is the one to the right of the crossed out "W".''

''Please understand if I do not respond immediately. Also please be understanding if I do not answer your message in the order that it was received, or if I do not answer your message at all. I just don't have the time or energy to respond to everyone, so please accept my apologies if your message goes unanswered.''

''I will ordinarily answer on your talk page, unless requested to do otherwise. Thank you!''
:—[[User:Kyoko|<font face="arial" color="#8652b9">''Kyok''</font>]][[User:Kyoko|<font face="arial" color="#BA55D3">''o''</font>]]

==Archiving==

Hi Kyoko, I archived your talk page for you (you prefer moving, if I recall correctly? Hence the request?) as you requested on Alison's talk page. Alison doesn't seem to be online at the moment, and since I watch her talk page, I hope you didn't mind me sorting this out for you and her. Thanks. [[User:Acalamari|Acalamari]] 17:10, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
:You're very welcome! :) I also restored this page's protection. Glad to help. [[User:Acalamari|Acalamari]] 20:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

== Hello ==

Hello! :) I thought you might be interested in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Gender Studies/Feminism Task Force|this]]. Check it out and add your name under "Participants" if your interested. Have a nice day and happy editing! --[[User:Grrrlriot|Grrrlriot]] ([[User talk:Grrrlriot|talk]]) 00:08, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

==[[WP:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT WikiProject]] Newsletter (July 2008)==
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<big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT studies WikiProject]] Newsletter!'''</big><br/> Issue XVI: [[July 23]], [[2008]] <br />
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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! Updates about our latest happenings in the gayest corner of Wikipedia. 

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;'''[[Homosexuality]] at [[WP:GAR|Good Article Review]]!''' 
An unfortunate effect of a group less active than in the past is that our articles lose integrity. This one is at [[WP:GAR|Good Article Review]] for that reason. The [[Talk:Homosexuality|talk page]] is quite active as a result. You have the opportunity to help. This is the corest of our core articles, and it needs some attention because it gets a lot of controversial input from many sides. If you can spare any time to edit the article, please do what you can. 

;'''[[Paragraph 175]] is at [[WP:FAR|Featured Article Review]]!'''
Soon after we were informed that Homosexuality is being scrutinized, we heard the same for one of our few Featured Articles. As a participant of the Featured Article process, I think this is actually a good thing. The standards for Featured Articles are getting higher with time. But as a member of this project, that means that a few of ours may be de-listed unless someone can swoop in and save them. This one has to do with the designation of homosexuality as a crime in Germany. Most of this article's sources are in German. If anyone has any particular skill in this area, please lend a hand!  

;'''[[Gay bathhouse]] is at [[WP:GAR|Good Article Review]]! Wtf is going on?''' 
I know you folks think I have much experience in a gay bathhouse, and I hate to disappoint you, but I actually do not. I seem like the sort of person who likes to stroll about in a towel. Shocking, no? It appears that [[User:Ashleyvh|Ashleyvh]] is single-handedly addressing all the problems with this article at its GA Review. While that's pretty impressive, it's also no doubt exhausting. Can anyone help out there? 

;'''Two [[WP:GA|GA]]s and a nominee!''' 
In what I hope will counter the jolt of re-evaluating three Good or Featured Articles, [[José Sarria]] and [[Janet Jackson as gay icon]] passed as Good Articles, and [[Black Cat Bar]] (famous San Francisco oft-raided gay bar) is nominated, all by [[User:Otto4711|Otto4711]]. Rock on, man. You're a machine. Good luck with your nominations. What is it about women that make them gay icons? And are there lesbian icons that aren't lesbians? How about bisexual icons? Am I the only lesbian who reacts with soul-trembling fear at the sight of [[Angelina Jolie]]?   

;'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Deletion|LGBT articles for deletion]]'''
New WP:LGBT studies member [[User:Pinkkeith|Pinkkeith]] has done this cool thing. If you click on that link, you'll see all the articles, categories, templates, and miscellany up for deletion. They're usually there because they're not considered to be [[WP:N|not notable]]. That can be a relative concept, and sometimes it has to be argued that   topics pertaining to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues ''are'' notable. 


;'''Completely naked women!'''
Ha! Made you look! Even the guys are looking. Gay pioneers [[Kay Lahusen]]'s and [[Barbara Gittings]]' collection of photographs are up at the [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=kay+lahusen+&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 New York Public Library]. Want to see images of the [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1080391&imageID=1605898&word=kay%20lahusen%20gay%20pride%201970%20contact%20sheet&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=9&num=0&imgs=12&pNum=&pos=3# first Pride march in 1970 in New York City]? How about [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1080384&imageID=1605891&word=kay%20lahusen%20sylvia%20rivera&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=6&num=0&imgs=12&pNum=&pos=3# Sylvia Rivera], drag queen extraordinaire, and Stonewall Riots participant? Or the contact sheet for [[The Ladder (magazine)|''The Ladder'']] that showed [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1079797&imageID=1605649&total=529&num=468&word=kay%20lahusen&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=12&pos=477 full-face lesbians in print for the first time in US history]? Ok I did mention naked women, and it's true. I found naked pictures of Barbara Gittings. But I scrolled through all of them and you'll have to as well. I'm not that mean, though. [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=1078773&imageID=1605708&total=529&num=396&word=kay%20lahusen&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=12&pos=399 Here she is in the shower]. How cute is she?

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;'''Tagging articles'''
It seems a recurring issue which articles to tag, and what to say about a topic that's tagged. Certainly, because an article falls under our scope doesn't necessarily make the person gay. Florida Governor [[Charlie Crist]] has been rumored to be gay in some newspaper accounts. Although we all know [[Fred Phelps]] is supergay, he won't admit it so instead he does the absolutely awfulest anti-gay things on the planet to deflect suspicion. [[NAMBLA]], the red headed stepchild of the LGBT world, is tagged with an explanation we have yet to decide if we'll keep.  


;'''Member Spotlight: [[User:Benjiboi|Benjiboi]]'''
In the lurking I do around and about on Wiki, I've long been astounded at the forbearance Benjiboi has for the utterly insane. Perhaps not so much, since the message on Benji's talk page notes frequent absences due to homophobia and transphobia. But it takes some kind of ... ''something'' that I don't have to face the constant anti-gay POV Benji does. 

Benjiboi is a a bit of a [[Wikipedia:WikiFairy|WikiFaerie]], a [[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|WikiGnome]] and also a member of [[Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron|the Article Rescue Squadron]] in addition to being a LGBT project member. A few of Benjiboi's favorite links for making the wikiverse more fab are:
#[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of style]], a must for anyone redecorating an article. 
#[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-06-26/Dispatches|Reliable sources in content review processes]], a wonderful and fully linked essay about sourcing and why we need more and better sources.
#[http://scholar.google.com/ Google scholar], which also searches Google books, is a great help in finding reliable sources.

;'''Member Spotlight: [[User:Becksguy|Becksguy]]'''

Becksguy didn’t start actively editing until May 2007. His most frequent tasks on Wiki include reverting vandalism to LGBT articles and creating new project-related articles. He comes from New York state, and to prove not all of us are teenagers (ha! I am so totally 15!) he's in his 60s and retired.

Becksguy considers his biggest triumph on Wikipedia so far was a [[WP:DYK|DYK]] in December 2007 for the first-ever newspaper report on what became [[AIDS]], in the ''[[New York Native]]''.  He's also helped save several project-related articles from deletion.  His lowest moment here was getting involved in the discussion on a particular terrorism related article, thinking he could help calm the roiled waters on an extremely contentious subject with multiple edit wars and passionate editors. 
 
Here at WP:LGBT, he creates and improves articles that present notable LGBT related subjects in a fair and balanced way, and tries to include more of the significant alternative sexuality related subjects without being an activist, and works to better source project-related articles.  

On Wikipedia as a whole, he says, "I think we need to learn better what processes work for a massive collaborative project. Some of what worked well for a more informal small project doesn’t scale up well. Process is not as important when the participants know each other. We need to get more of the current members to be more active.  If more members were energized, the project would be able to accomplish more. We should be, in effect, the smaller and included Wikipedia for LGBT related subjects.  Overall, I wish we could focus more on content creation and improvement, and less on vandal fighting." 

;'''Fresh faces to brighten our pages'''
Welcome to all of our new members!: [[User:Balin42632003|Balin42632003]], [[User:supposedlydisposable|supposedlydisposable]], [[User:Axiomdragon|Axiomdragon]], [[User:antcjone|antcjone]], [[User:Jamesgregg76|Jamesgregg76]], [[User:Taulapapa|Taulapapa]], [[User:Mushii|Mushii]], [[User:Pinkkeith|Pinkkeith]], [[User:Gr8lyknow|Gr8lyknow]], [[User:EricV89|EricV89]], [[User:Varnent|Varnent]], [[User:Ged_UK|Ged_UK]], [[User:Richie wright1980|Richie wright1980]], [[User:Auriel|Auriel]]
If you have a question about anything, drop your question on [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_LGBT_studies|our talk page]]. We'll do our best to answer. 

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''"A [[Supreme Court]] decision in 1958 reversed a 1956 ruling by a federal district court that U.S. postal authorities were correct in prohibiting the mailing of the [[Mattachine Society]]'s [[ONE, Inc.|''ONE'']] magazine. The lower court had ruled that ''ONE'' was not protected by the [[First Amendment]] because the magazine's contents 'may be vulgar, offensive, and indecent even though not regarded as such by a particular group ... because their own social or moral standards are far below those of the general community ... Social standards are fixed by and for the great majority and not by and for a hardened or weakened minority.'"'' - Michael Bronski in ''Pulp Friction'', 2003

Thanks for being weak and having lowered standards with me. --[[User:Moni3|Moni3]] ([[User talk:Moni3|talk]]) 00:10, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
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==Calling all active [[WP:NOVELS]] members==
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[[WP:NOVELS|WikiProject Novels]] is currently holding a roll call, which we hope to have annually.  Your username is listed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members|members list]], but we are unsure as to which editors are still active within the project.  If you still consider yourself an active WP:Novels editor, please add your name back to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members#Active members|'''Active Members''']] list.  Also feel free to join any of our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels#Task_forces|'''task forces''']] and take a look at the project's '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/JobCentre|Job Centre]]''' to get involved!<p><p><p>

Next month we will begin the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Coordinators|coordinator election]] selection process.  We hope to have more involvement and input this time around!  More news will be forthcoming.  Thanks, everyone! <span style="font-family:verdana">[[User:Yllosubmarine|María]] </span><small>([[User talk:Yllosubmarine|<span style="color:green">habla</span>]] con[[Special:Contributions/Yllosubmarine|<span style="color:green">migo</span>]])</small> 17:59, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
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==WikiProject Novels Newsletter - September 2008==
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* The [[Margaret Atwood]] novel ''[[The Penelopiad]]'' reached [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Penelopiad|Featured Article status]] on June 29 and then appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 26, 2008|Today's featured article]] on August 26. It is the first article created through [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation]] to become Featured.
*''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 11, 2008|Today's featured article]] on July 11.
*''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'' reached Good Article status on July 1. 
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* The members list is currently under review so we have moved all past active member's name to a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members#Incumbent|Incumbent List]] and are doing a '''Project Roll Call'''. If you still consider yourself an active [[WP:NOVELS]] editor, please add your name back to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members#Active_members|Active Members List]]. You may also wish to add your name to any of our many [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels#Task_forces|Project Task Forces]].
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* A [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Fantasy_Literature|Fantasy Literature]] task force has been proposed. Comments are welcomed on that proposal since we already have our own [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Fantasy task force|WikiProject Novels/Fantasy task force]] which is covered under our Novels WikiProject. 
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* ''[[Devil May Care (novel)|Devil May Care]]'', written by [[Sebastian Faulks]] ("writing as Ian Fleming"), has become [[Penguin Books]] fastest selling hardcover fiction title. It is the latest installment in the book series about British secret agent [[James Bond]] and was released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of late Bond creator [[Ian Fleming]]'s birthday on May 28, 1908.
* ''Me Cheeta: the Autobiography'', written by a [[ghostwriter]], is the autobiography of [[Cheeta]] the Chimp who is listed in the [[Guinness World Records]] as the oldest recorded non-human primate at the age of 76. He has appeared in various movie roles which included twelve [[Tarzan]] movies and even battled addiction to alcohol and cigars. The book is not published until October 1, but judges for the 2008 [[Guardian First Book Award]] were sent a early version and were so impressed that they have included it on the 10-strong longlist.
* [[Stephenie Meyer]], who is listed by [[Time magazine]] as one of its 100 most influential people of 2008, has decided not to continue with writing her draft for ''[[Midnight Sun (novel)|Midnight Sun]]'' after 12 chapters of the unfinished manuscript were leaked on the internet.
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* [[Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_August_25#Category:Fictional_double_agents|Categories for Discussion]] has a series of discussions about whether to categorize certain specific types of fictional characters: double agents, dictators, characters with [[eidetic memory]], etc. Advice from any Novels project members would be valuable in assisting them.
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Media franchises|WikiProject Media franchises]] aims to help editors with the coordination of articles within the thousands of media franchises which exist and has requested input from our members. They are currently [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Media franchises#Naming convention?|discussing a naming convention]] for franchise articles. Since this may affect one or more articles in our Novel project, they would like to get opinions before implimenting any changes.
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With the Newsletter being almost three months overdue, I have decided to take on the position of Editor to make sure it reaches you regularly on time each month. The Newsletter is meant to inspire and encourage our team of Editors and so my goal shall be to make it informative and interesting each issue. 

We now have many positions vacant in our Project Team, so we are looking for members who have the time and interest to take on the various roles, details of which can be found at the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/JobCentre|Job Centre]]'''. Shortly a Coordinator nominations notice shall also be sent out to all members, which will commence the annual Coordinator selection process.

Next month's Newsletter will include a message from our Coordinator [[User:Yllosubmarine|Maria]], who will introduce herself and speak on our forthcoming elections for extra Coordinators.

[[User:Boylo|Boylo]] ([[User talk:Boylo|talk]]), Editor<br/>
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* This month's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has been selected by popular vote and is <br>'''''[[Look Homeward, Angel]]'''''. <br> The next collaboration is due for selection on 14 September, 2008 so cast your [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration#Candidates|vote]].
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Our last newsletter's challenge '''''[[The Pure Land]]''''' was completed by our member [[User:Maclean25|Maclean25]], who also provided us with tipline news for this newsletter. 
* The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Leslie Ann Moore's first book in her fantasy 'Griffin's Daughter' trilogy, which was named by the Independent Book Publishers Association as the 2008 Ben Franklin Award winner for Best First Fiction, '''''[[Griffin's Daughter]]'''''. <br>''Note: This article was previously deleted due to lack of notability, but that now can be established since winning this award.''
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== WikiProject France newsletter ==

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*[[Image:Crystal_128_desktop.png|22px]] The project has recently experienced a complete redesign. The [[WP:WikiProject_France/Outreach|Outreach department]] has also undergone a major expansion, and this newsletter is the result of that.
* The review department is currently under development, with several new proposals underway. Internal peer review had begun on the page of the project's [[WP:WikiProject_France/Review|Review Department]]. The department currently provides a centralized platform off all currently open reviews throughout the project (Featured Articles, Peer Reviews, Good Articles, Articles for Deletion, Categories for Discussion, etc.)
*A new task force has been introduced: the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Paris|Paris task force]]. Any users interested in contributing to the taskforce can join on the project page.
*[[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_France#A_note_to_everyone_about_commune_pages|There is a current discussion]] about ''merging'' the French Communes WikiProject into ours. This communes project will be organised as a task force.

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*Several new user has joined the project this last month: [[User:Jordan Timothy James Busson|Jordan Timothy James Busson]], [[User:Djwilms|Djwilms]] and [[User:Mcewan|Mcewan]]. Welcome! Please come stop by the [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_France|talk]] page to join in our discussions.
*[[User:Lazulilasher|Lazulilasher]] has been awarded the [[WP:WikiProject France/Barnstar|French Barnstar of National Merit]] for his contributions to this project. Congratulations!
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This is the new project newsletter, covering months August through to October, which will contain information regarding new [[WP:GA|Good]] and [[WP:FA|Featured]] articles, recent project changes, general related news, and recent proposals.

If you've just joined, add your name to the Members section of Wikipedia:WikiProject France. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the creation. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
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*Five articles are currently undergoing external peer reviews:
#[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Louvre Abu Dhabi/archive1|Louvre Abu Dhabi]]
#[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Louvre/archive2|Louvre]]
#[[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Family_Moving_Day/archive1|Family Moving Day]]
#[[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Napoleon_I_of_France/archive1|Napoleon I]]
#[[Wikipedia:Peer_review/List_of_The_Bellflower_Bunnies_episodes/archive3|List of Bellflower Bunny Episodes]]
*[[Image:Symbol_support_vote.svg|20px]] Two articles have reached GA status this month:
:*[[Daft Punk]]
:*[[Louvre Abu Dhabi]]
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*[[User:Jordan Timothy James Busson|Jordan Timothy James Busson]]</div>
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Thanks for your contributions to the project, [[User:Jordan Timothy James Busson|<span style="color:green;">Jor</span>]][[User talk:Jordan Timothy James Busson|<span style="color:red;">dan</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Jordan Timothy James Busson|<sup style="color:blue;">Contribs</sup>]] 17:41, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

==[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|WikiProject LGBT studies]] Newsletter==

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<big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT studies WikiProject]] Newsletter!'''</big><br/> Issue XVII: [[November 12]], [[2008]] <br />
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<font color=red>'''Wake up WP:LGBT! It's time to kick in gear and get some things done!'''</font> 

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;'''''Wake up!''''' 
I say this to myself as much as I say it to all of us.  I work a lot by myself or with individual editors who spend time at [[WP:FAC|Featured Article Candidates]]. It seems on November 5 a fog was lifted off my brain that helped me realize that we have massive potential in this project to get things done. Take this allegory, for instance: ''On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1980, my 10th-grade American history teacher started class by unfurling The New York Times. She pointed to its triple banner headline: “Reagan Easily Beats Carter; Republicans Gain in Congress; D’Amato and Dodd are Victors.” “Save this paper,” she told us. “This is the start of a whole new era.”'' [http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/title/ Judith Warner from The New York Times] 

It definitely seems a start to a whole new era now. If planets align correctly to remind us that whatever advances we may have made in electing what appears to be an [[Barack Obama|extraordinary president]] in the US, the moons that revolve around those planets also serve to illustrate it's not that simple. Florida, Arizona, and California all appear to have banned [[same sex marriage]]. As someone who was married in California and lives in Florida, this is particularly poignant. We seem to be at the juncture of two converging paths. If we maximize our efforts and take the right ones, we might just be able to affect some change for ourselves. 

;'''The power of Wikipedia and [[California Proposition 8 (2008)]]'''
Though what we do is an interesting hobby for some, we have the power to make a difference. California's ballot initiative to ban gay marriage was a fierce fight. It's being challenged right now, but just look at how Wikipedia played a role in that: in October 2008, 360,238 people read its article. On November 5, an astounding [http://stats.grok.se/en/200811/California_Proposition_8_(2008) 467,000 people read it]. I commend the editors who work on that article—both those who support and oppose it. A look at the talk page shows a concerted effort to keep it civil and accurate.

;'''What can we do?''' 
How do you fight ignorance? With information. That's what Wikipedia is for. This project is overwhelming with '''8,576 articles''' in its scope. We can continue to work piecemeal as we have in the past, or we can focus on goals. These are examples of areas we can concentrate on. 

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| [[Florida Amendment 2 (2008)]], [[California Proposition 8 (2008)]], [[E.O. Green School shooting]], etc.
| ''[[The Advocate]]'', [[Curve (magazine)]], ''[[Washington Blade]]'', [[Milk (film)]], ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', etc.
| [[Moral Majority]], [[ACT UP]], [[Queer Nation]], [[Mattachine Society]], [[Jesse Helms]], [[Jerry Falwell]], [[Mathew Shepard]], etc.
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There are more than 8,000 articles to work on. Can we build a list of priorities? Can we build enough enthusiasm to work on these? What if we had editors who oversaw progress in these areas and reported to the talk page or in the newsletter? Surely someone here wants to report on the progress of sex articles.  

Tony Perkins ([[Anthony Perkins|irony]]) from the conservative '''[[Family Research Council]]''' [http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/07/conservatives.election/index.html was heartened by the recent passages of gay marriage bans.] The Republican Party is without direction. What's going to take the place of a moderate voice will not be pleasant to our ears. Watching and improving articles of subjects that have opposed gay rights in the past will be of vital importance very soon, I predict. 

;'''But WP:LGBT is not a very active project''' 
All we can do is start somewhere. The first step is answering this newsletter on the project talk page. Join in the discussion. 

;'''More things we can do'''
* Give out more '''[[WP:Barnstar|barnstar]]s''', and let each other know that what they're doing is valued.
* Create a guide to '''stave off burnout''', because editors in this project get burned out faster than others. There are many hills to climb.
* Bring back the '''monthly collaboration project'''.
* Participate in LGBT '''Peer reviews'''.
* Get familiar with the characteristics of '''Good Articles''' and get our top priority articles to [[WP:GA]].
* Keep our [[WP:LGBT|project page]] and [[Template:LGBT_open_tasks|open tasks template]] '''updated'''.
* Use the Newsletter, Moni3! You can suggest what to send out in the newsletter, too!
* Offer research materials, copy editing, ideas, and '''support''' to '''your fellow editors'''.
* Keep the '''[[WT:LGBT|project talk page]] informed of problems''' and discussions we should know about.

;'''Proposal: Put Importance Levels on articles'''
If this was decided long before I was a member, maybe it's time to revisit it. Other WikiProjects, such as [[WP:Novels]] determine that some subjects have an importance category: Top, High, Mid, Low, or None (undetermined). If we decide that our most core articles, it might help to organize which articles to address first. Top importance, for example, would be [[Gay]], [[Homosexual]], [[Lesbian]], [[Bisexual]], [[Transgender]], [[Sappho]], [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Stonewall riots]], for example. High importance would be [[Homosexuality and psychology]], [[Harvey Milk]], [[Mattachine Society]], [[Harry Hay]], or [[Daughters of Bilitis]], and so on. This can be a matter of discussion, or perhaps we could have someone in charge of determining these levels for all the articles we have tagged.  

;'''So, like [[Slim Whitman]], [[Mars Attacks!|"I'm Calling You"]]'''
The editors I have admired in the past, who have done great things alone, and who I think can help us all do extraordinary things now: [[User:SatyrTN|SatyrTN]], [[User:Dev920|Dev920]], [[User:Aleta|Aleta]], [[User:Becksguy|Becksguy]], [[User:Otto4711|Otto4711]], [[User:Belovedfreak|BelovedFreak]], [[User:Benjiboi|Benjiboi]], [[User:Bookkeeperoftheoccult|Bookkeeper of the Occult]], [[User:Queerudite|Queerudite]], [[User:FisherQueen|FisherQueen]] (I ''will'' marry you), [[User:Paul_Barlow|PaulB]], [[User:AgnosticPreachersKid|APK]], [[User:Zigzig20s|ZigZig20s]], [[User:Allstarecho|AllStarEcho]] (I know you're out there), [[User:Raystorm|Raystorm]], and my very [[WP:OWN|own]] copy editor, [[User:Dank55|Dank55]]. 

These are the editors I've seen working (and I know I'm forgetting a few). There's more of you out there I haven't seen. Some of you are new. We need all of you. Please help. 

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Miami, January 18, 1977 after the gay rights ordinance was passed: ''While [[Anita Bryant|Bryant]] and the others were creating the beginnings of the repeal effort, (gay activists) Basker, Campbell, Kunst, and the other (gay rights) ordinance supporters congratulated themselves on their success and then quickly disbanded... There was no organized recognition or celebration of the victory. As one activist remembered, "We just went home." They had little idea of the battle that was before them.'' - Fred Fejes in ''Gay Rights and Moral Panic'', 2008

Don't go home yet, please. --[[User:Moni3|Moni3]] ([[User talk:Moni3|talk]]) 00:10, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
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== And now, for Fvasconcellos' traditional nonsectarian holiday greeting! ==

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==Happy New Year==
to you! Regards --[[User:Tarif Ezaz|Tarif from Bangladesh]] ([[User talk:Tarif Ezaz|talk]]) 21:03, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

== Happy First Edit Day! ==

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== Hello, Kyo! ==

Sorry to hear that you're busy, I hope today finds you in better health and spirits than you were when we talked more regularly.  I just thought I'd drop you a friendly line to say I'm working again (a little) in Wikipedia, so feel free to rop by my talk page and leave an email, or just send me an email!  Cheers, ✎ <span style="font-family: Verdana">[[User:Peter M Dodge|<font color="#669966">Peter M Dodge</font>]] ([[User_talk:Peter M Dodge|<font color="#669966">Talk to Me</font>]])</span> 10:34, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Pulmonology task force|Pulmonology task force]] ==

{{Template:Pulmonologytaskforce/invitation}} [[User:Tyrol5|<font color="#960018">'''Tyrol5'''</font>]] <font color="#960018"></font> <small>[[User talk:Tyrol5|<font color="#960018">[Talk]</font>]]</small> 15:55, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

== Poetry collaboration ==

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Our goal is to improve the quality of important poetry-related articles. There is no set deadline and participation is purely voluntary.

The current focus is: '''{{Template:Poetry Project Collaboration/Current}}'''.

Suggestions for future collaborative efforts are welcome at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poetry]]. ''Thank you for your support!''
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--[[User:Midnightdreary|Midnightdreary]] ([[User talk:Midnightdreary|talk]]) 14:53, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|WikiProject LGBT studies]] Newsletter (June 2009) ==
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<big>'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|LGBT studies WikiProject]] Newsletter!'''</big><br/> Issue XVIII: June 24, 2009 <br />
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<big><font color=red>'''Yo, happy [[Gay pride|Pride]] y'all - are you ready for your [[Cecil B. DeMille|close-up]]?'''</font></big> 

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;<u>[[Stonewall riots]]</u>

;How do you change the world? You can start by writing an incredible article for the world's encyclopedia. Moni3 kicks it old school again with [[Stonewall riots]] - ''a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the [[Stonewall Inn]]. [...] [T]hey have become the defining event that marked the start of the [[gay rights movement]] in the United States and around the world.'' It's a featured article hitting the mainpage this Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the events. So first off, wow! Clever and cool. Moni3 has been recently named hottest delegate to Obama's bookclub but that may not be official yet. (Shhh!)

Otto4711 mentioned that gee we really should swamp the DYK section with LGBT-related articles for use on the 28th as well. We have eight or so in the [[T:TDYK#Articles created.2Fexpanded for the anniversary of the Stonewall riots .28June 28.29|holding area]] and if you push yourself to get an article together you might be able to get in on the fun.   <big>'''Do this now!'''</big>

The official rules for DYKs can be found [[Wikipedia:Did you know#DYK rules |here]]. Once you have expanded an article 5-fold or created an article with at least 1,500 characters of prose, place your DYK thread [[Template talk:Did you know#Articles created.2Fexpanded for the anniversary of the Stonewall riots .28June_28.29 |here]]. Use [http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/charcount.shtml this] handy tool to count your 1,500 characters. As a suggestion, when you add your potential hook, include the character count and a link to the source(s) that confirm the hook. These will be confirmed anyway but may help. 

;<u>Trans quotes needed for [[Portal:Transgender]]</u>
The layout for the individual quotes is [[Portal:Transgender/Random quote/Layout|here]] (just copy/paste into one of the red links on [[Portal:Transgender/Random quote]]). Then [[Portal:Transgender/Random quote/Number of quotes|this counter]] has to be upped to match the new # of total quotes (not counting quote zero).

;<u>Obama proclamation</u>
On June 1, [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/ President Barack Obama declared] June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, citing the riots as a reason to "commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans". Excerpts at the bottom. 

;<u>F*ck me I'm famous</u>
I was interviewed by ''Wikipedia Signpost'', the weekly in-house newsletter, for the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-25/WikiProject report|WikiProject report]]. The ''Signpost'' has nearly 1,000 Wikipedian subscribers and arguably many of those folks actually read it. It came about rather quickly and my worst fears - that it was an elaborate hoax by a troll - were apparently unfounded. I hope y'all feel I did fine by the project, I did my best to avoid the phrase "[[User:AgnosticPreachersKid|man-humping, cock-sucking, doggy-style loving queer]]" but otherwise did ok.

;<u>Free image appeal</u>
A friendly reminder to consider taking photos while you're [[Sex and the City|out and about]] at various [[Dyke march]]es and [[Pride parade]]s. Consider donating them to the world at [[Wikicommons]]. I'm sooo totally over having to deal with lovely images being deleted and argued about. If they are just free they are then also freely usable worldwide. And no, they don't need photos of your [[vagina|cha-cha]] or [[penis|hoo-hoo-dilly]].

;<u>[[Chaz Bono]]</u>
[[Sonny and Cher]]'s daughter was a famous lesbian and now he's a famous [[transman]], possibly the most famous in the world. This also serves as a friendly reminder that we recently updated [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Guidelines]] - it's not perfect but should help inform on those gnip-gnop battles that do seem to drag on, and not in the [[drag queen|good way]]. 

;<u>R U Popular?</u>
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Popular pages]] is a new handy place to see which LGBT-tagged pages are the most popular in any given month. 

;<u>Article alerts</u>
As part of the redecorating at [[WT:LGBT|our talkpage]], the article alerts and keyword search alerts are handily located at the top of the page. Always fascinating to see what's up. All help appreciated on those. 

;<u>Glambert</u>
[[Adam Lambert]] is soooo gay - surprised? Neither is anyone else. Nuff said. [[David Ogden Stiers]] was [[outed]] but apparently he wasn't terribly in either.

;<u>Community Quilt reminder</u>
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Quilt]] - update it and add yourself!

;<u>Our own little IRC home</u>
The LGBT studies project does have its own free [[Internet Relay Chat]] channel, {{IRC|wikipedia-en-lgbt}}, for coordination, collaboration and socializing. This channel is hosted on [[Freenode]] and can be accessed in one of two ways: If you already have an [[Internet Relay Chat#Clients|IRC client]], click the link to the left. If you do not have an IRC client, you'll need to get one installed on your computer first. Once you've done this, then click on the link to the left.

For more general information on IRC and a listing of other useful Wikipedia-related channels, see [[Wikipedia:IRC channels]].

The project had at one point another channel at {{IRC|LGBTproject}} but as the original people associated with the setting up and administration of that channel have seemed to have disappeared, this new channel has been set up. Plus the new channel is inline with required naming conventions for Wikipedia related IRC channels. So, feel free to use this channel. Such a channel gives opportunity to discuss the latest happening on articles, the LGBT project itself, latest happening in your life with "wiki-friends" here, etc.. You can say things on there you normally wouldn't here on Wikipedia (keeping it civil of course) like talk about the latest hot guy/girl or tell a joke.. you get the point. Anyway, see you there - eventually!

;<u>LGBT to-do list (held over from last edition)</u>
* Give out more '''[[WP:Barnstar|barnstar]]s''', and let each other know that what they're doing is valued.
* Create a guide to '''stave off burnout''', because editors in this project get burned out faster than others. There are many hills to climb.
* Bring back the '''monthly collaboration project'''.
* Participate in LGBT '''Peer reviews'''.
* Get familiar with the characteristics of '''Good Articles''' and get our top priority articles to [[WP:GA]].
* Keep our [[WP:LGBT|project page]] and [[Template:LGBT_open_tasks|open tasks template]] '''updated'''.
* Use the Newsletter, Moni3! You can suggest what to send out in the newsletter, too!
* Offer research materials, copy editing, ideas, and '''support''' to '''your fellow editors'''.
* Keep the '''[[WT:LGBT|project talk page]] informed of problems''' and discussions we should know about.

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{{cquote|There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. [I]n both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism. [...]<br/> LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.<br/> At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "[[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]]" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. [...]<br/> As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. [...]<br/> I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.'' - Barack Obama, [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2009], The White House (June 1, 2009).}}

[[Judy Garland as gay icon|Click your heels three times]] ladies and gents, home is where [[Queer as Folk (UK TV series)|hot]] is! [[User_talk:Benjiboi| -- <u style="font-size:14px; font-family: cursive;color:#8000FF">Banj<span style="color:#FF4400;">e</span></u><u style="font-size:14px;font-family: Zapfino, sans-serif;color:deeppink">b<span style="color:#CC0000;">oi</span></u>]]

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== I know I missed your birthday... ==

I haven't been on very much [[Special:Contributions/Springeragh|at all]] during the last six or so months, and I know your birthday is during that time, although I don't know exactly when. So now that I'm back to a regular editing basis here, happy (I hope not too) late birthday. :) &mdash; [[User talk:Springeragh|<span style="background:#808;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;">&nbsp;'''''$PЯING'''''εrαgђ&nbsp;</span>]] 05:06 [[6 August]], [[2009]] (UTC)

== Cystic fibrosis FAR ==
{{#if:|[[User:{{{2}}}]] has|I have}} nominated [[Cystic fibrosis]] for a [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Cystic fibrosis/archive1|featured article review here]]. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured article criteria]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured article review|here]].  [[User:SandyGeorgia|Sandy<span style="color:green;">Georgia</span>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 20:10, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

:Kyoko hasn't edited since August 2008. '''[[User talk:Anna Lincoln|<span style="font-family:Verdana;color:Orchid">Anna Lincoln</span>]]''' 09:48, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

==Unreferenced BLPs==
[[File:Information.svg|30px]] Hello Kyoko! Thank you for your contributions. I am a [[WP:BOT|bot]] alerting you that '''3''' of the articles that you created   are tagged as[[Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Sources| Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons]]. The [[WP:BLP|biographies of living persons]] policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure [[WP:VERRIFY|verifiability]], all biographies should be based on [[WP:RELIABLE|reliable sources]]. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current ''[[:Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:All_unreferenced_BLPs}}]]'' article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{tl|unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

# [[Massimo Foschi]] - <small>{{findsources|Massimo Foschi}}</small>
# [[Kiyotaka Imai]] - <small>{{findsources|Kiyotaka Imai}}</small>
# [[Richard Epcar]] - <small>{{findsources|Richard Epcar}}</small>
Thanks!--[[User:DASHBot|DASHBot]] ([[User talk:DASHBot|talk]]) 20:13, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

== Message to all members of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Opera|WikiProject Opera]] ==

[[File:Operalogo.svg|left|50 px]]Please see [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Opera#Important_changes_to_the_biographies_of_living_persons_policy|our project's talk page]] for a discussion of the possible changes to Wikipedia's policy on the [[WP:BLP|biographies of living persons]] and the implications this will have for many articles under the project's banner. This is especially important if you are looking after or have created unreferenced or minimally referenced opera-related biographies of living people. [[User:Voceditenore|Voceditenore]] ([[User talk:Voceditenore|talk]]) 16:15, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

== [[Eugene Turner]] complex plagiarism issue ==

Details here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Figure_Skating#Managing_issues_of_print-journal_plagiarism_in_re_Eugene_Turner]. [[User:Yakushima|Yakushima]] ([[User talk:Yakushima|talk]]) 04:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

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== Invitation to particpate in the December 2010 Wikification Drive ==

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== Nomination of [[Massimo Foschi]] for deletion ==

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The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Massimo Foschi]] until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.

You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion.  However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. [[User:NuclearWarfare|<b style="color:navy;">NW</b>]] ''([[User talk:NuclearWarfare|<span style="color:green;">Talk</span>]])'' 14:59, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

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== A cup of tea for you! ==

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Hi Kyoko! I know it's been quite sometime since you've edited. I do hope you'll see this cup of tea! I just wanted you to know that your contributions are valuable to making Wikipedia what it is, and I do hope you'll participate with a new edit or article. Thank you for your contributions - past and future!  [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 00:42, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
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== Come hang out with us! ==

Hi! As a member of WikiProject:Feminism, I just wanted to let you know that we have created an [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC IRC] channel for "countering systemic bias one new editor at a time", aka closing the gender gap! Come hang out at [irc://chat.freenode.net/wikimedia-gendergap #wikimedia-gendergap]. I hope you'll join us! (And if you need any IRC help, just let me know!) See you there! [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 00:43, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

==Survey==

Hi Kyoko!

I have put together a survey for female editors of Wikipedia (and related projects) in order to explore, in greater detail, women's experiences and roles within the Wikimedia movement. It'd be wonderful if you could participate!

It's an independent survey, done by me, as a fellow volunteer Wikimedian. It is not being done on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope you'll participate!

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dDR3a3JfaTd0aVBiMW1xd2phNXE2R3c6MQ#gid=0 Just click this link to participate!]

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or stop by my user talk page. I appreciate your contributions - to the survey and to Wikipedia! Thank you! [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 04:17, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

== Nomination of [[Anthony M. Esolen]] for deletion ==

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The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthony M. Esolen ]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion.  However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.<!-- Template:afd-notice --> [[User:JFHJr|JFHJr]] ([[User talk:JFHJr|㊟]]) 04:31, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

==WikiWomen's Collaborative==
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| style="text-align: left;" | Hi '''{{ {{{|safesubst:}}}ROOTPAGENAME}}'''! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the '''WikiWomen's Collaborative'''.<br/>
As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by:
*Liking the [https://www.facebook.com/WikiWomensCollaborative WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook] and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen 
*Join the conversation on our [https://twitter.com/WikiWomen Twitter feed]
*Reading and writing for our [https://blog.wikimedia.org/c/wikiwomen/ blog channel]
We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our [[meta:WikiWomen's_Collaborative|meta page]] (under construction) to see how else you can get involved!<Br/> 
<br/>Can't wait to have you involved! [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 00:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
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== The Wikipedia Library now offering accounts from Cochrane Collaboration (sign up!) ==

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== You're invited: Art & Feminism Edit-a-thon ==

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Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Wikipedians of all experience levels are invited! Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors. <br/>
Bring a friend and a laptop! Come one, come all! Learn more '''[[Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism|here]]!'''

<div style="font-size:smaller;">[[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 09:37, 21 December 2013 (UTC)</div>
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== The Pulse ([[WP:MED]] newsletter) June 2014 ==

The first edition of '''The Pulse''' has been released. The Pulse will be a regular newsletter documenting the goings-on at WPMED, including ongoing collaborations, discussions, articles, and each edition will have a special focus. '''[[:Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Newsletter/1|That newsletter is here.]]''' 

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Wikiproject Medicine started translating simplified articles in February 2014. We now have 45 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Translation task force/RTT(Simplified)|simplified articles]] ready for translation, of which the first on [[African trypanosomiasis]] or ''sleeping sickness'' has been translated into 46 out of ~100 languages. This list does not include the 33 additional articles that are available in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_task_force/RTT|both full and simple versions]].

Our goal is to eventually translate '''1,000''' simplified articles. This includes:
*WHO's list of [[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines|Essential Medicines]][http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/93142/1/EML_18_eng.pdf?ua=1]
*[[Neglected tropical diseases]][http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/diseases/en/]
*Key diseases for medical subspecialties like: [[oncology]], [[emergency medicine]] (''[[Book:Emergency medicine|list]]''), [[anatomy]], [[internal medicine]], [[surgery]], etc.

We are looking for subject area leads to both create articles and recruit further editors. We need people with basic medical knowledge who are willing to help out. This includes to write, translate and especially '''integrate''' medical articles. 

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;IEG grant
[[File:CFCF, Wikipedian.jpg|right|160px|thumb|[[User:CFCF|CFCF]] - "IEG beneficiary" and editor of this newsletter.]]
I've (''{{U|CFCF}}'') taken on the role of ''community organizer'' for this project, and will be working with this until December. The goals and timeline can be found ''[[:meta:Grants:IEG/Medicine Translation Project Community Organizing|here]]'', and are focused on getting the project on a firm footing and to enable me to work near full-time over the summer, and part-time during the rest of the year. This means I will be available for questions and ideas, and you can best reach me by ''[[Special:EmailUser/CFCF|mail]]'' or on my ''[[User talk:CFCF|talk page]]''.

;Wikimania 2014
For those going to London in a month's time (or those already nearby) there will be at least one event for all medical editors, on Thursday August 7th.  See [https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pre-Conference:_Medical_Wikipedians the event page], which also summarizes medicine-related presentations in the main conference.  Please pass the word on to your local medical editors. 

;Integration progress
There has previously been some resistance against translation into certain languages with strong Wikipedia presence, such as [[dutch language|Dutch]], [[polish language|Polish]], and [[Swedish language|Swedish]]. <br>What was found is that thre is hardly any negative opinion about the the project itself; and any such critique has focused on the ways that articles have being integrated. For an article to be usefully translated into a target-Wiki it needs to be properly Wiki-linked, carry proper citations and use the formatting of the chosen target language as well as being properly proof-read. Certain large Wikis such as the Polish and Dutch Wikis have strong traditions of medical content, with their own editorial system, own templates and different ideas about what constitutes a good medical article. For example, there are not [[:en:WP:MEDRS|MEDRS]] ([[:pl:Wikipedia:Wiarygodne źródła (artykuły o tematyce medycznej)|''Polish'']],[[:de:Wikipedia:Redaktion Medizin/Leitlinien|''German'']],[[:ro:Wikipedia:Surse de încredere (medicină)|''Romanian'']],[[:fa:ویکی‌پدیا:شناخت_منابع_معتبر_(پزشکی)|''Persian'']]) guidelines present on other Wikis, and some Wikis have a stronger background of country-specific content.

*Swedish<br>Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: [https://www.1177.se/ patient info], [http://www.internetmedicin.se/ for professionals]. The same can be said for English, but has really given us all the more reason to try and create an unbiased and free encyclopedia of medical content. We want Wikipedia to act as an alternative to commercial sources, and preferably a really good one at that.<br>Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May.
*Dutch<br>Dutch translation carries with it special difficulties, in part due to the premises in which the Dutch Wikipedia is built upon. There is great respect for what previous editors have created, and deleting or replacing old content can be frowned upon. In spite of this there are success stories: ''[[:nl:Anafylaxie|Anafylaxie]]''.
*Polish<br>Translation and integration into Polish also comes with its own unique set of challenges. The Polish Wikipedia has long been independent and works very hard to create high quality contentfor Polish audience. Previous translation trouble has lead to use of unique templates with unique formatting, not least among citations. Add to this that the Polish Wikipedia does not allow template redirects and a large body of work is required for each article.<br> (''This is somewhat alleviated by a commissioned [https://sourceforge.net/projects/pltemptrans/ Template bot] - to be released''). - ''[[:pl:Wikiprojekt:Tłumaczenie artykułów/Medycyna|List of articles for integration]]''
*Arabic<br>The Arabic Wikipedia community has been informed of the efforts to integrate content through both the general talk-page as well as through one of the major Arabic Wikipedia facebook-groups: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/213774545487276/ مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي], something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.

;Integration guides
Integration is the next step after any translation. Despite this it is by no means trivial, and it comes with its own hardships and challenges. Previously each new integrator has needed to dive into the fray with little help from previous integrations. Therefore we are creating guides for specific Wikis that make integration simple and straightforward, with guides for specific languages, and for integrating on small Wikis.

Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_task_force/Adding_content]

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*Medical editor census - Medical editors on different Wikis have been without proper means of communication. A preliminary list of projects is available ''[[:meta:Wiki Project Med#Related Wikiprojects|here]]''.
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*[http://translatorswithoutborders.org/ Translators Without Borders]
*[http://www.hifa2015.org/ Healthcare information for all by 2015], ''a global campaign''
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You are invited to participate in '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|Wiki Loves Pride]]'''! 

* ''What?'' '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|Wiki Loves Pride]]''', a campaign to document and photograph '''[[LGBT]] culture and history''', including pride events
* ''When?'' '''June 2015'''
* ''How can you help?'' 
*: 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015/Results|here]]'''
*: 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see [[Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride_2014#Photography|examples from last year]])
*: 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project ('''[[:wikidata:Wikidata:WikiProject LGBT|Wikidata]]''', '''[[:commons:Commons:LGBT Free Media Collective|Wikimedia Commons]]''', '''[[:wikivoyage: Wikivoyage:LGBT Expedition|Wikivoyage]]''', [[:meta: Wikimedia LGBT/Interwiki|etc]].)

Or, view or update the current list of '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/Tasks|Tasks]]'''. This campaign is supported by the '''[[:meta:Wikimedia LGBT/Portal|Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group]]''', an officially recognized affiliate of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow '''[https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaLGBT Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook]'''. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]]. One does ''not'' need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! 

If you have any questions, please [[Wikipedia talk:Wiki Loves Pride 2015|leave a message on the campaign's main talk page]].


Thanks, and happy editing!

[[User:Another Believer]] and [[User:OR drohowa]]
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== [[WP:ACE2015|ArbCom elections are now open!]] ==

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== Wiki Loves Pride 2016 ==

As a participant of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies|WikiProject LGBT studies]], you are invited to participate in the third annual '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2016|Wiki Loves Pride]]''' campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to [[LGBT]] culture and history. How can you help?
:# Create or improve LGBT-related Wikipedia pages and showcase the results of your work '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2016/Results|here]]'''
:# Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
:# Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project ('''[[:wikidata:Wikidata:WikiProject LGBT|Wikidata]]''', '''[[:commons:Commons:LGBT Free Media Collective|Wikimedia Commons]]''', '''[[:wikivoyage: Wikivoyage:LGBT Expedition|Wikivoyage]]''', [[:meta: Wikimedia LGBT/Interwiki|etc]].)

Looking for topics? The '''[[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/Tasks|Tasks]]''' page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.

This campaign is supported by the '''[[:meta:Wikimedia LGBT/Portal|Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group]]''', an officially recognized affiliate of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow '''[https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaLGBT Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook]'''. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]]. One does ''not'' need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please [[Wikipedia talk:Wiki Loves Pride 2016|leave a message on the campaign's talk page]].

Thanks, and happy editing! ---[[User:Another Believer|<span style="color:navy">Another Believer</span>]] <sub>([[User talk:Another Believer|<span style="color:#C60">Talk</span>]])</sub> 21:24, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

==Asian 10,000 Challenge invite==
Hi. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge]] has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland [[Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge]]. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like [[Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic)]]. For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content,  a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon]] which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. --[[User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|<span style="font-family:Old English Text MT;">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|''Che dicono a Signa?'']]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Ser Amantio di Nicolao|'''Lo dicono a Signa.''']]</sub> 05:02, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

==Europe 10,000 Challenge invite==
Hi. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge]] has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland [[Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge]]. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like [[Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic)]]. For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon]], sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --[[User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|<span style="font-family:Old English Text MT;">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|''Che dicono a Signa?'']]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Ser Amantio di Nicolao|'''Lo dicono a Signa.''']]</sub> 10:03, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

== Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago ==

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--[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 05:25, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest|Women in Red World Contest]] ==

Hi. We're into the last five days of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest|Women in Red World Contest]]. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!
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