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Reference links for myself

• http://www.oclc.org/research/people/proffitt.html
• https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/A_Wikipedian-in-Residence_to_Engage_500_Librarians_and_their_Communities

Precious

Nine years!

-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:37, 1 September 2023 (UTC) reply

Thank you, Gerda! Ladyof Shalott 11:38, 23 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Women in Red November 2023, Vol 9, Iss 11, Nos 251, 252, 287, 288, 289 Online events: New: Alphabet run I & J | Geofocus: Indian subcontinent | Women in Politics Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also Wikipedia Asian Month November Contest Tip of the month: When translating articles from another language Wikipedia, don't forget to include attribution in your first edit summary. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter -- Lajmmoore ( talk) 08:22, 26 October 2023 (UTC) via MassMessaging reply Feedback request: All RFCs request for comment Your feedback is requested at Talk:Al-Shifa Hospital on a "All RFCs" request for comment. Thank you for helping out! You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name. Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 20:30, 3 November 2023 (UTC) reply Please find copy of K Bhogishayana The page was deleted after an AfD by Velella in Feb 2023, note left in User_Talk:Ksujata. She is no longer active on Wikipedia, otherwise she would have added the links needed, he flies through WP:NACADEMIC as the Vice Chancellor of Shivaji University from 1983-1986 listed here. I can repair it for her. Disclosure: She is his daughter, my wife so I will do it with a COI disclosure via WP:AfC. Ldm1954 ( talk) 19:58, 5 November 2023 (UTC) reply N.B., we suspect her Wikipedia account is linked to an old, nonexistent yahoo account, which is why she did not receive the notifications. Ldm1954 ( talk) 13:03, 7 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Hi, Ldm1954, I've restored the page. Pinging Velella as a courtesy. Ladyof Shalott 13:35, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Many thanks. I will do some cleanup later, inc

Using adding COI. Ldm1954 ( talk) 13:40, 8 November 2023 (UTC) reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

Administrator changes

0xDeadbeef

Tamzin

Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

• Ragesoss
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
• Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
• Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
• Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
• Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
• Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
• An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous

• The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

Online events:

• New: LGBTQ+ women | Wiki Loves Pride | Women in Music | Alphabet run X, Y & Z

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Women in Green Good Article Edit-a-thon June 2024 - Going Back in Time
• The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref - May 15th to June 5th

Tip of the month:

• Find a Grave is NOT a reliable source ( as it is user-generated content). It can be used
  to look for biographical clues.

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Online events:

• New: Translation contest 2024 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | Women in Sports

• Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

Announcements from other communities

• Wiki Loves Sport 2024 22 July - 22 September

Tip of the month:

• A foreign language biography does not guarantee notability for English Wikipedia.
  Check the guidelines before you start.

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