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Sat June 8: Governors Island Wiknic

June 8: Wiknic @ Governors Island
2023 Wiknic group photo

You are invited to the picnic anyone can edit on Governors Island, at 403 Colonels Row by the ArtCrawl Harlem house.

This is a sequel event to the 2023 Governors Island Wiknic and will feature a workshop led by AfroCrowd at the ArtCrawl Harlem house. We'll also encourage collaboration for wiki-coverage of ArtCrawl Harlem's current exhibition at Governors Island. All are welcome, new and experienced!

Bring a picnic blanket and some potluck, as well as some sunscreen! We'll also provide sandwiches for everyone, and maybe some NYC pizza too, but we encourage you to bring your own favorite dishes to share, especially for those food cultural topics you would like to improve on Wikipedia.

We'll also do a portal thing for a bit with West Coast friends at Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Wiknic2024.

Saturday, June 8, 2024 NYC Wiknic @ Governors Island ( RSVP on-wiki)

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

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Ralston College

Can you please provide more details about why the Ralston College page is "protected" for a year? Russfern ( talk) 23:48, 6 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Because there was disruptive editing going on, and that disruptive editing spanned several months. Note that, though the article is protected, you can propose changes on the talk page. RegentsPark ( comment) 14:26, 7 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Regarding Raj in saraswat

Hi @ RegentsPark. Nice,you observed that.Yes that is British Raj source added by someone else.I just highlighted the details of Burton as I knew burton was a British raj officer.I have tagged your name in the talk section of @ Arjayay,where this had been discussed and link to the burtons Sindh(1851) has been provided.

Existing WP:Raj source in saraswat page- “According to buton(1851) Saraswat Brahmins originating in Balochistan were called sindhur and were considered a low caste. They have a legend of origin related to Lord Ramachandra, who could not find a priest in Balochistan and applied a Tilaka on the head of some Mleccha”.(Mentioned just in foot note of the judgen not in the main book and the statement is from book sindh(1851)). RobertJudeson ( talk) 05:32, 11 June 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi @ RegentsPark.
Consider this book for a while,
“Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ |title=People of India: India's communities |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 |language=en”
In the WP:RAJ link provided by you they have banned this book.I am planning to delete this citation cite-wide before that can you confirm this for me once.Is this the same book mentioned in WP:Raj? RobertJudeson ( talk) 06:07, 23 June 2024 (UTC) reply
Please note that you may be blocked for persistent caste promotion and edit warring without consensus in contentious caste articles! Thanks. Ekdalian ( talk) 07:26, 23 June 2024 (UTC) reply

June 26: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

June 26: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC
Welcome to Wikimedia New York City!

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Online-Only WikiWednesday Salon on Zoom. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

This special online-only WikiWednesday will be dedicated to the Wikimedia Movement Charter referendum, and also to exploring future options of other online-centric events for our Wikimedia NYC chapter.

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