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Great article. This would also be a good resource. I'll try to capture some photos from it, as it is likely public domain (a US govt publication). Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 07:27, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
DYK for Mary Emilie Holmes
On 4 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mary Emilie Holmes, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the first woman elected to the Geological Society of America, Mary Emilie Holmes, was also one of the cofounders of a historically black college? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Emilie Holmes. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
women and technology, women in the arts
Thank you, editor "filling in some of Wikipedia's gaps regarding the history of women and technology, women in the arts" on scientific background, for quality articles such as Mary Emilie Holmes and Susanna Wright, for "leading Wikipedia workshops for new editors around Southern California" and listing the work of your students, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
The LA Wikipedia community has two events in this second half of March -- please consider attending!
First, there is a memorial edit-a-thon in honor of the prolific LA Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz, which is being held downtown on March 18 (tomorrow!) from noon to 8pm as a part of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies' annual conference. Please drop by to contribute your own work or teach other users how to write for Wikipedia.
Second, there will be an event at the Redondo Beach Public Library (following up on last month's session), in collaboration with the Redondo Beach Historical Society. Please join us from 10am to noon on Saturday, March 28 at the main branch of the Redondo Beach Public Library!
On 18 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lagetta lagetto, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the inner bark of the rare Caribbean lacebark tree has been used for centuries to make clothing, including a dress for Queen Victoria? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lagetta lagetto. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi there :) firstly I'd like to say, the article as a whole is very good. I tagged it in reference to body section recommendations, as I believe the article could benefit from having the main 'Biography' section broken down with subheaders. Have a look at section headings in the Manual of Style. These are all only recommendations, and I'm more than happy to remove the tag as the article is of a good quality. Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! Samuel Tarling (talk) 15:07, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello!
It was great to meet you at the Edit-a-thon last week. I hope you come join us at AfC - your expertisee would be incredibly valuable, and it woud give us a chance to collaborate. See you there, I hope! Julie JSFarman (talk) 00:46, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
Reference error
Hi Alafarge, I was wondering if this edit was unintended since Mrs E W Wirt is referenced in the article. Because her reference is no longer being used, there is now a list defined reference error in the reference section. Regards. CV9933 (talk) 10:18, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
I found the article on her after I wrote that, so that explained it. Coincidentally you might find this and this interesting from my side of the pond. CV9933 (talk) 18:26, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the links, especially the pointer to Miss Smith's really extraordinary drawings.Alafarge (talk) 18:37, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Nice article - that was a pleasant suprise. CV9933 (talk) 19:15, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Host/Facilitator: Women in Red (WiR): Did you know that only 15% of the biographies on Wikipedia are about women? WiR focuses on "content gender gap". If you'd like to help contribute articles on women and women's works, we warmly welcome you!
Event details: This is a virtual edit-a-thon hosted by WiR in parallel with a series of "physical" Guggenheim edit-a-thons. It will allow all those keen to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women in architecture and design to participate. The campaign aims to further the goals of Ada Lovelace Day for STEM, and Art+Feminism for art, in a field that by its nature combines both. As the virtual edit-a-thon stretches over a week and a half, inexperienced participants will be able to draw on the assistance of more experienced editors while creating, translating or improving articles on women who are (or have been) prominent in this field. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome.
RSVP and learn more: →here←--Ipigott (talk) 14:14, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Great work on biographies
Hi Alafarge. I have been impressed by all the well researched women's biographies you have been contributing. In particular, I am happy to see how many you have recently written on women architects. All very good and interesting to read. There is nevertheless one minor improvement you could make when creating biographies: you should consistently use the Defaultsort template (accessible from the Wiki markup option at the foot of the edit pages). This will allow you to add the person's name used for alphabetical sorting first followed by the given names. For example for Edith Northman you should add "{DEFAULTSORT:Northman, Edith}" - it should be enclosed by two curly brackets instead of just one in my example and placed just before the categories. This will help people to find your articles in ordered lists such as those created for the categories. I've been through your more recent articles and made the changes myself but there may still be some older ones (up to the beginning of August) which need attention. Keep up the good work. I hope you will also participate in our Women in Architecture Editathon (see above).--Ipigott (talk) 15:08, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the reminder; I was doing that initially but somehow it dropped off my radar. I'll go back and look through early pages. And by coincidence, I just added my name to the upcoming architecture editathon. Cheers—Alafarge (talk) 15:12, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Good to see you're joining the editathon. If you ever need any help, just let me know.--Ipigott (talk) 16:31, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for that. I thought maybe one day I'd get around to it but you did a better job than I ever would have. It's a nice bookend to Howard Wright Cutler. JohnInDC (talk) 20:01, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the kind words. I really enjoyed finding out about Cutler by way of doing the Ficken article—it's one of the best things about editing Wikipedia, the way it leads you to read other people's writing on subjects about which you had no idea.Alafarge (talk) 23:26, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
You're invited! Women in Red World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Science
Host/Facilitator: Women in Red (WiR) in collaboration with Women scientists: Did you know that only 15% of the biographies on Wikipedia are about women? WiR focuses on "content gender gap". If you'd like to help contribute articles on women and women's works, we warmly welcome you!
Event details: This is a virtual edit-a-thon hosted by WiR in parallel with a "phyisical" event during the afternoon of Sunday, November 22 in New York City. It will allow all those keen to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women in science to participate. As the virtual edit-a-thon stretches over three weeks, new participants will be able to draw on the assistance of more experienced editors while creating, translating or improving articles on women who are (or have been) prominent in the field. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome.
RSVP and learn more: →here←--Ipigott (talk) 10:18, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
A page you started (Hazel Schmoll) has been reviewed!
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Pomological watercolors
Thanks so much for all your work on articles around the USDA's pomological watercolor collection and the artists who contributed to it! I really appreciate it.
I'm the one who's been uploading and recategorizing the images on Commons since the USDA released high-res copies of the images (which is sort of a long story!) If there's any way I can be helpful to the work you're doing please let me know. ParkerHiggins ( talkcontribs ) 08:15, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
I'm so thankful you took the trouble to upload the entirety of that remarkable collection. I consider it a national treasure. I've been slowly adding galleries to all the artists' pages (in addition to the Wikimedia Commons) but haven't finished that task. That's all I can think of right now, apart from the fact that a few of the artists like Bertha Heiges still don't have Wikipedia pages because I haven't been able to turn up enough substantial information on their lives. If you had any special access to government files, there might be information hidden away somewhere. Alafarge (talk) 15:33, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
Haven't yet found that info, but I might try to track it down. At risk of self-promotion (SORRY) I gave a talk about the process of finding and uploading the collection at Wikicon in DC last month. Maybe you're interested! ParkerHiggins ( talkcontribs ) 22:44, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Louisa King
It would appear that we both had the good idea to work on an article for Louisa Boyd Yeomans King. I pushed out my draft a couple hours ago, and I have just noticed that you have a draft in progress as well. I also see that you have access to some sources that I don't.
Here's to a more complete article on Mrs. King.Dgorsline (talk) 04:43, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
Kudos to you for putting up such a solid article. Though I have to say a mild "aaargh!" that you got there first ;) Anyway, of course I'll add what I can to further improve it. Wikipedia ftw!Alafarge (talk) 16:36, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth A. Wood 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 notice from the top of the article. KDS4444Talk 09:10, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thank you so much for all of your wonderful writing about women in science and technology! You do a great job. Keilana (talk) 15:48, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
If you want to, please take a look at the article Marie Serneholt, which is this weeks TAFI article. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 20:12, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
A page you started (Annette Frances Braun) has been reviewed!
On 22 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edith Clements, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that botanist and ecologist Edith Clements illustrated most of her own books? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edith Clements. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Hello! Your submission of Annie Armitt at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SusunW (talk) 04:26, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
@SusunW: Thanks for the heads-up but I didn't nominate the page. Will take a look at the issues, though.Alafarge (talk) 15:31, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
You're invited! Women in Red World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Religion
Host: Women in Red (WiR): Did you know that only 15% of the biographies on Wikipedia are about women? WiR focuses on "content gender gap". If you'd like to help contribute articles on women and women's works, we warmly welcome you!
Event details: This is a virtual edit-a-thon hosted by WiR. It will allow all those keen to improve Wikipedia's coverage of women in religion to participate. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome.
RSVP and learn more: →here←--Ipigott (talk) 10:15, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
A page you started (Wilfrid Ball) has been reviewed!
Hello, Alafarge. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Mary Jane Coggeshall, for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. If you don't want Mary Jane Coggeshall to be deleted, please add a reference to the article.
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Rachel Henderlite has been nominated for Did You Know
Hello, Alafarge. Rachel Henderlite, an article you either created or significantly contributed to, has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 01:54, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it.
To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place ((subst:Dobos Torte)) on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.
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Thank you for your work on horticultural societies. I was particularly glad to see the AIS topic being created and the iris template. ChemGardener (talk) 23:00, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
I think the thing you could learn from this mess is that links to disambiguation pages must always be through a "Foo (disambiguation)" redirect (see WP:INTDABLINK). That's so that they can be distinguished from accidental links to dab pages. A bot detected these, flagged them up, and then the fun started! The question of whether or not there should be multiple name-holders in one list is a matter of choice, but the dab page rules about "only one blue link per entry" don't apply to a list (ie not a dab page) like this. Happy edting! PamD 15:57, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
On 22 December 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Annie Armitt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that there were three Cumbrian Armitt sisters in the 19th century who all became writers—Sophia, Mary Louisa, and the novelist Annie? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Annie Armitt. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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