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You are not leaving edit summaries with most of your edits. Also you aren't providing any references for you edits. Your ones for Cowl seem to suggest you beleive it is only a religious item. It is not it is basically a hood without a jacket in medieval times is had should covering as well. The term is still in use today see [1] --Kitchen Knife (talk) 21:35, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure why you pedantically insist on US spellings - especially in an article like White Ladies Priory that refers to a place in the UK. British users know the US spellings, but don't use them, and are apt to find them irritating in this sort of context - especially when they have been deliberately altered. Sjwells53 (talk) 15:50, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but it's the auto-correct on my computer, for when I do editing.Daniel the Monk (talk) 02:34, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. When you make a change to an article, please provide an edit summary, which you forgot to do before saving your recent edit to Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena‎. Doing so helps everyone to understand the intention of your edit. It is also useful when reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. ArcAngel (talk) (review) 03:58, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article Seven Nations (Celtic) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

neologism

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The Sisters are not Trappistine's. [2]. Please go revert yourself. Thanks. Malke2010 04:04, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are you aware that the Trappistines are Cistercians, but not all Cistercian nuns are Trappistines?

I sympathize with your desire to be exact, but in this case, this is how the Sisters at St. Mary's Abbey identify themselves. The Trappistine's (sorry for my spelling) are more closely identified with the male members of the order. The Cistercian's are derivative, and you could certainly say that in the line, but there must be no mistake that the Sisters identify themselves as Cistercian. You must also understand that replacing Cistercian with Trappistine is confusing when someone accesses the citation.Malke2010 20:44, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it's not good to go back and revert again. You could end up running up against WP:REVERT 3 RR and you don't want that. What is better is to open a section on the article talk page, or go to the editor's talk page and ask them about it directly there.Malke2010 20:48, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what you mean by saying the Cistercians are derivate of the Trappists (which, by the way, is how the monks are called). If you mean historically, that is incorrect, and is the other way around. The term "Trappistine" refers only to the nuns of the Order. They have been known as Trappistine since their foundation, and still use the term themselves. See the link to their candy provided in the article.

Don't forget to sign your posts. The Sisters' website makes it clear what they identify as, and that is what we must go by. However, I did open a section on the talk page. The other editors will leave comments and the matter will be settled by consensus. Thanks. Malke2010 21:01, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. How does one sign one's posts here? The problem comes from the Sisters' dual identity. I would think that the hot link to the main article on Trappists (which does explain the connection to the Trappistines) does clarify the matter. Further, the abbey is listed internationally in the Trappist Order's own directory of their establishments: http://www.ocso.org/HTM/net/monwb-en.htm

About how to sign your post: Just take a look at the end of your welcome message above ;) . Best, The Magnificent Clean-keeper (talk) 21:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your other comments, please take a look at the talk page of the article in question.The Magnificent Clean-keeper (talk) 21:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When you get to the end of your sentence, after the period, place four tildes (four of these ~) at the end. Do you see that?Malke2010 22:50, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Saw your edit on St. John Neumann. He's a favorite of mine.Malke2010 05:27, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks for the notice.Daniel the Monk (talk) 05:42, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daniel, About this article, [3], I've always been told the IHM was first established in Ireland. I know there are schools there run by IHM, because I went to one. Maybe they're the ones from Spain, originally. But it was Irish IHM who staffed schools in Philadelphia, too, as far as I was told. Is that correct?Malke2010 22:31, 7 July 2010 (UTC) Sorry, Malke, these Sisters were founded in Michigan. Many of the their latter members may have been from Ireland, but the congregation was founded here.Daniel the Monk (talk) 01:51, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You have just added:- "Except for a brief period of suppression during the Glorious Revolution under Oliver Cromwell, this temporal power of the office lasted until all such authorities were abolished in 1836". The Glorious Revolution was not under Oliver Cromwell, but later when William and Mary took over as monarch. Which do you mean? Could you also find a source for this? --Bduke (Discussion) 22:38, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out. The result of hurried writing while suffering physical pain.Daniel the Monk (talk) 13:29, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for raising the point about "skilled" nursing home - wasn't familiar that this was an industry term until now. However, this leads to another issue - the term seems to be strongly associated with United States usage based on the nursing home article. Therefore, since many in Wikipedia's international audience may not be familiar with the term, it may again be better to simply indicate "nursing home" in this case (with perhaps a link to the article). Dl2000 (talk) 03:28, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My deepest apologies for posting to the wrong page, I was wearing the wrong glasses! Reposting/ — DocOfSoc • Talk • 00:54, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See [[4]] OOPS! — DocOfSoc • Talk • 00:58, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Personal research is a violation of Original research. Please read. Pre Vatican II children were routinely confirmed in junior high in the U.S. My own OR, I was confirmed on November 22, 1960, in 8th grade. I can't use that either because a recognized citation needs to be found to confirm (pun intended) this. PTL — DocOfSoc • Talk • 21:27, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I very politely said "("Personal Recollection" is a violation of "personal research" Besides that you are incorrect)"

I purposefully never said you were "wrong," a much harsher word. The Original research link is above and here again, so that you may read it; It is the documentation you asked for which I did indeed supply. "40 years ago" is Pre-Vatican II which opened in October 1962. I also recommend you read Good Faith.

Comments on articles belong on the article's discussion page, not on my personal talk page. You said "(Change age of reception prior to Vatican II from my own personal rellocation of the era) which has you re-locating rather than recollecting. Civility is part of Wikipedia's code of conduct, and is one of Wikipedia's five pillars. The civility policy is a standard of conduct that sets out how Wikipedia editors should interact. Stated simply, editors should always treat each other with "consideration and respect". I suggest you read those also. Jesus said the same thing 2000 years ago. As a fellow Catholic, I am dismayed at the tone of your missive. Peace be with you... — DocOfSoc • Talk • 23:55, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Just wanted you to know that I reversed your cut and paste move of Stanislaus of Kazimierz because that type of move loses the article's history and therefore doesn't meet GFDL requirements. There is more info at WP:COPYPASTE and WP:CWW. In order to suggest a name change that might possibly be controversial, there are instructions at WP:Requested moves. I noticed your request on the article's talk page and have taken the liberty of formatting it as a move request that will automatically show up as a listing at WP:Requested moves. If that is not what you intended, please feel free to just undo my edit. Best wishes - Station1 (talk) 17:54, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Much appreciated.Daniel the Monk (talk) 00:15, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed your edits in the Franciscan topics and I would like to get your feedback on a topic I brought up on the Talk:Franciscan page. Part of it revolves around the fact that I know many Catholic Franciscans don't consider any non-Catholic group really Franciscan due to the obedience to the Pope issue, but even in trying to keep things NPOV for WP I am not sure how we should be handling people adding new "non-denominational" Franciscan groups. It seems most of these groups except for the "official" Anglican ones are real small. We relegate all the official Catholic Third Order groups to the Third Order pages for notability reasons. What do you think we should be doing with these groups? The reason this came up is the recent addition of the "Companions of Jesus" to that section. Other then the fact I have never even heard of them (but I don't usually hear about UK groups) the added sections definitely seems improperly weighted but the big question is, should they be there at all? Thanks for any comments. Marauder40 (talk) 13:59, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for asking, Marauder. In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that I have good friends who are Brothers, in both in the Anglican Society of St. Francis and the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans.

Regarding the issue of inclusion of non-Roman Catholic groups, as far as I am concerned, they ARE Franciscans. They follow a way of life inspired by St. Francis, and thus merit the name and inclusion on that page. I have been a part of the Franciscan movement for over forty years, and I have never heard anyone challenge their inclusion in the wider Franciscan world.

The issue really revolves around the title of the page. It is simply "Franciscan." Were one to include them in the pages of any of the three Orders of Friars Minor, e.g., there would be grounds for disputing such an inclusion, but not for the most general form of description.Daniel the Monk (talk) 14:20, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. I was only mentioning the fact that many Catholic religious order members do not consider non-Catholic Franciscans as true religious Order as a side-line. Like I said, it is their view that in order to truly follow St. Francis you have to follow everything St. Francis did and part of that is being obedient to the Pope, Bishops, Church, etc. They do respect non-Catholic religious, but have "issues" with it. I realize WP isn't the place for taking up that "argument" so have no problem with Anglican groups and larger groups being mentioned on the Franciscan page. My problem is where do we draw the line? Both within the Catholic Franciscan world and the non-Catholic Franciscan world there are hundreds (if not thousands) of groups that claim to follow the teachings of St. Francis. It is easier to deal with the Catholic groups because either they are official and have an official status within the church or they don't. If they are Catholic and to small to have an official status they aren't notable enough to be on WP. If they do have a status, they can be relegated to their appropriate page. We don't have that luxury with the "non-denominational" groups. Any group can claim to be following some of the ideals of St. Francis and want their group included on the main Franciscan page. How should we determine which of the hundreds of groups that may want this are notable enough to be included there? My personal take after viewing the "Companions of Jesus" web page was that they are to small for notability reasons and definitely to small for the amount of weight given in the current article. Maybe having some requirement that the group be notable enough to have a WP article in the first place before they can be added to the Franciscan page or something like that will help, but it isn't that hard to just create a page and whether someone notices its creation to challenge notability or not is questionable. But figure since I am a Franciscan myself wanted other views.Marauder40 (talk) 14:55, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pax et bonum then. After all the negligible groups and pages I have seen on this site, I really don't see any way to set limits on what constitutes significant here. Solitary individuals as well as gropus get pages. This also allows pages on obscure saints, on the other hand. It's part of being an all-inclusive repository of data, I suppose. Sorry I'm not more helpful.Daniel the Monk (talk) 15:09, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pax et bonum, thanks again for the comments. Based on that maybe I will trim down the "Companions of Jesus" section based on weight reasons and not worry about whether they are notable enough, until others do. Based on my interactions in the controversial pages, like abortion, politics, etc. I know that the secular side of WP will have issues with groups that have no mention outside of their own personal web-pages, I will leave it up to them to deal with it. Thanks again. Marauder40 (talk) 15:29, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When you edited the Minim (religious order) article, you added a link to Congo, which is a disambiguation page rather than an article. If you know from the source material whether it's referring to the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo, could you please edit your link to point to the appropriate page? Most common usage referring to the country simply as "Congo" is about Republic of the Congo, not the DRC, but I didn't want to assume that in this case since you're probably more familiar with the topic. Thanks! LarryJeff (talk) 21:20, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out, Larry! I appreciate the help. Daniel the Monk (talk) 01:48, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Bold page rename at Royal Mint is problematic.

• Any page move should be uncontroversial. Clearly, this is not the case, as the page name has been discussed on the article's talk page.

• The edit summary states “there were other royal mints besides the British one”. Please name them. Were they called “The Royal Mint”, as the British mint is known?

• How would a reader find the Royal Mint following this move?

• Also, the editor moving a page is responsible for repairing the redirects (found at 'What links here').

Please revert your moves and initiate a discussion at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Thanks, Daicaregos (talk) 07:58, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I had looked at the article "Mint" before I did the change. I have also looked at the discussion page on the article, and it seems that there is no discussion on there about this point, other than a complaint about a bias in emphasis on the American mint. So I don't see the controversy. Prior to my move, the article was the only one which would come up in a search for "Royal Mint." You will notice that there are three other "Royal Mints" listed in the article on "Mint", apart from the British one. Since it clearly is not the only one in the world, as can be seen from the article itself, I don't see the issue or any controversy. I did change the Redirect for "Royal Mint" to "Mint (coin)" and my move clarified that the article in question was the mint of only one nation. Daniel the Monk (talk) 21:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please desist from adding unnecessary links about Ambrose Barlow to an article about another person.--J3Mrs (talk) 16:12, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Desist?? I had never heard of him before today. The article I edited already had a link to him, which you would have seen in the history. And since when is there a limit on links? Daniel the Monk (talk) 17:46, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You appear to enjoy providing multiple links to the same thing, WP:Overlinking. Ambrose Barlow has his own article, that's where all the links about him belong. If I look up one person I don't expect a link farm on somebody else. --J3Mrs (talk) 17:56, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

While I won't argue some of the changes you made to my text, we have a disagreement about a number of things. Firstly, your change of the term "Mass" to be uncapitalized is offensive to members of my faith. Secondly, there are also a number of changes you have made which removed standard references made within religious communities, and thus are proper to the article. The different references to St. Ambrose give a context to someone who, like myself, had no idea who he was, and without that, might not be motivated to look further. As with Mother Clare Mary Ann, indication of one's religious Order is considered a standard part of one's name, like "Jr." Particularly as a fellow Benedictine, I question why you consider the standard use of the Order's initials for him as overkill. Daniel the Monk (talk) 18:11, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since I now see that you created the article, I have to point out that you made a number of factual errors in it, which might have been avoided by actually checking the links in it. Daniel the Monk (talk) 18:18, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I usually decapitalise nouns that aren't proper nouns but if it is offensive, replace it. I might add you don't know my faith and I edit in as neutral a way as I can. I probably wouldn't have removed the abbreviations if had there not been serial overlinking throughout your edit. I reiterate strings of overlinking as you did for Ambrose Barlow belong in his article not this. The factual errors being?--J3Mrs (talk) 18:25, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I edit from a neutral point of view, you obviously have an axe to grind. --J3Mrs (talk) 18:45, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I regret that you are taking it that way, but I am trying to make the article as clear as possible, especially for those who, like myself, are not as conversant with terms common in the U.K, and respecting the ettiquete in use among us in Religious Orders. Since you ask, here are two of the factual errors in your original text. The article originally stated that Mary Ward entered the monastery with Elizabeth. Inaccurate by three years. It also stated that the women were received into Holy Orders. This was not possible then in the Roman Catholic Church, as remains true today. Links can help. Daniel the Monk (talk) 19:02, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you're in religious orders then I'm a Chinese whore from Mars. Malleus Fatuorum 03:37, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What a typically sad comment. On the bright side, you show an excellent grasp of the English language for someone in your profession and locale. Daniel the Monk (talk) 00:09, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But I'm not a Chinese whore from Mars. ;-) Malleus Fatuorum 00:39, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure? On this site, documentation is required. Daniel the Monk (talk) 00:42, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm quite certain, as human life is not possible on Mars. And even if it were the speed of light would make it impossible for me to respond to your posting so quickly. But you claim to be a monk, or at least in religious orders. Are you really? Malleus Fatuorum 00:45, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Daniel the Monk (talk) 00:46, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, right. Malleus Fatuorum 00:48, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daniel the Monk, I thought I'd drop a few notes on your talk page with some help on writing articles :o)

First of all, it may be best for you to do a bit of reading, starting with the Wikipedia manual of style, which will give you a lot of information about how Wikipedia prefers its articles to be written. It's not as hard to follow as it might look; quite a bit of the information there probably won't be vital for you at first.

Second, I recommend you make a user sandbox - which is just an area you can use to practise in, and to make notes in, and to get things ready in. If you click this red link: user:Daniel the Monk/Sandbox, that will let you create that page (it gives you an edit window to start work in). Anything, anywhere, on the help and information pages which gives you an example, try it out in your sandbox until you're familiar with it.

For your article, the next thing you want to do is start collecting as much information as you can about it. Google searches (particularly in Books and Scholar) will be your best friend for this! Once you've found the information, the next most important thing is to start writing up each fact in your own words (very important, this), and make a note at the same time of exactly where that information came from. Build in the references as you go along; I'm going to copy in, down below this, a whole heap of help on doing references, which was produced by one of our best teachers (Chzz).

Here's another place that you'll find incredibly useful - citation templates which you can copy and paste into your sandbox, between <ref></ref> tags; you just fill in the blanks from your sources into the template, and you'll end up with nicely formatted inline citations :o) It all helps. Remember to add a references section to your sandbox (make a new line, and put ==References== on it, and type ((reflist)) on the next line, so that you can see how your citations look as you do them. Remember to save your page often! You don't want to lose your work.

Hopefully this will give you a good start and make life easier for you.

One last thing to keep as a motto: "It's better to write one good, well-referenced, nicely-presented article than it is to create fifty unreferenced one-line stubs!" Pesky (talk …stalk!) 13:31, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Simple references

These require two parts;

a)

Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref>

He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>

b) A section called "References" with the special code "((reflist))";

== References ==
((reflist))

(an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections)

To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:Daniel the Monk/reftest and try it out.

Named references

Chzz was born in 1837. <ref name=MyBook>
"The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. 
</ref> 

Chzz lives in Footown.<ref name=MyBook/>

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates

You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> ((Citation
 | last = Smith
 | first = John
 | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century
 | publication-date = 2001
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
))
</ref>

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

Hi there Daniel the Monk! I've just come across one of your articles, and noticed that you might appreciate some help with references.

You might want to consider using this tool - it makes your life a whole heap easier, by filling in complete citation templates for your links. All you do is install the script on Special:MyPage/common.js, or or Special:MyPage/vector.js, then paste the bare url (without [...] brackets) between your <ref></ref> tabs, and you'll find a clickable link called Reflinks in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). Then click that tool. It does all the rest of the work (provided that you remember to save the page! It doesn't work for everything (particularly often not for pdf documents), but for pretty much anything ending in "htm" or "html" (and with a title) it will do really, really well. Happy editing! Pesky (talk …stalk!) 13:31, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Pesky, thanks for the tip! Much appreciated. I don't quite follow all of it, as Wiki still leaves me feeling like I'm walking through a forest, but I just saw your examples, and they are a big help. From your profile, though, sounds like just your kind of habitat, lol. Great photo, btw, of you and the wolf. Cheers!Daniel the Monk (talk) 23:39, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Category:English Roman Catholic Religious Sisters, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Occuli (talk) 18:43, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re this edit summary: yes—Eastern or Roman Catholic. Which is why I did this: not all will be Eastern Catholics. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 01:32, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

True, but Roman rite Ukrainian Sisters can be covered with other Roman Catholic Sisters, no?Daniel the Monk (talk) 21:56, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they could. I was referring to removing the parent category, which was Category:Eastern Catholics. If they are not all Eastern Catholics, then Category:Eastern Catholics should not be the parent category. I was just explaining why I changed the parent category. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:24, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So a nun is not a cleric? Please explain. (Also please note that it is important to look at all of what you revert.) LadyofShalott 14:00, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, she would not be, at least not a Catholic one. A cleric receives Holy Orders and in the Roman Catholic Church, that is taught to be possible only for males. In fact, as of last year, public support of women priests in the Catholic Church is grounds for excommunication. Thus nuns are automatically lay women, but ones who led a consecrated life. She would be termed a monastic, or, more generally, a religious, which applies to any member of a religious institute, male, female, lay or cleric. Daniel the Monk (talk) 14:07, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK. LadyofShalott 14:12, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, On Keynsham you changed "Victorine order of Augustinian monks" to "Victorine congregation of canon regulars" while on Keynsham Abbey it says "Augustinian Canons Regular", based on this source. I'm not expert on Augustinian vs Victorine so could you check both articles are OK & say the same thing?— Rod ^talk 20:23, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Rod. I had already looked, only because Augustinian and monk were not synonomous in that period. All canons regular are automatically Augustinians, as explained in the entry on them and in the more general one of Augustinians. The Victorines were an autonomous grouping within that Order. Daniel the Monk (talk) 21:14, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks.— Rod ^talk 21:52, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I was interested in your edits at the article Dominic of Evesham. I note that you gave edit summaries of This is not a document of the time, he was a Benedictine and the postnominal initials of the Order to which he belonged are appropriate as such and this is a Benedictine article, use Benedictine practice. User:Ealdgyth has raised the question with me of whether this contradicts the precedent of not using the post-nominal pbuh on our Muhammad article. At this stage, without taking sides in your dispute, I want to ask you this. Was your opinion one that was formed by consensus, or were you merely exercising individual editorial discretion? If the former, can you point me to where the consensus was formed? If the latter, would you mind if I raised the issue centrally so that such a consensus can be fairly formed? Thanks in advance, --John (talk) 20:19, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, John. This was my on own discretion, based on centuries-old practice. The example Ealdgyth brings up might be apples and oranges. Post-nominal initials for a member of a religious institute are not an honorific. Its use is considered equivalent to "Jr." or "IV", while that term seems to be a religious blessing. In the West, we have an equivalent term used for venerated deceased people, "of blessed memory". So personally I don't see the connection. Hope this helps. Daniel the Monk (talk) 14:44, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. I intend to help resolve this disagreement by posting centrally. I will let you know when I do so. --John (talk) 20:40, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• It's here. --John (talk) 21:17, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for joining the discussion. --John (talk) 09:54, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for expanding the article about Archbishop Robert Sanchez. I prefer to start with stubs in writing articles and let others expand the articles. Also I have no problems about the change in the style of dating. Thank you again=RFD (talk) 21:47, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daniel. This article doesn't need Category:Beatified people because it already has Category:Franciscan beatified people, which is a subcategory of Beatified people. Pburka (talk) 04:51, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there. I understand your point, but the issue to me is whether someone looking at the wider category would necessarily look in the subcategories unless they already had specific information on a person, knowing, e.g., that he or she was a Franciscan or Dominican or Benedictine. That's why I feel the duplication is better. Daniel the Monk (talk) 04:55, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daniel. That's contrary to the guidelines at WP:Categorization. (Each article should be placed in all of the most specific categories to which it logically belongs. This means that if a page belongs to a subcategory of C (or a subcategory of a subcategory of C, and so on) then it is not normally placed directly into C.) Additionally, I'm concerned that your recent expansion of the article isn't supported by reliable sources. An archbishop's blog isn't a reliable source. For such a large addition, I would also strongly advise the addition of footnotes supporting each individual claim. Pburka (talk) 12:35, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out, Pburka. To my mind, this falls into the area of a non-diffusing category, which the guideline points out can be an exception to the general rule. This categorization allows for a quick reference to someone looking for people in that specific category, rather than having to go through a whole list of, in this case, beatified people, trying to find the beati of a particular movement.

I am not clear why you say that the archbishop's blog is not a reliable source. In what way? In this case it is another secondary source, which is also being requested of the article, so excluding it is a kind of Catch 22. It certainly adds to the notability of the subject of the article.

It also has the advantage of giving an image of the subject of the entry. I just wish I could figure out how to add it to the article, if that were allowed. Daniel the Monk (talk) 17:35, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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You created categories for religious sisters of various nationalities, but left the original categories (nuns) as well. They should have been merged, unless they are not the same thing, which I suspect they are. If you are going to create all sorts of new categories you should dispose of the existing ones which they are replacing. Now there are essentially duplicate categories and a mess to be sorted out. Quis separabit? 03:54, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Daniel. Please disregard the above. I discussed the matter with Good Olfactory and I was operating under a misconception. Again, please disregard. Yours, Quis separabit? 23:31, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Regarding your edit to this article, the source cited does indeed say that "Both German churches had lay trustees that were so overbearing that they drove out several pastors," but it says nothing whatsoever about why they did it. To describe what they did as being the result of their "rebellious spirit" is a conclusion, and like any pit of analysis or interpretation of facts, it needs to be specifically sourced to be included in the article - which is why I have removed it. If you have a source which says this, specifically, please use it, but without such a source, the statement cannot be included in the article, so please do not restore it. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:44, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your 'correct the English and grammar' to my Traversari's page. Sorry for my english. Can you do something about french Traversari's page ? Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LUCIOBLUES (talk • contribs) 21:53, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - this category Category:Priories is sparsely populated, even though there are at least 700 articles with the word 'priory' in the title - almost all of them that are monasteries are classified as such in the monasteries categorization hierarchy.

I'm thus thinking that we should probably just delete this category, and it's underused and monastery is probably sufficient. What do you think? --KarlB (talk) 14:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Karl.

I just looked at the category. Yes, using the category for monastery makes more sense to me, since that is what it is. A rose by any other name, haha. Daniel the Monk (talk) 15:50, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thanks. I've nominated it here: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2012_June_27#Category:Priories; feel free to weigh in with your thoughts. best, Karl

The info you requested a citation for is here: [5]. I'm inexperienced with doing citations, so would you mind doing it? PsychoInfiltrator (talk) 00:00, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for not answering before. You should write me at giunti.matteo (at) gmail.com for more info on William Seton. Madmats (talk) 14:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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You moved my concerns regarding the German parish to the article's talk page. I would not "sigh" on an article talk. I answered there what belongs there. "Bare url" doesn't. The bare url http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20031005_freinademetz_en.html should be formatted to show a title, if possible a date, an author, a publisher. The only position where bare urls are wanted is in infoboxes. With a welcome notice of 2009, I thought you knew that ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:53, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Did you really want to put a user page template on Nirmala Joshi? Seems rather odd... Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 02:34, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't, but the person vandalizing the entry is not signed in so I had nowhere else to post it. Any suggestions? I really can't figure out how to refer this for consideration by other editors in dealing with the matter. Any help would be appreciated. I had wanted to request your help, but your talk page seems to be protected from editing. Daniel the Monk (talk) 18:49, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel, your addition to Dependency provided some good information for the encyclopedia. A disambiguation page is not the place for it though. I think it would make a good short article. If you would like to prepare it, that would be great, or I would be happy to. I'd make sure to give you credit as the original author. Right now, I've stored a draft in my user space at User:SchreiberBike/Workspace/Scratchpad and I've changed it slightly to better fit the style of an article. I also added a reference I found on-line (if you have better references, that would be great). If you would like to take a fresh look at it and make any changes you think are appropriate, you could do that in my workspace. After the new article has been added to the encyclopedia, we can add a link to it at Dependency. Thank you. SchreiberBike (talk) 02:40, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Schreiber. I've edited it. See what you think of it. My only concern is that, as a free standing entry, somebody is going to threaten to delete it for lack of additional references. I've put plenty of links, but I'm not sure if that would be enough for everybody. Daniel the Monk (talk) 04:57, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I put it up at Dependency (religion). Time will tell if it stays. I did un-capitalize a couple of words to match with Wikipedia's manual of style, otherwise I didn't see any need for change. Thanks again. SchreiberBike (talk) 05:33, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

His original name is: María de León Bello y Delgado. I think the name should prevail in Spanish.--88.12.65.62 (talk) 18:12, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That is not the correct form. Look at how her sibling's names are given in the entry. Plus your English needs much correction, which I am now doing. Daniel the Monk (talk) 18:15, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

María de León y Delgado and John of Jesus Hernández y Delgado, can correct their names in the other articles in other languages​​.--79.155.93.29 (talk) 08:29, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Daniel, I've reverted you again at Alexis Bachelot. Per the guideline at WP:OAS, you should not make major changes to a featured article without making an attempt to discuss the issue and gain consensus. This article has been reviewed by a number of users and the current version reflects that consensus. I'm willing to discuss possible changes, but please do not make major revisions to the article without proposing them on the talk page. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:19, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Some of your changes may have been beneficial (particularly, I appreciate the titles and abbreviations), but your version introduced a number of problems. Please familiarize yourself with the guidelines at WP:LEAD--your version is much too short of a lead for an article of this size. Also see WP:RS, wordpress blogs are not reliable sources. (I added an inline citation to the claim you questioned.) Mark Arsten (talk) 20:23, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. Please note that the MOS talks about post-nominals in general; this includes post-nominals related to bodies of priests (see Post-nominal letters#Examples). --Omnipaedista (talk) 17:18, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I am not denying that they are, but by the standard protocol of religious institutes, as per the MOS, they are not considered honorifics, but are the equivalent of "Jr" or "Sr", which are considered part of a man's name in the MOS.

The explanation "religious Order initials are not honorifics, but denote heritage" seems to be irrelevant. Sr./Jr. are not the same as OFM or SJ. The latter are post-nominal titles, while the former aren't. I think that this is quite clear. The only way to be sure though, would be to ask the guideline's talk page for further clarification. --Omnipaedista (talk) 02:02, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Call them what you will, my point is that they serve a similar function, as opposed to the purpose of honorifics, in that any member of a religious institute is entitled to their use to indicate their belonging to it, regardless of his or her occupation in life otherwise. Thus it is a matter of belonging to a group, not "achievements". I am in agreement that it would be helpful to have this clarified. Daniel the Monk (talk) 15:29, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have opened a thread here. --Omnipaedista (talk) 17:31, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The frequent editors of the guideline page indicated that there is no special exception for religious vs. non-religious postnomials. --Omnipaedista (talk) 13:59, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that the inclusion of post-nominals in "Hugh of Saint Victor" has been deemed anachronistic and a violation of WP:NOR. --Omnipaedista (talk) 14:09, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I hardly consider two editors who openly state a lack of knowledge in this field as an authoritative consensus. I shall await other comments before I consider the matter closed.Daniel the Monk (talk) 17:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy. Why are you reverting my pipelinks? The pipelinks are done for all the other Pope bio articles. GoodDay (talk) 04:12, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. Is there a MOS to govern this? Listing them without a title seems odd. Daniel the Monk (talk) 05:13, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why show Pope, when we know they are, since they're his predecessor & successor. Anyways, it's more important to have the 265 articles as consistent as possible. GoodDay (talk)

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There have been reservations expressed about the sources used in the article as part of the DYK review. Are you planning to address these? Please respond there. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:57, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I thought the process was over. I would be happy to do so, but the main problem the last editor had, if I understood him correctly, was that he did not acccept the main source as reliable. What can one do with that? Daniel the Monk (talk) 20:15, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know whether there might be other, clearly reliable sources out there that could be used. If there aren't, then we are indeed at a stand, and there doesn't seem to be anything more that can be done. The problem is that, absent a response, none of us could know there weren't other alternative sources. Thanks, and sorry it didn't work out. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:23, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll keep my eye out when I have time, if only for the research. Thanks for your attention. Daniel the Monk (talk) 17:35, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Forgive me for I am a little confused over whether she is "officially" a saint in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church. On the List of Saints article, she is listed as being venerated by Catholics, and I found a few sources that state she has a feast-day and was a saint, but I was doubtful of their completeness/reliability (She does not appear on sites such as www.catholic.org for instance). I could do with some further enlightenment.--Kawaii-Soft (talk) 23:31, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, one of the reasons Wikipedia has a certain reputation, but if you look at the last paragraph of her life it states there that the Catholic Church has never declared her to be a saint. Daniel the Monk (talk) 01:29, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ooooh! I completely missed that! >_< I guess she's an "unofficial" saint then, to some people. Thanks! --Kawaii-Soft (talk) 21:26, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for pointing that out, however, several of those figures are listed with their full names in some of the sources. What to do then? Daniel the Monk (talk) 17:58, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, usually a good way to see what would be best is to look at search results. While there are certain sites that always list the full name of political figures, looking at google news archives from their era will often show what most coverage actually referred to them as.--Yaksar (let's chat) 18:13, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for that. I've already resolved an issue with the redirect which existed. Daniel the Monk (talk) 02:24, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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		In recognition of your excellent work over the last few days; making improvements and moving some not-often-viewed articles for the sake of WP:MOS. Thought you should know your efforts have been appreciated. Keep up the good work! Stalwart111 08:21, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Much appreciated. Daniel the Monk (talk) 19:46, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your for fixing my grammar on Margaret McKenna. I have always found it hard to remember the post nominal letters for the different orders. --Guerillero | My Talk 18:59, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to draw your attention to the reliable sources guideline; particularly the part that says, "Reliable sources must be strong enough to support the claim." The Ursulines of the Roman Union website will never be reliable source for a claim to supernatural powers. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 20:11, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you serious? This has been recorded as part of her life story since the 16th century. The Ursulines have 500 years of history as an organization, and operate worldwide. I suggest that you consider this context, as pointed out the WP. Daniel the Monk (talk) 20:20, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You think a website that believes Comic Sans is a good font is a serious source? With a reliable source you can say it is claimed she had divine powers but you can't say she had divine powers. This is not the Catholic Encyclopedia. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 20:33, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

So you are judging the site by its font??!! That is certainly a frivolous criterion. Plus nowhere does the article state that she had "powers". It relates her experiences, as she clearly must have shared with her followers. It is the same as when people judge recent military figures as being "charismatic" leaders. What proof would there be for that? Daniel the Monk (talk) 20:40, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read what you wrote? You said she experienced a revelation from God and had "deep mystical gifts." Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 20:49, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and gifts does not equate with "powers" in the realm of spirituality. Daniel the Monk (talk) 20:51, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Powers, abilities. You're arguing semantics. The reality is that your revision says that God exists and mine doesn't necessarily say he doesn't and contains a minor grammar error. You tell me which revision better meets the burden of proof. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 21:08, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Proof of what? Her experiences? She reported it to her followers per the historical sources. The very fact that she had followers demonstrate her notability. The neutrality you seem to seek is not required in Wikipedia. I suggest that you look at the MOS on the topics of spirituality. Daniel the Monk (talk) 21:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore, if you have a strong disagreement, I suggest that you put the matter up for discussion and consensus, rather than just continually reverting my text. Daniel the Monk (talk)

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I'm confused by your edit summary where you reverted my move of Francis of Assisi's infobox. You said my edit was inaccurate, but I was only moving the location of the saint infobox and using a more generic box for the lead. --JFH (talk) 19:30, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When I looked at your edit, "Christian leader" is not the format given by your WP reference, and it removes most of the information given under "type=saint". So I'm confused about what you are trying to accomplish. Daniel the Monk (talk) 19:34, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

According to the documentation I linked, template:infobox saint is intended for use in a veneration section. I copied and pasted the infobox to the section on his feast day, so no information is lost, it's just in a relevant section of the article. I replaced the lead infobox with template:infobox Christian leader. --JFH (talk) 19:41, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the history and see how much of the data was no longer visible under the other template. I grant that the wording of the guideline given there seems confusing, and universally is not what is done in the articles. As an example, using Christian leader for a female Catholic saint would be totally inappropriate, as it presumes some form of clerical status. Daniel the Monk (talk) 19:48, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just think leading with the saint box gives a lot of information that I wouldn't expect to find in an infobox or quick summary for someone like Francis, and I assume that's why the documentation is like that, though it does appear that many articles are not following it. There's template:infobox religious biography for women and others who are not leaders. Just to reiterate, no information was removed from the article, just moved down out of the lead. --JFH (talk) 20:33, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not finding that template, but would presume that it works for religious figures who are not clergy or venerated as saints. I find the infobox is good for summarizing details that can be lost, or are often not included, in the text. Daniel the Monk (talk) 20:41, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, just like I thought. Best for non-clergy and non-venerated Christians. The Dalai Lama gets to have the date of his re-incarnation noted. Daniel the Monk (talk) 20:50, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Dear Daniel..., Thanks for translating the article of Rudolf Moroder, you dit a terrific job. May I ask you to translate the article of de:Ludwig Moroder my grandfather and brother in law of Rudolf? He married Adele the sister of RUdolf they had the same family name but were not related (both my granfather Ludwig and my grandmother Adele were Moroders). Best regards and thanks so much Wolfgang --Moroderen (talk) 23:26, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Daniel, good to see you again. I saw your edit to the article Ambrose Maréchal where in the edit summary you mention that the titles are "proper titles". I'm not sure what proper titles are. In my understanding, the words are not proper nouns which would be capitalized. My reading of the Wikipedia Manual of Style at WP:JOBTITLES is pretty clear that these would not be capitalized. What do you think. Thanks, SchreiberBike (talk) 23:02, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your greetings, Schreiber. In the MOS it says that when it is a case of a specific office, such as Mayor of Paris or Queen of Sheeba, the office is capitalized. This then applies to bishops, when one says, e.g., Bishop of Timbuktu. Also, in the the case of Maréchal, one is speaking of a specific group, the Society of Jesus. Hope this helps. Daniel the Monk (talk) 14:39, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I see the section you quoted gives King of France as an example. There is another section of the MOS which uses Mayor of London as opposed to he is the mayor as an example. Daniel the Monk (talk) 14:49, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked more closely into the MOS and I see that you are right. In the main MOS it says "Standard or commonly used names of an office are treated as proper nouns." I had missed that before and will change my practice.

I differ with you though on some other capitalization points. Society of Jesus would be capitalized, but I wouldn't capitalize society used in a sentence without of Jesus. I base that on the MOS Institutions section where it says "Names of particular institutions are proper nouns and require capitals, but generic words for institutions (university, college, hospital, high school) do not." Also, I would not capitalize bull meaning a specific kind of communication. Are you comfortable with those changes? Thank you. SchreiberBike (talk) 18:32, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree in that one is still referring to a specific institution when speaking of the Society, so it's not general. Not capitalizing bull, well, I'm fine with that, because it's just a lot of bull. Daniel the Monk (talk) 19:42, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the Society of Jesus article sometimes capitalizes and sometimes doesn't. The examples given at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Institutions use lower case for university or city even where it is clear that they are speaking of a specific institution. Another place to go for clarification is to featured articles to see how it was done there. I looked at Georgetown University and see that they don't capitalize university except in the full name (but it's not fully consistent). Does that persuade you? The Society of Jesus article should be made consistent too. SchreiberBike (talk) 20:33, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, to be honest, it doesn't convince me. I'm so used to the practice in Catholic literature of the Society always being capitalized. Perhaps it depends on context. I'll have to think on that. Consistency is a good goal, but remembering the old adage of lots of cooks and pots, I'm not going to lose sleep over it. Daniel the Monk (talk) 02:34, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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At [6]. Please tell me which source is the citation for the part of the text preceding the now-removed citation tag. PS. Also, why did you remove the diacritics from Czesław Miłosz's name? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:48, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the tag because the sentence already cites a specific document, which, in fact, has its own entry. As to the diacritics, if you look at the images of his English-language books, he did not use them in his works in this language. Daniel the Monk (talk) 14:58, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An existence of a Wikipedia article does not satisfy WP:V. Hence, the section is uncited. The fact that a a book may used simplify spelling does not change the fact that on Wikipedia we use the correct spelling variants, i.e. the one where an article is at. You are welcome to start a move request at Czesław Miłosz, but until such a time that it succeeds the correct name for him as used on this project is the one with diacritics. Similarly, if you were to cite a Korean source about American history, you would write about George Washington, not 조지 워싱턴, despite the fact that the Korean language source would use the latter version. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:12, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are ignoring the fact that, in this case, as a resident and citizen of the United States, this is how he rendered his name in English. I have looked at the various English-language sources quoted here about him, and none of the journals and books in English use the Polish form, which he must have dropped upon gaining citizenship. So it not a matter of my changing it, it is how he used it, which is different than the example you give.

In this matter, I was simply rendering the name as given in the source. You have have raised an interesting point about the spelling in the entire article, since the MOS is that a name be rendered as most commonly used in English-language sources. I wonder what result that would have. Daniel the Monk (talk) 02:19, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's a dead horse issue, and you are welcome to start a WP:RM at CM page to prove me wrong. He never officially changed his name, and unless you can prove otherwise, diacritics are the correct use. PS. While there is inconsistency (no diacritics on the cover of [7]), note that they are used on page 2 in the copyright and LoC catalog sections. Throughout the book CM himself prefers just the not helpful C.M. initials. Authority control: Worldcat - uses diacritics, VIAF - ditto, LOC - ditto, DNB - I'll let you guess. So, dead horse, please stop staring at the carcass and move on :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:11, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I beg to differ that it's a dead issue, though I see you have a history of insisting of Polish accentuation. I shall grant that the case is muddy because he probably used both forms, but the issue is his use in the English language, and for that I do not have to prove that he changed his name, because as an American citizen his legal name would be the name on his citizenship papers, or do you dispute that he did become one? The American government, certainly in that period, did not use foreign accent marks for names, especially non-Western ones. Given how the English-language sources do not generally use them, the proof would be on you to prove that somehow he was able to keep the accent marks as part of his legal name. Evidence that he did not use Polish accentuation in his English writings can be seen here from his lifetime from the school where he lived and taught for many years.^[1]

Given the ambiguity of the matter, I am not inclined to insist that the entry be changed, but I do feel that his own practice when writing in English, as an American citizen, should be respected and the MOS followed. Daniel the Monk (talk) 21:47, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Few points to consider: 1) did he ever renounce Polish citizenship? 2) in 1993 he returned to Poland 3) did he stop publishing books in Polish, or not? 4) were his works in Polish with English translations, vice versa, or both? 4) It is obvious his original name used diacritics, I think the burden is on you to prove his American ID did not have them 5) a major issue is as follows: did he stop using diacritic of his own will, or was he forced to not use them on occasion due to their technical unavailability in some locations, and due to foreigners slighting him and not using them when writing about him? Just a few points, but as you say, perhaps we should just stop discussing this, if it would be just for the sake of discussion. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:12, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daniel,

I have been starting a series of articles on White Fathers missionaries in East Africa lately. I am not sure the best way to fill in the "Infobox Christian leader". Jan Cornelius van Sambeek is an example. I am inclined to give his main title as "Titular Bishop of Tracula", since he held that title until he died, then to list his more tangible positions under "Other posts". But I would also like to show his predecessors and successors in these posts in the infobox. Do you have any views on what is most appropriate? Maybe an example?

Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 02:42, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Aymatth. Thanks for asking. Most infoboxes use a bishop's actual working post as his major title. Actually, in this case, Van Sambeek ceased to be a titular bishop once he became the Ordinary of Kigoma. Other posts are given going back in time, so the most recent is listed first. Had he still been a Vicar Apostolic, that would be the title to list. Hope this helps. Daniel the Monk (talk) 13:55, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that does help. I would prefer the approach used by template:infobox officeholder where a series of posts can be listed, each with title / start / end / predecessor / successor. But changing template:Infobox Christian leader seems impossible. I will follow the convention you describe. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:09, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I would just point out that Mgr. is not the formal title for a bishop in the English-speaking world. His title would be the Right Rev., and adding the intials of his society, W.F., after his name is proper. Daniel the Monk (talk) 14:19, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have tweaked the Jan Cornelius van Sambeek infobox to make his last active post the main one, and list the other posts in reverse sequence. I added the suffix M. Afr., which is the formal name of the society and what seems to usually be used. I am not comfortable with the Right Reverend. That seems to be used in Britain but "Most Reverend" is used elsewhere by English speakers. The sources do not use either, but sometimes use "Mgr. van Sambeek". When in doubt, leave it out. (I also have difficulty calling a politician The Right Honourable!) I will work through and standardize the other articles in this set. Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 14:48, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I try to keep styles as used during the lifetime of the subject of the entry. W.F. is what the Missionaries of Africa used in English during that period. As regards, Most vs. Right, since Van Sambeek worked in a British territory, the usage there would be the appropriate one. It helps to know that it was used universally in the Catholic Church, except for Ireland, until the United States adopted it in the 1970's. From my reading of the MOS, the infobox can show a formal title for informative purposes, so it can only help. Daniel the Monk (talk) 14:14, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I certainly do not feel strongly. The title and text of the articles should use the common forms, but I assume an infobox can use more formal forms, even if they were not often used in practice. Given the backgrounds of the early White Fathers Vicars Apostolic, I imagine they thought of themselves as "Monsignor Abc, M. Afr." (I never see P.B. for Pères Blancs). They would probably have introduced themselves as "Monsignor Abc", and probably were called by others either "Bishop Abc" or "Monsignor Abc". The sources mostly use one of those forms. I think I will just leave it - but would have no problem if you want to add a prefix or change a suffix. Aymatth2 (talk) 15:30, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Pirmasens was under the control of Bavaria in 1855 when the Poor Franciscan Sisters were organized there. The fact that it is not presently in Bavaria is not relevant to its categorization for 1855.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:36, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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A quick look at the Times Atlas of World History, p. 216, clearly shows that Bavaria held a large section of area along the French border from 1815 on. The various maps at Kingdom of Bavaria also make this clear.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:03, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your many edits, I'm just wondering why you moved Minh Mạng to Minh Mang (emperor)? (see Choi Byung Wook Southern Vietnam Under the Reign of Minh Mạng (1820-1841) 2004 etc.) Is there another Minh Mang with the ạ removed? In ictu oculi (talk) 06:00, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is a game with that same name. Daniel the Monk (talk) 19:54, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I thank the giver of this prize for bestowing it and my Superiors for allowing me to be able to earn it. AMDG! Daniel the Monk (talk) 17:53, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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What a terrible nuisance this Wikipedia user is. Please STOP removing the category, 'Members of the Dominican Order' from pages concerning figures who are obviously and patently members of the Dominican Order. Furthermore, you do not have any authority whatsoever to suggest that my edits to these articles constitute vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.58.13 (talk) 21:53, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you actually look at the category, it lists only friars of the Order. The parties in those articles are listed in their appropriate categories for their branch of the Dominican Order. Given this, your continued nonconstructive editing can be considered vandalism.

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The 'Members of the Dominican Order' category clearly contains a number of particular subcategories, each of which obviously has a more limited range of content. However, my edits pertained to the GENERAL list of Dominican figures which proceeds the more specific subcategories. The fact that this more general list appears to contain mostly friars is no good reason to necessarily conclude that Dominicans other than friars should be omitted. As for your accusation of 'nonconstructive editing', what reason would any individual have to necessarily assent to your subjective judgement upon what what constitutes 'nonconstructive editing'. Considering my assessment of the 'Members of the Dominican Order' category, I do not see any good reason to think that this constitutes 'nonconstructive editing'. Moreover, I am finding your interference to be singularly nonconstructive. The reason why I limit my involvement in Wikipedia, and therefore do not have a profile, is exactly because of this sort of silliness, ie, that I cannot operate without pointless impediment.

You clearly miss the point and rules of editing in this site. This is what makes your editing non-constructive. Perhaps it is best, then, that you limit your editing. The subcategories automatically are part of the greater category. All editors bring their viewpoint to the site, subject to the established guidelines for editing. If you wish to create a new category, to clarify that it is one for the friars, be my guest. Daniel the Monk (talk) 22:28, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, I am sorry; you are not grasping my point. As for the 'rules of editing', you are not qualifying or clarifying which rules I am violating, and how. I am simply honouring the democratic nature of the site. I can only repeat that there is NO good reason that one should accept your judgement on my editing - you merely maintain that it is non-constructive because you happen to think it is non-constructive, and that in some vague way (according to your subjective prejudice and interpretation), I am missing the point of the rules. Moreover, there is no good reason (and you have certainly not provided one) to conclude that my edits are non-constructive. Your suggestion that I should limit my editing is as fatuous and unauthoritative as if I were to tell you to limit your editing. The point about the subcategories, which I CLEARLY made above, is that they distinguish between the particular and the general; they are limited in content according to type (sisters, scholars, etc). The fact that the figures in these particular categories might also appear in the general list of members is irrelevant. Your point that 'The subcategories automatically are part of the greater category' is also irrelevant: the greater category is divided into two distinct parts, a group of particular subcategories, and a general list of members. In addition to the reasons I have just stated, I maintain that my inclusion of Dominican women in the general category (the list beneath the subcategories) is perfectly legitimate and correct. Firstly, because there is no indication (a title, subtitle, etc) that this list (the general list, distinct from the subcategories) is exclusively for friars. Secondly, the title for the general list is clearly 'Members'. Do you agree that, in the context of the Order, the term 'member' is more inclusive than the term 'friar'? If so, do you also agree that this inclusive term might also pertain to Dominican women, such as Blessed Columba and Mother Ekaterina Abrikosova? Finally, I do not wish to create a new subcategory. Here, you appear to be contradicting yourself: if it is necessary to create a further subcategory to qualify 'friars and only friars' - for the very reason that one would make the distinction clear - your earlier remark that, 'If you actually look at the category, it lists only friars of the Order' is incorrect. Your contention was that my edits were nonconstructive because I was adding Dominican women to a part of the general category reserved for friars. Of course, if this were true, there would be no point in creating a qualified subcategory.

I can only repeat that the edits that I made to the 'Members' category should remain, and that you should stop interfering where you have no good reason to interfere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.58.13 (talk) 13:15, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pointing out the specific editing guidelines is pointless, unless you agree to respect them, which I suspect you won't. Daniel the Monk (talk) 02:47, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What an utterly pathetic, obnoxious reply! Considering that you have not (due to unwillingness or, as I strongly suspect, inability) explained how and why my edits are non-constructive, and that I have repeatedly explained why there is NO good reason to think that these edits are non-constructive, the reasonable and appropriate think for me to do at this point would be to reverse your interferences in the edits. Besides, why don't you actually engage honourably with the issue at hand, rather than resorting to argumentum ad hominem silliness, such as claiming that discussion is invalid because I am not or will not be respectful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.58.13 (talk) 10:24, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Daniel! I wonder if you are watching the article on Cistercians. A few days ago, another editor and I were discussing something on the Talk page of the article under the heading "Constitution and Rule". Neither of us is an expert, and we were hoping someone would be able to address the issue we were discussing, but a few days have passed and no one has commented. Perhaps you might be able to help. Besides a question of capitalization in a section heading, there seems to be a disconnect between the section heading and the content of the section. CorinneSD (talk) 01:35, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daniel,
I saw your reversion back to the longer category name using a paraphrase instead of the term nunneries and wondered, why the shorter version is inaccurate?
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• Hello, Ulf. While the term nunnery might have been the common term in the 15th century, in modern English, especially in the U.S.A., it is considered somewhat pejorative, reminiscent of the anti-Catholic terminology of that era. I have been meaning to have the category deleted, but there are only so many hours in the day to get around to making all the changes. So thanks for giving me the incentive. Daniel the Monk (talk) 11:02, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nunneries or monasteries of nuns

Hi Daniel,
thanks for the answer. I cannot judge whether nunnery is a negative term or not, but a short search in the Catalog of the Library of Congress delivers not a single title containing monastery of nuns, some having monasteries of nuns (the latest published in 1963, others having it as a keyword from the early 1980s, and older), but in the same time many titles using the term nunnery, the latest from the late 1980s, one on a nunnery in Montreal, Canada. Saying nunnery was accurate in the 15th century, but not later, does not make sense, since there are many titles from 19th and 20th century using it, for sure not all, and I guess not even mostly, in an anti-Catholic attitude. I think judging nunnery as pejorative needs more evidence, before using the paraphrase.
One title, also for sure no base for a generalisation but showing the width of usage, uses even monasteries and nunneries as a juxtaposition, as if monastery were rather one of monks, as opposed to nunneries. Is there any conclusion among wikipedians banning nunnery is discriminatory? Otherwise I do not see a basis for replacing the plain term nunnery, but suggest a parallel usage.
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I've hardly ever heard the word "nunnery" used, and I've always taken "monastery" to mean a place where monks live and work. The word for the place where nuns live and work is a convent, and I don't understand why you are not using it. I don't know what the connotation for "nunnery" has been in the 19th and 20th centuries, but the sound of the word is not pleasing. It parallels the sound of words such as "creamery", "brewery", and "tannery", all places where things are produced. CorinneSD (talk) 17:25, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ulf, I have no idea what the contexts are of the listings you are looking at. Are you saying that there is an community of nuns in Canada which uses this term in their formal name? I think it is worth noting what outsiders who are not familiar with monastic terminology use should not be given the same weight as what the nuns themselves use. As an example, there is a Poor Clare monastery listed here which the locals would call an abbey, even though the nuns of that Order have NEVER used that term for their houses. Likewise, there is no community of nuns which officially calls its house a nunnery.

So perhaps monastery of nuns as a title will not show up, as such, since the operative word is simply monastery. Did you check the listings to confirm that they all referred only to monks? Corinne hits the nail on the head with its resonance. In this case, I would add "popery", which is definitely considered an anti-Catholic term.

My main point, however, is that nunnery is not, and actually has never been, so far as I can tell, a formal title. Given that, it seems preferable, following Wiki's guidelines, to use the formal term actually in use. By the way, if you look at the category of nunneries, it gives monastery as its main article.

Corinne, it's a bit complicated. Houses of nuns and what are now called Religious Sisters were always called monasteries or abbeys until the 16th century, when it became common in France to use the term convent for non-Benedictine nuns, especially the Carmelites. It gets very cloudy in German and Scandinavian languages, which usually simply use the term "Kloster", irrespective of the distinctions which are made in the Latin languages. In modern usage, when working in English and the Romance languages, all communities of nuns, i.e., those who follow the contemplative life, call their houses monasteries, while convent is used for houses of Religious Sisters, who follow active lives of service. Daniel the Monk (talk) 23:48, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Daniel -- I wonder if you could take a look at a section of an article. The article is Goliard, and the section is Goliard#Debate over authorship and recent scholarship. I've made a few edits (see also my exchanges with User talk:Rothorpe#Goliard), but there is one sentence that we feel is confusing. It appears to be unsourced, and Rothorpe suggested removing it, but I can see that the entire section is paraphrased from a book listed at the bottom of the article by Gillingham. There are no in-line citations giving title and/or page numbers, however, and perhaps there should be. The sentence is the second-to-last sentence in the second paragraph of the section:

"Certain monastic orders were also less strict than others because of the forced monastic way of living, such as the Benedictine monks at Cluny."

If we remove this sentence, then the next sentence would make no sense. Whoever added this sentence was trying to make a point, but the point is not clear.

If you think the sentence is important, could you try to make it clearer? If you think it is not important, it can be deleted, but then you have to decide what to do with the next sentence.

I don't know if you can add in-line citations, or not. The entire section seems a bit long relative to the rest of the article, doesn't it? CorinneSD (talk) 16:17, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Corinne, thanks for your confidence in my editing skills. I've rearranged the sentence slightly and dropped that last phrase, which, as you note, is very unclear. I've also requested a citation for the reference to the Cluniacs for other reasons. See if you feel that it helps the article. Peace. Daniel the Monk (talk) 15:07, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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You haven't added any comments to your talk page in three weeks. I hope all is well and that you're enjoying the summer. I wanted to ask you something about a recent edit to Cistercians, but since you don't seem to be around, I'll ask someone else, or maybe the edit will just be undone by someone watching the article. CorinneSD (talk) 00:31, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Corinne. Thanks for thinking of me. I hope your summer is going well. As my period of convalescence winds up, my duties in the Order seem to multiply. So I don't have too much time for editing. Do you still need help with that article? Daniel the Monk (talk) 11:57, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Daniel! I'm sorry to learn that you have been under the weather. I hope you're feeling better now. Another editor took care of the problem in the article. Thanks. I hope you keep editing on Wikipedia whenever you have time. -- CorinneSD (talk) 22:26, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you are enjoying what is left of the summer. If you have time, would you review today's edit to Cistercians? An IP editor removed a line from the article, with an edit summary, but no source other than another Wikipedia article was provided to back up the statement in the edit summary. What do you think? CorinneSD (talk) 23:05, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your good wishes, Corinne. I hope you had a great summer. I looked at the article. If I understand the edit correctly, the editor removed reference to the Certosa di Pavia as a major Cistercian house. Even though they currently occupy that monastery, given their very limited historical connection to the site, I wouldn't object to that edit. Daniel the Monk (talk) 04:55, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

O.K. Thank you for looking at it. I completely trust your judgment. CorinneSD (talk) 12:53, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for considering me for reviewing your edit. Looking at the text briefly, I haven't seen a huge difference so far. There are a number of violations of the English MOS and I shall edit those when I can. Some have already been corrected by other editors. Daniel the Monk (talk) 02:47, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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why are the Benedictine nunneries not suited to be listed in the nunneries category, like nunneries of other orders?
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They do not use that term. They are called monasteries, just like those of monks. Daniel the Monk (talk) 18:43, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month, we will also host a Newcomer's Wiki Workshop for those getting started on the encyclopedia project! We will also include a look at our annual plan and budget ideas, and welcome input from community members on the sorts of projects the chapter should support through both volunteer and budgetary efforts. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday December 9 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 137 West 14th Street We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! (One talk this month will be on use of Wikipedia press passes for photographers.) Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 13:38, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply] Bonus events, RSVP now for our upcoming editathons: Saturday December 12 - Art & Law @ School of Visual Arts editathon Sunday December 13 - Black Film: AfroCROWD editathon

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Saturday January 16: Wikipedia Day NYC 2016

You are invited to join us at New York University for Wikipedia Day NYC 2016, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference as part of Wikipedia 15, the project's global 15th birthday festivities. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. Saturday January 16 Wikipedia Day NYC 2016 (RSVP on-wiki or at bit.ly/wikiday15). 10:00am - 7:00 pm at NYU ITP Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway (between Waverly and Washington Place) We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 17:56, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It appears I got the Minim Daughters, who work in schools and medical centers, mix up with the Minim Nuns in Santillo who clearly do not. I went back and made the distinction. Thank you for pointing that out. Mea culpa. Mannanan51 (talk) 03:38, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• 32.218.47.159, It was an editing error. I changed the article name while still working on a major edit. I didn't realize that it would create two separate articles. You should have noticed on the talk page that I immediately requested that an authorized editor merge the two articles. Daniel the Monk (talk) 16:17, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Saturday February 6 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon

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Wednesday March 16, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

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Let me try to explain a couple edits re: Franciscan categories. At first, please notice for instance that Congregations of Franciscan sisters is currently both a child of Roman Catholic female orders and societies and Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns by order, which makes no sense as it contains congregations, not individual nuns and sisters. Therefore, it should be a subcategory of the former, not the latter. This is the way Wikipedia WP:categorization works. The equivalent category for individual nuns is Nuns of the Franciscan Third Order Regular, which you also created.

Also, to the average reader like me, the difference between Third Order Regular Franciscans and Third Order of Saint Francis is not clear, and if it is not clear to me it is probably not clear for other people as well. May I suggest to add a line of introduction explaining the difference between Third Order Regular and Secular Franciscan Order ? Or maybe rename Third Order Regular Franciscans to something like Regular Third Order, Regular Third Order of Saint Francis (parallel to Secular Franciscan Order), Third Order Regular or Third Order Regular of Saint Francis ?

Re: your diff comment that "Since I created both categories, I think I know what they are for", may I kindly suggest that although you created these pages, you do not OWN them or any page on Wikipedia, neither do I. Also, you may know something that the average reader does not. Please kindly accept these comments as friendly suggestions to improve the encyclopaedia as a whole and an invitation to discussion. Place Clichy (talk) 15:32, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Saturday April 30, 1-6pm: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa @ Guggenheim

File:Monir Portrait-exh ph021.jpg On Saturday April 30, 2016, in conjunction with a global campaign, the Guggenheim will host its fourth Wikipedia edit-a-thon — or, #guggathon — to enhance Wikipedia's coverage of modern and contemporary artists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and to counter geocultural systemic bias on Wikipedia. The Guggenheim aims to further the goals of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, and build on the model of campaigns like the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Guggenheim: Women in Architecture, Wikipedia Asian Month, and Art+Feminism. New and experienced editors are welcome. The event will include a training session for participants who are new to Wikipedia and Wikipedia specialists will be on hand to provide basic instruction and editing support. Can’t join us in New York? Visit our global MENA Artists Month partnership page to coordinate international and online events as well. Saturday. April 30 Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa @ Guggenheim (Participants have to bring their own laptops and power cords). Time: Presentation: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, Edit-a-thon: 2:30pm - 6:00pm Location: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue (88th Street), New York City, New York 10128 Guests should enter using the 88th Street entrance via the ramp at 88th Street and Fifth Avenue Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) ~~~~~

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Wednesday May 25, 6pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC / Enterprise MediaWiki Conference

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon. This month's WikiWednesday Salon, we'll meet and share with the MediaWiki software development community, through a community learning night at NYU on May 25. Wednesday May 25 at NYU Tisch School of Arts, 721 Broadway, 4th floor (same location as Wikipedia Day in January) - WikiWednesday Salon NYC / Enterprise MediaWiki Conference (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 6:00 pm: Introduction, pizza 7:00 pm: MediaWiki tutorial, community involvement and extension ideas, novel uses of wiki technology 8:00 pm: State of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia / Wikimedia community 9:00 pm: Monthly WikiSalon in San Francisco video-link, casual bicoastal chat Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 13:51, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Sunday June 5, 12-5pm: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon

Join us for a full Sunday of social Wikipedia editing at the Center for Jewish History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to Women in Jewish History. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Expanding coverage of Jewish women on Wikipedia makes these women and their creations discoverable, addresses the gender bias on Wikipedia in a positive way, and works to correct imbalances archival collecting practice and institutional projects that have historically silenced women's narratives. A training session on editing Wikipedia will be held at 12:30 pm. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand. Light refreshments will be provided. Make edits! Ask questions! Be bold! Sunday June 5 Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon (Participants have to bring their own laptops and power cords). Time: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), New York City, New York 10011 Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:01, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply] P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our June 15 WikiWednesday and other upcoming events.

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Wednesday June 15, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Featuring special guest presentations on Wikipedia Asian Month and Wikipedia Club at Ohio State University. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent (Art+Feminism! AfroCrowd!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday June 15 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 137 West 14th Street We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 01:38, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply] P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our AfroCrowd June calendar, June 29 Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA, and July 15 Wiknic @ Central Park, among other upcoming events.

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Wednesday June 29, 6-8:30pm: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art Library's second annual Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon, during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to LGBT art, culture and history. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Also featuring a lightning talk by CUNY students at the La Guardia and Wagner Archives on a project to document local 1980s HIV/AIDS activism on Wikipedia. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand. Wednesday June 29 Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA (Participants have to bring their own laptops and power cords). Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Location: Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at MoMA, 4 West 54 Street - between 5th/6th Ave, New York, NY 10019 Please note that this entrance is one block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:03, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply] P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our Sunday July 10 Wiknic in Central Park and other upcoming events.

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Sunday July 10, 3-8pm: WikNYC Picnic

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Manhattan's Central Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sunday July 10 WikNYC Picnic (RSVP) (also on meetup.com) 3–8pm - come by any time! The picnicking area is the southwest section of the Great Lawn, north of the Delacorte Theater, just inside the park at Central Park West between 81st & 82nd. Enter the park at West 81st St. Look for us by the Wikipedia / Wikimedia NYC banner! Subway: 81st Street – Museum of Natural History, C Line We hope to see you there! --Pharos (talk) 14:55, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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please see my proposal to speedily upmerge Category:Clergy from New Jersey to Category:Religious leaders from New Jersey Hugo999 (talk) 03:07, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wednesday Auugust 17, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. Featuring special guest presentations on WikiVerse and Bringing Wikipedia to the Last Mile. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent (UN Women!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday August 17 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 137 West 14th Street We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 23:20, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply] P.S. Prep for our chapter elections next month in September (and add your candidacy!): Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Elections

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Wednesday September 14, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month will also feature on our agenda, upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent (UN Women and CFR!) and upcoming edit-a-thons, and other outreach activities. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. Along with the main meeting, hummus and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday September 14 WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:07, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Sunday October 16, 2pm: CommonsLab / Open House NY Photo Contest + Hackathon

On Sunday, October 16, Wikimedia NYC will host a multimedia tutorial, workshop, and hackathon focused on Wikimedia Commons and the work processes for cultural multimedia wiki-projects. The CommonsLab is the concluding "upload party" to the Wikipedia @ Open House New York Weekend photo scavenger hunt, and an accompanying Wikimedia Commons multimedia hackathon. The event will take the form of a modified unconference, with sessions for photographers/creatives, editors/writers and hackers/software folks! Sunday October 16 CommonsLab / Open House NY Photo Contest + Hackathon 2:00pm - 8:00 pm at NYU ITP, Tisch School of Arts, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 13:36, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply] And RSVP now for our next event after this, focusing on Latin American art and artists: WikiArte Latin American Edit-a-thon @ MoMA (Saturday October 22, 2016)

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Saturday October 22, 10am: WikiArte Latin American Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Join us for a full Saturday of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Latin American artists. The WikiArte (Wiki Arte y Cultura Latinoamerica) edit-a-thon is a global campaign to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Latin American arts and culture and to counter geocultural systemic bias on Wikipedia. Featuring an opening Artists' Panel at 10am, with Sol Aramendi, Sharon Lee De La Cruz, and Marisa Morán Jahn, to be moderated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, curator at El Museo del Barrio. The Museum of Modern Art and Fundacion Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros are uniting with international allies to focus on the lives and works of Latin American artists, architects and designers. With keystone events scheduled for October 22 in New York City and other cities throughout the month (Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Caracas, & others), the campaign aims to further similar goals to Art+Feminism. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Introductory training on the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given throughout the edit-a-thon. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand. Saturday October 22 WikiArte Latin American Edit-a-thon @ MoMA (meetup) (eventbrite) 10:00am - 6:00pm at The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at MoMA, 4 West 54th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenue) Please note that this entrance is one block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 23:29, 19 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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