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Hi-I've been working on some found items for your consideration for In the Media in my sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TeeVeeed/sandbox since I don't want to break the Signpost by opening the section in the Newsroom. Also having a little formatting mess so it is not perfect.TeeVeeed (talk) 18:44, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

This is great TeeVeeed, thank you. I have just started the page; please feel free to move your items in there. We may edit a bit prior to publication (which should be today), but it looks like a strong start -- I don't see any problems from an initial read. Much appreciated! Milowent, take note if you've been working on any of these. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 20:13, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!TeeVeeed (talk) 21:28, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

• This is well done and a great relief to see TeeVeeed's submission. I expanded two of the items a little bit.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 18:11, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	You deserve a special barnstar for writing What is it like to edit Wikipedia when you're blind?. Great work. -- Tito Dutta (talk) 08:09, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

• I have also shared the article. The organization I work for has an "accessibility" portal, I'll try to make sure that they also read it. --Tito Dutta (talk) 08:11, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

• • Titodutta, thank you -- this gave me a big smile. I see you also gave Tony1 a barnstar -- he is the one truly deserving of recognition, I merely coaxed his piece along and made a few suggestions; this was very much his project, and a product of his discussions with Graham, from the beginning. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 05:32, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

See here Not sure how often you check it but there's a substantial amount of spam. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:32, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing it out, Koavf. I'm not an admin there, and I don't know how spam is generally handled on labs wikis. Maybe Qgil-WMF will know what to do? -Pete Forsyth (talk) 17:19, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Peteforsyth, thank you for the ping. @Koavf: thank you for detecting spam in the Newsletter extension test wiki, cleaning the garbage, and letting us know. I just deleted those pages. It's a test wiki, content might disappear any day, nobody is paying attention to pages created there, and we don't have the extensions to detect and fight spam used in Wikimedia production wikis. On the positive side, basically nobody is reading those pages either.  :) It seems that all the spam pages were created in a couple of rounds in December. Hopefully the spammer bots will leave us alone. If you want to provide feedback about the extension or the test wiki, you can do it directly at mw:Extension:Newsletter. Thanks again!--Qgil-WMF (talk) 18:10, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

@Qgil-WMF: Agreed--it's pretty low-stakes to have spam there but I don't want any spam on any WMF wiki. I find it unlikely anyone actually bought some fake v1@gra or anything but still. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:52, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

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"Open education" has a really broad history that precedes the open access/culture movement, especially considering the American "open classrooms" of the late 1960s/early '70s, which aren't even covered on Wikipedia. Might be worth qualifying the kind of "openness in education" when using the phrase—appears to be referring to open access contents (resources with removed barriers to entry)  czar 17:53, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

An excellent point -- thanks Czar, we know it well -- that has been one of the primary topics of discussion in past iterations of the course (and in planning out the course to begin with)! In fact, some of our students have edited the page you link. Happy to discuss further (perhaps at WT:OPEN, which is a page we use in the course) -- but for a one-minute intro video, I couldn't get into much nuance. More specifically, while the grant program funding the program is focused on open educational resources and, by extension, open access, there are no restrictions; we welcome those exploring all aspects, whether concerning pedagogy, affordability, logistics, copyright licensing, or other elements. What part of it is of the greatest interest to you? -Pete Forsyth (talk) 17:58, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Two articles written (at least in large part) by our past students that you might enjoy:

• Public sphere pedagogy
• Encyclopedic knowledge

-Pete Forsyth (talk) 18:23, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

I have a running theory that Wikipedia articles, when crowdsourced, reflect the general, unsourced public knowledge on a topic. The vast majority of 21st-century education theory concepts are so vaguely defined that they become meaningless (e.g., child-centered education, open education, free education), so I advocate for generally avoiding those terms altogether. It doesn't help that they tend to be pushed by academic figures more interested in naming an idea anew (as a movement) than attaching themselves to a history of similar ideas—alas, the former is more beneficial for making a name for oneself... "Open access" and "open educational resources" both have their own clarity issues too, but they're generally easier to define than my previous three examples. I only saw the phrase "openness in education" in your Signpost announcement and wanted to leave a note. I think it'd be easier to attract people if there was more specificity in what constituted "openness" (at least in that quoted phrase—there is plenty more elaboration on the linked page). czar 18:53, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Are you still interested in the editorial you asked me to write? A draft is at User:Guy Macon/Draft of Signpost Editorial. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:10, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Guy Macon, I can see now from your edit summaries that you addressed the issues I emailed you about December 18...I had not realized. Sorry for losing track, we've been juggling a bunch of stuff. I will review the changes and get back to you shortly! Thanks for your efforts. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 02:26, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I have asked several editors who's opinions I respect to look it over and comment / correct / criticize at User talk:Guy Macon/Draft of Signpost Editorial. Feel free to join that discussion if you have time. (Anyone reading this is also invited, especially if you think I am dead wrong). --Guy Macon (talk) 12:45, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Pete, the issue of books that copy Wikipedia being used as a source is not new (see WP:ALPHASCRIPT and WP:PUS), but I've been cleaning up uses of Cram101 (and its many other names) and I've come across one Wikipedian in Residence[1] and one former Executive Director[2] adding citations to these "books". I thought it might make an interesting snippet for the Signpost, on how easy it is to be caught out by Google Books sources (which can't be blacklisted) and how looking for a reference to cite a particular fact (as encouraged by Citation Hunt and #1lib1ref) may not be the best approach to improving articles. Fences&Windows 18:24, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

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Hi! I'm trying to connect with Wikipedinas in Eugene or have attended the University of Oregon. Would you be able to assist me with trying to create a community to invite more editors from the Eugene area to the Eugene page? Thanks! 80atUO (talk) 18:26, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Pete. In looking at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Coordination#Publication – Automated process, the link:

Guide to steps: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Content guidance#Editor-in-chief duties

is broken. I thought that if you were looking for a temporary fill-in when you're too busy to do this, it would be nice to point to this to see what you do. So I dug into the history but was soon frustrated. Mario did a lot of rearranging of the Signpost pages back in March 2015. He "moved it out" of Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Resources on 17 March 2015. I followed his edit history to find that he added it to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Content guidance, but then he moved it out of there too just a day later. From there the trail goes cold. Do you know where your duties are currently listed?

I'm also wondering when the automated process went on the fritz. It could easily have been broken by all of this page rearranging, if the php code was expecting certain things to be located at certain specific page titles. wbm1058 (talk) 18:17, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into it wbm1058. Yes, it's confusing stuff. As I understand it, the automated process was largely broken, requiring much intervention, when I came on board in mid-2016; by the time I took over publication duties in fall 2016, we just gave it up for dead. I suspect that Resident Mario was diligent about renaming; what I've heard (and without digging through notes, I don't recall exactly who said it) is that various changes to the MediaWiki software over the years have eroded the functionality. Evad37 has expressed interest in rebuilding it as a user script instead of a bot, and I think that's the most promising approach. My strong sense is that things have changed enough that there would be little value in trying to revive the previous system, and that a fresh start would be the best way to go. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 18:32, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

It doesn't appear to be a bot, per se, rather a user script that runs on the MediaWiki server. So you would be looking to replace one user script with another. It appears that the user themselves is the "bot operator". wbm1058 (talk) 18:39, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

OK, thanks for clarifying. I never knew much about the old system, like I said it was mostly broken when I started -- so you probably now know more about it than I do. I think Evad has a good sense of what's needed, but could use some more technically-minded folks to bounce ideas around. I'd suggest moving this discussion to a more public place, and pinging various people who have worked on it over the years -- Mario, Jarry, maybe Ragesoss, etc. A dedicated section on WT:POST, perhaps? -Pete Forsyth (talk) 18:49, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Oh, I see, a new discussion started at WT:POST#Publication process automation. But, I mainly posted here to link you to your duties, FWIW, in case you hadn't seen that before. I don't know why that was removed. wbm1058 (talk) 19:50, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, meant to mention -- I think I removed that months ago, because as far as I know, very little if any of what was previously documented there still works. Until you pointed it out, I neglected to also remove the link to it -- but I've done that now. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 20:02, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

OK, I take back what I said about it not being a bot. See User:LivingBot task 19 and task 20. I know PHP enough to figure out someone else's code, though he uses a different framework (low-level function library) than I do. Also I've only run PHP on my own computer. I don't do Javascript though. I would guess that Evad37 knows Javascript but not PHP. I'm a bit concerned when they say that "coding and testing it would be on the order of weeks". Maybe I'll take a closer look at the PHP stuff to see if it's obvious how it's breaking. wbm1058 (talk) 20:25, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

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I've finished my script. Add the line importScript( 'User:Evad37/SPS.js' ); to Special:MyPage/common.js, and then on the Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom or Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Coordination page you'll get a "Publish next edition" link, in the "More" dropdown (Vector skin) or on a tab (Monobook skin) at the top of the page.

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Once you click on the "Publish next edition" link, you'll get a few interface screens where you:

• choose to get started with publishing for real, or do a "dry run" simulation where no edits/moves are made
• select which pages are to be published
• adjust the order (as used for the main Signpost page, single page edition, etc), and adjust the titles & blurbs if needed

Then, if everything goes right, you can just click the "Publish" button to do all the on-wiki publishing tasks (i.e. everything apart from announcing on the email list, Twitter, and Facebook). - Evad37 [talk] 01:30, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

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I see that you set up automatic archiving on 16 May 2013. Then on 20 May 2013 MiszaBot III filled Archive 1 and started Archive 2. Then you incremented counter to try to combine the old archives on 22 May 2013. Then moved archive 2 to archive 6 on 31 May 2013. Then, you created an archive 2 on 16 June 2016 to "try to make order of chaos". Because of this gap in your archives, your newest archives aren't being detected and shown by the ((archives)) template. Your first two auto-generated archives should have been moved to archives 6 and 7 to make room for the older five manually created archives. I trust you won't mind if I make order of it. wbm1058 (talk) 12:51, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Module:AutomaticArchiveNavigator needs all the archives to conform to its specific naming convention to work. See Module talk:AutomaticArchiveNavigator#Next archive link broken. I've reconfigured your archives so that the automatic navigation works. wbm1058 (talk) 15:53, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Columbia River has been scheduled for the above date as Today's Featured Article. I'd appreciate it if you could check the article one more time to make sure it's up-to-date. You're welcome but not obligated to edit the text that will appear on the Main Page; I'll be trimming it to around 1100 characters. Thanks! - Dank (push to talk) 21:45, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

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What's going on with the next issue of The Signpost? I am not sure anyone in the newsroom is currently sure what is going on. Can you clarify things? Eddie891 (talk) 17:45, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

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Columbia River, as you said: "This article has been the subject of a broad and sustained collaboration by over a dozen editors since at least 2007. The river is of central importance to America's Pacific Northwest region: cultural, economic, transportation, environmental, and international political interests have intersected along the river for centuries, and it played an important role in the area's geologic evolution and native culture as well." Thank you, and the many involved! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:53, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

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Hi, Pete!
I just noticed that you and I have the same edit count on Wikipedia! Coolness! I hope that you are doing well. Take care. Your friend. PS: I know your edits are better quality than mine. LOL ((u|Checkingfax)) {Talk} 11:37, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

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Hi Pete,

I submitted a signpost proposal. Hope you would have a chance to review it, and please let me know if you have any feedback. Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 15:37, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

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	The Original Barnstar
	Hey, I would like to Thank You for your contribution in Wikipedia through your articles& knowledge. Keep learning. Kiosky Kooks (talk) 22:58, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hello Pete,

I have missed you. Nice to see you editing again. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:57, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

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Hi again Peteforsyth,

I noticed that WikiProject Oregon used to have collaboration of the week (COTW) events a long time ago. Looks like the cost of coordinating to select articles to focus on was a main reason to make COTW stop, though COTW seemed pretty effective in engaging project members working together. I am thinking to create a tool to help recommend one or two articles to WikiProjects. Just wonder what do you think about it? Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 21:58, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

@Bobo.03: You might consider asking over at WikiProject Oregon! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 23:00, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

@Another Believer: Yes, I will definitely ask the project when the idea is more mature. Just want to ask some individual members to start before posting on project pages. If you have any thought, please let me know as well! Bobo.03 (talk) 00:39, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Bobo.03, thanks for reaching out. I haven't looked, but have you contacted Aboutmovies? He's the one who got it started originally, and may have some thoughts. I'd be happy to talk in more depth about it too, and might be able to help a bit ongoing. I think it would be really great. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 01:35, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

That's really awesome! I will touch base with couple more editors and see their response to this. Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 15:34, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

On March 8 (International Women's Day), the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and artist Shoshana Gugenheim will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about Jewish women artists. Click here for more information. You can also express interest or suggest articles to create or improve here. This event is free and open to the public, and will serve as both a public art action and a public educational program. Participation is welcome in person and remotely (for those outside of Portland). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:25, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

You're invited to an Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon at SFMOMA in San Francisco on Thursday March 8, 5-9 pm. It'll be at 151 Third Street, 2nd floor, free to the public. Everyone is welcome to participate in an evening of communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to gender, art, and feminism. (This message is from User:Dreamyshade. You can subscribe/unsubscribe to San Francisco event talk page notices here.)
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On Saturday, March 10 (11am to 4pm), the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) will be hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to create and improve Wikipedia articles about art, feminism, and women. You can read details on the Facebook event page, or this Wikipedia meetup page. Tutorials for new editors, reference materials, childcare, and refreshments will be provided. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, you're welcome to stop by to show your support! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:50, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

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Thank you JJMC89, I uploaded that a very long time ago. It was from some kind of newsletter; I don't recall whether I had it in digital or physical form, but I'm sure I won't be able to find it again. I replaced the image with another one whose source is better known, and deleted this one. Thanks for the notification. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 18:58, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Pete. — JJMC89 (T·C) 01:48, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey Pete are you still around to do Signpost publication if we can't get hold of Evad37? ☆ Bri (talk) 21:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)