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Hi, Rosie! Ipigott suggested I reach out to you.

I'm hoping to appeal an AfD of the Rhonda Patrick page. Unfortunately, everyone that voted in favor of the AfD going through was ultimately voting on a page that had already been defaced by a number of highly questionable (e.g. inappropriate IMO) edits that made the page, in my opinion, lower quality. I had noticed these on the page prior to the AfD but, rather than simply reverse the edits, I was hoping to appeal to the editor directly with a composed rebuttal of the edits. When I finally found the time, it had already been deleted. This is very regrettable since the edits removed mention of Patrick's contributions in her field and also media references to her work! To have an AfD vote on the article after its best claim to WP:NOTABILITY was clumsily removed is not fair, in my opinion. I don't know if there's any recourse at this point. It's not my desire to push my will on the Wikipedian community, but I do think the AfD vote was undermined by these edits and that some of the delete votes were probably without awareness of these changes. The fact of the matter is that the defacement occurred so rapidly before the AfD, I almost feel (mistakenly or not) they were created with the intent of damaging WP:NOTABILITY criteria for the subsequent AfD. I will concede the possibility of a misinterpretation on my part, however.

I posted a more thorough breakdown of the situation on the admin's talk page that approved the recent AfD, but haven't received a reply from him or her.

Either way... thanks for your consideration. Snazzywiki (talk) 19:55, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Snazzywiki - I looked at the article and the templates, and I don't feel comfortable moving forward with your request as it feels like I'd be stepping on the toes of the admin that approved the recent AfD. So I'd prefer that you await their response. Sorry to disappoint, and I don't mean any offense. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:10, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look. Snazzywiki (talk) 21:56, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

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Hi SusunW, as I made only one edit on this article, I don't feel comfortable being credited for DYK so I won't add it to my list. BTW, the article is amazing. Kudos! --Rosiestep (talk) 15:48, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Your relationship to Keliana prompted me to contact you both to help with the medical jargon and my confusion with her scientific works. Had it not been for that, I would not have been able to sort it out. Help doesn't always come in the form of editing. Support and networking is just as important to an article's development, IMO. You can "uncredit" yourself if you wish, but I won't. I appreciate your help and support more than I could ever express. SusunW (talk) 16:02, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

SusunW, how lucky I am to call you a friend! And in this light, I am proud for the credit. Thank you! --Rosiestep (talk) 16:06, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you for earlier affirming interactions. See User:Leprof_7272 page for details if interested. Bonne chance. Le Prof 73.210.155.96 (talk) 16:09, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Rosiestep, for your amazing support of women on Wikipedia! A page that was restored by the Women in Red Project. is in urgent need of an experienced wiki editor to champion it. Unfortunately, a singular editor has made it his mission to undermine the page, and has marked the page for re-deletion. Sending this note in the hopes that you will join the conversation, and give a valuable woman’s voice a chance. Here is the page link.Thanks for all the good you do! A-voice-for-women (talk) 15:44, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

"A-voice-for-women" has posted similar messages asking for support to seven user talk pages. She is a new editor, and therefore presumably didn't know that this was contrary to Wikipedia:Canvassing, so I have posted to her talk page to let her know. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:32, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi A-voice-for-women, and thank you for reaching out to me regarding the Kim Chestney page. Generally speaking, I don't work on biographies of living people which is why I'd be uncomfortable working on this page, but there are a lot of page stalkers who keep an eye on my talkpage, and maybe some of them will have time/inclination to assist. I don't want this reply to be discouraging -I want to be encouraging- so let me finish up by saying, please keep editing and understand that I am supportive of you, even if I take a pass on this particular article.

Hi JamesBWatson, and thanks for stopping by. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:17, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi JamesBWatson and Rosiestep, Message received! Thank you for your guidance. A-voice-for-women (talk) 13:41, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

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Hello! So sorry for my late reply to your email, I've been a bit conference-tastic lately, lots of travelling. I'd be delighted to help in any way I can, and will think over the questions you sent. If you'd like to email me at a.white@wellcome.ac.uk then we can arrange a convenient time. All best, Alice ( Zeromonk (talk) 23:03, 10 July 2017 (UTC)) Zeromonk (talk) 23:03, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

We'd like to invite your participation in the post-event survey for the Met Open Access Artworks Challenge.--Pharos (talk) 23:28, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Pharos. Glad to have been able to lend support. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:56, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

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Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 16:27, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

P.S. My clones all thank you as well.

Congrats! --Rosiestep (talk) 17:56, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Could you undelete the Michaela Quinn page, to simply allow discussion? I'm all about consensus, but there was never any discussion. The argument seemed to be that it wasn't even worthy of a speedy delete process. If the article has issues, they can be dealt with. (Refs, etc.) I will be happy to find refs. But this is an iconic character from TV history, and deserves at least a discussion as to consensus. Thanks.Juneau Mike (talk) 15:07, 26 July 2017 (UTC) Juneau Mike (talk) 15:07, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Explicit. I took a look at the article in question and have a personal favor to ask: would you please consider reverting the delete, and taking to AfD which would give Michaelh2001 and others a chance to improve the sourcing and/or take part in discussion? Thank you, --Rosiestep (talk) 15:47, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi again. I see no response. Is it possible to move the previous content into the Sand Box? I could then add all kinds of references, and reintroduce the article with a slightly different title. Thanks! Juneau Mike (talk) 17:15, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

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Hi Rosie. Could you please comment at talk:Nanette Gartrell and Talk:Dee Mosbacher. Thanks. Chris (Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:14, 29 July 2017 (UTC))

Hi Kudpung. Thanks for stopping by, but I generally don't work on BLPs so I feel uncomfortable commenting (I leave that to the experts!). Sorry about that and I'd be glad to work with you on other articles in the future. Also, I'm traveling so it'll be after mid-August before I have additional bandwidth. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:18, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

No worries, Rosie. I think we may have it sorted. Chris (Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:22, 29 July 2017 (UTC))

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Thanks for finishing out this list, on which I was lagging badly! Alafarge (talk) 17:29, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

• Alafarge, thank you. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 18:52, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rosie,

Can you help me with creating a talk page for someone. I need to know how to set it up.

What to put in the subject how to do it correctly what to type in the body so that I am seen as being transparent

Not even sure if this is the right place to do this even.

Thanks

Seoterry805wiki (talk) 19:47, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello Seoterry805wiki and thanks for reaching out to me. Is the talkpage for you, or for another editor, or for an article? --Rosiestep (talk) 20:49, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello! Did you have a regular account through the wikipedia library? --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 14:57, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Cameron11598 I don't think so but don't know how to check. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:34, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

I checked on my back end in the library card platform, the only accounts I can bump up to publisher's extra are those through the wikipedia library. IF you'd like to apply for access to newspapers.com through us please do so here --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 17:19, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

an affiliation committee matter.

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 15:29, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the cat, Smallbones; glad it's back. Please email me as I'll need to get you on the AffCom calendar: Rosiestep dot wiki at gmail dot com. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:36, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rosie,

You wanted to pick my brains out and today is the last day of the conference. I propose we do this after this morning's keynote, we could do this during any break really, or lunch if depending on how much you brain picking you want to do.

Ping me with your reply. I'll be checking my notifications throughout the day. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:08, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Headbomb. Glad to we had a chance to speak a couple of hours ago and happy to work with you on some of these things! --Rosiestep (talk) 18:30, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Canadian Women Editathon How did your session go? Any interesting new developments or ideas?--Ipigott (talk) 13:12, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Ipigott, thanks for reaching out. I'm working on a response and will post it on the WiR talkpage to reach more people, but the short answer is that I am very happy with how things went, and the people I met, and I think our (WiR) future is bright indeed! (Right now, I'm dealing with travel fatigue. More coffee might help.) --Rosiestep (talk) 14:12, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

I was watching all the stuff in our twitter feed, WiR in China! Can't wait to hear your summation. Goodness it must be way early PST, as it is only 9 a.m. CST. I shall join you in more coffee. SusunW (talk) 14:16, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm never sure what you mean by "reaching out", Rosie (asking, showing interest, just leaving a message?). Maybe once again it's a problem of "American" vs "English". (One of these days I'll try to prepare a glossary of Wikispeak terminology.) I was just interested in hearing how everything went. I know Victuallers prepared an interesting video too. I look forward to hearing more when you've recovered. I think you are beginning to understand why I have decided not to travel those long distances any more. But as long as you enjoy it, I think you should keep it up.--Ipigott (talk) 17:56, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Ipigott, hmmm, thinking about it, I think "reaching out" is US workplace-speak. When I say it, I mean "showing interest in", e.g. thank you for being interested in my sessions at WCNA and Wikimania. The phrases "reaching out" and "circling back" were common in my Las Vegas workplace. But I am clueless if they are still popular or out of fashion. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:37, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Your assistance in helping with the Transition 'stuff' is appreciated. I'll leave a separate message for the editor I am working with - Irwin - since I am not sure how much he is able to sort through talk page messages now. This connection is pretty important since this editor is an expert in his field, can assign article improvement to dozens of students and facilitate adding more relevant content to all areas of Wikipedia. How did you even notice what was going on? Carnegie Mellon University has hosted at least two Art and Feminism edit-a-thons that I have attended and these were well-attended. The University of Pittsburgh is right next to Carnegie Mellon, and I mean right next to each other. You can go from a building from Pitt and into the next building of Carnegie Mellon. I'll have to host you and an event sometime in the near future. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 09:56, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

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I promised to help you with something - I think it relates to women in the Olympics, but I have forgotten the details. Is that enough to trigger your memory, which I hope is better than mine?--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:16, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi there, Sphilbrick - Me, too; can't exactly remember what we said. But if you live in LA and are available next Thursday, I could really use an extra set of hands at this training event, Wikipedia:Meetup/Los Angeles/Women in the Olympics/September 2017, as LA84 Foundation is expecting maybe 80 people. If you aren't in the local area, then maybe we talked about this virtual event: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/55? Or maybe we talked about creating lists of missing women, e.g. Olympians? --Rosiestep (talk) 23:59, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm in Connecticut, so won't be able to help you. It was definitely related to missing Olympians. I do a lot of work in women's basketball related issues - just added the missing US basketball Olympians here: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Meetup/55#Redlists_.28lists_of_redlinked_articles_to_be_created.29 so guessing you were looking for help identifying a broader group - maybe all female Olympians in all sports in all countries. I think someone had a thought on how to do that, and I was going to see if I could help.--S Philbrick(Talk) 00:36, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Now it's coming back to me, Sphilbrick. So this list, Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by identifier/SR, should contain all the women Olympians who have an article in some language wiki but not ENWP and we'll be working on that list in September. We could use a similar list for Paralympians; don't know if you have interest in sorting that out? I'm clueless. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:46, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure I have the skill set, but I'll look into it.--S Philbrick(Talk) 00:54, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

I see you can pick up quite a lot of women paralympians by looking at articles such as Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's javelin throw, Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's javelin throw. Just pick up the articles on events where women are active from categories such as Category:Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Category:Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. I see there are lots of red links.--Ipigott (talk) 10:39, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Ian. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:51, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Maybe LauraHale can help out here too. Paralympics used to be one of her main areas of interest.--Ipigott (talk) 09:39, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

That would be great! Hi @Laura! A friendly FYI that we have this happening tomorrow, Wikipedia:Meetup/Los Angeles/Women in the Olympics/September 2017; and this is running through September 30th, Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/55. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 15:29, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

I won't be able to attend tonight. I would like to pass on my words of advice in some form. If you can Skype me in, that would be nice, or I can sit here and write some ideas. Trackinfo (talk) 18:41, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Sorry to hear you won't be able to join us, Trackinfo but there will be an opportunity for editors to join in remotely. I'll paste the link here once they give it to me. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:01, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Screenshare link: https://la84.globalmeet.com/LA84WikiEdit --Rosiestep (talk) 01:36, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

I believe this is in your neck of the woods. Be safe!! La Tuna fire Juneau Mike (talk) 15:58, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Mike! Yes; keeping an eye on it! The smoke, coupled with triple digit heat wave plus humidity = oppressive mix. We could use some rain right now. Don't know if Hurricane Irma will be a non sequitur or will bring relief. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:56, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Can you merge this Eleanor Catherine Sperrey with the article I wrote on Kate Sperrey? They are the same person, but the Wikidata list didn't pick that up and I created it from the New Zealand list. Obviously the 1 sentence stub information needs to be replaced with the data I wrote, but since technically Stuartyeates created it in 2012, they should get credit for it. She was never known by Eleanor as far as I can tell. All the newspaper articles and data except the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography give her name as Kate. I don't really care if I don't get credit for writing it, Stuartyeates did create the first article, but I would like for Eleanor Catherine Sperrey to become a redirect, as it is not the common name. Not sure how to accomplish that. SusunW (talk) 22:37, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi SusunW. I'll look at it tomorrow as I'm at this right now! --Rosiestep (talk) 01:19, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

SusunW  Done :) --Rosiestep (talk) 16:38, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! I am surprised this doesn't happen more often that it does and I am always at a loss to fix it. SusunW (talk) 18:32, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

My pleasure; SusunW. In my sandbox, there's a link for my tools page. On my tools page, I have links for WP:MERGE, WP:SPLIT, etc. I just carefully follow the instructions and that seems to work fine. However, I don't know for sure if all of these tools work for everyone vs. only sysops. But I am very glad to help out with any of these requests. Oh, and by following the instructions re what to do on each of the two article pages, and their edit summaries, and their talkpages, attribution + history is handled appropriately. It's amazing that I can do it! When there are complicated ones, though, I ask Drmies for help. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:59, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rosie Step -- I see that you just pulled Sara Plummer Lemmon out of Category:American Civil War nurses and put her in the Category:Female nurses in the American Civil War category. I have no objection to adding her to the gendered category, which puts her in the gendered professional category tree. But gendered (or raced) categories are supposed to be non-diffusing, so that the non-gendered category is still representative. See Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity,_gender,_religion_and_sexuality#General #5 ... Is there something I'm missing about this particular category? Thanks, Lquilter (talk) 13:42, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Lquilter. I'll definitely take a look at it. :) --Rosiestep (talk) 17:34, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Rosiestep! Great to see all your work on those pages. --Lquilter (talk) 15:43, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

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Hi Rosie! Typing this from my kindle. I've found that I prefer to view wiki on this than the PC. Seems more like a book encyclopedic. Wiki has been less appealing since I got a widescreen hp. Wish I could figure out how to cut and paste with it though as not easy to edit and go externally.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:15, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Cool Dr. Blofeld! I'm making this edit using my iPhone. Definitely, phone, like your Kindle, is better suited for consumption vs production IMHO. Your wide screen monitor sounds awesome for editing, though. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:58, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

I've found a way to use the desktop option in browsing, much better than the mobile version. I've figured out how to cut and paste text but still would be tricky trying to produce articles with it as you say.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:08, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello. I've created Ana Recio Harvey, this month's "poster girl" for Latina women. Can you find a bit more for a DYK, it's been a long time! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:57, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Agree. It'll probably be tomorrow before I can do the research as I have a family event today. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:02, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Dr. Blofeld Argh... I'm not finding any other RS... Everything else I find on her is a non-RS. But as it's fine as is, go ahead and nominate it. This effort has inspired me to work on hispanic/latina women this weekend but probably translations of deceased writers or activists. Let's see what I come up with. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:41, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

I am banging my head on a wall with this one. How can she be "mentioned" in works from Cambridge and Princeton as one of the most important Latin American poets of her era, but I cannot access one bloody text about her? There are beaucoup book references about her going back into the 1920s, but I cannot open any of them. I sent a request to Sonia Priscila Ticas for her thesis which includes her, but who knows if I will get anything back. Any chance you can access any sources from your side of the world? I don't really like the sources I was forced to use, but I am hoping someone can improve them. SusunW (talk) 21:59, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm not getting any good hits about her when searching from this side. Regarding her works, several show up in Google books, but either as Snippets or No preview, which is just plain wrong, IMO. Megalibrarygirl would probably have the best chance at success as she has the best library card of us all. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:11, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

I shall just hope that she can find something. It is frustrating. So many clues, so little access. I do not like hoarders of knowledge, I do not like them at all. SusunW (talk) 23:30, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

--Rosiestep (talk) 23:33, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

I'll take a look, SusunW Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:35, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Sue. :) SusunW (talk) 23:44, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

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Rosa Bonheur's The Horse Fair has been chosen as the first-ever Met Weekly Challenge, starting today, for the coming week. There are a lot of resources at the artwork's Met Collection record (see 'Catalogue Entry'), and also lists of other references. We could also benefit from the French Wikipedia version and Commons:Category:The Horse Fair — see the section for Week 1: The Horse Fair (Sept 25 - Oct 1) for more on how to participate, or just get started editing!

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DYK?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:38, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Are you asking me if it's DYK worthy? IMO, it certainly is. If you feel up to the DYK hassle factor, you or Susun should nominate it. Personally, I've avoided DYK for a long time now, but if someone wants to nominate something I've worked on, I'm grateful. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:59, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Do you not want to collaborate any more then? I've avoided DYK too, but it's a good article! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:02, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Huh, Dr. Blofeld? I don't understand why you would say that. Yes, I want to collaborate. I started several Hispanic/Latina women articles over the weekend (Eliana Navarro, Emma de Cartosio, María Luz Morales, Palmira Jaquetti i Isant) and told you I would be doing so (via email) and suggested you jump in if they interested you. If, however, your initial note meant that you and SusunW were asking me to nominate an article at DYK on your behalf, of course I will do so, hassle factor or not. Sorry I misunderstood your initial comment (that it was a request). Do you have a hook in mind? --Rosiestep (talk) 20:24, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Didn't see an email in which you invited me to collaborate, only that you said you were inspired to write or something. I think you're right though, DYK is too much hassle, we'll only get people picking holes in it if we nominate it!♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:28, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Touché Dr. Blofeld; I assumed you understood that's what I meant. :) Also, these days, they don't only pick holes in the article, they also pick holes in the QPQ, and in other articles that the editor(s) worked on recently. It forces people to spend an inordinate amount of time explaining/fixing stuff. That's appropriate when there are obvious errors, but not cool when it misses the mark with AGF. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:37, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I am with you on that Rosiestep, too much nitpicky stuff that is focused on minutia. I quit doing DYK when I was asked to verify that Madame and Mrs. were the same when used as a title. The only articles I submit anymore are approved GA and even then, it is more likely than not that your hook will be branded as not interesting or without appeal to a broad enough audience. Don't have time for the hassle of it. SusunW (talk) 21:01, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

I can't even remember the last time I nommed an article LOL. Maybe it's time DYK was replaced with something new.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:28, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Dr. Blofeld, SusunW: We could always start a "Women of the Week" page on WiR. A small team of enthusiasts could try to put together a list of, say, three to ten new articles each week for posting on the main WiR page. That would allow former DYK contributors like SusunW, Rosie and Dr. Blofeld to contribute and would hopefully attract more interest in our project. We could start by creating a discussion page with suggestions for candidates based on criteria such as quality of the article (possibly starting at C class), importance/impact of the woman in her field, and her most notable achievements (as a basis for a summary). The format could be along the lines we have used for our lists of women in various fields: name, years of birth and death, summary of most important achievements in her field. Perhaps we could take special account of articles written by new editors or new members of WiR. These are just preliminary suggestions to get the ball rolling. In any case, I think we need to do something to liven up WiR in general and this might help.--Ipigott (talk) 10:35, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

That's a good idea, I like it! Focus on quality is always good. The only drawback I think is that some of us don't feel like editing all the time so I don't want anybody to feel obligated to edit if you know what I mean.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:38, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

For me, if we do this, I probably am tied up for the next 3 months. My goal is to finish the year with 1000 articles created over my tenure on WP. Since I cannot do stubs, I'm going to have to push myself to get it done, but I think that I can do it. SusunW (talk) 23:49, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

I have been thinking about starting a personal challenge, #100wikicommonsdays, which should get my through the end of the year. Maybe we could launch your project in the new year, Ipigott? It would be something to look forward to and there'd be plenty of time for preparation. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:06, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

That looks like a great idea. Perhaps you could open up your personal challenge to others. I'm sure Elisa.rolle would be one of the most active participants (but she ought to register on Commons first). You must have noticed how many new images she's added over the past couple of months. Maybe we should have a special slot for videos, with assistance from Victuallers. As for "Women of the Week", we could perhaps think of starting something along those lines in February. It looks as if your #100wikicommonsdays will run into January if you launch it in October.--Ipigott (talk) 06:36, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Ipigott: not sure what it means I'm not registered on Commons ;-) I thought I was I have even finalled in the Singapore WikiLoveMonuments some years ago... If I missed a step, please tell me I have contributed thousands of photos, mine and not, and for sure I'd like that is sort of recorded.

SusunW, Rosiestep, Dr. Blofeld, me myself, stopped writing DYK when some specific users started to question 1) why I did not paraphrase more a 1899! article which was correctly sourced with year and link to the screenshot; 2) why I wrote "a woman practiced successfully Homeopathy", that was puffery; 3) why I used a published book from 1893 or 1914 as a source, that was not a reliable source... and so on and so on... I think it's a loss of woman representation in the DYK, but sincerely I do not need that hassle. Since I stopped writing them, my life is more peaceful. Elisa.rolle (talk) 07:43, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Elisa.rolle: Perhaps you are technically registered on Commons but your name always comes up in red, probably because you never created a user page. See here.--Ipigott (talk) 07:50, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Ipigott, ah yes, did it now. Elisa.rolle (talk) 07:54, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Elisa.rolle: Thanks. That makes it easy for me to see that you have already uploaded 150 new images this month, not counting the improved versions of existing images. Really impressive!--Ipigott (talk) 09:07, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Elisa.rolle: Congratulations on your 300th Women in Red article, Fanny Chambers Gooch. I am so happy you are part of this important work, plus, your image uploads are amazing! With DYK, I stopped participating when it switched from being fun to being a struggle; lots of us seem to feel the same. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:48, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Ipigott As for #100wikicommonsdays, it's such a personal journey, frought with anxiety to perform a task every day without fail for 100 days... I'm not inclined to challenge anyone else to join me. I am very proud of my 100wikidays work, and today being my 1 year anniversary of becoming a laureate ("patient"), I feel ready to challenge myself once again, e.g. become a "victim", this time with images rather than articles. But, if anyone feels inclined to be part of this unique movement, here's the starting place: m:100wikidays. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:48, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Here's where I'll keep track of progress: Commons:User:Rosiestep/100wikicommonsdays. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:24, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

I would like to follow your good example on the EN wiki but could never make it as in every 100 day period, I am unable to edit on at least two or three days; the rules clearly specify you are not allowed to catch up. The challenge seems to appeal in particular to those covering some of the Asian languages. I see Susun, Flo, Penny and Gonobo are all participants too.--Ipigott (talk) 07:23, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Yes, the every day rule is the pain point. BTW, there's a very strong support group on Facebook, which doesn't help with the pain point, but the encouragement is lovely. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:23, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rosiestep! Here is the current draft of my project proposal: Investigating the Impact of Implicit Bias on Wikipedia. I value your input and would greatly appreciate your feedback. I hope you're doing well! Best, Jackiekoerner (talk) 04:11, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Jackiekoerner I gave this a careful read and I love it. This research needs to be done and I think you are capable of giving it the rigor it requires. So I will give the proposal my strong support. One note (maybe others will follow): like WikiWomen, Whose Knowledge? is also a User Group. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:53, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch for taking the time! I look forward to continuing the conversation. I've also started the discussion page for the proposal. Best, Jackiekoerner (talk) 20:44, 27 September 2017 (UTC)