User talk:Wittylama/Archive 3

congrats!

Congratulations regarding the job! A job that blends your interests and passions is a rare thing indeed. Awadewit | talk 03:53, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

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Interview

I'd be happy to participate in an interview. Skype poses something of a problem for me because I live in a rural area and have a broadband wireless internet connection that works poorly with any kind of VOIP because of jitter on the uplink. I'll see what arrangements I can make.

The Uninvited Co., Inc. 13:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I would also be very pleased to talk to you. I've been listening to the podcast for a while now, and am very keen on what the program is doing for the community. Tim Vickers (talk) 17:51, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

You seem to be 17h ahead of me (US central time zone), so if we did the interview on Sunday morning your time it would be Saturday afternoon my time. How would 5-6 pm Saturday (my time) suit you? I think that would be about 10-11 am your time. Tim Vickers (talk) 20:08, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I added you on Skype and sent you a message to confirm. Tim Vickers (talk) 03:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I enjoyed that tremendously, thank you again. Tim Vickers (talk) 05:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Meetup

Would love to come but I'm about a 3-day drive away :P I was at the last one because I was already on holiday there. Orderinchaos 09:41, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Weekly

I just wanted to say that I very much enjoy the podcast. Raul654 (talk) 16:15, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Rocks Push

Nice to meet you. Don't forgot to read about the Rocks Push. I would be interested to read any material from The Dictionary on this subject. Cheers. Wm (talk) 11:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Signpost Tim Vickers interview

Yeah, I don't see a problem with something like that, given that you interviewed him about the exact same thing. Ral315 (talk) 14:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Now let's see...what have we here....

OK then.......[1]..hmm..do any grab one as a potential GA...heck none look easycheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

• Quick recipe for GA - a short but authoritative book on your bookshelf of something which is well-defined and can, at about 20kb minimum and 30kb maximum, be reasonalby comprehensive....maybe Nippers but the sourcing will be an issue..06:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Featured sounds

I noticed that you have participated in Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates in the past. There are now two candidates and the project appears to be abandoned. If you could look at the candidates and vote it would be appreciated. Zginder ^{(talk) (Contrib)} 00:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Geisha and Client

I would respectfully ask you to reconsider your suggested downgrade of the Geisha and Client Featured Picture on the following grounds. (1) It is a rare glimpse of a real geisha and client involved in traditional ozashiki. (2) This is a photo of the last geisha in Japan to "turn collar" in the 20th century. (3) Featured status reduces the changes that it will be frivolously deleted. (4) It was of high enough caliber to be sought after by a text book publisher. (5) It is a revealing picture to those intimate with the nuances of the subject matter. (6) It is an aesthetically pleasing picture overall, though not artistically perfect. Please take these points into consideration. Thank you for assessing this critically. ToddLara (talk) 04:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

ping!

G'day liam - hope you're not too crazy busy! - I've sent you a skype message or two, so take a look when you get the chance... Privatemusings (talk) 04:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

For this, that is. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 14:54, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

That does come in handy indeed. I'm still waiting for a DNA computer to fight vandalism for us... :P Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 22:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

transcription

Um ... yeah. A temp agency used to send me out to do transcription for pay, so I'm relatively fast at it. Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 17:58, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

pics plz

Do you have any idea what happened to the pictures from the meetup in January? — Werdna talk 05:25, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I think it was ta bu, but I've not caught him online yet. — Werdna talk 06:41, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Yep Jake12389 (talk) 00:18, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Mr Lama

Mr Lama, nice to hear from you! :) I was just thinking of you a couple of days ago. I found your business card and I thought, "Hmm, I wonder how the lama is, haven't seen him around much latey." The DoS looks fantastic, well done to all involved (and nice picture of you :)). Volunteering for OTRS is quite easy, just go here and add your name to the list. There are instuctions at the top of the page. About IRC, I'm afraid I'm with you on that boat. Daniel very patiently helped me get onto IRC the other night but I haven't been brave enough to venture beyond the WMA channel yet. :) I shall add you to the WMA press list. Radio/TV/newspaper in NSW? It's just an informal list of people who don't mind being contacted but it doesn't obligate you to actually do anything. I started it when I handled the request from Channel 10 for someone to go on "9 am with David & Kim" as we stuffed them around a bit with Angela agreeing to do it but then having to pull out when she and Tim moved up your way. It was then really difficult to find someone else willing to step in. So I started the press list as a starting base for future requests. If you need help with anything you can always email me or ping me on gtalk, sarahewart at gmail dot com and I'll try to help. Take care, Sarah 00:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC) PS I'm going to put my meetup pictures up soon. Sarah 00:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey - interesting userpage! Sarah 00:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: the Sydney Journal

Hi there, Just thought I'd drop you, and others from the recent meetup, a line and mention that the first edition of the Dictionary of Sydney's online, peer-reviewed journal is now live.

The Sydney Journal is the first (and most academically rigorous) "product" of the Dictionary. It will be a quarterly publication with a variety of texts from upcoming Dictionary articles and is hosted by UTS E-press. This edition features 4 thematic articles, 6 ethnicities and 5 suburbs - all specifically related to Sydney.

I hope you find it useful and interesting - If nothing else it's essays are eminently referenceable for their corresponding articles here on WP.

Best, Witty Lama 12:55, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Nice! I'll look forward to reading more of those as they come out. --bainer (talk) 01:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Butt Hole Group

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages such as Butt Hole Group, to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. KnightLago (talk) 14:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Question, how did you move the page back to its proper place? When I attempted the move it told me that I couldn't move the page back because the destination had history and that I needed to delete the page before the move. Thanks. KnightLago (talk) 14:43, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I know you didn't create the page. I reverted the user's 5 vandalism edits with Twinkle. I think you moved the page right before I reverted those edits. So when I reverted, Twinkle looked at the author of the page, which would be you due to the move, and left the warning there. I know you weren't at fault, but Twinkle thought you were. KnightLago (talk) 14:45, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Come join us

[2]--Filll (talk) 02:19, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

G'day

G'day esteemed person who has expressed interest in Sydney based meetups at this page (I hope that's the correct wording for the formal greeting!!). You may have heard that Australia is to have its very own 'chapter' of the Wikimedia Foundation - and further, there's a meeting coming up to discuss / enact the chapter's incorporation (details here). I'm afraid that I don't know too much about the details of what this entails, other than having a private hope that we might get a secret handshake, and maybe cheap coffee at wikimania (this is a poor attempt at humour - I'm sure that the Chapter's do great work, and it's a good thing that Australia is to have one).

If you're interested in meeting up this weekend (the set date is the 20th) - or later, then please do head over here and sign up, or make a comment at the talk page... the drive to create the chapter has largely come from another town in Australia that I'm afraid I haven't actually heard much about.. and anything they can do.... right? - cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 11:11, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Drinks and a wiki chat?

G'day sydneysider - fancy a 'not quite a meetup but a few drinks' sort of thing? - We can chat about the new aussie chapter, the price of eggs and have our very own 2020 Wiki Summit! - or just sink a couple of cold ones and gass bag about the good 'ol days of wiki, when an editor could get some repsect (not a typo)! I've suggested something here so take a look and sign up if you're up for it... cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 02:28, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Links, etc.

I agree about neutrality. It would probably be necessary to create a separate legal entity to deal with a paid newsroom editor.

Regarding my "academic" writing, it consists of pleas to my colleagues to get involved with Wikipedia. Here are the relevant links:

• http://www.mediatropes.com/index.php/SpontaneousGenerations/article/view/1017/1104 in Spontaneous Generations
• http://www.hssonline.org/publications/Newsletter2008/NewsJan2008Ross.html - this was in the printed newsletter that goes out to members of the History of Science Society (most professional historians of science). All three of the printed letters in the next issue, April 2008, mentioned it (positively) including a lengthy letter from Alan Rocke, User:Ajrocke. Unfortunately, I don't think the letters to the editor are online.

The first article also has a few references at the end that you'll want in your bibliography if they aren't there already.--ragesoss (talk) 03:09, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Your Thesis

Hi there. I heard that you were working on a Wiki-related thesis. I think this is a great idea. And I have two suggestions. First, on the issue of whether there should be a newsroom over at WikiNews, Sue Gardner was a journalist and manager at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before joining WikiMedia; you'd get some good insight from an interview with her. Second, on the lit review, I thought I'd point you toward a discussion among historians prompted by Sage Ross' writings: [3]. This has been expanded on several Talk pages here at WP; let me know if you're interested in following-up and I'll dig the links up for you.... Good luck! -JTBurman (talk) 20:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia Radio

If you hadn't already heard  ;) - m:WM:RADIO

Apparently someone is trying to revive an audio stream...

It needs feedback and contributors.

I already have a programme idea, but it would need specfic contributions from the australian Wikimedian community :) ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 00:08, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

two quick questions;

• coming for a drink?
• coming for a chat?

hopefully you might be able to make both! cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 06:34, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Research interests

Hi,

Brief intro -- I'm a graduate student at Cornell University in the United States who's interested in studying how editors collaborate on Wikipedia, specifically looking at ownership. Awadewit pointed me to you as someone who's doing similar work. I'd love to talk to you at some point about your thesis, if you're up for it.

Cheers, Jthomsant (talk) 15:42, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:!

The redirect Wikipedia:! is being proposed for deletion at WP:RFD#Wikipedia:! -> Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion. If you wish to contribute to the deletion process, click the link above. DA PIE EATER (talk) 00:27, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Thesis

Howdy, I was listening to your Wales interview and thought you might be interested in some of my work, particularly since I see you are also studying Wikipedia. I'd be happy to share my dissertation with you. --Reagle (talk) 12:54, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

the wikimania IRC channel

here's a handy link; #wikimania ^connect

The addon you need for Firefox is Chatzilla - it's pretty easy to use :-) cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 11:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

your buddy Koraiem

hey, so I'm back to Cairo now, I dunno when u'll be leaving, but if u're staying at Egypt a bit more, we should plan to meet if you'd like to :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Koraiem (talk • contribs) 16:57, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

G'day NewSouthWikiWelshman

...and I mean 'welshman' in the most gender neutral way, of course...and I'm aware that not all of you guys are from NSW.. and I'm aware that this hasn't been the most smoothly written note in Wiki's history, but hey ho...slaps head, persuades voices in head to pipe down, and continues.... Fancy attending a meetup? - We've got some interested Chapter stuff to chat about, no doubt there may be some tales of Arabian Nights (or at least Egyptian conferences), and it just generally felt like it was about time..... head over here if you're interested.... do feel free to wiki-edit away in the usual fashion too if you've got any other ideas! cheers all, Privatemusings (talk) 07:25, 29 July 2008 (UTC)you've been spammed in this nature because you signed up as interested in being notified about this sort of thing.. hope that's ok!

Digital Campus

Glad to hear you on the Digital Campus podcast. Nice job :) Although, with FlaggedRevs we have proposals for stable versions, quality versions, and cited versions. I'll be curious to see what ends up happening. gren グレン 11:46, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Barn*

For an awesome interview podcast

-- Tawker (talk) 00:25, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/2008 Summer Olympics highlights

Thanks for the heads up. Is a discussion in AFD disrupting wikipedia? Becky Sayles (talk) 09:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Motto of the day

Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.

When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Greg Urwin

Witty lama,

First, I really would like to thank you for the message you left me about Greg Urwin's article. I found an Australian newspaper article about him online and thought he had a really interesting biography. I'm happy I could help a little. Thanks again!

Secondly, and more importantly, Urwin's article is currently on the front page of Wikipedia's DYK section right now! I apologize if this is sooner than you had hoped. Unfortunately, I'm not an editor and have no control over when an article gets posted to DYK. To get on the DYK front page all articles have to be nominated within five days of their creation or expansion. (In this case, five days from September 5th) Again, I really apologize if you cannot show the article on the front page to his family.

On last thing I'm hoping you might be able to help me with if possible. I'm almost positive that the date he became Secretary General is wrong in the article. It's listed as May 16, 2004 in Urwin's article and the Pacific Islands Forum. A couple of news articles seem to have him taking the Secretary General position in January or February 2004 instead.[4] Would you happen to know the correct date because I can't locate it anywhere?

Thanks again. I hope I was able to help out even a little bit. Have a great day! Scanlan (talk) 22:26, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

ww62

Thanks for the ping and your kind words. Please feel free to let me know when there is a need for a new image or a change to one of the old ones. I'm always glad to help. Keep up the good work. --JWSchmidt (talk) 06:10, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!

Congrats on getting into Yellow Shirts again :) CHANLORD ^[T]/_[C] 12:24, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

A Sydney Meetup

G'day all - I'm dropping this note in to let you know that there's to be a Wiki Meetup the week after next, on Tuesday, 21st at 18:00 at The Paragon in Circular Quay. If you've ever thought about popping along to one of these, but haven't had the chance - now's the time! If you love the idea, but the time and / or place don't quite work for you, please do feel free to wiki edit away at the meetup page and I'm sure we can sort something out :-) Meetups are a great way to share wiki-thoughts, meet wiki-friends, and generally learn how to prefix all areas of your life with wiki- :-)

It's a very friendly bunch, and we're hoping to be able to formally collect membership fees and details for the Australian Chapter (did you know that we're the only current english speaking chapter? Join now for kudos and future bragging rights!) - as well as just generally have a good 'ol time. I look forward to seeing you there :-) best, Privatemusings (talk) 07:48, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Thesis

Hey, I was wondering if your thesis that you mentioned on WW was online. I'd be interested to read it. Cheers, JACOPLANE • 2008-11-12 17:04

G'day Wikimedian :-)

Whilst it's quite likely you'll have heard this news on the grapevine, in your email inbox, or even in person - I thought that it was sufficiently exciting to warrant giving each of you a 'new messages' orange bar! This particular orange bar has been brought to you to let you know that Wikimedia Australia is now open for members!

I'm not on the committee or anything, and that's where the credit is due in getting everything to this point, but I think it would be absolutely fantastic for folks who wish to support the australian wiki community, to go ahead and sign up - we're quite likely to be the world's fatest growing chapter at the moment! Join Us :-)

Here's a little more about membership, and the mailing list in particular is well worth signing up to as well, and is a good forum to get answers to any questions answered, or to share any ideas. I've dropped these notes in under my own steam, and you've received one because you're on this list - feel free to ask me any questions, or anything - I can certainly point you in the right direction :-) cheers all, Privatemusings (talk) 04:05, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Wiki Christmas Meetup

G'day all - I'm hoping that I might persuade you along to a Wiki christmas celebration / meetup on december 18th :-) - The meetup regulars are a friendly bunch, and we're very much hoping to get a few new folk along to chat about all things Wiki (and there are apparently some exciting things in the pipeline! Come along to find out a bit more ;-) - you can sign up here - and do feel free to edit that page with any more ideas or suggestions too :-)

Hope to see you there - I've heard a rumour that the first drink is on the highest placed Australian in the current arbcom elections.... Privatemusings (talk) 23:44, 4 December 2008 (UTC)ok, so I started that rumour too....

(meant global pan-religious not unitarian)

• a fine Xmas message for all of us to be mindful of.... hehehe. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:11, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

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