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19:09, 29 February 2008 (UTC)reply
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15:01, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
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Rnb (
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17:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)reply
i was editing it so it would be ok and it was already deleted so forget me trying to make pages anymore since if one little thing is off that is it but yet i notice stuff i am polite in asking about it.
can any help in my wanting to make the pages for a couple of the ohio state routes that are not on here yet.
Hi, and welcome to the
WikiProject Ohio! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to
Ohio.
A few features of the project that you might find helpful:
The
open task box is updated frequently. You can
watchlist it if you're interested; or, you can add it directly to your user page by including {{Ohiotasks}} on your user page.
All important discussions take place on our project's
main discussion page; you can also
watch this page to keep up with discussions.
We also have a taskforce on our over 1,000 townships at which can be found at
WP:OHTWP.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me or any other member of the project, we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! §hep •
¡Talk to me!20:57, 28 October 2008 (UTC)reply
We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles regarding
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual,
transgender (
LGBT) and
intersex people. LGBT Studies covers people, culture, history, and related subjects concerning
sexual identity and
gender identity - this covers a lot of ground and your help is appreciated! Some points that may be helpful:
Our main aim is to help improve articles, so if someone seeks help, please try to assist if you are able. Likewise feel free to ask for help, advice or clarification.
Welcome to our
North Carolina highways Wikiproject. I see you've had some trouble with starting pages in the past, so I'll give you the rundown on how we do things. Basically, you can go to any state route listed at
North Carolina Highway System and either add information to an existing article or create a new article. Remember though, that there's a policy at Wikipedia known as
No Original Research, so all the information you add to a page has to be basically common sense or from a source... or it'll eventually get deleted. This website:
[1] is incredibly helpful and we use it a lot as a source for things.
We try to keep the same format for all the North Carolina highway articles. Trust me, you don't want to start changing things too much or it'll turn into an "edit war". Check out
WP:SRNC to learn some about our war history. Also, if you start an article about a North Carolina numbered highway make sure the name is exactly North Carolina Highway x (where x is the highway number). So don't start an article named "N.C. Route 5" or "North carolina road number 23" or something like that. This is so we can easily find it and so it matches the rest of the articles.
Hopefully this helps. Edit only what you want to. Don't feel bad if it gets reverted, as it looks like some things have in the past. It happens. --
Triadian (
talk)
21:40, 7 February 2009 (UTC)reply
How do you change the world? You can start by writing an incredible article for the world's encyclopedia. Moni3 kicks it old school again with
Stonewall riots - a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the
Stonewall Inn. [...] [T]hey have become the defining event that marked the start of the
gay rights movement in the United States and around the world. It's a featured article hitting the mainpage this Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the events. So first off, wow! Clever and cool. Moni3 has been recently named hottest delegate to Obama's bookclub but that may not be official yet. (Shhh!)
Otto4711 mentioned that gee we really should swamp the DYK section with LGBT-related articles for use on the 28th as well. We have eight or so in the
holding area and if you push yourself to get an article together you might be able to get in on the fun. Do this now!
The official rules for DYKs can be found
here. Once you have expanded an article 5-fold or created an article with at least 1,500 characters of prose, place your DYK thread
here. Use
this handy tool to count your 1,500 characters. As a suggestion, when you add your potential hook, include the character count and a link to the source(s) that confirm the hook. These will be confirmed anyway but may help.
The layout for the individual quotes is
here (just copy/paste into one of the red links on
Portal:Transgender/Random quote). Then
this counter has to be upped to match the new # of total quotes (not counting quote zero).
Obama proclamation
On June 1,
President Barack Obama declared June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, citing the riots as a reason to "commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans". Excerpts at the bottom.
F*ck me I'm famous
I was interviewed by Wikipedia Signpost, the weekly in-house newsletter, for the
WikiProject report. The Signpost has nearly 1,000 Wikipedian subscribers and arguably many of those folks actually read it. It came about rather quickly and my worst fears - that it was an elaborate hoax by a troll - were apparently unfounded. I hope y'all feel I did fine by the project, I did my best to avoid the phrase "
man-humping, cock-sucking, doggy-style loving queer" but otherwise did ok.
Free image appeal
A friendly reminder to consider taking photos while you're
out and about at various
Dyke marches and
Pride parades. Consider donating them to the world at
Wikicommons. I'm sooo totally over having to deal with lovely images being deleted and argued about. If they are just free they are then also freely usable worldwide. And no, they don't need photos of your
cha-cha or
hoo-hoo-dilly.
Sonny and Cher's daughter was a famous lesbian and now he's a famous
transman, possibly the most famous in the world. This also serves as a friendly reminder that we recently updated
Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies/Guidelines - it's not perfect but should help inform on those gnip-gnop battles that do seem to drag on, and not in the
good way.
As part of the redecorating at
our talkpage, the article alerts and keyword search alerts are handily located at the top of the page. Always fascinating to see what's up. All help appreciated on those.
Glambert
Adam Lambert is soooo gay - surprised? Neither is anyone else. Nuff said.
David Ogden Stiers was
outed but apparently he wasn't terribly in either.
The LGBT studies project does have its own free
Internet Relay Chat channel, #wikipedia-en-lgbtconnect, for coordination, collaboration and socializing. This channel is hosted on
Freenode and can be accessed in one of two ways: If you already have an
IRC client, click the link to the left. If you do not have an IRC client, you'll need to get one installed on your computer first. Once you've done this, then click on the link to the left.
For more general information on IRC and a listing of other useful Wikipedia-related channels, see
Wikipedia:IRC channels.
The project had at one point another channel at #LGBTprojectconnect but as the original people associated with the setting up and administration of that channel have seemed to have disappeared, this new channel has been set up. Plus the new channel is inline with required naming conventions for Wikipedia related IRC channels. So, feel free to use this channel. Such a channel gives opportunity to discuss the latest happening on articles, the LGBT project itself, latest happening in your life with "wiki-friends" here, etc.. You can say things on there you normally wouldn't here on Wikipedia (keeping it civil of course) like talk about the latest hot guy/girl or tell a joke.. you get the point. Anyway, see you there - eventually!
LGBT to-do list (held over from last edition)
Give out more barnstars, and let each other know that what they're doing is valued.
Create a guide to stave off burnout, because editors in this project get burned out faster than others. There are many hills to climb.
Bring back the monthly collaboration project.
Participate in LGBT Peer reviews.
Get familiar with the characteristics of Good Articles and get our top priority articles to
WP:GA.
Use the Newsletter, Moni3! You can suggest what to send out in the newsletter, too!
Offer research materials, copy editing, ideas, and support to your fellow editors.
Keep the project talk page informed of problems and discussions we should know about.
“
There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. [I]n both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism. [...] LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "
Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. [...] As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. [...] I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists. - Barack Obama,
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2009, The White House (June 1, 2009).
To receive this newsletter in a different format, please let us know
here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let
Moni3 know.
The September 2011 issue of the
WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
What?Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
When?June 2015
How can you help?
1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see
examples from last year)
Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the
Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a
neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!