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Suggestion for a female scientist worthy of a Wiki article
[edit]Hi, Mary. You are well known for highlighting women in science in these hallowed halls of Wikipedia. I don't know if you're still working in this area, but if so I'd like to suggest you consider writing an article about Sheila Hobbs DeWitt PhD. (LinkedIn) Sheila is a chemist who has made seminal contributions in the fields of combinatorial chemistry and the use of deuterium in drug discovery. Thank you for your consideration. Don't hesitate to let me know if I can be of use in this regard. Tony AWCzarnik (talk) 22:37, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
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Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you for a pleasant DYK review. You have probably no idea what a relief it is to receive such an unusual gift! Click on music for a particularly interesting set of three today - it changes almost daily. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:46, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
To give you an idea what I usually get, check out the nom for Liviu Holender. Three reviewers are unable to approve a hook, and wait for an independent reviewer. Perhaps you could even by the one ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:51, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you again for the particularly lovely DYK review for Magdalena Hinterdobler who is on the Main page today, together with the opera that your colleagues deemed not interesting and too obscure for our general readers. The soprano thought differently, - listen and see. - One of the pieces in our recent uplifting choral concert was Bach's Ascension Oratorio, - perhaps watch a bit how the closing movement was performed in Bach's church. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:58, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
did you listen and see the soprano? - today's story has a pic of a woman holding her cat, a DYK of 5 years ago - the recent pics show 2 orange tip butterflies --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Yes, lovely voice. Thank you for the smiles. Maybe some April fool's day we can do all cat-related images and hooks ;-) Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:04, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. I didn't smile when she was nominated for deletion but the discussion seems not to go exactly as designed ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:10, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- Today's story mentions a concert I loved to hear and a piece I loved to sing in choir, 150 years old OTD. - Hinterdobler's colleague, as you will have seen. She'll get her recital next Tuesday. I am actually happier with the hook for him that you approved than the one I proposed, - I would not have dared to suggest links to 5 composers ;) - Dealing with Verdi's Requiem about all day yesterday to make it fit for the Main page kept me away from her article, but eventually I'll get there, using the sources better that you provided! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:06, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
- Good to see Olga Lander on the Main page! - 29 May 1913: The Rite of Spring - today's story, actually something I saw at that place in a revival. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:03, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- Today's story is about Samuel Kummer, one of five items on the Main page - more musing on my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:26, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Yes, lovely voice. Thank you for the smiles. Maybe some April fool's day we can do all cat-related images and hooks ;-) Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:04, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]On 29 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Olga Lander, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Olga Lander's camera required her to work close to the dangerous wartime subjects she photographed (example pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Olga Lander. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Olga Lander), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Franz Kafka died 100 years ago OTD, hence the story. I uploaded a few pics from the visit of Graham87. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:33, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
Today's story is about an extraordinary biography, Peter Demetz. - I uploaded a few more pics but leave the link, because there's a new one of Graham and his mother who liked it. - What do you think of my DYK nom for Daniela Kerck? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
Today I wanted to write a happy song story, on a friend's birthday, but instead we have the word of thunder on top of it, which would have been better on 2 June, this year's first Sunday after Trinity. The new lilypond - thanks to DanCherek - is quite impressive. As my 2 Jun story said: Bach was fired up. - Today's Main page is rich in music, also Franz Liszt and a conductor. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:19, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata (and why does it come before the third?) - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:41, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
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PS: If you are interested in designers, there are many, many articles in WikiProject Industrial design that would benefit from your skills! One that comes to mind (and to which I've made some contributions already) is Cini Boeri. It is quite a mess as is, alas. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 12:23, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
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At Winterthur. For whatever reason, I know you'll be interested. It's related to old fashion as well, maybe 1840-60. I added an external link to Washington Post, fashion is briefly in there. All the best. Time for a Signpost article as good as "Lead by the nose"? Smallbones(smalltalk) 21:53, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
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inteGraality documentation
[edit]Hi Mary, I attended your presentation about the Wikipedia Workbook for Cultural Institutions at WCNA in Indianapolis, and wanted to say thank you for all the work you've done to create that resource, and for presenting it. I noticed that you wrote a detailed and robust user guide for the inteGraality tool, and I think your guide may contain more information than what is currently in the tool's documentation. So, I just wanted to let you know I filed a task (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T376902) to suggest that the information you created could be used to build out the tool's documentation at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/inteGraality. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and expertise! TBurmeister (WMF) (talk) 13:51, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @TBurmeister (WMF): I'm so glad you enjoyed the session and are finding the workbook useful! I'm delighted that the inteGraality pages can be broadly useful :-) All the best, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:12, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Bea Hines
- ... that Bea Hines, the first African American woman to become a reporter at the Miami Herald, was sent out to report on a riot on her first day at work?
Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 15:26, 16 November 2024 (UTC).
Hook meets requirements, though it is not rare for this to happen to reporters. I was able to verify the statement and the article looks good. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 23:11, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Murad Al-Katib
- ... that Murad Al-Katib provided 700 million meals of Saskatchewan-grown chickpeas, lentils and wheat to a United Nations program for Syrian refugees?
Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:50, 18 November 2024 (UTC).
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Happy to review this one. All elements of the article pass the DYK criteria, hook is interesting and cited. Good to go! Sims2aholic8 (talk) 11:17, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
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- User group meeting, 24 November (minutes)
- We are working on our annual plan for 2025, please add activities that you would like to work on.
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- CEE Catch up Nr. 8 with a sustainability theme
- Wikiconcurso Justiça Climática e Amazônia (SDG 13)
- Report from New Zealand Species Edit-a-thons (SDG 15)
- Report from climate change editing workshop in Macedonia (SDG 13)
- DeGrowth in November with students, artists and academics in Croatia (SDG 8&12)
- The new Charts extension has been enabled on Wikimedia Commons. It's time to start bringing all your local sustainability related charts over there! (SDG 17)
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- Ongoing: Bridging Climate Literacy Gaps through Wikimedia projects in Ogoni Land Rivers (SDG 13)
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Timothy Fort Picture
[edit]Hi Mary, I am an assistant in the office where Timothy Fort works and I was wondering if you'd be able to upload his headshot onto the Wikipedia page. I attempted to do this myself but was unsuccessful. I'm not sure how to get this picture to you so please let me know how I can get in contact! Best, Tina Tinad24 (talk) 16:08, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
- @Tinad24: Copyright for releasing images is tricky. A professional headshot which is being used elsewhere will almost certainly be rejected by Commons because of copyright issues. The best option would be to take a picture yourself of Timothy Fort and upload that image on commons, so there is no question about who took the picture (you) and owns the copyright (again, you). I am happy to work with you more on this if you have concerns. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 18:03, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]On 11 December 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Verificado 2018, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Verificado 2018 was a fact-checking collaboration between at least 90 organizations to counter disinformation during the 2018 Mexican federal election? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Verificado 2018. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Verificado 2018), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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