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Idea for new community workspace

Hi. I would like to create some kind of collaborative workspace where coordinators or members of various WikiProjects would gather and provide updates and information on what is going on at each wikiproject, i.e. regarding their latest efforts, projects, and where interested editors can get involved.

You have been very helpful, so I wanted to get your brief input on whether you'd be interested in helping me to make this happen. I see a few possible options for making this happen, so I would like to get your input and feedback on this. which of the options below would you prefer? also, please reply to the brief questions below.

Please feel free to let me know what you think of this idea, and please let me know your preference, regarding the options above. if you do not see any need for this idea, that is totally fine. However, I think that the majority of editors lack awareness of where the truly active editing is taking place and at which WikiProjects, and I would like to do whatever I can to help make people more aware of where the activity is, what they can do to help, and also which areas of Wikipedia offer ideas and efforts that might help them in their own editing activities. Please feel free to let me know. --Sm8900 (talk) 05:14, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

hi. this idea is now receiving a full and active discussion! you can participate at: Wikipedia: Village_pump_(proposals)#Idea_for_new_community_workspace. thanks!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 16:15, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Hi Lane! All the warmest wishes for this seasonal occasion, whichever you celebrate - or don't, while I swelter at 27℃ (80.6℉), and peace and prosperity for 2020. Thank you so much for all you do to help make Wikipedia a better place, and seriously hoping that you'll join me for a cool beer in Bangkok in August when it will be even hotter!
Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk)

A thank you

Just wanted to go ahead and thank you for working so congenially and helpfully with my students, both at the Health information on the Internet page and the Basic life support page. This encouragement and affirmation goes a long way. It's one thing for me to tell them to be bold, and another for a seasoned wikipedian to do so. I see that you are deeply involved in Wikiproject medicine-- can I perhaps reach out to you in the future if I have students who run into more complicated issues related to the difficulties of writing about medical topics? Since my assignment is primarily about learning the editorial environment, getting to know seasoned editors has been very useful in figuring out the best ways to quickly get my students acquainted with these complex conventions (if you're curious about the assignment, it was recently featured on the wikiedu blog here). Thanks again! Etherfire (talk) 04:01, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Please put it aside

Please put aside any behavioral concerns. Thank you. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 00:56, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

I love it! Keep the faith yo!, I appreciate the support. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:57, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Arbitration case opened

In 2018, you offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has now accepted that request for arbitration, and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 23, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

All content, links, and diffs from the original ARC and the latest ARC are being read into the evidence for this case.

The secondary mailing list is in use for this case: arbcom-en-b@wikimedia.org

For the Arbitration Committee, CThomas3 (talk) 17:42, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

hot articles

I think I answered your question at The Signpost, but my ping didn't work (because I used "Blue Rasberry" instead of "Bluerasberry"). Kaldari (talk) 20:17, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Yes thanks now developing at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Special report. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:09, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikimedia Café

Hi Bluerasberry, I've been trying to get in contact with you regarding the Wikimedia Cafe on Meta and through email. There is some time sensitivity regarding the Café because people need to have enough notice regarding the schedule and agenda. Would you please see the most recent email that I sent to you and reply to me through email or on Meta? I realize that you may be busy, but I prefer for us to set up the Café together so that I'm not doing so much by myself. I can't do everything that should be done. Thanks, ↠Pine (✉) 21:36, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

@Pine: Acknowledged, I wish to sort asap. That is as much as I can say. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:48, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll have more availability on the weekend, and if you can't get the email notification sent by Saturday then I'll try to send it, but I think that it would be preferable for you to to do that. I'm stretched among multiple projects and I can't do everything that should be done. ↠Pine (✉) 02:01, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
@Pine: I set up the next event page and also sent out an email invitation. Thanks for the reminder. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:09, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi @Bluerasberry: did you send an email to Wikimedia-l? It's great if you sent an email invitation elsewhere also. I haven't seen an email come through Wikimedia-l regarding this. ↠Pine (✉) 20:06, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
@Pine: Thanks, I did attempt to send an email through there, and I did make an error in that attempt. I just resent. Yes, it was my intent to do that. Blue Rasberry (talk) 22:43, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
@Bluerasberry: I see the Wikimedia-l email. Thanks. ↠Pine (✉) 22:46, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

March 18: First ever ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

March 18, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. This month, as part of Wikimedia NYC's commitment to the well-being of members, we will hold WikiWednesday online via Zoom videoconferencing! To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page.

We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

7:00pm - 9:00 pm online via Zoom

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 04:36, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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Two COVID-19 articles

Re "two articles", are you thinking of breaking it up into two Signpost columns? ☆ Bri (talk) 18:51, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

@Bri: I think so let me see how much content we have. I will draft today. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:01, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Your draft makes sense to me. Let's go forward with the two. Any idea what the column name should be for what you drafted? And do you want me to move it there (I'm a pagemover)? ☆ Bri (talk) 21:05, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
What about Community view for the second column? ☆ Bri (talk) 15:54, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
I prepared User:Bri/Dekimasu interview and User:Bri/Tenryuu interview with the same question set. Does it look OK? ☆ Bri (talk) 16:05, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

1918 flu / Spanish flu discussion

Look up Spanish influenza in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Hello! I saw your comment on the Spanish flu renaming debate, and I would like to invite you to add content to Wiktionary concerning the '1918 flu' wording if you are interested. There already several pages for Spanish flu etc other namings. Geographyinitiative (talk) 04:32, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative: At your invitation I gave a go at editing that entry. Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:46, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you from Sex, Spirits and Sorcery

Thank you so so much for speaking with Sex, Spirits and Sorcery yesterday Lane! It was fantastic. So excited to get my students working to increase the representation of Indigenous Australian artists on wikipedia! Thanks for all your help! ArtHistorian Hank (talk) 17:33, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

@ArtHistorian Hank: Thanks, great group great class at Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/2020 Sex Spirits Sorcery! Blue Rasberry (talk) 17:42, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Special Report

Hello, Bluerasberry,

I just looked over your Special report and think it is well-done. I just wanted to add one perspective on Wikipedia & COVID-19. I initially got involved in editing the articles & WikiProject COVID-19 because I anticipated lots of vandalism due to the wildfire nature of the pandemic. But except for a few notable, flaky edits, there has just not been the vandalism I expected. And we are seeing not only a lot of new editors but new, but experienced, editors that I am guessing are returning editors from the old days who are coming back to edit with new accounts. Initially (meaning 3 weeks ago), I was trying to check every edit I saw come across my Watchlist but it quickly proved to be unnecessary. And even when I have come across big content deletions or additions, they are usually warranted or can be justified. I can't say that there has been zero vandalism but the high level of responsible editing has really been a pleasant surprise.

Discussions on talk pages, especially last week, could get very heated. But it has all been in good faith due to the importance of this issue which helps reinforce my faith in this usefulness of this project. Thanks for your coverage of a variety of sides to COVID-19 & Wikipedia. Liz Read! Talk! 01:22, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Arbcom Notification

You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Medical pricing and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. As threaded discussion is not permitted on most arbitration pages, please ensure that you make all comments in your own section only. Additionally, the guide to arbitration and the Arbitration Committee's procedures may be of use.

Thanks, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:16, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Congrats

The Signpost Barnstar
for two outstanding articles in the March 2020 issue

Smallbones(smalltalk) 23:55, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for helping with my articles and explaining the issue with articles about food. Appreciate it. BrikDuk (talk) 10:31, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine opened

You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 21, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 20:34, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Reply about Cooperatives WikiProject

I'm not sure if my ping worked but I did respond to you here. Just wanted to let you know. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cooperatives#Anyone_interested_in_working_on_Social_Entrepreneurship? Look forward to hearing back RayScript (talk) 04:19, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

April 2020 Wikimedia Café

Hi Bluerasberry, I sent you an email about the announcement for the April 2020 Wikimedia Café. I think that sending announcements at least 2 weeks in advance of meeting dates is preferable, and we're already near the end of the second week in April. ↠Pine (✉) 06:21, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

  • Hi Bluerasberry, I don't think that I can move forward with the Wikimedia Café without your support or at least hearing how you want to proceed. One practical reason is that the current Zoom link is under your control. Although I could create a new Zoom link, I think that having two people involved with coordinating the Café is much better than one person doing this alone. Please let me know how you want to proceed. ↠Pine (✉) 19:29, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
@Pine: I am loopy with other obligations. Let me try to get this posted today. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:32, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
@Pine: I still have not sent it out but I think it is ready to go out. I made lots of changes. Can you give a quick look before I email? Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:47, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi Bluerasberry, unfortunately I have been busy today and probably will be for the next few days. I have a suggestion. Zoom is being criticized for privacy problems, so I think that we should consider changing the software for the meeting, probably to Jitsi if we can get it to work on our computers and if we think that its privacy protections are better than Zoom's. Also, I see that you did some design changes to the Café page but I'm too busy to look through that at the moment. The date is already late in the month, so how about skipping the Café for this month while we deal with our mutual off-wiki obligations, and take some time to consider the redesign of the page and possibly moving to Jitsi? I can send out a brief announcement about this if you agree to it. ↠Pine (✉) 06:39, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
@Pine: At meta:WikiProject remote event participation‎ Jitsi has gained no particular favor. I have used it lots of times and found it to to crash sometimes and be more difficult to use than Zoom. I am open to change but I also feel comfortable affiliating with that WikiProject to justify our use of Zoom.
Ɱ is ready to present on maps this next Saturday so with him as scheduled speaker I would like to go ahead. 8 days notice for a regular event is within the norms of wiki community announcements. For May I will get the announcement out early.
If you can join this next one then great, otherwise I think I can manage this event with Ɱ. Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:34, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi @Bluerasberry: OK, please go ahead with Ɱ. There is a good chance that I can attend. My main concerns are the short notice and the use of Zoom. I like Zoom but the recent privacy problems are why I bring up the question of what platform should be used for conferencing. At some point I'll want to read through the redesign of the Café page and I may talk with you about that. When you make the announcements for this month, please send emails to both Wikimedia-l and Wikitech-l, and please set up an announcement on the Meta main page as I have done in previous months. Thanks! ↠Pine (✉) 19:45, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

GOCE request

Hi Bluerasberry, in case you have pings disabled, there's a discussion about your recent GOCE c/e request for Medicinal cannabis here. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:25, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

April 22: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

April 22, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. This month, as part of Wikimedia NYC's commitment to the well-being of members, we will hold WikiWednesday online via Zoom videoconferencing! To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page.

We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

This month, we've invited Esther Jackson of the New York Botanical Garden to join us for an Earth Day focused conversation.

Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30)

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 23:24, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

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Wikipedia's response to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

Hello! You might be interested to review Wikipedia's response to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic and share any other helpful sources on the talk page. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:58, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

How did I miss the WikiSeder? Brilliant! ☆ Bri (talk) 20:51, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

User:Indy beetle/Global Growth

I've wrapped up everything I want to say there. -Indy beetle (talk) 16:41, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

COVID-19 vaccine and treatment trackers

First, thanks for your valuable work at the Signpost. Your thoughts on this issue, please, as posted on these talk pages, drug development, vaccines, and Help. Thanks. Zefr (talk) 17:29, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the email and response here. I'll participate on the project pages. Zefr (talk) 19:30, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Sat May 9: Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19

Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19 (May 9)

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for a Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19, which aims to answer questions the public may have about Wikipedia's coverage of the pandemic. The event includes four speakers, all of whom are active contributors to the topic area on Wikipedia, but bring different perspectives, backgrounds, and interests. The event is free and open to the public, broadcast live on YouTube and Facebook, and questions taken from viewers on these platforms. Abstracts and speaker bios are available on the event page.

Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19

Saturday May 9, 6:00PM - 8:00PM EST (22:00 - 24:00 UTC)

online via YouTube and Facebook

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--Wikimedia New York City Team 14:46, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for being part of the Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19 today

Hadn't expected to see Feisty and Pip live on YouTube, but that's what happened! I liked the format and am interested in exploring how something like this could become a more regular thing. -- Daniel Mietchen (talk) 01:29, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Wikimedia Café for May 2020

Hi Bluerasberry, are you interested in a Wikimedia Café for May 2020? ↠Pine (✉) 18:13, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

replied at meta:Talk:Wikimedia_Café#Topic_suggestions_for_future_meetups Blue Rasberry (talk) 23:39, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

On the Wikidata infobox discussion @ simple

Hi Bluerasberry. Just wanted to check in and ask what your plan is with regards to the Wikidata infobox integration at Simple moving forward. I'll note the discussion was auto-archived but I think there was enough broad consensus to move forward with the pilot so I'd be interested what the next steps would be. Hiàn (talk) 17:55, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

@Hiàn: Thanks for your interest. I want a pilot but I hesitated a bit when I saw all the moving pieces. Could you assist a bit? I have some text drafted at simple:User:Bluerasberry/Wikidata box and I think that I am over-documenting. Something that I do want to do is (1) list previous discussions on Simple English Wikipedia for easy access and without commentary (2) make a clear proposal with goals, timelines, and limitations at Simple English Wikipedia. What I do not want to do is (1) try to comprehensively explain this, because it is too much (2) encourage too much discussion before a limited experiment / pilot, because I think it is not possible to understand this without seeing it.
Do you have an idea for what you think would work? I want an experiment, but I do not feel strongly how the experiment should go. I feel like any small experiment now would be useful. Thanks for any suggestions. Blue Rasberry (talk) 23:44, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi Bluerasberry. If you'd be okay with it, I'd be happy to make some adjustments to the draft page and begin moves towards beginning the pilot. I think the terms of your initial proposal were fairly reasonable so I think the best thing would be to work within those guidelines. Details should probably first be finalized at ST (i.e. what sort of infobox should be first included in a pilot like this) - that strikes me as the best way forward and hopefully it'll let the community work out some of the kinks before proceeding.
I think that about sums it up. If you ever need help with anything on the administrative side, I can probably help out, and I think I'll be able to call on some users with reasonable technical abilities if it's necessary. Hiàn (talk) 00:17, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your message. I have used (read and/or fixed minor typoes without an account/etc) Wikipedia for over a decade for lots of reasons so I am well aware that while many people say it's "bad" or "unreliable" that there are policies/procedures in place to make things work well. This is just the first time I've dove in and tried - it's much different from my past experiences at Bulbapedia and some Wikia (or whatever they're called now) sites. bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 01:22, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

May 20: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

May 20, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. This month, as part of Wikimedia NYC's commitment to the well-being of members, we will hold WikiWednesday online via Zoom videoconferencing! To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page.

We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

This month, we'll focus on WikiProject New York City and our favorite local articles, as well as Wiki Loves Pride past and future.

Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30)

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!

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--Wikimedia New York City Team 15:58, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Medicine proposed decision

The Medicine proposed decision was posted --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 14:29, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

I registered

How can I appear to the Symposium now that I registered? Personisgaming (talk) 21:27, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

@Personisgaming: Thanks for your interest. It starts in 20 minutes, 6pm EST 2200 UTC, as described here: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19
Watch live through YouTube or Facebook. Questions go directly to a moderator who brings questions to the speaker. Thanks for your interest. This is our first time trying this! Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:44, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Is there a Zoom Code or a chat joining system? Personisgaming (talk) 22:00, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
@Personisgaming: There is not. All interaction happens through YouTube or Facebook in the links from the event page. Blue Rasberry (talk) 22:06, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
@Bluerasberry: It was an honor joining the symposium I can't stress it enough. It provided lots of feedback on how to edit Wikipedia in general.Personisgaming (talk) 22:40, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Articles for Creation: List of reviewers by subject notice

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To end on a positive note, the backlog has dropped below 1,500, so thanks for all of the hard work some of you have been putting into the AfC process!

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:35, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

I hope I'm not too late

in reminding you about the opinion piece for this issue. If I am, don't worry about it - we have enough content and it might be a great issue.

Thanks,

Smallbones(smalltalk) 23:59, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

@Smallbones: excuse my silence, can we pass this time? I have nothing to submit. thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 01:13, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
No problem at all. Smallbones(smalltalk) 01:38, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine closed

An arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

  • Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles. Any uninvolved administrator may apply sanctions as an arbitration enforcement action to users editing in this topic area, after an initial warning.
  • CFCF is reminded to avoid casting aspersions and similar conduct in the future.
  • Doc James is prohibited from making any edits relating to pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing in the article namespace.
  • QuackGuru is indefinitely topic-banned from articles relating to medicine, broadly construed.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 15:14, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine closed

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

I am formally notifying anyone who was originally named as a party in the case. Barkeep49 (talk) 02:55, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Wikimedia Café for June

Hi Bluerasberry, are you OK with my proposal for the date and topic for June? Please ping me when you reply. Thanks, ↠Pine (✉) 06:44, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

June 17: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

June 17, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. This month, as part of Wikimedia NYC's commitment to the well-being of members, we will hold WikiWednesday online via Zoom videoconferencing! To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page.

We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

This month, we'll check in on the global WikiCup race and have as featured speaker our local champion and frontrunner, who is trying to win it by writing as many new New York City articles as possible, as well as other local and global topics.

Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30)

We especially encourage folks to add your 3-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)

--Wikimedia New York City Team 01:53, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

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A kitten for you! Great job at the NYC 2020 Census Multilingual Edit-a-thon hosted by Sure We Can!!

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WikiLoop Battlefield new name vote

Dear Bluerasberry,

Thank you for your interest and contributions to WikiLoop Battlefield. We are holding a voting for proposed new name. We would like to invite you to this voting. The voting is held at m:WikiProject_WikiLoop/New_name_vote and ends on July 13th 00:00 UTC.

xinbenlv Talk, Remember to "ping" me 05:00, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Concerning the domestication of Syrian Hamsters

Hello! You thanked me for adding the picture of my hamster cage on wiki commons, I've been doing some editing the pages about hamster care.

I was researching the domestication of syrian hamsters and saw that you were writing on the talk page and you said you made the page for James Henry Skene, so I was wondering if you had any leads on something.

the book Hamster : a practical guide to caring for your hamster (2002) by David Alderton also claims James Skene brought a group of hamsters back to great britain in 1880 and bread them for over 30 years, but James Skene died in 1886.. Is there anything confirming that the hamsters were still being bread for that long and who took over after he passed away? The book also states that his hamsters attracted little interest as potential pets, this implies he was attempting to market them as such. It seems like there should be some record of 30 years of breeding these hamsters. - book here

It seems true that this colony has died out.

"Studies based on their mitochondrial DNA (which is only inherited maternally) suggest that all domestic hamsters are descended from a single female and for that we have to thank a single man: Israel Aharoni." - UCL Culture Blog

But were any sold as pets at all but then the lines died out?


I recently started editing wikipedia and would be happy to talk about it since as you say on your talk page "The best way to learn about editing Wikipedia is to talk with other people about it."!

Oh and your chinchillas are adorable! -- Mintyfrills (talk) 18:31, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic virtual edition 2020

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[1] and [2] - might need a watch... JarrahTree 11:44, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

BabiBoi moved to draftspace

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(talk page stalker) @KylieTastic: I'm guessing you forgot to check the page history before doing this? The article was created by Bluerasberry and was well sourced when he moved it to mainspace [3]. Later some newer editors added a lot of unreferenced content and removed the existing references [4]. I've moved it back to mainspace and reverted the addition of unsourced material. – Joe (talk) 12:50, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Ahhh! @Joe Roe: your right, stupid error, thanks for the catch, and also apologies to Bluerasberry for missing it. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 13:00, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
@KylieTastic: Thanks for your review. Please keep doing these, no one should mind errors. It is an article at the edge of notability anyway.
@Joe Roe: Thanks for watching and reverting. The article has sources. It is modest and I do not mind anyone's scrutiny of its notability. thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:12, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Sun Aug 16: Great American Wiknic NYC & Beyond

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Wiknic

As both an editor who attended the Youtube live session and a resident of the NYC metro area, I believe it is important to go to wiknic. I do have it set on the calendar. However I am unsure if I should drive down or not. Will there be any use of using the train? Personisgaming (talk) 00:53, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

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Expertscape

Hello,

Would you be willing to review our page submission for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Expertscape? I noticed that you submitted the US News Hosp ranking page, and we consider Expertscape to be a more objective and more granular approach to identifying medical expertise (but with some limitations https://expertscape.com/help/gen_limitations).

Any advice or help here would be appreciated.

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@B4chex11: I reviewed at Draft:Expertscape. I hope this orients you to next steps. Compare to U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Rankings. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:31, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

@bluerasberry - Will do this. Thank you. B4chex11 (talk) 15:52, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

National Institutes of Health Barnstar

Hello Bluerasberry, I am looking for an alternative logo that would better replace the current one on the File:National Institutes of Health Barnstar.png. I am not too thrilled how this barnstar turned out, thnx. Jerm (talk) 00:27, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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Potential Sanctions

While Attempting to edit a page a thing popped saying "You are subject to potential sanctions." What edits occured? Personisgaming (talk) 20:55, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

@Personisgaming: I am lost here. What did you see and where? Are you asking me just in general, or do you expect that I know about this? Based on what you said I do not know what this is about. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:06, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
@Bluerasberry: The following below was said;

"The following discretionary sanctions apply to all people who edit this article: You must not make more than one revert per 24 hours to this article. If an edit you make is reverted you must discuss on the talk page and wait 24 hours before reinstating your edit. An administrator has applied the restriction above to this page. This is due to an arbitration decision which authorised discretionary sanctions for edits and pages relating to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. If you breach the restriction on this page, you may be blocked or otherwise sanctioned. Please edit carefully.

Discretionary sanctions have been used by an administrator to place restrictions on all edits to this page. Discretionary sanctions can also be used against individual editors who repeatedly or seriously fail to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behaviour, or any Wikipedia policy and editorial norm." Personisgaming (talk) 21:10, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

@Personisgaming: Perhaps you are seeing the template {{American politics AE}} which links to the arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2. I am still unclear about what you are asking, but everyone who edits pages with routine conflict may get reminders like this to maintain civility. What more should I say? Blue Rasberry (talk) 11:41, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
@Bluerasberry: I encountered a sign with the same words but with extra terms and words. Personisgaming (talk) 03:15, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

"You are subject to discretionary sanctions while editing this page. An administrator has applied the restriction above to this page. This is due to an arbitration decision which authorised discretionary sanctions for edits and pages relating to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. If you breach the restriction on this page, you may be blocked or otherwise sanctioned. Please edit carefully.

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DYK nomination of Clinical trials in India

Hello! Your submission of Clinical trials in India at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:45, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

replied Blue Rasberry (talk) 01:01, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I pinged you 10 days ago with another question on the template. Yoninah (talk) 19:09, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
@Yoninah: Yes I flew off into space for a while. Thanks and excuse me. I replied back in the DYK proposal. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:43, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
Are you planning on returning to this nomination? It's been nearly 2 weeks, and we want to get it on the main page already. Please respond to the last reviewer's comments. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:46, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
Yes, I just edited the section you mentioned and pinged you on that page. Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:51, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 19:27, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
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