Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it down to the city tonight. I have
a light headache that would definitely be aggravated by the trip.
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 3:06 PM Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Let me know if the banner is working for you? Just
load a random page a few
times, like I said it should come up about 1/3 of the time.
Thanks,
Pharos
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 3:15 PM Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com wrote:
It should be live now or in a few minutes. The
banner will show in
Washington and Oregon, and display on ~1/3 of loaded pages.
Thanks,
Pharos
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 2:57 PM Raymond Leonard <
raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Everybody,
>
> Eventbrite:
>
>
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seattle-wikipedia-day-curating-images-from-asa…
> Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/383235655566581/
>
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 11:26 AM Raymond Leonard <
> raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I will work on that today,
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 9:37 AM Joe Mabel <jmabel(a)speakeasy.net>
wrote:
> >
> >> I just added an intro. Peaceray, can you please take on the
Eventbrite
> >> or other off-wiki page? Thanks.
> >>
> >> JM
> >>
> >> On 1/8/2019 9:17 AM, Pharos wrote:
> >> > Thanks, can you create and Eventbrite or other off-wiki page where
> >> > non-editors can register? Since this would be on a banner visible
> to a
> >> > broad group.
> >> >
> >> > Also, I think maybe if you could put in more of an introductory
> >> paragraph,
> >> > that could help explain what the Cascadia Wikimedians and Wikipedia
> Day
> >> are
> >> > to new people.
> >> >
> >> > Best,
> >> > Pharos
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 3:13 AM Raymond Leonard <
> >> > raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Pharos,
> >> >>
> >> >> We added the time & location to
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Wikipedia_Day_2019_%…
> >> >>
> >> >> Peaceray
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 6:01 PM Pharos <
pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com
> >
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> If the Cascadia team can post a time and location (and a
meetup
> page)
> >> >>> quickly, I can promote your event via centralnotice over the
next 7
> >> days
> >> >> in
> >> >>> Washington/Oregon.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thanks,
> >> >>> Pharos
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 1:45 PM Joe Mabel
<jmabel(a)speakeasy.net>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> We talked Dec 29 about a Commons-focused event for
Wikimedia Day
> >> >>>> (January 15), and I emailed Peaceray about the work
I've been
> doing
> >> >>>> there that I'd love to have more people involved with,
but if
any
> >> >>>> announcement has
gone out, I haven't seen it. On
> >> >>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Day it
says
> >> >> "Seattle"
> >> >>>> but has no further details. This is only 9 days away.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> **Do we have a time & location? *Did something go out
that I
> missed?
> >> Is
> >> >>>> something posted that I can't find?
> >> >>>> *
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Here is what I passed on to Peaceray; sorry about the
referring
to
> >> >>>> myself in the third
person, I was expecting he would post this
> >> >>>> somewhere, so I worded it that way. Also, I now have done a
bunch
> of
> >> >> the
> >> >>>> panoramas referred to below:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >>
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmabel/Archival#Archival_panoramas
> >> >>>> .
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Currently, Wikimedia Commons has a lot of older photos
by
> Asahel
> >> >>>> Curtis and (intersecting that) a lot of older photos
of
> Seattle
> >> >> that
> >> >>>> need more curation: creation and addition of
categories,
> >> addition
> >> >> of
> >> >>>> ImageNotes where useful, linking other versions of the
same
> >> photo,
> >> >>>> enhancing the descriptions (e.g.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >>
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E_F_Blaine_residence,_40th_Ave_E_an…
> >> >>>> is a 1910
photo of the house now best known as where Kurt
> Cobain
> >> >>>> lived at the end of his life, and where he killed
himself),
> and
> >> in
> >> >>>> some cases identifying and correcting errors (Jmabel
has
> caught
> >> out
> >> >>>> a lot of wrong dates, misidentified buildings, etc.).
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Many of these photos are directly in
> >> >>>>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Seattle
or
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >>
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alaska-Yukon-Pacific_Exposition
> >> >>>> and really
belong in subcategories; others are in the
> >> maintenance
> >> >>>> categories
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >>
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_Alaska-Yukon-Pa…
> >> >>>> or
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >>
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_Asahel_Curtis_P…
> >> >>>> .
> >> >>>> There are probably many other images needing similar
work,
> but
> >> >> these
> >> >>>> are a few obvious places to look. Also, in a few
cases,
> Curtis
> >> or
> >> >>>> someone else in that era shot images that constitute
a
> panorama,
> >> >> but
> >> >>>> no one has ever "stitched" and uploaded the
panorama.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Typical examples of this work are:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> *
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >>
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:4th_St,_south_from_Spr…
> >> >>>> *
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >>
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:1st_Ave_from_Columbia_…
> >> >>>> *
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >>
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fairy_Gorge_Tickler_am…
> >>>> JM
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