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 < [email protected]> wrote: > Everybody, > > Eventbrite: > > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seattle-wikipedia-day-curating-images-from-asahel-curtis-seattle-tickets-54611562654 > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/383235655566581/ > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 11:26 AM Raymond Leonard < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I will work on that today, > > > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 9:37 AM Joe Mabel <[email protected]> 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 < > >> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Pharos, > >> >> > >> >> We added the time & location to > >> >> > >> >> > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Wikipedia_Day_2019_%E2%80%94_curating_images_from_Asahel_Curtis_and_older_Seattle_photos > >> >> > >> >> Peaceray > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 6:01 PM Pharos <[email protected]> > >> >> 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 <[email protected]> > >> 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_and_E_John_St,_Seattle_(CURTIS_961).jpeg > >> >>>> 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-Pacific_Exposition_Collection_to_check > >> >>>> or > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >> > >> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_Asahel_Curtis_Photo_Company_Photographs_Collection_to_check > >> >>>> . > >> >>>> 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_Spring_St,_Seattle,_about_1874_(CURTIS_133).jpeg&diff=332522330&oldid=324068860 > >> >>>> * > >> >>>> > >> >> > >> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:1st_Ave_from_Columbia_St_looking_south,_Seattle,_ca_1903_(CURTIS_2060).jpeg&diff=320040602&oldid=319389482 > >> >>>> * > >> >>>> > >> >> > >> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fairy_Gorge_Tickler_amusement_ride,_Pay_Streak,_Alaska_Yukon_Pacific_Exposition,_Seattle,_Washington,_1909_(AYP_530).jpeg&diff=327064080&oldid=326342143 > >> >>>> JM > >> >>>> _______________________________________________ > >> >>>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > >> >>>> [email protected] > >> >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >> >>>> > >> >>> _______________________________________________ > >> >>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > >> >>> [email protected] > >> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >> >>> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
