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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected] 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 < > > [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 > -- *Bruce Englehardt / SounderBruce* [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
