Ditto! We will miss you. On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 3:27 PM Joe Mabel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry to hear that. I hope you feel better soon. > > JM > > On 1/15/2019 2:51 PM, Bruce Englehardt wrote: > > 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
