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
