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Books & Bytes – Issue 49
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Issue 49, January – February 2022
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I was going to leave you a note on your Talk page and wondered what might be interesting about it. It was the premature disclosure of school administration news, a bit hard to read for me but what I expect drew you to it. I also noted that there was a single tax article by Lincoln Steffens on the page. Out of curiosity and a predilection for falling into rabbit holes, I looked at his Wikipedia article. This was an interesting quote, given current events: "He wrote that "Soviet Russia was a revolutionary government with an evolutionary plan", enduring "a temporary condition of evil, which is made tolerable by hope and a plan."[6]
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. LizRead!Talk! 17:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 53
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Issue 53, September – October 2022
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I came across this page in project space. I was thinking that perhaps it should be moved to your User space or, at the least, retitled so that it can be archived with other Wikipedia Education projects. It just has an unusual page title that seems to be anomalous with other WikiEd content.
Thanks and I hope you are enjoying this start of summer! I'm also from the Northwest. LizRead!Talk! 22:30, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
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Thanks Joriki! I'm always unsure with newspaper names, and it's a detail I usually end up glossing over. I'll make sure that's reflected at Wikidata too. Appreciate the help. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 17:01, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
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Thanks again for taking a look at sources. I'm happy to improve the article further, but the lead already has crucial details and citations should generally be avoided there, so I'm not exactly sure what to do. If you can clarify what is needed for me in order for you to change your vote, or if you can share an archive.org link so I can add a citation for Breakfast in Bridgetown, that'd be super helpful. Thanks! ---Another Believer(Talk) 19:54, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
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Pete...thanks for reviewing article on George C. Brownell. I thought the article was pretty comprehensive. Can you point out areas that need to be expanded to get it up to level? I'm willing to do additional research/writing if I know what areas need work.--Orygun (talk) 20:17, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE), in partnership with social practice artist Shoshana Gugenheim and as part of the Art+Feminism Project, will host an International Women's Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to edit and/or create Wikipedia articles for Jewish women artists. The event will be held at the museum on Sunday, March 10 from 11am-3pm PDT. Pre-registration is preferred but not required. Members of the public are invited to come to the museum to learn about the editing process, its history, its impact, and how to do it. We aim to collaboratively edit/enter Jewish women artists into the canon. An experienced regional Wikipedian will provided will be on site to teach, support, and guide the process. Participants can select artists ahead of time or on site.
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level? I'm willing to do additional research/writing if I know what areas need work.--Orygun (talk) 20:17, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
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