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The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon
Hi. The Wikipedia:The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon is planned for March 2020, a contest/editathon to eliminate as many stubs as possible from all 134 counties. Amazon vouchers/book prizes are planned for most articles destubbed from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and Northern Ireland and whoever destubs articles from the most counties out of the 134. Sign up on page if interested in participating, hope this will prove to be good fun and productive, we have over 44,000 stubs!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:38, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Decent approach
Hi babe,
I liked your approach towards the movement Women in Red and I literally like the way you guys presented it. I wanna become its member. I've furnished it with the details that you all aspire.
Regards SHISHIR DUA (talk) 12:03, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
- @SHISHIR DUA: Hello! You can sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red. On the right, there's a box that says "Meet our Members!" There's a link to join at the bottom of the box. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:24, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm now its member, thanks a million for your advice. SHISHIR DUA (talk) 10:43, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
- Welcome, SHISHIR DUA! Glad you joined us! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:08, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello Megalibrarygirl/Archives/2020,
- Source Guide Discussion
The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
- Redirects
New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.
- Discussions and Resources
- There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
- A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
- A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
- A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.
- Refresher
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This might interest you, cheers. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 16:21, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
- Ooh, this is interesting, Headbomb! Thank you! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:11, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
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New article for a writer/curator
Hello Megalibrarygirl, I was looking for some advice on an article for a curator/writer who is now deceased. I've done research and find multiple shows they've curated and several reviews that they've written for shows primarily in the 1980's. The artist is draft:Merike Talve. I am not sure she will meet the notability criteria but I've been researching an creating an article for her because she was an amazing writer and a really good curator. One highly notable artist that she curated a show for would be "Television spots: Stan Douglas" (1988) at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.
I've not yet tried to write an article about a curator/writer and would greatly appreciate any advice you may have or if you created an article I could take a look at. Thank you!! Regards, LorriBrown (talk) 00:46, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- @LorriBrown: I haven't done a lot of curators! I think it would help to find a biographical sketch on her and some reviews of her own curation work in art magazines. I checked Project MUSE, JSTOR and EBSCOhost and didn't find anything on her. I wonder if there might be more sources in French, too? Are you bilingual? 00:32, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl, No unfortunately I am not bilingual. I've looked for reviews and so far have found none. I've found some articles where her writing has been quoted though but nothing dedicated to her specifically. I've wondered about how common that would be for a writer to write a reivew about another writer. This is why I was pondering about the criteria for curators. She did not receive an award but she did curate some artists who have gone on to be quite successful. Best I can tell so far her focus was on feminism, site specific and interactive installation art, and video. Her essays were included in the Vancouver Anthology (2nd Edition) ISSN 889226148, but until I get the book (if I can) I am not sure which one(s). I am working on getting copies of the articles through the inter-library loan system and also by visiting our local university library that has the Vanguard (magazine) in its holdings. I guess aside from my own personal interest in the subject I wondered if my efforts could possibly lead to an article that could be eventually posted to the main space. It is somewhat sad to see such a brilliant writer who had such a short life be overlooked. That may not be enough I realize and thought I would reach out for some advice. Thank you!LorriBrown (talk) 17:42, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- No problem, LorriBrown. You might want to reach out to WikiProject Women artists and see if anyone there can help, too. Sometimes there is information about the curators in museum or gallery catalogs. These are often not digitized. That might be a good source, too, if you can figure out where they are and do an Interlibrary Loan to borrow such an item. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:08, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you Megalibrarygirl that sounds like a good idea and thanks for you help! LorriBrown (talk) 23:56, 26 February 2020 (UTC)