User talk:Megalibrarygirl/Archives/2017/December

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Tactical barnstar, incoming!

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For saving Debbie Gary Callier from the seas of deletion and improving it to where it's informative and worthy. Keep up the good work! The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:05, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

I love this barnstar, The Bushranger! Thank you! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:40, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

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Help with Cesar Cruz notability?

Hi, I noticed you're still contributing to WP:US50 with an entry right after my latest, Cesar Cruz. I'm a little worried about notability and thought you might have some pointers. I've done my best looking on the Internet and on HighBeam. Maybe you could suggest something else to look for? His name shows up on CNN archives but it's a rather common name, and I'm not 100% sure it's the same person, and it's kind of in-passing mention anyway (though would add to interest for the bio if he did indeed go from gangs to installing solar panels to a Harvard Ph.D.). It's very likely I'm missing Spanish language sources b/c of my non-fluency. ☆ Bri (talk) 21:48, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

I'll see what I can turn up, Bri. IMO, articles about Hispanic, Latinx and Chicanx topics and people are sorely under-represented on en. Wiki. I'm glad to help. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:06, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks very much, I see you found some good items. One thing is I'd like to neutrally discuss the arrest for the Bay Bridge occupation on May 1, 1992 referenced by Johnson (2011) and exact date established by SF Chronicle. If there were any contemporary sources that would be good. From my research there have been many other Bay Area bridge shutdowns since then, on either May Day or MLK Day, which might make an interesting topic of its own. ☆ Bri (talk) 23:47, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

@Bri: for May 1, 1992, I have The Desert Sun, Ukiah Daily Journal, Press Democrat, LA times, and AZ Republic so far... Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:00, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

hi Megalibrarygirl,mmmmmmmm, a kitten:), seriously though, ive come across the following editor name - TROVES3Newspapers,who describes themself as "a Library Technician at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.", im concerned that people may believe that this editor represents Trove - "an Australian online library database aggregator; a free faceted-search engine hosted by the National Library of Australia", should their name be changed? thanks.

Coolabahapple (talk) 09:44, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

I'm always going to go heavy on the AGF side, Coolabahapple. I think that the best way to start is to ask TROVES3Newspapers to state on their userpage that they do not represent Trove. The policy seems vague enough that this can be construed in the same way as "FoobarFan87," for example. What do you think? Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:22, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Talk page archiving

Hello Megalibrarygirl. I think you could be missing the pipe symbol ('|') in front of archiveheader in your MiszaBot template. You don't see to have successfully archived your talk since this edit in September which removed the pipe symbol. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 20:09, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

I was wondering what was wrong, EdJohnston. This talk page is starting to be ridiculously long. :( I'll try the pipecode and see what happens. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:13, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Margaret Early and Dorothy Dare

If able, can you help me find some newspaper sources to spice up the pages of Margaret Early and Dorothy Dare? It be much appreciated and helpful (I'm lagging behind a tad so much going on). Thank you!Black BIC Ballpoint (talk) 16:58, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Sure, Black BIC Ballpoint! I understand about being busy, for sure. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:23, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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British honours redlinks

Hi Sue. Thanks first of all for the excellent work you have been doing on the Fashion redlink list. It seems to be coming on very well. I'm not too sure what we should do with Noswall59's honours list. Perhaps we could just reduce it to redlinks without specific links as all those with the most notable honours should be relatively easy to find. You'll see I've created the editathon pages for January. Perhaps you could have a quick look through them to see if there are any errors.--Ipigott (talk) 12:54, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

@Ipigott: I guess for the honours I could go through them and see if there are multiple hits for the names which would hint at notability. It takes a while, but it's a thing I do pretty regularly when I'm making a crowdsourced list anyway. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:43, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

That would be useful if you have time. Perhaps you could prepare a WiR redlink page after you've checked them out.--Ipigott (talk) 07:44, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Could you unprotect Islamic calendar, which has been locked for many years? The protecting administrator is no longer active. See [1] for context. This present would be much appreciated by the whole community. Happy New Year from WikiProject Islam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.214.2 (talk) 12:35, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Looking at the current edit history and the history of the page's protection, I'm not convinced that removing page protection right now is a good idea. The current page lock only goes back to 2016, though there have been other page protections going back to 2010. What looks like a minor edit war is already occurring with editors and opening page protection may exacerbate the problem. If you disagree, you may list your request to unlock the page protections here since you said the other admin (Elockid) isn't responding to requests. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you, too! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:58, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Elina Berglund Schwewitz

Hi Sue. I don't know whether you followed the editathon at the Swedish Embassy in Washington on 8 December. It was interesting in view of the strong emphasis on women and support for Women in Red. One of the women on their Suggested Work List is Elina Berglund Scherwitzl who is notable in particular for developing an app as an alternative to the contraceptive pill but she was also involved in the Higgs boson nuclear project at CERN. I was going to write an article on her but then discovered someone had recently created Elina Berglund and it had been deleted. I can only imagine it was inadequately sourced as Berglund has been widely covered in both the Swedish and the international press, as has her company Natural Cycles on which an article was written a couple of days ago. But I still think Berglund deserves an article in her own right. See for example [2], [3], [4], etc., etc. I wonder if you could have a look at the deleted article and the reason it was deleted. Then let me know whether you think it could be revived.--Ipigott (talk) 12:19, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Weirdly, Ipigott, the Elena Berglund was only a redirect to her app. I'd say go ahead and work on the article. If you need any other sources in databases, etc, let me know. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 21:49, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I saw that the redirect had been deleted but I thought there must have been a main article on a variation of her name. Anyway, I'm writing her biography now.--Ipigott (talk) 16:31, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Woman's club movement

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Woman's club movement you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SusunW -- SusunW (talk) 16:02, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Yippee! Thank you, SusunW!!!! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:03, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

We just got back from our trip and as I promised Katolophyromai, who reviewed my Sophia Parnok nomination that I would review a GA, I thought it made sense to review the oldest women's article nominated. Your has been pending since April, so... here I am. I'm slow at it, but poco y poco, I am working my way through. ;) SusunW (talk) 19:35, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Awesome! I'm very happy about this. Hope you had a good trip, SusunW :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:41, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

The wedding was lovely, seeing family was wonderful, freezing is not good. Who knew Florida was so cold? Ufff, I did not have sufficient clothing to ward off the cold. Thankfully, the last day we were there it creeped up to the high 20sC/70sF, and we found it tolerable, barely. LOL SusunW (talk) 19:46, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

SusunW I don't think it usually gets that cold. But then again, sometimes the oranges freeze. I'm glad you had a good time. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:51, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

LOL, we were well aware that the unseasonable weather was serendipitous for all of our relatives who love to poke fun at our inability to deal with non-tropical climates. ;D SusunW (talk) 20:54, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

"tis the season...."

Hello Megalibrarygirl: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, ―Buster7 ☎ 22:27, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message

Thank you Buster7! Happy holidays (all of them!) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:12, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

AfD Hattie Harlow

Hi Susan! I came across this AfD and wondered if you could check to see if there are any RS on her. From a time period where were sources can be difficult to find. It sounds like her work is maintained somewhere but I am not sure where or if it is on exhibit. From Google, I found she is mentioned in two books. She seems to have made an impression in her field of work. I added the refs that I saw. I am now thinking the source I added [5] is about a different Hattie Harlow. Looks like details from her life are mixed with the Harlow scrapbooker/diarist. Cheers! Thsmi002 (talk) 13:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC) Perhaps SusunW may be able to reveal insights on Harlow? Thsmi002 (talk) 13:44, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

@Thsmi002: Harriet A. Harlow was born in 1845-1846 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts to Sophia (née Howard)[6] and Nathaniel B. Harlow.[7][8]. Her father died of typhoid fever when she was seven years old[9] and she was raised by her mother with her younger sister Ella. My guess is they mistook Harriet for Harry, i.e. Henry in 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920. My guess is she died before the 1930 census, but no idea. Here's the piece from Harvard. Her papers are kept in Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library (and the notes from your source above confirm that the phrenologist is the same Hattie (Griffith, p 263).[10]. The other Harriet A. "Hattie" was much younger and was a nurse who went abroad during WWI. There are numerous other Hattie Harlow's in the Boston area at this time, but they can be easily discounted as the same woman, as she had no brothers and never married. Her father is possibly the Nathaniel who was excommunicated from the Congregationalist church around the time of her birth for holding abolitionist views. But there is nothing definite to confirm which Nathaniel. [11] Her notability lies in her record keeping, but as it does not appear that a full evaluation of her life has been done, it will be questionable whether consensus will weigh for or against an article. I find no other sources about her, and while the census records flesh out her biography, they add no weight for notability. SusunW (talk) 16:26, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

SusunW You rule! I did see the Hattie Harlow article, but didn't get to look into it. I doubt I'll find more than Susun, but I have access to some databases at UTEP I can access later, Thsmi002. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:12, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Woman's club movement

The article Woman's club movement you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Woman's club movement for things which need to be addressed. SusunW (talk) 20:56, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

OK. I'm on it, SusunW! :D Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:13, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Oh no! I can't see your notes, SusunW. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:14, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Totally weird, as the instructions say they will flow to the article talk. But they are here Talk:Woman's club movement/GA1 at any rate. SusunW (talk) 23:21, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks for the link, SusunW! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:38, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

I have zero idea if I did all the technical stuff correctly, but I am sure someone will tell me if I failed. Be sure to list it on Women in Green. Congrats! Really nice article and it definitely filled a gap that was missing from the encyclopedia. SusunW (talk) 16:35, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Preemptive rescue

Due to this bad faith effort at erasing history (IMO), am looking for any help possible on buttressing 2018 Women's March. Thanks! ☆ Bri (talk) 06:16, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi Bri! I'll see what I can add. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:45, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Megalibrarygirl/Archives/2017!!

Hi Megalibrarygirl/Archives/2017, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia! ,
–Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 13:44, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Davey2010! All the best to your family and friends! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:45, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Woman's club movement

The article Woman's club movement you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Woman's club movement for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of SusunW -- SusunW (talk) 16:41, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

It's a Festivus miracle! Thank you, SusunW! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:44, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

:) Indeed! SusunW (talk) 16:53, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!

		Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!
		Thinking of you and wishing you good health and happiness. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:07, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 00:27, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

A few more sleeps to go, and then we start moving in on 2018

Christmas tree worm, (Spirobranchus gigantic) ^{^{Atsme📞📧} 06:05, 24 December 2017 (UTC)}
	Time To Spread A Little HappyHolidayCheer!!
	I decorated a special kind of Christmas tree in the spirit of the season. What's especially nice about this digitized version: it doesn't need water won't catch fire *and batteries aren't required.
	Have a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!! 🍸🎁 🎉

Christmas greetings

	A Shaker Christmas wish
	Give good gifts, one to another Peace, joy and comfort gladly bestow Harbor no ill 'gainst sister or brother Smooth life's journey as you onward go. Broad as the sunshine, free as the showers. So shed an influence blessing to prove; Give for the noblest of efforts your pow'rs; Blest and be blest, is the law of love.

Wishing you all the best for 2018 and beyond! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:27, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

OMG, Ser Amantio di Nicolao! I grew up outside Cleveland and we'd visit Shaker Square at Christmas! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:36, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Really? This comes from the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, New York - my choir just sang it a few weeks ago. It's a lovely carol.

And thanks for yours, as well. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:40, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

How cool! I didn't know you sang, Ser Amantio di Nicolao. That's so awesome. :) The Shaker Square in Cleveland is a historic district and I remember there being lots of decorations. I believe there were quite a few Shakers in the area in Shaker Heights, Ohio. I have good memories of visiting there. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:03, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

I do indeed - first tenor with the Capitol Hill Chorale here in DC. This is us a few years ago, singing Serbian Orthodox music. We do a lot of that, and a lot of early American stuff, too - we've done quite a few Shaker pieces over the years. And there are at least four Wikipedians in our ranks. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 03:53, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the video, Ser Amantio di Nicolao. It was beautiful. What a wonderful gift you have! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:23, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

ho, ho, ho

@Coolabahapple: Pats and carrots for Neddy! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:24, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

January WiR invitation

I hope you had a really enjoyable Christmas. If you have time today or tomorrow, it might be a good time to send out the invitations for January.--Ipigott (talk) 16:43, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

You're right! OK. I'm on it, Ipigott! Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:07, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Ipigott Looks like I made a tiny mistake.... Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:14, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

The Times (Gale) lookup?

Hi Megalibrarygirl, and Happy Holidays!

I have a cite to something in The Times of 19 September 1960 that quotes Franco Zeffirelli regarding Romeo and Juliet. "twin themes of love and the total breakdown of understanding between two generations". This could be an interview with Zeffirelli, or a review of the movie, or something else entirely. I'm missing title, author, page number, and any DOI, URL, HDL, etc. that might exist for an archived copy. The post-1920 Times archives are only available on Gale, as best I can tell, so if you should be so inclined at some point, I would really appreciate any details you might be able to dig up. No rush, obviously. --Xover (talk) 20:56, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi Xover! I found a few NY Times articles via ProQuest that reference Zeffirelli and R&J, however, the earliest I found was an October 30, 1960. There's a few from 1968, too. I can send you full text via email if that works for you. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:37, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much for looking into this, Megalibrarygirl! The cite in question is to The Times, not The New York Times, and I'd really hoped to be able to support the direct quote from Zeffirelli. The alternative is some awkward rewriting of the paragraph, and it's a featured article, so I'd rather not mess with the prose if not absolutely necessary. The Times archives are handled by Gale/Cengage, and it's what they're advertising here. The actual access is, I believe, through the Gale NewsVault. I believe the TWL access interface is called Infotrac Newsstand, which should be part of the TWL Gale access.

In any case, email would be fine and I very much appreciate anything you've been able to dig up; and if you have access and opportunity to dig up the originally cited source for that quote that would be even better (but no sweat if not: it can be worked around, I just prefer not to. Don't spend a lot of time on this on my account!) --Xover (talk) 09:21, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Page stalker here. Sue, check your inbox. I have sent the clipping to you in the event that Xover needs to see the actual article. The complete citation is {{cite news|last1=Special Correspondent|title=The Zeffirelli Way: Revealing Talk by Florentine Director|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=wes_ttda&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&docId=CS67985203&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|issue=54880|publisher=''[[The Times]]''|date=19 September 1960|location=London, England|page=4|id=Gale Document #CS67985203|subscription=yes|via=[[Gale Group]]}} SusunW (talk) 14:14, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi Xover! I totally flubbed that! I blame egg-nog brain! But SusunW came through for us! I'll forward you the text via email today. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:06, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

@Megalibrarygirl and SusunW: Thank you both for the help! With this data I've been able to fill in the cite, and it'll be nice to verify the quote directly (not critical by any means, I just like to double check direct quotes). --Xover (talk) 18:21, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Xover glad I could help. Sue and I share references a lot because we have access to different databases and kind of stalk each other's pages. Usually if she can't find it I can or vice verse. Glad it helped. The quote is pretty much verbatim, but you will see it when you get the e-mail. SusunW (talk) 18:59, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

New Year's resolution: Write more articles for Women in Red!

		Welcome to Women in Red's January 2018 worldwide online editathons. New: "Prisoners" New: "Fashion designers" New: "Geofocus: Great Britain and Ireland" Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2017 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Thanks for coordinating/distributing the January invitation! :) --Rosiestep (talk) 18:46, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

I just created an article for fashion designer Elvira Leonardi Bouyeure (Biki), is there a project template I should be adding to the talk page?Theroadislong (talk) 20:19, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

‎Theroadislong Template for Fashion editathon is {{WIR-65}} Please remember to sign your posts, as it makes it easier to reply ;) SusunW (talk) 20:12, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Reminder

Hello Megalibrarygirl. A reminder about Under-representation of science and women in Africa: Wikimania 2018 an opportunity to bridge the gap. Your contribution is appreciated. Ear-phone (talk) 19:19, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive

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