User talk:Timothysandole

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Hello, Timothysandole, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Opposition to military action against Iran. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Thanks for the kind introduction Gabriel! Cheers, Tim (Timothysandole (talk) 14:05, 22 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]

You may be interested in our local Wikimedia Boston group (WP:BOSTON). We host events such as edit-a-thons at libraries and we also have a monthly social meeting in Harvard Square (http://www.meetup.com/wikipedia-5/). GabrielF (talk) 15:34, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Use of ibid.

I have just seen your additions to Operation Olympic Games which I found most interesting, particularly as I was entirely unaware of the whole matter of possible/probable US involvement. On a technical matter, it is best not to use "ibid." in references (see WP:IBID) because if someone later adds an intervening reference things can get seriously entangled. So, I have removed them with this edit to the article. Things are rather more involved when the ibid. is accompanied by a page number but WP:IBID and WP:CITE generally give some advice. Thincat (talk) 20:03, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Roger (aka Thincat) - Thank you very much for this editing tip, I really appreciate it. I will be sure to pay attention to this advice in the future. Cheers, Tim (Timothysandole (talk) 14:04, 22 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]

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Thank you for your work here, and for your public lectures. Were any reports about your experience published online? – SJ + 05:15, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SJ. I wrote a comprehensive summary of my time at the Belfer Center and submitted it to Sara Lasner at the Wikimedia Foundation, as she was my direct boss during my one-year stint as Wikipedian. As far as I can tell, my report was not published online, but I could be wrong. I recommend reaching out to her if you have further questions. Thanks for reaching out. Timothysandole (talk) 02:57, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant. I did not know about it :-) Thanks for setting a precedent; it's good to see other parts of the university like Houghton are now engaging with Wikipedians as well. – SJ + 07:50, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A helpful report; it is good to see that you were able to work with professors as well as students. I am sorry that we did not publish it at the time; it will certainly be a useful reference for others.

Now that it is being discussed, there may be a period of compressed feedback and inquiries from other wikipedians. Since this comes in the middle of Wikimedia-wide discussions about conflicts of interest and program evaluation, there is additional emotion and context involved, not specific to you.

You might expect a few weeks of intense scrutiny of your contributions by other wikipedians, for instance checking for bias, or for contributions drawn from existing publications that will require copyright releases... A form of delayed collaboration. – SJ + 20:42, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly sure I'm not you

But I just got the strangest mail accusing me of such.

Seems to have been a mixup between your work on Air Land Battle and mine over at Air Sea Battle. Hcobb (talk) 21:49, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry to hear that. There has been a lot of confusion regarding my previous stint as Wikipedian, and hopefully it will be cleared up shortly. It was most definitely a mix-up. Best, Timothysandole (talk) 21:56, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If I make it back to the Yale area this year we can pose for a photograph to prove that we were at one moment in the same room at the same time. Now I'm just 7 billion people short of proving my unique identity. Hcobb (talk) 22:01, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is because of this report, in which you,Timothy, say :"Articles I helped to create:Two Wikipedia articles, “AirSea Battle”. So was it just a mistake? Also please see this. 71.202.123.2 (talk) 18:08, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hcobb, these days even photos are not always proof :) 71, from what I can see, text that Hcobb moved from AirLand Battle to AirSea Battle, to start the latter article, was from the section that TS ~~created~~ expanded 10 months previously in the former, summarizing "This will eventually require its own Wikipedia page." I suspect that is what was meant. – SJ + 20:42, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I see. I believe you're right. Thanks for the explanations.71.202.123.2 (talk) 01:57, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but it was with my Hcobb login that I created the seed of the section in the first place:

http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=AirLand_Battle&action=historysubmit&diff=349863603&oldid=332860468

Then it was the TS login that added the academic fertilizer to get it to grow big enough to sprout out on its own. Hcobb (talk) 17:38, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright release for excerpts from reports

Would you mind reviewing any edits you made that added bits from existing reports and publications, to confirm you received clearance from those reports to release the bits added under a free license? For instance: the lists of national interests and other excerpts from the Task Force on Russia and US National Interests Report that were added to Russia-United States relations.

The author or copyright-holder of such a source should write to permissions-en @ wikimedia.org confirming that any text from that source posted to Wikipedia is released under a CC-SA 3.0 license. (sample letter) - Let me know if you need help with this.

When a request for copyright-clearance is in progress, you can leave a note to that effect on the talk page of the article. When getting clearance isn't possible, short & explicit quotes are allowed (According to A, "[quote]" [ref]), but lengthy copy&paste or close paraphrasing of the original material is not, even when cited, and should be removed.

Regards, – SJ + 21:07, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Update -- this content was removed by @Hahc21: as described here. -Pete (talk) 05:25, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikimedian in Residence BoF at Wikimania 2017

Hello!

My name is David Alves (User:Horadrim~usurped), and I'm an Wikipedian in Residence at RIDC NeuroMat (User:Horadrim). I've reach your contact through the Wikimedian in residence page in Outreach. As you may know, Wikimania 2017 is coming! I am here because, as a fellow WiR, I believe this would be a great opportunity for us to share experiences, discuss difficulties and exchange solutions, creating a community among us capable of supporting in other projects that would benefit from residents. In that sense, I have submitted a proposal of a Birds of a Feather activity to Wikimania that you can check out here. I hope to count with your support in this project and would like to invite you to join us if you participate in Wikimania. In case of any doubts, please feel free to contact me, either in my talk pages or by e-mail at david.alvesoutlook.com.

Thank you very much! ‎Horadrim~usurped (talk) 00:33, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]