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Wikipedia Ambassadors update

Hi! You're getting this message because you are or have been a Wikipedia Ambassador. A new term is beginning for the United States and Canada Education Programs, and I wanted to give you an update on some important new information if you're interested in continuing your work this term as a Wikipedia Ambassador.

You may have heard a reference to a transition the education program is going through. This is the last term that the Wikimedia Foundation will directly run the U.S. and Canada programs; beginning in June, a proposed thematic organization is likely to take over organizing the program. You can read more about the proposal here.

Another major change in the program will take effect immediately. Beginning this term, a new MediaWiki education extension will replace all course pages and Ambassador lists. (See Wikipedia:Course pages and Help:Education Program extension for more details.) Included in the extension are online volunteer and campus volunteer user rights, which let you create and edit course pages and sign up as an ambassador for a particular course.

If you would like to continue serving as a Wikipedia Ambassador — even if you do not support a class this term — you must create an ambassador profile. If you're no longer interested in being a Wikipedia Ambassador, you don't need to do anything.

Please do these steps as soon as possible

First, you need the relevant user rights for Online and/or Campus Ambassadors. (If you are an admin, you can grant the rights yourself, for you as well as other ambassadors.) Just post your rights request here, and we'll get you set up as quickly as possible.

Once you've got the ambassador rights, please set up at a Campus and/or Online Ambassador profile. You can do so at:

• Special:CampusAmbassadorProfile
• Special:OnlineAmbassadorProfile

Going forward, the lists of Ambassadors at Special:CampusAmbassadors and Special:OnlineAmbassadors will be the official roster of who is an active Ambassador. If you would like to be an Ambassador but not ready to serve this term, you can un-check the option in your profile to publicly list it (which will remove your profile from the list).

After that, you can sign on to support courses. The list of courses will be at Special:Courses. (By default, this lists "Current" courses, but you can change the Status filter to "Planned" to see courses for this term that haven't reached their listed start date yet.)

As this is the first term we have used the extension, we know there will be some bugs, and we know the feature set is not as rich as it could be. (A big wave of improvements is already in the pipeline. And if you know MediaWiki and could help with code review, we'd love to have your help!) Please reach out to me (Sage Ross) with any complaints, bug reports, and feature suggestions. The basic features of the extension are documented at Wikipedia:Course pages, and you can see a tutorial for setting up and using them here.

Communication and keeping up to date

In the past, the Education Program has had a pretty fragmented set of communication channels. We're trying to fix that. These are the recommended places to discuss and stay up-to-date on the education program:

1. The education noticeboard has become the main on-wiki location for discussion of the Education Program. You can post there about broad education program issues as well as issues with individual courses.
2. The Ambassadors Announce email list is a very low-traffic announcements list of important information all Ambassadors need to be aware of. We encourage all Ambassadors (and other interested Wikipedians) to subscribe to the list; follow the instructions on the link to add your email address.
3. If you use IRC regularly, or need to try to reach someone immediately, the #wikipedia-en-ambassadors ^connect IRC channel is the place to find me and fellow Ambassadors.

Ambassador training and resources

We now have an online training for Ambassadors, which is intended to be both an orientation about the Wikipedia Ambassador role for newcomers and the manual for how to do the role. (There are parallel trainings for students and for educators as well.)

Please go through the training if you feel like you need a refresher on how a typical class is supposed to go and where the Ambassadors fit in, or if you want to review and help improve it. If there's something you'd like to see added, or other suggestions you have for it, feel free to edit the training and/or leave feedback. A primer on setting up and using course pages is included in the educators' training.

The Resources page of the training is the main place for Ambassador-related resources. If there's something you think is important as a resource that's not on there, please add it.

Finally, whether or not you work with any classes this term, I encourage you to post entries to the Trophy Case whenever you see excellent work from students or if you have great examples from past semesters. And, as always, let students (and other editors!) know when they do things well; a little WikiLove goes a long way!

--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:47, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Welcome back?

Is your edit on Cheetah an indication that you are back? If so, welcome back! You have been missed. Don Lammers (talk) 00:00, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

I have returned on semi-activeness, thank you for the welcome back mate. ZooPro 04:05, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Welcome back from me too ZooPro, cheers.. Faendalimas ^talk 10:15, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks mate its good to feel welcome. ZooPro 11:17, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject:REHAB update

You signed up for WikiProject User Rehab

Hi there, I'm RDN1F. It's come to my attention that you've signed up for WikiProject Rehab, but since that time the project has retired. I've decided to take it upon myself to rejuvenate the project - but I could do with your help. If you are still willing to help mentor (or even give me a hand in bringing this project back!) leave a message on my talk page
RDN1F TALK 16:32, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

I used your image as a Dubbo banner on wikivoyage..

Hi, I reused your image as the banner on the voy:Dubbo article over at wikivoyage. Thanks --Inas (talk) 06:59, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello

See you are online and i would realy need some professional help. Would you pls so kind to have 5 minutes for me? kind regardsAdniim- (talk) 06:59, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

hi. thx for reply eaven if its to late now. but maybe you could help me anyway.

the is a one edit account witch got personal motivation to delet an article about a journalist and it also seams he got some friends helping him with that. maybe you would be so friendly and have a short objectiv look on this article. and help me a bit in the delet discussion - so far this seams to be not very friedly their and not very objectiv. Michel Von Tell thank you Adniim- (talk) 13:21, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

I am afraid I cannot be of assistance to you in this instance, I will make a educated and well intended suggestion, please do not feel this is a personal attack in any way, I believe given your limited understanding/expression of the english language perhaps you would be better suited and more comfortable on a wikipedia site in your native language, this is a suggestion based on years of editing here and on other wikis. Regards ZooPro 15:11, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Thx for reply. But i told you many arguments why it should be in. My language is not very well thats right. but that has not much to do with the article or? what are your arguments against mine? pls tell me for example - Osaremen ehi james Larry Izamoje Chief Olu Oyesanya Meir Javedanfar Óðinn Jónsson Juan Bautista Rivarola Matto Leopoldo Ramos Giménez Luis Ruffinelli Alfredo Seiferheld Adriano Irala Fulgencio R. Moreno Sali Nivica Ludmilla Pajo Bedri Pejani Skender Temali Mirko Gashi Mirshahin Agayev Aslan Aslanov Kurt Thyboe Monica Ritterband Henrik Qvortrup Hans Pilgaard why this articles are ok for you eaven they got not 10% of the sources an retability then this article? and what you want me to change in the article to make it keep? thank you Adniim- (talk) 03:26, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation needed

Hello there. A "disambiguation needed" tag means "this link points to a disambiguation page where Wikipedia doesn't know which of several articles is being referred to" rather than "this link is badly named". Linking the word "grey" is fine in context. --McGeddon (talk) 13:40, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

I think I am aware of what it means.... not a newbie, a simple issue easy to fix instead of tag...... hence why I fixed it. Regards ZooPro 11:20, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Back?

I'm hopefully starting back (slowly at first) after a 9 month or so hiatus, which included a 1000 year flood (though being at the top of the hill, we didn't "flood", we just got "seepage"), two releases from hell at my day job, And a bunch of personal issues thrown into the middle of everything. I hope you are successful in your bid for Adminship, and hope to see you editing more as well. Don Lammers (talk) 17:13, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:WikiProject Zoo Logo.JPG

Thanks for uploading File:WikiProject Zoo Logo.JPG, which you've attributed to http://www.erik.com.au/australia-zoo/. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

• make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
• Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add {{OTRS pending}} to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:29, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Note: Both the 2013 and 2010 issues have copyright problems. See the file's talk page. I have put a note on WT:WikiProject Zoo. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 20:10, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Also see commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:WPZOOTOP.jpg. I really do hope these images are freely licensed, especially the one used for the current logo. It's very nice and very appropriate for a logo for the Zoo WikiProject. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 20:47, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:WikiProject Zoo Logo.JPG

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You've got mail

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davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 04:41, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Zoo

Hi, you asked me on my userpage in 2009 if Im still active in project Zoo. Im happy to tell you that I have returned with new energy, and that I intend to be more active now! :) Dan Koehl (talk) 00:46, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Are you?

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Important Request

I have started a discussion ar Talk:Narrow-breasted_snake-necked_turtle#Name_Change_and_Move that I would appreciate discussion on. WP could actually have a lead role and assist with this. Faendalimas ^talk 11:03, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Survey for editors who mentor newcomer

Dear Wikipedia Ambassador,

I am seeking input on your experience as a mentor to new Wikipedians. This survey is designed to provide insight for the development of a new mentorship support tool on Wikipedia. If you have a moment, please take this survey, it should not take more than 10 minutes of your time to complete.

https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4V2SSrhU2NFOVAV

Also, if you are able to, I would greatly appreciate it if you would send the following survey to the mentee you worked with:

https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4V1quUdMZ1By3Ah

Thank you in advance for your participation, Gabriel Mugar 13:33, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:WikiProject Zoo Logo pre-2013.jpg

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Hello

It's been a while. You still around? The Arbiter^Talk 16:58, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Active?

Dear ZooPro, are you active within Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoo/Wikipedia? best regards, Dan Koehl (talk) 12:29, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi Dan, I am semi-active I pop in from time to time though haven't had much time to edit of late. ZooPro 11:52, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

		The Fauna Barnstar
		on your Awesome Wikipedian day for all the fantastic creative work you have invested in Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoo. Dan Koehl (talk) 23:27, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks mate. ZooPro 11:05, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia projects

Hi ZooPro. I am new to the Wikipedia projects (Animals), and I don't know what shall I do. What shall I do? Dinosaur Fan (talk) 12:52, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Perth Zoo Logo.JPG

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Thanks for uploading File:Perth Zoo Logo.JPG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 23:07, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

The image was removed by vandalism. Dan Koehl restored the image in question (the logo), and I restored the image of the zoo entrance (which had also been deleted). Both images are now back in the infobox.Don Lammers (talk) 04:35, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

You still about?

Wanted to chat to you about wikispecies, they seem to have headed in the right direction and resolved some issues from a few years back. Thought you may find it interesting. Cheers, Faendalimas ^talk 03:37, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Fairy Prion with egg picture: Where was it taken?

Hello ZooPro!

I have a question about this picture: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairy_Prion_with_egg.jpg

Where was it taken? The file has two categories "Prince Edward Islands" and "Macquarie Island".

Cheers! Syced (talk) 06:43, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Orphaned non-free image File:International Species Information System Logo.png

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:16, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)