Hi, I'm beginning an article on my sandbox on the Citizen Science Association (CSA). This is a recently-formed association (2013), but it does have a history when tied in with other organisations. The CSA has just last week started a peer-reviewed open access journal 'Citizen Science: Theory and Practice' (CSTP). In the upcoming second issue, a history of the CSA will be featured in a peer-reviewed article. Am I able to use this history as a source in a WP article on the CSA?
http://citizenscience.org/
To be frank, I'll need a lot of help getting an article together on the CSA. Having worked with you briefly at a Zooniverse Wikithon, you seem to be a good bet for giving overview and such. A look at the Board of Directors shows that this is a serious association that needs a top quality article. But I am worried about having enough 3rd party sources to make this article. While there is a comprehensive website run with the help of Cornell University, can I use this at all?
https://citizenscienceassociation.org/overview/board-of-directors/
So, it would be good of you to help me. I'm also a member of the CSA, as are over 4000 others. Does this matter? If we could get a conversation going it would help a lot and also mean that the co-editors of CSTP could view some Q's and A's. Thanks for your time... Richard Nowell (talk) 19:55, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
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Hi Mike, thanks for getting the Royal Oak started. I've tarted up the infobox a bit, but would also like to improve the referencing. Have a look at Stoneacre, Kent and see how {{sfn}} is used in the text and {{NHLE}} (the precursor of {{National Heritage List for England}} is used. I've not seen <ref name=xxx> ... </ref> used in reference sections before, it adds an additional link. Is there a good reason for this? If not I'll have a go later this evening. Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 18:40, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
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Hello! Your submission of Royal Oak, Frindsbury at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Maile (talk) 21:36, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
Another question, did you get any information about the first results of this campaign? I got no news yet. Thank you for your help, much appreciated. Kind Regards Michel Deconinck
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Wikimania 2016 is almost here! Mjohnson (WMF) and I are running two workshops for IdeaLab during the conference, and you are invited to join us for either (or both!)
If you have a proposal or idea you are thinking about, and would like a space to work on it on your own or with others, please consider joining us for either the Thursday or Saturday sessions. We'll discuss a little about IdeaLab and how it works, and the rest of the time is space for idea building. You can also use this session to ask questions about Wikimedia Foundation grants that are available if your proposal or idea may need funding. Thanks, and see you at the conference! I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 20:45, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
On 20 June 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Royal Oak, Frindsbury, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Royal Oak (pictured), a 17th-century public house in Frindsbury, is rumoured to contain a timber from the HMS Royal Oak? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Royal Oak, Frindsbury. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Royal Oak, Frindsbury), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:01, 20 June 2016 (UTC)