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Wiki Wednesday / Wiki Weekend

  • Here's something to think about for 2010. Apparently participation for Bloomingpedia petered out quickly, but I could imagine doing a semi-annual or quarterly event, maybe with a theme (especially if we can hold it somewhere with accessible materials on site, such as an archive, local history museum, library, etc.) Just off the top of my head I'm thinking of maybe talking to Melinda about setting up a booth at the downtown library. If we can get 2 - 4 veteran Bhamwikiers (that's everyone reading this, btw) along with a couple of extra chairs and a stack of materials (and maybe a scanner) maybe we could spend an afternoon expanding the wiki and introducing strangers to it. Then we could go out for a drink afterwards. Thoughts? --Dystopos 15:24, 21 December 2009 (PST)
    • It sounds like a great idea, but due to family commitments and distance, I can't guarantee I'll be available to come. :-( --Lkseitz 21:40, 27 December 2009 (PST)
      • I should be able to help pretty much any afternoon after the first of the year. --Wheresdib 12:00, 28 December 2009 (PST)

Athletics

  • I've spent some time overhauling a lot of sports categories (specifically collegiate sports and MLB players). Hopefully these categories are starting to make more sense. --Dystopos 17:01, 6 January 2010 (PST)

Google Earth historical photos

Maybe I'm just behind the times, but I just discovered Google Earth now has an option to see past photo data. For example, there's an aerial shot of Brookwood Village from just before the remodeling. Unfortunately, they don't seem to currently go back farther than the late 1990s. You can either use the button on the tool bar or select View > Historical Imagery. Then you'll get a slider at the top showing the dates of available photos of the area you're currently zoomed to. --Lkseitz 10:10, 14 January 2010 (PST)

6400

"The 6,400th article was Lakeshore, added by User:Lkseitz on January 18." D'oh! If I'd known that, I would have held off. --Lkseitz 08:54, 19 January 2010 (PST)

  • I set the snare and you walked right in. --Dystopos 11:03, 19 January 2010 (PST)