Have forwarded on to the GLAM outreach mailing list as there seems to be a public library service behind this.
(I would observe that edit count and ability to do outreach don't necessarily correlate that well - someone with a few hundred edits can be a great contact point for a cultural institution and someone with tends of thousands can be a poor one... :) ) Chris On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Gnangarra <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks John missed that option I have gone looked through those, again the > only high edit counts arent currently active still looking for someone who > can help theres no point spamming people nor asking people have very little > experience > > On 14 October 2015 at 19:13, John Mark Vandenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I randomly clicked user pages in > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_Arkansas and > > found many 5,000+ currently editing Wikipedians, and one 40,000+ > > editor. > > > > Sounds like hitting user_talk pages might be a better approach to > > finding suitable Wikipedians. > > > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 9:58 PM, Craig Franklin > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is not an especially helpful response. > > > > > > Regards,, > > > Craig > > > > > > On 14 October 2015 at 20:37, Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Arkansas is considered one of the "fly-over" states. Good luck > locating > > a > > >> Wikipedian somewhere around there, not to mention a Wikimedian. > > >> > > >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Gnangarra <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> > > >> > G'day > > >> > > > >> > I have been contacted by an active Wikiproject Spam editor for help > > >> > (because I've recently been working with an editor here in Perth in > a > > >> > similar situation), to talk to a user who appears to be linked to > the > > >> > Encyclopedia of Arkansas. The user is just adding links to EOA in > the > > >> > external links section of related articles, another user has asked > for > > >> the > > >> > links not to be blacklisted as its a good source. > > >> > > > >> > In these case the Australian chapter reaches out such editors as a > > >> personal > > >> > discussion over a coffee here works very effectively in turning this > > type > > >> > of contact into potential programmatic activities. Being just > couple > > >> miles > > >> > too far way I was looking for someone closer who would be willing to > > >> > followup with this on a local level. As I said in my offer of help > > I'm > > >> > happy to support and advise them that goes for who ever takes up the > > >> reigns > > >> > but the important part of developing this is impractical from here. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > on WP discussion > > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cals.eoa#Help_offer > > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gnangarra#UOA > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#Encyclopedia_of_Arkansas > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > already checked meta there isnt any chapters close by, nearest user > > group > > >> > is in North Carolina with a smaller area of interest, and the only > > >> > experienced editors(10,000+ edits) listed on the en Wikiproject > > Arkansas > > >> > havent been active in the last 6 months > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > Gnangarra > > >> > > > >> > President Wikimedia Australia > > >> > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > >> > [email protected] > > >> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > , > > >> > <mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > >> [email protected] > > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > , > > >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > -- > > John Vandenberg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > GN. > President Wikimedia Australia > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
