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why the bit you removed was necessary, you returned and removed everything (your original bit, plus the stuff I restored that was already there). That was your first revert (it doesn't matter that you removed additional stuff, because you still removed the same information as before). You reverted again after Paul restored the comment, which was your second revert. I came to your page after your first official revert to inform you that there was a discussion. Subsequently, 5 minutes later you went to the talk page and left a comment, and

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channel gives opportunity to discuss the latest happening on articles, the LGBT project itself, latest happening in your life with "wiki-friends" here, etc.. You can say things on there you normally wouldn't here on Knowledge (keeping it civil of course) like talk about the latest hot guy/girl or tell a joke.. you get the point. Anyway, see you there - eventually!

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because Jai has been in the public eye (giving interviews) since he first landed the role in 'Rent,' and he was only 17 and in high school then. I doubt he was lying his age down as a teen, especially given he was playing older. Bu yeah, I'll dig out some of his teenage interviews and try submitting with those. Thanks. --

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current members to be more active. If more members were energized, the project would be able to accomplish more. We should be, in effect, the smaller and included Knowledge for LGBT related subjects. Overall, I wish we could focus more on content creation and improvement, and less on vandal fighting."

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but as the original people associated with the setting up and administration of that channel have seemed to have disappeared, this new channel has been set up. Plus the new channel is inline with required naming conventions for Knowledge related IRC channels. So, feel free to use this channel. Such a

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Are You A Fan Of The New TV Show MERLIN On BBC One If So A New Wikia Has Just Started On www.merlin.wikia.com and it desperatly needs pages editing and adminastrators so if you would like to edit or be a part of the community start editing and drop me a message on the user name Michael Downey. Thanks

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because the magazine's contents 'may be vulgar, offensive, and indecent even though not regarded as such by a particular group ... because their own social or moral standards are far below those of the general community ... Social standards are fixed by and for the great majority and not by and for a

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regarding how much emphasis the section places on Milk's support in light of his overall political influence on the city, and indeed the rest of the United States. Milk's article is a sad one in more ways than one. It lacks the detail and heart that honors its subject. Anyone want to do a barter with

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As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people

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was why I came to your talk page again and alerted you to the fact that you were getting close to your third revert, and asked you to stay on the talk page. Yes, I did revert as well, which is somewhat hypocritical of me, but IMO it felt more like you were coming in and asserting your opinion as the

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There are more than 8,000 articles to work on. Can we build a list of priorities? Can we build enough enthusiasm to work on these? What if we had editors who oversaw progress in these areas and reported to the talk page or in the newsletter? Surely someone here wants to report on the progress of sex

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On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1980, my 10th-grade American history teacher started class by unfurling The New York Times. She pointed to its triple banner headline: “Reagan Easily Beats Carter; Republicans Gain in Congress; D’Amato and Dodd are Victors.” “Save this paper,” she told us. “This is the start of

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Hi. I hope you don't mind that I added the filmography chart to Holly's article. I figured it might look a little cleaner with the chart and deter people from adding random credits. Plus, I was really bored. Great job reverting all the unsourced garbage/vandalism too! I seriously thought I was going

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Becksguy didn’t start actively editing until May 2007. His most frequent tasks on Wiki include reverting vandalism to LGBT articles and creating new project-related articles. He comes from New York state, and to prove not all of us are teenagers (ha! I am so totally 15!) he's in his 60s and retired.

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this project, that means that a few of ours may be de-listed unless someone can swoop in and save them. This one has to do with the designation of homosexuality as a crime in Germany. Most of this article's sources are in German. If anyone has any particular skill in this area, please lend a hand!

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in vogue. An LGBT footer was designed to link to articles of interest that aren't the aforementioned core articles. What do you think, can we have either an LGBT template for core articles, a footer for LGBT articles that are high profile but not core, or an LGBT rights template? As ever, anything's

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where this guy had, like, 250 cats in his house and it freaked me right out. I'm drawing a parallel between 250 cats and, well...three, really, templates in articles involving LGBT issues. Can we stick to one, maybe? In the aforementioned Harvey Milk's article there's a core LGBT template, a link to

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Please read the history carefully. An IP (which I am not saying that it was you) removed the SW portion of the sentence. Then you removed the rest. I initially assumed that you were removing something that was not sourced. When I replaced the original statement, which had the context needed to show

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and the others were creating the beginnings of the repeal effort, (gay activists) Basker, Campbell, Kunst, and the other (gay rights) ordinance supporters congratulated themselves on their success and then quickly disbanded... There was no organized recognition or celebration of the victory. As one

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Though what we do is an interesting hobby for some, we have the power to make a difference. California's ballot initiative to ban gay marriage was a fierce fight. It's being challenged right now, but just look at how Knowledge played a role in that: in October 2008, 360,238 people read its article.

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On Knowledge as a whole, he says, "I think we need to learn better what processes work for a massive collaborative project. Some of what worked well for a more informal small project doesn’t scale up well. Process is not as important when the participants know each other. We need to get more of the

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Ms Julie is .. unavailable .. this month, so Isaac and Gopher have stepped in to put this newsletter thing together. We may not be as funny as you're used to, but if you'd like a free drink, come see me at the bar. That might help. Maybe. And no, there aren't any flashing lights or fancy pictures

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Soon after we were informed that Homosexuality is being scrutinized, we heard the same for one of our few Featured Articles. As a participant of the Featured Article process, I think this is actually a good thing. The standards for Featured Articles are getting higher with time. But as a member of

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used the lead paragraph from Knowledge, skillfully and lovingly written by Moni3, verbatim in the Lambda Literary Pioneers calendar. Moni3 contacted the Lambda Literary Foundation to let them know, and to ask if we could get a little write-up in the next Lambda Book Report. There is a preliminary

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It wouldn't be a proper gay community without a li'l bit o' drama! That's right. If we aren't arguing about something, then we should be asking if we're still queer. Maybe that's for the best, since we know we're still kicking. Our most recent topic is how far the role of our project should go in

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At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil

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Why on earth would someone want to delete material about homosexuality? 'Tis truly a mystery. But these embattled articles have some random evil gnomes removing information that places these folks under our queer umbrella. Help us keep an eye out for the deletions. Take a peek at the articles,

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because an editor was offended by the use of "queer" in the title. It was overwhelmingly rejected mostly by the usernames I see here on our Wikiproject page. (A clue that I know you are out there, hiding...biding your time...) So, I wish I could congratulate you, but now I'm all confused by my

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Thanks, I will try. IMDB don't seem to check new DOB subs, only changed ones. I did try to change it a while ago, using a link to Jai's official site, but they said they don't accept official sites as proof for changed DOBs because so many celebrities lie about their ages. It's just ridiculous

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worked diligently on the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" and "WP:LGBT Random Picture" sections of the portal. They added many new quotes and pictures but, and yes here's the cat's meow friends... you can now use these on your own user pages! To add the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" to your own userpage, use:

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has nearly 1,000 Wikipedian subscribers and arguably many of those folks actually read it. It came about rather quickly and my worst fears - that it was an elaborate hoax by a troll - were apparently unfounded. I hope y'all feel I did fine by the project, I did my best to avoid the phrase

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Here at WP:LGBT, he creates and improves articles that present notable LGBT related subjects in a fair and balanced way, and tries to include more of the significant alternative sexuality related subjects without being an activist, and works to better source project-related articles.

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on my part, but nevertheless, that was why I reverted you and asked you to stay on the talk page to hash this out completely. But, for some reason you're taking everything I do toward you as hostile (at least that is my impression), so I'll just leave you be completely then. Good day.

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You're getting near to violating the 3-revert rule. I request that you please stick to discussing this on the talk page. As this is not in my opinion OR, as it is reliably sourced, it shouldn't be removed from the article outright because you think it is. You may very well do a

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In the lurking I do around and about on Wiki, I've long been astounded at the forbearance Benjiboi has for the utterly insane. Perhaps not so much, since the message on Benji's talk page notes frequent absences due to homophobia and transphobia. But it takes some kind of ...

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is quite active as a result. You have the opportunity to help. This is the corest of our core articles, and it needs some attention because it gets a lot of controversial input from many sides. If you can spare any time to edit the article, please do what you can.

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says about the video collection at goodvibes. Instead, we have hot women who connect on a deep, personal, soul-touching level, so this film should qualify as some of the skankiest porn available for lesbians. Plus, it's completely confusing and surreal! D'you think

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The Republican Party is without direction. What's going to take the place of a moderate voice will not be pleasant to our ears. Watching and improving articles of subjects that have opposed gay rights in the past will be of vital importance very soon, I predict.

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There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. n both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism.

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determine that some subjects have an importance category: Top, High, Mid, Low, or None (undetermined). If we decide that our most core articles, it might help to organize which articles to address first. Top importance, for example, would be

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It's a featured article hitting the mainpage this Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the events. So first off, wow! Clever and cool. Moni3 has been recently named hottest delegate to Obama's bookclub but that may not be official yet.

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need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Knowledge, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please

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sympathy for the editor who was offended. So, if you're reading this, Moni has a short memory and can't remember your username. Don't be put off by our demonstrative pushiness. Join us. We can always use involved editors.

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handy tool to count your 1,500 characters. As a suggestion, when you add your potential hook, include the character count and a link to the source(s) that confirm the hook. These will be confirmed anyway but may help.

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I know you folks think I have much experience in a gay bathhouse, and I hate to disappoint you, but I actually do not. I seem like the sort of person who likes to stroll about in a towel. Shocking, no? It appears that

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2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Knowledge articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see

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It seems a recurring issue which articles to tag, and what to say about a topic that's tagged. Certainly, because an article falls under our scope doesn't necessarily make the person gay. Florida Governor

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has done this cool thing. If you click on that link, you'll see all the articles, categories, templates, and miscellany up for deletion. They're usually there because they're not considered to be

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need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Knowledge, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

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June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, citing the riots as a reason to "commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans". Excerpts at the bottom.

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We are a growing community of Knowledge editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles of interest to the LGBT community. Some points that may be helpful:

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about just how much of HIV and AIDS should we take on. As ever, we'll take your opinions under advisement. We're going to have to, because it doesn't seem to have been settled.

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These are the editors I've seen working (and I know I'm forgetting a few). There's more of you out there I haven't seen. Some of you are new. We need all of you. Please help.

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is single-handedly addressing all the problems with this article at its GA Review. While that's pretty impressive, it's also no doubt exhausting. Can anyone help out there?

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for the article and seek outside opinion (which may be good to do anyway), and see if other neutral parties believe this statement is either OR or should just be removed.

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It definitely seems a start to a whole new era now. If planets align correctly to remind us that whatever advances we may have made in electing what appears to be an

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LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.

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in the US, the moons that revolve around those planets also serve to illustrate it's not that simple. Florida, Arizona, and California all appear to have banned

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It looks like we've picked up a lot of talent lately. We have no doubt you'll be making your indelible mark on LGBT knowledge as we know it, here at Knowledge.

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me? I'll bring Harvey Milk to featured status (give me a month or two so I can read stuff), if you do something of equal value to WP:LGBT?? Make me an offer...

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has mentioned a desire to work on .. desire. Specifically literature by and about LGBT desire. To facilitate "LGBT Literature" taskforce, there will be

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Before the edit war is engaged any further, you may want to check out the talk page where the discussion of Stephen Walker's comments has been underway.

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This is what I get for opening my big fat mouth and suggesting the newsletter should be revived. Here I am writing it. So, to pat self on back (*cough*)

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Our main aim is to help improve LGBT-related articles, so if someone asks for help with an article, please try your hardest to help them if you are able.

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Otto4711 mentioned that gee we really should swamp the DYK section with LGBT-related articles for use on the 28th as well. We have eight or so in the

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in its scope. We can continue to work piecemeal as we have in the past, or we can focus on goals. These are examples of areas we can concentrate on.

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Let's see - we started December with 35 FAs. We added two and dropped one. So somewhere there's a missing FA - has anyone seen one lying around?

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decision in 1958 reversed a 1956 ruling by a federal district court that U.S. postal authorities were correct in prohibiting the mailing of the

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How do you change the world? You can start by writing an incredible article for the world's encyclopedia. Moni3 kicks it old school again with

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If you're sure about him having been born in 1979, I'd suggest putting together some evidence and submitting it to imdb for consideration.--

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Just being inquisitive - where was it posted that the article claimed her as a Playmate? Knowledge? I certainly hope it's some place else.

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unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "

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a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the

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The marathon efforts of Dev920 against her astonishing abilities of procrastination continued this month, and she managed to update the

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The editors I have admired in the past, who have done great things alone, and who I think can help us all do extraordinary things now:

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If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see

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familiarize yourselves with the info, and be handy with the undo function in the article history. If tempers flare, take it to the

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All we can do is start somewhere. The first step is answering this newsletter on the project talk page. Join in the discussion.

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is supergay, he won't admit it so instead he does the absolutely awfulest anti-gay things on the planet to deflect suspicion.

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the LGBT portal, and a sidebar for LGBT rights. Jiminy! You'd think we weren't the folk to set industrial grey carpeting and

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I say this to myself as much as I say it to all of us. I work a lot by myself or with individual editors who spend time at

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this month - I'm still recovering from a whopping hangover. Julie's recovering too, but that's a story I'll let her tell.

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Articles about political issues in the US and around the world that have been especially relevant within the past 5 years

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Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons

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campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to

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describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to

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in addition to being a LGBT project member. A few of Benjiboi's favorite links for making the wikiverse more fab are:

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An unfortunate effect of a group less active than in the past is that our articles lose integrity. This one is at

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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! Updates about our latest happenings in the gayest corner of Knowledge.

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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! I'm not one to be writing newsletters, but I miss our cruise director,

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How do you fight ignorance? With information. That's what Knowledge is for. This project is overwhelming with

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I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.

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If this was decided long before I was a member, maybe it's time to revisit it. Other WikiProjects, such as

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supreme one (which I based on the fact that you left a comment and then immediately reverted the page).

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to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

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If you'd like to see it in action, check out Allstarecho's userpage for both in action and Benjiboi's

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Hey, I've seen you around! Sorry there seem to be so many—it's been a while. But we welcome you all:

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Mostly for people who identify as either Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender; To place yourself in

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blowing through it, but this is one that can't afford to let that happen. Even if you pop in to the

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For more general information on IRC and a listing of other useful Knowledge-related channels, see

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activist remembered, "We just went home." They had little idea of the battle that was before them.

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If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can

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is a new handy place to see which LGBT-tagged pages are the most popular in any given month.

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and if you push yourself to get an article together you might be able to get in on the fun.

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Place yourself in a user category so you can collaborate with other LGBT/Allied Wikipedians!

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We have a pretty cool sidebar that identifies core LGBT articles. Its symbol is the iconic

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to your userpage and change the question mark to your username OR add a userbox found at

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article would be encouraged, but do it stealthily - they don't like us to be *too* open.

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In what I hope will counter the jolt of re-evaluating three Good or Featured Articles,

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would care that the article is featured? I don't think so either... (Call me, Laura!)

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Create or improve LGBT-related Knowledge pages and showcase the results of your work

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In the immortal words of Miss Julie, "May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your

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and let them sort it out. Best solution is to make sure your sources are immaculate.

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If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to our

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Use the Newsletter, Moni3! You can suggest what to send out in the newsletter, too!

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Use the Newsletter, Moni3! You can suggest what to send out in the newsletter, too!

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1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work

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moaning that we didn't mention this promotion in the last newsletter. Happy now?

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Depictions of LGBT people and issues on television, film, newspapers, magazines

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hurdle. Anyone interested in shepherding duties, or anyone interested in being

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page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.

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has to be upped to match the new # of total quotes (not counting quote zero).

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has been rumored to be gay in some newspaper accounts. Although we all know

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3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (

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are celebrating Bisexual Awareness Month. For our own wikicelebration,

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Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (

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to your userpage and change the question mark to your username OR add

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To receive this newsletter in a different format, please let us know

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Wake up WP:LGBT! It's time to kick in gear and get some things done!

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in December 2007 for the first-ever newspaper report on what became

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Miami, January 18, 1977 after the gay rights ordinance was passed:

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since it is my personal declaration that there is no such thing as

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And to add the "WP:LGBT Random Picture" to your own userpage, use:

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The project has several ongoing and developing activities, such as

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