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The tampa4u.com links are being persistently added to articles despite multiple warnings, discussion and removal. Does this need to go through the SPAM noticeboard? Flowanda | Talk 08:20, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
I think the brick building in Greensburg, KS, is photographed here and is tagged appropriately for Wiki use. - Ichabod ( talk) 12:19, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello Nyttend! I deposited a bunch of photos onto National Register of Historic Places listings in Hardin County, Iowa. It will be a long time before I can find time to make proper articles. If you are interested, have at them. Thanks, Bill Whittaker ( talk) 17:18, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Your edit to
Lost Springs, Wyoming moves the article's style away from that of the
U.S. city article guideline which was the main purpose of my edit. I do see that {{
GR|1}}
does something somewhat useful here. (BTW, your edit summary [Restored reference, standard format] is misleading since your edit was, in fact, a revert). —
EncMstr (
talk)
22:12, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
The source that you put for Old Main on the Geneva College page is interesting, but you may want to recheck the eligibility. On the link page it said that the Resource type was for the District, which probably refers to the campus as a whole because it moved to Beaver Falls in 1880. Plus, no description is given for the building. If it was for Old Main it may have said something like Building or Structure. I could be wrong, but it seems more logical. Mvincec ( talk) 00:56, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I just wanted to double check that the new populated places articles that I've created over the last couple days are at least of decent content... I noticed a number of moves on your part to the proper names ("Newport, Ohio (Madison County)" -> "Newport, Madison County, Ohio"), and a couple fact tags added... other than that, am I doing well? I intend to create an article for all the unincorporated communities in Madison and Union county (at least, maybe keep going after that)... just wanted to know if what you've fixed were a couple minor article naming issues I overlooked, or if I should just stop now because they aren't worth the bandwidth they're printed on? - Adolphus79 ( talk) 03:01, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
RE: Your adding fact tags to my community articles... Do we really need an inline citation when anyone that clicks on any of the GPS links can look at a map? - Adolphus79 ( talk) 23:39, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Again... - Adolphus79 ( talk) 01:08, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
actually i'm worried the access might be closed, because the docs have not been reviewed for whether they cover address restricted sites. from correspondence friday, they are aware of the page. apparently some should not be open to us. i am imagining it could possibly blow up on monday. yes=i downloaded a copy, would be able to share in future. doncram ( talk) 01:50, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
You're welcome. I'm trying to (gradually) finish off a few other states on top of Wisconsin and Oregon, and the lists have been pretty helpful. -- TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 03:38, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I know! I never finished the first time through on the NRHPs, and I visted more of each this weekend.....Ah, well. One more thing on my to do list, along with uploading new pics from Buffalo, and old pics from various places still sitting on my computer. I'll get there. Lvklock ( talk) 03:48, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Any luck with downloading that township map, or is the link permanently dead? By the way, no biggie on the Aurora church. I think you just mixed up the route it's on with its address. -- JeffBillman ( talk) 17:25, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nyttend- If you could have a look at some edits, I would be interested to see if they fall under Harassment. The anonymous Special:Contributions/71.64.103.117 (read some of the edit summaries on his contributions page) put this on my talk page and the same thing on my user page. He also put the same thing on the talk page for User:JeffBillman. He also placed "refimprove" tags on several sections of two pages I have edited extensively, Kent, Ohio and Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent, Ohio) despite both of them being pretty well-sourced. If anything, these fall under WP:PA -- JonRidinger ( talk) 17:30, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Oh and sorry to alarm you with the subtitle here...next time I'll put a question mark with it. :) -- JonRidinger ( talk) 02:28, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
I have opened a sockpuppet investigation at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Smfhs photographer concerning the different user accounts editing Stow-Munroe Falls High School. Please feel free to comment there if you are interested, thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:18, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to editing on wikipedia, so I understand that I may have been guilty of copyright violations, but I do think I had a few valid posts as well. Were these removed as a group, or were they all proven to be inaccurate? I am trying to update a rather out of date page, and my writing may not have all been original (though as a wamego patron I know I would have the permission of those who did write it), but the fact is, the collection at the oz museum is no longer Todd Machin's, There is a Patti Page exhibit presented by her nephew, Wamego's history extends beyond the year 2000, Steve Balderson is only a notable person to himself, and there are festivals and events that I would like to better represent. However, I will try to better reference my material, it is just frustrating to have every post of mine removed. I hope to make some conservative edits tonight, and I hope I have not been blacklisted. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Feltshammer ( talk • contribs) 05:15, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
Sometimes my colleague editors are frustratingly fast with photos... This is not the first time that I've had a batch of photos to post and I've thought about editing both the relevant NRHP listing article and the individual articles all at the same time so that I could punch the two or three or four Save buttons all at once and not have a colleague pick and place one of my photos. Give the poor photog an hour or maybe even half a day to write text, pick photos, etc. Then, of course, if you don't like his/her choices, change them. You must have had this happen to you -- you've posted ten times as many photos as I. Frustrated but still cordially, . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 22:36, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
Apologies and thank you for the Bellamy and Birkhoff house photos. I gave you a hard time above and then this time you courteously held off, and I didn't follow through. I will say in my defense that I did put them on List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts -- but obviously completely forgot to add them also to the two NRHP articles. Thanks. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 23:22, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for nominating the article, and for letting me know - I'm pleased that you appreciated it. Best wishes, Warofdreams talk 13:03, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I want you to know that the Chevron mine in Questa has been idle/closed for over 2 years, and is not the primary source of employment here in this dirty tiny town. The mine has in fact been purchasing land in a land-grab and evicting people off of the land where they had rented because the soil is polluted from their mine. The mine is indeed the primary source of pollution here. I mean you are in Ohio, why would what you think is more likely have any bearing on what is here?- I guess you figure jesus
will fix it or it somehow does not matter to get the truth outPeace. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
97.123.58.82 (
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22:22, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
There are two historic districts on the island: one encompassing the village (Kelleys Island South Shore District) established in 1975, and one covering the entire island (Kelleys Island Historic District) established in 1988. One district being completely engulfed by another is not uncommon. I've listed several sources at Talk:Kelleys Island, Ohio that does state that the entire island is a National Register district. Please take a look and see if you agree. Thanks. -- Polaron | Talk 01:48, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for undoing the move of Christ Church (Stevensville, Maryland) to Christ Church (Stevensville, Maryland 1880). I didn't quite understand why User:Zink Dawg made that move. I will go ahead and change the links back.-- Pubdog ( talk) 09:41, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi-would you please take a look at the North Bridgton, Maine article? I am not sure about the template-I came across it on your ZIPCODE list-Many thanks- RFD ( talk) 17:42, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello. You deleted this article per WP:CSD#G5 "Pages created by banned users in violation of their ban having no substantial edits by others." Looking at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ladnavfan/Archive there seems to be no evidence that User:Ladnavfan is a banned user or that s/he added this article while banned or even blocked. Hence neither of the two necessary criteria for G5 seem to be satisfied. Is there something I'm missing here? Rhomb ( talk) 19:21, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Did you know 07:28, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
Re: your recent reversion [1], it appears you also deleted an entire columns' worth of summaries that were added by Jameslwoodward ( talk · contribs), and I am not sure if that was your intention. I actually was responding to his question on the list talk page, where he questioned the name of Adams National Historical Park in the list. In making that edit, I attempted to repair the WP:MOS violating linked header, which was the single word "Quincy". That seemed out of place and also should not have been linked. But Quincy probably should be linked, which is why I added the copy-paste lead paragraph. I don't see how that type of lead could hurt but if you are aware of a standardized NRHP list lead that has consensus, such as the one you pointed out for Dukes, by all means put that in. How difficult can it be to do that? I would do it myself, but I am not sure if there was some discussion about the structure, whether to use a city location map like File:Quincy_ma_highlight.png, etc. Sswonk ( talk) 21:59, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Nyttend, re: [2], I don't know who "we" is, but that's idiotic. There is no reason to use a name that is no longer in use, simply because the NR can't get its act together. I know you're a sysop who's approaching 120K edits, but I don't think that by ignoring my question above and then doing a 3RR violation on this you have done yourself any favors. Use common sense, the "site" no longer exists, except on the list your "we" uses. Sswonk ( talk) 05:38, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
REFERENCES TO THE HISTORIC SITE.—Any reference in any law (other than this Act), regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to the Adams National Historic Site shall be considered to be a reference to the historical park.
Could you advise (or refer) me regarding more possible vandalism on Denver neighborhood articles, please? Specifically, the articles in question (so far today) are West Colfax, Denver and Denver West Side Jewish Community. Do today's edits on these articles constitute vandalism? How do I revert an article after someone has made four or five sequential edits? In other words, how do I revert four edits at once? Thanks and kind regards, Denverjeffrey ( talk) 17:00, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
What exactly am I doing that's wrong?? I am merely adding information to these articles that I have intimate knowledge of. The deleting of my contributions and/or adding incorrect information would constitute vandalism more than my actions. If the information is true, unbiased, and isn't negative- let it be. Let others contribute !!! Don't be so rude to just delete someone else's contributions without any reason or giving them the benefit of the doubt. 75.71.248.140 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.71.248.140 ( talk) 16:07, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
I undid your edit to McConnell's Mill Covered Bridge, restoring the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) survey number and title so that this documentation can still be found if the link dies. The HAER survey number is of similar importance to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) reference number in the infobox for this article and the World Guide to Covered Bridges (WGCB) number found in nearby covered bridge entries such as Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge. Your deletion removed useful information from the article; I put it back. Martindelaware ( talk) 02:56, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I have a question about re-editing my contribution to the Jamaica, Vermont page. Would it be more acceptable to mention the types of businesses as opposed to naming them? Just curious about consensus on protocol. I've seen other neighborhood pages with listings of proprietors. Having recently spent time in Jamaica I was struck how this town has businesses unlike the surrounding municipalities of the same size. Thanks for your advice. -- Splendoroftheirroots ( talk) 17:51, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
I never found it on the National Register of Historic Places website (since it is missing a few places), so I looked here and found it. Here is the link to the official papers for the house: [5] Thanks-( Wikipedian1234 ( talk) 22:10, 18 October 2009 (UTC))
If you look on pgs 7-14 on the packet you will find that there is a National Registry for Historic Places nomination form. There is a plaque on the front door, and I will happily give you a photo of that when I can. Thanks-( Wikipedian1234 ( talk) 00:02, 19 October 2009 (UTC))
Nyttend- Sutliff is 5.4 miles from Lisbon, 8.4 miles from Solon, and 19.0 miles from Iowa City. Trust me, I know where it is... Bill Whittaker ( talk) 12:47, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm glad I could help. And believe me, I know what it's like trying to edit while drowsy! -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 15:54, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
I've reversed your recent edit to the article on Madison, Nebraska. I've included justification for my reversal on the article's discussion page-- I assume that would be a better place than this page to discuss the issue. I'm very new to this editing business, so please correct me gently if I've committed some kind of Wikisolecism. -- Ammodramus ( talk) 16:47, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Re. your latest note at my talk page-- and I hope I'm replying via the appropriate venue--
No offense taken whatsoever: quite the opposite, in fact. As I said, I'm very new at this editing business, and I appreciate your patience in helping a newcomer learn the ropes.
Thanks especially for the help on the citation. That looks like a subject that's going to cause me a certain number of headaches, especially since Wikipedia doesn't have a standard house style. The section on citations says that if I supply enough information, other editors will eventually put them in the right format; but I'd rather do things right from the start.
I have my camera here, and I was planning to take some pictures of Madison. I hadn't thought about looking for NRHP sites, but will certainly do so; I thought I'd photograph the Tyson plant, as the town's largest employer. However, for the past several days it's been cloudy and rainy, and I'd rather wait for clear weather to take pictures-- especially of the pork plant, which is a large white building and would show up very badly against a white sky.
A question about that: If I add a photo to the article, is it appropriate for me to remove the photo request from the discussion page? I get the impression that it's not considered proper to edit anything that someone else has put on the discussion page, but this situation seems like an exception.
-- Ammodramus ( talk) 16:55, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks again, especially for the suggestion on getting the article rated. I'd like to add some history of the town before I do that.
I get the impression from your contribution history that you're particularly interested in Nat'l Registry of Historic Places sites. If I take pictures of such sites and upload them to Wikimedia Commons, is there anything I should do beyond categorizing them as NRHP sites in Nebraska (or whichever state)?
Checked out the Anna Town Hall picture with great interest. I see that the original picture was quite large, and that there was a 600x800 preview (which showed up when I clicked the link) as well as thumbnails of other pictures, presumably of the same size. Is there any problem with my uploading such a large picture? I'd prefer to do so-- among other things, I have trouble with moiré patterns when I take smaller pictures of brick buildings. On the other hand, I don't want large pictures to cause problems with downloading speed.
Sun is trying to come out, so I might try for some pictures around Madison this afternoon.
Tried for some pictures around Madison this afternoon. Decided that the Tyson plant requires morning light, since it'd be best shot from the southeast. St. Leonard's Church is undergoing maintenance and has scaffolding on the steeple, so I'll go back and shoot that on another visit to Madison. I got pictures of First Presbyterian from the southwest and from the south; it should be shot from the SE as well, but that's a morning project. Two-thirds of one out of three isn't bad?
Will try to upload the First Presby pictures to W'media Commons. If I run into trouble, I'll probably holler for help. If it works, I'll probably try to do likewise with a few more of my Gosper County courthouse photos. Among others, I've got one of the cornerstone, which is how I know that the architects, McClure & Walker, were a Kearney firm. Can you footnote to a cornerstone?
The lines on the sunlit wall of the church photo you sent me are what I'd call moiré patterns, or interference patterns. Another (or similar) term is "aliasing", and there's an article on that as well. It may even be that the latter is a more appropriate term in the context of digital photography (and it may be the name by which you know those patterns). As I understand, lots of cameras have anti-aliasing systems, though the price is a loss of sharpness. I've noticed that I get it rather badly if I take small photos, even if I specify high quality; I haven't seen it as a problem with larger ones.
Thanks again for the advice; expect to have more requested--
Glad I could make a useful contribution re. UPC. Off in Ohio, you're probably not much aware of the political dynamics of Madison County, Nebraska. Madison is the county seat, but Norfolk is something like ten times as large, and it's very common for people to automatically assume that anything in Madison County is in Norfolk. I once submitted a report of an unusual bird seen by the courthouse to the person who keeps track of such things for Nebraska; and he duly reported that it'd been seen "near the Madison County courthouse (Norfolk)." Gives Madison a bit of a municipal inferiority complex...
If you've looked at my UPC pictures, are they and the appended information OK? As far as titling them and setting categories, I tried to follow the example you sent me. Regarding the pictures, I wasn't crazy about the cars in front; if you think it'd be better, I'll look out for an opportunity of re-taking them.
Excellent suggestions both. I saw the links in the description of the Anna town hall, but didn't know how to get them. You've saved me a lot of searching through the help-sections, and I've started putting links in. Will probably set up a category for my pictures, too. I'm egotistical enough to wonder: can I add my picture files to my watch list as though they were articles, and in that case will it give me an ego-gratifying message if and when someone ever uses one in an article?
Thanks yet again. I tried creating a "Pictures by Ammodramus" category, and it seems to have worked, at least for the first picture. One question, though: I notice that your "Files by User:Nyttend" category is included in "Hidden categories". What's the purpose of that? Is it something I should do?
Ich sehe gern, daß mein Bild auf Deutsch-Wikipedia steht.
And in nine or ten words, I've probably committed at least that many errors in grammar and spelling. And that's without even having adjective endings to worry about...
"...but I don't speak German..."
In a way, you're fortunate. Mark Twain explains why.
My German is pretty nominal-- four semesters in college some thirty years ago, with a brief annual refresher when my aunt thrusts a sheaf of Christmas cards from our German relatives at me and demands translations, then charges me with translating our Christmas letter to them. It can take five minutes to figure out the ending for a single adjective. Twain simplifies it, if anything-- you not only have to account for the gender, number, and case of the noun, but also whether it's preceded (a) by no article or article-like word ("He's afraid of big dogs"), (b) by an indefinite article or other "ein"-type word ("My sister was attacked by a big dog"), or (c) by a definite article or other "der"-type word ("The police shot the big dog that attacked my sister").
And then there are separable verbs. A real-life example I found a few years ago was for a guest ranch near Tombstone, Arizona, that catered to German tourists. The word for "to invite" is "einladen", and when you conjugate it, you put the conjugated form of "laden" in the second position in the sentence, which is where the main verb goes in German, then exile the "ein" prefix to the end. The sentence came out something like "We VITE you to ride the trails of the Old West with our knowledgeable and interesting guides, then to sit around the campfire in the evening eating steak and beans and singing songs of the cowboys IN." It's actually worse than that, because in English "vite" doesn't mean anything; whereas in German, "laden" can be a free-standing verb. Time and time again, in trying to read German, I've worked my way through a sentence trying to make sense out of what I thought was the verb, then reaching the end and discovering that dislocated prefix that changed the whole meaning of it. </tirade>
Hi Nyttend,
In this edit summary, you state Independence is governmentally independent and thus located without the township. However, if that was the case, Washington Township, Buchanan County, Iowa would not state Independence is within the township. I understand that some cities, such as those within Black Hawk County, have redrawn the township lines, but the map on Sumner Township, Buchanan County, Iowa doesn't show this. Do you have a source for the statement that Independence is independent of either Sumner or Washington Township? The map here seems to indicate otherwise. Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 18:31, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
The {{ coord}} template does not have a "city" parameter. (See the template documentation.) Did it have one in the past? I assume what was intended was "type:city", so that's what I changed it to. I added "_region:US-HI" so that U.S. mapping resources would come up when the link was clicked. I hope that clears things up. Cheers! -- Stepheng3 ( talk) 21:47, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the help with the National Register Listings. The Guernsey County listings left are turning out to be elusive. The Ebenezer Finley House seems to have been either moved or destroyed and the Peter B. Sarchet House is located behind an electrified fence out in the middle of no where. May take awhile to be able to upload those. I think Monroe and Noble counties may be easier and I hope to complete them within the next few weeks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bwsmith84 ( talk • contribs) 16:47, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Looks like the images are back! It'd probably be worth checking B&W images to make sure they're not re-using the NRHP images without attribution. Otherwise, based on a spot-check, it looks like there are a lot of new NPS-generated shots that should be usable here as PD. Acroterion (talk) 20:40, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
You recently reverted an edit to Custer County, Nebraska. The edit was something like 12,314 and changed to 12,315. Why did you revert that? Btilm 04:17, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Btilm 04:22, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Btilm 04:26, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
I reverted your edit to the Humboldt County template because King Salmon, California is an unincorporated county locality, but is considered part of Eureka as it included in the 95503 Zip code, which is a Eureka, California zip. In effect it is a neighborhood without the benefit or disadvantage of being in the city limits. The city, which has never enjoyed the advantage of stable growth/development has worked in partnership with the County of Humboldt to provide its unincorporated citizens with services, such as water, sewer, and fire protection. Norcalal 06:54, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Hey Nyttend- The source didn't indicate much of anything as it was the minutes from a previous meeting. It really didn't support what was being said in the section from what I read and made no mention of any specific policy to hire minors or use them on any notable scale. The one specific person it mentioned makes no reference to the fact the individual is a minor and the editor who added it put the person's graduation year ('08) which would not make him a minor anymore. If a better source can be found, of course it could be mentioned in the article, but maybe one or two sentences in the government section or something. -- JonRidinger ( talk) 16:48, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Hey Nyttend...need some advice here. When you get a chance, take a look at the edit history of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. There has been a back-and-forth edit between myself and at least one new editor and an anonymous editor (which I suspect is the same user). It stems from the inclusion of a statement regarding the stadium's record crowd, which this user feels needs to be mentioned in the lead as the 7th largest listed record crowd (even though it is by no means the 7th largest crowd to ever see a college football game). The lead already mentions the stadium being ranked 7th by listed capacity. I'm pretty much at the limit for 3RR, so any help or additional insight you can give would be great. -- JonRidinger ( talk) 19:05, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm impressed: how do you get the time to go to Greenville and Washington Courthouse? Nyttend ( talk) 02:38, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
I think we have decided that there are sufficient articles (but one) for stuff outside Burlington, Vermont: Chittenden County, and Burlington-South Burlington Metropolitan Area. There has been a "Plattsburg connection" across the Lake. The only way to get there "conveniently" (?) is by ferry. There seems to have been more of a link when Plattsburg had an AF base. A jobs thing, I suppose. I have never been there! Apparently they target Burlington on radio, & vice-versa, if you believe our new editor.
So there could be (I hope not) a "Greater Burlington-Plattsburg" article, but I would try to afd it! )
In the meantime, stuff placed in Burlington needs to be moved elsewhere IMO. I will try to do that. (So much easier with real vandals - just revert! :). Drat! Student7 ( talk) 12:13, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, it would seem to be pretty straightforward to retain that image with a nonfree use rationale. Would you be willing to restore it provisionally? Regards, Durova 348 13:44, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nyttend, I noticed your changes to the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama template; would you take a look at the other new state templates also? Altairisfar talk 14:11, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. It helped that I had great lighting. I got some more pictures of Nebraska NRHP sites yesterday; but today there was a heavy overcast, and photos would've made the buildings look excessively gloomy.
I was looking for buildings based on the information in National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska. I suspect that some of the addresses are wrong. I corrected some obvious mistakes a few days ago-- US163 instead of US136 and the like-- but I should probably run down the whole list and compare them to the official site. I wonder if the errors came from the dot-com site that you warned me about.
I don't think Streamline Moderne buildings are terribly common around Nebraska, though I'll certainly keep an eye out for them. I hadn't been to the Norfolk airport in a long time, and hadn't realized how cool it was.
We do have a decent bit of Art Deco. I'll be adding some photos of the city auditorium in York before too long. It's a great building, and I'm surprised it's not on the NRHP. I suspect that the York County Historical Society isn't real active in that regard. Think there are only four buildings listed in the whole county.
Ouch. I'd hoped that a quick reference to NRIS would allow me to correct things.
If I find errors in name and location and if they're supported by NRIS, should I add them to WP:NRIS issues?
I like what you did with the Madison, Nebraska picture. My original version was hardly visible.
I am not "withdrawing permissions". I did not fully undertsand the issues with licensing. I have discussed with the various photographers and agreed three photos which may remain. The particular photographer who took that one has point blank refused. It was never legally released into the public domain and it is illegal to display it. -- Fiskeharrison ( talk) 00:48, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Kindly stop reverting my legitimate edits. I thought at the time that 'creation' meant of the digital file. I clearly did not take that image, nor the other ones which are of me! Now I understand, I have requested - and negotiated - certain permissions. However, not for that photo. You are putting Wikipedia in breach of copyright law.-- Fiskeharrison ( talk) 00:57, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
I've opened the discussion on NRHP photos at Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#NRHP_nomination_photosand hope that you'll comment there. Smallbones ( talk) 16:54, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
I started a list article at User:Ruhrfisch/Frog1 which lists almost all of them. It seemed like a fork of the Pennsylvania NRHP Bridges article, so I never moved it article space. The bridges are all given on the web in a MPS here:
I have sadly only uploaded two of the PennDOT NRHP bridge photos: File:Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3 Summer.jpg and File:Waterville Bridge NRHP photo.jpg.
I made a template on Commons only: {{Pennsylvania Department of Transportation permission}}
Thanks as always for all of your help, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:13, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
You recently edited the Little Outfit Schoolhouse piece of the National Register of Historic Places for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. You changed the photo back from a new photo added 30 OCT 2009 to a photo added two or three weeks previous. Your reason given was that neither photo had proof of being in the Public Domain. I had come to the same conclusion with regard the original photo but I do have proof (at least I believe it to be proof) that the second photo showing the students walking away from the schoolhouse is in the public domain. Where should I document my proof? Please be detailed because I am not yet very familiar with Wikipedia. Durward3 ( talk) 04:22, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
2 November: Nyttend, in response to the above paragraph you recommended as follows:
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Durward3"
I have followed your suggestion and posted the following query on Media Copyright Questions:
The Little Outfit Schoolhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) early in 2009. I want to add an image of the schoolhouse to the Wikipedia page. I have characterized the image as being in the public domain with no constraint on its usage but one of the monitors has removed the image saying no proof has been shown that the image is, in fact, in the public domain. I have two questions: 1) Is my proof (see below) sufficient? The image in question
2)If my proof is sufficient, how and where do I post the proof (or the conclusion that the proof is sufficient) so that other monitors can will see it and not remove the image again? My case that the image is in the public domain is that it has been copied from a school brochure which was published in 1943 (or close thereto)by a private school advertising the benefits of the school. I led the effort to have this school (schoolhouse) put on the U.S. Government's National Register of Historic Places so I have made a thorough study of the school's history and what is available as photographs or documents to make the case for inclusion on the register. The school closed as a school in 1950, the owners sold the ranch, school records and files were discarded, and the last of the owners died in 1980. I have talked to the two surviving children of the owners and there are no claims to rights on any of the schools properties. The photograph in question was probably taken by Charles Herbert, an uncle of one of the students when I was there myself in the mid-40s. Herbert was a well known photographer and left a large collection of his work. When he died in 1976 his company, Western Ways, closed its doors. When Herbert's wive died the company's records were donated to the Arizona Historical Society. The Society has given me a complete set of its photographs of the Little Outfit taken by Herbert and the image I have chosen to include is not among them. In several years of hunting for Little Outfit memorabilia I have never encountered anyone other than the Arizona Historical Society who has claimed rights to such objects related to the Little Outfit. My conclusion is that there is no "ownership" of any kind associated with this image and that anyone is free to use it as they will. Thank you for your help in resolving this matter -- I look forward to your directions on how I (we?) should make the above proof more generally available.
User Steve Smith, an administrator of the English Wikipedia has responded as follows:
If it was published in the U.S. in 1943 (or any other time between 1923 and 1950) then the photograph probably is in the public domain, unless somebody renewed its copyright in the year preceding the 28th anniversary of the publication, which does not sound likely. I'd suggest that you re-upload it and affix the appropriate tag: either
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I have attempted to follow his instructions but you have once again removed the photograph from its section on the Little Outfit Schoolhouse section of the National Register of Historic Places (Santa Cruz County, Arizona). Please explain what I am missing here and/or what I need to do to correct it. Or please stop removing the photo.
Thank you. Durward3 ( talk) 14:39, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
How the heck did you find those??? I searched quite a bit, and couldn't find diddly squat. (Thanks for adding them!) - Tim1965 ( talk) 13:28, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure if it was you that told me, but someone told me about a tool that helps start pages for historical places. Can you point me to that tool? Thanks, CTJF83 chat 20:22, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
I approved this on DYK, but suggested you add "in Ohio" to the end of the hook. I also think the probable date of construction should be added in that section of the article (I know it is in the Infobox and lead already). Nice article and pic, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 13:11, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks; I wasn't aware of that. I'll save the link and add any other Nebraska counties that I get fully illustrated.
Question: For some of the sites listed on National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska, I can give road names. (I've done so in the descriptions on WM Commons.) For example, the Turkey Creek bridge is on 722 just west of P. Would it be desirable to put those into the WP article instead of generic phrases like "county road"?
Hi Nyttend. Thank you for the unblock and notifiying me about the deletion review process. Yes I would like to have a deletion review for the biography and would greatly appreciate it if you could restore the biography on a subspace under my username for the review process. Deadalus821 ( talk) 02:24, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
UncharteredDesert ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:34, 4 November 2009 (UTC).
Months ago you left me a message about township naming in Pennsylvania. For some reason which I now forget, I didn't manage a response at the time and never thought to get back to it; sorry about that. However, I see you've already done the renames there, and I definitely support that; if there are other states in need of such work, I'd be willing to help if necessary. Omnedon ( talk) 14:01, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
So Why 21:28, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Before I post Milton as "fully-illustrated" are you OK with the map for Massachusetts Hornfels-Braintree Slate Quarry? Any photograph -- aerial or on the ground -- will be just woods -- and the map shows the area south of Chickatawbut Road where the site must be, assuming that the location in Milton is not disinformation (Braintree is the next town over). . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 11:36, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
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Hello, I edited the three forks page because I do not believe Three Forks, having lived there for several years to be a city, it is only a town; or indeed a very small city. I believe i was wronged when a message was sent to me saying i had "vandalized" the page Arcanepublic ( talk) 03:56, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Says here you deleted my Wiki in progress Northwood_MS for a Middle School. By all means, that was out of line, can't believe you have the time to do that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kentnwms ( talk • contribs) 07:24, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest in my little project. As far as adding all the pictures to Commons - I've always been uncomfortable with Commons for some reason - maybe I'll get over it once this little project is done. In the meantime since I've given each photo to the Public Domain, anybody is free to add it to Commons or use it in any way that they want.
"Finishing" all the photos will be tough. Out of 80+ listings, there are about 15 to go. I'll be able to get 5 easily enough, and about 5 may be impossible (Destroyed, on very private property, miscategorized, etc.). I'd like to get an article (or at least a section in an article) for each listing and will probably spend most of my wikitime on that, even if the articles are stubbish summaries of the NRHP nomination. It would, of course, be wonderful if you wanted to pitch in! All but 1 or 2 of the nominations are at ARCH.
Probably more important to me would be a model county listing - something to emulate. Could you recommend a list of National Register of Historic Places listings in X County, Y State that you think works well?
And thanks again, especially for checking my brackets :[[
Smallbones ( talk) 16:19, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Would you move R. H. Stearns House to R. H. Stearns Building for me? As I noted on wp:NRIS info issues, the building is actually not his house, but the last headquarters of his department store chain, so the latter is where the article belongs. I was dumb -- I created "Building", then remembered that I should move "House" rather than just blank and redirect it. Thanks. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 17:52, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you... I've been trying to resaerch this location through the PC Historical Society for a while now... - Adolphus79 ( talk) 04:38, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
I am trying to expand many of the town’s cities and unincorporated places and other named areas in Northern Idaho.
This is a talk page so I am sorry but I don't have the exact Idaho decree that created much of this issue. But a several years ago, the Idaho state government changed the zoning laws for local government and tied it to funding.
In several counties Idaho County, Idaho is one of a few I can name of the top of my head there are no zoning or local building codes. The local governments then had to decide if they were going to fill out the laborious paper work or not. Many smaller places that had formerly been known as towns or villages had to either become cities or un-incorporated.
It looks as though this is a major sticking point in many of your edits of Idaho places.
Many of these unincorporated towns still have town governments which in the eastern part of the US would be considered homeowners associations or other civic groups. Some have joint school districts a major reason for deciding if you were going to change from town or village or just unincorporate. Also many Towns and Villages became Cities. But are still referred too by local residences as towns and villages, many still have road signs, and civic slogans that have the word town in them, it has always been that way why change them.
Mullan which you edit everything I put into it has gone from a Village to a town to a city. The town of Mullan has gone through this in order to protect the school from having to join a joint school district and to have the kids bussed to Silverton, Idaho (another place that once was a town, but choose unincorperate) for the elementary school, and Wallace, Idaho for the high school. Yes Mullan is a city, but it is referred too as a town, by almost every one, some still call it a village. The City of Mullan, motto slogan which is on the business cards for the mayor, city clerk, and other city employees is the “Town of trails” even thought it’s a city.
The City of troy is referred too as a town, and it is listed as a town even on the side of Tracie’s police car she is troy’s police force.
Many of the places that I am adding to Wiki have historic significance not just on a local level but on a national level too. Frisco, Mace, Gem, Mullan, Big Creek, Elk Creek, and Pine creek are all places, some are mines, some are towns or former towns, and some are just areas. I am going over and adding what I can sourcing what I can, much of the source material can’t be found online, most are in obscure books I read in college or federal records, or browning stacks of local papers that have been out of business for 40 years. Many of the records and things I post are from old newspapers that were shredded and used as insulation, only to be found 100 years later when someone remodels a building and frames it some don’t even have the name of the paper left on it.
I am trying to put some of this information on Wiki not because I want to damage it, but so that my children have a written record of the history of place. Many of the older generation are moving out of the silver valley, many families left in 1981, when the Bunker Hill and Sullivan closed down. Some of their children and grand children, might be looking for a starter so they can add to it and give these places a history, a legacy, they might have better citations, but if no one starts who can expand.
I have no problem with you editing my english but please leave some of these things out there to start the conversation Lostpl8 ( talk) 12:21, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
in the US, almost all states use the Smithsonian Trinomal, eg. 13LE10 is Fort Madison (1808-1813). 13 is Iowa alphabetically (excluding alaska and hawaii), LE is short for Lee county, and it was the 10th site to be registered in Lee county. Sometimes controversy emerges, for example in Missouri about 8 years ago both the Missouri Archaeological Survey and the Missouri Historic Preservation officer were both assigning numbers, often contradictory, this was because of some stupid dispute. Bill Whittaker ( talk) 23:31, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
While I have no objections to your reverting the addresses of the items in the list in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Michigan article back to their verbatim text, the only thing I would argue against is the location of the Detroit River Light. Various sources indicate either South Rockwood or Rockwood. The NRHP site mentions Rockwood, while these sites ( [6] [7] [8]) mention South Rockwood. The only reason I'm bringing this up is because if the lighthouse were part of Rockwood, it would be in Wayne County instead of Monroe. Despite being owned by the USCG, to be in Monroe County (and considering its location within Monroe's water boundary on a number of maps [9] [10] [11]), it would have to be in the jurisdiction of South Rockwood. — Notorious4life ( talk) 02:25, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
I joined the NRHP Wikiproject and will go through that project, as well many of the other articles within, to see what I can do for finding quality sources and improving the articles of Monroe County and eventually others. Your Champaign County looks very good. The pictures are great too and are a vital part of any article. I was walking around Monroe yesterday taking pictures of some of the buildings, and people were driving by thinking, "Who the hell wants to take a pictures of those dumpy buildings?" It's a shame how much of the history in my area is unknown or unappreciated, and I'm still learning most of it. — Notorious4life ( talk) 23:24, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate your help with the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Michigan article. I've filled that article with enough content to move foward, and I'll add a few more pictures when I get a chance. Yesterday, I created the article George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument, which is on the Monroe County NRHP. I was wondering if you could take a minute to go over that article and make any comments or necessary touch-ups. In time, I have some more pictures I can add to the article, but I believe the article is solid enough to at least be out of stub status. I plan to create several more articles for the Monroe County NRHP, although sources and information are lacking on several of them (specifically North Maumee Bay and the Weis Company). Thank you. — Notorious4life ( talk) 17:35, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
I did! It was on the front page of the Record-Courier today. When I saw it I mentioned to my grandmother that I had gotten some pictures of it with the head missing. :) Now I may have to go get a new picture of it all fixed. -- JonRidinger ( talk) 04:20, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
A quick question, if I could try your patience...
I've just uploaded some photos of the Clay County, Nebraska courthouse. The Elkman tool, which I assume accesses the NRHP database, gives a date of construction of 1917. The date on the cornerstone of the building (I've included a photo at WM Commons) gives it as 1918.
Is this an error in NRHP, or does it use, say, the date on which the first shovelful of earth was turned, while the cornerstone was laid later? Which date should I use when categorizing the photos?
Thanks in advance for the response, and I apologize for pestering you with so many questions
Discovered what seemed to be a problem with a date on an NRHP site in Nebraska; then discovered the reason for it.
For the US Post Office-Minden in Kearney County, the Elkman tool returns a date of 1939. The date on the cornerstone is 1936. I was on the verge of reporting this as an error when I checked the Nebraska State Historical Society's National Register sites webpage. They had a link to a PDF of the registration form for the site; and that informed me that the site was listed not for the building, but for a WPA mural inside-- painted in 1939.
I've been in touch with someone at the Historical Society, and she tells me that there's a project under way to make all the registration forms available online. So far, they've only got a small number up, the Minden Post Office's among them.
Embarrassingly, I photographed the interior of the building-- and dismissed the mural as a recent work by Minden schoolchildren, tending to bring down the tone of the place. Clearly I need to learn more about the fine points of 1930s painting...
A quick follow-up, as I start entering photos:
The Elkman tool lists the architect for the Minden post office as William E. L. Bunn. Bunn was actually the painter of the mural inside; the architect listed on the cornerstone is Louis A. Simon. Is this an error that should be reported, or is this just something we have to live with because of the limitations of the database structure?
Also: I've got photos of the interior that include the mural; and since the mural is given as the reason for the NRHP listing, I'd like to go back and get some pictures of it specifically. Would there be copyright issues with my uploading such photos, or would the mural's age and/or federal-goverment-work status make it public-domain material?
Thanks-- I apologize for continuing to bother you; and if and when I come to know the system as well as you, will try to be as forbearing with novices as you've been with me.
Your summary of the situation was correct; I'm waiting to hear about the copyright status before I upload the rest of my interior photos of the Minden post office. For what it's worth, all of the pictures I took were intended to illustrate the interior of the building, and none focuses on the mural. One shows only the left one-third of the mural; the other two show all or almost all of it, but only as details of the scene-- in one, the mural takes up about 20% of the photo area; in the other, less than 10%. Does the "background" nature of the mural in these photos affect the copyright situation?
I've got a Y chromosome myself.
Thanks for the comments re. Sweetwater Mill Bridge. One unexpected benefit of this project is that I'm learning something about bridge structure-- though I'm still not sure if I know what a Pratt truss is.
Since bridges are often listed for engineering significance, and since I don't know much about bridge engineering, I figure I have to take lots of pictures in hopes of catching the important details. I don't want to take a hatful of panoramic pictures of the bridge, only to discover that it's listed chiefly because it uses left-handed bolts...
I want to create bar chart for population (for determine an annual trend), please advised me for starting point of bar chart.
example : if county has population
July 2000 Estimate 43874 July 2001 Estimate 44437 July 2002 Estimate 45160 July 2003 Estimate 45766 July 2004 Estimate 46941 July 2005 Estimate 47882 July 2006 Estimate 49039 July 2007 Estimate 49830 July 2008 Estimate 50364
for this chart what should i take starting point???
usually i take starting point 40000, its ok or not???
some one tell me that you must take starting point 0 (zero) is that correct???
Which is better example 1 or example 2 ???
Thanks Worldenc ( talk) 07:44, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
I encountered a potential problem in National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Nebraska#Merrick_County, and I'm not sure what (if anything) to do about it.
The Nelson Farm is listed at 1139 M St. in Central City. There is no such address in the city; and the linked map shows the place about four miles west of town.
I suspect that the 1139 M address is correct, but it's by the county-road system and not the Central City system. The city and the county both use lettered and numbered roads, but the systems don't match up.
Unfortunately, the article tends to make the casual reader (by which I mean me) think that it's a Central City address; and a casual reader who went looking for the site (by which I mean me) would experience a certain amount of frustration trying to find it.
My own inclination would be to change the address to "1139 County Road M", or to "4 miles west of Central City: 1139 M". But that's based on original research...
The Elkman tool doesn't bring up information for the site (which was added in August 2009), so I don't know if this is an NRIS issue or not.
Thanks, and I apologize for flinging yet another problem at you--
Feeling wikistress? Wish you could have a vacation someplace with two dozen waterfalls? Well the next best thing is here!
If you want to, please come look at pictures of waterfalls and pick which ones you like best. You'll be helping make a better article too.
Thanks, Dincher ( talk) and Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:15, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
P.S. That wikilink again: User talk:Ruhrfisch/Waterfalls
Thanks for the note. I usually do try to track down information about locations on the state HPO, but in this case, I was in a hurry to get through the new Kansas listings and didn't take the time. Besides, I know I can always count on you to check my work. ;^) -- sanfranman59 ( talk) 23:58, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
A new user went and typed a new article over the existing article for the former NASCAR driver. The new article is in decent shape and the new person appears to be notable enough. My question is how do we deal with this problem yet stay within the GDFL. Is it enough to just do a cut and paste to the new article or is the deletion/history-merge admin thingy needed? I looked around for some time and didn't come up with anything clear. I'm hoping (and guessing) that you or one of your talk page stalkers knows of the top of their head. Thanks! Royal broil 13:56, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
Please don't perform article renames without raising the matter on the talk page, and following the procedures set out in WP:MOVE. Johnbod ( talk) 15:00, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
Hey Nyttend - it looks like that editor you reverted on the Georgia page is making all kinds of random vandalism edits all over the place. Do you have the tools to deal with this, or do you know someone who does? I'm going to start reverting . . . Oy. H0n0r ( talk) 05:12, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for swapping my Paul Revere HOuse into NHL Boston. I'm always a little reluctant to replace an existing photo with one of my own -- I did it on NRHP Boston, then had second thoughts -- the other was a perfectly good photo, probably more realistic of the usual view, complete with tourists -- I just paid a little more attention to not having people in it. (Actually it was serendipity -- Mariner's House is two doors up the street.)
Query -- is there an easier way to upload multiple photos than http://commons.wikimedia.org/?title=Special:Upload&uselang=ownwork. After one of my shoots, I typically have 15-20 images to upload, and it takes half, three-quarters of an hour on Commons doing them on at a time. I use HotCat for adding any special categories (schools, churches, cemeteries, etc.), and the description comes out of my Excel spreadsheet that generates file names, so most of the time is just waiting for Commons. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 23:36, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Hello Nyttend. Please see WP:AN3#User:Nyttend reported by Sswonk (talk) (Result: ). Though it's not my place to resolve the matter here, if your view is that WP:NRHP requires the capitalization of the source file to be followed literally, how do you explain that the entries you've been reverting are the only ones in the list that are all caps? And do you actually want the source list's distinction of USS from U.S.S. to be faithfully preserved? Surely such unusual literalness would need to be justified by a consensus that you can point to somewhere. Wars over style are the most painful, so I hope this one can be compromised somehow. EdJohnston ( talk) 23:27, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Howdy Nyttend. I noticed on a few maps recently that both sides of the Jerome Street Bridge (aka Lysle Blvd or 5th Avenue Bridge) touch down in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. I realize the NRHP lists the bridge as being between McKeesport and Glassport, Pennsylvania, but that area directly on the other side of the bridge is still considered McKeesport based on my trusty County Road Map as well as the Allegheny County Municipal Map. This is a bit confusing, I know, but if one looks at the bridge on various maps, there's the side that is clearly in McKeesport and then there's a wedge of land on the other side of the river that is neither in Glassport nor Port Vue, Pennsylvania. That wedge is still considered McKeesport according to the most recent and reliable maps that I have seen, and according to these maps, the Jerome Street Bridge touches down within the boundaries of McKeesport, PA, on both sides of the Youghiogheny River. It can be pretty confusing to see though. Leepaxton ( talk) 03:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
A favor, please:
They're too similar to use them both. I think I like the second better, but are we artists or architectural historians? Thanks, . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 15:07, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
Sure, I can add references. Would it all right if I used NPS Focus instead of NRIS for the one reference? Niagara Don't give up the ship 00:36, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Hey Nyttend, do you care to explain this? Is the problem that a timeline isn't prose? I'm wondering, since I have seen quite a few timelines and never realized they might off-limits. Thanks, Drmies ( talk) 05:26, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Concerning the post of lister in Albany, Vermont or any other Vermont town. "Listers" are like city real estate appraisers. They construct the "Grand List" of real estate values for the town government. Thus the name. There are often three of them because they are essentially amateurs. Highly trained nowdays, but still nearly unpaid and ostensibly prone to error. They "vote" on appraisals of property which allows two of them to outvote the third one when a large disagreement ensues. So there are usually three. One of the problems here is that we probably need an article and a pointer to lister from the infobox. Student7 ( talk) 22:10, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
I reverted your cleanup on this article. The reason I did so while yours does look grammatically better there were sources on there that covered you citation needed and describexd the article itself. Caan we figure a way to do both so we are both happy? Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 22:33, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
You have to read the sources to say it's not there......In carousel news it plainly says this albeit way down. " In 1940, the City Commissioner of Parks and Highways arranged for Pueblo Public Park District No. 2 to purchase C.W. Parker #72. The ride was installed south and east of Goodnight Avenue; however it lacked a building to protect it at this point. " Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 22:52, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Nyttend. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 23:44, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Did you even look at the Carousel News Date before saying it was out of date? you said "How are we to know that the Pueblo Park District No. 2 and the Pueblo City Park are identical? How am I to know that it has never since been sold? I don't appreciate the condescension" (Monday, 16 November 2009 ) Kinda odd to be out of date after only a week? Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 01:07, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
I responded. SADADS ( talk) 06:07, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
Congregation Adath Jeshurun now the First Haitian Baptist Church.. . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 15:46, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Why was a Federal Government photo tagged for copyright violation. This was a National Historic Register photo. Please explain
Stundra ( talk) 16:13, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Would you please:
A) Move Ellen Swallow Richards Residence on top of its current redirect Ellen Swallow Richards House.
B) Approve me for AWB on Commons -- I'm already using it on Wikipedia [14] (Impatient aren't I?)
C) Share with me any list you might have of Commons categories that I ought to look at when uploading. I've already noted your changes to the First Church, Jamaica Plain images. Don't bother to make them state specific, just a quick list will be fine.
Thanks, . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 16:43, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
Talk:Sapphawitthayakhom School shows you deleted it in July 2009 as a talk page of a non-existent page. There was no previous version of Sapphawitthayakhom School. Can you review the deleted version of this page and see if there is anything relevant to the current talk page worth merging in, such as a banner or an importance-rating on a wikiproject? Thanks.
By the way, I hope you enjoy/enjoyed your vacation. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 23:49, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for you and your contributions here! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:57, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
Could you please review the discussion here and let me know what you think about these demographic maps that were added and reverted? I don't see the problem in them - they add a nice touch for research. However, there are some split sides. How do you feel? Westonjoe ( talk) 02:10, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Ucucha ( talk) 02:43, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nyttend,
I've reverted your moves of the Geneseo, New York articles. As you can see from the talk page, the town and village articles are intentionally merged, and with good reason. Please do not make any further such changes before consensus is reached on that talk page. Cheers, bdesham ★ 04:37, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
I saw your post on Finetooth's page. I have already saved all the forms for Sullivan and Lycoming counties. Do we want to corrdinate who has saved what? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:05, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
(out) Wow! That is great (and amazingly fast). Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3 was destroyed in a 1996 flood and removed from the Register. Not sure about the others. Thanks so much, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:50, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Ruhrfisch ><>°° has done: Bradford, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union Wayne, Wyoming. Total is 24 counties as of 22:18, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
OK ... am I correct the the completed counties to date are in bold and planned in italics? I want to see what's left to do
Adams
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Bedford
Berks
Blair
Bradford
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
Cameron
Carbon
Centre
Chester
Clarion
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin
Delaware
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Forest
Franklin
Fulton
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
Lackawanna
Lancaster
Lawrence
Lebanon
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming
McKean
Mercer
Mifflin
Monroe
Montgomery
Montour
Northampton
Northumberland
Perry
Philadelphia
Pike
Potter
Schuylkill
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Tioga
Union
Venango
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Westmoreland
Wyoming
York
Thanks in advance ... -- Pubdog ( talk) 02:26, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
I can take care of Delaware, Indiana, Lebanon & Lehigh. Cheers-- Pubdog ( talk) 23:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC) Delaware, Indiana, Lebanon & Lehigh now done.-- Pubdog ( talk) 10:55, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
(out) I realized Philadelphia is already alphabetically sorted, so that would work there too. I think I am saving all the information you are, just in a different form. For example, the first entry for Sullivan County is "Ricketts, Clemuel, Mansion" and the URL to the PDF is " http://www.arch.state.pa.us/pdfs/H000623_01B.pdf". I save the PDF as "H000623_01B Ricketts, Clemuel, Mansion.pdf" in a folder for Sullivan County. I also have the whole county search page saved. Although I wouldn't save one of these pictures (the building is on HABR anyway), the link there is http://www.arch.state.pa.us/images/hires/H000623_01B.jpg and if I saved an image it would be as "H000623_01B Ricketts, Clemuel, Mansion.jpg" so my name alwayssaves the URL and the NRHP listing name. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:45, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
Although it is not obvious from the guide, this is the park that contains the Canfield Island Site from the Audubon Guide here. Here is a website that shows the park has the island site here. There is also a Native American PowWow there each summer newspaper article. I think this could be a DYK. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:42, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
What do you think? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:05, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
1854's A new and complete gazetteer of the United States... If you haven't thumbed through it yet, it's a great wealth of little tidbits of information... - Adolphus79 ( talk) 04:56, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Huron celebrated its bicentennial this year (1809 plus 200). You don't have to put it back in, though. I was already going to do what you did after New Year's Day. Zars ( talk) 07:55, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the offer. I created three NRHP articles recently as sidebars to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, which I hope to nominate at FAC in late December. Those are the only Pennsylvania NRHPs I've ever done, and (after reading your note) I had to look up CRGIS and ARCH to see what they referred to. I've done some NRHPs in Oregon, which has a handy state-generated list, and I'd like to do something with that long list of NRHP red links in Laramie, Wyoming, some day. Laramie is close to GA but needs stuff about prehistory and has problems related to layout and non-RS sourcing in places. Anyway, thanks; I may call on you for help as situations arise. Finetooth ( talk) 15:28, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Holidays/Christmas task force is more or less a joint subproject of both Holidays and Christianity. Unfortunately, I capitalized the C in Christmas in the Chritianity banner, when the templage has it as a small c, so it didn't appear in the banner shell. Thanks for catching that. John Carter ( talk) 23:26, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Can you use some of your word smithing magic again? I've added a lot of info. I would like to clarify what I asked earlier. The plaques I'm referring to tell us there was a Hanging tree in Union Ave and was cut down. Also there is a business there that talks about how aPueblo fell from the graces as the "Saddle Making Capital of the World" I would like to add these details however the only concrete info I can find is located ONSITE and not in print. How can I include these things without violating the Original Research policy? Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 05:58, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
I am going to initiate a seperate section on Obamas visit. The only reason I do this is because his visit on Union ave cause major waves in Pueblo. We just defeated a motion to get a mayor. The reason we were even vting on it was the fact that the union district was closed down and the effect it had on the merchants in the area. There is a plethora of sources and well worth noting. Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 14:32, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
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This is for your excellent work on Union Avenue Historic Commercial District. You bypassed our initial spat in a mature, thoughtful and completely helpful manner. For this I thank you very much Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 15:26, 3 December 2009 (UTC) |
Will have some checks ,advise to ask, wording moves in a hour or so if you'd like!. Smallbones ( talk) 01:34, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
It's ok now, but an edit conflict on something that size scares me. I need to do some renumbering, and I can do that and a last round of checks once everything is in place. Here's my plan. 3 lists
This would mean that the "somewhere else" wording would need to be changed.
I'll add the two new articles, renumber, and get back to you on the move. Worst comes to worst, we delete the new articles. Smallbones ( talk) 01:50, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nyttend,
I would like to know the reason for the deletion of the page on "Neighbourhood Community Network". How should I improve upon it to avoid further deletion?
Thanks, Afshan Jihush
220.225.196.38 ( talk) 06:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Wuh Wuz Dat 06:30, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
I saw your comment at Wikipedia:Bot requests. Using citation templates is pretty easy. Just go to WP:CIT and pick which kind of template you want to use, either for a book, news article, or web page. Then fill in the blanks, deleting the parameters that you don't need. Then that template goes in the <ref>...</ref> tags.-- Blargh29 ( talk) 17:45, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
The revison I made that you reverted took the name of the road near the site as seen on Google Maps. Pennsylvania Route 423 is nowhere near Chester County. This could possibly be a misspelling of Pennsylvania Route 23, which is a few miles to the north. When making these NRHP tables, make sure to check that the roads are accurately listed as there have been numerous errors with this before. --- Dough 48 72 18:01, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello: I have not looked into what the images that you are referring in your note to me are, but mostly I only upload my own pictures and if they are not mine I am pretty careful about copyright issues. My name is Einar Einarsson Kvaran and I frequently use "EEK" or 'eek' or even "eeeeeeeeek" in its stead. usually the older the image is the less careful I tended to be. Thanks for tracking me down and checking this out. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 20:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Wuh Wuz Dat 07:13, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Personally I think that National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania, etc. should take a lower case letter on eastern, northern and southern. Note that Template:National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania agrees with me and that until a few moments ago, National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania was a red link with fifty or more incoming links! — RHaworth ( talk · contribs) 11:31, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
I fully understand your reference requirement, and have added a link to the Swanton Historical Society's website to support the fact that the Swanton Covered Railroad Bridge burned in 1987. I realize that my word probably doesn't count for much, but I was visiting friends in Swanton the night it happened, and we went out and watched it go. Some high school kids had been partying on the bridge: they started a fire that got out of control (downright stupid and accidental, but not arson).
While I was at it, I noticed that existing coordinates placed the bridge in Highgate, which is the next town to the east, over 4 miles from the bridge's correct location (described as "SOUTH of Swanton," meaning the village), and I corrected that as well. As long as it is still listed, we might as well locate it properly. If you look at this new location in the satellite image, you can see the pillars in the river and the railbed leading to them, but there's no bridge as of the date of that sat image.
To further complicate things, there is once again a bridge there. This one is also listed on the NRHP (as West Milton Bridge, NRIS 92001173). It was dismantled in 1994 and reassembled on this spot just this year as part of a recreation path (see Swanton Footbridge). As such, the structure is almost twenty miles north of where the NRHP listing says it is.
I have contacted the National Park Service regarding the proper status of these and other listings of buildings and structures which have been moved or otherwise no longer stand where the listings place them (such as the Chittenden County Courthouse in Burlington, which is now a parking lot).
-- Mfwills ( talk) 11:49, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment on that blooper. As it happens, I noticed it largely because a newbie had created a personal essay under the title Sharps Chapel and it had gone to AfD (where I noticed it). Since I knew that Sharps Chapel, Tennessee is a real place that has been needing an article, I went about converting it into an article. The most interesting thing that I found was an item (by the head of an historic preservation organization) about that NRHP-listed house. Not only did I declare the NRIS-listed place name to be erroneous, but it's unclear what the property name is (NRIS has "Baite Ousley House" but the local preservationist calls it "Bait Ousley House"), and there was an error in the name of the lake in the location description. I'm also not sure that it was correct to say it's "north" of the lake (since lake can be found in pretty much every direction from that spot), but I'm not concerned about that part. The good news is that Sharps Chapel now has an article, and the B. Ousley House should make for a pretty interesting article in the future -- after the correct name of the house has been resolved. -- Orlady ( talk) 15:06, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
You have removed various of my comments from the Summary column in National Register of Historic Places articles.
I would appreciate a clarification of what is acceptable there. If not to provide some history of the listed place, possibly to include some idea of the place's current status, what is the column for? If something not related in the NRHP listing is known about the place, if the building or structure no longer exists or has been moved, shouldn't that be communicated in some fashion?
Mfwills ( talk) 16:01, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
I have restored the notability tag to the article as I think the notability is not properley established. Questions have been raised on the talk page. I have been trying to establish whether being on The Register is enough but no joy yet with that. There is little by why of evidence of notability in the Cox-Craddock House article yet. I think it might be best to make a case on the talk page before or during your deletion of a notability tag. Best wishes ( Msrasnw ( talk) 15:45, 6 December 2009 (UTC))
But does "junction" mean "1200 feet from the junction, down a country road"? (I would get lost if people gave me directions to the junction when they mean I need to turn at the junction and continue for almost a quarter of a mile.) -- Orlady ( talk) 15:42, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
Hey Nyttend...I had the Hopkins Stone Building picture deleted because it was still showing up as the mausoleum even after I uploaded the newer version. I think I mentioned that to you earlier. It was like the Commons reverted it back or something. I tried uploading it again with the same name and it wouldn't let me, so I figured I might as well start over. I have uploaded the correct file ( File:Hopkins Stone building site.jpg) and am placing it back on the NRHP in Portage County article again. -- JonRidinger ( talk) 01:41, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I would very much appreciate if you would stop undoing the edits made on the Caro, Michigan page. Caro is now a city and as such should be allowed to be shown as so on Wikipedia. You may not be able to find any sources online that tell you this, and that's fine, Caro is a smaller town. However, I have listed two sources that are both local in nature that prove the validity of Caro's status change. Both http://www.tuscolatoday.com/news/2009/nov/14/caro-council-meets-city/ which is our local newspaper site, and http://www.carovillage.net/ which is our city council site, prove that we are now a city. Our corporation limit signs have also been changed to read "Caro City Limit" as well. Mrhercli89 ( talk) 14:45, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
It looks fine to me - you added more information and categories than I did (so I will go back and add to the three I did). Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:02, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I just ask my wife about the colors. She always has to keep an eye on what I'm wearing. I wonder a little bit about the pics and am always on the lookout for better of a similar place. I find more than a few on Flickr. Speaking of pics, File:Lincoln School, West Mayfield.jpg in West Mayfield is apparently mislabeled. The name above the door is Liberty. Was there a name change at some point that wasn't etched in stone? Have you seen the color tests at Color blindness? I can see the rainbows okay. But those numbers on what looks like floor tiles? Forget it. Dincher ( talk) 22:40, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
TN X Man 13:51, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
⇌ Jake Wartenberg 18:14, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Desiccation-cracks hg.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Maedin\ talk 13:35, 9 December 2009 (UTC) |
Hi Nyttend, thanks for noticing the transclusion error and for taking the time to fix it! Maedin\ talk 13:35, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi - thanks for the message. I can confirm that the recent additions bear no relation to the references. While the information may be accurate, it is therefore unsourced, and some appears to be opinion. Warofdreams talk 01:00, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for my late response there. -- Dylan 620 ( contribs, logs, review) 21:15, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Re. our recent discussion of the WPA mural in the Minden, Nebraska post office: I recently found a USPS page [16] dealing with the subject of copyrights on WPA art in PO's. Judging by all the restrictions they impose, photos of the murals would definitely not be suitable for uploading to WP Commons. Indeed, it sounds as though I could be packed off to Botany Bay just for having taken high-resolution pictures of them.
Congratulations - I see the article is in Template:Did you know/Queue/5, so it will be on the Main Page before too long. Nice picture too! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:24, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
I just vandalized your page by changing your "times vandalized" number on the userbox from 49 to 50. So technically, my vandalism was not vandalism because my change ended up being correct! Don't you just love vandalism paradoxes? :D T24G ( talk) 02:22, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
⇌ Jake Wartenberg 03:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
-- Elkman (Elkspeak) 21:27, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
I included the date as it is when the bridge was listed on the NRHP, so it is in effect the publication date for the photo and the form. I believe that almost all of the PennDOT bridges on the MPS (TR) were listed the same day, perhaps even all. Agree that the photos were taken well befor that, in fact the MPS form talks about the survey PennDOT did, when I assume the pictures were taken.
On a side note, how sad to see all the Pennsylvania covered bridges that have been delisted (above). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:28, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I'll try to download all the pdfs and photos tomorrow (I hope I understand the assignment re ARCH files). Smallbones ( talk) 04:50, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
All 300+ of them? Very well, you're well aware of how many there are :-) While it's not necessary, I'd advise you to record the URL for every file that you download: it will allow us to cite it as an online document, rather than as a print source. Thanks very much! Nyttend (talk) 05:00, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
OK, I have everything in the Southern CC except Pennsbury - You got it? - and New Garden only 2 there, so I'll finish if somebody got Pennsbury. Smallbones ( talk) 04:55, 15 December 2009 (UTC) and got Pennsbury just in case. Done. Smallbones ( talk) 05:19, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
User:CosmicPenguin and User:Nyttend. In late 2008 CP nominated Yanceys, Wyoming for deletion. Nyttend, you opposed that deletion and the article was kept. In my on-going efforts to expand articles related to Yellowstone, I have created an article John F. Yancey which seems to me to be a more appropriate approach than Yanceys, Wyoming. As such, I have proposed that Yanceys, Wyoming be merged into John F. Yancey. Do you all concur?-- Mike Cline ( talk) 17:25, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks...I forgot about those. As for the NCIS thing, someone keeps adding that Agent Gibbs is from Stillwater, Pennsylvania (I guess there's notability or trivia issues or something wrong with it) and seems to appear only when the episode "Heartland" airs.
By the way, I found a unique error in the Lancaster County list. #82003797 and #04000399 are of the same electric locomotive (I've started an article in my sandbox, if you want more details on it). In short, it was listed in 1982, moved in 1986 and listed again 2004. According to the 2004 nomination form, it was delisted after it was moved but that doesn't appear to have happened. Thoughts? Niagara Don't give up the ship 02:45, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
If someone was watching it on CBS, it was a new and different episode and, because Stillwater hasn't popped up on my watchlist again, it must not have been that obvious (I haven't seen it yet, so I wouldn't know). Niagara Don't give up the ship 02:39, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
"recreated, but not by previous authors", I am one of authors of the article. Why you removed the page ? — Neustradamus ( ✉) 07:39, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
After Smallbones asked about a PennDOT OTRS photo, I finally went through and made sure my list at USer:Ruhrfisch/Frog1 was complete. The bad news is that I had stopped adding metal-truss bridges to the table, so some were missing (T33 to T49) compared to the NRHP PennDOT Bridges Multiple Property Submission. The good news is I added them all to Frog1 and I downloaded all the photos from ARCH, which is still up. I will upload them to Commons and put them in the county lists.
The puzzle is as follows. There is a bridge listed on the PennDOT MPS that is also on ARCH: " Bridge between East Manchester & Newberry Townships" However, it is not listed on National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Pennsylvania and it is commented out on List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. My guess is that is was destroyed / delisted. Do you know what is going on with it? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
PS I checked Elkman's delisted properties list here and do not see it there by that name. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:40, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
I have never seen that at FAC - I have seen people asking the USA or US state be delinked, per WP:OVERLINK. I know on at least one occasion I have seen someone say that the country must be added to the first sentence at FAC, but I am not sure now what article that was for. I looked at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names) and it only prohibits putting the USA in the article title, not the first sentence: A United States city's article should never be titled "city, country" (e.g., "Detroit, United States") or "city, state, country" (e.g., "Kansas City, Missouri, USA"). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:13, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello --- thanks so much for adding a picture of the original Bridge between Monroe and Penn Townships. You're the best!-- Pubdog ( talk) 22:58, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
I've never seen a pic for the CCC buildings, but then again I've never looked. I will look on Flickr tomorrow, maybe. I can't access flickr from "work" will be here until midnight and then have to teach 2nd grade at 7:30 tomorrow. I can't be messing with Flickr tonight. Must be nice to the wee ones. Dincher ( talk) 04:10, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for ctaching those on File:Map of Beaver County Pennsylvania With Municipal and Township Labels.png. I have fixed all three - may have to WP:BYC to see that changes. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:09, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
In response to the comment left on the reference desk (17th December) I would be very greatful for any infomation on the president printed, online, primary , secondry whatever it all helps. 88.106.62.217 ( talk) 01:21, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nyttend- Each state has its own system for assigning numbers, if it overlaps counties it can be assigned seperate numbers for each county it overlaps, or, as seems to be your case, it is give the site one county designation. It usually makes no difference, since most reports and records will list both numbers. Bill Whittaker 20:36, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
How do I do it? I use SPAM-B-GONE™, another fine product of the SPAMCO Corporation...
Okay, I lied.
Actually, I just use a few pages as the jumping off point and eyeball what they throw up. These include:
Sadly, that's sufficient to keep me busy. And thanks for the support. -- Calton | Talk 05:38, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
You have been a great admin and I want to reward you. Kind of my way of giving you a barnstar. Do you want me to make you a custom signature? Btilm 04:57, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi! You declined my speedy deletion request for the above-linked page. I placed it in conjunction with this requested move, which I'm trying to close. Sorry for not linking to the discussion in the speedy template itself! What was proposed at the RM seems like a pretty sensible rearrangement of redirects and pages, but I've never closed a RM before, so I may have the wrong idea. Would you remind reviewing the discussion there, and seeing if the redirect should be deleted and/or if I'm in error? Thanks! — æk Talk 05:07, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Btilm 05:10, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
I removed the A7 speedy tag you placed on National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Capital Chapter IMO the mentions of lobbying at the federal level indicated at least a claim of significance. obviously independent sources would be needed for this to survive an AfD, but I suspect they might be out there. I know that individual chapters of national organizations are usually not notable, but sometimes they are, and a chapter in the national capital is significantly more likely to attract independent coverage IMO. I think this needs either to be given some time to develop, or at worst, sent to AfD. DES (talk) 06:10, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Would you please glance at Commons:Category:Buildings in Boston, Massachusetts? Three of the twelve major subcats include "Massachusetts"; the rest do not. Having to remember which is which is a nuisance. Am I right that it is "correct" to omit "Massachusetts" in this context and other similar places? If so, I'll move the three and the main category. Thanks. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward ( talk • contribs) 13:01, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Hey man you helped me out the other day with my question about JD, thanks for the link and your right its huge!! I tryed opening it my computers just crashes if you could post the relevant pages up on my talk page I would be really greatful Thanks again dude, King Alaric ( talk) 16:48, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Here you go!- Blargh29 ( talk) 18:02, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi NYT ... When creating new tables of sites removed from the NRHP, I've been in the habit of removing the wiki-links for the sites since (a) they probably lose their notability claim when they're no longer on the Register and (b) in many cases, these sites have been removed because they no longer exist. I see that you reinstated the wiki-links I removed at National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Louisville, Kentucky#Former listings. Perhaps this bears some discussion at WT:NRHP, but I thought I'd post a note here first to solicit your thoughts. -- sanfranman59 ( talk) 19:33, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Okay. I have a few signatures you might like.
The talk to me part links to your user talk page. You will have to put it on another page to see the full effect. Tell me what you think of it. Btilm 19:44, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Was out of the country for a week. Just read your note. Looks like you've solved the problem. If not, I'll be around, but a week behind in regular editing for awhile. Cheers! Student7 ( talk) 23:04, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
The reason for speedy deletion on this article was that it has no sources for confirmation. Users should prep their articles to an acceptable state before posting them as new pages. As you know they can do this on a sandbox. I suggest this article be moved to the user's sandbox and the user be notified. Thanks AlexGWU ( talk) 02:38, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
I notice that the article i created Syro Malabar Church Religious Congregations was deleted. It is a list of Congregations of Syro Malabar Church and since its a list almost same information can be found in many books as well as article. I believe such a thing is not a criteria for deletion.
Before listing a deletion review request, i would like to see if you can review the request.
Pamparam ( talk) 03:24, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
The main content was an alphabetical list. That was also not completely identical as in the link you cited. The list in the article was tyler made. If you think there are issues with the description dont you think a wikify tag is proper than deletion. I would like to see if you can review the deletion. Pamparam ( talk) 03:33, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
I mean the list was tailer made ( sorry for the typo) not from the site which was given as a copy right violation. In fact it was a specific list on Syro Malabar Church Congregations. That article contained a description about the Congregations ( such as overview and evolution) and a list of congregations. Do you think i should take this up in deletion review. Please suggest. Pamparam ( talk) 04:04, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Is there a way in which you can provide me the list with out going for WP:DR. I can work on the description to wikify if needed. I dont want to type the list again if there is a way. Pamparam ( talk) 04:27, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate your help with this. I will use the list and re create the article with a brief introduction. Thanks Pamparam ( talk) 05:36, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Sir, your comment on the addition of the Ghost Ranch homepage was: Looks like spam. I herewith would like to invite you to look into the Ghost Ranch page and furthermore into the Wikipedia page on the subject. Perhaps you might change your change/deletion after looking at the importance of the place. Please, also refer to Abiquiú, New Mexico, which is the geographical home to the ranch. I would be enchanted and thank you in advance.== 91.35.210.53 ( talk) 15:49, 21 December 2009 (UTC) As Ihave registered with the english language Wiki by now her is my new "name". Have you been able to check home page of the Ghost Ranch at Abiquiú, NM ? If not, please do. Thanking you in advance-- Letdemsay ( talk) 13:39, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the pages very much appreciated i'll be fine with the refrencing thanks if you could just let me know the title of the artical, the writer and the date of publication it would be really helpful cheers again. King Alaric ( talk) 17:15, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on Bozeman, Montana. You will be amused to know that some locals DO refer to the community as "the Bozone". But few living outside of the community know that. Montanabw (talk) 00:30, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
When you get a chance, please check the edit history for Akron, Ohio as another edit war has begun as one user continues to add poorly-written and most times unsourced content to the article. Of particular note is the "Spoken Dialects" section (also known as Dialects and Accent in previous edits) that seems largely unneeded since Akron doesn't really have a significant accent or dialect. At the very least additional insights and opinions would help. Thanks -- JonRidinger ( talk) 01:58, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment on Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. One of the middle aged guys from the Boston Globe article in the references appears to be the one that is no longer in the community. I am not sure if he died or chose to leave. Until writing and researching this article I had assumed that all the Shakers were long gone. They are remarkable in the fact that they are still around when the other celibates are (I think) long gone. Dincher ( talk) 04:33, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I've deleted this image, as it was tagged as nonfree-with-no-rationale for more than a week. Some days ago, you tagged the image with an OTRS-received template (ticket 2009111710033771), but didn't change the licensing. Was the email insufficient for permission? Please restore the image if permission was satisfactory. Nyttend ( talk) 04:59, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Also i wanted to tell you i had no problem with your edit to the page and admit i was the one that put it like that. I wish had more editors working on the page, besides the random ip adresses, alot of time i feel like the only working soul on the farm.-- Threeblur0 ( talk) 13:00, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Dincher ( talk) 20:25, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I already watch your talk page and will be glad to try and keep a closer eye on it - with the holidays I imagine I will not be online as much as I normally am (pesky real life), but I should be able to respond to things within several hours or at least on that same day, and should be around, especially in the evenings. Have a good and safe trip, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:42, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
I see that you have twice removed a speedy deletion tag from GRES Renascer de Jacarepaguá, with edit summaries saying that CSD A7 does not apply to schools. Did you read my edit summary when I restored the tag after you removed it the first time? A Samba School is a group of people who dance the Samba, frequently in processions in carnivals and the like: it is not a "school" in the normal sense of the word, i.e. it is not an educational institution. I see no reason why CSD A7 should not be applied here, just as it could be used for a "school of thought" or a "school of whales". I intend to propose the article for speedy deletion again, but before doing so I shall wait a short while to give you a chance to explain why I am wrong if I have missed something. JamesBWatson ( talk) 16:56, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
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'Fraid not, although this blatant hoax led to me learning about the Nile Lechwe and the Sitatunga, so I guess this cloud has a silver lining. A Stop at Willoughby ( talk) 04:40, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Do you suppose any salting may be in order here? There seems to be a long (albeit intermittent) history of negative unsourced BLP recreation over at ALFREDO CHIACIG, CHIACIG ALFREDO, Chiacig crime family, CHIACIG, Alfredo Chiacig and Alfredo chiacig. Steamroller Assault ( talk) 05:08, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Have a safe trip! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 13:15, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you know I did an edit on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Township,_Logan_County,_Ohio and I added a section to note the Bickham Covered Bridge and used your pictures from the commons. Get in touch with me if you like. Strangersound ( talk) 03:59, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
I notice you remove an external link from the Legend Lake, Wisconsin article. Many of these unincorporated areas in Wisconsin have lake protection and rehabilition districts not to mention the various land owners associations that help the towns with some of the various duties. The Legend Lake Rehabilition District is a local government agency. I hope you will reconsider. Hope you are well. Happy New Year. Thanks- RFD ( talk) 18:14, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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