Thanks for adding some wonderful pics of Perry County.
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If you're ever photographing in Gettysburg, could you try to get a picture of the Alexander Dobbin House? Besides its NR significance, I'd like to have a picture online because its namesake was one of the earliest ministers in my denomination, and our denominational archives might find it useful. Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 22:05, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Neat, I've been meaning to go downtown to get photos of the 3 buildings listed collectively on the NRHP at F&M, to replace the postcard.
On a somewhat related note, there was an interesting article in the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era a couple days ago about C. Emlen Urban, the Lancaster-architect that designed some the buildings that are on the NRHP in Lancaster (namely the Stevens High School, the Kirk Johnson Building, and the W. W. Griest Building).[1] Niagara Don't give up the ship 16:50, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Could you check to see if these changes are really in line with the source? Nyttend (talk) 11:06, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
I like your AC pics. I took most of the same ones the next day. Just went to look at uploading and found you'd beat me to it! Did you get the Segal Building as well? I'll leave it for you if you did. Lvklock (talk) 04:15, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks so much for the image! I've notified the man who oversees the images at our denominational archives; hopefully he'll find it useful. Nyttend (talk) 16:57, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones; as you're obviously the main author of Seth Kinman, I thought that it could be of interest to you that I translated most of this article (only slightly shortened) for the German-language Wikipedia, see de:Seth Kinman :-) Gestumblindi (talk) 20:36, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
While adding or rating Pennsylvania article templates, I came across the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation article, which has an account of disputes between the Foundation and Washington & Jefferson College, followed by separate lists of bridges, historic districts, public landmarks, and Residential landmarks/farmsteads. These lists overlap the separate article National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
It is an accepted fact in maintaining lists, that having two lists updated separately by different editors inevitably leads to divergent content. Because of the multiple lists in one article, and a single list in the other article, it is difficult to tell how much divergence there is now. I have not attempted to compare.
That said, I am at a loss to decide what should be done about the situation. As a veteran editor with far more experience than I have with NRHP lists, I am seeking your advice. If we can agree on an approach, then that could be posted on the talk pages of the two articles, and contributing editors can be asked to make an effort. Please respond right here on your talk page, to keep the discussion together. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:49, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Just wanted to say — I do disagree with a stub assessment, since (1) it's far larger than "an article containing only a few sentences of text which is too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject", and (2) this was featured at DYK, which doesn't allow stubs. Nyttend (talk) 02:15, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
The articles Belfield Estate and Charles Willson Peale House overlap, with far too little detail in the latter article, compared with the former one.Perhaps they should be merged, or perhaps some of the material in Belfield Estate should be in the CWP House article instead. In either case, thereis far more information about Belfield and the estate in books about CWP and online than is covered in either article.
Another puzzle for me is that Belfield Estate has NRHP and HDCP infobox headings, and CWP House has NRHP and NHL infobox headings, but I cannot find either of them in the appropriate Philadelphia lists. Shouldn't they be there? Perhaps I am missing something, though. What would you advise?--DThomsen8 (talk) 20:59, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Good idea, and thanks. Andrew Jameson (talk) 15:31, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the Iowa WPA guide. I was unaware of it, and even though it's out-dated it offers some information that I can use to expand some of the work I've already done. More to the point, I knew many of things that are written in the guide, but I did not have the reference for some of them so I had to leave the details out of the articles.
I'm not a big fan of "Stubs", but quite frankly there is no other way to deal with some of these properties. I know I've written some stub articles and then went back and expanded them when I was able to locate a reference for them. I've also expanded articles that others created as stubs, so I do see a value in them. To be honest, I'm runnng out of material for the Scott County proprties on the NRHP and so I think we are going to have to resort to stubs for the rest. I am working with someone in the Quad City area on the Davenport articles. He has volunteered to take the photos. I will also take a few as I am able.
Thanks for the contact. Farragutful (talk) 20:25, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks – I was pleasantly surprised when Raul scheduled it. Not a lot of time to make sure it was OK, so I must have forgotten to put the toilet pic in... ;-) Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:27, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
CTJF83 chat 23:54, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello Smallbones. I appreciate the comments on List of properties (Hartford City Courthouse Square Historic District). Unfortunately, I live in Maryland, and will not get back to Indiana (probably) until 2015. If anyone wants to add pictures to the list, especially where they are missing, please do so — the properties without photos on East Washington Street should have the highest priority. Otherwise, I will fill in the missing photos in 2015 (class reunion). You mentioned change name, "finish photos, then apply for featured list." I won't be doing that until I can get the missing pictures, but how does one apply for a featured list? TwoScars (talk) 02:01, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks—I don't spend a lot of time in Omaha, but I had to pick someone up at the airport (and to look for the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck that'd been reported at a pond in the city). Some time ago, I'd told Freechild that I'd try to get illustrations for some of the many articles he's written on Omaha sites, so I went down early to give myself some photography time. Unfortunately, it was pretty gloomy: white buildings like the George H. Kelly House and The Sherman (Omaha, Nebraska) really need a blue sky for background.
Enjoy Montreal. I'm writing this from Hendersonville, North Carolina, on the way to Charleston, South Carolina, so I don't expect to be doing any Nebraska photography for a while. Still have about forty folders in my edit queue, though, so I won't lack for things to do...
--Ammodramus (talk) 03:42, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the map. The Kansas site isn't photographed out yet. I got there on one of their closed days, so couldn't get interior photos. Judging by the website, there'd be some good ones.
The Pawnee site was my chief reason for going through Republic County. I'm working on Pike-Pawnee Village Site, but the best photo I've been able to get for that was the historical marker in Guide Rock, Nebraska. Luckily, there's a good story about conflict between the historians of Kansas and Nebraska over where the actual Pike site was, so I can tell the story (and use photos of the Kansas site) in the Nebraska article.
--Ammodramus (talk) 02:24, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones, nice to see the article getting more comprehensive and to hear your desire to get it to GA! I think you're not too far, and with a few fixes I would already rate it as B-class. Indeed the Mom and Neighborhood sections are not yet enough focused on the article's topic and could use some trimming and rephrasing. In the Mom section I think a shorter summary of her cultural-educational-professional background at the time of commissioning the house would be better. Some of the biography style description would actually sit better in the Robert Venturi article. Also second paragraph does not follow the chronological order, which I found confusing. The Neighborhood section is useful, but if it would present the preexisting buildings as the urban context to which the house related, and the buildings built in the same period (i.e. Esherick House) as different responses to the same context, it would integrate better into the article. Maybe reducing the number of images in the gallery to four would ameliorate the impression that this section is given undue weight. In terms of design, following info would be useful if available: site area, orientation of the main facade relative to the cardinal points, ground floor area or building footprint, internal and external height, building materials and structural system. In terms of MOS, the lead would need to be at least two paragraphs. Sorry for not having time to be more actively involved. A great thanks for the iconic main facade image, as you can see is already spreading to other articles and Wikipedia's. --Elekhh (talk) 03:00, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Cool. I saw the same image previously used in Media-Orange Street (SEPTA Route 101 station) and in the Media, Pennsylvania article itself, but in the latter article, it claimed to be at Veterans Square (SEPTA Route 101 station). When I was doing research for those SEPTA Media-Sharon Hill Line articles a couple of years ago, I used Google Street View and saw what I thought was horseplay at best, and a mugging at worst. I sent an e-mail to the Chief of Police and asked him if this was something suspicious, and he told me it's probably just two people waiting for the trolley. ----DanTD (talk) 00:35, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for uploading your pictures of Rose Valley. The Will Price page is so much more coherent because of them. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 00:10, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words about the Richards Medical Research Laboratories. If you are ever near the Richards Labs again, I would be happy to suggest some specific ideas for additional photos of the building that would certainly be useful on the Commons and probably in the article itself.
I noticed a few weeks ago that you had placed photos of the Esherick House on the Commons, so I started looking around at the time for material that could be used to expand that article. So far I haven't found as much as I had hoped, but I have enough to provide a little more material at some point. I will keep working on it. Bilpen (talk) 00:15, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
On Wiki Commons, I changed the description of your photo: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RV_Road_House_3.JPG
It shows the kitchen entrance to Thunderbird Lodge (Rose Valley, Pennsylvania). Here is a pre-1911 photo from almost the same POV: http://www.rosevalleymuseum.org/Images/artists/pre1911page/thunderbird.jpg
Again, thank you for taking and posting the photos. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 18:24, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Should completed entries in Wikipedia:WikiProject Pennsylvania/Requests be removed, or just marked completed? Your advice, or editing, would be welcomed.--DThomsen8 (talk) 16:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
I replied at my talk page. I love your userbox 2, by the way. I might have to use or steal that. :-) -Freekee (talk) 06:01, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Take a look at User:Dthomsen8/NYC-more, which will be the basis for my NYC Wikipedia Day tutorial on inline citations. I have made edits for most of these houses, and only the Cook house and the Plant house are without URLs on the talk pages. I will use Gracie Mansion as an example, doing an archive, followed by an inline citation creation, and then an update on the article page. Then I will ask the participants to choose a house, read a source, and decide where that source can become an inline citation, with or without the addition of information from the source in the article text.
The NYC improvements Open Space will be an open-ended discussion of how to improve the coverage of New York City, and especially Manhattan. My role will be as moderator of the group.
My Lightning Round will also be an example or two of how newspapers restrict archiving (Inquirer) and restrict searching (Inquirer). If you have any examples, please let me know. I need a bit more effort on that, but again the participants will certainly contribute, and it is only 5 minutes. Examples are needed to get started. If it turns out that a lot of people want to discuss it, a later Open Space can be organized.
Feel free to comment on any of the above, or to ask about the format. There are many Lightning Round entries already, but only a few Open Space entries, but many of the entries are done on the spot. I did some last year, but this year I will be better prepared in advance. No telling how many will come to Open Space talks, but I would expect 15 houses to work on will be more than sufficient. --DThomsen8 (talk) 11:24, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
I noticed this bot is the one that is adding it. KimChee (talk) 02:39, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for following up on assessment requests. As you noted, all the articles have now been assessed and I think the current ratings are pretty fair—though I thought Purple Point-Stehekin Ranger Station House might have been since it includes lot of good info for such an out-of-the-way place. Most of my NRHP articles are about Oregon sites and Wiki-Oregon folks use bot to identify new articles and do very good job posting timely assessments. A number of Wiki-Oregon editors are also Wiki-NRHP members so they often get both assessments in one pass. If you are interested in re-assessments, Comfort Station No. 68 and Comfort Station No. 72 probably deserve re-look and possibly upgrades. While these articles are relatively short, they are about pubic restrooms…and there just isn’t a lot more to say about that kind of structure even if they are listed on NRHP.--Orygun (talk) 00:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Great meeting you at the WikiNYC10 event. Here's my tag. Your userpage is very instructive, I'll be bookmarking it.Any insight into using WikiCommons would be appreciated. Occasionally, I go full out with the photos (File:NYC.St.LucyRC Ch.338–342 104th St.1914–1915.Taken by James Russiello.jpg) but I became annoyed when my others were deleted.----James R (talk) 15 January 2011
Thanks for links to the comfort stations – very nice. If I ever get the time (and to be honest, focus) I am trying to get some more NRHP listed covered bridges up to try at FAC. Take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:21, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Take a look at Talk:Pittsburgh Geological Society, where there is a note saying an image is missing. I suspect that the deletionists have done this. How do I investigate? (I will look on my own, too.) --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:47, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiafor Peer Review. I was just wondering if you can peer reveiw this article since as per the peer review volunteer list, you are interested in Business, Applied economics, Finance. R.Sivanesh ✆ 11:06, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Please note my request, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Mark Church (Stratford, Connecticut)#One list needed and comment or volunteer to make a list. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:14, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Do you keep track of how many sites you've visited and photographed? If so, add one to your Kansas list — the NPS just added a historic district in downtown Norton, and I've used your photo of the Norton County Courthouse to illustrate it. Nyttend (talk) 06:10, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate your comments which are, finally, something positive from a Wikipedian. I was beginning to despair on seeing something like that.
I have been working for 20 years on an effort to document Catholic Church architecture in New England. It's one of the few areas where I can claim expertese, and only becuase no one else is interested in this subject. I had hoped that I could find a semi-permanent home for at least some of this information at Wikipedia. My belief is that if I can get this information out here that it will be available to more people and be less likely to be lost. And it is about to be lost. As best I know I am the only person to have done a comprehensive study of the architecture in this area. I am in regular contact with the archivists of the Catholic Archdioceses and Dioceses in the area and they tell me that there is no central knowledge base, apart from what they have in the archives, that deals with this subject.
I understand Wikipedia's need for notability. Your suggestions are well intentioned and much more appreciated than some of the comments of others. None the less establishing notability for some buildings that I see as clearly noteworthy may be difficult.
As a for-instance, let's consider St. Patrick Church in Bridgeport, CT. I know very little of the history of the church. I do know that it was built by a distinguished firm from Hartford CT and that it is a spectacular building. Look at the two photos I just added. Bridgeport is a tough and dangerous city, not the sort of place that people go to visit. The local government probably has some sort of agency that would recognize a church of this nature as being notable. But books on Bridgeport architecture are rare indeed, I've not seen one. I think that it would be a real service to Bridgeport if Wikipedia coudl include this article which hilights something excellent in an otherwise very troubled city.Lukascb (talk) 16:59, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
You're right, that's not what I meant. I've added that template a bunch of times, but for some reason I put a colon in the middle today. Thanks for fixing it. --Coemgenus 17:14, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
WP:CRYSTAL states that unverifiable or original research predictions are not allowed, but verifiable and non-OR predictions are OK. Even though a verifiable prediction turns out to be false, you should not remove it. Vulcan (hypothetical planet) was predicted to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun, but now the idea was rejected. Would you delete that article? If you insist the prediction of the second wave of the financial crisis is wrong, you can add your argument after that section instead of removing the whole section. --Quest for Truth (talk) 18:53, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
The wikitable looks great with the color pix – it seems like you had a nice, sunny day walking around the neighborhood. Next time you're in Fairmount Park, there's a bunch of articles that need: Media related to Houses in Fairmount Park at Wikimedia Commons. My interest is in the photo's and detailed "data pages" about the houses found at the Historic American Building Survey.
Can you point me to the commonscat that has the border extension images you're talking about?
Thanks, I was a bit surprised it was picked, considering it was promoted 4 years and was my first FA ever. Niagara Don't give up the ship 02:23, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Cool – I have been on PA 45 and next time I am in that area, I will do my best to get a photo of it. I noticed that the old photos showed more than one window (which makes more sense than just one window for a school). Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
The Philips Memorial Building in the NRHP, has only one vague category, but I cannot figure out just how to put it in a NRHP category. Can you help?--DThomsen8 (talk) 17:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)--DThomsen8 (talk) 17:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Please take a look at Sharon G. Flake and see if you agree that there is no problem with the neutrality or the point of view. If so, go ahead and remove the tags, or I will do it. I just wanted a second opinion. This article is among the many articles I look at while updating the template ratings. Thanks. --DThomsen8 (talk) 22:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Please rate Pennsylvania School for the Deaf as a NRHP. I did not look into the connection with the University of the Arts building at Broad and Pine. Perhaps that is NRHP as well, and perhaps there should be a link, too. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:47, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
You added so many NRHP entries like *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Alachua County, Florida]] very quickly, it must be by some kind of automated update. How is it done? --DThomsen8 (talk) 17:17, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
There is a Wikipedian coming to Philadelphia for a conference in late February, and would like to meet other Wikipedians. I can respond, but we need to find others to respond, too. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philadelphia --DThomsen8 (talk) 20:52, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Sadly, I don't drive. Perhaps you could post this request at local (Pennsylvania) WikiProject pages? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind words on my Centerville Beach Cross article about the wreck of the Northerner. These two pages were a "warm-up" for relearning the Wiki citation system and format. And, yes I have access to Ferndale Museum, it is about 3 blocks from my house and I'm friends with their chief researcher, a powerhouse by the name of Ann Roberts. We also have researcher here in town who specializes in Kinman, and much documentary material on the man. As for how much more we have on the wreck of the Northerner, I am not certain as I prepared the page nearly entirely from internet researches. I was going to ask Ann to take a look for me for anything I may have missed. Please do not hesitate to ask us for any materials needed for your researches. The Ferndale Museum exists solely for the purposes of research and education into local history. There is a research team that meets every Monday to work on interesting projects. Ann and I have been working on a page on Seth Shaw, brother of the founder of our town and famous Artist in San Francisco. Again, thank you for your kind words, and also for the very first "talk" on my talk page since I started !!! Awesome sauce !! Ellin Beltz (talk) 05:44, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Feel like reviewing ?? Stephen William Shaw was added today !! Now all I have to do is figure out how to kill the draft! Ellin Beltz (talk) 02:38, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
I appropriated your NRHP userbox for my user page. Hope ya don't mind. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 14:00, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your quick review, comments and suggestion – I like your ALT hook; knew mine was awkward but couldn't figure it out. Could you add your signature to your review? Thanks.Parkwells (talk) 01:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey, Smallbones, thanks for your suggestions on this article. I'm reviewing the Martin Delany material now and would need more before being able to write about his mother's case. Am trying to quickly review an early bio on him. The Amistad is unusual, as the events occurred at sea. Will review it.Parkwells (talk) 18:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Because of a lack of specifics, you and I and user:piotrus are the three likely attendees for a Philadelphia meetup. I learn from visiting the hotel that they charge $9.95 per day for WiFi for guests, but there are two free Internet computers in the lobby for guests to use. Not much help there. My suggestions would be that we, plus anyone else we can recruit with specifics, meet in the lobby of the hotel on Friday or Saturday evening at 6 PM and go on to another place for dinner. Which evening, depending on your ESS attendance, would be better for you? I will look for some restaurant choices in walking distance, but some of them are very expensive. Let me know what you prefer. By posting specifics on the Philadelphia project page, we may find others to attend.
Above is what I posted to Piotrus. Can we agree on Saturday, 6 PM, lobby of the Society Hill Sheraton at 1 Dock Street? --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:43, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
As you requested, today I added the pix to the other 6 places on this page National Register of Historic Places listings in Humboldt County, California but I think I messed up making the category over in Wikipedia Commons as the capitalization of "Ferndale,_ca" seems wierd. If you can help, that would be great!! I will try to get some of the other ones missing in the county as time permits! Tuesday Ann Roberts at the Museum is going to work with me on the Shaw articles and other points of local interest. Ellin Beltz (talk) 01:17, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Congrats on finishing the illustrations for the Eastern Chester County list! I'm gradually working away at the lists for the counties that include Indianapolis and Cincinnati, but it's slow going: I'm only able to be in Cincinnati every few months, and I never have more than a couple hours at a time in Indianapolis. Per your comment at the Ker Feal picture — I had the same just last week with the Thomas Askren House in Indianapolis (File:Thomas Askren House.jpg), and my photo of Elm Court in Butler, Pennsylvania isn't any better. And thanks for the library notice :-) Nyttend (talk) 02:36, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
I have recently nominated Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for peer review. I humbly request you to peer review the article. R.Sivanesh ✆ 15:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much for getting the photo of the one Wawa building! It's so beautiful! I posted the image to the Wawa article and the Chesterfield Heights article.
I would like to have the photo of the "ugly" entrance too, for the Commons.
If any of these are convenient to you, see if you can fulfill: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Philadelphia#Photo_requests (SCI Graterford, Genuardi's HQ, Acme Markets HQ)
Thanks,WhisperToMe (talk) 05:38, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate and agree with your concerns about having too many images for the Wawa page – I actually suspected that was a prime reason you removed it in the first place. However, I'm not sure the logo should be one to go; I'd rather see some of the pictures of carafes or beverages get trimmed, if it's necessary. As far as I can tell, its placement conforms to WP:Logo, as the caption notes that it's still in use (though a citation confirming that might be good), and its historical place is clearly noted.
If you want to remove it again, I won't contest it. I just hate to cut out information. --Xanzzibar (talk) 10:03, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
McCarter's book Louis I. Kahn has a list of all of Kahn's works, and it includes this brief mention of some prefab houses that might be the ones you are looking for: "William H. Harman Corporation Prefabricated Houses. 420 Pickering Road, Charlestown, Chester Country, PA, and Rosedale Avenue and New Street, West Chester, PA. Stonorov & Kahn (Stonorov principle architect), 1945-7, implemented (some demolition)."
I found a photo of a Harmon (misspelled) house in another state on Flickr. Maybe that would give you a more concrete image of what to look for. However, it looks like one of the houses has been relocated, per this Preservation Alliance document.
Oddly enough, several years ago I was invited to dinner in a small all-stainless-steel house that was built during the same era some distance south of Pittsburgh, but that one had a different design. I remember the owners saying that the only way to hang pictures on the wall was to use magnets. Everything was made of stainless steel.
Thanks for the advice about GA, etc. I have already nominated the Phillips Exeter Academy Library for GA, so now I am waiting to see exactly what that process involves.
And yes, I might like to do some work on Stonorov at some point, but that would be some time out in the future. Bilpen (talk) 23:43, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Look at Washington County Courthouse (Pennsylvania) and rate it as a NRHP article, please. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to say that I did not mean to offend you (and hope I did not) and that I apologize for any offense I may have caused (and I myself was not and am not offended). Spring is coming, so hopefully I can get some more good latrine pictures to put on Commons soon! ;-) Yours, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:12, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
--RifeIdeas Talk 00:50, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
I added several photos I found wandering Wikipedia and Commons to National Register of Historic Places listings in Humboldt County, California as well as five new photos that I took (complete with categories), including the Indian Island marker from the end of the harbor docks. Hope you're enjoying the books on Ferndale, the folks at the Museum are intrigued. Ellin Beltz (talk) 03:11, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. You're welcome to improve Little Book of Common Sense Investing. I'm sure you'll be able to bring it up to standards. Will Beback talk 01:21, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Vanna Venturi House Postage Stamp 2005.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. ww2censor (talk) 05:45, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Sounds good to me. Could also spit by type (covered bridges, tunnels, etc). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:29, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones. I've consulted with my wife, who also has a PhD, as it happens in English Literature, which is useful for this question! In Australia we do not use, and to her knowledge, have never used constructions of the type "The professor read the lecture", except in the purely literal sense, i.e., where the professor simply read the lecture aloud from notes. She believes the same situation applies to the British. However, in Britain, they say "to read for a degree" meaning "to study for a degree". My wife suggests this could be a source of the confusion. AussieBoy (talk) 04:24, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
I like your picture of Brookville. I will send you an email from my gmail account. Dincher (talk) 21:44, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
Dincher (talk) 21:48, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
I read the article and can see where it already addresses some of his reliabilty issues. I guess that as long as it was clear that the quotes were from his autobiography and if any other info on the lack of collaboration (from the intro or foreword of the new edition of his autobiography) were included, I think it would be OK. Is there a lot of material to add that is only in his autobiography? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:44, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
I really like your edits so far on Kinman from your new sources !! I photographed his old tavern on Table Bluff, his house over towards Hookton Slough outside of Table Bluff and his final resting place in Table Bluff. Would you like any of these photos? Would be very easy for you to email me if so! Google is your friend. Ellin Beltz (talk) 05:19, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
So I wrote you an article to go with one of them. (I'll see what I can do about Oakdale sometime...I might be able to get a rear shot to fill that gap.) Choess (talk) 03:33, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your edits to Vermont counties. I removed some of the information you just added to four (looking for fifth) counties. The county list is in the navbox at the bottom. The huge list of all towns in Vermont seems inordinate to a casual reader of one Vermont county. Historic places is a good addition. Thanks. Student7 (talk) 17:29, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
... doing good works all over Wikipedia. Thank you for the photograph you added to St. Michael's, Birdboro. It helps the article a lot! BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:47, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Just a suggestion — why don't you just find the site on the map version of the CRGIS? If you turn all the layers on, it will show you locations for all NR sites whose location is publicised, as well as tons of others that aren't on the Register. Nyttend (talk) 23:10, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi again, Smallbones!! Hope the new Ferndale Museum is GLAM-happy. Looking forward to your comments, we found significantly more than a couple of out of area newspapers for sources. True to form, I screwed up at least one thing, the page sorts "Ferndale museum" on the Category pages, I wish it said "Ferndale Museum" with a capital M. Do you know how to fix that? With best wishes, Ellin Beltz (talk) 03:49, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello Smallbones. I was recently at the Ferndale Museum as a volunteer, I spoke with the director at length about getting more information about the museum's collections onto Wiki. They are enthusiastic now about the possibilities, the museum is interested in creating a online gallery of items from their collection that can be used to help illustrate relavent topics, and to allow access to their archives for research for those articles or others. I have permission to photograph items from their collection for wiki and the museum, specifically we discussed licensing and the museum is agreeable to my photographs being released with CC BY-SA with attribution to the museum. Inparticular we discussed photographing the Kinman artifacts out of glass as a starting point. User:Ellin Beltz mentioned you would be the one to ask for help getting the Ferndale Museum started with a GLAM-Wikimedia collaboration as I am a bit overwhelmed presently with how to begin.Nytasi (talk) 23:06, 3 June 2011 (UTC)Looking forward to hearing from you when you have the time. I have a few photos from last week I'd like to upload soon as I know the proper way to send attribution to the museum for them. I've been reading through the GLAM pages but they are a bit on the vague side and i'm not sure which existing project to contact about joining or if a project specific to the museum needs to be created an then linked to the relative project categories. Nytasi (talk) 19:26, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Made a shift w/ what seems a good ref. Think the list is pretty reliable though it's a little all over the place (ie critria). Thanks alot for the fotos you've added to it and elsewhere. Always interested in expanding articles, and as you noticed most if by work is concentrated in the Port of New York and New Jersey, but hist/geo in general. Anything in particluar that you are working on? Djflem (talk) 20:33, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
I really like the pics you added to Conrad Weiser Homestead and Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site – nice job and thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Interesting photos...I especially like the one of the AEM-7. I was not aware of that bit of history. What museum did you go to to get photos of the artifacts? Niagara Don't give up the ship 22:36, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi again, Smallbones, sorry to be a newb-pest again, but I would like to move this image
over to commons, but it's not really clear how one does that !! If you have any help, that would be great, I've been finding and organizing the commons images for Humboldt County into the tree structure they recommend. This building would go in "Category:Houses_in_Eureka,_California" on commons. I also added photo of Old Jacoby School (nearly impossible to get any facade angle on it without a Huge Lens & a considerable distance but I snagged it) to the National Register page for Humboldt County. As soon as the weather breaks I'm hoping to finish that list! Thanks again for all your help, it is most appreciated !! Ellin Beltz (talk) 19:34, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
1. About SAP: Thanks in advance :)2. The USA300 website here: http://www.usa3000.com/contact.htm
I'm going by the address that it says on the website
Also Apple Vacations states:
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I stumbled upon the Christian C. Sanderson Museum in the course of updating Pennsylvania templates, and I made some improvements. However, there is more work to be done, and I thought that this is the kind of material that you like to see. There is source information on the talk page, and of course photos are always welcome. --DThomsen8 (talk) 11:46, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
I have been using a script that fixes dashes where needed, Take a look at the history of this page, and you will see what it does.
Would appreciate your review of Prairie Creek Fish Hatchery. I think I may be getting the hang of the inline citation method you prefer, and the story of that place, its fish and its art were certainly interesting to nail down. It's almost easier to work in the 18th Century where newspapers have been put online and books available to read at the LC, than in the recent ... 1930s to present. Work continues apace on the other historical buildings in Humboldt; I don't like to leave tiny stubs unless there really is little to no information. I wish the NPS would finish digitizing all the register applications. BTW, I can get a photo of Kinman's buckskins at the Museum, would that be something useful to add to his Commons page? Ellin Beltz (talk) 01:24, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones. You stated in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Archive 47#just do it by bot now that you would support/participate in development of Grand Forks County, North Dakota articles, as part of the article drive using /drafts as starters. Thank you for that, back then. Your bearing witness, as you see fit, at WP:AN#Topic ban proposal re NRHP stubs would be most welcome right now. --doncram 11:52, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Do you mean Commons:Category:Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District? No complaints about your efforts; look at Commons:Category:Historic districts in Bloomington, Indiana, and you'll see that I've photographed every building in many NR-listed districts and that I've gotten tons of photos of districts that don't appear in National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Indiana. I can sympathise with "uploading them was not": you can imagine how much work it was to upload over three hundred photos that are in the West Side HD category — and I missed a lot of garages and other little outbuildings, so I've got another hundred photos left!
Is there anything I can put together to help you? I notice that you've not added photographs-remaining lists to the Indiana counties' talk pages that have U.S. Route 30 as you did in Ohio; e.g., Talk:National Register of Historic Places listings in Marshall County, Indiana doesn't have a list like Talk:National Register of Historic Places listings in Richland County, Ohio does. My advice to you is not to bother: I've compiled a list for each county at the subpages of User:Nyttend/Indiana NRHP, and each list has coords for all sites that have coords in the mainspace lists. I remove an entry once I get a photo of it, but I've not photographed any sites in this part of the state. I'd love to be able to take a photo trip, but I spent most of my trip-taking time on a visit to western Pennsylvania a week and a half ago (perhaps you saw the new photos on List of Native American archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania), and right now I'm even having trouble finding the time to get to Vincennes, just two counties away from here: I had time last week, but I'd really rather not take a photo trip when it's storming violently :-)
A few final things — (1) I can't remember where, but I recently saw something about at least one Denver location that might be listed on the Register very soon. I'll try to find it, but if I can't get it, you might be wise to try to figure out what/where it is. (2) You spoke some time back about trying to meet Ammodramus; have you gotten that worked out? (3) Enjoy your trip! Nyttend (talk) 23:01, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Enjoy the trip through Nebraska. I've left you plenty to shoot: in particular, I've barely touched Lincoln County, and haven't hit Keith County at all. There are a few sites left in Deuel and Cheyenne counties as well.
Regret that I can't meet you somewhere in Nebraska and stand you a beer or the like; but I'm currently in South Carolina chasing Bachman's Sparrow.
--Ammodramus (talk) 21:54, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
This may not be your cup of tea, but I am working on this article that could use more and better fotos. User:Djflem/List of tallest buildings in Atlantic City. Since it's a sort of your neck of the woods, if your heading there ever, the list could use some nice pictchas. Let me know if/when you go to Newark or JC, maybe some suggestions Djflem (talk) 23:37, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Working on the Ferndale Museum page about Bosch-Omori seismographs, I found there wasn't an article about their inventor Fusakichi Omori so I started one. I had no idea he was so important in the early days of seismology, a mere 100 years ago. I got brave (bold?) and put it on today's DYK list. If you have comments, I'd be glad of them, I've incorporated 95% of all your previous comments in other articles !! Thanks for your time and guidance to a newb! Ellin Beltz (talk) 19:59, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
I apologize - I do not understand the rules of the article. I was unaware that consensus had to be achieved before making edits. I did not realize that there were specific rules for the article. I will try and build consensus before making edits. Jacob Peters (talk) 04:50, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
You're pics are of amazing quality!! Good job!!...do you have the exact address for Black's Store so I can be sure to take a picture of the correct building. CTJF83 20:43, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
The quite unofficial project to wikify Humboldt County buildings and people continues and I have enlisted a new contributor who is quite adept at adding images and prodding me to look up stuff about our local buildings. I just added some material to Eureka's Carnegie Library and as always appreciate your help!! Ellin Beltz (talk) 06:46, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
I didn't think this would be resolved one way or another, even by 24 May 2011, but there it is. Here's your ! -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 13:02, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, Smallbones. I think you were right and that MoonLichen was being funny, not sincere. The day that I responded to her, I had been quite stressed with something else. At any rate, thank you! Is there any way to remove the tag under the photo as it currently stands. Carsonmc (talk) 17:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi! So great to meet you at GLAMcamp!! It was awesome, and I'm so happy you came out. That's so cool that you used my Sea Foam photo - I think that is the first photo of my work that someone (other than me) has uploaded =) I also love to take photos of historic buildings and places, you might find more on my FLickr (I have two) accounts. Also, yes, Philly, we can work on a list. I'll start one soon; after I do some other things (i.e. GLAMcamp documentation, a school paper etc). Perhaps I can even come up some weekend and take photos =) SarahStierch (talk) 04:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I'm told you showed some interest in NY Victuallers (talk) 08:16, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Have you tried putting "QR Codes" and "wikipedia" into Youtube. You should find a very poor quality video made in Derrby Museums that shows these working. As I guess you speak a bit of Russian you might also like to search for "The Wright Challenge" where we are crowd courcing the 300 (so far) translations we need to make a small museum multi-lingual.
I think QR codes will be great for public art and our qrwp web site can track them for you I think. I think this will make stuff in the street become worthwhile and valued when people realise there is a history there. Im now sad I didnt go to NY to meet you lot. The QR codes are to be used in Spain too. Could we start the first multi-lingual wiki WR project? Victuallers (talk) 16:19, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
I decided to take advantage of a weekend visiting friends up at Purdue; I suppose I'm odd, an IU-Bloomington student who enjoys visiting West Lafayette :-) By the way, I've also gotten the Harrison County list completed from a different trip, and the Lafayette trip yielded a couple more photos for Montgomery County, many more photos for Putnam County, and photos for all five sites in Benton County. Yes, there aren't any federally-designated HDs in downtown West Lafayette, although the Tippecanoe County Interim Report (which has no statutory power) notes several areas in the city that are likely eligible for HD status. I try to get photos for all sites in a county, even for ones that have already been photographed, so I got a photo of the bank in case it ever gets listed. If you look at the Interim Report, you'll see the bank discussed on pages 26 and 47; it received an "Outstanding" rating, which means that the surveying agency (Indiana Landmarks) thought that it should be considered for NR listing. This doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to happen; the Crawford County Interim Report (which isn't online) has plenty of O-rated buildings, but the county's only site is the address-restricted Potts Creek Rockshelter Archeological Site. Nyttend (talk) 01:28, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Hope this is ok for you File:Black's Store Hampton IL.jpg. Hmm, I coulda done a turned view like on the copyright one you linked me to and I need to work on my framing the picture up...but was working, and didn't think about it and had to hurry. :) CTJF83 04:32, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
In researching the Indian Island (Humboldt Bay) and the 3 pages that have parts of the story, I also found that the Wiyot people page has a lengthy report on 1860 Wiyot Massacre. I would like to combine information from the Wiyot page with the massacre page, leaving a paragraph of explanation and a link to the event page. Is there something I need to do first? Like the "Merge" templates for merging whole pages? I don't want to make any mistakes. Thank you again for all your help, with best wishes! Ellin Beltz (talk) 19:27, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the update. If you are interested then I would use a QRpedia code because
I don't think you will get much traffic, but then how many people read the average brass plaque each day ... but a lot of value when they do.
Oh and if you do find the QRpedia code better than do tell people. 35mm is the recommended size for QR codes but inside I find you can use QRpedia codes half the size, behind glass, obscured, 12 inches away AND badly lit and still read it.
You do know we can give you a java script that adds a "make QRpedia" code button to every wikipedia page .... but do use qrpedia.org until then Victuallers (talk) 15:38, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
I noted your post on User BillFlis talk page about One South Broad and I looked at the NRHP forms you linked to and it does appear One South Broad is a part of this historic district. The Wanamaker Building does not appear on the list you provided though 1 South Broad does. Mentions of Wanamaker's appears to relate to 1 South Broad. Are buildings part of a historic district usually mentioned in the building's article? Medvedenko (talk) 19:42, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey, just wondering if you had more pics of Davenport you were going to upload? I know you have lots and lots, I saw the ones you uploaded the other day. I just wanna make sure yours are all uploaded before I go out and take pics. CTJF83 17:36, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Fantastic! It really adds so much to the list. Great work, some great shots. Thanks for all your work.Djflem (talk) 20:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Interesting, I added an Infobox Ship and merged the NRHP infobox into it. Feel free to add any other measurements/statistics you find to int. By the way, if the ship was scrapped, should the coordinates even be given for it as the boat can no longer can be found at those coordinates (or anywhere for that matter). Also, any thoughts on a DYK? Niagara Don't give up the ship 00:52, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
The Monopoly game category isn't supposed to be for the individual streets that happen to be named on a Monopoly board. Not a single other street from the regular game board (not Boardwalk, not Park Place, not any other street whatsoever) was or is being filed in that category — the only streets that were listed in that category, which I also removed, were a very incomplete and partial subset of roads named on a couple of the alternative versions (i.e. Canadian, British), and there's no real reason why Marven Gardens should be the only street from the regular board that gets that kind of special treatment. Bearcat (talk) 03:10, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Always willing to help and I hope my comments/tips did not come off as WP:BITE. The editor in question seems to be listening somewhat to his/her talk page. The only problem is the edit history at James A. Michener Art Museum is not showing that, we now have a new SPA reverting back the questionable edits (diff) as well as expanding the article (hopefully this is just a well meaning meatpuppet, if not, the editor in question is heading for an ANI report). I am willing to take any advice you have to give, and will hold on any drastic action in lieu of some consensus/guidance on how to handle it. Ohioartdude2 (talk) 02:42, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Seemed to have been a positive response to the Atlantic City work, again thanks. Here's another article that I've put together (that can likely later be split), if you're in the neighborhood. Best, Djflem (talk) 09:05, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Dear Smallbones,
Thank you,
Thanks for uploading photos of historic homes along Park Avenue West (PAW) and listing them into the Richland County NRHP list.
I though about taking some pictures of historic homes along PAW, but I was afraid to. I was afraid that someone living in those homes would see me taking the picture. My grandmother lives in an historic home along PAW. Thanks so much for doing that for me since I was not able to.
I was able to get out after sunrise on July 11, 2011 to take the picture of the Mechanics Bank building because the weather was good, there was no traffic on the road and no people walking or sitting around that area at the time. That made it easy on me to get a better image of the Mechanics Bank.
I plan to get out one day here when the weather is good to get some more pictures of places in Bellville, Lexington and Plymouth for the NRHP list in Richland County, Ohio.
All the best,
OHWiki (talk)01:07, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
hi, check it out.User:Slowking4/Image Rescue Squadron Slowking4: 7@1|x 17:40, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
The article looks great - thanks so much for taking the time and effort to make this list. I fixed a red link and looked for some free images on Flickr (but found none for the first several bridges I checked). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:05, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Your terrific Cape May photos inspired me to finally start a Stephen Decatur Button article. Thanks. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 15:32, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
It looks pretty good...I did add a quick ship infobox to the NRHP one, I'll look at a more closer and copyedit a bit some time. Probably not tomorrow as I'm out watching Nazis attempt to blow up a bridge (confused?). Let me know how DYK goes for you (I think they changed the procedure somewhat and I'm not sure I like it). Niagara Don't give up the ship 03:26, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
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I took quick look in LexisNexis and found a mention of the Shawmont station in an article in the The Inquirer. It did repeat the claim of being the oldest train station. Also found a snippet of an article on the station in a newspaper for Roxborough (a Philadelphia library might have a copy archived). If you had the time, you could see about contacting the people at SEPTA, perhaps there's a historian among them that would have access to some material you might not be able to acquire.
By the way, congrats on finally finish illustrating the Philly lists. Hopefully, there won't be a bunch of a new listings this week ;-) Niagara Don't give up the ship 23:05, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
(commenting before User:SarahStierch since she is still jet lagged from all her travels) check out
Sorry I didn't get back to you this week. Only had little time to focus on Wikipedia the past week. Thanks for getting pictures whenever you have a chance. The most important picture for all of the below is on that shows the entire building. (either from a distance or looking up at it from the street). If you can't get a picture of the entire building, please try to take a picture of the structure's top portion instead. You can get building's architectural details of any building if you like. Dont worry nothing I need in N. Philly (unless you want to take some nice pics of the Carl Mackey Houses :))
The list below are the ones i feel are a priority because we dont have good picture of them at all.
These below I consider nice to have because we have reasonable illustrations already.
Thanks for any help you can give for the Philadelphia skyscraper project! Medvedenko (talk) 15:49, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones ... I have a list of NRHPs in NW DC in my user space from a couple of months ago when I put a ton of work into assigning them to neighborhoods. But that's all I have. Feel free to use it if it'll help. I had intended to one day return to the NW list to try and break it up, but haven't gotten to it yet. Let me know if you need help with it. I've got a method for renumbering the rows in these tables that's quicker and less error-prone than doing it row by row. It pays off in cases where I need to renumber more than about 15 or 20 rows. Regards, --sanfranman59 (talk) 07:18, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
I've put in a request at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Smallbones (talk) 19:09, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
Just wondering but would it be appropriate to add Building 170 to the DC NRHP list? --Kumioko (talk) 20:34, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
good catch on Dickens and Little Nell (Elwell), i copied from photo which was wrong. when i zoom in i don't see the statue though maybe a winter photo will show. i will iterate if missing, need to double check existing also. Slowking4: 7@1|x 14:42, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for finding the photo! I put it in the article about the school!If there is a possibility of getting a photo of the main entrance to Girls High, with the name of the school on the building or a signpost, that would be great!WhisperToMe (talk) 01:08, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Slow down, dude! At the rate you're going, there won't be anything left to do at Wikimania next year but go to Wikimania. Where's the fun in that? :) Seriously, though, good on you for your work. --Ebyabe (talk) 19:01, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Why don't you create something at Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia/WLL or so, and share this with other Wiki-Philadelphians? Can you get in touch with the local library and get things started?--Pharos (talk) 19:12, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Dear Smallbones,
I consider a possibility to file the AE request as explained on the MCuCR talk page[5]. However, since the sanctions are not my primary goals, I would like to discuss this draft with you first. I hope it would be useful to look at the issue again. That may help to avoid some negative consequences and to save the arbitrators' time.
Regards.--Paul Siebert (talk) 01:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
Found this photo on Commons today while doing some museum/art work: File:CROSSING THE PAINTED ROAD WHICH EXTENDS EAST FROM THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART. CENTER CITY IN BACKGROUND - NARA - 552716.tif --SarahStierch (talk) 16:55, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate your help and revisions. I'm not interested in making any trouble. He knew I knew how to edit Wikipedia articles and asked me to update his page because his profile is heightened with the new fellowship. It didn't seem like a big deal since all the information was true and written by him. Thanks again.Melissasusan (talk) 17:42, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
I have added my last proposal under PS option 2, would you like to copyedit it and add anything you think is missing? And perhaps add your thoughts to the concept section? The Last Angry Man (talk) 19:22, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Small, Re Holodomor. There are hundreds of sources calling Holodomor genocide, I am quite sure genocide is mass killing :o) However I do have a source from OUP which says Holodomor was "an act of ideologically motivated mass murder similar to the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide" Will that do? The Last Angry Man (talk) 15:55, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
You'll need to provide a footnote to the source which supports those statements otherwise it'll be removed again or we can go to the admin board. KING OF WIKIPEDIA - GRIM LITTLEZ (talk) 03:10, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
my fault, I dunno why I left that dickheaded comment ^ ... it was uncalled for, but good looks on the source man, peace. KING OF WIKIPEDIA - GRIM LITTLEZ (talk) 06:11, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject National Register of Historic Places for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 05:05, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi again Smallbones!! We have permission to take photos of the Kinman Clothing as soon as the museum is closed for the season, they will let us take pictures of everything. BTW, we seem to have riled up an editor (possible administrator) without intent. Could you read thru Talk:Carson_Mansion and the conversations on NorCalAl's page and mine. I fail to see what we did to annoy this guy so much. Perhaps you can clue me in. It looks like NorCalAl copied a superlative from his sources, Dante objected to it. Ok so far so good. But Dante says I'm rude and condescending? I'd appreciate your read on this. I was attempting to fix the problem he saw and he has just gotten nastier. Any advice will be most welcome. My #1 thought is to ignore him, but he seems to be following my pages around now. Ellin Beltz (talk) 00:53, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Thought you'd like to see that I was able to go out to Strasburg and the Railroad Museum and managed to get a photo of that wooden frieght car without the blur. Niagara Don't give up the ship 00:55, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
I think you enjoyed it more than Ebyabe did :-) The comment that you made after Ebyabe fell out of his chair (me challenging on Kansas, Dakotas) makes me wonder: are you proposing this in response to what's going to be in the Signpost? My only objection is preventing this from including AR sites: if the location is known, there's no good reason to say that they shouldn't count. Nyttend (talk) 03:07, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
I responded on my talk page, but FYI, we're cool. :) I don't know if I mentioned some of the stuff I use to help track my photo taking. That is User:Ebyabe/Googley maps/ALL and User:Ebyabe/NRHPs in FL pix needed. In case something like them may be of use to you directly, or for the photo contest. Cheers! --‖ Ebyabe talk - Attract and Repel ‖ 21:22, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Travel safely - unfortunately I have a 12-hour day tomorrow, but I'll be thinking of you (and wishing I were out enjoying the weather). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:38, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Btw, your talk page is loooooooong. You can archive the lazy way, like I do, via User:MiszaBot III. Just sayin'. :) --‖ Ebyabe talk - Opposites Attract ‖ 21:28, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
If in your travels you come across any buildings on the List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey, photos would greatly enhance the artcle. Thanks Djflem (talk) 13:47, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Might try for the greatest-distance-between-photos thing. I won't be going back to SC, but will be spending T'giving in eastern Penna., and am also contemplating a run out to the Nebraska Panhandle. With any luck, that'll give me photos across three time zones... Ammodramus (talk) 23:33, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Visitor7 (talk) 05:12, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to Wikipedia:The Musical in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and lectures that will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center), as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events being held across the USA.
All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and here!--Pharos (talk) 05:08, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey SmallbonesThanks very much for your encouragement and advice. The thing that jumps out at me that if you might be interested in is translation or development of the articles in languages other than English. If you can speak any other languages, or know anyone who would be interested then that would be great. I notice a lot of the existing articles in the area including the one for Monmouth are pretty underdeveloped in pretty much anything other than English.Many thanksJohn Mrjohncummings (talk) 14:57, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
added Lothrop Mansion, not on the list. i will wait awhile before inserting in your nice table code. btw, i've been using the open street map "United States Washington, D.C." for locmapin, better than the old tan lozenge. Slowking4: 7@1|x 14:44, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Hey Smallbones
Thanks very much for your encouragement and advice. The thing that jumps out at me that if you might be interested in is translation or development of the articles in languages other than English. If you can speak any other languages, or know anyone who would be interested then that would be great. I notice a lot of the existing articles in the area including the one for Monmouth are pretty underdeveloped in pretty much anything other than English.Many thanks
John Mrjohncummings (talk) 19:29, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the reminder. --KF5LLG (talk) 22:10, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, but there won't be anything much. I made one trip a week ago, which got Marshall County, Illinois and Sullivan County, Indiana to fully-illustrated, but that's the last trip I expect to take for quite a while. I have plenty of photos yet to upload, but everything that's not from my trip to Pennsylvania a month ago is local HDs here in Bloomington, which aren't NR-listed. Remember my comment about the timing being unfair to grad students :-) Nyttend (talk) 15:30, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
to add photos to the National Register collection for Washington DC. Although I have visited DC many times over the years I had no pictures of the sites that you still needed and living in the Land of Enchantment puts DC about 2263 miles (more in kilometers) away, so three will be no quick jaunts for me. Life is supposed to be interesting. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:58, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for adding the photo of Sorrow by Samuel Murray. I think I know where you were on Halloween. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 17:22, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Hope you enjoy Colorado for Thanksgiving :-) Could you offer an opinion please? I've finally gotten around to uploading photos from my trip to western Pennsylvania six weeks ago, including the Searights Tollhouse, National Road, a previously-unillustrated NHL. I have two photos: one from the east and one from the west. Which do you think is better? I originally went with the westward one, but I'm starting to wonder if the eastern one might be better; therefore, I can't quite decide. Nyttend (talk) 05:16, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
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In Pike County. Got what I think are some acceptable pictures for Minisink Archeological Site; it turns out that the Manna site, referred to in the article, is easily located, and that the bank erosion can be photographed reasonably well from across Raymondskill Creek. Will upload shortly.
While I was in that area, ran up to Milford and got some photos in the Jervis Gordon Grist Mill Historic District. I'm sure that one of the buildings I photographed is in the district (the mill building itself). However, the nom form for Milford Historic District Boundary Increase tells me that there are three contributing buildings and a contributing structure in the JGGMHD. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell me what they are; and I can't find a nom form for the JGGMHD itself. Since you've presumably got some experience tracking down this sort of thing in Penna., do you know of a place where I might be able to find the nom form or something else that'd tell me what buildings are and aren't in the HD? Thanks. Ammodramus (talk) 01:31, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words. The OGG format converter is nearly-freeware at this site http://www.ogg-converter.net/ (but I paid the full license price). Visitor7 (talk) 01:09, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Looks like it's going to be a tie, unless somebody's sitting on a bunch of NHL photos elsewhere. I'll be in western New York and Pittsburgh through the weekend, and there'll be no NHLs within easy reach. I'm hoping to hit at least one on the way back to Nebraska, but by then the contest will be over.
The shots of Minisink Island from above were taken from a trail on the Penna. side. Took them somewhat early in the morning, and had to wait an hour or so for the fog over the river to burn off so that the island would be visible. According to Google Earth, the island itself is in NJ; as I recall, I used photos of it to illustrate the NJ lists, and photos of the Manna site (OK, but late-morning light would've been better) for the Penna. lists. --Ammodramus (talk) 11:52, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Are you going to award a chicago barnstar?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Where should I post the results for mine? They're easy, since Georgia only had one entry. The NHL is a tie (you and Ammo). Cheers! --‖ Ebyabe talk - Union of Opposites ‖ 05:09, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I actually hadn't thought of entering at first, since many of my photos date back over the last couple of years and would be ineligible, but I looked over what I'd taken and archived since 10/21 late yesterday and thought, they're pretty good (from three states, including my first trips to Vermont in a long time) so why not? However, there wasn't enough time to upload everything and watch football games and prepare dinner.
I doubt, in any future photo contest, I could compete on quantity of new images for the same reason ... so many of my yet unprocessed photos are older (since I like to upload the photo and then develop the article if I can, and usually I can). But it's an idea worth exploring.
You might want to talk to User:Aude, the first chairperson of Wikimedia-DC. She's organizing a U.S. run of Wikipedia Loves Monuments for next year to coincide with Wikimania. I pointed her to the project, and she added herself as a member and is looking at what we do and have done. Daniel Case (talk) 19:31, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Found a great source for background on the architect here: http://ia600608.us.archive.org/32/items/residentialarchi00sens/residentialarchi00sens.pdfWhen I googled the local library catalog, it asked "Did you mean Richardson Bernard yoke?" which would also be a brilliant name for an article.Visitor7 (talk) 20:42, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
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Lovely article SB on Lilith. I think I'd go for Rosseti changing the face when he changed the girl. My favourite Rossetti fact is that they kept a wombat on the dinner table. Which Lewis Carrol heard about and that is why there is a dormouse at the mad hatters tea party(source Martin Gardner). Looking forward to MonmouthpediA - should be what you experimented with ... but the whole town. Oh and PRB .... my family are PRB fans and my wife has red hair. My favourite is John Collier - as good as Rosseti but not so consistant Victuallers (talk) 22:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Have a search for Monmouthpedia - you'll see the project page. I think you need a DAMpedia page or at least DAMGLAM page.... 00:55, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Sorry I got carried away. There is a second DYK hook based arounf Henry Treffry Dunn. I only meabt to create a stub, but he turned into a start and then the most interesting factoid involved Lilith. Do take a look and copyedit etc Victuallers (talk) 13:48, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
You may be interested in a reply I just left at WT:NRHP. Nyttend (talk) 02:20, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
Do you have a reliable source that says that Stephan Dohanos was an employee of the Federal government? I started the article on him, and I was never able to determine whether he was employed by the Federal government, or was a contractor. If he did the various murals as a contractor, then they may not be in the public domain. -- Donald Albury 20:46, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Please see your DYK nom about the firehouse. PumpkinSky talk 13:01, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Smallbones, happy new year! I failed miserably at taking a look at Lady Lilith. Still looking for an extra pair of eyes? :) SarahStierch (talk) 21:47, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Confused, are you asking me what to do with the image, or do you mean something else? Nyttend (talk) 05:03, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones, FYI, I'm moving all your self made images to Commons. Multichill (talk) 12:52, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey Smallbones. A while back you commented on the Signpost story on COI editing suggesting companies should just license free content on their website that Wikipedia's volunteer community can take from at will. I explained that no corporation would be willing to put up a free license flag on their corporate website, nor would they have well-verified encyclopedic content on their website, unless it was specifically for Wikipedia.
I was wondering if you felt it would be more ethical to provide the free content on a third-party site. For example, I have a small pet project WikipediaEthics.org that's based on the open source Wikimedia software. I could easily mark it as free content, write articles there and ask an editor to consider it. Though conceptually, isn't it the same as writing a draft in my userspace for consideration? Let me know what you think.
There's a discussion going on about paid editing issues here that has me thinking about it. Though I'm also thinking if I ask other editors to add an article I wrote off-site, that erodes my own transparency, since the article wouldn't be seen in my editing history. There's also issues with having other editors edit under one's influence. King4057 (talk) 21:23, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Did you get my email? Did you find out where the Lincoln statue is? --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:17, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Your list of public art in Philly is looking really GREAT! Jgmikulay (talk) 22:33, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Interesting question. I don't know the answer, but I'm poking around to see what I can find. I posted a note just now to the Lock Haven talk page, and if I find anything further, I'll post again there. I have seen your user name now and again, but I don't remember the context(s). I will never match your total of 1,554 photos of NRHP sites. Wow! Pleased to meet you. Finetooth (talk) 17:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Are you familiar with the Archmere Academy in New Castle County? It's the subject of a discussion right now at WT:NRHP; please see the "Schools and NRHP infoboxes" section. Nyttend (talk) 17:31, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Glad you like it. Please add as much as you have - it's too short for dyk ( the block quote doesn't count). I can add more on the weekend. -PKM (talk) 18:48, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I went to speak to his Whiteghost re his recent image re-revert. And found the following:
This isn't really a general "art" question, it would help for those inputting to have had some knowledge/history of the article. In ictu oculi (talk) 05:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello Smallbones,
Just found this St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow. Fascinating! Didn't know and now I do. Thanks.Whiteghost.ink 00:26, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Thanksgiving". Thank you. --Alanscottwalker (talk) 13:35, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey Smallbones,
I am going to work on this as per our discussion at wikisource. The way the site works is through a validation process of the pages, so if you are interested, it would be great if you could "validate" the pages after I proofread them. - Theornamentalist (talk) 01:55, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
Do you see green links at Wikipedia:GLAM/Delaware Art Museum or even here: John Sloan, which is a redirect to John French Sloan? --DThomsen8 (talk) 22:43, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
Nice job on the new look for the National Register of Historic Places listings in Scott County, Iowa page. I like it a lot and think it's easier to navigate. Farragutful (talk) 23:19, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Please take a look at User talk:Dthomsen8/Draft articles/DMA as a first draft of redoing Delaware Art Museum#Collections. Yes, I know you liked the left hand thumbnails, but the right hand ones can line up with the subsections for artists. We need a Post World War II American Art illustration at the end to complete the set. I have dropped some of the links in the original in redoing the whole section, and I am unsure if I am consistent in adding subsection and sub-subsection headings, but overall I think this is much better visually. Perhaps I should have posted this on the GLAM project page. Please comment here, and then, after enhancements, it can be posted over there. Sarah's comments would be especially valuable.
Also, note the NYT inline citation with a quotation added to the History section. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:51, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
I saw the gallery. It's fantastic! I think the article is ready for DYK; there really isn't a lot more to add. I guess it's my turn to do the nom, huh? -PKM (talk) 02:50, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
I wanted to keep you in the loop on my suggestion to User:Dthomsen8 in reply to his request on my talk page. Specifically, I'm suggesting that the Collections section be narrative, not a list, using inspiration from the Indianapolis Museum of Art article. Let me know if you need any other help with the DAM! Great job getting that off the ground! LoriLee (talk) 18:36, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello User:Smallbones, I hope you are doing well. I noticed that you recently expanded the Thanksgiving article. Your comments would be appreciated here and here. Thanks, AnupamTalk 04:16, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I've undid your change at John Frelinghuysen (minister), because the source you added was about John Frederick Frelinghuysen (one of his grandsons), not about John Frelinghuysen (minister). I hope this is allright with you. Fram (talk) 08:35, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I've been through everything I have, and there's nothing I can add to Love's Messenger beyond what you have already. Agree it would be a lovely DYK for Valentine's Day.
Go ahead and put it up for DYK - it's qualified. - PKM (talk) 02:45, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
By the way, Rossetti by Treuherz et al. is silent on both Mnemosyne and Veronica Veronese. I may have something on them in one of my general PRB studies, or one of the bios, but it would probably be something pretty obscure (or conversely, nothing you have not already covered.) - PKM (talk) 00:58, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
How would you feel about a dual DYK nom?
...that Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Mneosyne and Veronica Veronese (pictured) were displayed along with other "stunners" in the drawing room of a shipping magnate?
- PKM (talk) 17:45, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Pls respond asap, esp. if you want this on MainPage tomorrow. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 01:30, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
love the work on philly - see 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument: please have a word with wild wolf. i'm too angry, not to get in an edit war. we need to get a real list for nrhp for gettysburg. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 03:23, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the lovely valentine. A very cool idea!! - PKM (talk) 22:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Ah, sigh ... beautiful Valentine. You have made my day!! And congratulations on The Flower Book (Edward Burne-Jones)
In case you do not know about it, here is a link to a Rossetti that is not on display but is somewhere in storage at "my" Gallery http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/work/432.2003/ Whiteghost.ink 00:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your recent high value contributions to RS/N on the topic of oral records. They are greatly appreciated, even when I seem to be arguing against your points, or for points counterposed to your position. I appreciate the quality and importance of the work you've done for the encyclopaedia and the encyclopaedic movement with your comments. Fifelfoo (talk) 02:01, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
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Happy Valentine's Smallbones! May this year bring you lots of #WikiLove, as you deserve it! SarahStierch (talk) 19:12, 14 February 2012 (UTC) |
I noticed you removed my picture of the Kelsey-Davey farm from the National Register of Historic Places listings in Onondaga County, New York, as well as the page for the farm itself. The house no longer exists, but my understanding is that the barn is a contributing structure. So the only alternative to a picture of the barn would be a picture of the old house, which I doubt we'll ever get. I'm just wondering why it was removed. Crazyale (talk) 20:51, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones, thank you for the Valentine's Day card and the kind thoughts. I wish you all the best back, and hope everything is good with you. Cheers, SlimVirgin TALK|CONTRIBS 21:53, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for the kind words, Smallbones. The indirectness is not exactly dainty, I just can't find out anything about De Rosa's death, not even the date of it, apart from the information posted by a nephew called Fred DeRosa which Wetman found for me. I am in the UK and don't know how to research a death in New York, any help would be appreciated! (Funnily enough, I recently had a similar but even more puzzling experience when writing an article on Daisy Burrell. I see she is a contemporary of De Rosa... ) Moonraker (talk) 14:29, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Take a look at Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, which I have added to our GLAM/DAM page and added the DAM template to her talk page. Can we get a picture of her from DAM, or maybe an image of an illustration? Many of her works are more than a century back, so PD. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:05, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
I have been talking with some staff at the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, and I find that we can easily get a free room for holding a meet-up. They are also open to the idea of some kind of an edit-thon, which would mean that they would provide some of the publicity. Otherwise, publicity would be our responsibility. I would like to consider a small meet-up to start, and only go on to an edit-thon if we find enough other Wikipedians or recruited newbies to help organize and do the editing. I am fairly sure we can get some funds from the Wikimedia Foundation to cover some publicity and food at the first meet-up. The library has WIFI.
There is a list of 158 Wikipedians in Philadelphia at Category:Wikipedians in Philadelphia. We need to find out how to distribute a talk page notice to them.
What do you think about this idea? Do you know any other Wikipedians who can help? What would we do at the meet-up beyond brainstorming? --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Here is an extract from the Wikimedia Accomodations page:
I have looked at prices and other factors at all three, and I would suggest the Savoy Suites Hotel, but take a look on your own. Washington has a 14% room tax, so the base price increases with the tax applied. I am thinking of going a day or two early, to attend the hackers meetings for techies, but I am not sure of that yet.--DThomsen8 (talk) 12:08, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello. :-) I saw your suggestion on the Wikiproject NRHP and think it is a great idea to have a panel discussion about taking images and writing articles about listings. I'm planning to attend, I would be happy to participate if you want to have people from around different areas of the U.S. FloNight♥♥♥♥ 22:35, 16 February 2012 (UTC)Reply: I would also like to participate! Thepoodlechef (talk) 23:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for my Valentine!! Ellin Beltz (talk) 07:17, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Back in October, you complimented me on some pictures of ruts at O'Fallon's Bluff in Lincoln County, Nebraska. I recently hit California Hill in Keith County, and couldn't have asked for better rut-photography conditions: unmelted snow in the ruts, bare ground around them. The photos are at Commons:Category:California Hill (Keith County, Nebraska), if you'd like to admire them. Hoping to hit two more rut sites (in Butler and Lancaster counties) this week; hope that I'll find conditions half as good there. Ammodramus (talk) 18:24, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
If your interested, could you please review Horseshoe Curve (Pennsylvania) and post any comments/suggestions to its peer review page. I'm going to attempt to have it promoted to FA eventually. Niagara Don't give up the ship 00:27, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
I am going to leave the FPAA editing entirely to your good efforts for now. There are several big chores needed for that article, including making inline citations, sometimes archived inline citations, out of their references. I agree that this could potentially be a GA or even FA article, but that is a high goal from my viewpoint. Let me know if you need any assistance, such as photography or visiting the FPAA offices. I am going to ask Ashley about that Lincoln statue. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:49, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Is it okay if I reply via your talk page, or would you prefer an emailed response? Nyttend (talk) 20:37, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
I see you are already signed up for a Wikimania 2012 session, [[12]], but your signature does not correspond to a user page/user talk page, as mine does. It took some experimenting, but I was able to create both pages, and I suggest that you might try, too. --DThomsen8 (talk) 22:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice! I will try to be more careful to emphasize that E.W. Clay was a respected cartoonist. I will add pictures of the cartoons but I'm working on the copyright stuff. I am also researching more information in Google books.
CPsju 18:28, 24 February 2012 (UTC)Camipadilla (talk)(UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Camipadilla (talk • contribs)
Here's the article: Het Scheepje, Haarlem. Thanks for those links! I had to laugh at the Dutch artcle, because it all gets so complicated. That article is about placement of another "little ship" gable stone, that was originally part of one of the former storage houses of Het Scheepje. Today very little remains of the whole complex, and the building they are cementing the gable stone into was built after the old storage house was dismantled. As far as I can tell, the right "half" of the picture in that article, plus all three "white" buildings in the article I wrote, were all part of the original complex in the 17th century. In the back there was a windmill and I need to upload a picture of that. I found a good article in my local history bulletin. Jane (talk) 21:35, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
I've uploaded Water Willow to Commons. Mind if I start the article? I have a copy of Waking Dreams now, so I should be able to pull a draft together. - PKM (talk) 01:42, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
Can you take a look at Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Pennsylvania and make sure I haven't left out anything important? (Or said anything stupid...) Thanks! - PKM (talk) 02:41, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Great photos of Aspiration! You've taken on a bear with the List of public art in Philadelphia. Hang in there. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:58, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
I am going to a fundraiser for a candidate for public office (countywide) who happens to be a descendant of an 1860 Wiyot Massacre survivor and if elected will be the first Wiyot to hold public non-tribal office in the county. That all said, the event is next door to Kinman's house and I was going to ask around if anyone knew who lived there as I have heard some of the furnishings include salvage from the Northerner and they may have other artifacts.Ellin Beltz (talk) 22:11, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Ok so what are the metal signs that say texasl historical landmark and they have them in really random spots and no one really knows about them? Sometimes they are in front of old buildings and other times they are at grave sites. What is that list? Thepoodlechef (talk) 23:50, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
What type of things would I need to photograph? How do I volunteer? For the other projects could I just take a picture of the site and the sign and the add a description? Can I quote the sign directly?Thepoodlechef (talk) 23:05, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
I wrote the Einar Jónsson article. Some of it. And am having an interesting time with the LIST. I am not a formatter, and these things mess with my mind. Pictures in our chart would be (opinion) better than coordinates, but the coordinates got there first. I also agree that text about individual monuments belong in another article about them. Carptrash (talk) 02:18, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
to all the editors involved in the rapidly expanding List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield. I recently spun off the state monuments for Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia (and intend to do Pennsylvania soon), leaving only a token bit of each in the list. I named these articles to include the name of the battle Alabama State Monument (Gettysburg) because many states have monuments in several battlefields and it seemed that we might as well start preparing for Alabama State Monument (Vicksburg) right now. Someone then re-named those articles (yesterday?) and removed the name of the battle. (they also changed the picture of the North Carolina Monument that I had added that I think much better caught the spirit of Borglum's work, but that is another issue.) Furthermore, there is something really unexplained happening on the talk pages of the new articles, If you click on the TALK tab at, say Virginia Monument (a really lame title, because how many of those are there across America?) you end up at the talk page of the list. What is that about? I would like to redirect these articles back to where they were redirected from yesterday, but unlike the editor who just did it, I'd like to involve all the interested editors. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:40, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
I got your message a few weeks ago regarding the North Side NRHP page. I'm glad to help contribute, but as yet I'm far more adept with my camera than editing Wikipedia pages. I'm not even totally sure I'm responding to you correctly. In any case let me know if there's anything else I could help with.By the way, you mention there being only 30-ish sites left to photograph, but I'm having great difficulty precisely locating AVR 661. It seems a youth offshoot of the US Navy is restoring it, but all the Google searching I can stand hasn't been very fruitful.Thshriver (talk) 23:52, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
While I didn't have time to stop for photos at West Lafayette, I was able to see the XXX burger place while at a traffic light. I'll definitely be able to get some of the Century of Progress HD houses; toward the end of the conference, I'll be going on a tour concentrating on the district, although the homeowners have told our conference organisers that we're not to take interior images. Nyttend (talk) 02:36, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones, Just following up on your nomination for the Funds Dissemination Advisory Group. Would it be possible for you and I to have an off-wiki discussion about your interests in the next couple of days. You can email me at bnewstead at wikimedia dot org. --Barry Newstead (WMF) —Preceding undated comment added 23:38, 12 April 2012 (UTC).
I'm not getting any comments on my dky Template:Did you know nominations/Humboldt Bay Life-Saving Station. Any chance you could take a poke at it?? Ellin Beltz (talk) 18:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I put another one in the article from the north end. No need to hide your stuff. Smallbones (talk) 05:08, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
As a first thing, thank you for creating the article! However, I merged Valtu Manor to Valtu - both articles have a very low potential for expansion (frankly, I was surprised even to find an article about Valtu manor, as it is rather "standard" manor from 1820s. I was glad, though, as my own summer house is just a few miles from Valtu).
If you feel that two articles are needed, then just revert me - please put {{WikiProject Estonia}} to the talk page, though, as then it will appear on watchlists of quite a few WikiProject Estonia members, which is always good in the never-ending battle against vandalism.
--Sander Säde 06:10, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
And help me understand this http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Paysonville_CA_Plaque.jpg ? Thanks! Ellin Beltz (talk) 18:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
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FYI, I am not going to work on Wiki for a while, maybe never again. I was insulted by an admin yesterday for absolutely no logical or rational reason. He is justifying his behavior now, but it is obviously how he behaves and if one doesn't like it, one must lump it. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. After the death threat that required the police to solve and now this, I am tired of contributing to this project to receive so much hatred back. You have always been nice to me and very helpful. This problem was not yours in creation, but I do not wish to merely disappear without saying what happened. If you need more stuff from local libraries, or need me for anything, email. I'm not upset with you at all, however I don't see any reason to continue my involvement in a project which says "be polite" but has admins who aren't bound by that same guideline. Ciao! Ellin Beltz (talk) 14:37, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey Smallbones. Do you know who the SignPost editors are these days? If they're doing a series on paid editing, I would love to participate in one that I could link to in the future to give editors I'm working with some context. Believe it or not I would be much closer to your point of view than CREWE's. User:King4057 (COI Disclosure on User Page) 16:38, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
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I will be leaving for Iowa on Friday morning and therefore will be unable to join you all that evening. Thanks for the invite. Farragutful (talk) 02:03, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is interested in finding a Wikipdian with whom they can work to improve coverage of the art content related to the PMA and Johnbod recommended I get in touch with you. (This is not a Wikipedian in residence position - yet. They are still exploring that possibility) Does thing sound like something you'd be interested in? Raul654 (talk) 03:58, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
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Contributors to DAM, both important Delaware men:
I need the contacts at DAM to get more information about these men. I did some research at the Free Library on them in the New York Times paper indexes, but the resulting articles were very brief items and no help in developing articles. Also, I would like to have an image for the Post World War II American Art section.--DThomsen8 (talk) 12:53, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Sb! Good to hear from you!
You wrote:
Hi Piled!
As I remember you understand the dreaded "Episcopal-Episcopalian" distinction - I don't. Also, I've gotten used to you copyediting my dyks.I don't think I'll send this to dyk (takes a bit more time and effort), but could you take a look at Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial.
Any help appreciated,
Smallbones (talk) 19:18, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hey buddy --- just wanted to thank you for all the great pics of B'More!--Pubdog (talk) 20:58, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
Take a look at Leibniz (unit) for me. Hoax, humor, or a serious concept? --DThomsen8 (talk) 22:18, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for thinking of me, I am flattered. It seems to me that it would help for any potential member to know more about the responsibilities involved. I realize that this is all being planned, but I think it would help if the potential members knew how many meetings to expect in a year (roughly) (one? three? a dozen?), how these meetings would be conducted (Skype / teleconference? travel to a central location? a mix of both?), time commitment (assume members would have to read all grant proposals ahead of time, so how many of these would there be and how long would they be?). Also what about expenses involved - if members have to travel to San Francisco (for example), would they have to cover their own travel and lodging costs or would the WMF cover these?
The other two concerns I thought of are: 1) the identification requirement. Since the proposed board would play a large role in allocating funds, it may be that the community wants to know who these people are (not just have the WMF know)(much as WMF board members are known). 2) Is there an audit process by an external auditor? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:31, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, but I am not done yet. Still need to finish the second part of the bio, polish the article (pun intended), and bring it at least to GA class. Would you be interested in proofreading the prose in a day or so? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 00:45, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you know I didn't forget about your request. The weather was rather poor here in DC most of last week so I wanted to wait for a clear day where I could get a decent picture. Kumioko (talk) 19:46, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Per your request I took three pictures of the pumping station and added them to the article. There not great but its definately better than none. You might want to take a look and adjust them. Kumioko (talk) 01:29, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Just thought that I'd give you a heads up that I created a montage for the Quincy, Illinois page and used a few of your uploaded pictures to compile the montage. The final result can be seen here: File:QuincyILmontage.png. Thank you for uploading some really nice shots. I only uploaded two such as that of the Oakley-Lindsay Center and Quincy University, but nearly all the montage is of your shots. I may have licensed it wrong (as public domain as opposed to CC), but I'm sure it would be a quick fix if I made any errors. (Tigerghost (talk) 19:13, 21 June 2012 (UTC))
I have completed a long effort on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Pennsylvania to change all requests to specific counties. You will find that the individual counties now have far more requests than they once did, and the Pennsylvania requests are currently down to 12, mostly requests for images rather than photography, since several buildings and bridges have been demolished.
For the m:WikiMania 2012 trip, I changed all the Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in District of Columbia to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Washington, D.C.. The D.C. list has been proposed for deletion. Let me know what you think about the lists, PA and DC.
Are you going to WikiMania? --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:08, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to say that I don't have any ideas better than what you've already done. The ideological blind dedication to free content over usefulness means that Commons:Commons:File types doesn't list any filetypes (at least as far as I can see) that are associated with slideshows.
Must also apologise for the delay in replying; I was on the road getting photos in far northern Indiana. I got the majority of the St. Joseph County sites, plus some in Marshall (including one HD contributing property that you've photographed), Fulton, Elkhart, and Kosciusko counties, plus the last two sites in Noble County. Nyttend (talk) 04:51, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:
It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.
At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).
Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.
If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 17:33, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Please gain consensus before removing tags like {{orphan}}, {{more footnotes}}, etc. from pages. WP:So fix it doesn't apply to the problem you describe. Editors can tag page, ask for help or come later and fix the problems the tagged. -- Magioladitis (talk) 03:44, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
an article based on a single source is a serious problem that needs to be fixed. On the other hand Wikipedia has no time limits of when and by whom the problem can be fixed. Tagging is easier than creating a to-do list in userspace. Moreover, it catches attention and gets more peoeple involved in the project. Giving the impression that pages are perfect discourages participation.
The most important is that I think your understanding of WP:So fix it is against the consensus we have. There are more people who tag pages than people who actually fix them because community thinks tagging is a nice thing. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:36, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I confess to wanting to start a conversation on this issue, but my deletions are not against WP:POINT, simply because I'm only deleting tags that don't belong on pages - useless tags that are just making a mess of things. I'm now a bit frustrated in searching for a place to properly discuss this matter. Is there a guideline that refers to tagging? Is there any central place that the very real issues caused by tagging are normally discussed? The best place that I can see now is the talkpage at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
I'd think it particularly important that there be a central place to discuss this matter because taggers often are presenting their opinions on an article as if they represent accepted policy. If they are representing policy or guidelines, then there certainly should be a policy or guideline that lets folks know the proper way to do this.
An example of a tag leading folks to think that it reflects policy, when it doesn't:
The link in "single source" goes to WP:Reliable sources which does not discuss the issue of single sourcing except in round about ways. It certainly does not prohibit single sourced articles in any way. Single sourcing does present potential problems. If I were grading a college student's single-sourced paper, the maximum grade I'd give is a C- even under today's inflated grading policies. Problems include possible copyright infringement, non-neutral point of view, and notability. But there are articles in which only one source can be found (other than possible very old primary sources or inaccesible historical write-ups) that aren't copyright violations, are likely to have NPOV, and are notable. 3 quick examples: US Congressmen from the Biographical Dictionary of Congress, a few places on the National Register of Historical Places, and some articles from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. More specific example: there are people who were elected to Congress in the early 19th century who died before taking office, the congressional dictionary (public domain) has entries on them, and a complete listing of everybody who was elected to Congress is important to the encyclopedia. Why should articles on these folks be defaced with tags? What policy or guideline has the article broken? Any discussion can be on the talk page, but taggers do not bother to do that despite what the tag says. Smallbones (talk) 16:21, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject QRpedia#Mass stats. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:44, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your kind words. I liked the news clip on the QR codes at Congressional Cemetery. I will ask my state park contacts (DCNR) if they want to add QR codes at the park offices. I've only seen Ganoga Lake once (when some kind people let me see the Clemuel Ricketts Mansion). I just added a panoramic picture I got of the lake in the fog to the article - does it look OK? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:14, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
ATTENTION: SMALLBONES. Thank you for the photo of one of the graves in DC's Congressional Cemetery that has had a QR code added, but it's the grave of LEONARD Matlovich not "John." Thank you very much for correcting as soon as possible.
- Michael Bedwellwww.leonardmatlovich.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.200.162.181 (talk) 01:11, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I was at your NFRP presentation at Wikimania. I was in the front row taking pictures with my Nikon. I don't think I have ever commented on someone's talk page on Wikipedia.
I am going to be writing an article about contributing to the NFRP. It will be titled something like http://www.wikihow.com/Contribute-to-the-National-Register-of-Historic-Places
Could you recommend a better title or a direction to take it??
Looking forward to hearing from you.
P.S. I also met you and your wife outside of the Marvin Center the next day.
Teresa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ttrimm (talk • contribs) 04:56, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
If you still need any jurors, I'd be happy to help: I'm an architect, a reasonably accomplished photographer, and I know my way around WP, I think (which principally involves knowing where not to go!). Acroterion (talk) 14:50, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
I tweaked the logo (used a different typeface) and it looks somewhat less fuzy to my eyes (you will probably need to purge the cache to see the new image - the capital "I" has cross bars at top and bottom in the new one "I", where it does not on the old one "|").
I have asked my ranger friend twice on QR codes and not heard back. It may be DCNR does not want to do that. I did think of adding QR codes to covered bridges - they usually have a paper tag from the Theodore Burr (Covered Bridge) Society inside near one of the portals anyway. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:38, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Please take a look at Schmucker Hall, where the text says it is a NRHP building, but the article infobox and the talk page do not say that. It seems to me that it is incorrectly done, but you will know better than I would. --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:18, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Look at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 132#Template:WikiProject Public Art. --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:33, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I think I see what you mean. Readers of Wikipedia don't know that the content was written by the company, however if we can cite the content to company-written materials, than readers know that it's their history "according to them." Content can be copy/pasted to Wikipedia with a citation that means attribution. Do I have it right? User:King4057 (EthicalWiki) 18:53, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
{{Template:Connected contributor multi|User1=King4057|}}
The Wikipedia model doesn't allow fo self-attribution, as in "GM's PR firm said '....' " (edit summary User:GMPR)
but, if they publish it on a CC-BY-3.0 site, called, say PRpedia, and that site has different rules than us - including perhaps article ownership and public release of editor identity and some checking that the editor is who he says he is, then we can use it as is (with atribution to PRpedia in the edit summary), or quote and cite it as a ref (GM's PR firm on PRpedia). The template above looks better for use by an ordinary COI. I'd use a talk page template that say "This article has used material from PRpedia that is licensed CC-BY-3.0. The editors on this site may have a direct connection to the subject of this article."
Hope this helps. Smallbones (talk) 11:09, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey bones --- thanks for grabbing and adding the photos of the Pennsylvania State Office Building. Nice pics!--Pubdog (talk) 21:52, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
I don't see anything on the talk page that is relevant to what I changed. If you are putting something there now, then please ignore this message. Someguy1221 (talk) 03:25, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
See Help:Link color and User:Anomie/linkclassifier for help with link colors. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:06, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Well, back with a splash like they say here's my first dyk attempt in a while. I learned a lot about Sally Tanner, a lovely elderly former state legislator who happens to live down the road a pace. Hope you are well and survived your trip to Ferndale, California. Ellin Beltz (talk) 01:47, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Drop by to say hi!
RexRowan Talk 12:14, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
The AFD on the tax return page's result was a "DELETE", not "DELETE & MERGE". ViriiK (talk) 01:22, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Could you possibly please consider the further discussion, and comment again at Talk:Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park#Merger proposal? --doncram 21:23, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
But why are unregistered users allowed to add and edit content, especially on a page that should be protected (like any political page). The timing of those unregistered edits are sometimes suspiciously aligned with registered users who aren't getting their way. At least that's been my observation.Jasonnewyork (talk) 21:37, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you.Do you know about Wiki Loves Monuments? See www.wikilovesmonuments.us
There a new part with California Landmarks, see California Historical Landmarks in Humboldt County, California
Also, please see WT:WikiProject_National_Register_of_Historic_Places#WLM_Android_App_from_WMF
Other stuff... Do you want me to up load photos of Seth Kinman's stuff to Commons? We didn't have opportunity to talk about it since that day ! Ellin Beltz (talk) 02:31, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
The last section on my talk page is from a newbie who is seeking advice on a new art-related article he wants to create, but reviewers have rejected it three times. I have not put any links on your talk page, just let you know where to look. My idea is that perhaps this item could be added as a paragraph in an existing article, where the reviewers are just other editors, and not editors doing reviews of new articles. Anyway, we need to be kind to the newbies, so I hope you can help at least a little bit. --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:39, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
I don't know enough about the coding to fix this myself, although it appears to me that the whole "if" string should go first. Because the button's appearing in every entry in every table whether there's an image there already or not. Daniel Case (talk) 03:11, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Re Richard M., I didn't get back to him today because I was busy with some pre-holiday weekend preparations. I'll drop him an email to that effect and see if we can connect over the weekend sometime. Daniel Case (talk) 04:37, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi GLAM PMA folks! I wanted to update you about some recent events related to our fantastic Museum. I met Jessica Milby, PMA Collections Information Project Manager, at Wikimania in July. Jessica was looking for ways to improve articles on Wikipedia about the Museum and its artists/collections. We followed up a few weeks later at the Perelman Building in downtown Philadelphia where we discussed ways to increase participation in the GLAM/PMA project.
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It's exciting to have a partner in Jessica Milby and there should be a lot of good work coming out the collaboration within the next 3-6 months. Please stop by the GLAM/PMA project page and leave your thoughts. What ideas do you have? How can we move forward on the above projects? I Hope you're all well. Cheers! Ocaasi 19:05, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks - I got two more covered bridges today and both are my favorite kind - still in use and no steel beams added. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:42, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
hi.thanks for filling me in on the picture disappearing. i thought that i hadfixed the problem with the license quite a while ago. i'd left out the dept of interior's code but went out and got it. i never got a message afterseptember 12th, indicating that there was an issue with it. i don't know if you saw itbefore it was deleted but it was a pic of a coast and geodetic survey marker at the location of brow monument. should i go back and reload it and make sure all thelicensing stuff is as it should be? bpolkAbearfellow (talk) 18:41, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
everything is filled in. Abearfellow (talk) 19:07, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones... I uploaded the picture to the right
but I can't figure out how to enter it in the contest. It never occurred to me there was a separate process for uploading photos for the contest, is that the only way to get them in the contest entries? If so, this one won't count. But would be good to know before I try uploading anything else. As you can see in the photo we finally got visibility over 1/4 mile. But not much. Cheers. Ellin Beltz (talk) 21:29, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Although I'm not terribly familiar with the details of this case, I was surprised to see you go the other way. I was wondering if your attitude was changing overall or if it was this case in particular. I myself have shifted over time as I gain experience on both sides. Corporate 00:41, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Do you upload photos of pending listings, and/or do you know of others who do? I'm considering creating a Commons category as a holding pen for such images, and I'd like your opinion on whether it would be useful. Please reply at my talk page, since I've also asked for input from Ammodramus and Ebyabe. Nyttend (talk) 13:18, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Could you please comment on this on the MKuCR talk page.
Thank you in advance. --Paul Siebert (talk) 20:09, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
This wouldn't be an issue if there was more prose to move your photos to. I want more of the lead photos to show the entire thing basically, then when there is prose, to move the specific building shots into the prose. This simple issue could be solved if someone just expanded the article, and we'd have the room for two+ photos. Mitch32(Victim of public education, 17 years and counting) 19:39, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
Your edit on Multichill's page gave me an earbug. Unable to get the song out of my head, I had to resort to a video. Now I have "Beam me up, Scotty, I must..." stuck instead. I blame you. Thundersnow 17:15, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
I added mention of the Charles Caroll High School in Port Richmond, Philadelphia as named in honor of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a son of today's featured article, Charles Carroll the Settler. There is no article about this high school, but high schools are considered notable in almost every case. How difficult is it to create another Philadelphia public high school article? I have photos of the building, and I added a reference for the high school web site. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:38, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
Smallbones, I wish to make a personal appeal to you regarding the article Mass killings under Communist regimes. I first found that article last year, shortly before it was locked. Since then, I've come back to it every few months, curious to see if any progress had been made. Last month, after seeing that the deadlock has continued with no end in sight - despite pages and pages of debate - I decided to take a more active interest in it. The situation seems hopeless, with no consensus possible on anything, but maybe we can change that. In my opinion, the dispute has become too personal, too bitter, and all sides must be willing to bury the hatchet and work together if any progress is to be made.
I am a relatively new contributor to the debate. I do not hide the fact that I disagree with you, Nug and Collect on the issue of the article's opening sentence. However, that is not my main concern. My main concern is that the deadlock needs to end and the dispute(s) need to be resolved. That is never going to happen unless people with different opinions collaborate to improve the article. So this is the appeal I wish to make: Please work with me on writing an "Estimates" section. I will try to get other people involved as well, and I will do my best to ensure that all personal hostility is kept out of it. Please, let's collaborate. -- Amerul (talk) 02:45, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
I noticed you added Articles linked to QRPedia to Alexander Macomb (General). I think Perry should be linked, too. Particularly in light of the impending bicentenial. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:38, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Smallbones,
I got the following email today from April Frantz of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Historic Preservation with an attached email from the National Register of Historic Places, stating that the name of our covered bridge has officially been change to the Linton Stephens covered bridge. (Listed under Pennsylvania below.)
Can you now correct the spelling in your information?
Thanks,
Kent Vendrick
Hello Kent—We just received notification from the NPS that they have also now changed the spelling of the Linton Stephens Covered Bridge (see email list below). Future searches of either our database or their records should now reflect the correct spelling. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, and if you have any additional questions, please call or email me again. Best wishes—April
April E. Frantz | National Register ProgramBureau for Historic Preservation | PHMC400 North Street | Harrisburg, PA 17120-0093717.783.9922 | afrantz@pa.gov
www.phmc.state.pa.us/bhp
From: Edson_Beall@nps.gov [17] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 5:08 PMTo: WASO_CR_NR-NHL@nps.gov; WASO_CR_HISTORY@nps.govSubject: National Register Weekly List 11/09/2012
November 9, 2012
The Director of the National Park Service is pleased to send you the following announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places. For further information contact Edson Beall via voice (202) 354-2255, or E-mail: <Edson_Beall@nps.gov> This and past Weekly Lists are also available here: http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/nrlist.htm
Our physical location address is:
National Park Service 2280, 8th floorNational Register of Historic Places1201 "I" (Eye) Street, NW,Washington D.C. 20005
National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. Please Visit Our Feature: http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/indian/Index.htm
WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 10/29/12 THROUGH 11/02/12
KEY: State, County, Property Name, Address/Boundary, City, Vicinity, Reference Number, NHL, Action, Date, Multiple Name
FLORIDA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,Temple Terrace Golf Course,200 Inverness Ave.,Temple Terrace, 12000888,LISTED, 10/30/12
HAWAII, HONOLULU COUNTY,Lishman Building,Makiki Park, Keeaumoku St.,Honolulu, 78001023,REMOVED, 10/28/12
ILLINOIS, DU PAGE COUNTY,Naperville Historic District,Roughly bounded by Juilian, Highland, Chicago, Jackson, Eagle, and 5th Sts.,Naperville, 77001516,ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION APPROVED, 10/31/12
IOWA, HARDIN COUNTY,Washington Avenue Commercial Historic District,401-714 Washington Ave., 300 blk. Stephens, & 200 & 300 blks. Oak Sts.,Iowa Falls, 12000889,LISTED, 10/31/12
IOWA, LINN COUNTY,Iowa Wind Mill and Pump Company Office and Warehouse,42 7th Ave., SW.,Cedar Rapids, 12000890,LISTED, 10/31/12(Cedar Rapids, Iowa MPS)
MAINE, ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY,Lamb Block,10 Depot St.,Livermore Falls, 12000891,LISTED, 10/31/12
MAINE, HANCOCK COUNTY,Free Baptist Church of Great Pond, The,1231 Great Pond Rd.,Great Pond, 12000892,LISTED, 10/31/12
MAINE, KENNEBEC COUNTY,Androscoggin Yacht Club,22 Lake St.,Wayne, 12000893,LISTED, 10/31/12
MAINE, LINCOLN COUNTY,Wiscasset Historic District,Roughly Parker, Dresden, Bradford, Main, and Federal Sts.,Wiscasset, 73000242,ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION APPROVED, 10/31/12
MISSOURI, JOHNSON COUNTY,Griebel, Lewis and Sophie, House,300 W. Gay St.,Warrensburg, 12000895,LISTED, 10/31/12(Warrensburg, Missouri MPS)
NEW MEXICO, BERNALILLO COUNTY,Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center,2100 Ridgecrest, SE,Albuquerque, 83001614,ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION and BOUNDARY CLARIFICATION APPROVED, 10/31/12(United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals MPS)
OHIO, CUYAHOGA COUNTY,Euclid Heights Historic District,Mayfield, Coventry, Cedar, Overlook,Cleveland Heights, 12000897,LISTED, 10/31/12
OREGON, JACKSON COUNTY,Washington Elementary School,610 S. Peach St.,Medford, 12000899,LISTED, 10/31/12
OREGON, MULTNOMAH COUNTY,Portland Oregon's Eastside Historic and Architectural Resources, 1850-1938 MPS,ADDITIONAL COVER DOCUMENTATION APPROVED, 11/01/12
OREGON, MULTNOMAH COUNTY,Rose City Golf Clubhouse,2200 NE 71st Ave.,Portland, 12000900,LISTED, 10/31/12
OREGON, MULTNOMAH COUNTY,Sengstake Building,310 NW Broadway,Portland, 12000901,LISTED, 10/31/12
PENNSYLVANIA, CHESTER COUNTY,Stephens, Linton, Covered Bridge,SW of New London on T 344, Nottingham/New London Townships,New London vicinity, 80003466,ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION APPROVED, 10/31/12(Covered Bridges of Chester County TR)
SOUTH CAROLINA, LEXINGTON COUNTY,Guignard Brick Works,100 Granby Crossing at Knox Abbot Dr.,Cayce, 95000019,ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION APPROVED, 10/31/12
VIRGINIA, APPOMATTOX COUNTY,Holliday Lake State Park,2759 State Park Rd.,Appomattox vicinity, 12000903,LISTED, 10/31/12(Virginia State Parks built by New Deal Programs MPS)
VIRGINIA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY,Bear Creek Lake State Park,22 Bear Creek Lake Rd.,Cumberland vicinity, 12000904,LISTED, 10/31/12(Virginia State Parks built by New Deal Programs MPS)
VIRGINIA, HAMPTON INDEPENDENT CITY,Old Wythe Historic District,Roughly bounded by Hanover St., Pear Ave., Hampton, & Kecoughtan Rds.,Hampton (Independent City), 12000905,LISTED, 10/31/12
VIRGINIA, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY,Twin Lakes State Park,788 Twin Lakes Rd.,Green Bay vicinity, 12000906,LISTED, 10/31/12(Virginia State Parks built by New Deal Programs MPS)
WISCONSIN, DANE COUNTY,Savage House,SR 1,Stoughton vicinity, 80000392,REMOVED, 11/02/12(Cooksville MRA)
WISCONSIN, WINNEBAGO COUNTY,Buckstaff Observatory,2119 N. Main St.,Oshkosh, 79000119,REMOVED, 11/02/12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.23.197.85 (talk) 21:54, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
I've never before seen these pages; they're quite interesting. Unfortunately, I can't actively contribute to anything new; St Louis is far enough that I can't conveniently reach it — I was in the metro area in early September, but my goal was Randolph County, Illinois and Ste Genevieve, MO, and I only got two pictures in metro St Louis. Even then I had to stay overnight, and I'm definitely not doing any more camping trips until spring. My next goal for "out west" is Little Egypt; I'd like to get a sites on the route from the Cape to Cairo, and my main goal is the eastern border from Cairo upstream to the mouth of the Wabash. The area doesn't have a very dense concentration of sites, but I'd really like to see Cairo and the Black Bottom, and the sparse concentration of sites means that it's easier to get more counties fully illustrated. Meanwhile, note that Jackson County, MO and Pulaski County, AR (Kansas City and Little Rock) are far more sparsely illustrated than St Louis.
At any rate, thanks for the note :-) I would have gotten them online sooner, but there were so many (and I'm really busy) that it took me nearly two months to do them. I'd put off getting photos in the metro area because the bridge closure made crossing the river an hours-long process for several months, but with it open I decided to make the trip; now I've gotten at least one site in all 92 Indiana counties. Nyttend (talk) 20:17, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
I'd lik to tag team on that, but not sure when I'll have any time. I have several good references... Thanks for pointing out the book in the painting. I hadn't really paid attention to it. -- PKM (talk) 06:47, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
Since you're the photographer for Park Site, I'd like your input — does this need disambiguation? Pubdog created it at Park Site 36La96, but since 36LA96 is simply the site number, it's not part of the name. Should we add "(placename, Pennsylvania)" after it, or would the current name be better? Nyttend (talk) 15:52, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Smallbones ... I'm not clear what you're asking me. What kind of documentation are you looking for? Here's the NPS announcement, if that's what you want. If it's in the Philly suburbs, what does it have to do with districts in Fort Wayne (Indiana, I assume?) and Nebraska? --sanfranman59 (talk) 22:29, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
I've had a ton of talk page messages, so I missed yours until just now. As you suspected, it was an edit conflict; I had no clue that I was doing anything except modifying the Brownsville image. Nyttend (talk) 00:14, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi. You've added a media link to what seems a very decent scholarly site, but it sat very oddly within the article... though probably better than it does now. I've messed with the syntax a little (well, OK, a lot) in trying to embed it within the external link section. That's where I think it would belong. Of course, you could just revert me, but you do seem au fait with the technicalities and I was wondering, is there a better way to link the site? Best, Haploidavey (talk) 23:11, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
I've self-reverted. Your original works better. Haploidavey (talk) 23:15, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Boxes with external links, like videos, shouldn't be in the substance of the article, but in the External links section. However, I have tried to move it to the right section and couldn't make it work because it contains references. Can you please take a look and see if you can work out how to format it so that it sits successfully in the External links section?
Amandajm (talk) 19:04, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
I might play after Christmas. I will have a few days free. How about File:Adoration of the Magi Tapestry.png?
And a merry Chistmas to you as well! - PKM (talk) 22:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the good wishes. Here's to a productive WP new year! Whiteghost.ink (talk) 01:16, 20 December 2012 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the Christmas greetings - I will send something out closer to the day. I got pictures of the remaining NRHP sites in Union County, PA today (except the Griffey House, which is gone :( . Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:51, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
... and good will towards people! --Orange Mike | Talk 03:51, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
Why thank you! Given your perspective on PR pros I can never be quite sure if we're really friends ;-)
Our elderly dog just passed away a few months ago, which makes this the first time in years my wife and I get to travel without worrying about who's going to change his diapers, etc. My wife and I's x-mas will be on a cruise!! CorporateM (Talk) 13:18, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
... for the Christmas greetings. I wish you and your family the best. (And great new shots of Wayne!) BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 23:36, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
Chapeltown, Delaware and Dutch Neck Crossroads, Delaware mention that they have NRHP buildings, but the links are red. Please take a look and fix the links, if possible.
Thank you for the Christmas greeting. I have news, but it can keep. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:24, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas 2012! Happy New Year and all the best in 2013! Thanks for all you do here, and best wishes for the year to come. | |
Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:42, 25 December 2012 (UTC) |
<font=3> Merry Christmas, Peace, Good will, Happy New Year, and all the best in 2013! --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:42, 25 December 2012 (UTC) | ![]() |
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I am somewhat amazed at the quantity and general quality of the new trove of covered bridge pictures - there are several I assumed we would never get photos of (as they no longer exist). I occasionally have dreams like this, where I suddenly stumble on a store with a complete set of something I collect, only to wake up. This feels like that, only I am pretty sure it is not a dream ;-) travel safely, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:33, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
As a lover of architecture, I think you'll appreciate this building. I've long admired it, and finally began a page on it last night. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 14:26, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Okay that's it for now! I think I have more on the Hope stained glass in other books, but need to go digging. I go back to work on Wednesday, so free time will be tight again. Happy New Year... - PKM (talk) 04:29, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
Do you think I put in a signature at the top of an article on purpose? I probably happened because when a page is slow to form the buttons at the top are place in place after the text. So if you are quick a click the page to get focus can belatedly cause a '''Bold text''', ''Italic text'', or --~~~~ etc to be placed at the top of the edit area because the page take the click for focus a a button press. It was my mistake and an error in spotting it, but an error like that does not need a homily "copy edit - please don't sign articles" unless you have evidence that it was deliberate. -- PBS (talk) 19:43, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi friend,
Happy new year! Have you still got the sample plaques I left in DC? If so, I could do with them back, please. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:33, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a joyous, healthful, and productive 2013! Please accept a belated thank you for the well wishes upon my retirement as FAC delegate, and apologies for the false alarm of my first—and hopefully last—retirement; the well wishes extended me were most kind, but I decided to return, re-committed, when another blocked sock was revealed as one of the factors aggravating the FA pages this year. Maintaining standards in featured content requires vigilance, dedication and knowledge of people like you, who are needed; reviews are always welcome at FAC, FAR and TFA requests. Somehow, somehow we never ever seem to do nothin' completely nice and easy, but here's hoping that 2013 will see a peaceful road ahead and a return to the quality and comaraderie that defines the FA process, with the help of many dedicated Wikipedians! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:19, 3 January 2013 (UTC) |
I sincerely apologize for harming your edit(s) at the Evergreen articles. With respect to written content on these two articles, my intention is not to ever touch them again.
The anonymous edits which unduly nitpicked (in my opinion) my additions and added the "term paper" tag were most likely retribution for a challenge I engaged elsewhere on a completely different subject. The intention of the gross reversion was to completely remove my contributions and restore the pages to their appearance before my arrival. In other words, if my free research and free writing aren't good enough, well fuggit, I'll keep them to myself, and the thousands of others who are researching Evergreen can 'belly up.'
With respect to the image content I am nearly finished, too. I will replace the photos of the Smyser and McPherson obelisks at a later date with ones which were taken on a sunny late afternoon. As far as the photo of the cannon inside the Cemetery, I think winter is the right time of year for the photo because the observer can clearly see through the trees to the SNM.
I believe there's a problem if the Gatehouse article doesn't display a modern photograph. A modern photograph answers the question, did the Gatehouse only exist at the time of the Battle or does it still exist today? The text on the Gatehouse article does not answer this foremost question. Also, I risked my life by sitting on the Baltimore Pike in the 'running lane' to obtain a modern photo which 1) eliminated the garrish modern traffic sign (in front of the left pillar) and 2) de-emphasized the later (garrish) additions to the original structure.
I kinda wish they'd repaint the Gatehouse. Can you imagine it with a maroonish color?
Once again, here is a sincere, "I'm sorry." Obsession doesn't always indicate an insistence on control. At the time my wife and I were purchasing our plot in Evergreen, I began to think, "The Cemetery and Gatehouse should have better Wiki articles." While I was researching for my own benefit, I edited my findings into the Wiki articles.
As far as text is concerned, there is nothing more to find or (attempt to) add. I will continue to study the effects of lighting and season on the beauty of the Cemetery, but my 'reading and writing' research has submerged into the microminutae of the Petersburg Campaign.--Donaldecoho (talk) 12:07, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Did you happen to see Madame X when she was in Phila about a decade ago? PMA's Eakins show went on to the Met, and the Met loaned Jefferson Madame X in exchange for The Gross Clinic. Jefferson wasn't allowed to advertise it, and I only saw it thru the bars but it was here for a while.
Thanks for your work on Carl Conrads. I hope we've helped Carptrash lift him out of obscurity.
Happy New Year! BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 17:58, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
Saw your comment some time ago to the guy in Charleston, South Carolina regarding getting a photo of each contributing property in an HD. I began doing this largely because I like having a table with all the CPs for an HD article, as seen in Steele Dunning Historic District, although I've only done it around Bloomington because it takes so much time. I've kept up doing it (including in non-NR districts) for two reasons: (1) I'm about done with school and will be moving, so this way I may be able to have photos in HDs that they list in future years; and (2) I've found that the Indiana SHPO uses a lot of my photos, and I figure that putting photos online is a good permanent method of documentation. I've been surprised and gratified to see how frequently my photos get used online; one became a book cover, and another is used by Britannica! Nyttend (talk) 18:00, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
I am in the Magee Hospital and not able to lg on.
I have the FLP Central ready to have a wiki event Feb 23, but caaot do it. a you go do it?
Reply here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.145.42.162 (talk) 00:38, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Paul Siebert has decided that it doesn't make sense for him to put any more time and effort into the workpage for Mass killings under Communist regimes given our poor track record of actually agreeing on significant edits to the article. Could you please look over the "Genocide" subsection at the workpage and add whatever you feel is necessary to make it acceptable to both you and Paul. This way, we can demonstrate that progress can be made under the current article sanctions. Thanks in advance. AmateurEditor (talk) 00:50, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
I played around with this. Kudos for working on adding a thumbnail. We really need one.
The spacing problem is that the image and the external media box are both right-aligned inside your right-aligned white box, and I can't figure out how to fix it. The external media box won't center-align inside the right-aligned box (I did get it left-align, so I'm sure the alignment is the issue). I have very little experience making boxes, and I don't know how to make the box work the way it needs to. So far I am stuck. Hope this helps.
We might try making a version of the external media template that has a thumbnail inside it... - PKM (talk) 05:02, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
This was as you probably realise an oversight; some user talk templates automatically sign the posts. Also, some generate headers and some do not. Very frustrating. Usually I check but I must have forgotten on those occasions. --MegaSloth (talk) 11:44, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I saw the plaque in the videos (and in person), but couldn't figure it out. After not finding a NRHP listing, I thought perhaps the house was part of a new (or planned) historic district, but couldn't find anything. A puzzlement.
Best, BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:55, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
... do you think you could crop out the black bits before using them please? Pdfpdf (talk) 07:49, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
Any help appreciated - What help can I give? Pdfpdf (talk) 09:27, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
hi, if you're in town on monday there's an event at the LOC. [19]. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 03:01, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello. We need help at this peer review, regarding Frank L. VanderSloot. We would all like to have a reviewer with a WP:Neutral point of view, one who will help us with the formatting of one section in the article. I hope you are that editor. Thanks, GeorgeLouis (talk) 18:41, 20 February 2013 (UTC)