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O.K. now that I have copied the code what else do I have to do to ((ChicagoWikiProject))? Is it possible to add a photo needed parameter? TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio)
(Unindent) I don't have examples, but I can send you to ((Needed-Class)). Does that help you to answer my question? WRT Image-class, is there any precedent that you might have scene elsewhere? TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 19:24, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi Elkman, thanks for all your help with the 1013 Project articles. My students are learning a lot from their interaction with Wikipedians. They're starting to get the hang of this, and they seem to be enjoying themselves. "Final" revisions on their articles are due next Thursday, so please help look out for them over the next week or so. 1013-josh 07:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
As you are probably aware, the Stoop!d Monkey page was the subject of an AfD and the result was, of course, "Keep". Currently, the logos are a point of contention with myself saying that they were part of the "Keep", while User:Calton saying they were to be dropped and the article was to remain.
I asked the admin who closed the AfD his opinion and he replied, "I just said the article was to be kept, I don't know about the logos". There wasn't a decision given on the logos and in the AfD only 3 users said the logos should go, only 1 said keep the article, lose the logos.
I am not sure how to handle this, but since the admin who closed the AfD made no decision and the AfD wasn't about the logos in the first place (and the majority said to keep the logos if you want to be picky about it, as far as I can tell).
This wasn't an issue from April 16th (immediately after the AfD) to May 3rd when User:Calton realized that I was blocked for 48hours (not related to this) and I couldn't revert his changes. User:Calton had no interest and made no changes on the page itself or the talk page during that time. So, to me, his initial revert on May 3rd was done because of my block.
I have asked two admins (in case one is offline) to revert his changes and put a block on the page until this can be worked out. I am also asking you, since you contributed to the AfD, what your opinion is on just the logos themselves. I appericate you input one way or the other. Thanks...SVRTVDude (VT)
Elkman: I included the NRHP infobox in this article, and somewhat arbitrarily chose Winnipeg as the closest city. Should a city be chosen which is closer to the two parts of the trail selected for the MPS? Or should multiple cities be listed? It may make sense to list none at all, given the fact that some cart trains started from Pembina instead of Winnipeg, some ended at Traverse des Sioux, Mendota, or Fort Snelling rather than St. Paul, and they wandered all over the map between the endpoints. Kablammo 20:35, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
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I edited the history section some-- take a look at it. I'm tempted to take out the first mention of Minneapolis growing up along St. Anthony Falls as it's covered later. Also I will reply to your messages to me on my talk page there, and will monitor yours, so we can keep threads together. Thanks. Kablammo 02:35, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for fixing User talk:AVTN! ~~ AVTN T CV A 19:09, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
You may be interested in reading or contributing to some new articles Glacial River Warren, River Warren Falls, Buffalo Ridge, Bohemian Flats, and Traverse Gap historically important to Minnesota. (shameless spam)--Appraiser 19:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the resource links. I will look at them in the future. This week is a stubification drive for the Chicago Landmark page in order to get it up to a blue link/red link proportion that is more palatable for WP:FLC. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 19:32, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for researching and adding the new section. It seems to have quieted things down. Kablammo 14:04, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Snowolf is considering nominating me for an RFA. Since you've been helpful to me in the past, particularly in regard to a couple of editing conflicts, I'd like to get your opinion on whether these conflicts would cause a problem. I haven't had any major conflicts with users since last November (although I did have a bit of a dustup recently with Kelly Martin regarding her high standards for RFAs), but I'm wondering if you think any of these past problems are insurmountable. I'd like your honest opinion on this. This isn't canvassing -- I'm just tire-kicking at this point. Let me know what you think. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 22:52, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I was reluctant to clutter up your article with one of my pictures just before DYK. I couldn't think of a catchy caption - go ahead and add one if you can think of something. I'll have to search my stash of photos to see if there are any more. (I'm not sure I'd be in favor of you being an admin. I'd rather you spend your time working on Minnesota Historical topics. But I'll vote for you if you decide to do it.)--Appraiser 19:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
--Carabinieri 22:46, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
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Last week you helped edit the Chicago COTW, but did not vote. Thank you for your help! Your input in future selections would also be appreciated. This week Magnificent Mile has been chosen. Please help improve it towards the quality level of a Wikipedia featured article. See the To Do List to suggest a change or to see an open tasks list. See past CHICOTWs. Note our good articles. | ||
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TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 00:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm confused. Who's going off the deep end? Who's unable to calm down? --Elkman (Elkspeak) 04:33, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I am writing you because you either (1) edited Chicago Landmark 5 weeks ago when it was the WP:CHICOTW (2) edited it or created a stub last week when we had the stubification drive for it or (3) you nominated an article to be the CHICOTW in the last few days.
I have finally had a chance to take a tally on last week’s stubification effort. Based on my manual count we now have 109 bluelinks on a total of 241 landmarks. Preliminary indications were that for our article to be successful at WP:FLC we would need to eventually rename it (something like List of Chicago Landmarks) and get the majority of the landmarks linked. Based on my cursory count we need to write 12 more articles to get to a majority. It would be great if you might be able to assist by creating a couple stubs to assist in this effort. Here are some of the stubs that were created during last week’s efforts: Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District, Historic Michigan Boulevard District, Arthur H. Compton House & One North LaSalle. Among the articles still redlinked are 2 buildings on this week’s CHICOTW, Magnificent Mile (Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton Office and Studio, Woman's Athletic Club). Recall that each redlink on Chicago Landmark has a footnote to a reference that gives you enough info to create a stub. If you create a new stub please add it to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chicago#Newly_Created_Chicago_Related_Pages so that we can keep track of the progress. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:34, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Let me update my thanks
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For exemplary service to the Chicago WikiProject (most notably ((ChicagoWikiProject)) development) please allow me to present the Chicago Barnstar award to you? -- TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 14:31, 19 May 2007 (UTC) |
I am finally getting around to your infobox nrhp tool. It is magical. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:40, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
--Smee 23:12, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Elkman, thanks for the kind words on my talk page. I barely know what a talk page is at this point, but they came at a good time.
I'm so frustrated with this entire experience... I was a webmaster for 10 years before becoming an urban planner, and I've never come across a technical process that is less user-friendly than wikipedia. Half of our content gets deleted almost as soon as it's added, I have no idea why, the help documents are decidedly unhelpful... I'm about ready to quit the whole effort. All I was trying to do was add our content -- content that we own and willfully distribute to fulfill our mission.
Any help or guidance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I got into a secret club by mistake and everyone's giving me grief for not knowing the secret handshake and sitting in someelse's chair. :{
--Tulsapreservation 14:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
--Tulsapreservation 16:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
I apologize for not recognizing you earlier. I am just getting familiar with this type of userbox. You may want to place the following on your user page:
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TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks so much Elkman for your remarkable expediency in lending me a helping hand in getting by article suitable and formatted. I admire your dedication as a Wikipedian. I find my exploration of the Wikipedia fascinating but daunting Pjt48 01:30, 8 April 2007 (UTC)Pjt48 13:59, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
(Firstly, thanks for the RfA Support) I see what you're saying about the photo. I can see exactly where he took it, but it will take me at least two weeks to take a new one --while I live downtown, next to Foshay, I work out in Eden Prairie and only have time to go on photo hunts on weekends (for daylight). I'm going to be out for the next few weekends. I didn't even know about that gorgeous home before, I'll see if I can't eventually capture that. My camera isn't particularly professional, and it's at the whim of the sunlight on a given day. Last Saturday went from overcast to bright and the difference is pretty startling. --Bobak 21:38, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject National Register of Historic Places Award | ||
For adding the NRHP infobox to so many, many, many articles and other help to the project, I bestow upon thee this long-overdue award! Ebyabe 22:43, 25 May 2007 (UTC) |
i am the author of the freeston chronicles and have sold many copies. mr johnson is a reccuring villain throughout. my article isnt nonesense.
Hi. I added a few topic for discussion at Talk:Minnesota#Recent_changes_to_article. Can you weigh in with your thoughts? Thanks. Kablammo 18:15, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your reaction to my error - I was simply copy and pasting the template without exploring the parameters therein. I'm glad you found the mistakes though - it looks like you're a great NRHP editor. I will look through your edits and learn... Thanks again. - Freechild 03:06, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I'm needing some info or support for an article about a place listed on the National Register of Historic Places that I've been working on. It's a place called Monte Ne which was a health resort of sorts run by an eccentric bimetallisms named William Coin Harvey in the early twentieth century. I've put a lot of time into the article and now I'm trying to get it featured, so if you wouldn't mind looking it over and giving me some criticism or support I would really appreciate. Also I've asked a few other users for there help and placed this exact same message on their discussion page. This was just so I wouldn't have to type it again, I'm not trying to spam your talk page. If you have any questions please feel free to leave me a message or email me. Thanks so much! --The_stuart 21:45, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Dear Elkman,
Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've been approved to use it. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if there is a newer release (or just add the main page (here) to your watchlist). Report any bugs or feature suggestion here. If you need help, feel free to contact me or join NPWatcher.
«Snowolf How can I help?» 15:59, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I am waiting on Snowolf and Wizardman to see if they want to co nom, that's all, I suppose you can add your opinion whenever though. IvoShandor 22:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
LOL: You missed "27 Yards of Dental Floss" by Ry Cooder! —Gaff ταλκ 23:36, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, Elkman, for the notice about the hurry-up-and-delete tag. I found an article in Wiki that compared shopping cart software programs, so I added my cart to the list of shopping carts in the table. The carts were all hotlinks, but when you clicked on them, for the most part, you got a message that said ... "there is no such article, but you can log in or create an account and write one if you want". So I did!
Did I read the faq and learn everything I should have before penning the offensive missive? No. I did read the NPOV alert, but that was about it. It was meant to be (and was, I believe) a purely informative write-up. No selling. Anyway, I see the article I wrote has already been deleted. Very efficient! Thanks again. I'll be more careful in the future. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhoarty (talk • contribs) 10:35, 7 June 2007
Is it possible to make the template acknowledge Importance as the same as importance and Class the same as class? TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 19:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
For your contribution to Seth Lore and Irwinton Historic District. -Give Union 04:34, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
They're burning me out and pissing me off. The holier than thou attitude over there is ridculous to say the least. Apparently Wikipedia's 1,200 or so admins are saints, they must have zero flaws, especially considering some of the comments they made on my RfA. Whatever. I can guarantee that most of the admins on here don't have nearly the solid contribution history I do, after all how many articles about Pokemon can we really have or do we really need. Blah. Thanks for the support though. IvoShandor 11:30, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Hey, can you create an NRIS query based on architect? Or is that not possible. IvoShandor 16:34, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thanks for the idea. I tried to do it earlier but it was deleted. I will keep trying. Whoisthis2007
I'd have to agree with you that Deerwood Auditorium doesn't possess all the elements of Federal architecture, such as a flat facade, but I think it took some cues from the period, such as symetrically placed, 16-light, double-hung windows and the elliptical-looking detail above. The faux gable reminds me of Greek Revival style, and the overall shape reminds me of the Alamo. It certainly is a unique structure; thanks for bringing it to my attention. Could you re-write the DYK hook? I can't think of anything interesting. Thanks.--Appraiser 22:20, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
I prefer not to answer fishing expeditions. I have never interacted with WP:NRHP; I trust it is not being used as a wikt:mutual admiration society. It seems to have several respectable editors. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 23:14, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
I'll comment on as many forums as have continued personal attacks on me--that's precisely how many. It appears that there is no end of people willing to personally attack me to protect User:Chrislk02, which raises nothing but curiosity as to why he requires other editors and administrators to go around attacking me to protect him. KP Botany 16:33, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Hmm.. That's a very good question.
On the one hand, the railway categories were supposed to be removed from the bot's tasks. I'll check on that and make sure.
On the other, it really should check for whether or not it's added the banner before. That's a bit of code I hadn't thought of - I'll see if I can do that before the next WP:Chicago run. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 05:24, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Thank you for helping out with the Schooner Adventure wiki page. Quick question for you---on a Mac browser, everything looks good. However, testing it on a PC browser (IE), the text doesn't seem to wrap around the NHL box that you added on the right side. So there is a big gap between the first paragraph and the rest of the article. Strange. Any ideas on how to fix that?
Thanks again for your help.
Pirateluna
Thanks for your support and defense in my recent, unsuccessful RfA. It's much appreciated. IvoShandor 15:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
--howcheng {chat} 02:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
As it turns out, I had a picture of the Crow Wing County Courthouse from last year, when I went up to Brainerd for an inline skate race. I have a couple other pictures from that trip, including the Northern Pacific Railroad shops in Brainerd, the Brainerd water tower, and the Crosby Soo Line Depot.
On this trip, I took pictures of Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake, the Spina Hotel in Ironton, the other two Cuyuna Iron Range Municipally-Owned Elevated Metal Water Tanks in Cuyuna and Trommald. On the way up, I took pictures of the Great Northern depot and the Robert C. Dunn house in Princeton, the Mille Lacs County Courthouse and the Milaca City Hall in Milaca. I also took some pictures in Aitkin, including the Aitkin County Courthouse, the Aitkin Carnegie Library, the Northern Pacific depot (a really nice looking structure), the Patrick Casey house, and the Potter/Casey building. I've uploaded the Portsmouth mine pictures as well as the three courthouse pictures -- they're in commons:Category:Courthouses of Minnesota.
I also got in some good diving, too (which was the actual reason for the trip). Unfortunately, I lost a weight pocket in Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake. I've been having troubles with those weight pockets, so I might have to replace that particular system. But that's another topic.
Let me know if you want me to upload the other pictures for those places, and I'll upload them. I'm not uploading them right now mainly because I don't have articles written yet, but I'm willing to upload them any time. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 18:25, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
You helped us at WP:CHICOTW create and improve List of Chicago Landmarks. This week we have nominated it at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Chicago Landmarks. Feel free to make comments about its candidacy or to come by and help respond to the comments of others. TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 00:22, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I hope you have been following along at Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates#List_of_Chicago_Landmarks. If you have, then you may have noticed that the only drawback that seems to have emerged is the number of redlinks in the list. If you check in at WP:WIAFL this should not be a surprise. There is nothing much else really to complain about, IMO. I have said from the initial CHICOTW nomination. Unfortunately, once we worked on the page we found preponderant redlinks. I have always known this would be a problem and asked for help creating stubs. You may recall I encouraged us to spend an [Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chicago/COTW/History/CLstubification entire extra week creating stubs]. This still fell short of getting the majority of articles linked. I continued to suggest that we attempt to create stubs. This whole effort six weeks ago seems to have brought down WP:CHICOTW. Since this attempt to get people to create redlinks for a budding WP:FL people have stopped participating in the CHICOTW. This week marks the fifth week in a row that there has been no significant editorial contribution during the CHICOTW. I would say I am afraid to lose CHIICOTW support by mentioning this, but since NO ONE has come by to help this week, it could not get any worse. If anyone cares about getting an FL at CHICOTW for our past efforts it might be a good idea to express such concern by creating 5 or so stubs from among the redlinks at List_of_Chicago_Landmarks. Since I have already created about 3 dozen I have mentioned on the discussion that I am standing pat with my contribution to this concern. However, if any of you cares, feel free to make some stubs. The 20 minute stub instructions are still available. If you create any such stubs list them at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chicago#Newly_Created_Chicago_Related_Pages so that everyone can help you to clean it up. TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
--Carabinieri 21:33, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I'll try and get the Scott county courthouse in the next week or two. -Ravedave 22:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Somehow, Ft. King got listed as a NRHP property in Chicago that is now at List of Chicago Landmarks. Have you seen anything like this [3] which really looks like it is talking about the Robert Abbott House (which is in Chicago), whereas Fort King is in Florida. Any thoughts on what might be the problem with this entry? TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 06:21, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Landmark Center (St. Paul) is supposedly a National Historic Monument, but it doesn't show up in the lists I've looked at. Can you help me figure out what it really is? Thanks.--Appraiser 12:53, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
A slip of the brain - sorry about that (was on the phone and must have got disoriented). Occuli 14:58, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
If you have been following along at WP:FLC#List_of_Chicago_Landmarks you know we need help creating stubs for the List to make it a more useful list and help it achieve WP:FLC status. Since I reminded people of this 7 stubs have been created. We need about 40 more to be safe although we may have a successful candidacy with the article as it stands.
Some of you may also be following the success of WP:CHICOTW at Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/COTW/Good Articles. For the last 4 weeks no one has been very active. Thus, I am fearful that Historic Michigan Boulevard District, Harold Washington Cultural Center, Crown Fountain, & Art Institute of Chicago Building will all fail at WP:GAC when their turns come up. Also, Magnificent Mile did not experience the collaborative spirit. Our reputation as a successful collaboration is at stake. In addition to making stubs for the FLC we need your contribution to our collaborations. I am sorry to pull you away from whatever other wikipleasures you may be experiencing, but we need your help. TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 16:55, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Re: "map of the park system (i.e. the Chain of Lakes, parkway system, and trails)". Sounded interesting. I don't know where it would go, maybe a large wideimage like the 1915 panorama and the wide tables in geography, demographics and sports, but running under the Parks and recreation section? I think the wideimage is 1000px if that helps. Re: HHH, do you have a sentence in mind with a ref? If not I will try to look this up if no one gets there first. -Susanlesch 17:52, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
No, they are not on the National Register of Historic Places. Have I been placing the wrong category up there? I was under the assumption that everything that is in the NRHP has a date in its column. I bet I have been placing Category:Registered Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois in wrongly then, haven't I? Everything but one article I have added are just Chicago historic places, not national. I can fix them a little later tonight when I have a moment, sorry about that confusion. First timer here with the NRHPs and whatnot.--Kranar drogin 23:42, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
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To Elkman, for your contributions to WikiProject Minnesota and for writing History of Minneapolis, Minnesota (a GA already!). With thanks --Susanlesch 00:11, 28 June 2007 (UTC) |
Emily Hagins' article will probably be deleted. Please weigh in here if you are interested. Thanks.--Appraiser 13:00, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for being among the core group of individual wikipedians who helped List of Chicago Landmarks achieve WP:FL status. You may with to add the following userbox to your userpage
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--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:09, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
You may have noticed I made several templates for List of Chicago Landmarks . I am looking for suggestions on additional templates. One I am considering is a Transportation template with Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, Cortland Street Drawbridge, Dearborn Street Station, Garfield Boulevard "L" Station and Overpass, LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse, Michigan Avenue Bridge, & Union Station. Let me know what you think of this one and how you think some of the other listings might be grouped if you have a chance.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 00:09, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Can you parse this list so we can strategize on a possible WP:FLC? --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 05:33, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Anyway, what do you think about creating a navbox for depots and rail structures in the Twin Cities? What do you think should be included? Let me know. I'm also copying Group29. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 19:58, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to say, now that I've gotten my feet wet: Thank you for supporting my RfA! Daniel Case 07:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I am curious about something I stumbled upon today. In an ask.com search on the Socony-Vacuum Building it came up as an NHL. Sure enough under its alias it shows up in your infobox creation tool. It also shows at http://www.historicdistricts.com/IL/Cook/state.html on the historic districts page. Is it in an NHL district? I can not find it at http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm. Also, how complete is our NHL list at List of Chicago Landmarks?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 01:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
FYI someone started a bot to do NHRP stuff.. pretty cool Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/NrhpBot -Ravedave 17:46, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Would you be able to send me the php, or post it somewhere on here, for me to take a look through the code? pw 14:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
| lat_degrees = 33 | lat_minutes = 27 | lat_seconds = 50.4 | lat_direction = N | long_degrees = 86 | long_minutes = 49 | long_seconds = 6.83 | long_direction = W
But my calculations from the data[6] show:
33, 27, 56.6568000000 and -86, 49, 9.02280000000
It seems there is some error in the seconds somewhere. They have explicit lat / long columns in the file I downloaded, so I was just using that. If you take a look at this link I plotted your numbers, my numbers and what google though based on the address, so I'm not sure its a huge deal, just wondering about your thoughts. pw 15:57, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
I would say there isn't any pressing need for replacement pics. Eventually someone will probably get better ruins pictures. Unfortunately the best answer to your question is to get a new camera :/. There are two things that can help with Cannon point & shoots like we have, shoot at dawn/dusk or very cloudy days. Even in the best conditions though it is very hard to get a Featured picture with a point and shoot. -Ravedave 23:51, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to see a couple of pictures in the article. I'd tend away from identifiable people in costume. A panel such as Con2007_102 would be good, although boring to look at. A group of people in costume (without clear faces) would be good. I like Con2007_116, although it's a single costume. I'll look through pictures from previous years to see what might work. I'm absolutely sure Dave Romm (User:Baron Dave) would have a suitable one. He's always taking 100s of pics with a good camera. Perhaps he has an exciting Klingon battle or something similar. (Congrats on your Best in Show award)--Appraiser 13:25, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the information about this. I didn't know how closely it corresponded to the housekeeping criterion, and so thought the b est way of proceeding was to do it the way I tried. I'll know better next time. Once again, thanks. DDStretch (talk) 09:33, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | ||
I noticed that your edits were impressive and so I've decided to award you this Original barnstar! Wikidudeman (talk) 18:15, 28 July 2007 (UTC) |
tell me how this is a tragedy? can you provide proof of that? i understand you're upset. i'm not trying to "troll" anything. i appreciate your response for the most part, but don't get my intention wrong. thank you. i won't edit anymore.
The Oddball Barnstar | ||
For creating an article on a relatively obscure bridge with interesting information that remains in the current article, which has become the focus of the world for all the wrong reasons, I hereby award you this oddball barnstar. Who knew all this could happen? Grandmasterka 04:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC) |
Invitation to discuss continuity of I-35W after bridge collapse here - We're curious as to what your opinion of this is - Thanks, master sonT - C 04:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
The panoramic picture that you removed showed how the river banks were being used prior to the installation of the I-35W bridge against those very river banks. In particular, the south span of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge rests on the former Minneapolis Gas Works manufactured-gas plant site shown in that photo. That is why I thought the picture was relevant to the article. -- Jreferee (Talk) 18:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome; I'm using it as an 'excuse' to get more practice working with Inkscape. Yes, the articles do look cleaner with the map as part of the bridge infobox; in fact, I created another map to go further 'up' the current map and to add a few more bridges. So on the pages that the old map didn't cover (which didn't have the map), I put the map in, using the info from the pages you changed to know how to put the map in the infobox. In fact, if I had known the infobox supported a map I might have put it there first. But thanks, anyway. Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) 18:01, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Uh, the article for the Short Line Bridge says some parts of it have a 50-pound weight limit. I and my wheelchair weigh ten times that much, so I think that 'closed' is an adequate statement until the article is corrected. As long as the article claims the bridge is closed I don't see much point updating the image. Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) 18:01, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
I like your picture in the infobox. It looks like someone sent it to WCCO also. [7] Regards, Kablammo 22:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Elkman- I submitted the photo in question...I wasn't trying to take credit for the photo, but I heard on the news and saw on the website that they were asking for photos of the I 35 bridge prior to the collapse and I noticed that the picture was not yet added to the list. It required me to give a name, so I put my own, and I also added to the notes that it was from Wikipedia but this was not added to the photo. I assure you that I meant no ill will in sending the photo in, nor was I trying to take the credit for myself. I was simply trying to help with the investigation by submitting photos that they did not have. Please accept my apology. -Ellertson
Hi Elkman, thanks for noticing the US State locator maps. Glad to hear that they are useful (which was my hope and intent). The process I use to make them is briefly described here. Unfortunately I do not have latitude and longitude information coupled with the images I take from the US Census web site (and I almost always crop the images and in some cases paste / stitch them together, so such data might not help much anyway).
I do know that User:VerruckteDan has been doing something very similar to what you are doing for locator dots used in Geoboxes, so Pennsylvania and Delaware and Louisiana and Illinois and probably New York are done (in terms of latitude and longitude for the corners). I would check with VerruckteDan as to which other maps he has calibrated and how he gets the dats (I think it is eyeball again, but GoogleEarth might be useful too).
I also know a Commons user left a message on my talk page there about making SVG versions of the maps (see here). I am not currently able to do this, nor am I planning on doing it, but there may be SVG versions coming from that user or someone else.
Alaska is my problem child in these maps. I have the state map done, but the Canadian and Russian borders are driving me nuts (as they are not on the Census maps and I can't find the same projections etc. to steal them from). If you think it would be useful, I could just put the state map on Commons (with no other countries shown).
Finally, I have not forgotten that I once promised you an article on the Larrys Creek covered bridge (on the NRHP) and will try to get to it this month (sorry to be so slow).
Yours, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:29, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
What ever happened with this? Did the editor withdraw the offer or did you decline to try?--Isotope23 talk 18:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you added a category to the above. I was wondering what source you were using as it is not mentioned in the article that the fort is part of some sort of registry. I am wondering if it is supposed to be Fort Clatsop that includes a replica and is a NPS site? Thanks. Aboutmovies 21:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to get List of Minnesota state parks to Featured List status. Would you like to try and write a history paragraph? It looks like this is the only book resource and there isn't much online so I expect it would be pretty short, but any help would be great. :) I made a little commented out TODO section on the article. I just need to finish all of the "remarks" sections and convert all the links to refs (maybe). -Ravedave 04:52, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey thanks. Here's the first for your editing pleasure: Historic Central High School (Duluth). Do you have any new courthouses for our collection (Category:Courthouses of Minnesota)?--Appraiser 19:32, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
I added a couple of pics to the article, and a comment on the talk, that she is named for McDougall's mentor might be worth a mention in the article, what do you think? ++Lar: t/c 23:35, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
Going way above and beyond to obtain an image of the submerged Thomas Wilson. I thought I went to great lengths to obtain images of National Register of Historic Places listings, then I saw Elkman's work on Image:Thomas Wilson Capstans.jpg. Kudos sir.IvoShandor 08:01, 18 August 2007 (UTC) |
IvoShandor 08:01, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Your article inspired me... I did some tinkering with the whaleback article to tighten it up, as well as the SS Meteor and then pounded out Christopher Columbus (whaleback) ... hopefully two whaleback articles up at nearly the same time won't be too big a deal. I was always fond of whalebacks as a boy and had forgotten all about them. The Wilson went down not far from the place of her birth since she was built in Superior. My researches gave me enough material to do an article on McDougall and his company American Steel Barge Company as well, if I get inspired. And congrats on the barnstar, it's definitely earned. ++Lar: t/c 00:19, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
As an honorary Chicagoan you may want to come cast your vote here for Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chicago/Assessment#Current_Top-importance_Candidates.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 01:22, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
--Peta 00:15, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Based upon the discussion and kind words offered by you and others my plan is to do these things:
IvoShandor 07:54, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Leave your name here if you're interested. Also, I'd like to thank you specifically for supporting the FA candidacy. -h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 15:02, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
So... Are you still thinking about it? I could nominate you, and write a convincing nomination, after skimming through your last 1000 edits and seeing your recent discussion with Isotope (and seeing you in action on a fairly regular basis.) Grandmasterka 10:07, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
...for the revert. I've sent him to AIV. --Finngall talk 21:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Indeed, the Federer diff was a fairly standard case of BLP vandalism and not one of those "block-on-sight" things. But I blocked Zlcarck based also on his previous history of vandalism and his deleted contribs which you can't see right now. Still, in the rationale for the block, I thought it made sense to stress the Federer incident because it is probably his most serious offense and it was the most recent. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 15:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Since you appear to be an upcoming admin, I have a question. I tagged List of Swedish Swimming Championships champions with "prod" (which was later changed to an AfD - probably a good thing) because it was a large list with absolutely no verbiage about the topic. Now there is a short lead. My concerns seem to be the minority view. I'm wondering if I'm really way in left field, and even whether I should bother to continue to patrol for AfDs. I'd appreciate your input-especially about my philoshphy about what an encyclopedic List article should contain. Thanks.--Appraiser 13:43, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations not only on achieving a well-deserved position as an administrator, but also for the way you handled the process. Best wishes, Kablammo 16:11, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Not mine. -- Y not? 21:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
I actually read that article awhile back and have linked it from the Christmas tree cultivation article. Very interesting indeed. It will probably merit a mention in the History of Christmas tree cultivation, which isn't quite complete. Apparently, from what I have read, these "Christmas tree ships" were pretty common. It seems there may also be more than one shipwreck known by that name, not sure though. IvoShandor 11:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)