My thought was to use it for parks that do not have an area given on their official site or elsewhere that is easily cited - like Upper Pine Bottom, the area was from the email from the DCNR. I now have refs for everything that was in the email. As one other example, I see Benjamin Rush has an area in the article (275 acre) but this is not in any of the refs given in the article (one is a deadlink now but is in the Internet Archive here). Of course the 2007 PA Manual gives 314.07 acres for Rush, but to me it makes more sense that the park increased in size than Cook Forest State Park decreasing from 8500 acres on its official website to 7,732.78 acres in the PA Manual. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:52, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I found Pump Station - it is a village on PA 44 in Lycoming County in Brown Township. It is the next village north of Haneyville on 44 (though it is a ways away) and almost due west of Slate Run. The 1908 forest fire burned from there along 44 south to near Haneyville. Have to reword the UPBSP article sentence now. Still need to add a section on Ecology and recreation (I think they would be too short as two separate sections) add alt text to the images and redo the lead. Then PR. Have a good night, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:23, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Woohoo! The funny thing is that I looked at all pictures on Flickr for Buchanan and Prouty Place recently and noticed the same user had been to both. I'll email you back, thanks Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:12, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Success! Just have to work out if he will change licenses or send an OTRS email. Woohoo! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:02, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
I hadn't looked at Jersey Shore for a while. Nice photo of Main Street down by the river. Also, thanks again for your support during the recent Tryon Creek FAC. The process went extremely smoothly compared to most of the others I've been through. I've been wondering for quite a while whether I should nominate Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, for GA. Almost exactly two years ago you sent me a barnstar (only the second I'd ever gotten) for the work I was doing then on Lock Haven, and mentioned that Ruhrfisch had posted some photos of Lock Haven to the Commons. One thing has led to another in a most fortuitous way. If you get a chance to look at the Lock Haven article again over the coming weeks, would you let me know if you have any suggestions or see anything amiss? Finetooth ( talk) 17:33, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks very much. That was fast. :-) I hadn't run either the link checker or the dab finder on the article because I didn't know about the tools two years ago and I didn't think about using them on Lock Haven later. I hope you don't mind if I move your review from my talk page to the Lock Haven talk page, where other editors may benefit from it too. Anything you add later could go there too. BTW, many of my relatives lived in Jersey Shore at one time or another, though none do now. I know my way around J.S. much better than Renovo. Finetooth ( talk) 01:47, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
I like them all very much - thanks for the find and for uploading and adding them. I wonder if it would make sense to add File:Bald Eagle State Park Wilds.jpg to the article in place of one of the other images? It is the only one that shows the mountain clearly. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:35, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
I did fix it in the article. Apologies on not replying. I've been in Poughkeepsie, Philly and NYC the last few weekends so it hasn't been easy to reply. Also, its been rather busy on Wikipedia, trying to finish a PediaPress book.Mitch32( The Password is... See here!) 03:18, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
(out) 287 would probably be easier for me (might just be my Larrys Creek OCD though). I also know a lot about the history of PA 44 in Union, Lycoming, and Potter counties. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:44, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
I have two new pictures of Hughesville on Commons: File:Hughesville, Pennsylvania corner.jpg and File:Hughesville, Pennsylvania street.jpg. Not sure which is better for the article / infobox. Feel free to add whichever you think is better. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:41, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
No, I have not heard back from him in either place. I was wondering if it would make sense to be bold and upload one of his photos (maybe one of the very nice Buchanan Birthplace pyramid shots) so that an OTRS tag could be added to it, then we would know what the OTRS number is for use on other pics. All of this assumes he still wants to allow his photos to be used here, but I imagine he does. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:35, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
PS I uploaded a bunch of Ricketts Glen photos (and am not halfway done yet). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:35, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
I think it is finally ready for Peer review - what do you think? Thanks for you patience and edits. Do you want me to nominate it? Sorry about the Dodgers. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:57, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
(out) I had not seen your Flickr mail until now, thanks. I only checked one of his Ricketts Glen pics and thought it said it was all rights reserved - must have missed something or misread it. There are a few falls I think there could be better photos of (also have to upload the rest of what I took). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:17, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
Great pic - I will add it to the Huntley Mountain Formation article too. I checked the Loyalsock State Forest map which shows the Haystacks (but not the twps) and the PennDOT Sullivan County map which shows the twps and state forest tracts, but not the Haystacks. Anyway, it is in Laporte Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania on the Loyalsock Creek, just north of US Route 220. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:22, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
PS I have a kind of artsy picture of a statue in a cemetery in Cherry Twp, in the outskirts of Dushore. I am not sure how representative it is, but I could add it to the twp page if you want. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:47, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
The article is currently a redirect to itself - not sure where it was supposed to point to fix it.
Thanks for fixing the foxes and for working on the PR. Thanks too for your support on Nansen's Fram expedition, which made FAC!
I found enough to make two start articles for the red links - hopefully tonight. If so, FAC tomorrow? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
I've opened the discussion on NRHP photos at Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#NRHP_nomination_photos and hope that you'll comment there. Smallbones ( talk) 17:00, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
I made two articles on caterpillars from the UPBSP red links, got them up to long enough for DYK in the five day limit too - nom. Any ideas or tweaks on the hooks? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Do you want to work on another bug article and get your DYK for X? Xeris spectrum is an important wood wasp that lays eggs in conifer trees - the larvae bore in the wood and damage it. See here (lots of free pictures) and a Google search turns up a lot of hits. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 00:04, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Hmmm, I made a few minor copyedits (mostly italicizing species names and switching to the convert template. I do not see in the Norwegian ref where this has symbiotic bacteria - it mentions other species that do, but not Xeris spectrum that I can see (more than one species can be called "Wood Wasp"). The Bugwood ref says " unlike other siricids no symbiosis with fungi has been recorded so far". I also found a paper abstract here which says this species "carries no substantial symbiotic fungi in its body" but that it takes advantage of other wasps' fungus. I think the info on wasps with fungus could be rewritten to show how other species do it.
Maybe the hook could be "DYK ...that unlike other other Siricid Wood wasps, Xeris spectrum does not have symbiotic fungi to aid its larvae as they burrow in the wood of fir and other conifer trees? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:32, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! Good luck with Upper Pine Bottom. Niagara Don't give up the ship 03:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Wanted to check the taxonomy for Xeris spectrum. The taxobox has the genus as Sirex, but everywhere else it's the reverse, "Xeris". Heds ( talk) 11:54, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
I semiprotected Stillwater, but not White Haven (less of a recurring problem and the editor who added the material would not be stopped by semi-protection). I checked and the Liz Lemon article mentions White Haven once, and the NCIS (season 6) article mentions Stillwater once. Would it make sense to have a general WP:RfC on the topic (to what extent should a mention in a television show be included in an article about a town?). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:54, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, has a lot of shiny new images thanks to Ruhrfisch, and I've added the alt text. I haven't answered the Munsee question, but otherwise I think things are shipshape. I won't have access to all my research notes for a while, but I'd be pleased to know what parts of the article still fail the "blue pencil" test. No hurry at all. This article has been slowly cooking in a crockpot right from the beginning. Finetooth ( talk) 21:05, 8 November 2009 (UTC) Link title
<font=3> Thanks again for all your hard work and letting me help to make Upper Pine Bottom State Park a featured article (only 113 to go)! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC) |
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I do think we can get all 21 must see parks to FA - Hyner View next? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:33, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Hope you win! I have started making waterfalls their own categories at Ricketts Glen (think I can get a FL with the list of waterfalls, maybe it could be the FA goal after Kinzua). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Do you want to work on the waterfalls list too? I have started something at User:Ruhrfisch/Waterfalls and should finish getting all the pictures on Commons by tonight. Figure we can get a DYK and a FL out of it, plus lay the ground work for the RGSP FA drive. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:21, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
(out) I also think it is official - I used it for a couple of waterfall identifications, especially Delaware. I left a thank you note for dougtone on Flickr mail. No new word from cngodles there. There are some editors who work mostly on animals and do very nice work, so I might ask one of them to look at the bug PR.
This has nothing to do with anything, but the picture on the official UPBSP page is dubious - it shows a grill in front of the picnic table, but when I was last there I double checked and there are not only no grills, but no holes to put them in. My guess is they had a generic picnic photo and said "we can use this here!". Take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:15, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
I found a picture of FL Ricketts frozen solid and another of Ganoga frozen solid. Should I ask if they'd release either under a free license? I think I'd prefer FL Ricketts if we had a winter one. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:09, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
(out) OK, I will try asking for either the frozen Onondaga photo or the Ganoga video. I had seen the Kitchen Creek jumper video before on Flickr - I have looked at way too many waterfall pictures lately. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
(out) Happy Thanksgiving! Well, I think you are a major contributor - you certainly have listed me as co-nom on some DYKs where I did less than half the work. Sorry this is so slow - I have been puttering along as I keep hoping the DCNR will write back. Would you want to work on the Geology section (there is a nice guide here)? Or on updating the History section (the book "Ghost Towns of North Mountain" has a lot here? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:10, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
Hmmm, I think I would include specifics about the two formations in the overall Geology section, then can mention that Ganoga Glen and Glen Leigh are almost all in Huntley Mountain in the intro to each, and that the Ricketts Glen section is all Catskill. Have not had a chance today to get to this yet - should in the next several hours (still tonight). Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:27, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Gatoclass ( talk) 19:23, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for you and your contributions here! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:42, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
There are only two falls officially named "Ozone Falls" in the USGS GNIS database here. I cannot find any explanation for the name of the Pennsylvania Falls, but did find a reason for the name of the one in Tennessee: "Legend has it that the area was named “Ozone” because of the “stimulating quality of the air” created by the mist that is generated after the long plunge of the water." according to the Official TN state park website. My question is do you think it would be OK to quote this in the Ricketts Glen SP waterfalls list? Maybe something like
They used to think it was good to breath ozone. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:30, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Have you seen es:Parque Estatal Black Moshannon? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 13:46, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Nice article - I did a light copyedit and like the 900 mules idea. How about DYK ... that when Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park in Arizona was a U.S. Army post from 1864 to 1877, up to 900 mules were kept there to help deliver supplies to five U.S. states? Open to tweaks in this. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:41, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
PS I would also add a paragraph to the lead about the 19th century history of the depot. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:43, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Ucucha 18:20, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I think that one problem is that no one has ever calibrated the map for the dot to show up (The VT map is only used on one other page). I have done this once or twice before, but it was a while ago and I will have to dig and look at some examples to figure it out. VerruckteDan did most of the ones that are calibrated. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:13, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
(out) OK so here are slightly less cryptic directions:
Here's everything: {{#switch:{{{1}}}| |top = 45.067 |bottom = 42.666 |left = -73.498 |right = -71.477 |ratio = 1.583 }}<noinclude> == Calibrated map == [[Image:Vermont Locator Map.PNG|thumb|288px|Vermont Locator Map.PNG|left]] [[Category:Geobox locator United States|Vermont]]</noinclude>
Only problem is I saved it and it is not showing up yet. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:28, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
You are too nice - all I did was change the color and enlarge the arrows and labels. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:42, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
Unable to resist bacon's temptations, rogue editors have kicked off the Bacon Challenge 2010 before the New Year even starts! This is a fun and collegial event and all are welcome. There are many non-pork articles for editors who enjoy some sizzle, but object to or don't like messing with pig products. This year's event also includes a Bacon WikiCup 2010 for those who may want to keep score and enjoy engaging in friendly competition. Given the critical importance of this subject matter, I know you will want to participate, so remember to sign up today and get started A.S.A.P. ALL ARE WELCOME!!! The more the merrier. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 03:08, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Greetings from another colorblind person :-) I don't know about pictures you take, but I've wondered if I have trouble getting aesthetically good pictures because I can't judge colors well. Nyttend ( talk) 05:46, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I like the idea - the only thing I would do is make it in chronological order, so DYK ...that Smugglers Notch near Smugglers' Notch State Park in Vermont was used by smugglers circumventing the Embargo Act of 1807, the Underground Railroad, and bootleggers? Glad you liked the Canfield Island site DYK picture.
I have got one ready for DYK - I was thinking of something like DYK ...that Bald Eagle Creek Path along Bald Eagle Creek (pictured) in central Pennsylvania was a major connecting path between the Iroquois in the north and the Carolinas in the south? Does that sound OK? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Smugglers' Notch State Park at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Calmer Waters 09:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
Hmmm. The three things I was thinking of were the long delay between its original protection and becoming a state park, or the irony of it being established as a result of the Exxon Valdez spill, or maybe how big it is (over 100 square miles, island is about 700 sq mi, bigger than Oahu). So how about something like DYK that Afognak Island State Park was established as a conservation area in 1892, but did not become an Alaska state park until 1994, as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:49, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
My thought was to use it for parks that do not have an area given on their official site or elsewhere that is easily cited - like Upper Pine Bottom, the area was from the email from the DCNR. I now have refs for everything that was in the email. As one other example, I see Benjamin Rush has an area in the article (275 acre) but this is not in any of the refs given in the article (one is a deadlink now but is in the Internet Archive here). Of course the 2007 PA Manual gives 314.07 acres for Rush, but to me it makes more sense that the park increased in size than Cook Forest State Park decreasing from 8500 acres on its official website to 7,732.78 acres in the PA Manual. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:52, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I found Pump Station - it is a village on PA 44 in Lycoming County in Brown Township. It is the next village north of Haneyville on 44 (though it is a ways away) and almost due west of Slate Run. The 1908 forest fire burned from there along 44 south to near Haneyville. Have to reword the UPBSP article sentence now. Still need to add a section on Ecology and recreation (I think they would be too short as two separate sections) add alt text to the images and redo the lead. Then PR. Have a good night, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:23, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Woohoo! The funny thing is that I looked at all pictures on Flickr for Buchanan and Prouty Place recently and noticed the same user had been to both. I'll email you back, thanks Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:12, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Success! Just have to work out if he will change licenses or send an OTRS email. Woohoo! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:02, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
I hadn't looked at Jersey Shore for a while. Nice photo of Main Street down by the river. Also, thanks again for your support during the recent Tryon Creek FAC. The process went extremely smoothly compared to most of the others I've been through. I've been wondering for quite a while whether I should nominate Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, for GA. Almost exactly two years ago you sent me a barnstar (only the second I'd ever gotten) for the work I was doing then on Lock Haven, and mentioned that Ruhrfisch had posted some photos of Lock Haven to the Commons. One thing has led to another in a most fortuitous way. If you get a chance to look at the Lock Haven article again over the coming weeks, would you let me know if you have any suggestions or see anything amiss? Finetooth ( talk) 17:33, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks very much. That was fast. :-) I hadn't run either the link checker or the dab finder on the article because I didn't know about the tools two years ago and I didn't think about using them on Lock Haven later. I hope you don't mind if I move your review from my talk page to the Lock Haven talk page, where other editors may benefit from it too. Anything you add later could go there too. BTW, many of my relatives lived in Jersey Shore at one time or another, though none do now. I know my way around J.S. much better than Renovo. Finetooth ( talk) 01:47, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
I like them all very much - thanks for the find and for uploading and adding them. I wonder if it would make sense to add File:Bald Eagle State Park Wilds.jpg to the article in place of one of the other images? It is the only one that shows the mountain clearly. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:35, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
I did fix it in the article. Apologies on not replying. I've been in Poughkeepsie, Philly and NYC the last few weekends so it hasn't been easy to reply. Also, its been rather busy on Wikipedia, trying to finish a PediaPress book.Mitch32( The Password is... See here!) 03:18, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
(out) 287 would probably be easier for me (might just be my Larrys Creek OCD though). I also know a lot about the history of PA 44 in Union, Lycoming, and Potter counties. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:44, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
I have two new pictures of Hughesville on Commons: File:Hughesville, Pennsylvania corner.jpg and File:Hughesville, Pennsylvania street.jpg. Not sure which is better for the article / infobox. Feel free to add whichever you think is better. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:41, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
No, I have not heard back from him in either place. I was wondering if it would make sense to be bold and upload one of his photos (maybe one of the very nice Buchanan Birthplace pyramid shots) so that an OTRS tag could be added to it, then we would know what the OTRS number is for use on other pics. All of this assumes he still wants to allow his photos to be used here, but I imagine he does. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:35, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
PS I uploaded a bunch of Ricketts Glen photos (and am not halfway done yet). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:35, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
I think it is finally ready for Peer review - what do you think? Thanks for you patience and edits. Do you want me to nominate it? Sorry about the Dodgers. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:57, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
(out) I had not seen your Flickr mail until now, thanks. I only checked one of his Ricketts Glen pics and thought it said it was all rights reserved - must have missed something or misread it. There are a few falls I think there could be better photos of (also have to upload the rest of what I took). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:17, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
Great pic - I will add it to the Huntley Mountain Formation article too. I checked the Loyalsock State Forest map which shows the Haystacks (but not the twps) and the PennDOT Sullivan County map which shows the twps and state forest tracts, but not the Haystacks. Anyway, it is in Laporte Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania on the Loyalsock Creek, just north of US Route 220. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:22, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
PS I have a kind of artsy picture of a statue in a cemetery in Cherry Twp, in the outskirts of Dushore. I am not sure how representative it is, but I could add it to the twp page if you want. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:47, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
The article is currently a redirect to itself - not sure where it was supposed to point to fix it.
Thanks for fixing the foxes and for working on the PR. Thanks too for your support on Nansen's Fram expedition, which made FAC!
I found enough to make two start articles for the red links - hopefully tonight. If so, FAC tomorrow? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
I've opened the discussion on NRHP photos at Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#NRHP_nomination_photos and hope that you'll comment there. Smallbones ( talk) 17:00, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
I made two articles on caterpillars from the UPBSP red links, got them up to long enough for DYK in the five day limit too - nom. Any ideas or tweaks on the hooks? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Do you want to work on another bug article and get your DYK for X? Xeris spectrum is an important wood wasp that lays eggs in conifer trees - the larvae bore in the wood and damage it. See here (lots of free pictures) and a Google search turns up a lot of hits. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 00:04, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Hmmm, I made a few minor copyedits (mostly italicizing species names and switching to the convert template. I do not see in the Norwegian ref where this has symbiotic bacteria - it mentions other species that do, but not Xeris spectrum that I can see (more than one species can be called "Wood Wasp"). The Bugwood ref says " unlike other siricids no symbiosis with fungi has been recorded so far". I also found a paper abstract here which says this species "carries no substantial symbiotic fungi in its body" but that it takes advantage of other wasps' fungus. I think the info on wasps with fungus could be rewritten to show how other species do it.
Maybe the hook could be "DYK ...that unlike other other Siricid Wood wasps, Xeris spectrum does not have symbiotic fungi to aid its larvae as they burrow in the wood of fir and other conifer trees? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:32, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! Good luck with Upper Pine Bottom. Niagara Don't give up the ship 03:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Wanted to check the taxonomy for Xeris spectrum. The taxobox has the genus as Sirex, but everywhere else it's the reverse, "Xeris". Heds ( talk) 11:54, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
I semiprotected Stillwater, but not White Haven (less of a recurring problem and the editor who added the material would not be stopped by semi-protection). I checked and the Liz Lemon article mentions White Haven once, and the NCIS (season 6) article mentions Stillwater once. Would it make sense to have a general WP:RfC on the topic (to what extent should a mention in a television show be included in an article about a town?). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:54, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, has a lot of shiny new images thanks to Ruhrfisch, and I've added the alt text. I haven't answered the Munsee question, but otherwise I think things are shipshape. I won't have access to all my research notes for a while, but I'd be pleased to know what parts of the article still fail the "blue pencil" test. No hurry at all. This article has been slowly cooking in a crockpot right from the beginning. Finetooth ( talk) 21:05, 8 November 2009 (UTC) Link title
<font=3> Thanks again for all your hard work and letting me help to make Upper Pine Bottom State Park a featured article (only 113 to go)! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC) |
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I do think we can get all 21 must see parks to FA - Hyner View next? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:33, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Hope you win! I have started making waterfalls their own categories at Ricketts Glen (think I can get a FL with the list of waterfalls, maybe it could be the FA goal after Kinzua). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Do you want to work on the waterfalls list too? I have started something at User:Ruhrfisch/Waterfalls and should finish getting all the pictures on Commons by tonight. Figure we can get a DYK and a FL out of it, plus lay the ground work for the RGSP FA drive. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:21, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
(out) I also think it is official - I used it for a couple of waterfall identifications, especially Delaware. I left a thank you note for dougtone on Flickr mail. No new word from cngodles there. There are some editors who work mostly on animals and do very nice work, so I might ask one of them to look at the bug PR.
This has nothing to do with anything, but the picture on the official UPBSP page is dubious - it shows a grill in front of the picnic table, but when I was last there I double checked and there are not only no grills, but no holes to put them in. My guess is they had a generic picnic photo and said "we can use this here!". Take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:15, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
I found a picture of FL Ricketts frozen solid and another of Ganoga frozen solid. Should I ask if they'd release either under a free license? I think I'd prefer FL Ricketts if we had a winter one. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:09, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
(out) OK, I will try asking for either the frozen Onondaga photo or the Ganoga video. I had seen the Kitchen Creek jumper video before on Flickr - I have looked at way too many waterfall pictures lately. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
(out) Happy Thanksgiving! Well, I think you are a major contributor - you certainly have listed me as co-nom on some DYKs where I did less than half the work. Sorry this is so slow - I have been puttering along as I keep hoping the DCNR will write back. Would you want to work on the Geology section (there is a nice guide here)? Or on updating the History section (the book "Ghost Towns of North Mountain" has a lot here? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:10, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
Hmmm, I think I would include specifics about the two formations in the overall Geology section, then can mention that Ganoga Glen and Glen Leigh are almost all in Huntley Mountain in the intro to each, and that the Ricketts Glen section is all Catskill. Have not had a chance today to get to this yet - should in the next several hours (still tonight). Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:27, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Gatoclass ( talk) 19:23, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for you and your contributions here! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:42, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
There are only two falls officially named "Ozone Falls" in the USGS GNIS database here. I cannot find any explanation for the name of the Pennsylvania Falls, but did find a reason for the name of the one in Tennessee: "Legend has it that the area was named “Ozone” because of the “stimulating quality of the air” created by the mist that is generated after the long plunge of the water." according to the Official TN state park website. My question is do you think it would be OK to quote this in the Ricketts Glen SP waterfalls list? Maybe something like
They used to think it was good to breath ozone. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:30, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Have you seen es:Parque Estatal Black Moshannon? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 13:46, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Nice article - I did a light copyedit and like the 900 mules idea. How about DYK ... that when Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park in Arizona was a U.S. Army post from 1864 to 1877, up to 900 mules were kept there to help deliver supplies to five U.S. states? Open to tweaks in this. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:41, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
PS I would also add a paragraph to the lead about the 19th century history of the depot. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:43, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Ucucha 18:20, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I think that one problem is that no one has ever calibrated the map for the dot to show up (The VT map is only used on one other page). I have done this once or twice before, but it was a while ago and I will have to dig and look at some examples to figure it out. VerruckteDan did most of the ones that are calibrated. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:13, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
(out) OK so here are slightly less cryptic directions:
Here's everything: {{#switch:{{{1}}}| |top = 45.067 |bottom = 42.666 |left = -73.498 |right = -71.477 |ratio = 1.583 }}<noinclude> == Calibrated map == [[Image:Vermont Locator Map.PNG|thumb|288px|Vermont Locator Map.PNG|left]] [[Category:Geobox locator United States|Vermont]]</noinclude>
Only problem is I saved it and it is not showing up yet. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:28, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
You are too nice - all I did was change the color and enlarge the arrows and labels. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:42, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
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Greetings from another colorblind person :-) I don't know about pictures you take, but I've wondered if I have trouble getting aesthetically good pictures because I can't judge colors well. Nyttend ( talk) 05:46, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I like the idea - the only thing I would do is make it in chronological order, so DYK ...that Smugglers Notch near Smugglers' Notch State Park in Vermont was used by smugglers circumventing the Embargo Act of 1807, the Underground Railroad, and bootleggers? Glad you liked the Canfield Island site DYK picture.
I have got one ready for DYK - I was thinking of something like DYK ...that Bald Eagle Creek Path along Bald Eagle Creek (pictured) in central Pennsylvania was a major connecting path between the Iroquois in the north and the Carolinas in the south? Does that sound OK? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hmmm. The three things I was thinking of were the long delay between its original protection and becoming a state park, or the irony of it being established as a result of the Exxon Valdez spill, or maybe how big it is (over 100 square miles, island is about 700 sq mi, bigger than Oahu). So how about something like DYK that Afognak Island State Park was established as a conservation area in 1892, but did not become an Alaska state park until 1994, as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:49, 11 December 2009 (UTC)