Earlier material:
Just wanting to check — is the Kearney article right in saying that it's Central Time? My job has me on the phone a lot; I called a place today in Kearney (Ramada Inn, if I remember rightly), and my computer's database said that it was Mountain Time. Nyttend ( talk) 18:35, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I see that you're going through the Commons categories for Nebraska buildings and replacing "Category:Built in the United States in (year)" with "Category:Built in Nebraska in (year)".
Is this something you'd like help with? If so, and if there's a useful way to split the work, let me know.
-- Ammodramus ( talk) 03:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the friendly greeting! (I've received a few less-than-friendly ones so far, but that's water under the bridge.) It's true, I live in Omaha and have plenty to write about Nebraska. Specifically, I've been, and still am, involved in the Mid-America Council of Boy Scouts. The scout camp articles could do with some improvement, though finding sources to match the campfire stories will be fun... But it's worth it.
It's true, genealogy is a passion. I've been researching my own ancestors with some moderate success using a combination of http://records.ancestry.com and http://familysearch.org . The first has some nice information if you can provide a name for what you're looking for, cobbled, I presume, from the trees on the site. I love the site just for the ease it provides me when organizing all that data. Familysearch, if you haven't heard of it, is run by the LDS family history center. I've never found a more generally helpful site for free.
Last, I recommend the almighty google search. searching: +"A T Hill" +Nebraska +birth, or something of that variety might yield some names and numbers. I found a few surprising tidbits, presuming that I wanted info on noteworthy relatives. Come to think of it, there are a few ancestors who could stand their own article. A fine idea! Thank you, sir Mr. Kent ( talk) 23:58, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
(To EnglishTea4me) Have been following with interest your edits to Willa Cather. It looks as though you've improved the article considerably. Before you started on it, it wasn't especially well-organized, and had a number of significant holes. You've already done a great deal to remedy those.
Unfortunately, I know too little about Cather to make useful contributions to the article. However, should you find yourself wanting to illustrate it or other Cather-related articles, I might be able to help. I am based in Nebraska and own a camera, and took most of the pictures at Commons:Category:National Register of Historic Places in Webster County, Nebraska. If there are specific photos you'd like taken in the Red Cloud area, please feel free to leave a note at my talk page and I'll try to oblige.
-- Ammodramus ( talk) 20:27, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Belatedly, ever so belatedly, I've got over to Webster County and photographed the Pavelka farmstead. Photos are in Commons:Category:Pavelka farmstead (Webster County, Nebraska); I hope you'll find some of them useful. -- Ammodramus ( talk) 02:28, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I wanted to make sure you got my message. I replied to your question in "Talk:Fairfield,_Nebraska#Photo", and wanted to make sure you were aware of this. Thank you. Silverojo ( talk) 14:02, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
(To User:Ken Gallager) I see that you've recently been adding lengths to rivers in Nebraska. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could I ask you for a few river lengths?
I'd very much appreciate your calculating these lengths and, in the case of the unwritten articles, leaving them in a note at my talk page. If this'd be a lot of work, please feel free to decline my request. I've tried to figure out how to use the Nat'l Hydrography Dataset for myself, after reading the discussion earlier on this page; but it apparently calls for more GIS skills than I've got (which are approximately none). Thanks--
Ammodramus ( talk) 18:54, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi - Here are the lengths I've gotten for the Loup River and its branches. The National Hydrography Dataset (I source it as "U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011") gives 111.4 kilometres (69.2 mi) for the main stem of the Loup River, close enough to the figure in the article that it's not worth changing. The North Loup is 435.8 kilometres (270.8 mi) long, the Middle Loup is 351.8 kilometres (218.6 mi) long, and the South Loup is 356.2 kilometres (221.3 mi). You would think the South Loup would be quite a bit shorter, but it appears to do the most winding of the three rivers. Also, here are the three branches of the Middle Loup River: North Branch Middle Loup = 91.1 kilometres (56.6 mi), Middle Branch Middle Loup = 86.4 kilometres (53.7 mi), and South Branch Middle Loup = 77.3 kilometres (48.0 mi). I'll send another message (maybe tomorrow) with the lengths of the other rivers. -- Ken Gallager ( talk) 19:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
If you remember last summer I took a trip from Philly to Denver and got a few NRHP photos in Nebraska. This year I'm doing the same trip again, but will basically be following US 30 the whole way (maybe as far as Cheyenne, WY if I have the time). I'll be in Nebraska either the 2nd and 3rd, or the 3rd and 4th. If there are sights along the way that you would especially like me to snap, please let me know. It's a long shot, but if you wanted to meet somewhere along the way ... In any case, I'll do my best to make sure that all the NE nrhp lists are not completely Ammodramus photographed. Smallbones ( talk) 00:51, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
I apologize for taking so long to reply. If you are ever in the Ellsworth area make sure to let me know and it can be easily arranged to photograph the historic sites in the surrounding counties. - Westhistmatt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Westhistmatt ( talk • contribs) 12:03, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
I am attempting to contact Ammodramus. How may I do so? Equinedistraction Equinedistraction ( talk) 05:40, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
I am very new at Wiki. I would like to email or contact Ammodramus. How may I do so? I have information pertinent to his/her photographs and areas of interest.
I just wanted to give you a great big thanks for helping on the Milly Bernard article, I am one of her great grand children (by marriage) and I have been meaning to add all that information but just could never find the time. It was difficult sometimes due to her marriages/divorces and the change in her last name to find information. You have done a great job and I appreciate it tremendously. She was a pioneer in women being elected to the Utah legislature and her achievements should be noted.
jlechem@gmail.com 16:29, 2 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlechem ( talk • contribs)
(to User:Freechild)
Noted with interest your addition of Template:Native Americans in Nebraska to several articles I've worked on. It's a nice template, and I think it'll be useful for navigating among such sites.
A couple of suggestions, however; and I'll make them to you rather than changing the template, since it appears that you've done most of the work on it, and may very well have considered these already. First, should it include Kitzawitzuk, which is in Kansas and not in Nebraska? Second, would it be useful to add Pike-Pawnee Village Site, which is in Webster County (and was the site of an event whose location was the subject of some dispute between the historical societies of KS and NE in the 1920s)?
I'm not doing any research in that direction right now, but it's possible that in the future I'll be writing more articles on Native American archaeological sites in Nebraska. If so, should they be added to the template?
-- Ammodramus ( talk) 16:15, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Nuts. I was up in Wallace just this summer; but I didn't have time to make it up to the Pulaski tunnel with my camera. Next time... -- Ammodramus ( talk) 23:20, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
(to User:Freechild)
Pleased to report that I got to Linoma Lighthouse yesterday with my camera; with luck, will have photos uploaded in a day or two.
I'm thinking of doing an expansion of the article. The National Register nom form for Linoma Beach is now available online via the Nebraska State Historical Society, and it's got a lot of information that probably wasn't available when the article was originally written.
In the course of expanding the article, I'd like to move it from "Linoma Lighthouse" to "Linoma Beach", with a redirect from "Linoma Lighthouse". The NRHP lists the entire property, not just the lighthouse; and even the article as it now stands discusses the whole resort and not just the one structure. As the original author and the principal contributor to date, would you object to my doing that?
-- Ammodramus ( talk) 20:02, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
... and I hope you didn't find your first encounter with the GA process to be too stressful. Malleus Fatuorum 21:11, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
I saw your recent pix in Lincoln County. Nice work!
I hope you've noticed Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest and will contribute there, either in some of the organization that still needs to be done, including simple comments for improvement, or by submitting pix. I'm sure you'll do especially well at Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest Best Photo. Are you going back to SC before December? If so there is a special challenge just for you.
All the best.
Smallbones ( talk) 23:15, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Looks like I did volunteer you for something. As I read the map, it's 8 miles north of Dingman's Ferry, or 2 miles south of Milford on the main drag. The main drag being as lonely a piece of road as there is on the East Coast. When I drove through with my wife, I thought I'd need waders and a portable shower to get the photo, by Nyttend doesn't think so. Sorry! Smallbones ( talk) 22:28, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your image of the Old Kaskaskia Village! As the Illinois River is very close but outside the image, can you revise your caption to indicate an estimated distance from the river, in order to orient people who see the image. (I know the river is very close). Thanks again, Bigturtle ( talk) 19:43, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the Libbey House photos! I've accumulated a big backlog of photos, due to spending a disproportionately large amount of free time on photo trips (i.e. not enough time for uploading), and one of the locations is Ohio's last unillustrated NHL. Nyttend ( talk) 04:53, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
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)
I've just done some editing of your article Jeevana Mukthi: mostly adding Wikilinks and touching up the English idiom. However, there were two things that I was unable to do.
In the article, the king's mother is going to perform a cheppula nomu. I'm afraid that I don't know what this is, and a Google search for the phrase gained me nothing. We ought to have a Wikilink or a brief parenthetical note telling readers what this is.
Does the title have an English translation? The "Jeevana" is similar enough to the name "Jeevudu" that I suspect it's a form of it. If the title can be translated into English, that translation should be included.
Jeevan/Jeevan or Jeevudu or Jeevi are all related to the Life in biological term. Jeevi or Jeevudu means all living beings. Jeevan or Jeevana means the life itself.
Mukti or Moksha is a sanskrit word explained in its wikipage.
Combining the two words it means Mukti for Jeevi, that is according to Ancient Hindu scripts many Mukti while living is the ultimate goal for the priests and yogis. As a cobbler Jeevudu got this by wholehearted faithfulness towards Vishnu in this film.
Am I clear and got some clarity about the film title and names.Dr. Rajasekhar A. 06:25, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the correction. I may be peculiar, but have not (to my knowledge) been characterized as "odd". Just an attempt at humor there. The proper name of this historic organization was unknown to me, and its good to get it right. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:32, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the Minisink pix - I really like the one from the bluff (from NJ?)
I got the last 2 NHLs in PA today (nice weather, bad traffic)
and, we're tied at 8 in the NHL contest, but I think I'm all out of potential sites. Smallbones ( talk) 03:20, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Not a big deal at all. I'm not particularly interested in the NSHS right now. Because of Hill's intricate connection to the org I thought See also-ing NSHS would be a good connect for readers, but I don't really care. Thanks for the heads-up though- I appreciate the courtesy. • Freechild talk 23:53, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
Awarded for tying the Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest for traveling the farthest within one state. I know that you traveled an incredible distance to the corner of the state just to get one of the photos. Royal broil 01:20, 6 December 2011 (UTC) |
Sharing an award with a great photographer is an honor. Your photos of the broken bridges are especially tranquil, with nary a sign of the storm but that the bridges are ruined. I also loved the Midwestern Theater. I am going to use your categorizing as an inspiration to do a better job categorizing my own pictures (someone has recently been scolding me about it on Wikimedia Commons). See you at the next contest. Visitor7 ( talk) 04:26, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar | |
Awarded for tying with User:Smallbones in the Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest for adding the most photographs to National Historic Landmarks. Congrats! ‖ Ebyabe talk - Border Town ‖ 15:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC) |
I am pretty much lost after I wrote the article as to formatting sources, references, footnotes etc. Glad that you and 7&6=13 are taking care of this. Broken Bow, Nebraska (not Broken Arrow) is correct. I found the error over the summer when I make a display for the museum in Marble showing where the marble is used but I did not update my list. The building was an IOOF building and I had a telephone talk with one of the two surviving members. The building today is a movie theater own by the president of a bank in Broken Bow and he said the marble is on the interior. I know my telephone conversations are not Wiki verify. Can something be added to correct the location? OneHistoryGuy ( talk) 06:51, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
Ammodramus, Use this <ref group=upper-alpha> at the beginning of each citation. That should work. Hope that helps. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 01:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
The photos are in the categories "Curtiss Robin" and "Museum of Flight, Seattle." The storyboards are included as background info if it would be useful. We happened to be outside looking at the prototype Boeing 747 (built in 1969) when one of the brand new 747-8 jets took off from Boeing Field. Those pics will go up in a day or so. Visitor7 ( talk) 07:35, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Would you happen to, by any small chance, be planning a trip to Wyoming any time soon? I've been trying to develop some of the Natrona County NRHP articles, most of which remain photo-less. Also, thank you for doing so much photography of landmarks in rural Nebraska. It was quite a nice surprise to learn that the NRHP structures in my community have nice photos on Wikimedia of them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chevsapher ( talk • contribs) 04:42, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
Thanks for helping me with all of the Nebraska City pages, You have been diligent in all of your work especially with that of my area. For that and your work on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska, &c. I award you this Barnstar of Diligence. WhitmanNE ( talk) 05:47, 27 December 2011 (UTC) |
It's been a while since I've bugged you with a newbie problem, so I hope that you'll let me abuse your kindness again—
I've just started going through the AfD process with ESS Drum & Bugle Corps, which I strongly suspect of being a high-school prank or the like. Everything went swimmingly until I reached the step where I edited Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 January 4. The subclusion process seems to have done everything it should, and my suggestion appears to be in the same format as everyone else's in the edit window; but the article's title, history-link, etc., don't show up.
I experimented by moving my proposal below the top one in the list, but that didn't help at all. The only thing I can think of is that the ampersand in the title interacts strangely with the template. However, I see that an ampersand isn't on the list of forbidden characters in article titles.
Any thoughts? Guidance would be appreciated; if nothing else, could you suggest an appropriate venue at which to ask this question? Thanks (and thanks again for all the questions you've answered in the past). -- Ammodramus ( talk) 16:49, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Nice article. I've made some minor tweaks to it, and uprated it from stub to start: it's near the border, but I think it's more toward the start side, since you've got multiple references and have clearly put some effort into it—in sharp contrast with all too many NRHP stubs, which are more like this.
In the article, you mention a ghost sign for a hardware store. Is that currently visible, and, if so, does it want to be photographed? I don't expect to get to Crawford in the next month or two, but if you think a photo would help, I'll put it on my to-do list.
Hope that we can expect more Dawes County articles soon — Ammodramus ( talk) 01:22, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
(To User:Location) Thanks for the compliment re. Chris Cole (politician). Would you say that the article's moved beyond stubhood and merits a "Start" rating? I'm not sure just where the boundary is, and in any case I'm not sure if it's quite proper to rate one's own work. Ammodramus ( talk) 22:35, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, Ammodramus. I'm stopping by to let you know that this line is in the source. It's on Page 2. It's easy to overlook that an article has more than one page, so I can understand how you missed it. I never miss them anymore because I'm very aware that they might exist, but I know that others may not be as aware. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I restored the line, and toned down the duplicate referencing. Feel free to tweak this line or anything else in the article of course. It could probably use a good copyedit, especially since it was written at a time when my Wikipedia-article-writing skills weren't as improved as they are now. That goes for grammar aspects too. Flyer22 ( talk) 15:01, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Just found and read with great interest this article. I'll have to look for it the next time I get out to the northern Panhandle.
A couple of things that I didn't find in the article, and that should perhaps be in it. First, what kind of material does the tunnel run through? Is it cut through rock, or is it primarily dug through earth? Since it's described as a major engineering feat for its time, I assume that there's something peculiar about the local geology to make the construction difficult. Second, why was the Nat'l Guard there to prevent sabotage? Was there some kind of controversy involving the railroad or the tunnel? Think readers would like to know more about both of these—I certainly would. Ammodramus ( talk) 05:17, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
(To User:Smallbones). 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)
I see no reason not to add the J. Schmuck Block listing to the Gage County list. I went ahead and added it, but it's really pretty easy to add new entries. I just cut and paste the NRHP row template info from another listing and replace the data for each parameter with the info for the listing you're adding. Renumbering the rows of a large table is a bit of a hassle, but I've got a method that involves copying the raw table text out to a spreadsheet, manipulating the data there and then pasting it back into the edit window in Wikipedia. It only takes about 20 or 30 seconds no matter how large the table is. For future reference, if you work on a long table that you'd like me to renumber, just post a message on my talk page.
It seems to me that I've come across other sites that were listed around that same time that are missing from the tables. I think I'll go back and look at the announcements from that period to see if we're missing others. I hope this isn't a can of worms! -- sanfranman59 ( talk) 17:13, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
(To User:Chevsapher) Just saw File:Crawford, Nebraska 2nd St from Main.JPG pop up on my Commons watchlist, for your addition of image notes. Wow! I had no idea that such a trick was possible. I'm going to have to read up on it—it'd be a lot easier than descriptions like "The third building from the left, partly obscured by the billboard, is the..."
Also saw the new photos you added for the Crawford post office. I agree that the article is better for an illustration of the mural, since that was the reason for the building's addition to the NRHP. However, I think we'd have copyright problems with photos showing the entire mural at a fairly high resolution: see this USPS page. While the use of the photos in a WP article would probably be OK, photos on Commons are supposed to be free-use, without, for example, the USPS's restrictions on commercial use. For that reason, when I photograph interiors of post offices with New Deal murals, I try to make the mural a fairly small (and low-resolution) part of the total scene, and to make sure that a non-trivial portion of the mural is obscured by foreground objects. Ammodramus ( talk) 22:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Just saw File:Crawford, Nebraska 2nd St from Main.JPG pop up on my Commons watchlist, for your addition of image notes. Wow! I had no idea that such a trick was possible. I'm going to have to read up on it—it'd be a lot easier than descriptions like "The third building from the left, partly obscured by the billboard, is the..."
Also saw the new photos you added for the Crawford post office. I agree that the article is better for an illustration of the mural, since that was the reason for the building's addition to the NRHP. However, I think we'd have copyright problems with photos showing the entire mural at a fairly high resolution: see this USPS page. While the use of the photos in a WP article would probably be OK, photos on Commons are supposed to be free-use, without, for example, the USPS's restrictions on commercial use. For that reason, when I photograph interiors of post offices with New Deal murals, I try to make the mural a fairly small (and low-resolution) part of the total scene, and to make sure that a non-trivial portion of the mural is obscured by foreground objects. Ammodramus ( talk) 22:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
"What a great new section..." You'll feel otherwise when you've got a few hundred towns on your watchlist. The notable-residents section is a major magnet for vandalism: " John Smith internatoinally known STUD!!", and that kind of thing. The only place it's worse is at articles about high schools... Ammodramus ( talk) 21:33, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
After adding black borders manually to atleast 50 title pages, I found out that adding the |border parameter does just about the same thing, as in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Feel free to have a laugh at my expense... ;) INeverCry 18:25, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the fixes. Crabbe's father's name was also George, so to avoid confusion I didn't use it. The poet's oldest son was a George as well. ;) Anyway, I hope I draw a good reviewer, as my other GA promotion ( The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs) took the reviewer over a month with several reminders. We'll see... INeverCry 00:01, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Have a look at Commons:National Archives and Records Administration/Categorize/US National Archives series: District of Nebraska: Omaha: Equity Cases, compiled 1913 - 1955 and Commons:National Archives and Records Administration/Categorize/US National Archives series: District of Nebraska: Grand Island: Civil Cases, compiled 1938 - 1974 if you haven't already.
Commons:National Archives and Records Administration/Categorize might have some other things you would be interested in.
Also, in the case of George Crabbe I found a chronological mistake from one of my old sources, and there's a new 2004 bio of Crabbe, so I've un-GANed it until I can get a hold of the newer source. INeverCry 00:03, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
(To User:WilliamJE.) I notice that you've recently made a number of edits to articles about Nebraska municipalities, most of which appear to be insertions of notable residents.
Could I ask you to add edit summaries when you make such edits? I have a great many Nebraska articles on my watchlist, and when I find an edit without a summary, I have to check up on it and make sure it's not vandalism, spam, editorializing, etc. This is particularly true in the notable-residents section, which is a magnet for vandalism—" John Smith world famuos STUD!!!" and the like. If you'll add edit summaries, that'll save me and other page-watchers the necessity of following your edits to make sure they're legit. Thanks. Ammodramus ( talk) 19:38, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I'm glad that someone else is excising non-notable notables from articles. I personally think that the "Notable residents" section is a curse and an affliction, but that's one man's opinion: I recognize that it's entrenched in WP, and that I have to live with it as best I can.
I don't think that WP:AGF is a valid argument in this situation. AGF has to do with the motives of an editor, not with the appropriateness of an edit. I'm sure you've encountered situations aplenty in which a registered editor has made changes that've had to be reverted, not because of deliberate vandalism, but because they're pushing a POV, inserting irrelevancies—or adding the high-school quarterback to the notables section, on the strength of a write-up in the local paper.
You describe yourself as "an experienced editor". Unfortunately, there are too many Wikipedians out there for me to know who's experienced and who's not. Because of WP:FIES, most experienced editors add edit summaries; so the absence of one is a warning that an edit may have been made by an inexperienced editor, or at least one who doesn't have a terribly firm grasp of WP principles and etiquette. When I'm checking my watchlist, the lack of an edit summary is a red flag, indicating that this is an edit that needs to be checked up on.
"Edit summaries take time" strikes me as a rather bad argument. The time that you save yourself by omitting the summary is probably much less than the time that it costs your brother editors to check up on those suspicious no-summary edits. Considered in that light, the argument boils down to: "My time is more valuable than yours." This, I think is why we have WP:FIES; and why we have Template:Uw-editsummary for those who disregard it. Ammodramus ( talk) 15:19, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Where, exactly, am I threatening you, and with what? The strongest "threat" I can see is the implication that I can put an embarrassing template on your talk page, a template that you can promptly remove. Moreover, I'm not actually threatening to put the template there; I'm pointing out its existence as supporting my contention that WP etiquette calls for you to leave an edit summary.
I haven't suggested that any of your edits have been inappropriate (and, as best I can remember, I haven't reverted any of them). My point is that however unexceptionable the edits may be, if they show up on my watchlist with no edit summary, then I have to check up on them and make sure they're OK. This wastes time that I could be spending on more productive uses (like the article I'm developing at a rate of about two paragraphs a day); and this waste of time could be avoided if you'd leave edit summaries. Your response to this seems to be "Yes, but leaving an edit summary wastes my time, and I'd rather waste your time than mine." To this I reply, "However, Wikiquette, as embodied in WP:FIES and supported by Template:Uw-editsummary, supports my position rather than yours."
I see no element of threat in any of this. I'm trying to point out, with supporting arguments, that you're committing a Wikisolecism by not leaving edit summaries, and to ask that you change this behavior out of consideration for your fellow editors. Ammodramus ( talk) 16:27, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
One more post to my talk page and I will report you to the proper wikipedia authorities for WP:Harassment. If you're so worried about wasting your time, you wouldn't be bothering me who has repeatedly asked you to prove one time I put something wrong into one of your watchlist articles. Instead I get threatened with to quote you a 'embarrassing template'. Why don't you look into the arbcom and try seeing if you can join it. They're on a witch hunt right now for Rich Farmbrough and you'd fit in perfectly. In the meantime Get off my back and page. ...William 16:51, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Hoping that Saturday was an especially rough day for you, and that your life's now a considerably more pleasant place, I'll renew my recent request, in hopes of a more favorable reception.
Could you please add edit summaries when you add notable residents to articles on communities? As I said recently, the lack of a summary on an edit complicates my task of going through my watchlist and checking for inappropriate edits. Since most experienced editors use them, the absence of one is a red flag on my watchlist.
An additional use of edit summaries that didn't occur to me when I was writing you Saturday, but that's struck me since then, is that they make it easier to go through an article's history. If an editor's trying to find when and by whom a questionable edit was made, the edit summaries in the history page help greatly.
Please note that I'm in no way questioning the legitimacy of any of your edits. The problems created by the lack of an edit summary arise when I'm going through my watchlist and deciding which of the recent edits need to be followed up; or when I'm going through an article history trying to find a particular edit, and have to check edits individually because there's no summary to tell me whether it might be the one I'm looking for or not.
To your point that writing edit summaries takes time, I'll repeat: the time that it saves you now is offset by the time that it costs other editors later. This seems to come down to a question of whose time and convenience come first. To me, WP:FIES resolves that question; and the existence of a reminder template for editors who don't include summaries strongly suggests that Wikiquette calls for including them.
Thanks for your attention to this, and I hope that your pursuits, Wikipedic and otherwise, are going well. Ammodramus ( talk) 17:29, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
And once again don't ever reply to my talk page again till you can produce one edit where I put a non notable person into a town article. ...William 18:15, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
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(To User:Frankie Rae.) There's a good chance that within the next two or three weeks, I'll be up in the vicinity of Lake Andes, South Dakota. If so, I'll try to hit the Chas. Mix County courthouse in the early morning or late evening, when there's some sunlight on the north side. If I should make it there, are there any photos that you'd particularly like me to try to get? (If I can, I'll go on a weekday and try for some interior shots as well.) Ammodramus ( talk) 00:42, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Since you've been all over the state, it's my guess that you've been to the capitol in Lincoln. I just noticed that the building was built before the House got abolished, and I'm curious — do you know what they do with the old House chambers? The article on the capitol building doesn't even discuss the House. Nyttend ( talk) 23:28, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Ammodramus. Thanks for fixing the Wikilink in Incident at Hawk's Hill. I should have been more careful, since I'm the daughter of a birder and from NE CO, I am aware that there's more than one type of Prairie Chicken. I don't know how you noticed the mistake, but I appreciate your getting it right. Tlqk56 ( talk) 19:09, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, this is just to let you know that I have granted you the "autopatrolled" permission. This won't affect your editing, it just automatically marks any page you create as patrolled, benefiting new page patrollers. You seem to have a solid grasp of our notability, verifiability, copyright, and (although you've dealt with these less, so far as I noticed) biography of living persons policies. I came to this conclusion based on a review of several of your article creations, a review of your user talk page, a few of the very small number of deleted contributions you have and some examples of your participation at AfD. I noticed your account because of a recent comment you made at AfD, it impressed me enough to look farther. If for any reason you'd prefer not to be flagged this way, please let me know and I'll gladly hit "undo". Anyway, cheers! -- j⚛e decker talk 03:03, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Some copy-edits would probably help quite a bit. Anything you can do would be very much appreciated. I figured I'd roll the old dice, especially seeing that the worst that can happen is a fail. I've taken care of the refs, switching the primary ones over to sfn temps and making sure everything is properly cited. As TTT said, the review might get picked up quick because of the drive. INeverCry 17:09, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. I've come to bother you because you seem to be active on Nebraska topics, including Lincoln, Nebraska, and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Nebraska doesn't get much traffic. There's a completely new Amtrak station in Lincoln (see Lincoln, Nebraska (Amtrak station) and Amtrak's press release) and I was hoping you might be in a position to take a photograph of it, or to point me in the direction of someone who could. Thanks, Mackensen (talk) 23:03, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
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(To User:Nyttend.) I notice that you've reverted a number of recent changes in which User:Jamo2008 added a percent sign to the demographics section of articles on Nebraska communites (for example, this diff). Any reason for this? The percent sign seemed quite appropriate to me; and your reversion has removed a space, producing "0.1Pacific Islander".
On some other reversions of Jamo2008's edits, you've restored the old phrasing for the third paragraph of the "Demographics" section, including the rather awful "In the village the population was spread out..." phrasing. For what it's worth, Jamo2008 and I mooted a change to this phrasing at WikiProject Cities; we got disappointingly little response, but the single not-us person who responded to us favored the change. Is there a good Wikireason for keeping the old phrasing, or another reason why you reverted Jamo2008's edits?
Finally, I note that you added a "minor edit" tag to these reversions, even when they involved striking >200 characters and reverting to the old boilerplate. Is this appropriate? I ask not to score a point, but in ignorance: I'd always thought that the minor-edit tag was reserved for uncontroversial edits, e.g. corrections of indisputable spelling and grammar errors. — Ammodramus ( talk) 00:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Why is the Municipalities and communities template in Nebraska Populated Places in (name the county) category pages? Here [10] is Adams County for one example. The category page should be sufficient for navigation. Please reply back here. ...William 14:05, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
I've separated the critical stuff into "poetry" and "criticism" sections. Can you take a quick look and tell me what you think of it? INever Cry 17:55, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Could you comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National_Register of Historic Places#use of upload-assisting pic in NRHP lists?
This is regarding a key part of the upcoming WLM-US photo contest. Smallbones ( talk) 12:24, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Ammodramus.
8/22/12.
Regarding your NOTABILITY COMMENTS. Have I satisfied all your issues? CAN I DELETE YOUR NOTABILITY CODING at the beginning of the article?
Jim ( Grandson-Jim ( talk) 18:08, 22 August 2012 (UTC))
You were correct in your assumption. When I typed in the name of the article in WP, it came up on my MacBook screen (using Safari) with the word Edit on the right side of each section of the article. Signing in was NOT necessary to make changes to the article.
I then use used Google Search to find the above article on my MacBook, my Dell PC (using Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers), and my iPad (using iPad Safari browser). Each time, the article came up #1 on the search list and, when I clicked on the name, each time the article appeared on the screen with the ability to edit each section without me having to sign in.
Who can I go to to ask how to stop the article from appearing in the Edit mode even when not signing in to edit the document?
Must I delete the entire article and start a "new" article to correct the problem?
Could there be a cause and effect relationship between the Notability Flag you added to the article and the article staying in the Edit mode?
Regarding your NOTABILITY COMMENTS. Have I satisfied all your issues? CAN I DELETE YOUR NOTABILITY CODING at the beginning of the article?
Jim ( 74.196.62.5 ( talk) 00:17, 22 August 2012 (UTC))
Ammo,
You've done some NRHP photos in SC, if I remember correctly. You should certainly meet Bigskybill, who has uploaded over 600 SC pix as part of WLM-US.
All the best,
Smallbones( smalltalk) 03:54, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Regarding your post on WT:CATHOLIC, I replied there: The parish website's Church Tour says: "The saint in armor is unknown. He could easily be St. Wenceslaus, St. Alexander, St. Stanislaus of Cracow or several others." Elizium23 ( talk) 17:53, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi and thanks for the note ... actually, I did intentionally put the boundary increase information in the Location column. It seems to me that makes better sense to put it there than in the Summary column since it's related to the location. I've been doing this the last month or so as I've updated the lists. If you feel that it doesn't belong there, why don't we kick it around a bit at WT:NRHP? I'm happy to go with the consensus. -- sanfranman59 ( talk) 02:50, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
from WLM File:Reconstructed Blacksmith shop made of sod.jpg
Smallbones( smalltalk) 01:30, 20 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 Ebyabe and Smallbones. Nyttend ( talk) 13:18, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Might I ask you to take a look at this article? The old Post Office building is NRHP (which isn't noted in the article), the museum deserves lots of space too. Have you ever thought of doing a GLAM project? Any help appreciated. Smallbones( smalltalk) 20:11, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
Would definitely be appreciated. Smallbones( smalltalk) 04:17, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
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Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing that out to me. Merry Christmas. :-) Nightscream ( talk) 15:26, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the edits on Central City! Thanks for the pictures of historical places too! I'll continue to add to its history. Over the next year or so, I might just fill history of towns, historical locations, and history of Merrick county as a whole. It might serve as a model of how others might build on the great work you have already done.-- I am One of Many ( talk) 19:30, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
There is two pages to Mr Mohr's New York Times Obituary. Please click "Page 2" for reference to birthplace in Loup City by the New York Times, which is the foundation of the article at this time so I can keep the Loup City post going before you continuously delete it. Octave192 ( talk) 22:12, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Take a look at this illustration I just uploaded: File:Orley Farm frontispiece illustration.jpg. Unfortunately the source is pretty foxed, but I removed quite a bit of it. According to Oxford, this is Trollope's own boyhood home. INeverCry 21:49, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Do you think the image of the marker is ok or should that be removed too? I could just keep the paragraph with a link to Lone Tree. Whatever you think is best, since I'm new at this.-- I am One of Many ( talk) 22:34, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
I understand the removal of the peripheral content on the Nike page, but I am going to reinstate the Nike-specific content. let me know what you think.-- Soulparadox ( talk) 00:14, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ammodramus,
I was looking at Towns No Longer in Existence in Merrick County and I was surprised to see three. There are two others that are or are near ghost towns (Worms and Havens). That suggests to me that there may be many ghost towns (locations) in Nebraska. Do you think an interesting long-long-term project would be to document these ghost towns and their locations? Even if there were only one per county on average, that would be a lot of ghost towns. Some I'll bet with interesting histories.-- I am One of Many ( talk) 08:32, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
I've just encountered the Rowland Brown article, to which you've made major additions. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that many of those additions appear to contravene one of Wikipedia's core policies: no original research.
Your userpage declares that you've done extensive research on Brown. From my reading of the article, it appears that you've incorporated a great deal of this research into it, including your own conclusions about the truth or falsehood of various rumors about Brown. Unfortunately, this is just what the NOR policy is intended to prevent. It's appropriate to quote rumors and the conclusions of others about them, but not to include your own conclusions, however well-founded they might be.
There is an out, however. If you've published your work in a reliable source (e.g. a refereed, or at least a reputable, journal), it's perfectly all right to cite it, using yourself in third person.
I'm not sure how familiar you are with Wikipolicy; if you're not acquainted with NOR, I'd strongly encourage you to read it and modify the Brown article to bring it into conformity therewith. Please feel free to leave a note at my talk page if you've got any questions about this, or if there's any help I can give you. Ammodramus ( talk) 21:05, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
The more I think about this whole thing, the more upset ai get. THE ENTIRE REASON I AM DOING THIS IS TO CLARIFY AND CORRECT MISINFORMATION AND ITS SOURCES THAT WERE CONTAINED IN TE ORIGINAL STUB. MY method may seem awkward and my familiarity with Wikipedia's markup language lacking, but I believe that I have the right if not the responsibility to present evidence for consideration.I thought that was the concept behind Wikipedia's existence. The original stub was well documented and "verifiable" by your standards but it was wrong. The primary sourcee was Stemple
It has the wrong dates and the comment by the much revered Philip Dunne (founder of the screenwriters' guild) concerning drinking. My father was a tea-totaler, as confirmed by Gene Fowler in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette article that I site a number of times. Why Fowler? Because Fowler was a lifelong friend of my father's and a contemporary of Dunne. You say in your comments concerning my article that my sources are used to justify my opinions. The opinions I present, ro at least mean to present are topic sentences meant to help the reader understand some of the conflicting, but "verifiable" evidence upon which Brown's reputation was built. To me, it seems important because his story is emblematic of the average experience, not just of screenwriters but of artists in general, and therein lies its truth.
Again, I have trouble with the markup language and the examples proffered for techies.
I would really like it if the people who monitor my work were less like police and more like good editors, whose only purpose was to help me say what I think needs saying, rather than denying me the right on the grounds that I cannot provide sources. There is not anything that I assert in the article that is not based on a reliable source. Please help me.
Megan McClard BrownPearl ( talk) 18:51, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I see some guy from India really got upset about something I did. I found that my user page had to be protected. I decided to put a vandalism count on my page. I think it tells future vandals that their work is in vain.-- I am One of Many ( talk) 21:10, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
You are correct, it is already in National Register of Historic Places. When I went back to Central City two weeks ago, I decided to go see the inside of the Martha Ellen Auditorium and the owner had completely remodeled the inside. The balcony was converted into a second small theater. There is no published record of this modification that I could find and I just cannot report what I saw, so I thought the note was a good idea, but since it is stated in the main article, I could remove the notes and link private to the relevant section in the National Register of Historic Places: National_Register_of_Historic_Places#Properties_listed:private?-- I am One of Many ( talk) 06:21, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
Because the nominator of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Register Information System and the page's creator have just been interaction-banned, I've closed this discussion. Because it's not fair to participants like you to force you to start all over again, I've reopened it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Register Information System (2nd nomination), and I've copied your comments over there. Feel free to participate further over there. Nyttend ( talk) 13:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
No problems. I had to leave desk halfway through edit, fixed it now. In ictu oculi ( talk) 07:48, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
I noticed that you were about the only contributor to the A R Maharaj AfD discussion, who knows something about the rigid rules postal authorities, in democratic countries, apply when issuing commemorative stamps to honour notable national or international figures. If some of the other dissenters only knew something about the status of experts consulted, who usually have to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, they might have refrained from dismissing the stamp. It is a laborious and time-consuming process. Newspaper atuff written by hacks to earn their living is actually quite insignificant compared to such commemorative stamps, because of the expertise of the consultants involved in the process. The stamp's notability is, for those in the know, worth more than a thousand such newspaper items, which are supposed to be independent third-party sources for many AfDs. As an aside, anything emanating from the Vatican about papal affairs seems to be acceptable, but one had to ignore all those Jain sites on this occasion, as they are not considered independent. I think, when it comes to religion, religious bodies and their sites themselves are, indeed, the best sources. Thanks for your message on the AfD page. I would have added this note there, but thought I had already said enough, and someone, cpnversant with Indian newspapers and Marathi, would respond to your query with a translation from a Marathi newspaper, but we are back to square one: how does that beat the commemorative stamp issued by noted and notable invisible experts on such subjects, many of whom actually have WP articles about them. The mind boggles!-- Zananiri ( talk) 15:19, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
You made some good points here. I'm not commenting on the matter because of the recently concluded Arbcom case. However, I will tell you that I don't believe it is accurate to say the database is in the public domain. That is because there is no affirmative indication of its licensing status. It can be presumed PD-US, but no source confirms that. -- Orlady ( talk) 04:11, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello Johncheverly—
I see that you're fairly new at this editing business, and you're probably still struggling to absorb all kinds of details of Wikipolicy and Wikiquette. If you don't mind, I'll point out one more.
Your most recent commentat Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln wasn't in keeping with WP's talk page guidelines. Talk pages should be used to discuss the article, not the article's subject. In other words, we shouldn't be using the talk pages to air our personal opinions about Margaret Thatcher or Hugo Chavez or the Affordable Care Act—or Bruskewitz's excommunications.
This is all discussed at considerable length at WP:TPG. I hope you don't mind my calling it to your attention. I realize that there are lots of things to learn when you start editing, and the learning curve can be a bit formidable at times. Keep at it, though, and you'll be surprised at how quickly you learn it. Ammodramus ( talk) 03:57, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Why do we live in a sin/blame society? It didn't work before Immanuel was offered up by God as the Anointed Savior and it doesn't work now. This particular issue is with Wikipedia itself. And we have discussed this: It does not have a universally accepted, systemic editor training program in place. Instead of picking each other apart, competency tests should be developed by the Wikimedia Foundation and, after those tests are administered, both the individual and the Foundation can determine where the individual's strengths are and assign him accordingly. For instance, one person may be skilled at layout and design, another at fact checking, and so forth. Don't keep cursing the darkness, light a candle, For Jesus Christ's sake. johncheverly 12:49, 14 April 20
That's a great draft you're working on. I've uploaded a high-res portrait that might be decent for the lead. Plenty of images for the article though: commons:Category:Solomon D. Butcher. Looks like you'll have another GA with that at some point. INeverCry 03:26, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm glad you like the portrait. I found one of his wife Lillie, if it comes in handy. INeverCry 03:49, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
Got his signature too. Hope you don't mind my adding it to the infobox.
INeverCry 04:01, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the fix; I was using USGS topos and apparently misinterpreted what I saw. Thinking that I had the correct quarter-section, I looked everywhere and observed that there weren't any other buildings there, so I assumed that it was the correct spot. And yes, I'll be happy to let you know when I find something; the problem is that my university library doesn't subscribe to anything Nebraska-specific as it does for several states closer. I'll see what I can find through consulting the archives of the Plains Anthropologist via JSTOR. If you've not already, look for anything by Waldo Wedel; I see his name appear more often on Kansas topics than Nebraska, but both states appear often in his publications. Nyttend ( talk) 02:18, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm sorry that I edited a Wikipedia draft without asking permission from the author--I'd never seen one of those before, and didn't realize it was a work in progress.
This is the third time I've tried to draft a response to you--my ancient computer keeps freezing on me and destroying my text. So let me just explain that I'm involved in an enormous election-returns project and I'm currently working on Nebraska. Rontrigger ( talk) 08:32, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, as you know i've been proceeding developing articles for Cherry County NE nrhps. I've just drafted Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dry Valley Church and Cemetery and found a bunch of commons pics by you. I think i have found and added all of the pics to a gallery in the article, but may have missed some. Not sure whether all should be included or not, but they should be linked somehow, perhaps by their being in a commons category created specially for the place, and then have that commons category linked from the article. Perhaps with fewer pics included directly in the article. I wonder how many other Nebraska places you've obtained a bunch of pics for. Sure seems that creating the article is worthwhile to enable inclusion or linking in the pics. I'd welcome your views on how to proceed with this and others though.... will watch here or discuss at talk page of the list article. Either way, thanks for visiting the place and taking a great series of pics. Cheers, -- do ncr am 17:27, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Maybe we can agree to disagree on something to do with coverage of NRHP-listed battlefield sites? In National Register of Historic Places listings in Morrill County, Nebraska, there were two bluelinks for battlefield sites, that redirected to Battle of Rush Creek and to Battle of Mud Springs, which i changed to show redlinks instead, in these edits. At the battle articles there was/is no coverage of the current historic site or NRHP listing. The way i would proceed is to start articles on the current, NRHP-listed historic sites at Rush Creek Battlefield and at Mud Springs Station Archeological District (both currently are redlinks), and to build up info there. I tend to think anything beyond brief mention/link, in the battle article, is too much; I am guessing you might be more inclined than me to merge the site coverage into the battle articles. Anyhow, i'd like to proceed by trying on separate articles, and will be open to the topics being merged. Do let's see how much material there is, first, but please do feel free to discuss, here or maybe best at the Talk pages of the site articles after they're created. Maybe there are more battlefield site items in Nebraska, too. The separate articles for battlefield sites vs. the battles was discussed at wt:NRHP last year i think, focussing on the National Historic Landmark ones, by the way. There's clearly room for disagreement, and i am alert to possibilities here. :) Cheers, -- do ncr am 21:53, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
(To User:Frankie Rae) Just returned from a swing through northeast and north-central Nebraska, in the course of which I photographed the NRHP-listed St. Rose of Lima complex in Crofton, Nebraska. When I got back home and started editing and uploading the photos, I discovered that, according to the NRHP nominating form, the 1911 school building was designed by William L. Steele. I don't recall your mentioning it, so I'll call it to your attention on the chance that it's a new Steele building for you.
Since I didn't know it was by Steele when I was there, I only took a few photos, which are in Commons:Category:St. Rose of Lima School (Crofton, Nebraska). When I'm in Crofton again, I'll try to shoot more, including a patch-of-plain-brickwork photo. Let me know if there are any particular details that you'd like me to try to get.
Hope that your endeavors, Wiki- and otherwise, are going well. Ammodramus ( talk) 16:44, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Ever thought of trying for administrator? We could always use more admins, and I'd be happy to nominate you. Nyttend ( talk) 23:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
I've begun the GA review for Solomon Butcher, and it looks great. It's more or less set as a GA, save for a few images that need their copyright notices tweaked to cover the US instead of/in addition to the EU. Once those are updated, I'll be glad to pass the article. Thanks for all your work on it. -- Khazar2 ( talk) 22:59, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Ammodramus, hope all's going well. Since you mentioned in the past that you might be interested in GA reviewing, I thought I'd drop a note to link you to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre. It's a new project designed to ease users into GA reviewing by matching them with a mentor. It's not mandatory, of course--you're still welcome to just dive right in, too--but if you're interested in having a helping hand for your first reviews, that's a good place to go to find one. Enjoy the weekend! -- Khazar2 ( talk) 13:14, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ammodramus, your pics are serving well for articles ranging outside of NE, too, I notice. Happen to be working on User:Doncram/Plum Bush Creek Bridge, in CO right now. Could you possibly please fix, or arrange for fixing of "Category:East Plum Bush Creek Bridge (Washintgon County, Colorado)", to fix the typo "Washintgon" vs. "Washington", for all 8 pics? I don't edit much over at Commons, not sure how to arrange to fix. Not sure why/if it matters really, but i sorta think you/we'd want to fix it before linking from wikipedia mainspace. -- do ncr am 13:50, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Idly curious, are you familiar with the Hub? I'd never heard of it until recently, when I learned from a longtime friend that he's starting a job there next week as a sports reporter. Nyttend ( talk) 22:58, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
I've passed this at GA, with a few caveats. Review follows.
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Reviewer: Adam Cuerden ( talk · contribs) 15:41, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm going to be using WP:IAR on one aspect of the rules here: Technically, there might be a little original research here, but it's of the "describe how sources were evaluated in footnotes" sort, which I think is fully justified in a case where there's a lot of ambiguity in the sources. If there's any sources that back your arguments, mentioning them would strengthen this aspect, and really help you out if you intend to go for featured article.
So, I'm giving this a pass on well-referenced. In fact, it uses extra references and checks to make sure that it's as accurate as possible. Other than those couple footnotes, everything is fine on that point.
So.
It's comprehensive, seems to us all relevant sources, and provides loads of extremely interesting background.
I think this is an excellent article, and think it deserves to be GA.
The only real issue that could be improved is that the historical significance of the house isn't fully described. I mean, a homestead sod house is almost certainly significant, but it'd be good to summarise the arguments that got it onto the National Register of Historic Places, because, you know, why not?
✓ Pass. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 15:41, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
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Could you possibly fix the rotation for this commons pic for use the Wentworth-Grinnan House article. The article now at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Wentworth-Grinnan House is written by a new editor, who I am trying to help, and these are his first commons pic uploads too. Any direct help or advice (reply here or my Talk page or at User talk:Bobgrow) would be most welcome. -- do ncr am 16:32, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
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For helping WP:NRHP to illustrate 50,000 historic sites. Keep up the great work! Smallbones( smalltalk) 14:27, 14 August 2013 (UTC) |
Please comment here. Thanks. georgianJORJADZE 00:03, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Regarding wisecrack within this edit, had you been at all interested in actually developing wikipedia, ... why not add a source rather than just unsourced info? To respond to your question, though, the article was created so that it could be included into a White House (disambiguation) page, where a White-House-focused editor was deleting every redlink item. (Alternative being to fight it out some how with that editor / it was easier better just to start the article.) It had to be created, to get the disambiguation set up, which is part of the background work of developing wikipedia coverage of NRHP places. Which you benefit from, having nicely set up, disambiguated NE and AZ article lists. Yep, the AZ nomination forms were not then online. Now, they are. Please do feel free to add info to articles, in addition to adding your nice pics. It would be nice if you would do some of the work of adding proper sources, too. :) -- do ncr am 20:36, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
Per your suggestion, I was able to setup a user category for my photos over at Wikimedia. Thank you. Rauglothgor ( talk) 16:53, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
"I doubt very much that the stamp was actually in Cather's image: it was probably rectangular, with a portrait of her".
Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on Willa Cather. Thank you. Richard Apple ( talk) 01:29, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
Your promptly spotting my upload of the Cliff Theater photos was impressive-- but it was a little disconcerting to find out that you'd already illustrated the NRHP list article. It's selfish of me, I know, but I'd really rather have put in the illustration myself; the diff would've been my reward for the half-tank of gas I burned detouring to Wray to get the photo. You've left me with a rather coitus-interruptus sensation... Ammodramus ( talk) 21:10, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
Just a heads-up in case this hasn't come to your attention: the Omaha Park and Boulevard System is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, under that name. There's a short summary at [11]; the nominating form is at [12]. I've put a note to that effect in the article Boulevards in Omaha, Nebraska, which you created; don't know if you'd want to revisit the article, particularly in light of the inclusion of parks and golf courses in the NRHP nomination. Ammodramus ( talk) 02:40, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
All that said, I think a separate article is justified. Thanks for your thoughts, and for spurring mine! • Freechild talk 20:31, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
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I hereby award you the Photographer's Barnstar for for taking photographs in 11 states for the WikiProject NRHP Fall 2013 Photo Contest. I'm even more impressed that you took all 11 photographs in the month that the contest was running! Royal broil 01:01, 3 October 2013 (UTC) |
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
I hereby award you this barnstar for photographing the Most Unusual Building - the S.S. Blinky Jr., a car dealership building shaped like a ship. A " roadside attraction" at it's finest! I love running across oddities like this on my travels! Royal broil 02:48, 3 October 2013 (UTC) |
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
I hereby award you this barnstar for photographing the most new sites within a single state. You accomplished 109 new sites in Arizona, which is impressive considering how the cities are widespread throughout the state. Royal broil 02:11, 8 October 2013 (UTC) |
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
I hereby award this barnstar to you for photographing two very distant sites within one state during the NRHP Fall 2013 Photo Contest. You photographed two sites in Nebraska that are 478 miles apart. Many states don't even have two buildings that far apart! Royal broil 04:46, 8 October 2013 (UTC) |
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
I hereby award this barnstar to you for photographing the most new sites on a specific county/community during the NRHP Fall 2013 Photo Contest. You photographed a whopping 66 sites in Pinal County, Arizona. Your impressive total almost doubled everyone else's maximum. Royal broil 02:00, 9 October 2013 (UTC) |
<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar (honorable mention) given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for your photo roadtrip going 1,307 miles from Nebraska to Arizona ( Challenge #6 - Interstate Traveler). Smallbones( smalltalk) 04:28, 15 October 2013 (UTC) |
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<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for finding sites in all 10 categories of Challenge #12 - Scavenger Hunt. Smallbones( smalltalk) 04:42, 15 October 2013 (UTC) |
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Those were some nice edits on the Cherry article. I have also just filed a short stub on Fort Niobrara, which will probably show up with you, since you are monitoring Cherry County. NoAmGeogSoc ( talk) 20:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
Your suggestion on the article title of Ft. Niobrara is a good one. Please feel free make the changes you suggest.
Well, as you can see Fort Niobrara has gotten a little out of hand. It is no longer a stub (obviously). Its now a work in progress. It is on its way to being a full article. I am still working on it, I can see I will need one of those Ft. Tables, like I noticed in "Ft. Robinson" where I see you have made some editing entries. It seems you know a lot more about the fine points of editing than I do, but your comments have been extending my education.
Do you have any comments about references when most of the reference sources (at least at this early stage) are mainly one article, as it is in Ft. Niobrara.
NoAmGeogSoc ( talk) 00:51, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
I have done some more work on the Fort Niobrara article. I still have more work to do. NoAmGeogSoc ( talk) 22:04, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
I am adding a second note to this earlier note, and hope you will see the second note, with the first note. On the Ft. Niobrara article, can you help advise on the processes to acquire the use of photos about Ft. Niobrara. This includes photos from the National Archives or the Nebraska Historical Society (see website at http://memories.ne.gov/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/nshs&CISOBOX1=Fort+Niobrara++Neb.+,)
or any other photos.
NoAmGeogSoc ( talk) 00:59, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
I see you have added a note as to the origin of the name of "Keya Paha", just as I was also trying to sort it out, using a reference to the Lillian L. Pitzpatrick book. If I were looking up Keya Paha county I would want to know what that strange name meant. Are you the northern Nebraska guy. Am I tresspassing on your turf. I hope not.
I am still working on Ft. Niobrara. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NoAmGeogSoc ( talk • contribs) 19:28, 16 October 2013
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article McCook Daily Gazette you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Khazar2 -- Khazar2 ( talk) 14:54, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
The article McCook Daily Gazette you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:McCook Daily Gazette for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Khazar2 -- Khazar2 ( talk) 15:54, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
(To User:Khazar2) Thanks for doing the GAR for McCook Daily Gazette. I apologize for taking so long to respond; I've been travelling in remote corners of Nebraska, and my Internet access has been sporadic and limited.
Assuming that the Gazette gets GA status, it'll be my fourth; and now that I've been through the process four times, it's about time that I started paying back by doing GARs for other people's articles. Some time ago, you mentioned that you might be willing to give me some oversight and feedback on that. If you're still interested in doing so, and if it wouldn't overload your current schedule, could you please drop me a line and let me know? Thanks. Ammodramus ( talk) 04:54, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
The Good Article Barnstar | ||
For your contributions to bring McCook Daily Gazette to Good Article status. Thanks as always for your well-researched, well-written additions. -- Khazar2 ( talk) 12:48, 14 November 2013 (UTC) |
The article McCook Daily Gazette you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:McCook Daily Gazette for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Khazar2 -- Khazar2 ( talk) 12:52, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Check it out at Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre/Recruiter Central/Archives/Ammodramus. Cheers, Khazar2 ( talk) 13:37, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Ammodramus, thank you for selecting and reviewing The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser for Good Article status. I appreciate you taking the time and effort! Please keep me posted as you have any questions or concerns. Thanks again! -- Caponer ( talk) 03:26, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
The Premium Reviewer Barnstar | ||
For your comprehensive and thoughtful Good Article review of Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser and for the valuable guidance you provided along the way. Because of your thorough attention to detail, this article far exceeds the Good Article requirements. It was certainly a privilege and pleasure working with you throughout this process! Job well done! -- Caponer ( talk) 01:32, 10 December 2013 (UTC) |
Hey Ammodramus! I am expanding the article for Wappocomo (Romney, West Virginia) and given the fact that you are somewhat familiar now with the Col. Isaac Parsons family from the Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser article, I thought you might find it interesting! -- Caponer ( talk) 03:21, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
(To Nyttend) I'm afraid that I have to disagree with your restoration of the adjective "historic" in First United Presbyterian Church (Madison, Nebraska). The use of the adjective in the article (and in the rest of Swampyank's NRIS-only church substubs) strikes me as the very essence of peacockery: it proclaims the subject's significance without giving the reader any reason for it. In its fourth and final sentence, the article states that the building's been listed in the NRHP; it seems unnecessary to pre-iterate that in the first sentence.
My objection to the adjective only applies in cases like this one, where no explanation of the historic significance is given. In a real article, it wouldn't be at all inappropriate to describe the subject as "historic" in the lead section, as a one-word summary of a reasonably detailed explanation in the article's body. Ammodramus ( talk) 16:56, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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I clarified the terrace-builder bit in the article (Lautner Jr), and I'll probably add a little more (from your suggestions). I do have a copy of the nom form :) Andrew Jameson ( talk) 22:32, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the kudos. It helps that Michigan has an online database of ~85% of the NRHP properties which contains a summary description; the description usually is about equivalent to a high-Start / low-C article. That's a pretty good base to start an article from. (Also no one's cleared out the unassessed articles cat for like 6-8 months, so you're seeing most of a year's worth of work.) Andrew Jameson ( talk) 08:29, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
"Twin" = "Divide in two" (to make two screens in this case). That was the verb used in the nom form, although the additional information contained in the form made the meaning clearer. Andrew Jameson ( talk) 16:04, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
My apologies for not getting back to you sooner for I was away for Christmas. I probably marked the article by mistake as being a National Register of Historic Places property. Sometimes, this happens. I take responsibility for the edit but there was no vandalism, etc., I just made a mistake. My apologies-21:50, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Happy Holidays Ammodramus! I've created an article for Col. Isaac Parsons' grandfather Isaac Parsons (one of today's DYKs), and I'm currently working on building an article for Col. Isaac Parsons, too. The fact that you're busy reviewing other articles in the meantime is actually perfect, as I'd like you to review both the Wappocomo and Col. Isaac Parsons articles together to make sure they jive well together and with Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser. Again, I'd especially like you to review these articles and quality control them, as you're somewhat familiar now with the subjects :) I hope you won't mind holding off on reviewing Wappocomo until I've finished Col. Isaac Parsons, but as you'd expect, I'll be editing them together in tandem. Thank you again for all your latest hard work and efforts to improve Wikipedia's quality every day! -- Caponer ( talk) 00:43, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your encouraging note and Happy 2014! I had planned to start the review on Sat so no worries with any edits in the meantime. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 20:55, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Ammodramus, also for your situational awareness, I wanted to let you know that I'm working on an article for the neighboring Valley View plantation (also owned by the Parsons family). I'm still early in the writing process for this article, so a review is not necessary, but some of its historical background overlaps with that of Wappocomo, and I felt it may assist you and Rosiestep as you review the Wappocomo article. Thanks again! -- Caponer ( talk) 19:18, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Reviewed, awaiting your response here, thanks! -- Rosiestep ( talk) 20:55, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
I've passed this article and wanted to thank you for your improvements and suggestions. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 16:56, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi! When you edited Talk:E. Janssen Building you left a comment about prose needing cleanup. Could you be more specific? Do you mean on the talk page or on the article page, and please provide examples? I made one small change to the article page since you saw it last, but I would like it to be the best it possibly can. Thank you! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 21:20, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
(To KudzuVine) I see that you've been completing the Elkman infobox in a number of NRHP articles. Could I urge some caution on that? One of the articles where you've done it was Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area, which I recently expanded. Of the four items that you added, one was just plain wrong, one was inaccurate, and one was unnecessary and potentially misleading.
The wrong datum was "Governing body: Private". As indicated in the article, the property has been owned by the state of South Carolina since 1977, and managed by the state's Department of Natural Resources as a Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area since at least 2008.
The inaccurate item was "Built: 1840". Per the article, sourced to the nom form, the best we can say is "thought to date from the 1840s".
Potentially misleading is "Area: 5 acres". This may be true of the NRHP site, but it's definitely not the case with the HP/WMA, which is the subject of the article. I left this datum out to avoid any confusion on this. I also regard the area as a fairly minor detail for most NRHP sites. Per MOS:INFOBOX,
“ | When considering any aspect of infobox design, keep in mind the purpose of an infobox: to summarize key facts in the article in which it appears. The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance. Of necessity, some infoboxes contain more than just a few fields; however, wherever possible, present information in short form, and exclude any unnecessary content. | ” |
In this case, I don't think the area of the NRHP property is a "key fact": most NRHP articles that I've read don't include it in the body text, which suggests that it's less than essential information. I'd include the area in articles on extensive NRHP sites, e.g. HDs, battlefields, and large archaeological sites; but would default to leaving it out for single buildings and structures.
I can't recall whether you participated in WikiProject NRHP's somewhat spirited discussion of writing articles based primarily or entirely on the NRIS; but this example illustrates why many of us NRIS-skeptics are that way. There's just too much outdated, inaccurate, misleading, and otherwise flawed information in the database to justify using it without cross-checking against more detailed sources. Ammodramus ( talk) 14:16, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
The West Virginia Barnstar | ||
Ammodramus, I hereby thank and award you The West Virginia Barnstar for your tremendous contributions in elevating two West Virginia-related articles to Good Article status: Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser and Wappocomo (Romney, West Virginia). Please consider yourself an honorary Mountaineer and historian of Hampshire County! -- Caponer ( talk) 18:00, 5 January 2014 (UTC) |
Do you know why it was delisted? It still exits, virtually unchanged from when it was listed. In Merrick County, the only one that should be delisted for not really existing anymore is Martha Ellen Auditorium. The building is closed and the interior was entirely replaced with a makeshift two-level movie theater until it closed. I am One of Many ( talk) 05:18, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
Ammodramus, I hope all is well with you! I know you're probably knee-deep in Good Article reviews, and in the drafting of your own Good Articles, but I recently finished the article for Valley View (Romney, West Virginia) and I wanted to humbly ask if you could use your powers of succinctness to review it when you have a spare moment. As always, if you have suggestions, please let me know and I'll incorporate them post haste. The article has already passed a DYK review, and I've nominated it for GA review. Thanks again! -- Caponer ( talk) 01:38, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Ammo, please continue with the review. Rosie has stated she doesn't want to do the review so please restore your comments and state you're reviewing it and continue in your own time. You've already extensively edited it anyway so it is only right for you to continue. No need to feel bad about it but I doubt it'll happen again, so no worries. Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:42, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for being so nice at the GAR. We're both learning as we go. Hope we can work together on something else in the future. Rosiestep ( talk) 19:07, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Yes, I appreciate you continuing the review. I'm happy to review the Nebraska article for you when you nom it. At first glance though some of the sources need filling out with publisher info and it isn't convention to also external link publisher as well as title, refs 29-31 for example.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
There was a discussion like this recently at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations/Archive 20#Quid pro quo reviews. Yes it's fine so long as reviewers remain neutral and try to conduct a fair review. If there's a speedy pass, I'll speedy pass yours without a proper review type of thing going on then it's a problem. If you leave it in the queue you'll often find that it either takes over a month before somebody reviews it, or a poor/annoying reviewer claims it and creates an unnecessarily difficult review. It makes more sense to mutually review I think but try to remain as neutral as possible and be constructive with your suggestions.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:54, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi again Ammodramus: Some time ago, another editor made substantial changes to 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes. I am concerned about the edits and I expressed my concern on the talk page when the edits were made and was brusquely told "pfft" despite several of my concerns being matters of fact that were lost. Besides that, the text reads poorly, but after the "pfft" I'm not sure I wish to change it personally. I give only two sentences as example, the entire article is now written something like this: "And in this case, the strongest waves came ashore in Crescent City 3 to 4 hours after the initial surge, but it is possible to be just the opposite where the first waves could be the strongest. Also detailed from this event was that the wave hazard can be of long duration, with wave action lingering for more than 8 hours." I really don't even know where to start. As stated on the talk page, a really good reference was utterly cut and replaced with a lot of material from a single thesis which isn't available online. I know that offline sources are just as good as online ones, but with the information in the thesis being so different to other published sources that the latter had to be deleted ... it makes me wonder. And with continued apologies for my utter lack of good English and punctuation, I am sincerely, your comma-tose friend, Ellin Beltz ( talk) 03:08, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
The Epic Barnstar | ||
Ammodramus, I hereby award you the Epic Barnstar for yet another meticulous Good Article review of a significant historic landmark in West Virginia! Thank you for your exceptional contributions to improving the quality of Wikipedia's history articles, with both prose and photography! -- Caponer ( talk) 23:39, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
Ah, my mistake. I'll make a mental note for the future. Thanks! Green Runner 0 03:09, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pike-Pawnee Village Site you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 2 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Rcsprinter123 (gab) @ 22:33, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
The article Pike-Pawnee Village Site you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pike-Pawnee Village Site for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rcsprinter123 -- Rcsprinter123 ( talk) 15:12, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Pike-Pawnee Village Site at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! I am One of Many ( talk) 04:09, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
On 24 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pike-Pawnee Village Site, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a Kitkehahki Pawnee village in Nebraska is the site where Zebulon Pike convinced the Kitkehahki to remove a Spanish flag and display an American flag? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pike-Pawnee Village Site. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it may be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for passing the article and improving it with your edits. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:19, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Caponer -- Caponer ( talk) 10:31, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
The Good Article Barnstar | ||
Ammodramus, in lieu of a Nebraska-themed barnstar, I hereby award you The Good Article Barnstar for your first-rate article detailing the history and architecture of Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska). Congratulations on adding one more Nebraska landmark to the wiki-landscape! -- Caponer ( talk) 02:14, 18 March 2014 (UTC) |
The article Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska) for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Caponer -- Caponer ( talk) 18:45, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Ammodramus, if you get a chance good sir, could you please take a quick look at the Old Pine Church article? I'm in the midst of looking for additional sources, but I wanted you to take a look at it in the meantime and provide any guidance or suggestions! I know it's a departure from the Parsons family and their plantations, but I thought you'd enjoy it all the same! -- Caponer ( talk) 04:28, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
On 27 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Jacob M. Nachtigall-designed St. Leonard Catholic Church (pictured) in Madison, Nebraska, contains a bone relic of its namesake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thank you for your help Victuallers ( talk) 08:01, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Seconded. Beautiful work Ammo, keep it up!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:01, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Battery White you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 09:31, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
The article Battery White you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Battery White for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 01:01, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
(Original comment by Doncram at AfD) I don't grok how "the medium must be non-local as well as widely read" applies; it comes down to whether you think Omaha region is big enough to count as a region for purposes of wp:AUD or not. Point taken about coverage of purely local coverage being included in OWH...but also if the OWH region is big enough then the coverage could be viewed as transformative in a way. Like for example a human interest type story in the New York Times about a local restaurant owner making good, or whatever, seems to bring some real importance to the subject. Since few New Yorkers will ever pass by that local business, it must be the case that the New York Times coverage is establishing some higher importance. Truly local coverage which should not be viewed as establishing notability is the small-town newspaper type coverage merely serving role of providing publicity for local businesses and advertisers. You can, and do, have a different view on whether OWH coverage of Dundee Community Garden is significant enough; i think it is truly of interest, not mere publicity serving the group. -- do ncr am 16:02, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Ammodramus, do you want to discuss something with me? By the way I meant to link to this diff of your taking offense at my Talk page rather than the diff i actually linked to. And at my Talk page i removed your comment, but noted in edit summary that I had read your comment. I responded more fully to what I thought you were concerned about by going to the AFD and striking the comment you objected to. I didn't mean to imply I wouldn't discuss anything with you, by my removing your comment. Rather, the projection about me that you made and some words used seemed insulting to me, in fact to meet terms "Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence" of wp:NPA, and I judged it best to simply remove it, per wp:RPA. I didn't want to complain about that to you though, before and now. I am just explaining why I removed it. Your opening this section here on your Talk suggests to me that you might want to further discuss something about newspapers, and I am open to that. In the past we have had exchanges of views that seemed productive, like I think you may recall about linking to commons photos and about when there should be separate articles about historic battle sites vs. battles, or not. Could you explain what you want from this section? I'll watch here. -- do ncr am 16:05, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
I've left a reply there. And perhaps you could suggest a new hook for Template:Did you know nominations/Counter-Reformation in Poland, an article which you inspired me to write last week. Cheers, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:51, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
I saw that you reverted my edit here. I probably should have put in a clearer edit summary, so for that, I apologize. I was redirecting and merging a stub that was up for speedy deletion about this town's former high school. Therefore, I inserted one sentence about the topic, which was a summary of the old stub. I shall find reliable sourcing before putting the matter back in. I think that the fact a town formerly had a high school is not trivia; rather, as long as not too much information is included, it goes far in explaining the educational opportunities currently available in the locality. Thank you in advance for your patience with me. Bearian ( talk) 19:18, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for the review. Do you think the article is at least B-class? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:50, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
Thank you SO much for the great pics of the Okay Church near Monroe, NE. I just found it over the weekend after a multi-year search for a record of where my Great-Grandfather was buried. I had done a number of searches when I first got into genealaogy around 20 years ago but wasn't able to find any information. For some reason, I decided to try again this past weekend and happened to find a link to a transcript of an obituary. So I ended up tracking down the location and looking for more information, and found the pictures you had taken of the church. It was so interesting to see. My Great-Grandfather died before my Grandmother was born, when my Great-Grandmother was 2 months pregnant with her, so she never got to know her father. My Great-Grandmother remarried a few years later when her half-sister passed away and her BIL had three children under 5 to raise while trying to farm. Since my Great-Grandmother had three children, 2 of them under 3, they married. Whether it began as a love match or not, I am not sure, but I do know that they were happily married for 57 years when my Great-Grandfather died. They were a Brady-Bunch long before the Brady-Bunch came about, except they each had 2 younger daughters with an older son. Then they had two sons of their own, and raised 8 children with 14 yrs between the oldest and the youngest. It made for an odd family tree when she married her sister's widower, how do you explain that the woman you call "Mom" is your Aunt but you call her Mom because she is the only Mom you've had. Or then for my Grandmother to explain that the only Dad she knew was her step-dad/uncle (albeit by marriage) and then as an adult, she gained a third relationship to him when she married his nephew. I only wish we could have found this information while my Grandmother was still living. I am just so glad to have the pictures to be able to show my Mom. Thanks again for the great pictures. WayneyP ( talk) 08:54, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
Got to the church a few days ago. A man was mowing there, and he had the register, so we were able to look up the Pickett grave. Unfortunately, there's no stone. The photo shows the vicinity of the grave. At right, close to the camera, is a stone for Mike and Catherine Nansel. Immediately to the left (north) of that is a small purplish stone facing upward (so its inscription can't be read). To the north of that is a gap, then there's a reddish stone with the name Smith (the two given names are illegible in the photo). The William Pickett grave is in that grassy gap, immediately to the south of the Smith stone.
Unfortunately, I didn't think to get contact information from the man with the register. I don't know how much he'd know, though: the register didn't have the birth date for Wm. Pickett, had 2/25/1912 as the death date, and had no burial date. I gave him the birth and death dates you'd given me, and, per your information, told him that Feb. 25 was the burial date.
Not sure if this'll be any use for your proposed FindAGrave page, but you (or anyone else) are welcome to use it. I upload my files with a public-domain license, so anyone who wants is free to copy them, edit them, reproduce them elsewhere...
Sorry that I couldn't find you a tombstone to photograph. Good luck with your other genealogical endeavors. — Ammodramus ( talk) 23:13, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sJLpTAb4dPE/VCoNYHaj_iI/AAAAAAAAFq8/abB8VwmXv9g/w1043-h494-no/Okay_Church_cemetery_from_WSW_1_with_note.JPG Again I cannot thank you enough for this! 01:20, 30 September 2014 (UTC) WayneyP ( talk)
Oh I do not want to forget this!
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
is awarded to Ammodramus in general for your tireless efforts to take pictures of historic places all over the country; and specifically in this case for your help in solving a 102 year old family mystery and a 20 plus year personal quest for me! WayneyP ( talk) 10:43, 1 October 2014 (UTC) |
The WP:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest will kick off at midnight eastern time on Monday September 1! This is an opportunity for all folks with a camera (or a sketchpad and scanner, doncha know) and an interest in the National Register of Historic Places to just have some low-key fun and maybe get some barnstars. Come submit some photos or pose a challenge to your fellow editors. And maybe, just maybe, along the line we'll improve the encyclopedia... (Note that while this contest is intentionally concurrent with Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 and the Wikipedia Summer of Monuments, there ain't gonna be no cash prizes or press releases here. But compete in 'em all if you like - we won't be jealous.) — Ipoellet ( talk) 22:55, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
<font=3> I hereby award you this National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar for photographing the highest percent of counties in a state in the NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest - Challenge #9 - State/County List Completer Category. You completed 22 of 101 possible counties in Kansas. Royal broil 01:20, 2 October 2014 (UTC) |
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<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for: the most sites added in a single state (93!) as part of the Wikiproject:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest ( Challenge #2). — Ipoellet ( talk) 22:59, 21 October 2014 (UTC) |
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<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for: photos in the largest number of different states (5!) as part of the Wikiproject:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest ( Challenge #5 - Multi-state Traveler). — Ipoellet ( talk) 23:10, 21 October 2014 (UTC) |
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<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for: the scavenger hunt as part of the Wikiproject:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest ( Challenge #6 - Scavenger Hunt). — Smallbones( smalltalk) 02:28, 24 October 2014 (UTC) |
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Not to mention the best outhouse pic!
The headshot that you deleted for Governor-elect Pete Ricketts is his public headshot that is distributed by his office for public use. His campaign office has verified this. May you undelete the photo? Arw99akjkjkj ( talk) 20:26, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ammodramus
Thanks for your recent edit on Women in Nazi Germany and for changing the phrase to something with better clarity. Ironically, I encountered this faux pas sort of post-facto when you made the correction. It's an easy error to make to be sure and one over which I am now more cognizant. Growing up speaking German and English, these type of errors are typical of me as is pedantry (although not deliberately). Had it been written correctly as "free rein" I am curious whether you would have made the same adjustment. It amazes me at times, the level of nuance buried within languages. Likewise, I am pleased when somebody educates others and makes corrections for the sake of Wikipedia's edification vice those who belittle others to serve their own ego. Bravo for being the former. -- Obenritter ( talk) 01:53, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
For the pix in Sussex County. It's been while since we've interacted (I've been much busier than usual). But I wanted to say you're still one of the best editors around.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Sincerely,
Smallbones( smalltalk) 14:54, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi-I added the GNIS to the variant names in the Darr, Nebraska article. The GNIS has the information. Many thanks- RFD ( talk) 23:55, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Ammodramus, I know it has been quite some time, but I've finally returned to Wikipedia on a somewhat regular basis again! Capon Chapel, Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge, Flag of West Virginia, Henry Bell Gilkeson, James Sloan Kuykendall, Howard Llewellyn Swisher, and Eugenia Washington have all been withering away on the vine at the Good Article nominations page. I know you're a busy man, but if you could review whichever one article that most interests you, at your leisure of course, I would be greatly appreciative. As always, I value your guidance and suggestions. Please let me know if you'd be interested in doing me the great honor of a review! -- Caponer ( talk) 15:56, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
HazelAB ( talk) 00:15, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
I disagree with your deletion of a sentence I added to the lead paragraph of the Willa Cather article, which stated that many of Cather's works deal with the immigrant experience in the US. Lead, or introductory, paragraphs typically contain general summaries of important main points that the article develops in greater detail. That is precisely the function of that sentence -- it very briefly summarizes a significant point regarding one of Cather's principal thematic concerns. It belongs there. This article still needs a great deal of work, and I plan to get back to it. My method of working is to add content where it is needed. This is only one sentence, but it is necessary. Please restore it. Thank you. EnglishTea4me ( talk) 04:01, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Editors can use either date format if there's consensus, and articles have to be consistent. You've left the article with one format and the refs with another. Please revert yourself and start a discussion on talk. Sarah (SV) (talk) 03:51, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
I did a bit of pruning on the article, but it could probably use more. The recent commentary by CathleenBriley seemed problematic, and I almost reported them at WP:ANI. But I decided to see what the reaction to my edits were, or if other minds thought otherwise. Cheers! --‖ Ebyabe talk - Border Town ‖ 15:12, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
I forgot to tell you that your photos are amazing and that I appreciate all that you have done here. Tony the Marine ( talk) 00:44, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi. I rather like your slow-motion crusade on free reign > rein. I would love to discuss something about this with you but I am about to go on holiday so I can't right now! Why, then, am I leaving you this note now? Seems stupid, I know. Well, I'm hoping that the guilt of unfinished business will inspire me to write again when I am back and have some time to do so - probably around the start of September or within a week or two of then. So this is just advance notice: Slightly Boring Discussion Ahead! (DV). Till then, happy editing and all good wishes DBaK ( talk) 12:15, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello - FYI, the link I added earlier contained a typo and thus did not work - I have re-added the link using the proper spelling and it works fine. Please let me know if I can comment on this, and thank you for your diligence. KConWiki ( talk) 04:12, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Well excuse me for having actually read the novel and knowing what it says. All knowledge is "original research." Intelligent Mr Toad 2 ( talk) 06:55, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, ExecutiveWashington! I notice that you've been adding mayors and their party affiliations to a number of articles on US cities. Good work, and useful information; but if you don't mind, I'll make some suggestions on how it could be improved.
First, we should have citations for this information. Some of your edit summaries make it clear that you've done a certain amount of research to find things like party registrations; it'd be good to show readers where you found the information so that they can verify it or check for changes. You can find out how to add footnotes at WP:REFBEGIN; if things are unclear, feel free to leave a note at my talk page and I'll try to talk you through any problems you might have.
Second, mayors don't always remain in office for very long, so the information's likely to become outdated. This isn't a big problem for articles on major cities, with lots of interested local editors who'll update the article when an old mayor goes out and a new one comes in. However, lots of smaller cities and towns don't have that many editors watching the articles, so outdated information is likely to remain for a long time. I'd suggest that instead of putting the mayor in the infobox, you add a sentence to the body text like "As of 2015, the mayor was Jordan Jones." That statement will remain true even if Jones is later replaced by somebody else; and the date will let interested readers know that the information might need to be updated.
Feel free to contact me if you've got questions or comments about any of this. The best way to do that is to start a new section at my talk page: just click on the "talk" after my username and edit the page. Good luck! — Ammodramus ( talk) 12:13, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello again! I'm very sorry about the long gap - I was overtaken by events a bit. My question was simply this: concerning your admirable campaign to change "free reign" to "free rein", I wondered if it is always necessary to use a "sic" when it's in quoted material. I know that purists would, because you are changing the er er urtext, but at MOS:QUOTE it also says: " If there is a significant error in the original statement, use [sic] or the template {{sic}} to show that the error was not made by Wikipedia. However, trivial spelling and typographic errors should simply be corrected without comment (for example, correct basicly to basically and harasssment to harassment), unless the slip is textually important." My feeling is that in these cases it is not usually of any significance; it would only gain it if the point were to prove that someone who should be clued-up isn't. Otherwise, I feel a "sic" just says "look what a twit this person is, as they don't know the difference" when we might as well just correct it to what they meant. I know this is a big proposition in some ways but I'd be very interested to hear your views. With thanks and all good wishes, DBaK ( talk) 13:05, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
that the comment that you removed from John Paulding (sculptor) was mine and now I am going to have to go looking for a citation about his issues with Viquesney. Have you looked at the two statues? Which is, I suppose, beside the point. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 17:41, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
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No problem. I have some experience with reviewing articles at AfC, and if you have the helper script it's not very hard at all. The hardest part is usually figuring out what to do with the draft, but you figured that out for me in this case. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 14:35, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
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Ammodramus: Thank you so much for all your help with the article on the Morton-James Public Library. I do work at the library, and this was my first attempt at an article for Wikipedia. I appreciate all the effort you put into this article. Thanks again.
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I try to do a good job but not be scrupulous, or waste time. I appreciate your comment that I should give more complete explanations of my edits, but I find it very tedious to explain every one: I could preview more but with the flipping between screens I'm afraid to lose past edits. Your given reason for explaining edits puzzles me now: if people are trying to mess up an article on Creighton Prep, wouldn't they add to it a comment that diverts you from finding it? Just a thought. Jzsj ( talk) 00:41, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
(To Nyttend) I'm currently working up a non-NRHP article (1990 gubernatorial election in Nebraska), and would like to include a few maps: which candidates won which counties in the four-way Democratic primary, and how the two candidates compared in the two-way Republican primary and the general election. As I recall, you had some suggestions as to how the NRHP progress maps could be made maximally legible for color-blind readers. Could you make some similar suggestions for my case? I assume that for the two-candidate maps, shades of red and blue like those used on the NRHP maps would work. However, for the four-candidate map, I'd like to use four distinct colors, since using two shades of red and two of blue might imply some kind of political alignment. One of the colors can be white; but I don't want to use, say, blue, red, green, and white if two of the colors are identical to the color-blind eye. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you leave me a note with suggestions, or point me to a good four-color map that I can use as an example? Thanks. — Ammodramus ( talk) 20:39, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
Got the maps done last night, and launched the article this morning. For the four-color map, I threw a touch of red into the light gray; I also lightened up the deep red, since (128-0-0) tended to obscure the county lines. Could you let me know how it works for you? If it's problematic, I can try to fix it and upload a new version; if it's OK, but less than ideal, I'll try to do better should I find myself map-making in the future. Thanks; and thanks again for all the advice leading up to this. — Ammodramus ( talk) 14:53, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1990 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Will211 -- Will211 ( talk) 06:41, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
Here it is: Miss Mackenzie. The article may not be quite as polished as your own efforts, but at least I beat you to one finally (I was going to see what I could do for The Claverings, which I read last week, but you'd already been and gone. If you haven't read this, it's well worth it. I liked Miss Margaret Mackenzie and John Ball a good deal better than John Eames and Lily Dale. What's next? Maybe The Bertrams, John Caldigate, Is He Popenjoy?, Marion Fay (the Oxford paperback cost me 24$ + shipping!), Mr. Scarborough's Family, The Landleaguers, or An Old Man's Love... Anyways, I hope you're well old friend. INeverCry 05:19, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Register_of_Historic_Places#WLM_photo_contest_and_related_ideas and
all comments welcomed. The money is very likely available and my goal is mainly to make this available to young photogs, e.g. college students. I think it would work, but it would need some supervision or at least input from experienced editors. Smallbones( smalltalk) 18:00, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your edit about Glenvil vs. Glenville on the Glenvil, Nebraska article. I just revised it to use "formerly known as Glenville" phrasing, and to describe its population as having peaked in 1920s, as well as to add about the NRHP-listed Glenville School (Glenvil, Nebraska). The NRHP document refers to Glenville as being a town in 1873 and in 1903, but I just used the term settlement in my edit. I hope you might please refine or correct that?
By the way, I arrived there from editing at Glenville School (Glenvil, Nebraska), one of the 12 Nebraska articles I had ever created for any reason that still were "NRIS-only", according to a report that Dudemanfellabra generated for me. Any comments to me or your further attention to any of these articles would be welcomed by me. They all could be developed more but Congregational Church and Manse (Santee, Nebraska) is the only one of those that I currently intend to revise further.
It seems to me that creating a separate article on Nebraska's Santee Normal Training School is needed, and I may begin to draft one at Draft:Santee Normal Training School. Also related to Nebraska would be an article on County Citadel type of courthouses (watch Draft:County Citadel). Several or most or all of William F. Gernandt's 10 or 12 courthouses in Nebraska are described as being that type, but the term is used elsewhere too. I'd welcome your help on either. cheers, -- do ncr am 20:50, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
Just a note to let you know my revert of your edit to Lincoln, Nebraska was not intentional. Using an iPad I had intended to click on diff to see what was changed out of curiosity, and I accidentally clicked on the undo link - as using an iPad the link slides underneath diff uncomfortably close. I then clicked cancel - however your edit was undone anyway. Maybe this is a software glitch as clicking on cancel should have left no change. If this happens again to me I will check the history to make sure no edit occurred. Thank you for catching my error. Cheers Gmcbjames ( talk) 04:43, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Greetings! I noted your recent edit to Whiteclay, Nebraska ( diff). The edit includes the statement that the Census Bureau "erroneously" applied the name "Pine Ridge" to the CDP. A statement like this needs a source; can you provide one? If not, I'm afraid I'll have to remove the statement.
If you're not sure how to handle citations, feel free to drop me a note at my talk page, and I'll be glad to help you with it. Just click on the "talk" after my username, then start a new section (with the "New section" tab at the top of the page) to begin the new discussion. I'll reply here at your talk page. — Ammodramus ( talk) 02:54, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
Today I finally just got the nominations from the NPS for the Crete and Beatrice historic districts. Please check out commons:Category:Maps of historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska for maps. These are preliminary. I will eventually update the maps with buildings and highlights for contributing resources.
I would be happy to e-mail the noms to you, but I don't have an e-mail address for you. If you'd like them, send me a Wikiemail. That will give me your address, and I'll reply with the nominations attached.
I hope this is in time for your trip. — Ipoellet ( talk) 20:20, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
I had made a correction that, unbeknownst to me, ran contrary to the Wikipedia MOS. Though it had already been corrected, you still let me know and in a way that was helpful and kind. Your actions demonstrate the best kind of inter-editor interaction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Czrisher ( talk • contribs) 23:21, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
diff I have reverted this deletion. As I understand it, disambiguation pages may mention content in other articles without there being an article. Cheers. In ictu oculi ( talk) 14:44, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
We've been through this before my friend. Please look carefully at your recent edit to Sargent, Nebraska and fix your errors. Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 00:48, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Historic Presbyterian Community Center (Madison, Nebraska) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shearonink -- Shearonink ( talk) 16:41, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi there! You recently re–fixed "panhandle" to "Panhandle" on the site for Nebraska. I just wanted to say THANK YOU for doing so. As you may have seen & noticed, I'm still new. I know there are plenty of rules I need to follow, and I am trying my best to do so. That one was done at a strange hour for me, I'm guessing, and it was more of just a slip. I wanted to thank you for fixing it back, though! Hope you are doing well! ~jddecf Jddecf ( talk) 00:35, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
I was thinking the same thing as you said. I tried to provide a segue from the prehistory to the events of 1806, intending to write and even more lengthy digression for the Pawnee people article. The trick is where to put it in; yes, there is a limited time scope within which the separation occurred, but after that, the Republican Pawnee were reported traveling and camping next to the Grand and Loup.
I have wondered about the Republican name for a while, but I had only recently learned of the Pawnee Republic while studying the crucial, but unreported, role the Wyandot had in Kansas Statehood. Two points besides the naming are salient on the Pawnee Republic. (1) For a time, the "Republic" event loomed mythically large in Kansas. (2) For a similar time, ethnographers noted the Republicans were to be seen at the fringes of Pawnee camps throughout the range (a segregated "unclean" group or a religious sect? (Levites?) ) Does Hyde say anything?
The split story (1) fits into the 1720 to 1806 gap of the Pawnee people article history, but the rest of the story of the Kitkehahki (2) does not fit anywhere in the Pawnee people article. I have thought of making a main article for the Republican, good or bad idea? You seem an knowledge source for Nebraska, when I add the Republican, is there anything interesting about the Loup that you think should be covered?
Personal, I have frequented the entirety of the Kansas stretch of I-70 since it was built, and I have a camera. Hope you don't mind hearing from me again. IveGoneAway ( talk) 02:02, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Can I ask why you reverted my edits to John Wightman? The man is deceased and I added the citation. Granted, it wasn't in my original markup, but it was something I added later and it is also referenced in January 2017 deaths unless this an entirely different person.
Just asking for clarification Snickers2686 ( talk) 03:36, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
So, I am reading Guide Rock (hill) and get to the second paragraph under Description and see:
and
So, I am thinking Niobrara Chalk or Dakota Sandstone, right? Especially, when I then read
Consider the fates of these natural monuments: The Dakota Sandstone was quarried off of Pawnee Rock for railroad ballast. The Cottonwood Limestone (and an indian cemetery) was quarried off of Bluemont Hill in Manhattan for building stone. The Fort Hays Limestone was quarried off of the Ellis County Hogback for Cement (and a possible indian cemetery). Each one was shortened by "human action". A Fort Hays bluff on the Saline is called Custer Hill because he used it as a guide rock to find his way back to Fort Hays.
So, I try to look up Guide Rock. The USGS topo tags the bluff over the Rankin Creek as The Guide Rock. I know the Fort Hays is there and underlies the marked Guide Rock. But there is absolutely no sign of human action on the marked Guide Rock, the site has every appearance of undisturbed incised plain (reminds me of small scale version of the Niobrara bluffs at Lewis and Clark Lake).
The marked Guide Rock is elevation 1703ft, while the prominent bump 1/2 mile south of the Pawnee village site is 1780ft. The topo shows the latter is a cemetery, but certainly not a presently visible one (a typical Pawnee/Kanza hilltop burial?). A geology text explicitly notes no buildings of Fort Hays limestone are seen in Weber County, but there are two quarries north and south of the 1780ft hill, (possibly silicified Niobrara Chalk?).
About halfway between the Pawnee village and the marked Guide Rock is a broad "rocky bluff" of Fort Hays (Tree-covered now, but would have been exposed rock 200 years ago (like the Ellis County Hogback)).
FTIW, the geology south of Guide Rock Pawnee village is coincidentally similar to the uplands 10 miles SW of my dad's Pawnee village. IveGoneAway ( talk) 01:29, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
This is the Ellis County analog to Guide Rock; same geology and geography, only 30 ft higher. 1873. A clear landmark visible from miles away. The photo shows how treeless Guide rock would have been. A mile left and to the rear of the camera, my brother found a rare, very old indian village that was excavated two years ago. Note the two fishermen and the rifleman at the lower left. IveGoneAway ( talk) 00:39, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
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... Wikipedia Good Article!! Shearonink ( talk) 06:33, 13 January 2017 (UTC) |
The article Historic Presbyterian Community Center (Madison, Nebraska) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Historic Presbyterian Community Center (Madison, Nebraska) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shearonink -- Shearonink ( talk) 06:41, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Good evening Ammodramus! I wanted to touch base with you regarding the article for Valley View (Romney, West Virginia). I had previously nominated this article as a candidate for FA, but it failed its first attempt. One of the editors is now retired, and I incorporated his suggestion that more detailed information about the Northern Neck Proprietary should be included. I have made those changes, but wanted your eye for detail regarding the flow and content. Would you be able to take a look at the Royal land grant and Collins family ownership subsection of the History section? Any suggestions you could provide would be very appreciated and helpful. I will be modifying the Northern Neck Proprietary section of the rest of the Hampshire County landmark articles accordingly since this would affect them all. Thank you again! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:34, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello Ammodramus,
I am an avid reader, but just a once-in-a-while page editor, of Wikipedia. Moreover, German is my native language. But I felt the need to add the repair bill section to the Brasch article because:
1) The article is yet a stub. As I understand the concept behind Wikipedia, the way from a stub to a full-blown article must happen over adding content, revising, adding etc. It is cooler if someone with profound knowledge inserts huge chunks of content to a stub article, but for Mrs Brasch, this had obviously not been the case. IMHO the second-best way of expanding a stub article is to add content gradually, albeit this may lead to a patchy (patchy/unbalanced, NOT: biased!) look of the article, at times. In my humble opinion, adding this repair bill section is adding real and concise, albeit not ground-rocking, information and is "better than nothing".
2) As I do see it, this "repair bill" controversy is an important current topic in economy / society. It is linked with topics like consumer lock-in, sustainability etc. - Those wars are not only fought by and over WTO and National states, but also in the parliament houses of Nebraska and other U. S. states. Hence, Lydia Brasch is linked to a real, interesting controvery of our time.
3) The Business tactics of Apple Inc - from marketing to lobbying - in all its details are always well worth mentioning. My edit was mentioning a shady little lobbying action of Apple which contradicts, in a way, the sustainability pledges of the same company that they are so keen to see published all over. But light should also be shed on those actions of the world's most valuable company (by some rankings) for a balanced picture, don't you think?
Please give it a think.
Thanks tautau_anaue — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tautau anaue ( talk • contribs) 08:17, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello Ammodramus... I noticed your revert on Ben Sasse. I didn't realize currently is taboo per WP guidelines. Something about the original sentence seemed awkward to me which was why I tweaked it. Anyway, this is good to know. One learns something new every day! Foreignshore ( talk) 04:17, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Ammordramus. I read your posts at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums/Archive 7#Sources for opinion-poll tables and Talk:United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2014#"Regular format for polling" and was wondering if the matter was ever resolved. FWIW, I agree with your position. Was a consensus established either way? If the community is fine with embedding links this way, then I just drop it and move on. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 11:14, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi, i just created an article for Burwell Bridge, including one of your 2010 photos and a link to the commons category. However, upon comparison to the photo with the NRHP nomination, I think the original bridge has been completely replaced, though I am not positive. Could you possibly please take a look at it? -- do ncr am 20:33, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
If/when you get a chance, it would be great if you could take a look at Athletic Park Band Shell, where i tried to create a gallery using your photos, and perhaps fix it up. There is some display problem currently. The park benches and the water fountain and the light posts are actually contributing structures, so having multiple photos in this article is appropriate. Also if you could comment on how you want photos to appear, that would help me perhaps be better able to defer to your wishes. When I added left-justified photo thumbs in some other Nebraska NRHP articles, I noticed that you came by and deleted them, with comment that the text was not long enough to justify having them. My view is that right-justified photos in short NRHP articles are not helpful, because they appear only below the NRHP infobox, out of sight to readers. Of course having a longer text would make the whole article better probably and then there wouldn't be a photo spacing issue, but in my view some odd spacing is better than not having the photos. But perhaps {{ Gallery}} presentations are okay by you, so I have been trying those recently, but obviously there's something I don't have figured out about how to get them to display properly. Also I have been using {{ Commons category-inline}}, which I think is how you prefer. As always, i greatly appreciate your cumulatively huge number of high quality photos and am enjoying the fact that they enrich the writing experience for me, as well as serving readers. -- do ncr am 17:56, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello!
Any better idea on how to warn wiki readers about the risk of confusing Salem Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church in Axtell, Nebraska, with the (originally Swedish) Salem Lutheran Church in Axtell, Kansas? I figure, wether a wiki page for the latter church exists or not, there's a considerable risk visitors misinterpret the former article. -- Lejman ( talk) 17:07, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm Yassie, who write articles about American cities onto Japanese Wikipedia.
I like your photos of Nebraska, so I used one of those, File:Columbus, Nebraska 2500 block 13th St from SW.JPG as the top photo in the infobox for Columbus, Nebraska article on Japanese Wikipedia. Then, I'd like to request these photos:
Would you please take photos of those above when possible? Thanks in advance. Yassie ( talk) 13:22, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
I am not Ammodramus, but I was in the area and saw this request and figured I could save them some time at least for Scottsbluff. thumb|Looking south on Broadway in Scottsbluff.
Paltron ( talk) 00:15, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Except for one city I should get this weekend, mostly thanks to your efforts, I believe that Nebraska is effectively complete in photos for communities. I don't have any info to back this up but on quick spot searches of other states, I believe Nebraska to be one of the most complete regarding photos for communities, especially considering the size of the state and number of total communities. Thank you, Paltron ( talk) 12:26, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
A - I came across your plea to S and the reply. It's not churches now. There is an adequate article about my home town (to which I have contributed). Within the last month, S has created six new articles about aspects of the town (one for each (non-historic) school, the library, etc.). With errors and inappropriate references. Plus continuing to add content to the town article, which I then feel obligated to correct. I just sent a merge proposal to S, but given past history, I suspect that will be opposed. My only hope is that this article-creating obsession will move on to some other town. David notMD ( talk) 21:28, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
(To User:Kennethaw88) I've just uploaded some photos of an Italianate NRHP house in South Dakota to Commons. In the course of categorizing them, I discovered that last year, you moved the category "Italianate architecture in South Dakota" from "Architecture of South Dakota by style" to "Victorian architecture in South Dakota"; see diff.
I wonder whether this move was a good idea. It seems to me that it's making it more difficult for users to find the Italianate-architecture categories. In my case, at least, I looked at the architecture-by-style category, and was surprised not to see Italianate among the subcategories; I checked "Architecture of Nebraska by style", where I knew I'd populated an Italianate category, and didn't find it there either. It was only by typing "Italiante architecture..." into the search box that I discovered where it'd gone.
It also seems to me that "Victorian architecture" is more a temporal category than a stylistic one. Granted, certain styles were chiefly in vogue while Queen V was wielding the orb and scepter. However, should I win the lottery tomorrow and celebrate by commissioning myself an Italianate mansion, would it really be appropriate to call it Victorian?
I'd suggest restoring the Italianate categories directly to the by-style categories, without the intermediate Victorian category, both on grounds of user-friendliness and because the current arrangement seems to mix temporal and stylistic classifications. However, I assume that you had a good reason for your change, and it'd probably save work for both of us if we discuss it before I embark on a mass-revert campaign. Ammodramus ( talk) 13:13, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
I just noticed your past edit on Bea Benaderet; I had no idea the proper spelling was "free rein". Thanks for the fix. sixtynine • whaddya want? • 03:37, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
Sorry for not replying on my Talk page, was away for the summer. Thanks for getting that photo! Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney ( talk) 07:54, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Howdy. Do you really want to start an argument, to make 2 articles different from hundreds of others? Would you really want to spend your time on that? GoodDay ( talk) 04:02, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Ammodramus,
I'm a photo researcher with the Smithsonian Museum on Main Street and their is a photograph on your page and we would love to use for our upcoming exhibit called "Crossroads" Change in Rural America" https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Kupke_farmstead_from_SE_4.JPG
I am interested if you have at least an 8x10 300 dpi resolution? Please contact me at arteagap@si.edu to communicate. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 18:53, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
All due respect, but since Ricketts does own a piece of the team, he gets a piece of the ring.
It's like when 10 people chip in to buy Mega Millions tickets, and win the big jackpot...they all share in the winnings.
The team is a family owned entity, thus they all share in any accolades the team gets...they pay the bills, thus they get whatever benefit that comes from it.
Vjmlhds (talk) 19:46, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
George Meisner House is more troublesome than other NE NRHPs. I was trying to remove it from "NRIS-only" and otherwise improve it but can't find the NRHP nomination document which apparently was once available at Nebraska Historical Society, but is not findable through their map-based index. And their county-based lists are gone? Perhaps relatedly, it is identified as "address restricted" in National Register of Historic Places listings in Buffalo County, Nebraska, although it does not look like the kind of property which should be address restricted, and I don't see anything else indicating it should be. You must have known where it is. Can you ethically add coordinates to the article, or anything else, I wonder? Cheers, -- Doncram ( talk) 16:44, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
I am the Editor for the Burlington Route Historical Society's Burlington Bulletin and we are featuring Grand Island in our next issue. I would like to use your 2015 image of the Express building and depot, and even though you've made this a public domain image, I would like to give you credit for the image. You mail contact me directly at Editor@BurlingtonRoute.org. Thanks! BRHSEditor ( talk) 18:39, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Looking through the history of a number of Nebraska-related articles (which I am interested in), I see that you are a long-time and valuable editor. I appreciate the content you're adding, so thank you. I notice on your talk page that you mention going through microfilm... are you aware of the Nebraska newspaper project? Not very helpful for more recent things, such as the 1990 governor election, but certainly for late 1800s/early 1900s, I've found it very helpful. It's especially helpful because they have put most (all?) entries through OCR, so it's searchable rather than entirely manual, as with microfilm. Also, you might consider getting newspaper access through WP:LIBRARY, if you so desire. Anyway, thank you! (Side note: I noticed that you contributed often to Willa Cather in the past; I've nominated it for GA, which I think it deserves. Thought you might enjoy that.) Urve ( talk) 22:24, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hello! I'm attempting to revive WikiProject Nebraska and you are on the list of active participants (which I recently went through and removed inactive participants) and you have stated that you live in Kearney, travel a lot within the state, and have a camera. Don't know if you're still interested in it or not. ― Blaze Wolf TalkBlaze Wolf#6545 20:01, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Earlier material:
Just wanting to check — is the Kearney article right in saying that it's Central Time? My job has me on the phone a lot; I called a place today in Kearney (Ramada Inn, if I remember rightly), and my computer's database said that it was Mountain Time. Nyttend ( talk) 18:35, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I see that you're going through the Commons categories for Nebraska buildings and replacing "Category:Built in the United States in (year)" with "Category:Built in Nebraska in (year)".
Is this something you'd like help with? If so, and if there's a useful way to split the work, let me know.
-- Ammodramus ( talk) 03:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the friendly greeting! (I've received a few less-than-friendly ones so far, but that's water under the bridge.) It's true, I live in Omaha and have plenty to write about Nebraska. Specifically, I've been, and still am, involved in the Mid-America Council of Boy Scouts. The scout camp articles could do with some improvement, though finding sources to match the campfire stories will be fun... But it's worth it.
It's true, genealogy is a passion. I've been researching my own ancestors with some moderate success using a combination of http://records.ancestry.com and http://familysearch.org . The first has some nice information if you can provide a name for what you're looking for, cobbled, I presume, from the trees on the site. I love the site just for the ease it provides me when organizing all that data. Familysearch, if you haven't heard of it, is run by the LDS family history center. I've never found a more generally helpful site for free.
Last, I recommend the almighty google search. searching: +"A T Hill" +Nebraska +birth, or something of that variety might yield some names and numbers. I found a few surprising tidbits, presuming that I wanted info on noteworthy relatives. Come to think of it, there are a few ancestors who could stand their own article. A fine idea! Thank you, sir Mr. Kent ( talk) 23:58, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
(To EnglishTea4me) Have been following with interest your edits to Willa Cather. It looks as though you've improved the article considerably. Before you started on it, it wasn't especially well-organized, and had a number of significant holes. You've already done a great deal to remedy those.
Unfortunately, I know too little about Cather to make useful contributions to the article. However, should you find yourself wanting to illustrate it or other Cather-related articles, I might be able to help. I am based in Nebraska and own a camera, and took most of the pictures at Commons:Category:National Register of Historic Places in Webster County, Nebraska. If there are specific photos you'd like taken in the Red Cloud area, please feel free to leave a note at my talk page and I'll try to oblige.
-- Ammodramus ( talk) 20:27, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Belatedly, ever so belatedly, I've got over to Webster County and photographed the Pavelka farmstead. Photos are in Commons:Category:Pavelka farmstead (Webster County, Nebraska); I hope you'll find some of them useful. -- Ammodramus ( talk) 02:28, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I wanted to make sure you got my message. I replied to your question in "Talk:Fairfield,_Nebraska#Photo", and wanted to make sure you were aware of this. Thank you. Silverojo ( talk) 14:02, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
(To User:Ken Gallager) I see that you've recently been adding lengths to rivers in Nebraska. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could I ask you for a few river lengths?
I'd very much appreciate your calculating these lengths and, in the case of the unwritten articles, leaving them in a note at my talk page. If this'd be a lot of work, please feel free to decline my request. I've tried to figure out how to use the Nat'l Hydrography Dataset for myself, after reading the discussion earlier on this page; but it apparently calls for more GIS skills than I've got (which are approximately none). Thanks--
Ammodramus ( talk) 18:54, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi - Here are the lengths I've gotten for the Loup River and its branches. The National Hydrography Dataset (I source it as "U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011") gives 111.4 kilometres (69.2 mi) for the main stem of the Loup River, close enough to the figure in the article that it's not worth changing. The North Loup is 435.8 kilometres (270.8 mi) long, the Middle Loup is 351.8 kilometres (218.6 mi) long, and the South Loup is 356.2 kilometres (221.3 mi). You would think the South Loup would be quite a bit shorter, but it appears to do the most winding of the three rivers. Also, here are the three branches of the Middle Loup River: North Branch Middle Loup = 91.1 kilometres (56.6 mi), Middle Branch Middle Loup = 86.4 kilometres (53.7 mi), and South Branch Middle Loup = 77.3 kilometres (48.0 mi). I'll send another message (maybe tomorrow) with the lengths of the other rivers. -- Ken Gallager ( talk) 19:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
If you remember last summer I took a trip from Philly to Denver and got a few NRHP photos in Nebraska. This year I'm doing the same trip again, but will basically be following US 30 the whole way (maybe as far as Cheyenne, WY if I have the time). I'll be in Nebraska either the 2nd and 3rd, or the 3rd and 4th. If there are sights along the way that you would especially like me to snap, please let me know. It's a long shot, but if you wanted to meet somewhere along the way ... In any case, I'll do my best to make sure that all the NE nrhp lists are not completely Ammodramus photographed. Smallbones ( talk) 00:51, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
I apologize for taking so long to reply. If you are ever in the Ellsworth area make sure to let me know and it can be easily arranged to photograph the historic sites in the surrounding counties. - Westhistmatt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Westhistmatt ( talk • contribs) 12:03, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
I am attempting to contact Ammodramus. How may I do so? Equinedistraction Equinedistraction ( talk) 05:40, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
I am very new at Wiki. I would like to email or contact Ammodramus. How may I do so? I have information pertinent to his/her photographs and areas of interest.
I just wanted to give you a great big thanks for helping on the Milly Bernard article, I am one of her great grand children (by marriage) and I have been meaning to add all that information but just could never find the time. It was difficult sometimes due to her marriages/divorces and the change in her last name to find information. You have done a great job and I appreciate it tremendously. She was a pioneer in women being elected to the Utah legislature and her achievements should be noted.
jlechem@gmail.com 16:29, 2 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlechem ( talk • contribs)
(to User:Freechild)
Noted with interest your addition of Template:Native Americans in Nebraska to several articles I've worked on. It's a nice template, and I think it'll be useful for navigating among such sites.
A couple of suggestions, however; and I'll make them to you rather than changing the template, since it appears that you've done most of the work on it, and may very well have considered these already. First, should it include Kitzawitzuk, which is in Kansas and not in Nebraska? Second, would it be useful to add Pike-Pawnee Village Site, which is in Webster County (and was the site of an event whose location was the subject of some dispute between the historical societies of KS and NE in the 1920s)?
I'm not doing any research in that direction right now, but it's possible that in the future I'll be writing more articles on Native American archaeological sites in Nebraska. If so, should they be added to the template?
-- Ammodramus ( talk) 16:15, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Nuts. I was up in Wallace just this summer; but I didn't have time to make it up to the Pulaski tunnel with my camera. Next time... -- Ammodramus ( talk) 23:20, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
(to User:Freechild)
Pleased to report that I got to Linoma Lighthouse yesterday with my camera; with luck, will have photos uploaded in a day or two.
I'm thinking of doing an expansion of the article. The National Register nom form for Linoma Beach is now available online via the Nebraska State Historical Society, and it's got a lot of information that probably wasn't available when the article was originally written.
In the course of expanding the article, I'd like to move it from "Linoma Lighthouse" to "Linoma Beach", with a redirect from "Linoma Lighthouse". The NRHP lists the entire property, not just the lighthouse; and even the article as it now stands discusses the whole resort and not just the one structure. As the original author and the principal contributor to date, would you object to my doing that?
-- Ammodramus ( talk) 20:02, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
... and I hope you didn't find your first encounter with the GA process to be too stressful. Malleus Fatuorum 21:11, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
I saw your recent pix in Lincoln County. Nice work!
I hope you've noticed Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest and will contribute there, either in some of the organization that still needs to be done, including simple comments for improvement, or by submitting pix. I'm sure you'll do especially well at Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest Best Photo. Are you going back to SC before December? If so there is a special challenge just for you.
All the best.
Smallbones ( talk) 23:15, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Looks like I did volunteer you for something. As I read the map, it's 8 miles north of Dingman's Ferry, or 2 miles south of Milford on the main drag. The main drag being as lonely a piece of road as there is on the East Coast. When I drove through with my wife, I thought I'd need waders and a portable shower to get the photo, by Nyttend doesn't think so. Sorry! Smallbones ( talk) 22:28, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your image of the Old Kaskaskia Village! As the Illinois River is very close but outside the image, can you revise your caption to indicate an estimated distance from the river, in order to orient people who see the image. (I know the river is very close). Thanks again, Bigturtle ( talk) 19:43, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the Libbey House photos! I've accumulated a big backlog of photos, due to spending a disproportionately large amount of free time on photo trips (i.e. not enough time for uploading), and one of the locations is Ohio's last unillustrated NHL. Nyttend ( talk) 04:53, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
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)
I've just done some editing of your article Jeevana Mukthi: mostly adding Wikilinks and touching up the English idiom. However, there were two things that I was unable to do.
In the article, the king's mother is going to perform a cheppula nomu. I'm afraid that I don't know what this is, and a Google search for the phrase gained me nothing. We ought to have a Wikilink or a brief parenthetical note telling readers what this is.
Does the title have an English translation? The "Jeevana" is similar enough to the name "Jeevudu" that I suspect it's a form of it. If the title can be translated into English, that translation should be included.
Jeevan/Jeevan or Jeevudu or Jeevi are all related to the Life in biological term. Jeevi or Jeevudu means all living beings. Jeevan or Jeevana means the life itself.
Mukti or Moksha is a sanskrit word explained in its wikipage.
Combining the two words it means Mukti for Jeevi, that is according to Ancient Hindu scripts many Mukti while living is the ultimate goal for the priests and yogis. As a cobbler Jeevudu got this by wholehearted faithfulness towards Vishnu in this film.
Am I clear and got some clarity about the film title and names.Dr. Rajasekhar A. 06:25, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the correction. I may be peculiar, but have not (to my knowledge) been characterized as "odd". Just an attempt at humor there. The proper name of this historic organization was unknown to me, and its good to get it right. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 16:32, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the Minisink pix - I really like the one from the bluff (from NJ?)
I got the last 2 NHLs in PA today (nice weather, bad traffic)
and, we're tied at 8 in the NHL contest, but I think I'm all out of potential sites. Smallbones ( talk) 03:20, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Not a big deal at all. I'm not particularly interested in the NSHS right now. Because of Hill's intricate connection to the org I thought See also-ing NSHS would be a good connect for readers, but I don't really care. Thanks for the heads-up though- I appreciate the courtesy. • Freechild talk 23:53, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
Awarded for tying the Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest for traveling the farthest within one state. I know that you traveled an incredible distance to the corner of the state just to get one of the photos. Royal broil 01:20, 6 December 2011 (UTC) |
Sharing an award with a great photographer is an honor. Your photos of the broken bridges are especially tranquil, with nary a sign of the storm but that the bridges are ruined. I also loved the Midwestern Theater. I am going to use your categorizing as an inspiration to do a better job categorizing my own pictures (someone has recently been scolding me about it on Wikimedia Commons). See you at the next contest. Visitor7 ( talk) 04:26, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar | |
Awarded for tying with User:Smallbones in the Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest for adding the most photographs to National Historic Landmarks. Congrats! ‖ Ebyabe talk - Border Town ‖ 15:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC) |
I am pretty much lost after I wrote the article as to formatting sources, references, footnotes etc. Glad that you and 7&6=13 are taking care of this. Broken Bow, Nebraska (not Broken Arrow) is correct. I found the error over the summer when I make a display for the museum in Marble showing where the marble is used but I did not update my list. The building was an IOOF building and I had a telephone talk with one of the two surviving members. The building today is a movie theater own by the president of a bank in Broken Bow and he said the marble is on the interior. I know my telephone conversations are not Wiki verify. Can something be added to correct the location? OneHistoryGuy ( talk) 06:51, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
Ammodramus, Use this <ref group=upper-alpha> at the beginning of each citation. That should work. Hope that helps. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 01:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
The photos are in the categories "Curtiss Robin" and "Museum of Flight, Seattle." The storyboards are included as background info if it would be useful. We happened to be outside looking at the prototype Boeing 747 (built in 1969) when one of the brand new 747-8 jets took off from Boeing Field. Those pics will go up in a day or so. Visitor7 ( talk) 07:35, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Would you happen to, by any small chance, be planning a trip to Wyoming any time soon? I've been trying to develop some of the Natrona County NRHP articles, most of which remain photo-less. Also, thank you for doing so much photography of landmarks in rural Nebraska. It was quite a nice surprise to learn that the NRHP structures in my community have nice photos on Wikimedia of them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chevsapher ( talk • contribs) 04:42, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
Thanks for helping me with all of the Nebraska City pages, You have been diligent in all of your work especially with that of my area. For that and your work on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska, &c. I award you this Barnstar of Diligence. WhitmanNE ( talk) 05:47, 27 December 2011 (UTC) |
It's been a while since I've bugged you with a newbie problem, so I hope that you'll let me abuse your kindness again—
I've just started going through the AfD process with ESS Drum & Bugle Corps, which I strongly suspect of being a high-school prank or the like. Everything went swimmingly until I reached the step where I edited Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 January 4. The subclusion process seems to have done everything it should, and my suggestion appears to be in the same format as everyone else's in the edit window; but the article's title, history-link, etc., don't show up.
I experimented by moving my proposal below the top one in the list, but that didn't help at all. The only thing I can think of is that the ampersand in the title interacts strangely with the template. However, I see that an ampersand isn't on the list of forbidden characters in article titles.
Any thoughts? Guidance would be appreciated; if nothing else, could you suggest an appropriate venue at which to ask this question? Thanks (and thanks again for all the questions you've answered in the past). -- Ammodramus ( talk) 16:49, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Nice article. I've made some minor tweaks to it, and uprated it from stub to start: it's near the border, but I think it's more toward the start side, since you've got multiple references and have clearly put some effort into it—in sharp contrast with all too many NRHP stubs, which are more like this.
In the article, you mention a ghost sign for a hardware store. Is that currently visible, and, if so, does it want to be photographed? I don't expect to get to Crawford in the next month or two, but if you think a photo would help, I'll put it on my to-do list.
Hope that we can expect more Dawes County articles soon — Ammodramus ( talk) 01:22, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
(To User:Location) Thanks for the compliment re. Chris Cole (politician). Would you say that the article's moved beyond stubhood and merits a "Start" rating? I'm not sure just where the boundary is, and in any case I'm not sure if it's quite proper to rate one's own work. Ammodramus ( talk) 22:35, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, Ammodramus. I'm stopping by to let you know that this line is in the source. It's on Page 2. It's easy to overlook that an article has more than one page, so I can understand how you missed it. I never miss them anymore because I'm very aware that they might exist, but I know that others may not be as aware. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I restored the line, and toned down the duplicate referencing. Feel free to tweak this line or anything else in the article of course. It could probably use a good copyedit, especially since it was written at a time when my Wikipedia-article-writing skills weren't as improved as they are now. That goes for grammar aspects too. Flyer22 ( talk) 15:01, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Just found and read with great interest this article. I'll have to look for it the next time I get out to the northern Panhandle.
A couple of things that I didn't find in the article, and that should perhaps be in it. First, what kind of material does the tunnel run through? Is it cut through rock, or is it primarily dug through earth? Since it's described as a major engineering feat for its time, I assume that there's something peculiar about the local geology to make the construction difficult. Second, why was the Nat'l Guard there to prevent sabotage? Was there some kind of controversy involving the railroad or the tunnel? Think readers would like to know more about both of these—I certainly would. Ammodramus ( talk) 05:17, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
(To User:Smallbones). 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)
I see no reason not to add the J. Schmuck Block listing to the Gage County list. I went ahead and added it, but it's really pretty easy to add new entries. I just cut and paste the NRHP row template info from another listing and replace the data for each parameter with the info for the listing you're adding. Renumbering the rows of a large table is a bit of a hassle, but I've got a method that involves copying the raw table text out to a spreadsheet, manipulating the data there and then pasting it back into the edit window in Wikipedia. It only takes about 20 or 30 seconds no matter how large the table is. For future reference, if you work on a long table that you'd like me to renumber, just post a message on my talk page.
It seems to me that I've come across other sites that were listed around that same time that are missing from the tables. I think I'll go back and look at the announcements from that period to see if we're missing others. I hope this isn't a can of worms! -- sanfranman59 ( talk) 17:13, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
(To User:Chevsapher) Just saw File:Crawford, Nebraska 2nd St from Main.JPG pop up on my Commons watchlist, for your addition of image notes. Wow! I had no idea that such a trick was possible. I'm going to have to read up on it—it'd be a lot easier than descriptions like "The third building from the left, partly obscured by the billboard, is the..."
Also saw the new photos you added for the Crawford post office. I agree that the article is better for an illustration of the mural, since that was the reason for the building's addition to the NRHP. However, I think we'd have copyright problems with photos showing the entire mural at a fairly high resolution: see this USPS page. While the use of the photos in a WP article would probably be OK, photos on Commons are supposed to be free-use, without, for example, the USPS's restrictions on commercial use. For that reason, when I photograph interiors of post offices with New Deal murals, I try to make the mural a fairly small (and low-resolution) part of the total scene, and to make sure that a non-trivial portion of the mural is obscured by foreground objects. Ammodramus ( talk) 22:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Just saw File:Crawford, Nebraska 2nd St from Main.JPG pop up on my Commons watchlist, for your addition of image notes. Wow! I had no idea that such a trick was possible. I'm going to have to read up on it—it'd be a lot easier than descriptions like "The third building from the left, partly obscured by the billboard, is the..."
Also saw the new photos you added for the Crawford post office. I agree that the article is better for an illustration of the mural, since that was the reason for the building's addition to the NRHP. However, I think we'd have copyright problems with photos showing the entire mural at a fairly high resolution: see this USPS page. While the use of the photos in a WP article would probably be OK, photos on Commons are supposed to be free-use, without, for example, the USPS's restrictions on commercial use. For that reason, when I photograph interiors of post offices with New Deal murals, I try to make the mural a fairly small (and low-resolution) part of the total scene, and to make sure that a non-trivial portion of the mural is obscured by foreground objects. Ammodramus ( talk) 22:07, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
"What a great new section..." You'll feel otherwise when you've got a few hundred towns on your watchlist. The notable-residents section is a major magnet for vandalism: " John Smith internatoinally known STUD!!", and that kind of thing. The only place it's worse is at articles about high schools... Ammodramus ( talk) 21:33, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
After adding black borders manually to atleast 50 title pages, I found out that adding the |border parameter does just about the same thing, as in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Feel free to have a laugh at my expense... ;) INeverCry 18:25, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the fixes. Crabbe's father's name was also George, so to avoid confusion I didn't use it. The poet's oldest son was a George as well. ;) Anyway, I hope I draw a good reviewer, as my other GA promotion ( The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs) took the reviewer over a month with several reminders. We'll see... INeverCry 00:01, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Have a look at Commons:National Archives and Records Administration/Categorize/US National Archives series: District of Nebraska: Omaha: Equity Cases, compiled 1913 - 1955 and Commons:National Archives and Records Administration/Categorize/US National Archives series: District of Nebraska: Grand Island: Civil Cases, compiled 1938 - 1974 if you haven't already.
Commons:National Archives and Records Administration/Categorize might have some other things you would be interested in.
Also, in the case of George Crabbe I found a chronological mistake from one of my old sources, and there's a new 2004 bio of Crabbe, so I've un-GANed it until I can get a hold of the newer source. INeverCry 00:03, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
(To User:WilliamJE.) I notice that you've recently made a number of edits to articles about Nebraska municipalities, most of which appear to be insertions of notable residents.
Could I ask you to add edit summaries when you make such edits? I have a great many Nebraska articles on my watchlist, and when I find an edit without a summary, I have to check up on it and make sure it's not vandalism, spam, editorializing, etc. This is particularly true in the notable-residents section, which is a magnet for vandalism—" John Smith world famuos STUD!!!" and the like. If you'll add edit summaries, that'll save me and other page-watchers the necessity of following your edits to make sure they're legit. Thanks. Ammodramus ( talk) 19:38, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I'm glad that someone else is excising non-notable notables from articles. I personally think that the "Notable residents" section is a curse and an affliction, but that's one man's opinion: I recognize that it's entrenched in WP, and that I have to live with it as best I can.
I don't think that WP:AGF is a valid argument in this situation. AGF has to do with the motives of an editor, not with the appropriateness of an edit. I'm sure you've encountered situations aplenty in which a registered editor has made changes that've had to be reverted, not because of deliberate vandalism, but because they're pushing a POV, inserting irrelevancies—or adding the high-school quarterback to the notables section, on the strength of a write-up in the local paper.
You describe yourself as "an experienced editor". Unfortunately, there are too many Wikipedians out there for me to know who's experienced and who's not. Because of WP:FIES, most experienced editors add edit summaries; so the absence of one is a warning that an edit may have been made by an inexperienced editor, or at least one who doesn't have a terribly firm grasp of WP principles and etiquette. When I'm checking my watchlist, the lack of an edit summary is a red flag, indicating that this is an edit that needs to be checked up on.
"Edit summaries take time" strikes me as a rather bad argument. The time that you save yourself by omitting the summary is probably much less than the time that it costs your brother editors to check up on those suspicious no-summary edits. Considered in that light, the argument boils down to: "My time is more valuable than yours." This, I think is why we have WP:FIES; and why we have Template:Uw-editsummary for those who disregard it. Ammodramus ( talk) 15:19, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Where, exactly, am I threatening you, and with what? The strongest "threat" I can see is the implication that I can put an embarrassing template on your talk page, a template that you can promptly remove. Moreover, I'm not actually threatening to put the template there; I'm pointing out its existence as supporting my contention that WP etiquette calls for you to leave an edit summary.
I haven't suggested that any of your edits have been inappropriate (and, as best I can remember, I haven't reverted any of them). My point is that however unexceptionable the edits may be, if they show up on my watchlist with no edit summary, then I have to check up on them and make sure they're OK. This wastes time that I could be spending on more productive uses (like the article I'm developing at a rate of about two paragraphs a day); and this waste of time could be avoided if you'd leave edit summaries. Your response to this seems to be "Yes, but leaving an edit summary wastes my time, and I'd rather waste your time than mine." To this I reply, "However, Wikiquette, as embodied in WP:FIES and supported by Template:Uw-editsummary, supports my position rather than yours."
I see no element of threat in any of this. I'm trying to point out, with supporting arguments, that you're committing a Wikisolecism by not leaving edit summaries, and to ask that you change this behavior out of consideration for your fellow editors. Ammodramus ( talk) 16:27, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
One more post to my talk page and I will report you to the proper wikipedia authorities for WP:Harassment. If you're so worried about wasting your time, you wouldn't be bothering me who has repeatedly asked you to prove one time I put something wrong into one of your watchlist articles. Instead I get threatened with to quote you a 'embarrassing template'. Why don't you look into the arbcom and try seeing if you can join it. They're on a witch hunt right now for Rich Farmbrough and you'd fit in perfectly. In the meantime Get off my back and page. ...William 16:51, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Hoping that Saturday was an especially rough day for you, and that your life's now a considerably more pleasant place, I'll renew my recent request, in hopes of a more favorable reception.
Could you please add edit summaries when you add notable residents to articles on communities? As I said recently, the lack of a summary on an edit complicates my task of going through my watchlist and checking for inappropriate edits. Since most experienced editors use them, the absence of one is a red flag on my watchlist.
An additional use of edit summaries that didn't occur to me when I was writing you Saturday, but that's struck me since then, is that they make it easier to go through an article's history. If an editor's trying to find when and by whom a questionable edit was made, the edit summaries in the history page help greatly.
Please note that I'm in no way questioning the legitimacy of any of your edits. The problems created by the lack of an edit summary arise when I'm going through my watchlist and deciding which of the recent edits need to be followed up; or when I'm going through an article history trying to find a particular edit, and have to check edits individually because there's no summary to tell me whether it might be the one I'm looking for or not.
To your point that writing edit summaries takes time, I'll repeat: the time that it saves you now is offset by the time that it costs other editors later. This seems to come down to a question of whose time and convenience come first. To me, WP:FIES resolves that question; and the existence of a reminder template for editors who don't include summaries strongly suggests that Wikiquette calls for including them.
Thanks for your attention to this, and I hope that your pursuits, Wikipedic and otherwise, are going well. Ammodramus ( talk) 17:29, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
And once again don't ever reply to my talk page again till you can produce one edit where I put a non notable person into a town article. ...William 18:15, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
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(To User:Frankie Rae.) There's a good chance that within the next two or three weeks, I'll be up in the vicinity of Lake Andes, South Dakota. If so, I'll try to hit the Chas. Mix County courthouse in the early morning or late evening, when there's some sunlight on the north side. If I should make it there, are there any photos that you'd particularly like me to try to get? (If I can, I'll go on a weekday and try for some interior shots as well.) Ammodramus ( talk) 00:42, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Since you've been all over the state, it's my guess that you've been to the capitol in Lincoln. I just noticed that the building was built before the House got abolished, and I'm curious — do you know what they do with the old House chambers? The article on the capitol building doesn't even discuss the House. Nyttend ( talk) 23:28, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Ammodramus. Thanks for fixing the Wikilink in Incident at Hawk's Hill. I should have been more careful, since I'm the daughter of a birder and from NE CO, I am aware that there's more than one type of Prairie Chicken. I don't know how you noticed the mistake, but I appreciate your getting it right. Tlqk56 ( talk) 19:09, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, this is just to let you know that I have granted you the "autopatrolled" permission. This won't affect your editing, it just automatically marks any page you create as patrolled, benefiting new page patrollers. You seem to have a solid grasp of our notability, verifiability, copyright, and (although you've dealt with these less, so far as I noticed) biography of living persons policies. I came to this conclusion based on a review of several of your article creations, a review of your user talk page, a few of the very small number of deleted contributions you have and some examples of your participation at AfD. I noticed your account because of a recent comment you made at AfD, it impressed me enough to look farther. If for any reason you'd prefer not to be flagged this way, please let me know and I'll gladly hit "undo". Anyway, cheers! -- j⚛e decker talk 03:03, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Some copy-edits would probably help quite a bit. Anything you can do would be very much appreciated. I figured I'd roll the old dice, especially seeing that the worst that can happen is a fail. I've taken care of the refs, switching the primary ones over to sfn temps and making sure everything is properly cited. As TTT said, the review might get picked up quick because of the drive. INeverCry 17:09, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. I've come to bother you because you seem to be active on Nebraska topics, including Lincoln, Nebraska, and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Nebraska doesn't get much traffic. There's a completely new Amtrak station in Lincoln (see Lincoln, Nebraska (Amtrak station) and Amtrak's press release) and I was hoping you might be in a position to take a photograph of it, or to point me in the direction of someone who could. Thanks, Mackensen (talk) 23:03, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
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For going out and doing something in the real world just because some guy on the other side of the country asked you to. Mackensen (talk) 21:48, 16 July 2012 (UTC) |
(To User:Nyttend.) I notice that you've reverted a number of recent changes in which User:Jamo2008 added a percent sign to the demographics section of articles on Nebraska communites (for example, this diff). Any reason for this? The percent sign seemed quite appropriate to me; and your reversion has removed a space, producing "0.1Pacific Islander".
On some other reversions of Jamo2008's edits, you've restored the old phrasing for the third paragraph of the "Demographics" section, including the rather awful "In the village the population was spread out..." phrasing. For what it's worth, Jamo2008 and I mooted a change to this phrasing at WikiProject Cities; we got disappointingly little response, but the single not-us person who responded to us favored the change. Is there a good Wikireason for keeping the old phrasing, or another reason why you reverted Jamo2008's edits?
Finally, I note that you added a "minor edit" tag to these reversions, even when they involved striking >200 characters and reverting to the old boilerplate. Is this appropriate? I ask not to score a point, but in ignorance: I'd always thought that the minor-edit tag was reserved for uncontroversial edits, e.g. corrections of indisputable spelling and grammar errors. — Ammodramus ( talk) 00:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Why is the Municipalities and communities template in Nebraska Populated Places in (name the county) category pages? Here [10] is Adams County for one example. The category page should be sufficient for navigation. Please reply back here. ...William 14:05, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
I've separated the critical stuff into "poetry" and "criticism" sections. Can you take a quick look and tell me what you think of it? INever Cry 17:55, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Could you comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National_Register of Historic Places#use of upload-assisting pic in NRHP lists?
This is regarding a key part of the upcoming WLM-US photo contest. Smallbones ( talk) 12:24, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Ammodramus.
8/22/12.
Regarding your NOTABILITY COMMENTS. Have I satisfied all your issues? CAN I DELETE YOUR NOTABILITY CODING at the beginning of the article?
Jim ( Grandson-Jim ( talk) 18:08, 22 August 2012 (UTC))
You were correct in your assumption. When I typed in the name of the article in WP, it came up on my MacBook screen (using Safari) with the word Edit on the right side of each section of the article. Signing in was NOT necessary to make changes to the article.
I then use used Google Search to find the above article on my MacBook, my Dell PC (using Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers), and my iPad (using iPad Safari browser). Each time, the article came up #1 on the search list and, when I clicked on the name, each time the article appeared on the screen with the ability to edit each section without me having to sign in.
Who can I go to to ask how to stop the article from appearing in the Edit mode even when not signing in to edit the document?
Must I delete the entire article and start a "new" article to correct the problem?
Could there be a cause and effect relationship between the Notability Flag you added to the article and the article staying in the Edit mode?
Regarding your NOTABILITY COMMENTS. Have I satisfied all your issues? CAN I DELETE YOUR NOTABILITY CODING at the beginning of the article?
Jim ( 74.196.62.5 ( talk) 00:17, 22 August 2012 (UTC))
Ammo,
You've done some NRHP photos in SC, if I remember correctly. You should certainly meet Bigskybill, who has uploaded over 600 SC pix as part of WLM-US.
All the best,
Smallbones( smalltalk) 03:54, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Regarding your post on WT:CATHOLIC, I replied there: The parish website's Church Tour says: "The saint in armor is unknown. He could easily be St. Wenceslaus, St. Alexander, St. Stanislaus of Cracow or several others." Elizium23 ( talk) 17:53, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi and thanks for the note ... actually, I did intentionally put the boundary increase information in the Location column. It seems to me that makes better sense to put it there than in the Summary column since it's related to the location. I've been doing this the last month or so as I've updated the lists. If you feel that it doesn't belong there, why don't we kick it around a bit at WT:NRHP? I'm happy to go with the consensus. -- sanfranman59 ( talk) 02:50, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
from WLM File:Reconstructed Blacksmith shop made of sod.jpg
Smallbones( smalltalk) 01:30, 20 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 Ebyabe and Smallbones. Nyttend ( talk) 13:18, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Might I ask you to take a look at this article? The old Post Office building is NRHP (which isn't noted in the article), the museum deserves lots of space too. Have you ever thought of doing a GLAM project? Any help appreciated. Smallbones( smalltalk) 20:11, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
Would definitely be appreciated. Smallbones( smalltalk) 04:17, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
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Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing that out to me. Merry Christmas. :-) Nightscream ( talk) 15:26, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the edits on Central City! Thanks for the pictures of historical places too! I'll continue to add to its history. Over the next year or so, I might just fill history of towns, historical locations, and history of Merrick county as a whole. It might serve as a model of how others might build on the great work you have already done.-- I am One of Many ( talk) 19:30, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
There is two pages to Mr Mohr's New York Times Obituary. Please click "Page 2" for reference to birthplace in Loup City by the New York Times, which is the foundation of the article at this time so I can keep the Loup City post going before you continuously delete it. Octave192 ( talk) 22:12, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Take a look at this illustration I just uploaded: File:Orley Farm frontispiece illustration.jpg. Unfortunately the source is pretty foxed, but I removed quite a bit of it. According to Oxford, this is Trollope's own boyhood home. INeverCry 21:49, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Do you think the image of the marker is ok or should that be removed too? I could just keep the paragraph with a link to Lone Tree. Whatever you think is best, since I'm new at this.-- I am One of Many ( talk) 22:34, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
I understand the removal of the peripheral content on the Nike page, but I am going to reinstate the Nike-specific content. let me know what you think.-- Soulparadox ( talk) 00:14, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ammodramus,
I was looking at Towns No Longer in Existence in Merrick County and I was surprised to see three. There are two others that are or are near ghost towns (Worms and Havens). That suggests to me that there may be many ghost towns (locations) in Nebraska. Do you think an interesting long-long-term project would be to document these ghost towns and their locations? Even if there were only one per county on average, that would be a lot of ghost towns. Some I'll bet with interesting histories.-- I am One of Many ( talk) 08:32, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
I've just encountered the Rowland Brown article, to which you've made major additions. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that many of those additions appear to contravene one of Wikipedia's core policies: no original research.
Your userpage declares that you've done extensive research on Brown. From my reading of the article, it appears that you've incorporated a great deal of this research into it, including your own conclusions about the truth or falsehood of various rumors about Brown. Unfortunately, this is just what the NOR policy is intended to prevent. It's appropriate to quote rumors and the conclusions of others about them, but not to include your own conclusions, however well-founded they might be.
There is an out, however. If you've published your work in a reliable source (e.g. a refereed, or at least a reputable, journal), it's perfectly all right to cite it, using yourself in third person.
I'm not sure how familiar you are with Wikipolicy; if you're not acquainted with NOR, I'd strongly encourage you to read it and modify the Brown article to bring it into conformity therewith. Please feel free to leave a note at my talk page if you've got any questions about this, or if there's any help I can give you. Ammodramus ( talk) 21:05, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
The more I think about this whole thing, the more upset ai get. THE ENTIRE REASON I AM DOING THIS IS TO CLARIFY AND CORRECT MISINFORMATION AND ITS SOURCES THAT WERE CONTAINED IN TE ORIGINAL STUB. MY method may seem awkward and my familiarity with Wikipedia's markup language lacking, but I believe that I have the right if not the responsibility to present evidence for consideration.I thought that was the concept behind Wikipedia's existence. The original stub was well documented and "verifiable" by your standards but it was wrong. The primary sourcee was Stemple
It has the wrong dates and the comment by the much revered Philip Dunne (founder of the screenwriters' guild) concerning drinking. My father was a tea-totaler, as confirmed by Gene Fowler in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette article that I site a number of times. Why Fowler? Because Fowler was a lifelong friend of my father's and a contemporary of Dunne. You say in your comments concerning my article that my sources are used to justify my opinions. The opinions I present, ro at least mean to present are topic sentences meant to help the reader understand some of the conflicting, but "verifiable" evidence upon which Brown's reputation was built. To me, it seems important because his story is emblematic of the average experience, not just of screenwriters but of artists in general, and therein lies its truth.
Again, I have trouble with the markup language and the examples proffered for techies.
I would really like it if the people who monitor my work were less like police and more like good editors, whose only purpose was to help me say what I think needs saying, rather than denying me the right on the grounds that I cannot provide sources. There is not anything that I assert in the article that is not based on a reliable source. Please help me.
Megan McClard BrownPearl ( talk) 18:51, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. I see some guy from India really got upset about something I did. I found that my user page had to be protected. I decided to put a vandalism count on my page. I think it tells future vandals that their work is in vain.-- I am One of Many ( talk) 21:10, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
You are correct, it is already in National Register of Historic Places. When I went back to Central City two weeks ago, I decided to go see the inside of the Martha Ellen Auditorium and the owner had completely remodeled the inside. The balcony was converted into a second small theater. There is no published record of this modification that I could find and I just cannot report what I saw, so I thought the note was a good idea, but since it is stated in the main article, I could remove the notes and link private to the relevant section in the National Register of Historic Places: National_Register_of_Historic_Places#Properties_listed:private?-- I am One of Many ( talk) 06:21, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
Because the nominator of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Register Information System and the page's creator have just been interaction-banned, I've closed this discussion. Because it's not fair to participants like you to force you to start all over again, I've reopened it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Register Information System (2nd nomination), and I've copied your comments over there. Feel free to participate further over there. Nyttend ( talk) 13:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
No problems. I had to leave desk halfway through edit, fixed it now. In ictu oculi ( talk) 07:48, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
I noticed that you were about the only contributor to the A R Maharaj AfD discussion, who knows something about the rigid rules postal authorities, in democratic countries, apply when issuing commemorative stamps to honour notable national or international figures. If some of the other dissenters only knew something about the status of experts consulted, who usually have to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, they might have refrained from dismissing the stamp. It is a laborious and time-consuming process. Newspaper atuff written by hacks to earn their living is actually quite insignificant compared to such commemorative stamps, because of the expertise of the consultants involved in the process. The stamp's notability is, for those in the know, worth more than a thousand such newspaper items, which are supposed to be independent third-party sources for many AfDs. As an aside, anything emanating from the Vatican about papal affairs seems to be acceptable, but one had to ignore all those Jain sites on this occasion, as they are not considered independent. I think, when it comes to religion, religious bodies and their sites themselves are, indeed, the best sources. Thanks for your message on the AfD page. I would have added this note there, but thought I had already said enough, and someone, cpnversant with Indian newspapers and Marathi, would respond to your query with a translation from a Marathi newspaper, but we are back to square one: how does that beat the commemorative stamp issued by noted and notable invisible experts on such subjects, many of whom actually have WP articles about them. The mind boggles!-- Zananiri ( talk) 15:19, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
You made some good points here. I'm not commenting on the matter because of the recently concluded Arbcom case. However, I will tell you that I don't believe it is accurate to say the database is in the public domain. That is because there is no affirmative indication of its licensing status. It can be presumed PD-US, but no source confirms that. -- Orlady ( talk) 04:11, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello Johncheverly—
I see that you're fairly new at this editing business, and you're probably still struggling to absorb all kinds of details of Wikipolicy and Wikiquette. If you don't mind, I'll point out one more.
Your most recent commentat Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln wasn't in keeping with WP's talk page guidelines. Talk pages should be used to discuss the article, not the article's subject. In other words, we shouldn't be using the talk pages to air our personal opinions about Margaret Thatcher or Hugo Chavez or the Affordable Care Act—or Bruskewitz's excommunications.
This is all discussed at considerable length at WP:TPG. I hope you don't mind my calling it to your attention. I realize that there are lots of things to learn when you start editing, and the learning curve can be a bit formidable at times. Keep at it, though, and you'll be surprised at how quickly you learn it. Ammodramus ( talk) 03:57, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Why do we live in a sin/blame society? It didn't work before Immanuel was offered up by God as the Anointed Savior and it doesn't work now. This particular issue is with Wikipedia itself. And we have discussed this: It does not have a universally accepted, systemic editor training program in place. Instead of picking each other apart, competency tests should be developed by the Wikimedia Foundation and, after those tests are administered, both the individual and the Foundation can determine where the individual's strengths are and assign him accordingly. For instance, one person may be skilled at layout and design, another at fact checking, and so forth. Don't keep cursing the darkness, light a candle, For Jesus Christ's sake. johncheverly 12:49, 14 April 20
That's a great draft you're working on. I've uploaded a high-res portrait that might be decent for the lead. Plenty of images for the article though: commons:Category:Solomon D. Butcher. Looks like you'll have another GA with that at some point. INeverCry 03:26, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm glad you like the portrait. I found one of his wife Lillie, if it comes in handy. INeverCry 03:49, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
Got his signature too. Hope you don't mind my adding it to the infobox.
INeverCry 04:01, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the fix; I was using USGS topos and apparently misinterpreted what I saw. Thinking that I had the correct quarter-section, I looked everywhere and observed that there weren't any other buildings there, so I assumed that it was the correct spot. And yes, I'll be happy to let you know when I find something; the problem is that my university library doesn't subscribe to anything Nebraska-specific as it does for several states closer. I'll see what I can find through consulting the archives of the Plains Anthropologist via JSTOR. If you've not already, look for anything by Waldo Wedel; I see his name appear more often on Kansas topics than Nebraska, but both states appear often in his publications. Nyttend ( talk) 02:18, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm sorry that I edited a Wikipedia draft without asking permission from the author--I'd never seen one of those before, and didn't realize it was a work in progress.
This is the third time I've tried to draft a response to you--my ancient computer keeps freezing on me and destroying my text. So let me just explain that I'm involved in an enormous election-returns project and I'm currently working on Nebraska. Rontrigger ( talk) 08:32, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, as you know i've been proceeding developing articles for Cherry County NE nrhps. I've just drafted Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dry Valley Church and Cemetery and found a bunch of commons pics by you. I think i have found and added all of the pics to a gallery in the article, but may have missed some. Not sure whether all should be included or not, but they should be linked somehow, perhaps by their being in a commons category created specially for the place, and then have that commons category linked from the article. Perhaps with fewer pics included directly in the article. I wonder how many other Nebraska places you've obtained a bunch of pics for. Sure seems that creating the article is worthwhile to enable inclusion or linking in the pics. I'd welcome your views on how to proceed with this and others though.... will watch here or discuss at talk page of the list article. Either way, thanks for visiting the place and taking a great series of pics. Cheers, -- do ncr am 17:27, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Maybe we can agree to disagree on something to do with coverage of NRHP-listed battlefield sites? In National Register of Historic Places listings in Morrill County, Nebraska, there were two bluelinks for battlefield sites, that redirected to Battle of Rush Creek and to Battle of Mud Springs, which i changed to show redlinks instead, in these edits. At the battle articles there was/is no coverage of the current historic site or NRHP listing. The way i would proceed is to start articles on the current, NRHP-listed historic sites at Rush Creek Battlefield and at Mud Springs Station Archeological District (both currently are redlinks), and to build up info there. I tend to think anything beyond brief mention/link, in the battle article, is too much; I am guessing you might be more inclined than me to merge the site coverage into the battle articles. Anyhow, i'd like to proceed by trying on separate articles, and will be open to the topics being merged. Do let's see how much material there is, first, but please do feel free to discuss, here or maybe best at the Talk pages of the site articles after they're created. Maybe there are more battlefield site items in Nebraska, too. The separate articles for battlefield sites vs. the battles was discussed at wt:NRHP last year i think, focussing on the National Historic Landmark ones, by the way. There's clearly room for disagreement, and i am alert to possibilities here. :) Cheers, -- do ncr am 21:53, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
(To User:Frankie Rae) Just returned from a swing through northeast and north-central Nebraska, in the course of which I photographed the NRHP-listed St. Rose of Lima complex in Crofton, Nebraska. When I got back home and started editing and uploading the photos, I discovered that, according to the NRHP nominating form, the 1911 school building was designed by William L. Steele. I don't recall your mentioning it, so I'll call it to your attention on the chance that it's a new Steele building for you.
Since I didn't know it was by Steele when I was there, I only took a few photos, which are in Commons:Category:St. Rose of Lima School (Crofton, Nebraska). When I'm in Crofton again, I'll try to shoot more, including a patch-of-plain-brickwork photo. Let me know if there are any particular details that you'd like me to try to get.
Hope that your endeavors, Wiki- and otherwise, are going well. Ammodramus ( talk) 16:44, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Ever thought of trying for administrator? We could always use more admins, and I'd be happy to nominate you. Nyttend ( talk) 23:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
I've begun the GA review for Solomon Butcher, and it looks great. It's more or less set as a GA, save for a few images that need their copyright notices tweaked to cover the US instead of/in addition to the EU. Once those are updated, I'll be glad to pass the article. Thanks for all your work on it. -- Khazar2 ( talk) 22:59, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Ammodramus, hope all's going well. Since you mentioned in the past that you might be interested in GA reviewing, I thought I'd drop a note to link you to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre. It's a new project designed to ease users into GA reviewing by matching them with a mentor. It's not mandatory, of course--you're still welcome to just dive right in, too--but if you're interested in having a helping hand for your first reviews, that's a good place to go to find one. Enjoy the weekend! -- Khazar2 ( talk) 13:14, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ammodramus, your pics are serving well for articles ranging outside of NE, too, I notice. Happen to be working on User:Doncram/Plum Bush Creek Bridge, in CO right now. Could you possibly please fix, or arrange for fixing of "Category:East Plum Bush Creek Bridge (Washintgon County, Colorado)", to fix the typo "Washintgon" vs. "Washington", for all 8 pics? I don't edit much over at Commons, not sure how to arrange to fix. Not sure why/if it matters really, but i sorta think you/we'd want to fix it before linking from wikipedia mainspace. -- do ncr am 13:50, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Idly curious, are you familiar with the Hub? I'd never heard of it until recently, when I learned from a longtime friend that he's starting a job there next week as a sports reporter. Nyttend ( talk) 22:58, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
I've passed this at GA, with a few caveats. Review follows.
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Reviewer: Adam Cuerden ( talk · contribs) 15:41, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm going to be using WP:IAR on one aspect of the rules here: Technically, there might be a little original research here, but it's of the "describe how sources were evaluated in footnotes" sort, which I think is fully justified in a case where there's a lot of ambiguity in the sources. If there's any sources that back your arguments, mentioning them would strengthen this aspect, and really help you out if you intend to go for featured article.
So, I'm giving this a pass on well-referenced. In fact, it uses extra references and checks to make sure that it's as accurate as possible. Other than those couple footnotes, everything is fine on that point.
So.
It's comprehensive, seems to us all relevant sources, and provides loads of extremely interesting background.
I think this is an excellent article, and think it deserves to be GA.
The only real issue that could be improved is that the historical significance of the house isn't fully described. I mean, a homestead sod house is almost certainly significant, but it'd be good to summarise the arguments that got it onto the National Register of Historic Places, because, you know, why not?
✓ Pass. Adam Cuerden ( talk) 15:41, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
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Editor of the Week for the week beginning July 28, 2013 |
Ammodramus has significantly and substantially improved Wikipedia's coverage of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Contributing not only Good Article-level text, but also their own high-quality images, Ammodramus brings our readers articles that are both visually and textually informative. With over 14,300 edits to en-wiki (65% in article-space), and an amazing 11,000 image uploads to Commons, this editor gives both quantity and quality to their subject area of choice. |
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Could you possibly fix the rotation for this commons pic for use the Wentworth-Grinnan House article. The article now at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Wentworth-Grinnan House is written by a new editor, who I am trying to help, and these are his first commons pic uploads too. Any direct help or advice (reply here or my Talk page or at User talk:Bobgrow) would be most welcome. -- do ncr am 16:32, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
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For helping WP:NRHP to illustrate 50,000 historic sites. Keep up the great work! Smallbones( smalltalk) 14:27, 14 August 2013 (UTC) |
Please comment here. Thanks. georgianJORJADZE 00:03, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Regarding wisecrack within this edit, had you been at all interested in actually developing wikipedia, ... why not add a source rather than just unsourced info? To respond to your question, though, the article was created so that it could be included into a White House (disambiguation) page, where a White-House-focused editor was deleting every redlink item. (Alternative being to fight it out some how with that editor / it was easier better just to start the article.) It had to be created, to get the disambiguation set up, which is part of the background work of developing wikipedia coverage of NRHP places. Which you benefit from, having nicely set up, disambiguated NE and AZ article lists. Yep, the AZ nomination forms were not then online. Now, they are. Please do feel free to add info to articles, in addition to adding your nice pics. It would be nice if you would do some of the work of adding proper sources, too. :) -- do ncr am 20:36, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
Per your suggestion, I was able to setup a user category for my photos over at Wikimedia. Thank you. Rauglothgor ( talk) 16:53, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
"I doubt very much that the stamp was actually in Cather's image: it was probably rectangular, with a portrait of her".
Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on Willa Cather. Thank you. Richard Apple ( talk) 01:29, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
Your promptly spotting my upload of the Cliff Theater photos was impressive-- but it was a little disconcerting to find out that you'd already illustrated the NRHP list article. It's selfish of me, I know, but I'd really rather have put in the illustration myself; the diff would've been my reward for the half-tank of gas I burned detouring to Wray to get the photo. You've left me with a rather coitus-interruptus sensation... Ammodramus ( talk) 21:10, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
Just a heads-up in case this hasn't come to your attention: the Omaha Park and Boulevard System is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, under that name. There's a short summary at [11]; the nominating form is at [12]. I've put a note to that effect in the article Boulevards in Omaha, Nebraska, which you created; don't know if you'd want to revisit the article, particularly in light of the inclusion of parks and golf courses in the NRHP nomination. Ammodramus ( talk) 02:40, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
All that said, I think a separate article is justified. Thanks for your thoughts, and for spurring mine! • Freechild talk 20:31, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
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I hereby award you the Photographer's Barnstar for for taking photographs in 11 states for the WikiProject NRHP Fall 2013 Photo Contest. I'm even more impressed that you took all 11 photographs in the month that the contest was running! Royal broil 01:01, 3 October 2013 (UTC) |
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I hereby award you this barnstar for photographing the Most Unusual Building - the S.S. Blinky Jr., a car dealership building shaped like a ship. A " roadside attraction" at it's finest! I love running across oddities like this on my travels! Royal broil 02:48, 3 October 2013 (UTC) |
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I hereby award you this barnstar for photographing the most new sites within a single state. You accomplished 109 new sites in Arizona, which is impressive considering how the cities are widespread throughout the state. Royal broil 02:11, 8 October 2013 (UTC) |
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
I hereby award this barnstar to you for photographing two very distant sites within one state during the NRHP Fall 2013 Photo Contest. You photographed two sites in Nebraska that are 478 miles apart. Many states don't even have two buildings that far apart! Royal broil 04:46, 8 October 2013 (UTC) |
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
I hereby award this barnstar to you for photographing the most new sites on a specific county/community during the NRHP Fall 2013 Photo Contest. You photographed a whopping 66 sites in Pinal County, Arizona. Your impressive total almost doubled everyone else's maximum. Royal broil 02:00, 9 October 2013 (UTC) |
<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar (honorable mention) given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for your photo roadtrip going 1,307 miles from Nebraska to Arizona ( Challenge #6 - Interstate Traveler). Smallbones( smalltalk) 04:28, 15 October 2013 (UTC) |
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<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for finding sites in all 10 categories of Challenge #12 - Scavenger Hunt. Smallbones( smalltalk) 04:42, 15 October 2013 (UTC) |
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Those were some nice edits on the Cherry article. I have also just filed a short stub on Fort Niobrara, which will probably show up with you, since you are monitoring Cherry County. NoAmGeogSoc ( talk) 20:00, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
Your suggestion on the article title of Ft. Niobrara is a good one. Please feel free make the changes you suggest.
Well, as you can see Fort Niobrara has gotten a little out of hand. It is no longer a stub (obviously). Its now a work in progress. It is on its way to being a full article. I am still working on it, I can see I will need one of those Ft. Tables, like I noticed in "Ft. Robinson" where I see you have made some editing entries. It seems you know a lot more about the fine points of editing than I do, but your comments have been extending my education.
Do you have any comments about references when most of the reference sources (at least at this early stage) are mainly one article, as it is in Ft. Niobrara.
NoAmGeogSoc ( talk) 00:51, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
I have done some more work on the Fort Niobrara article. I still have more work to do. NoAmGeogSoc ( talk) 22:04, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
I am adding a second note to this earlier note, and hope you will see the second note, with the first note. On the Ft. Niobrara article, can you help advise on the processes to acquire the use of photos about Ft. Niobrara. This includes photos from the National Archives or the Nebraska Historical Society (see website at http://memories.ne.gov/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/nshs&CISOBOX1=Fort+Niobrara++Neb.+,)
or any other photos.
NoAmGeogSoc ( talk) 00:59, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
I see you have added a note as to the origin of the name of "Keya Paha", just as I was also trying to sort it out, using a reference to the Lillian L. Pitzpatrick book. If I were looking up Keya Paha county I would want to know what that strange name meant. Are you the northern Nebraska guy. Am I tresspassing on your turf. I hope not.
I am still working on Ft. Niobrara. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NoAmGeogSoc ( talk • contribs) 19:28, 16 October 2013
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article McCook Daily Gazette you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Khazar2 -- Khazar2 ( talk) 14:54, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
The article McCook Daily Gazette you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:McCook Daily Gazette for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Khazar2 -- Khazar2 ( talk) 15:54, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
(To User:Khazar2) Thanks for doing the GAR for McCook Daily Gazette. I apologize for taking so long to respond; I've been travelling in remote corners of Nebraska, and my Internet access has been sporadic and limited.
Assuming that the Gazette gets GA status, it'll be my fourth; and now that I've been through the process four times, it's about time that I started paying back by doing GARs for other people's articles. Some time ago, you mentioned that you might be willing to give me some oversight and feedback on that. If you're still interested in doing so, and if it wouldn't overload your current schedule, could you please drop me a line and let me know? Thanks. Ammodramus ( talk) 04:54, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
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For your contributions to bring McCook Daily Gazette to Good Article status. Thanks as always for your well-researched, well-written additions. -- Khazar2 ( talk) 12:48, 14 November 2013 (UTC) |
The article McCook Daily Gazette you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:McCook Daily Gazette for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Khazar2 -- Khazar2 ( talk) 12:52, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Check it out at Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Recruitment Centre/Recruiter Central/Archives/Ammodramus. Cheers, Khazar2 ( talk) 13:37, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Ammodramus, thank you for selecting and reviewing The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser for Good Article status. I appreciate you taking the time and effort! Please keep me posted as you have any questions or concerns. Thanks again! -- Caponer ( talk) 03:26, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
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For your comprehensive and thoughtful Good Article review of Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser and for the valuable guidance you provided along the way. Because of your thorough attention to detail, this article far exceeds the Good Article requirements. It was certainly a privilege and pleasure working with you throughout this process! Job well done! -- Caponer ( talk) 01:32, 10 December 2013 (UTC) |
Hey Ammodramus! I am expanding the article for Wappocomo (Romney, West Virginia) and given the fact that you are somewhat familiar now with the Col. Isaac Parsons family from the Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser article, I thought you might find it interesting! -- Caponer ( talk) 03:21, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
(To Nyttend) I'm afraid that I have to disagree with your restoration of the adjective "historic" in First United Presbyterian Church (Madison, Nebraska). The use of the adjective in the article (and in the rest of Swampyank's NRIS-only church substubs) strikes me as the very essence of peacockery: it proclaims the subject's significance without giving the reader any reason for it. In its fourth and final sentence, the article states that the building's been listed in the NRHP; it seems unnecessary to pre-iterate that in the first sentence.
My objection to the adjective only applies in cases like this one, where no explanation of the historic significance is given. In a real article, it wouldn't be at all inappropriate to describe the subject as "historic" in the lead section, as a one-word summary of a reasonably detailed explanation in the article's body. Ammodramus ( talk) 16:56, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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Visitor7 ( talk) 20:40, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
I clarified the terrace-builder bit in the article (Lautner Jr), and I'll probably add a little more (from your suggestions). I do have a copy of the nom form :) Andrew Jameson ( talk) 22:32, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the kudos. It helps that Michigan has an online database of ~85% of the NRHP properties which contains a summary description; the description usually is about equivalent to a high-Start / low-C article. That's a pretty good base to start an article from. (Also no one's cleared out the unassessed articles cat for like 6-8 months, so you're seeing most of a year's worth of work.) Andrew Jameson ( talk) 08:29, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
"Twin" = "Divide in two" (to make two screens in this case). That was the verb used in the nom form, although the additional information contained in the form made the meaning clearer. Andrew Jameson ( talk) 16:04, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
My apologies for not getting back to you sooner for I was away for Christmas. I probably marked the article by mistake as being a National Register of Historic Places property. Sometimes, this happens. I take responsibility for the edit but there was no vandalism, etc., I just made a mistake. My apologies-21:50, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Happy Holidays Ammodramus! I've created an article for Col. Isaac Parsons' grandfather Isaac Parsons (one of today's DYKs), and I'm currently working on building an article for Col. Isaac Parsons, too. The fact that you're busy reviewing other articles in the meantime is actually perfect, as I'd like you to review both the Wappocomo and Col. Isaac Parsons articles together to make sure they jive well together and with Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser. Again, I'd especially like you to review these articles and quality control them, as you're somewhat familiar now with the subjects :) I hope you won't mind holding off on reviewing Wappocomo until I've finished Col. Isaac Parsons, but as you'd expect, I'll be editing them together in tandem. Thank you again for all your latest hard work and efforts to improve Wikipedia's quality every day! -- Caponer ( talk) 00:43, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your encouraging note and Happy 2014! I had planned to start the review on Sat so no worries with any edits in the meantime. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 20:55, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Ammodramus, also for your situational awareness, I wanted to let you know that I'm working on an article for the neighboring Valley View plantation (also owned by the Parsons family). I'm still early in the writing process for this article, so a review is not necessary, but some of its historical background overlaps with that of Wappocomo, and I felt it may assist you and Rosiestep as you review the Wappocomo article. Thanks again! -- Caponer ( talk) 19:18, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Reviewed, awaiting your response here, thanks! -- Rosiestep ( talk) 20:55, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
I've passed this article and wanted to thank you for your improvements and suggestions. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 16:56, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi! When you edited Talk:E. Janssen Building you left a comment about prose needing cleanup. Could you be more specific? Do you mean on the talk page or on the article page, and please provide examples? I made one small change to the article page since you saw it last, but I would like it to be the best it possibly can. Thank you! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 21:20, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
(To KudzuVine) I see that you've been completing the Elkman infobox in a number of NRHP articles. Could I urge some caution on that? One of the articles where you've done it was Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area, which I recently expanded. Of the four items that you added, one was just plain wrong, one was inaccurate, and one was unnecessary and potentially misleading.
The wrong datum was "Governing body: Private". As indicated in the article, the property has been owned by the state of South Carolina since 1977, and managed by the state's Department of Natural Resources as a Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area since at least 2008.
The inaccurate item was "Built: 1840". Per the article, sourced to the nom form, the best we can say is "thought to date from the 1840s".
Potentially misleading is "Area: 5 acres". This may be true of the NRHP site, but it's definitely not the case with the HP/WMA, which is the subject of the article. I left this datum out to avoid any confusion on this. I also regard the area as a fairly minor detail for most NRHP sites. Per MOS:INFOBOX,
“ | When considering any aspect of infobox design, keep in mind the purpose of an infobox: to summarize key facts in the article in which it appears. The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance. Of necessity, some infoboxes contain more than just a few fields; however, wherever possible, present information in short form, and exclude any unnecessary content. | ” |
In this case, I don't think the area of the NRHP property is a "key fact": most NRHP articles that I've read don't include it in the body text, which suggests that it's less than essential information. I'd include the area in articles on extensive NRHP sites, e.g. HDs, battlefields, and large archaeological sites; but would default to leaving it out for single buildings and structures.
I can't recall whether you participated in WikiProject NRHP's somewhat spirited discussion of writing articles based primarily or entirely on the NRIS; but this example illustrates why many of us NRIS-skeptics are that way. There's just too much outdated, inaccurate, misleading, and otherwise flawed information in the database to justify using it without cross-checking against more detailed sources. Ammodramus ( talk) 14:16, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
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Ammodramus, I hereby thank and award you The West Virginia Barnstar for your tremendous contributions in elevating two West Virginia-related articles to Good Article status: Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser and Wappocomo (Romney, West Virginia). Please consider yourself an honorary Mountaineer and historian of Hampshire County! -- Caponer ( talk) 18:00, 5 January 2014 (UTC) |
Do you know why it was delisted? It still exits, virtually unchanged from when it was listed. In Merrick County, the only one that should be delisted for not really existing anymore is Martha Ellen Auditorium. The building is closed and the interior was entirely replaced with a makeshift two-level movie theater until it closed. I am One of Many ( talk) 05:18, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
Ammodramus, I hope all is well with you! I know you're probably knee-deep in Good Article reviews, and in the drafting of your own Good Articles, but I recently finished the article for Valley View (Romney, West Virginia) and I wanted to humbly ask if you could use your powers of succinctness to review it when you have a spare moment. As always, if you have suggestions, please let me know and I'll incorporate them post haste. The article has already passed a DYK review, and I've nominated it for GA review. Thanks again! -- Caponer ( talk) 01:38, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Ammo, please continue with the review. Rosie has stated she doesn't want to do the review so please restore your comments and state you're reviewing it and continue in your own time. You've already extensively edited it anyway so it is only right for you to continue. No need to feel bad about it but I doubt it'll happen again, so no worries. Thanks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:42, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for being so nice at the GAR. We're both learning as we go. Hope we can work together on something else in the future. Rosiestep ( talk) 19:07, 18 January 2014 (UTC) |
Yes, I appreciate you continuing the review. I'm happy to review the Nebraska article for you when you nom it. At first glance though some of the sources need filling out with publisher info and it isn't convention to also external link publisher as well as title, refs 29-31 for example.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
There was a discussion like this recently at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations/Archive 20#Quid pro quo reviews. Yes it's fine so long as reviewers remain neutral and try to conduct a fair review. If there's a speedy pass, I'll speedy pass yours without a proper review type of thing going on then it's a problem. If you leave it in the queue you'll often find that it either takes over a month before somebody reviews it, or a poor/annoying reviewer claims it and creates an unnecessarily difficult review. It makes more sense to mutually review I think but try to remain as neutral as possible and be constructive with your suggestions.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:54, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi again Ammodramus: Some time ago, another editor made substantial changes to 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes. I am concerned about the edits and I expressed my concern on the talk page when the edits were made and was brusquely told "pfft" despite several of my concerns being matters of fact that were lost. Besides that, the text reads poorly, but after the "pfft" I'm not sure I wish to change it personally. I give only two sentences as example, the entire article is now written something like this: "And in this case, the strongest waves came ashore in Crescent City 3 to 4 hours after the initial surge, but it is possible to be just the opposite where the first waves could be the strongest. Also detailed from this event was that the wave hazard can be of long duration, with wave action lingering for more than 8 hours." I really don't even know where to start. As stated on the talk page, a really good reference was utterly cut and replaced with a lot of material from a single thesis which isn't available online. I know that offline sources are just as good as online ones, but with the information in the thesis being so different to other published sources that the latter had to be deleted ... it makes me wonder. And with continued apologies for my utter lack of good English and punctuation, I am sincerely, your comma-tose friend, Ellin Beltz ( talk) 03:08, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
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Ammodramus, I hereby award you the Epic Barnstar for yet another meticulous Good Article review of a significant historic landmark in West Virginia! Thank you for your exceptional contributions to improving the quality of Wikipedia's history articles, with both prose and photography! -- Caponer ( talk) 23:39, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
Ah, my mistake. I'll make a mental note for the future. Thanks! Green Runner 0 03:09, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pike-Pawnee Village Site you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 2 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Rcsprinter123 (gab) @ 22:33, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
The article Pike-Pawnee Village Site you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pike-Pawnee Village Site for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rcsprinter123 -- Rcsprinter123 ( talk) 15:12, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Pike-Pawnee Village Site at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! I am One of Many ( talk) 04:09, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
On 24 February 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pike-Pawnee Village Site, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a Kitkehahki Pawnee village in Nebraska is the site where Zebulon Pike convinced the Kitkehahki to remove a Spanish flag and display an American flag? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pike-Pawnee Village Site. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it may be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for passing the article and improving it with your edits. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:19, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Caponer -- Caponer ( talk) 10:31, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
The Good Article Barnstar | ||
Ammodramus, in lieu of a Nebraska-themed barnstar, I hereby award you The Good Article Barnstar for your first-rate article detailing the history and architecture of Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska). Congratulations on adding one more Nebraska landmark to the wiki-landscape! -- Caponer ( talk) 02:14, 18 March 2014 (UTC) |
The article Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska) for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Caponer -- Caponer ( talk) 18:45, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Ammodramus, if you get a chance good sir, could you please take a quick look at the Old Pine Church article? I'm in the midst of looking for additional sources, but I wanted you to take a look at it in the meantime and provide any guidance or suggestions! I know it's a departure from the Parsons family and their plantations, but I thought you'd enjoy it all the same! -- Caponer ( talk) 04:28, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
On 27 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Jacob M. Nachtigall-designed St. Leonard Catholic Church (pictured) in Madison, Nebraska, contains a bone relic of its namesake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Saint Leonard Catholic Church (Madison, Nebraska). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Thank you for your help Victuallers ( talk) 08:01, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Seconded. Beautiful work Ammo, keep it up!♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:01, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Battery White you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 09:31, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
The article Battery White you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Battery White for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 01:01, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
(Original comment by Doncram at AfD) I don't grok how "the medium must be non-local as well as widely read" applies; it comes down to whether you think Omaha region is big enough to count as a region for purposes of wp:AUD or not. Point taken about coverage of purely local coverage being included in OWH...but also if the OWH region is big enough then the coverage could be viewed as transformative in a way. Like for example a human interest type story in the New York Times about a local restaurant owner making good, or whatever, seems to bring some real importance to the subject. Since few New Yorkers will ever pass by that local business, it must be the case that the New York Times coverage is establishing some higher importance. Truly local coverage which should not be viewed as establishing notability is the small-town newspaper type coverage merely serving role of providing publicity for local businesses and advertisers. You can, and do, have a different view on whether OWH coverage of Dundee Community Garden is significant enough; i think it is truly of interest, not mere publicity serving the group. -- do ncr am 16:02, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Ammodramus, do you want to discuss something with me? By the way I meant to link to this diff of your taking offense at my Talk page rather than the diff i actually linked to. And at my Talk page i removed your comment, but noted in edit summary that I had read your comment. I responded more fully to what I thought you were concerned about by going to the AFD and striking the comment you objected to. I didn't mean to imply I wouldn't discuss anything with you, by my removing your comment. Rather, the projection about me that you made and some words used seemed insulting to me, in fact to meet terms "Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence" of wp:NPA, and I judged it best to simply remove it, per wp:RPA. I didn't want to complain about that to you though, before and now. I am just explaining why I removed it. Your opening this section here on your Talk suggests to me that you might want to further discuss something about newspapers, and I am open to that. In the past we have had exchanges of views that seemed productive, like I think you may recall about linking to commons photos and about when there should be separate articles about historic battle sites vs. battles, or not. Could you explain what you want from this section? I'll watch here. -- do ncr am 16:05, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
I've left a reply there. And perhaps you could suggest a new hook for Template:Did you know nominations/Counter-Reformation in Poland, an article which you inspired me to write last week. Cheers, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:51, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
I saw that you reverted my edit here. I probably should have put in a clearer edit summary, so for that, I apologize. I was redirecting and merging a stub that was up for speedy deletion about this town's former high school. Therefore, I inserted one sentence about the topic, which was a summary of the old stub. I shall find reliable sourcing before putting the matter back in. I think that the fact a town formerly had a high school is not trivia; rather, as long as not too much information is included, it goes far in explaining the educational opportunities currently available in the locality. Thank you in advance for your patience with me. Bearian ( talk) 19:18, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for the review. Do you think the article is at least B-class? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:50, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
Thank you SO much for the great pics of the Okay Church near Monroe, NE. I just found it over the weekend after a multi-year search for a record of where my Great-Grandfather was buried. I had done a number of searches when I first got into genealaogy around 20 years ago but wasn't able to find any information. For some reason, I decided to try again this past weekend and happened to find a link to a transcript of an obituary. So I ended up tracking down the location and looking for more information, and found the pictures you had taken of the church. It was so interesting to see. My Great-Grandfather died before my Grandmother was born, when my Great-Grandmother was 2 months pregnant with her, so she never got to know her father. My Great-Grandmother remarried a few years later when her half-sister passed away and her BIL had three children under 5 to raise while trying to farm. Since my Great-Grandmother had three children, 2 of them under 3, they married. Whether it began as a love match or not, I am not sure, but I do know that they were happily married for 57 years when my Great-Grandfather died. They were a Brady-Bunch long before the Brady-Bunch came about, except they each had 2 younger daughters with an older son. Then they had two sons of their own, and raised 8 children with 14 yrs between the oldest and the youngest. It made for an odd family tree when she married her sister's widower, how do you explain that the woman you call "Mom" is your Aunt but you call her Mom because she is the only Mom you've had. Or then for my Grandmother to explain that the only Dad she knew was her step-dad/uncle (albeit by marriage) and then as an adult, she gained a third relationship to him when she married his nephew. I only wish we could have found this information while my Grandmother was still living. I am just so glad to have the pictures to be able to show my Mom. Thanks again for the great pictures. WayneyP ( talk) 08:54, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
Got to the church a few days ago. A man was mowing there, and he had the register, so we were able to look up the Pickett grave. Unfortunately, there's no stone. The photo shows the vicinity of the grave. At right, close to the camera, is a stone for Mike and Catherine Nansel. Immediately to the left (north) of that is a small purplish stone facing upward (so its inscription can't be read). To the north of that is a gap, then there's a reddish stone with the name Smith (the two given names are illegible in the photo). The William Pickett grave is in that grassy gap, immediately to the south of the Smith stone.
Unfortunately, I didn't think to get contact information from the man with the register. I don't know how much he'd know, though: the register didn't have the birth date for Wm. Pickett, had 2/25/1912 as the death date, and had no burial date. I gave him the birth and death dates you'd given me, and, per your information, told him that Feb. 25 was the burial date.
Not sure if this'll be any use for your proposed FindAGrave page, but you (or anyone else) are welcome to use it. I upload my files with a public-domain license, so anyone who wants is free to copy them, edit them, reproduce them elsewhere...
Sorry that I couldn't find you a tombstone to photograph. Good luck with your other genealogical endeavors. — Ammodramus ( talk) 23:13, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sJLpTAb4dPE/VCoNYHaj_iI/AAAAAAAAFq8/abB8VwmXv9g/w1043-h494-no/Okay_Church_cemetery_from_WSW_1_with_note.JPG Again I cannot thank you enough for this! 01:20, 30 September 2014 (UTC) WayneyP ( talk)
Oh I do not want to forget this!
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is awarded to Ammodramus in general for your tireless efforts to take pictures of historic places all over the country; and specifically in this case for your help in solving a 102 year old family mystery and a 20 plus year personal quest for me! WayneyP ( talk) 10:43, 1 October 2014 (UTC) |
The WP:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest will kick off at midnight eastern time on Monday September 1! This is an opportunity for all folks with a camera (or a sketchpad and scanner, doncha know) and an interest in the National Register of Historic Places to just have some low-key fun and maybe get some barnstars. Come submit some photos or pose a challenge to your fellow editors. And maybe, just maybe, along the line we'll improve the encyclopedia... (Note that while this contest is intentionally concurrent with Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 and the Wikipedia Summer of Monuments, there ain't gonna be no cash prizes or press releases here. But compete in 'em all if you like - we won't be jealous.) — Ipoellet ( talk) 22:55, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
<font=3> I hereby award you this National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar for photographing the highest percent of counties in a state in the NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest - Challenge #9 - State/County List Completer Category. You completed 22 of 101 possible counties in Kansas. Royal broil 01:20, 2 October 2014 (UTC) |
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<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for: the most sites added in a single state (93!) as part of the Wikiproject:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest ( Challenge #2). — Ipoellet ( talk) 22:59, 21 October 2014 (UTC) |
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<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for: photos in the largest number of different states (5!) as part of the Wikiproject:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest ( Challenge #5 - Multi-state Traveler). — Ipoellet ( talk) 23:10, 21 October 2014 (UTC) |
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<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for: two photos over 250 miles apart in a single state (259 miles in Kansas!) as part of the Wikiproject:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest ( Challenge #4 - State Traveler). — Ipoellet ( talk) 23:18, 21 October 2014 (UTC) |
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<font=3> National Register of Historic Places Photo Barnstar given with respect and admiration to Ammodramus for: the scavenger hunt as part of the Wikiproject:NRHP Fall 2014 Photo Contest ( Challenge #6 - Scavenger Hunt). — Smallbones( smalltalk) 02:28, 24 October 2014 (UTC) |
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Not to mention the best outhouse pic!
The headshot that you deleted for Governor-elect Pete Ricketts is his public headshot that is distributed by his office for public use. His campaign office has verified this. May you undelete the photo? Arw99akjkjkj ( talk) 20:26, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ammodramus
Thanks for your recent edit on Women in Nazi Germany and for changing the phrase to something with better clarity. Ironically, I encountered this faux pas sort of post-facto when you made the correction. It's an easy error to make to be sure and one over which I am now more cognizant. Growing up speaking German and English, these type of errors are typical of me as is pedantry (although not deliberately). Had it been written correctly as "free rein" I am curious whether you would have made the same adjustment. It amazes me at times, the level of nuance buried within languages. Likewise, I am pleased when somebody educates others and makes corrections for the sake of Wikipedia's edification vice those who belittle others to serve their own ego. Bravo for being the former. -- Obenritter ( talk) 01:53, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
For the pix in Sussex County. It's been while since we've interacted (I've been much busier than usual). But I wanted to say you're still one of the best editors around.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Sincerely,
Smallbones( smalltalk) 14:54, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi-I added the GNIS to the variant names in the Darr, Nebraska article. The GNIS has the information. Many thanks- RFD ( talk) 23:55, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
Ammodramus, I know it has been quite some time, but I've finally returned to Wikipedia on a somewhat regular basis again! Capon Chapel, Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge, Flag of West Virginia, Henry Bell Gilkeson, James Sloan Kuykendall, Howard Llewellyn Swisher, and Eugenia Washington have all been withering away on the vine at the Good Article nominations page. I know you're a busy man, but if you could review whichever one article that most interests you, at your leisure of course, I would be greatly appreciative. As always, I value your guidance and suggestions. Please let me know if you'd be interested in doing me the great honor of a review! -- Caponer ( talk) 15:56, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
HazelAB ( talk) 00:15, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
I disagree with your deletion of a sentence I added to the lead paragraph of the Willa Cather article, which stated that many of Cather's works deal with the immigrant experience in the US. Lead, or introductory, paragraphs typically contain general summaries of important main points that the article develops in greater detail. That is precisely the function of that sentence -- it very briefly summarizes a significant point regarding one of Cather's principal thematic concerns. It belongs there. This article still needs a great deal of work, and I plan to get back to it. My method of working is to add content where it is needed. This is only one sentence, but it is necessary. Please restore it. Thank you. EnglishTea4me ( talk) 04:01, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Editors can use either date format if there's consensus, and articles have to be consistent. You've left the article with one format and the refs with another. Please revert yourself and start a discussion on talk. Sarah (SV) (talk) 03:51, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
I did a bit of pruning on the article, but it could probably use more. The recent commentary by CathleenBriley seemed problematic, and I almost reported them at WP:ANI. But I decided to see what the reaction to my edits were, or if other minds thought otherwise. Cheers! --‖ Ebyabe talk - Border Town ‖ 15:12, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
I forgot to tell you that your photos are amazing and that I appreciate all that you have done here. Tony the Marine ( talk) 00:44, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi. I rather like your slow-motion crusade on free reign > rein. I would love to discuss something about this with you but I am about to go on holiday so I can't right now! Why, then, am I leaving you this note now? Seems stupid, I know. Well, I'm hoping that the guilt of unfinished business will inspire me to write again when I am back and have some time to do so - probably around the start of September or within a week or two of then. So this is just advance notice: Slightly Boring Discussion Ahead! (DV). Till then, happy editing and all good wishes DBaK ( talk) 12:15, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello - FYI, the link I added earlier contained a typo and thus did not work - I have re-added the link using the proper spelling and it works fine. Please let me know if I can comment on this, and thank you for your diligence. KConWiki ( talk) 04:12, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Well excuse me for having actually read the novel and knowing what it says. All knowledge is "original research." Intelligent Mr Toad 2 ( talk) 06:55, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, ExecutiveWashington! I notice that you've been adding mayors and their party affiliations to a number of articles on US cities. Good work, and useful information; but if you don't mind, I'll make some suggestions on how it could be improved.
First, we should have citations for this information. Some of your edit summaries make it clear that you've done a certain amount of research to find things like party registrations; it'd be good to show readers where you found the information so that they can verify it or check for changes. You can find out how to add footnotes at WP:REFBEGIN; if things are unclear, feel free to leave a note at my talk page and I'll try to talk you through any problems you might have.
Second, mayors don't always remain in office for very long, so the information's likely to become outdated. This isn't a big problem for articles on major cities, with lots of interested local editors who'll update the article when an old mayor goes out and a new one comes in. However, lots of smaller cities and towns don't have that many editors watching the articles, so outdated information is likely to remain for a long time. I'd suggest that instead of putting the mayor in the infobox, you add a sentence to the body text like "As of 2015, the mayor was Jordan Jones." That statement will remain true even if Jones is later replaced by somebody else; and the date will let interested readers know that the information might need to be updated.
Feel free to contact me if you've got questions or comments about any of this. The best way to do that is to start a new section at my talk page: just click on the "talk" after my username and edit the page. Good luck! — Ammodramus ( talk) 12:13, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello again! I'm very sorry about the long gap - I was overtaken by events a bit. My question was simply this: concerning your admirable campaign to change "free reign" to "free rein", I wondered if it is always necessary to use a "sic" when it's in quoted material. I know that purists would, because you are changing the er er urtext, but at MOS:QUOTE it also says: " If there is a significant error in the original statement, use [sic] or the template {{sic}} to show that the error was not made by Wikipedia. However, trivial spelling and typographic errors should simply be corrected without comment (for example, correct basicly to basically and harasssment to harassment), unless the slip is textually important." My feeling is that in these cases it is not usually of any significance; it would only gain it if the point were to prove that someone who should be clued-up isn't. Otherwise, I feel a "sic" just says "look what a twit this person is, as they don't know the difference" when we might as well just correct it to what they meant. I know this is a big proposition in some ways but I'd be very interested to hear your views. With thanks and all good wishes, DBaK ( talk) 13:05, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
that the comment that you removed from John Paulding (sculptor) was mine and now I am going to have to go looking for a citation about his issues with Viquesney. Have you looked at the two statues? Which is, I suppose, beside the point. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 17:41, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
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No problem. I have some experience with reviewing articles at AfC, and if you have the helper script it's not very hard at all. The hardest part is usually figuring out what to do with the draft, but you figured that out for me in this case. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 14:35, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
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Ammodramus: Thank you so much for all your help with the article on the Morton-James Public Library. I do work at the library, and this was my first attempt at an article for Wikipedia. I appreciate all the effort you put into this article. Thanks again.
Mortonjames ( talk) 19:56, 26 December 2015 (UTC) |
I try to do a good job but not be scrupulous, or waste time. I appreciate your comment that I should give more complete explanations of my edits, but I find it very tedious to explain every one: I could preview more but with the flipping between screens I'm afraid to lose past edits. Your given reason for explaining edits puzzles me now: if people are trying to mess up an article on Creighton Prep, wouldn't they add to it a comment that diverts you from finding it? Just a thought. Jzsj ( talk) 00:41, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
(To Nyttend) I'm currently working up a non-NRHP article (1990 gubernatorial election in Nebraska), and would like to include a few maps: which candidates won which counties in the four-way Democratic primary, and how the two candidates compared in the two-way Republican primary and the general election. As I recall, you had some suggestions as to how the NRHP progress maps could be made maximally legible for color-blind readers. Could you make some similar suggestions for my case? I assume that for the two-candidate maps, shades of red and blue like those used on the NRHP maps would work. However, for the four-candidate map, I'd like to use four distinct colors, since using two shades of red and two of blue might imply some kind of political alignment. One of the colors can be white; but I don't want to use, say, blue, red, green, and white if two of the colors are identical to the color-blind eye. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you leave me a note with suggestions, or point me to a good four-color map that I can use as an example? Thanks. — Ammodramus ( talk) 20:39, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
Got the maps done last night, and launched the article this morning. For the four-color map, I threw a touch of red into the light gray; I also lightened up the deep red, since (128-0-0) tended to obscure the county lines. Could you let me know how it works for you? If it's problematic, I can try to fix it and upload a new version; if it's OK, but less than ideal, I'll try to do better should I find myself map-making in the future. Thanks; and thanks again for all the advice leading up to this. — Ammodramus ( talk) 14:53, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
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For all your help on getting WP:NRHP 75% Illustrated Smallbones( smalltalk) 02:30, 3 April 2016 (UTC) |
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1990 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Will211 -- Will211 ( talk) 06:41, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
Here it is: Miss Mackenzie. The article may not be quite as polished as your own efforts, but at least I beat you to one finally (I was going to see what I could do for The Claverings, which I read last week, but you'd already been and gone. If you haven't read this, it's well worth it. I liked Miss Margaret Mackenzie and John Ball a good deal better than John Eames and Lily Dale. What's next? Maybe The Bertrams, John Caldigate, Is He Popenjoy?, Marion Fay (the Oxford paperback cost me 24$ + shipping!), Mr. Scarborough's Family, The Landleaguers, or An Old Man's Love... Anyways, I hope you're well old friend. INeverCry 05:19, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Register_of_Historic_Places#WLM_photo_contest_and_related_ideas and
all comments welcomed. The money is very likely available and my goal is mainly to make this available to young photogs, e.g. college students. I think it would work, but it would need some supervision or at least input from experienced editors. Smallbones( smalltalk) 18:00, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your edit about Glenvil vs. Glenville on the Glenvil, Nebraska article. I just revised it to use "formerly known as Glenville" phrasing, and to describe its population as having peaked in 1920s, as well as to add about the NRHP-listed Glenville School (Glenvil, Nebraska). The NRHP document refers to Glenville as being a town in 1873 and in 1903, but I just used the term settlement in my edit. I hope you might please refine or correct that?
By the way, I arrived there from editing at Glenville School (Glenvil, Nebraska), one of the 12 Nebraska articles I had ever created for any reason that still were "NRIS-only", according to a report that Dudemanfellabra generated for me. Any comments to me or your further attention to any of these articles would be welcomed by me. They all could be developed more but Congregational Church and Manse (Santee, Nebraska) is the only one of those that I currently intend to revise further.
It seems to me that creating a separate article on Nebraska's Santee Normal Training School is needed, and I may begin to draft one at Draft:Santee Normal Training School. Also related to Nebraska would be an article on County Citadel type of courthouses (watch Draft:County Citadel). Several or most or all of William F. Gernandt's 10 or 12 courthouses in Nebraska are described as being that type, but the term is used elsewhere too. I'd welcome your help on either. cheers, -- do ncr am 20:50, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
Just a note to let you know my revert of your edit to Lincoln, Nebraska was not intentional. Using an iPad I had intended to click on diff to see what was changed out of curiosity, and I accidentally clicked on the undo link - as using an iPad the link slides underneath diff uncomfortably close. I then clicked cancel - however your edit was undone anyway. Maybe this is a software glitch as clicking on cancel should have left no change. If this happens again to me I will check the history to make sure no edit occurred. Thank you for catching my error. Cheers Gmcbjames ( talk) 04:43, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
Greetings! I noted your recent edit to Whiteclay, Nebraska ( diff). The edit includes the statement that the Census Bureau "erroneously" applied the name "Pine Ridge" to the CDP. A statement like this needs a source; can you provide one? If not, I'm afraid I'll have to remove the statement.
If you're not sure how to handle citations, feel free to drop me a note at my talk page, and I'll be glad to help you with it. Just click on the "talk" after my username, then start a new section (with the "New section" tab at the top of the page) to begin the new discussion. I'll reply here at your talk page. — Ammodramus ( talk) 02:54, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
Today I finally just got the nominations from the NPS for the Crete and Beatrice historic districts. Please check out commons:Category:Maps of historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska for maps. These are preliminary. I will eventually update the maps with buildings and highlights for contributing resources.
I would be happy to e-mail the noms to you, but I don't have an e-mail address for you. If you'd like them, send me a Wikiemail. That will give me your address, and I'll reply with the nominations attached.
I hope this is in time for your trip. — Ipoellet ( talk) 20:20, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
I had made a correction that, unbeknownst to me, ran contrary to the Wikipedia MOS. Though it had already been corrected, you still let me know and in a way that was helpful and kind. Your actions demonstrate the best kind of inter-editor interaction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Czrisher ( talk • contribs) 23:21, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
diff I have reverted this deletion. As I understand it, disambiguation pages may mention content in other articles without there being an article. Cheers. In ictu oculi ( talk) 14:44, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
We've been through this before my friend. Please look carefully at your recent edit to Sargent, Nebraska and fix your errors. Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 00:48, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Historic Presbyterian Community Center (Madison, Nebraska) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shearonink -- Shearonink ( talk) 16:41, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
Hi there! You recently re–fixed "panhandle" to "Panhandle" on the site for Nebraska. I just wanted to say THANK YOU for doing so. As you may have seen & noticed, I'm still new. I know there are plenty of rules I need to follow, and I am trying my best to do so. That one was done at a strange hour for me, I'm guessing, and it was more of just a slip. I wanted to thank you for fixing it back, though! Hope you are doing well! ~jddecf Jddecf ( talk) 00:35, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
I was thinking the same thing as you said. I tried to provide a segue from the prehistory to the events of 1806, intending to write and even more lengthy digression for the Pawnee people article. The trick is where to put it in; yes, there is a limited time scope within which the separation occurred, but after that, the Republican Pawnee were reported traveling and camping next to the Grand and Loup.
I have wondered about the Republican name for a while, but I had only recently learned of the Pawnee Republic while studying the crucial, but unreported, role the Wyandot had in Kansas Statehood. Two points besides the naming are salient on the Pawnee Republic. (1) For a time, the "Republic" event loomed mythically large in Kansas. (2) For a similar time, ethnographers noted the Republicans were to be seen at the fringes of Pawnee camps throughout the range (a segregated "unclean" group or a religious sect? (Levites?) ) Does Hyde say anything?
The split story (1) fits into the 1720 to 1806 gap of the Pawnee people article history, but the rest of the story of the Kitkehahki (2) does not fit anywhere in the Pawnee people article. I have thought of making a main article for the Republican, good or bad idea? You seem an knowledge source for Nebraska, when I add the Republican, is there anything interesting about the Loup that you think should be covered?
Personal, I have frequented the entirety of the Kansas stretch of I-70 since it was built, and I have a camera. Hope you don't mind hearing from me again. IveGoneAway ( talk) 02:02, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Can I ask why you reverted my edits to John Wightman? The man is deceased and I added the citation. Granted, it wasn't in my original markup, but it was something I added later and it is also referenced in January 2017 deaths unless this an entirely different person.
Just asking for clarification Snickers2686 ( talk) 03:36, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
So, I am reading Guide Rock (hill) and get to the second paragraph under Description and see:
and
So, I am thinking Niobrara Chalk or Dakota Sandstone, right? Especially, when I then read
Consider the fates of these natural monuments: The Dakota Sandstone was quarried off of Pawnee Rock for railroad ballast. The Cottonwood Limestone (and an indian cemetery) was quarried off of Bluemont Hill in Manhattan for building stone. The Fort Hays Limestone was quarried off of the Ellis County Hogback for Cement (and a possible indian cemetery). Each one was shortened by "human action". A Fort Hays bluff on the Saline is called Custer Hill because he used it as a guide rock to find his way back to Fort Hays.
So, I try to look up Guide Rock. The USGS topo tags the bluff over the Rankin Creek as The Guide Rock. I know the Fort Hays is there and underlies the marked Guide Rock. But there is absolutely no sign of human action on the marked Guide Rock, the site has every appearance of undisturbed incised plain (reminds me of small scale version of the Niobrara bluffs at Lewis and Clark Lake).
The marked Guide Rock is elevation 1703ft, while the prominent bump 1/2 mile south of the Pawnee village site is 1780ft. The topo shows the latter is a cemetery, but certainly not a presently visible one (a typical Pawnee/Kanza hilltop burial?). A geology text explicitly notes no buildings of Fort Hays limestone are seen in Weber County, but there are two quarries north and south of the 1780ft hill, (possibly silicified Niobrara Chalk?).
About halfway between the Pawnee village and the marked Guide Rock is a broad "rocky bluff" of Fort Hays (Tree-covered now, but would have been exposed rock 200 years ago (like the Ellis County Hogback)).
FTIW, the geology south of Guide Rock Pawnee village is coincidentally similar to the uplands 10 miles SW of my dad's Pawnee village. IveGoneAway ( talk) 01:29, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
This is the Ellis County analog to Guide Rock; same geology and geography, only 30 ft higher. 1873. A clear landmark visible from miles away. The photo shows how treeless Guide rock would have been. A mile left and to the rear of the camera, my brother found a rare, very old indian village that was excavated two years ago. Note the two fishermen and the rifleman at the lower left. IveGoneAway ( talk) 00:39, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
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... Wikipedia Good Article!! Shearonink ( talk) 06:33, 13 January 2017 (UTC) |
The article Historic Presbyterian Community Center (Madison, Nebraska) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Historic Presbyterian Community Center (Madison, Nebraska) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shearonink -- Shearonink ( talk) 06:41, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Good evening Ammodramus! I wanted to touch base with you regarding the article for Valley View (Romney, West Virginia). I had previously nominated this article as a candidate for FA, but it failed its first attempt. One of the editors is now retired, and I incorporated his suggestion that more detailed information about the Northern Neck Proprietary should be included. I have made those changes, but wanted your eye for detail regarding the flow and content. Would you be able to take a look at the Royal land grant and Collins family ownership subsection of the History section? Any suggestions you could provide would be very appreciated and helpful. I will be modifying the Northern Neck Proprietary section of the rest of the Hampshire County landmark articles accordingly since this would affect them all. Thank you again! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:34, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
Hello Ammodramus,
I am an avid reader, but just a once-in-a-while page editor, of Wikipedia. Moreover, German is my native language. But I felt the need to add the repair bill section to the Brasch article because:
1) The article is yet a stub. As I understand the concept behind Wikipedia, the way from a stub to a full-blown article must happen over adding content, revising, adding etc. It is cooler if someone with profound knowledge inserts huge chunks of content to a stub article, but for Mrs Brasch, this had obviously not been the case. IMHO the second-best way of expanding a stub article is to add content gradually, albeit this may lead to a patchy (patchy/unbalanced, NOT: biased!) look of the article, at times. In my humble opinion, adding this repair bill section is adding real and concise, albeit not ground-rocking, information and is "better than nothing".
2) As I do see it, this "repair bill" controversy is an important current topic in economy / society. It is linked with topics like consumer lock-in, sustainability etc. - Those wars are not only fought by and over WTO and National states, but also in the parliament houses of Nebraska and other U. S. states. Hence, Lydia Brasch is linked to a real, interesting controvery of our time.
3) The Business tactics of Apple Inc - from marketing to lobbying - in all its details are always well worth mentioning. My edit was mentioning a shady little lobbying action of Apple which contradicts, in a way, the sustainability pledges of the same company that they are so keen to see published all over. But light should also be shed on those actions of the world's most valuable company (by some rankings) for a balanced picture, don't you think?
Please give it a think.
Thanks tautau_anaue — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tautau anaue ( talk • contribs) 08:17, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello Ammodramus... I noticed your revert on Ben Sasse. I didn't realize currently is taboo per WP guidelines. Something about the original sentence seemed awkward to me which was why I tweaked it. Anyway, this is good to know. One learns something new every day! Foreignshore ( talk) 04:17, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Ammordramus. I read your posts at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elections and Referendums/Archive 7#Sources for opinion-poll tables and Talk:United States Senate election in Nebraska, 2014#"Regular format for polling" and was wondering if the matter was ever resolved. FWIW, I agree with your position. Was a consensus established either way? If the community is fine with embedding links this way, then I just drop it and move on. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 11:14, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi, i just created an article for Burwell Bridge, including one of your 2010 photos and a link to the commons category. However, upon comparison to the photo with the NRHP nomination, I think the original bridge has been completely replaced, though I am not positive. Could you possibly please take a look at it? -- do ncr am 20:33, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
If/when you get a chance, it would be great if you could take a look at Athletic Park Band Shell, where i tried to create a gallery using your photos, and perhaps fix it up. There is some display problem currently. The park benches and the water fountain and the light posts are actually contributing structures, so having multiple photos in this article is appropriate. Also if you could comment on how you want photos to appear, that would help me perhaps be better able to defer to your wishes. When I added left-justified photo thumbs in some other Nebraska NRHP articles, I noticed that you came by and deleted them, with comment that the text was not long enough to justify having them. My view is that right-justified photos in short NRHP articles are not helpful, because they appear only below the NRHP infobox, out of sight to readers. Of course having a longer text would make the whole article better probably and then there wouldn't be a photo spacing issue, but in my view some odd spacing is better than not having the photos. But perhaps {{ Gallery}} presentations are okay by you, so I have been trying those recently, but obviously there's something I don't have figured out about how to get them to display properly. Also I have been using {{ Commons category-inline}}, which I think is how you prefer. As always, i greatly appreciate your cumulatively huge number of high quality photos and am enjoying the fact that they enrich the writing experience for me, as well as serving readers. -- do ncr am 17:56, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello!
Any better idea on how to warn wiki readers about the risk of confusing Salem Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church in Axtell, Nebraska, with the (originally Swedish) Salem Lutheran Church in Axtell, Kansas? I figure, wether a wiki page for the latter church exists or not, there's a considerable risk visitors misinterpret the former article. -- Lejman ( talk) 17:07, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm Yassie, who write articles about American cities onto Japanese Wikipedia.
I like your photos of Nebraska, so I used one of those, File:Columbus, Nebraska 2500 block 13th St from SW.JPG as the top photo in the infobox for Columbus, Nebraska article on Japanese Wikipedia. Then, I'd like to request these photos:
Would you please take photos of those above when possible? Thanks in advance. Yassie ( talk) 13:22, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
I am not Ammodramus, but I was in the area and saw this request and figured I could save them some time at least for Scottsbluff. thumb|Looking south on Broadway in Scottsbluff.
Paltron ( talk) 00:15, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Except for one city I should get this weekend, mostly thanks to your efforts, I believe that Nebraska is effectively complete in photos for communities. I don't have any info to back this up but on quick spot searches of other states, I believe Nebraska to be one of the most complete regarding photos for communities, especially considering the size of the state and number of total communities. Thank you, Paltron ( talk) 12:26, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
A - I came across your plea to S and the reply. It's not churches now. There is an adequate article about my home town (to which I have contributed). Within the last month, S has created six new articles about aspects of the town (one for each (non-historic) school, the library, etc.). With errors and inappropriate references. Plus continuing to add content to the town article, which I then feel obligated to correct. I just sent a merge proposal to S, but given past history, I suspect that will be opposed. My only hope is that this article-creating obsession will move on to some other town. David notMD ( talk) 21:28, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
(To User:Kennethaw88) I've just uploaded some photos of an Italianate NRHP house in South Dakota to Commons. In the course of categorizing them, I discovered that last year, you moved the category "Italianate architecture in South Dakota" from "Architecture of South Dakota by style" to "Victorian architecture in South Dakota"; see diff.
I wonder whether this move was a good idea. It seems to me that it's making it more difficult for users to find the Italianate-architecture categories. In my case, at least, I looked at the architecture-by-style category, and was surprised not to see Italianate among the subcategories; I checked "Architecture of Nebraska by style", where I knew I'd populated an Italianate category, and didn't find it there either. It was only by typing "Italiante architecture..." into the search box that I discovered where it'd gone.
It also seems to me that "Victorian architecture" is more a temporal category than a stylistic one. Granted, certain styles were chiefly in vogue while Queen V was wielding the orb and scepter. However, should I win the lottery tomorrow and celebrate by commissioning myself an Italianate mansion, would it really be appropriate to call it Victorian?
I'd suggest restoring the Italianate categories directly to the by-style categories, without the intermediate Victorian category, both on grounds of user-friendliness and because the current arrangement seems to mix temporal and stylistic classifications. However, I assume that you had a good reason for your change, and it'd probably save work for both of us if we discuss it before I embark on a mass-revert campaign. Ammodramus ( talk) 13:13, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
I just noticed your past edit on Bea Benaderet; I had no idea the proper spelling was "free rein". Thanks for the fix. sixtynine • whaddya want? • 03:37, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
Sorry for not replying on my Talk page, was away for the summer. Thanks for getting that photo! Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney ( talk) 07:54, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Howdy. Do you really want to start an argument, to make 2 articles different from hundreds of others? Would you really want to spend your time on that? GoodDay ( talk) 04:02, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Ammodramus,
I'm a photo researcher with the Smithsonian Museum on Main Street and their is a photograph on your page and we would love to use for our upcoming exhibit called "Crossroads" Change in Rural America" https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Kupke_farmstead_from_SE_4.JPG
I am interested if you have at least an 8x10 300 dpi resolution? Please contact me at arteagap@si.edu to communicate. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.254.17 ( talk) 18:53, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
All due respect, but since Ricketts does own a piece of the team, he gets a piece of the ring.
It's like when 10 people chip in to buy Mega Millions tickets, and win the big jackpot...they all share in the winnings.
The team is a family owned entity, thus they all share in any accolades the team gets...they pay the bills, thus they get whatever benefit that comes from it.
Vjmlhds (talk) 19:46, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
George Meisner House is more troublesome than other NE NRHPs. I was trying to remove it from "NRIS-only" and otherwise improve it but can't find the NRHP nomination document which apparently was once available at Nebraska Historical Society, but is not findable through their map-based index. And their county-based lists are gone? Perhaps relatedly, it is identified as "address restricted" in National Register of Historic Places listings in Buffalo County, Nebraska, although it does not look like the kind of property which should be address restricted, and I don't see anything else indicating it should be. You must have known where it is. Can you ethically add coordinates to the article, or anything else, I wonder? Cheers, -- Doncram ( talk) 16:44, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
I am the Editor for the Burlington Route Historical Society's Burlington Bulletin and we are featuring Grand Island in our next issue. I would like to use your 2015 image of the Express building and depot, and even though you've made this a public domain image, I would like to give you credit for the image. You mail contact me directly at Editor@BurlingtonRoute.org. Thanks! BRHSEditor ( talk) 18:39, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Looking through the history of a number of Nebraska-related articles (which I am interested in), I see that you are a long-time and valuable editor. I appreciate the content you're adding, so thank you. I notice on your talk page that you mention going through microfilm... are you aware of the Nebraska newspaper project? Not very helpful for more recent things, such as the 1990 governor election, but certainly for late 1800s/early 1900s, I've found it very helpful. It's especially helpful because they have put most (all?) entries through OCR, so it's searchable rather than entirely manual, as with microfilm. Also, you might consider getting newspaper access through WP:LIBRARY, if you so desire. Anyway, thank you! (Side note: I noticed that you contributed often to Willa Cather in the past; I've nominated it for GA, which I think it deserves. Thought you might enjoy that.) Urve ( talk) 22:24, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
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