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A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark
John Rocque's maps of London were published in 1746. A French-born British surveyor and cartographer, John Rocque produced two maps of London and the surrounding area. The better known of these, depicted here, is a 24-sheet map of the City of London and the surrounding area, surveyed by Rocque and engraved by John Pine and titled A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark. Rocque combined two surveying techniques: he made a ground-level survey with a compass and a physical metal chain – the unit of length also being the chain. Compass bearings were taken of the lines measured. He also created a triangulation network over the entire area to be covered by taking readings from church towers and similar high places using a theodolite made by Jonathan Sisson (the inventor of the telescopic-sighted theodolite) to measure the observed angle between two other prominent locations. The process was repeated from point to point. This image depicts all 24 sheets of Rocque's map.Map credit: John Rocque and John Pine
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Hi Smallbones: Thank you for your contributions, too!! Seth Kinman would so NOT be the same without you! Hope to see you again someday! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 19:45, 1 November 2015 (UTC) reply

Precious anniversary

Three years ago ...
fight with love
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:31, 26 March 2016 (UTC) reply

Four years now! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:10, 26 March 2017 (UTC) reply

Thanking you again Gerda! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 22:04, 26 March 2017 (UTC) reply
Seven years now! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:25, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply

Blog notability

ping @ Binksternet: Respectfully wish your help with something here because I have been contacted offline by someone wishing to start a page about a local blog of news/etc. I looked around and didn't find any notable blogs of less than millions of readers and was wondering if you could put link to and/or provide guidance on the notability of blogs, specifically one like the one of interest? I don't find two reliable secondary sources about it and I live in the area, so I would assume I would be able to do so. It looks like mostly a press-release regurgitator with some form of automated pages for the road information and all the public record stuff. Also I have asked the someone to define their paid/unpaid relationship to the company "Lost Coast Communications" which has only a template because they own some local radio stations, see [1]. The local radio stations of course have entries, but there is apparently no entry for the parent organization at present. Nor am I aware of the notability of entities which own radio stations. Thanking you again for your help and thanks also for leaving your reply here where the archiving will be slower and the chance of a newcomer finding your reply much greater. Cheers! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 16:21, 29 September 2016 (UTC) reply

I'm in the same boat. I looked around and didn't find even one reliable independent source discussing Lost Coast Outpost. Of course, WP:GNG requires multiple third party sources, so we are woefully short on notability. Binksternet ( talk) 17:11, 29 September 2016 (UTC) reply
Thank you! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 15:31, 30 September 2016 (UTC) reply
ping @ Binksternet: The draft /info/en/?search=Draft:Lost_Coast_Outpost was declined. Ellin Beltz ( talk) 17:03, 3 October 2016 (UTC) reply
Yes, I put that draft on my watchlist a few days ago when I was taking a look around the wiki for our Lost Coast friends. I would have declined it, too, for lack of reliable secondary sources discussing the topic in depth and thus establishing notability. Binksternet ( talk) 19:27, 3 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Autopatrolled granted

Hi Ellin Beltz, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 10:26, 7 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Hi Kudpung: Thank you very much!! I am getting ready to put up more accounts for the buildings in the Ferndale Historical District and being autopatrolled is a great honor! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 18:29, 7 February 2018 (UTC) reply


Review of Ferndale Museum

Hi Ellin. I noticed that you were likely the creator of the Ferndale Museum article. I'm an unpaid volunteer there that has edited that article somewhat extensively to get it updated. Since I'm a "connected contributor", I would appreciate your review of the article, and if you are so inclined, to remove the COI tag. Best regards to you. Countercheck ( talk) 20:33, 10 March 2023 (UTC) reply

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A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark
John Rocque's maps of London were published in 1746. A French-born British surveyor and cartographer, John Rocque produced two maps of London and the surrounding area. The better known of these, depicted here, is a 24-sheet map of the City of London and the surrounding area, surveyed by Rocque and engraved by John Pine and titled A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark. Rocque combined two surveying techniques: he made a ground-level survey with a compass and a physical metal chain – the unit of length also being the chain. Compass bearings were taken of the lines measured. He also created a triangulation network over the entire area to be covered by taking readings from church towers and similar high places using a theodolite made by Jonathan Sisson (the inventor of the telescopic-sighted theodolite) to measure the observed angle between two other prominent locations. The process was repeated from point to point. This image depicts all 24 sheets of Rocque's map.Map credit: John Rocque and John Pine
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Congratulations on 5,000,000 articles

for all your contributions, thank you.

Smallbones( smalltalk) 13:30, 1 November 2015 (UTC) reply

Hi Smallbones: Thank you for your contributions, too!! Seth Kinman would so NOT be the same without you! Hope to see you again someday! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 19:45, 1 November 2015 (UTC) reply

Precious anniversary

Three years ago ...
fight with love
... you were recipient
no. 436 of Precious,
a prize of QAI!

-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:31, 26 March 2016 (UTC) reply

Four years now! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:10, 26 March 2017 (UTC) reply

Thanking you again Gerda! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 22:04, 26 March 2017 (UTC) reply
Seven years now! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 07:25, 26 March 2020 (UTC) reply

Blog notability

ping @ Binksternet: Respectfully wish your help with something here because I have been contacted offline by someone wishing to start a page about a local blog of news/etc. I looked around and didn't find any notable blogs of less than millions of readers and was wondering if you could put link to and/or provide guidance on the notability of blogs, specifically one like the one of interest? I don't find two reliable secondary sources about it and I live in the area, so I would assume I would be able to do so. It looks like mostly a press-release regurgitator with some form of automated pages for the road information and all the public record stuff. Also I have asked the someone to define their paid/unpaid relationship to the company "Lost Coast Communications" which has only a template because they own some local radio stations, see [1]. The local radio stations of course have entries, but there is apparently no entry for the parent organization at present. Nor am I aware of the notability of entities which own radio stations. Thanking you again for your help and thanks also for leaving your reply here where the archiving will be slower and the chance of a newcomer finding your reply much greater. Cheers! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 16:21, 29 September 2016 (UTC) reply

I'm in the same boat. I looked around and didn't find even one reliable independent source discussing Lost Coast Outpost. Of course, WP:GNG requires multiple third party sources, so we are woefully short on notability. Binksternet ( talk) 17:11, 29 September 2016 (UTC) reply
Thank you! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 15:31, 30 September 2016 (UTC) reply
ping @ Binksternet: The draft /info/en/?search=Draft:Lost_Coast_Outpost was declined. Ellin Beltz ( talk) 17:03, 3 October 2016 (UTC) reply
Yes, I put that draft on my watchlist a few days ago when I was taking a look around the wiki for our Lost Coast friends. I would have declined it, too, for lack of reliable secondary sources discussing the topic in depth and thus establishing notability. Binksternet ( talk) 19:27, 3 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Autopatrolled granted

Hi Ellin Beltz, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 10:26, 7 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Hi Kudpung: Thank you very much!! I am getting ready to put up more accounts for the buildings in the Ferndale Historical District and being autopatrolled is a great honor! Ellin Beltz ( talk) 18:29, 7 February 2018 (UTC) reply


Review of Ferndale Museum

Hi Ellin. I noticed that you were likely the creator of the Ferndale Museum article. I'm an unpaid volunteer there that has edited that article somewhat extensively to get it updated. Since I'm a "connected contributor", I would appreciate your review of the article, and if you are so inclined, to remove the COI tag. Best regards to you. Countercheck ( talk) 20:33, 10 March 2023 (UTC) reply

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