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August 2007–May 2010 Information

The more I thought about it, the more I began to think that either Richard Hawes or George W. Johnson (Civil War) needs to be FA for Confederate government of Kentucky to pass FT. Hawes is the obvious choice, as Johnson only lived to be 50, held only two political offices, and spent most of his life as a farmer. The GA reviewer of the Hawes article recommended an FA run anyway, so we'll see what happens. If consensus shows that there isn't enough information available about Hawes to meet FA's comprehensiveness requirement, at least we'll have justification for leaving it at GA status when we start the FT nom. You can keep track of the nom by watching Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Richard Hawes. I can already hear the screams about page numbers echoing through my head. Am I glutton for punishment or what? Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 17:14, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Confederate government of Kentucky is FA! Check out WP:FA under History. User:SandyGeorgia put the FA star on the article page, and her edit summary said that a bot would update the talk page. Thanks for the help. Let's hope Richard Hawes goes smoother. Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 20:40, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Richard Hawes passed with no opposition! Never had that happen before. We're in the home stretch now; only an FT nom to go. I've started it here. Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 23:17, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Looks like we're in for it again. I may be wrong on this, but this first oppose looks like another one who is hostile to the subject itself. His insistence on putting "members" and "government" in quotation marks in his opposition makes me wonder. Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 21:40, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Not sure how long FT noms generally take. I've never done one before. The "votes" are 3 to 1 in support at this point, so maybe a couple more supports would be enough. I'm going to give it a little bit longer, then I may post it at WP:Louisville to see if we can pick up some more opinions. Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 22:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

FYI, User:Arctic Gnome has indicated to me that he will promote this topic barring any additional oppose votes in the next couple of days. The end is in sight! Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 15:05, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

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Hello, I removed the above image from the article and replaced it with a photo of the grave that I took today. I live in Georgetown, Kentucky and will be happy to make photos of local or state landmarks. Just let me know if you need anything else. Take care, FloNight ♥♥♥ 23:04, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

While we let the FT nom marinate ad nauseum, another editor and I have proposed a new featured article collaboration that I think you'll be interested in. Check it out here. Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 12:00, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

I found a pretty good book on UK basketball history that was published in 1984. It'll take me a while to exhaust the facts from it, so if you and WildManKY would like to focus on the period from 1984 to the present, that would probably be most helpful. If we can get some information for every period, then we can expand and refine it. Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 13:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I think it will take quite a while to chronicle the greatest college basketball program of all time! Enjoy your vacation; we'll be waiting when you get back. :) Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 20:43, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! There was no need - it was purely mechanical work to fill in a late evening. You might also be aware of the idea at the WP:KY talk page of a template to save time in citing common works. I have shamelessly stolen a template format to do a mockup at Template: Ref Kentucky, and am interested in your view on it and whether it would be likely to be used. It is currently a couple of historical works but could be expanded to any number and type of text. Comments, criticisms welcome. Euryalus 03:40, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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Hi there, your Kentucky Portal banner is a piece of art! Can you make a banner like this for Tennessee, too? The TN Portal was just kicked off and a great impression would be perfect. Flag left, State Quarter right, images in the middle. Can you do that without much ado? doxTxob \  ^talk 06:10, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Hallo! Wow, that looks perfect to me. That is such a good idea, a collection of images to introduce the portal. Thank you so much for your time and efforts!!! doxTxob \  ^talk 18:38, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I just noticed your banner creation request at the Graphics Lab Do you want me to add text? Make you a new banner? I didn't quite understand your original request. Name the images and the text you want on the banner. XcepticZP ( talk) 07:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

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Hi there, I was wondering if you would be so kind as to make a banner for Portal:Ohio, similar to Portal Tennessee and Portal Kentucky. I've tried a number of times and failed pretty badly. Thank you for your time. §tepshep • ¡Talk to me! 21:30, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much! §tepshep • ¡Talk to me! 19:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

That is awesome beyond belief! You rock! §tepshep • ¡Talk to me! 19:44, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I've checked in on your edit history from time to time to see if you were still around. Glad to see you back. I'm still trudging through these governor articles and finding little diversions on the way. I basically single-handedly put together another featured topic on the Beauchamp-Sharp Tragedy, Wikipedia's first law featured topic. If all goes well, the main article from that topic will be on the home page July 7.

I've pitched an idea to User:Willking1979 (a nice guy; you should say hi) about starting with the current governor and working backward, taking them to at least GA status. He's a stickler about BLPs, and I'm much better at writing about old, dead guys. If I ever hope to make Governors of Kentucky a good topic, I've got to get the still-living guys too. Acdixon ^{( talk • contribs • count)} 21:25, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi! As you have created File:2 Infantry Div SSI.svg, I was wondering, if you could make also a patch of 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (former 3. Brigade, 2nd Inf.Div.)? I wrote an article on brigade on sl WP and for FA status I would need patch. Regards, -- Klemen Kocjancic ( talk) 11:00, 12 May 2010 (UTC)