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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Eamon Beginners Cave.png

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[edit] {{coor title dm}}

Have you concidered using the {{coor title dm}} template instead of {{coor}}? In my oppinion, that one is better for at least some of the articles you have been creating. Anothor possiblity yet is to use the {{coord}} template. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 12:26, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Geography Barnstar
For making decent stubs about various places in Indiana I've never heard of. Kannie | talk 02:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] All those little towns in Indiana

Are you familiar with DeLorme's Atlas and Gazetteer series? If not, I'd recommend that you buy the Indiana edition: it's only twenty dollars, and it will help you do an even better job with all those little communities that you're working with. Nyttend (talk) 13:34, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] City of ___ Township, Kansas

I know I've asked before, but where again is your source for the "City of ___ Township"s in Kansas? For example, with La Harpe, the citydata.com link is nonexistent, while the Humboldt link here is for Humboldt Township, Allen County, Kansas. Moreover, I can find references to other townships in the GNIS (look here for an example), but nothing about a "City of ___ Township". Nyttend (talk) 04:58, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Moreover, second-class cities (and presumably first-class cities) are, unlike third-class cities, not within any township, according to §14-101 of the Kansas Statutes. I'm guessing that there's some error here. Nyttend (talk) 05:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Brisco

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[edit] Kansas Townships

You're on a roll. Keep it up. Wikipedia has 2,200,000 articles (approx.), and you created 1,100,000 of them. Basketball110 the pages I've messed up completely 03:46, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Didn't realize it was that strange. Hmmm... great work anyway. Basketball110 the pages I've messed up completely 05:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Old maps

The 1878 atlas maps you've added for towns like Americus, Indiana and Romney, Indiana are great! That sort of addition really spruces up an article and provides some useful context too. Omnedon (talk) 22:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] All those Kansas townships

Just curious: are you planning to do a township article for Leoti and Kiowa Counties? Each county has just one township. Nyttend (talk) 20:13, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

That's a good question. In the case of Kiowa County, it appears that the Kiowa rural township was created in 1990 as part of a governmental reorganization. There's no Leoti County, but Wichita County has a Leoti Township that may be a result of similar reorganization. Assuming that those counties consider the newly coextensive townships distinct and extant, then I'll probably create the relevant articles and note in both the township and county articles the nature of their relationship. Huwmanbeing ☀★ 21:52, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
I was looking quickly at the map, not paying attention. I did mean Wichita County :-) It sounds like a good idea: consider the "City of ___" townships in Iowa; and they're definitely recognised entities. You could go right now and create the articles, since surely it wouldn't be super-demanding to do SO MANY townships for each county! Nyttend (talk) 22:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
True, those two counties will certainly be the easiest of the state. :-) Huwmanbeing ☀★ 03:01, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for adding the townships of Douglas County, Kansas. I've been wanted to add them but you beat me to it. Now I just have to add onto them. Again, thanks!! Bhall87 (talk) 17:10, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

You're quite welcome! I'm aiming to make articles for all the townships in Kansas; so far I'm about a third of the way through the list. Huwmanbeing ☀★ 19:11, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
For Hamilton County, you added a link for Melvern Township, which (unlike the other seven townships listed) is a redlink. Is it not really one of the townships, or misspelled perhaps? Or simply that you've not created the article yet? Nyttend (talk) 23:37, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Ah sorry, didn't mean to make you think I was at all concerned or confused about the idea of a redlink; I was just surprised that the rest had all been created, but this one wasn't. Now I'm curious: where did you find the name "Melvern" in the first place? The main Census map lists it as Medway, and it's so listed on the county page. I don't have any other sources of information myself; the GNIS sources (which I use rather often) I take as authoritative, and the Census map source in my mind only confirms that the correct name is Medway. Thanks for the reply! Nyttend (talk) 14:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Actually, I meant: you initially listed it as Melvern on the template; where was your source for finding that name? Nyttend (talk) 13:20, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! One thing I wonder, rather off topic: your signature appears to me to be Huwmanbeing ☀ ★. The links to your talk page and contributions work; but what is actually where my computer sees little boxes? Nyttend (talk) 18:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Look at http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html: the township was still Medway in the summer of 2006. Nyttend (talk) 19:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

My point is that you don't see it. You also don't see most other townships in the state: my point is that it's not listed, so we know that it didn't change between 2000 and 2006. Nyttend (talk) 19:42, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
I believe that it was a change in the past, and the GNIS is more uptodate than the other websites. Check the Melvern citation on the GNIS page: it was collected during Phase I data compilation (1976-1981), while township data was most recently compiled just last month, whatever that means. It seems that it was Melvern when the data was first entered in 1978 and has been changed to Medway at some point since then. Nyttend (talk) 03:07, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I can confirm that it's been updated from Melvern to Medway. Look at this website (hopefully it goes corrently; it's the "USGS The National Map" in the Mapping Services box on the right side of the GNIS entry): the official USGS map from the 1970s displays Melvern; on the other hand, the page updated this year reads Medway. I think we can be certain that it was a name change in the past from Melvern to Medway. Nyttend (talk) 03:15, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Numbered townships

Nebraska has a few numbered townships; see Township 1, Washington County, Nebraska as an example. I think this name format sounds better; it would make more sense to drop the "Number" from the Harper County townships (i.e. Township 1, Harper County, Kansas). How does this sound to you? Nyttend (talk) 04:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and I see that you replied to two things: I didn't see the reply to this until after I replied down below. I wasn't aware that there was a distinction in the sources; thanks for demonstrating that! I think I'll go and create "number"-less redirects for the Kansas ones. Nyttend (talk) 17:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Boxes

I prefer to have big maps; the 180 I find better. However, I don't find extra work better; it seems like most of them are at 100, and that seems sufficient. The closer you get to 180 the better, I suppose; if you'd like to see 120, and you're willing to do it, I won't complain. Nyttend (talk) 17:52, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Marshall County

I've created an article on one Marshall County township (Rock), because an infobox for it was wrongly placed on another article. Would you be willing/able to turn to Marshall County first when next you go creating Kansas township articles? Nyttend (talk) 14:39, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I should be to that point very soon. Huwmanbeing ☀★ 21:53, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Marion, Indiana

Wow dude, you need a life. Why are you so obssessed with the Marion page? You're not even from the town. Have you appointed yourself guardian of Marion history? Sorry, but Marion doesn't need a whole section devoted to the hanging of two murderers. Fact is, I'm going to keep deleting it. The rest of the page is fine, but Marion's name has been through the mud enough because of this, and frankly, I'm sick of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marion Giant 1999 (talk • contribs) 02:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Mentioning both positive and negative historical events hardly equates to dragging through the mud. Wikipedia would be a pretty poor source of information if it cut everything that might be perceived as negative or construed as reflecting badly on something. :-) Huwmanbeing ☀★ 13:35, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Indiana Barnstar
For all of your diligent and high-quality work on so many Indiana articles, I hereby award you the Indiana Barnstar. :-) Omnedon (talk) 22:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Omnedon! You certainly deserve one of these too, for all your efforts on township articles, county templates, etc. Huwmanbeing ☀★ 12:56, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] AfD nomination of Donald Brown (programmer)

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[edit] Image:Iris flowers (Indiana).png

Thought you'd might like to know that one of your photographs has been nominated as a possible QI. Cheers, Arria Belli | parlami 12:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Cool, thanks for the heads up! Huwmanbeing ☀★ 16:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Doctor Who newsletter, March 2008

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[edit] SB

(Poor old Tosh.) The problem is that there is no simple way to determine if a template is a navbox, or succession template. Separately there is a case for putting footnoted references after navboxen. I will review the situation however. Rich Farmbrough 21:14 4 April 2008 (UTC).

OK I have put a fix in for this run which allows for a template ending in "county" or state names, and an otional "coor" type template after that but before the cats. Rich Farmbrough, 21:51 4 April 2008 (GMT).

Thanks for the alteration to the references placement! Will the bot revisit those geographic articles previously edited? Huwmanbeing ☀★ 02:22, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Not sure. Rich Farmbrough, 19:29 6 April 2008 (GMT).

[edit] Extra apostrophe in your articles

Hey, in your articles about the townships, you are putting the name like this: XXX Township', such that an apostrophe shows up at the end of the name in bold. You need to have just three apostrophes on both sides of the name. I noticed this was the case in at least three articles you've just created, and figured it was a typo that's being copied and pasted over and over. Aleta Sing 21:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Lafayette

I've noticed your many Lafayette edits and have a few comments:


I appreciate the point you're trying to make; however, does it really need to be made every single time Lafayette's name is mentioned? It looks like essentially the same block of text has been copied verbatim into scores of pages, which seems quite redundant; instead you could just link to the article on Lafayette and give a fuller explain of the usage of his title there.


Secondly, the confrontational nature of your edits are unfortunate: you suggest that anyone who uses Lafayette's original title must be "ignorant", a "revisionist", or an "enemy" of Lafayette. Please bear in mind that Wikipedia requires its editors to assume good faith on the part of others, and name-calling really doesn't square with that. If someone disagrees with you, it may be because they have a valid concern.


Finally, I have to question some aspects of your premise, that one should never refer to the "Marquis". Though he did indeed renounce his title, that doesn't alter the fact that he did for some time bear the title. To cite a very similar example, Wikipedia has an article on Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. Did the editor who named that article err? No. Edward VIII abdicated the throne and renounced his title in 1937, at which point he ceased to be Edward VIII (and instead became Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor). His reign lasted less than a year. However, continuing to refer to him using his kingly title acknowledges the historical fact that he was the king. I don't question that Lafayette disliked hearing his title after his renunciation of it, but personal feelings aren't the standard here.


I also question the assertion that using the title "Marquis" amounts to historical revisionism. How is it revisionist to say he was a marquis when he was for part of his life a marquis? Huwmanbeing ☀★ 12:25, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Dear Huwmanbeing, Your first point is valid but unfortunately references were demanded on each by Nyttend. Are you friends? Are you calling Niles a non-credible reference? Many American historians, old and new, would beg to disagree. Why does this reference bother you so much?
Your 2nd and 3rd points are partially valid, but only in the obvious past tense usage of marquis in references before June 1790 (when Lafayette permanently renounced the title) and never appropriate in a present tense usage such as in a current Encyclopedia (and especially when it is well known Lafayette loathed that title, as did most of his friends and most Americans).
The 1824 quote (below) from Niles (to Americans) makes this point very clear. You seem to have a bias and are very fond of British aristocratic practices (citing, exactly like Nyttend did in his edits?) Are you a loyal constitutional republican (American or French)? , or are you Monarchist?, neo-aristocrat? I assume "good faith", but if you are biased toward the latter, I cannot be of service, nor do I have the time for an endless debate discussing aristocratic vs. republican cultures. I would rather part as friends and agree to disagree.
Also, please see J.Q. Adams December 1834 Eulogy on "Gilbert Motier De Lafayette" given to U.S. Congress. Adams never makes those ignorant present tense errors. Why defame someone like Lafayette with inappropriate name-calling when it isn't at all necessary in the present tense, especially when it historically skews their reputation? Your sentence above (now in bold) seems to say you want to make a sport of unnecessary defamation?
I don't wish to offend anyone when I use the word ignorant, but anyone who uses the 2-word form "La Fayette" is acting in pure ignorance. But what naming currently appears in the current General Lafayette title block? Any real Lafayette scholar who has read his many 100s of letters, has seen his original, hand-written birth certificate, and has seen his grave stone knows this ignorance well! Please confer with the following reference before continuing your argument to protect the ignorant. (cf. Gottschalk, Louis, Lafayette Comes to America, 1935, pp. 153-154, titled, Lafayette, LaFayette, or La Fayette?)
Sometimes it is necessary to charitably point out ignorance and bias in order to encourage them to continually improve. I'm certain the other editors, who know me well, would not accuse me of name-calling as you have in this case. Thankyou for your comments.
--Squiretuck (talk) 23:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: PNG v JPG

Hi. Um, I just assumed that since the screenshot had a fair amount of color information, more like a photo than the usual screenshot, a JPG would be the better format. I understand that, because PNG is lossless and JPG is not, some noise would come in, but I'd imagine that the file size would be greatly decreased if made a JPG. Because of that, and because of the fact that the resolution should be decreased (it is a fair-use image), I would say that the loss in quality would be worth it. However, it isn't my image, so do with it what you wish. It was just a suggestion. -Platypus Man | Talk 03:03, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] Wikicookie

I am awarding you this WikiCookie for your constructive edits on Wikipedia--LAAFan 16:24, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] SoftSide Magazine

I'm afraid I do not know of any comprehensive or even partial listing of the software published in SoftSide. I will offer some information, which, albeit I am a primary source and hence unsuitable for Wikipedia, may help you in researching your article. During my tenure at SoftSide (1982-1983), Roger Robitaille's role was publisher; Randal L. Kottwitz was the editor. Mr. Kottwitz has since returned to his native Nebraska. There was a sister organization, TRS/HardSide, that sold hardware for the TRS-80. One of the factors leading to the demise of the organization was an endeavor by Mr. Robitaille to develop Envyrn, an ambitious project to build scalable fantasy maps. Think Google Maps, but fantasy, and on 1980s hardware. It was terribly innovative, but terribly beyond the capabilities of microcomputers of the era. In closing, I would describe SoftSide as a computer-software hobbyist magazine, not a programmer's magazine. If you have further questions, you may email me at softside@fredcondo.net. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fred Condo (talk • contribs) 06:30, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Back to the townships

Just curious: do you have plans for creating more Kansas and Iowa townships? Nyttend (talk) 21:28, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply; I hope the question wasn't a problem. By the way, Omnedon and I have begun moving the Minnesota townships to include their county names; I don't know if you'd be interested in participating but thought you might be interested in hearing about it. Nyttend backup (talk) 13:07, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question

My summer job is working in a church archive, and I just discovered that the church owns title to a piece of property used as a cemetery. When you created all those township pages some months ago, you included bits on cemeteries located in the townships. Did you get those from their individual cemetery GNIS pages, or from somewhere else? I should be able to find the cemetery in the GNIS (if it starts working today!), but I'd like to have information from as many sources as possible to report to my supervisors. Nyttend (talk) 16:23, 13 June 2008 (UTC)