User talk:Ebyabe/Archive 16

U.S. Post Office (Patchogue, New York) revisited

I finally got to add that image for the Post Office building in Patchogue, New York. Would this upgrade the article from a stub by any chance? If not, you'd still have to admit it's a nice image. ----DanTD (talk) 03:57, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

new nhl map

I wonder if you could take a look at wp:NHLs 2008, a sandbox in process. Talk further in its talk page? Hey, if it is not very hard for you to create a new map now, it would be great if you could make a map to illustrate this list-article and perhaps to illustrate a wikinews article on the announcement, when it happens. doncram (talk) 19:55, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I tried something quickie with {{Location map+}}. The results can be seen here. The one downside is that one can't make the dots linkable, only the labels. And if you have a bunch of dots close together, the labels get squished together. I guess it's the harder way, then. Still, there's enough time before the announcement, eh? So it can be worked on it bits. I think it's do-able. Cheers! --Ebyabe (talk) 01:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Sailors Snug Harbor

do you have a minute to come back and help figure out how to handle this article?Elan26 (talk) 20:59, 15 July 2008 (UTC)Elan26

Jat people

Hi pleased to meet you. Thank you very much for your help and reverting the vandal and internet troll attacks on the Jat people article. I have been keeping a close eye on the article over the last 12 months and the Jat people article has been prone to many racist internet troll & vandal attacks. The reason why this has and is happening is because it is about ethnic group that is prone to many racist attacks. Many of the anon racist attack are by anon ips and newly created vandal/troll wiki attack accounts. Please can you put the article in your wikipedia watchlist (Help:Watching pages) and revert anon ips and newly created vandal/troll attack changes. Personally I think the article needs semi-protection like the Jewish people article. Finally, thank you very much for your help and reverting the vandal and internet troll attacks on the Jat people article, please continue giving your anti-vandalism help on the Jat people article. Thank you.--James smith2 (talk) 02:54, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. I thought I had it on my watchlist already but it wasn't, so I added it. I watch the Khatri article, and tend to check the other edits vandals make, since they usually don't stop at messing up one article. Ironically, the reason I watch those articles is b/c of another vandal who tends to also use the same New York City Library System computers. That one adds odd unsourced info to baseball articles, but has mostly stopped. Finally. Anyway, good luck and such, and we'll do what we can. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 00:16, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

List of museums in Florida

I commend what you have done with pictures throughout Florida & elsewhere, but I reversed the image column you added to the List of museums in Florida. There was consensus achieved to not add an image column to the state museums tables when we broke out the states into individual lists as discussed in Talk:List of museums in the United States. Sorry about that. FieldMarine (talk) 02:16, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't see that. :( I figured if it worked for all the National Register lists, it'd work for the museums list. 'S OK. --Ebyabe (talk) 14:53, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

In any case, thanks, Ebyabe, for handling the many loose ends and errors I've been leaving behind in my recent effort to expand the list. I promise to take greater care! Tim Ross (talk) 10:50, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

No prob. Copyediting is one of my strong points. Plus often a different set of eyes can be of help. Between us and FieldMarine, we'll get 'er done. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 15:40, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Various things

Hi, Thanks four recent message about getting images of the Zola Neale Hurston House. I'm not in a position right now to do much in the way of new photographing. I can't even do the ones within a few miles of my house. The Hurston House is maybe 15 miles away and is not in the safest neighborhood, so I would be hesitant to go there alone. But who knows, I may find someone willing to help.

On another note, I saw your comment about commons on the NRHP project talkpage. I just did an article on Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington) and the is a commons categoy under the incorrect title of Category:7th Church of Christ Scientist (Seattle). CS churches always spell out First, Second, etc., and always add City AND State regardless of size. How do I go about getting commons change to match or is it worth the hassle? Many thanks. clariosophic (talk) 22:08, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I understand. The Howard Thurman House was like that; I took the pics without getting out of the car. As far as the category move, you can request it here. They were able to do all these, so I'd think moving one shouldn't be too hard. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 00:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter (July 2008)

• Newsletter delivery by xenobot 12:56, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Another Liebman impostor...

...showed up on my page today, again invoking your name. I reported it to Wknight94. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 15:12, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Not once, but twice. I just wish I understood what he thinks he's accomplishing doing that. Of course, then I'd be as loony as him! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 22:44, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Precisely. If you get to the point where you understand why... don't tell me! Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 23:33, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Meetup

Wikipedia:Meetup/Tampa -- You're invited! Hires an editor (talk) 14:03, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

NHLs 2008 map, and upcoming anniversary

Hi i didn't see your reply about the map of 2008 NHL nominations. I just copied your work over into a template "Template:NHLs2008map" so i could include it over at wp:NHLs 2008, just added there. Thanks! I think it certainly works for showing the USA distribution, though the labels don't work in the northeast. Perhaps it modified to show dots but not labels in the northeast, plus a closer-in map of the northeast, done similarly, might work? I don't know if a closer-in map is available.

Also, i had noticed some time back in your talk page, that you were wondering about doing something for anniversary of wp:NRHP. I could be into helping out on something. I still don't grok what purpose a portal can serve, and would still welcome any pointers to example portals that are believed to work well for wikiprojects or for some other purpose. But, keying off the bios list included in your draft portal, for this anniversary what about creating a list-article of NRHP VIPs. To include architects associated with many NRHPs, and U.S. presidents or NPS administrators highly associated with the NRHP program, or just architects with tallies of their NRHP counts? Note, i tallied architects in intro to List of NHLs in NY. We could create a list in a sandbox area, and propose it for DYK to be displayed on wp:NRHP anniversary day (not too hard, but not guaranteed). Or, develop it towards Featured List, and ask for it to be featured on that day (harder). Or, perhaps it would be better to do a drive to get several regular NRHP and/or NHL lists to Featured List status, rather than diverting to something about architects. Actually, a drive to get several lists to FL status, and then to ask that one of those be featured on wp:NRHP day, seems perhaps best because it is on-topic. Having pushed the 4th of July drive, i don't necessarily want to be the one proposing a new drive right now, but I would be a likely supporter/participant. The 4th of July drive seems to have been a good experience for many. Cheers, doncram (talk) 17:35, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

U.S. Route 1 to U.S. 1

Hi! I've noticed you've been doing some editing, mostly involving replacing "U.S. Route 1" with "U.S. 1" in some form or another. Most in the road community prefer "US" instead of "U.S." when abbreviating in pipe links and elsewhere. There have been a few instances where there was "US 15/U.S. 1/US 501" (eg) in the same line, and once where every other pipe link was "U.S. Route XX" and then there was "U.S. 1" (that's AWB for ya). I, and we, greatly appreciate the editing and the redirection of links to the appropriate state articles, and this is just to give you a heads up as you may not be familiar with this yet. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me! Thanks again, --MPD ^{T / C} 18:55, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Another instance, for La Plata, Maryland obscures the point made: Route 1 is about 20 miles to the west, on the other side of the Potomac River. That's the alternative to Route 301 through La Plata. The Maryland portion of Route 1 is generally much further away than that. Tedickey (talk) 00:35, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

NRHP

Hi, Thank you for pointing out NRHP to me. I responded previously on my talk page but forgot to respond here. I'm still reading in bits & pieces and watching the group currently to gain insight. The specific list for North Carolina is a daunting list of mostly redlinks. It may take some time to get my wikiplatter cleared but I believe that I would be interested in helping. For the time being, "lurker in learning" might be my status. Cheers, ⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 14:35, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry, many of the state lists are heavy on the redlinks. North Carolina, huh? Very pretty state, though I've only ever spent a total of three days in it. Seen Franklin, Cashiers, the Cherohala Skyway and I-95. Lucky you. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 00:32, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Sumter County Courthouse (Florida) revisited

Did you know that I was hours away from taking an earlier requested picture of the Sumter County Courthouse (Florida), until I saw that you already too that one a few days ago? You just saved me a bit of a trip, although I'm still going to jump to Pasco County and then to Citrus via I-75 in Sumter County tomorrow. ----DanTD (talk) 03:10, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for posting the image in the article. You're right it does look like the Lightner in style. Best wishes. clariosophic (talk) 21:34, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Went roadtripping Saturday and Sunday. Lots more photos to upload, but thought I'd do these right off. I was surprised at the Moorishness of the old courthouse. Very nice condition, too. Also revisited several places I'd got photos of previously, but not as good quality as I wanted. Improved on that, doncha know. Back to sorting thru for more uploadage. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 22:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Cockeyed picture (that isn't)

Hi. Your photo, Image:Orlando Lake Eola Heights Hist Dist01.jpg, looks cockeyed to me. I downloaded it and discovered that it isn't. However, if you crop it a bit tighter, so that the chimney on the left is omitted (and an equivalent amount on the bottom and right) it looks right, at least to me. Just a suggestion...

Also, the Image:Dixiehwyhastings1.jpg image on your user page at Commons looks exactly like a road I drove once called the "old Brick Road", between Rt 204 near Flagler Estates and the little town of Espanola, west of Lehigh Woods. If you have a Florida Delorme, it's on p. 68, bottom center. I'm just curious-- is this the same road? Or are there really two old brick roads that look just the same? -- Mwanner | Talk 21:29, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey! I think you're right, and it's a bit of an optical illusion. But the ground may have been tilted, too, but I can't really remember. I'll play around with the photo and see how it turns out.

Yes, that is the Dixie Highway-Hastings, Espanola and Bunnell Road. I got shots from the north end, near Hastings, and the south, near Espanola. You can't go more than a mile or two in from either end, unless you have an ATV, b/c the road's not in very good condition. Still, at least it still exists. And I love my Delorme. I've used it extensively in my photo roadtrips. I don't know how I managed without it before. Good on you, btw, for all the photos you've taken. Keep it up, dude! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 23:03, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, you actually can take it the whole length (though I guess in or after heavy rains it might not be wise). We drove the whole thing in a Toyota minivan (2 wd) back in 2004, and we saw a bunch of pickup trucks on it too. That was not one of DeLorme's finest hours, as they showed it turning to hardtop at the Flagler county line-- we would never have taken it had we known the truth.

So that used to be the Dixie Highway-- cool! I love old photos of Florida, if only for the contrast to the new, improved model. I've come across photos of the Dixie Highway with one Model T trucking along, not another car in sight.

Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 23:39, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

ACL Depot disambiguation page

Are you aware of the existing disambiguation page for the Atlantic Coast Line Depot? It includes stations that are both on and off the NRHP. ----DanTD (talk) 12:59, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

I am now, and did the Palatka move. Cheers! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 17:50, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

NRHP updates

hey there, I saw you added a date template to the Washington lists, and I'm curious how that works. I always update it when i check the new listings, but how could a template do that? Cheers, Murderbike (talk) 17:20, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey! All you have to do now is update the date in Template:Washington NRHP date for lists, and all the lists the template is on will have the new date. There's only 3 Washington lists, so it may not be a huge timesaver, but it should help a bit. I came up with the idea because the Florida list has so many sub-pages now. And since it works so well for that, I'm trying to spread the love. Cheers! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 17:54, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Daytona Beach controversy section

Your input would be appreciated on the Daytona Beach talk page: Talk:Daytona_Beach,_Florida#.22Controversy.22_section Gamweb (talk) 04:06, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Easley High School Auditorium

Beautiful job of getting rid of that extra white space and correcting the layout of the photos. Thank you! --Contributingfactor (talk) 02:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Deleted Articles

Please stop removing links to deleted articles. Just remove the "[[ ]]" tags or leave the article as a red link. Thank You. Edgehead5150 ^talk 02:04, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Specifically? --Ebyabe (talk) 15:43, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Florida categorization

Your welcome. Xnatedawgx (talk) 17:11, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:NRHPdis

Template:NRHPdis has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 23:18, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Can you get link to work for you?

Hi Ebyabe, Could you take a look at the this? It doesn't work for me and I've switched between browsers and whole Operating systems and it gives me errors. Cheers, ⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 15:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it doesn't work for me either, so it's not just you. --Ebyabe (talk) 15:50, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that..I thought something must be wrong on my end. Btw, Thanks for the tip on Commonist..I've been using it and does make like easier. Quite helpful. Any other tips? ⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 16:01, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. And for lots of repetitive edits, I recommend AutoWikiBrowser. It works here and on Commons. I'm using it even now to move apropos articles from Category:Historic house museums to Category:Historic house museums in the United States. Cheers! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 16:05, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

One day someone's going to make a Mac version and make me and my fingers very happy :) TravellingCari 16:09, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

..and for Linux! Most of my editing is done using one of the distros. I just happen to be on my seldom used Vista machine this morning because of trying that link issue. I'm using it for Commonist also since my Linux machine has problems with the Commons..will love it when that is resolved or I find a workaround. I'll look into AWB more...Cheers,⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 16:22, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome!!!

I'm just trying to improve some of the horror movie articles. A lot of them are really bad movies but that shouldn't mean they don't get included in the wiki. By the way if someone puts a prod notice on your article, you can just remove it if you think the article is worthwhile. You don't have to start an AFD. If you think the article should be kept you should make that clear in the AFD by voting keep. miniluv (talk) 20:39, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Thing is, I did remove the prods on them, and they got put back. Rather than get into an edit war over it, I did the AFDs. It seemed the less emotional and more logical approach. I guess I should vote to keep them, though. Thanks for pointing that out. Cheers! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 20:50, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Like the quote on your user page, btw. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 20:51, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok I looked at what happened. After you took the prods off the articles, Barton Foley put notability notices on them. But not prods. If they pass the AFDs I think we can take those off. And if they don't pass we don't have to worry about it. ;) miniluv (talk) 21:07, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Historic house museums cat refine

Thanks for your help here! Found you via the occasional edit conflict TravellingCari 15:34, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. :( Keep up the good work. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 15:35, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

No worries, they happen. I'm glad for the help. Going offline shortly so it will be a TBC project but a badly needed one. Have a good day! TravellingCari 15:44, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

I've been thinking that we should refine HHM by state. Thanks for getting started. Could you modify your AWB script to get rid of the parent category, "museums in" at the same time? In this diff you can see the refine category function, but the Category:Museums in South Carolina should be deleted too. Thanks.--Appraiser (talk) 19:20, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Template:NRHPdis

I have nominated Template:NRHPdis (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 21:28, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi

You removed Image:NPH 2866542475 13a903bee8 o.jpg from Neil Patrick Harris stating that it was a fair use image. However, as the Flickr page indicates [1] it is actually Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic, and therefore is free-use. This is not the license the user who uploaded it here used, but (for once) it seems the work (as well as the rest of the images) are really free-use. Of course, I'm not an expert on image policy, so if you know that the image isn't free-use, please tell me. Gran² 20:08, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

What it says on the Flickr page really isn't relevant. Unfortunately, people can upload photos to Flickr and put them under any license they want. The photo for Harris, by the uploader's own admission, is from E Online. And it's not even showing on the page they indicated. Unless the uploader also took the photo (which is doubtful, and no proof of such provided), it's fair use. Actually, it should probably be deleted. Sorry. --Ebyabe (talk) 21:55, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm fully aware of how Flickr works. The Flickr account seems to be the official account of Kristin Dos Santos, therefore it seems to me she is the official holder of their copyright, and thus they are free-use. Perhaps we should contact the Flickr user? Or consult someone with more experiance in such matters? Gran² 07:00, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Railroad-related Registered Historic Places

Thanks for your help on the articles!! Xnatedawgx (talk) 01:14, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Right back atcha, dude! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 15:15, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

disambig stuff

Hi -- Saw your helpful note within Talk:Douglas County Courthouse. Calling for AGF is always valid, can help. About ignoring all rules though, i have been negotiating with most of those same participants at wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation and mostly NOT asking for any exception. The Douglas County Courthouse and Lewis House and other NRHP dab pages addressed meet the MOSDAB and specifically the MOS:DABRL rules to the letter. So i am downplaying appearance of asking for any special break.

However, many NRHP dab pages have NRHP redlinks that just mention ", NRHP" or ", NRHP-listed" and don't comply exactly with the specific requirement there be a blue-link to an article such as a county or state NRHP list. In these cases I guess i am asking them to cut some slack, either to let those be or to fix them by adding the specific link, rather than deleting the NRHP redlinks. So I can't say i am not asking for any break at all. But nor am I asking them to ignore all rules, which seems to inflame matters in those conversations. doncram (talk) 19:13, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

I understand. Maybe I should have referenced WP:COMMON. Of course, there's the counterargument to that. Hopefully, it'll all work out. --Ebyabe (talk) 20:05, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Seems to be working out, in talk at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation, knock on wood. Hmm, i hadn't seen the wp:COMMON and wp:NOCOMMON before, neat, thanks! doncram (talk) 00:09, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikitravel

Hi Ebaybe, I noticed you have taken many photos and added them to Wikipedia. Would you be interested in uploading some of them to WikiTravel, a sister project? I am active on both sites - we are working on getting the Florida main page up to Guide status (probably the equivalent of a Good Article here). Feel free to stop in and sign up if interested. Gamweb (talk) 04:07, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

I set up an account on the shared site. I would be interested, yes. It's a shame, though, that the photos from WikiCommons can't be accessed there. That's why I upload all the pictures I take there. Tell me what you need, though, and I'll see about transferring them over to WikiTravel. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 22:57, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Apalachicola National Forest

Hi Ebaybe, do you have any photos of Apalachicola National Forest? There was a nearly empty companion page sitting on Wikitravel for the longest time. Another user marked it for deletion, so that created a sense of urgency for me to work on it. I found some public domain text from US Park Service. Still need some photos, if you can find any? Thanks. Gamweb (talk) 13:39, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

clickable map for NYS

Hi. I've previously tried to avoid this, but now I'd like to convert the map used in National Register of Historic Places listings in New York into a clickable map. Could you possibly please give me some pointers on how i might do that? I'll watch here if you reply here. Thanks! doncram (talk) 00:17, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey. The 411 is here. G'luck! :) --Ebyabe (talk) 13:28, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Extinct settlements

Please have a look at this proposal for a new project (ExtinctSettlments) and add your votes and/or views. I am canvassing as many interested people as I can and your name was on a relevant project list. Folks at 137 (talk) 18:21, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the Ron-vert

Just when you think he's gone away. He must not have gotten his daily thorazine. Thanks. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 02:10, 23 October 2008 (UTC)