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The proctology.JPG image you uploaded doesn't state a source, and I'm conserned that you, probably with good intentions, pulled it off a commercial website via Google or something. Therefore I tagged it. Please clarify this matter, because otherwise the picture might be deleted... --Steven Fruitsmaak 14:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

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Pseudoscience category

Hi Travisthurston - thank you for removing category:pseudoscience from several pages; you beat me to it. I wouldn't call placement of the tag (or its removal) vandalism, though (check out WP:VAN). But I agree totally with your edit summaries that discussion on the talk pages is a must. Thanks very much! cheers, Jim Butler^(talk) 06:34, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

wikistalking and home email

I have reported you. The pseudoscience issues are discussed on the psuedoscience talk page. There is good authority for placing the labels. Pls do not wikistalk me or contact me again at my home email. Mccready 16:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

pseudoscience

leave the category where it belongs. It takes more time than it's worth to protect your good edits otherwise. And let me repeat: DON'T send me any email or any abusive email. Your veiled attempts to bring my personal details into this are AGAINST wikipedia policy and people have been banned for it. Mccready 17:15, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

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I liked the new userbox that you created so I used it right away. But how did you get this idea? :-) CG 17:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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Naturopathic Medicine and Naturopathy

Hi Trav, it's certainly a possibility to make the split, as the Naturopathic medicine page currently has to do everything. The only thing is that there is also a Natural hygiene article (and people have tried to merge that with Naturopathic medicine), Nutripathy, Holistic health, Natural health, so it would be worth considering whether to have a Naturopathy (disambiguation) page like this: Osteopathy (disambiguation) to clarify the differences between the articles. I split Osteopathic medicine to Osteopathy, but there was nobody else around to help with the heavy lifting, so it kind of got stuck unfinished, but I would be willing to work with you on Naturopathy. --apers0n 05:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I saw you modified the Template:Alternative medical systems to include Osteopathic medicine in place of Osteopathy - actually Osteopathic medicine is not an alternative medical system, today it is allopathic in it's approach, Osteopathy is the alternative system. I would like to change the Osteopathy article to reflect that when I have time. Actually Osteopathic medicine is not even mentioned as an alternative medical system [1], but "a form of conventional medicine", classified as one of the 'Manipulative and Body-Based Methods' whereas Naturopathic medicine and Naturopathy are used interchangeably as an alt med system. --apers0n 05:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, there could be a better structure to the categorisation of Alt med on Wikipedia, but if it is not referenced from somewhere independent like a government institution it would only lead to conflict amongst WP editors. I looked at the WHO definitions, but they are a bit vague. I suppose we should work with what we have got until someone finds something better. We can talk about Naturopathy/Naturopathic medicine on Skype if you like... --apers0n 16:54, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I have requested authorisation to Skype you about this. --apers0n 05:11, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

McCready to be banned for 10-days on Pseudoscience articles

You might want to weigh in your thoughts here, if you haven't already.

By the way, that "new messages" practical joke totally fooled me! Heh, heh. TheDoctorIsIn 18:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Mccready is issued a 30 day community probation related to Pseudoscience articles

Hello

Based on the comments left on AN/I, I issued a 30 day topic ban to Mccready. (see Community probation log [2]) Discussion on talk pages is encouraged. Admins can enforce the ban if needed. Crosspost from AN:

Based on this discussion on AN/I [3] and the numerous comments on Mccready's talk page, Mccready (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) is issued a 30 day ban from editing all articles related to the Pseudoscience. Mccready is encouraged to discuss his ideas on the talk pages of these articles. The the suggested sanction for disregarding the article ban is a 24 hour block with the block time adjusted up or down according to Mccready's response. Admins are encouraged to monitor the ongoing effectiveness of this article topic ban and make appropriate adjustments if needed. FloNight 23:26, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Further discussion about the ban or request for enforcement can be made at AN/I or AN. FloNight 01:27, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

A model criticism section

A model criticism section I found at the Renewable Energy article, here<---
I think it is a great example of how we can all make artcles better.
Here is the sample:

   * Renewable energy
         o Types
               + Hydro (including criticism of hydro)
               + Biofuel (including criticism of biofuel)
               + Solar (including criticism of solar)

— credit to Omegatron

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Vitalism

Thanks for bringing that article to my attention![4] I'd noticed some recent activity there and some outstanding edits by User:Gleng. (His recent comments on pseudoscience on FloNight's user talk page were right on the money.) I'll keep an eye on it. Seems like there are similar dynamics as we've had in the past on pseudoscience, but at the moment there are some good cool heads keeping things in check. cheers, Jim Butler^(talk) 19:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this article to my attention as well. There is a lot of catching up I need to do. What are your specific grievances with the article as it stands now? Levine2112 04:55, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks for the barnstar, your words are much appreciated. Afraid though I have to go; best wishesGleng 14:50, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Proposal to merge Stephen Barrett, Quackwatch, and NCAHF article

I have started three separate proposals to merge these three articles. The discussion for each amalgamation of the merge begins here. I would appreciate you taking the time to give your thoughts for each proposal. Thanks. Levine2112 04:55, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello,

I just fixed the GSE article per your request. I thought the headings in blue would be nicer for the article. Well... I was just being creative. Wikipedia is about being bold. I was a little too bold that time. On a personal note. Be cautious of GSE. This stuff has high levels of sythetic preservatives in it. On a lighter note, jump into the car and go straight to the health food store and buy no salt added whole grain bread, organic pasta, lots of farm fresh produce, and quality natural remedies that really work. You know... the good stuff.

Also, check out the website organic consumers association for the latest info. Thanks, Aubrey.

Ayurveda

I have found a bunch of references that I have added in the talk page that perhaps need to be used to expand the article.You expressed an interest in helping out in that article and I was wondering if you are still interested.If so, then please comment in the talk page.Thanks.Hkelkar 08:15, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Merge suggestion

Is has been proposed that Biochemic Cell Salts be merged with Bioplasma. Please let us hear your opinion. -- Fyslee 15:32, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

pseudoscience

I noticed that you removed holonomic brain theory from the pseudoscience category after I added it. From seeing the various protests regarding the pseudoscience category, I guess you are aware of the pros and cons and have reasons for your opinion. As a physics graduate student, I can only sigh and shake my head at the interference to human achievement in science caused by frauds dragging physics into some philosophy dreamed up during an acid trip.

I can only remind myself that "this is the price we pay for freedom". Let them have their opinions and just admire their imagination. Let them make money off it too...if some people are stimulated by their ideas then maybe they do have some real value. To be more blunt, if people are too ignorant to see through it then maybe they deserve to get ripped off anyway.

In any case, after dabbling in Wikipedia I quickly learned that these sorts of battles are a lost cause, and that one shouldn't waste time arguing with irrational people. It just seems that at least these kinds of articles ought to some kind of highly visible "controversial" tag, to make sure that casual readers are aware of the debate. This seems like a reasonable compromise to me. Badguy21 14:18, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Um yeah, that's why it is called a "theory". Your studies in physics can only understand what is observed, and we have only begun to understand that which we cannot see. See: Solipsism If you studied medicine, psychology, neurology or quantum physics, then theories like this probably wouldn't bother you so much... good luck with your coursework! --Travisthurston 21:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

copyright violations

First, I want to say thank you for all the good edits to Wikipedia. However, I found 2 critical mistakes. Outside In and an old version of Natural Health Center are copied directly from their websites. They websites are strictly copyrighted (see bottom of their pages). Please don't do this and please revert any other copyright violations. Thank you. :) W3stfa11/^{Talk to me} 01:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey, Thanks for the barnstar!! Much appreciated! Cheers Geologyguy 13:45, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Biorhythms

I am wondering why you removed examples of biorhythms I posted in a new section. I spent a good hour researching these major events in sports. Based on the five pillars, I am very confused why you would do that. Below is a link for another example when Zach Johnson won the Master's then later appeared on David Letterman. (I am a golf addict). http://bio.mshaffer.com/s/male/Zach%20Johnson/02.24.1976/Master's%20Champ/04.08.2007

MonteShaffer 19:49, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

List of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Schools in North America

Since you removed the notability tag on List of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Schools in North America without making improvements and I don't see how the article is notable I nominated it for deletion. Feel free to expand and demonstrate its notability. If it passes WP:CORP, I'll withdraw the nomination. Arbustoo 21:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

It is generally considered poor behavior to ask people to vote on an AFD when 1) you created the article, and 2) you expect them to vote a certain way. I contacted you out of courtesy since you created the article. I am now sorry I did. Arbustoo 23:18, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

LOHAS

I found some non-copyvio versions and restored them to the logs - feel free to revert to one of them. Sorry about that, but it looks like someone replaced the article with an exact copy-paste of that webpage in about mid-July, and then it only got edited slightly thereafter. Since most people don't replace an active, good-quality page with copyvio, I didn't realise there was good material that could be reverted to. Adam Cuerden ^talk 13:03, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

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Kapiolani Park

Thanks for working on this. I've reformatted the cite and I've added "citations needed" as we still need the inline variety. If you are familiar with the topic, please use the comments link in the talk page header to add criticism. Thanks. —Viriditas | Talk 07:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm somewhat familiar with this area. I will add some more refs as soon as I can get back over to it. Thanks for the heads up. --travisthurston+ 18:50, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Uploading to Commons

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Sounds good. I'll upload there from now on... --travisthurston+ 18:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Zelihowski on the I'iwi

Hello there, my username is Zelihowski (talk) 22:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC)ZelihowskiZelihowski (talk) 22:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC), I am sorry not to put down the sorce of where the I'iwi populations was, but you see I am working on a book and alot of my sorces information got jumbled togeather so was not sure which sorce was right. Here is the correct sorce,http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/cwcs/files/NAAT%20final%20CWCS/Chapters/Terrestrial%20Fact%20Sheets/Forest%20Birds/iiwi%20NAAT%20final%20!.pdf. I will pu it on the I'iwi page all right bye.

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I'm not sure what the problem would be for the redlinks to "go on" for months. Of the three, Clifford Pusey is almost certainly an eventual article target, but regardless, we have an entire project dedicated to writing articles that are repeatedly redlinked to (WP:MWA). Redlinks alert the reader to two things: that a subject they may seek information on does not currently have an article (and so they do not have to run a search for it), and that it may possibly need one; I write articles based on seeing redlinks in existing articles, myself. Chubbles (talk) 17:16, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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Added the tag. Thanks! --travisthurston+ 23:41, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi there

Hi there. I notice you and other editors have warned this user Jamalar previously about disruptive editing on his/her talk page. Currently, he/she seems intent on blanking genresfrom articles such as M.I.A and many others without discussion here, here, and here using accounts (User:86.29.255.18, [6], User:Jamalar [7] perhaps others, and seems unwilling to change.) Was wondering what you'd suggest.DriveDelta (talk) 12:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

An invitation

Hi Travis, have you ever been invited to join WikiProject Oregon? If not, let me do the honors! We have a pretty active and fun group of editors who collaborate on improving Oregon-related coverage on Wikipedia, and are always looking to add productive editors like yourself to our ranks. We have a blog, which might be a good intro to what we're up to; also, we have a monthly gathering in Portland called WikiWednesday. Conveniently, our next meeting is next week -- they're the first Wednesday of every month. Check that link for all the vital details. Hope some of this is of interest to you, and happy editing! -Pete (talk) 20:38, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

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Whaling industry in Maui

Yeah, that was off the top of my head. From the whaling narratives I've read I know they only spent a few weeks to a month in the spring and again in the fall in the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands. My source on the peak of visits by whaleships to the islands (1843-60) is in my notes somewhere. I know 1865 is much too late. The trade had diminished considerably by that time. I didn't know how to re-word the part about whaleship arrivals, as it made it seem as if 400 ships visited in one year, when really many of those were repeat visits by the same vessels. I believe it was 1846 when there were over 400 whaleship arrivals in Lahaina. Perhaps you could help re-word it?Jonas Poole (talk) 23:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Im so sorry.

I'll never disruptively edit a page again....

Not! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.57.209.37 (talk) 18:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Waimea, Hawaii

I just started the idea for the maps, but it was Arkyan who took it one step further and created a bot to generate most of the maps to date. From what I understand of his bot, it doesn't automatically replace maps in the Infobox:Settlement area, but many of the maps themselves are generated if not added to the respective articles. In regard to the specific map you requested, it is already availablehere. I hope this helps. Ixnayonthetimmay (talk) 05:10, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: John Oliver (canoer)

His information is in Sports-Reference.com. I will get that built up after I create all of the supporting framework regarding Olympic canoeing event coverage. Please be patient. Chris (talk) 19:41, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

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Gallant Bess

Hey Travis,

I noticed that, last November, you edited the "Notable Residents" section of the article on Grass Valley, California. You moved Gallant Bess from the bottom of the list to the top of the list.

I'm Bess' master's grandson, and am just curious as to why you did that.

Thanks!

Pex (talk)

It's just a simple alpha sort! see wp:mos and/or wp:list :) --Travis Thurston+ 02:29, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Dermatofibroma

Thank you so much for your work on the Dermatofibroma article! However, perhaps you could include some more citations, because there is currently only one, which isn't great? Thanks again. Also, if you are interested in dermatology, maybe you could help me with the WikiProject Medicine/Dermatology task force? Kilbad (talk) 00:12, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Travis. May I please thank you for your help and kindness?--Mbz1 (talk) 21:12, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

It was very kind of you to give me The Photographer's Barnstar. Thank you, Travis.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:43, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Hawaii Superferry

Regarding your revert of unsourced material, you did the right thing, however the content is applicable as this issue keeps coming up again and again in relation to the service and the passengers who patronize the ferry. In other words, it probably needs to be in the article, but with sources. I'll move it to the talk page for further discussion. BTW, is there a particular reason you haven't signed up with WikiProject?Viriditas (talk) 11:02, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

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List of beaches in Hawaii

I don't know what your time frame is like, but I could certainly use some help with this article. I would like to bring it up to featured list status, and turn each section into a table. Viriditas (talk) 10:39, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey, good work. Lots to talk to you about when I have some time on Monday. Viriditas (talk) 10:46, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Tinea versicolor

The edit [8] for Samoan and Hawaiian names - are they appropriate in English Wikipedia ? The transwiki links indicates the name is Łupież pstry in Polish, Panau in Indonesian and 癜風 in Japanese, but none of these warrent being directly specified here. Hawaiian at least has its own language Wikipedia http://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/ - please reconsider that edit :-) David Ruben ^Talk 19:48, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Would it be best to leave out Kane, Tane and mention Haole Rot in the introduction? --Travis Thurston+ 20:23, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: File:MauiSouthShore.JPG

Yes, I agree with changing the name to File:MauiSouthEastShore.JPG, however, I think you could use an even better name, something like File:Kahikinui coastline.jpg. Thanks! Viriditas (talk) 03:53, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the discussion. I've tagged the two duplicate files for deletion and created [9]. Mahalo! --Travis Thurston+ 20:59, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

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Welcome back

I just noticed you were editing again, so welcome back! Viriditas (talk) 10:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! :) Need help with anything? I could use some study distractors this week! --Travis Thurston+ 07:15, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Heheh, is that a trick question? I think the correct answer would be, hell yes. Take a look at therecently updated watchlist to see what's going on. Ideally, I would like to start working the kinks out of Niihau, so if you want to take a look at that article or make suggestions for improvement on the talk page, that would be great. Otherwise, name the subtopic (relating to Hawaii topics) that interests you the most, and I can point you to a set of articles that need work. Thanks! Viriditas (talk) 08:28, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, if you can pick an island, any island, and focus on improving it, that would help. Weren't you working on Maui? Viriditas (talk) 08:46, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Good deal! I'll look into Niihau and other land masses. BTW, I just read Niihau Incident, very interesting... Thanks for the focus. I was doing Maui, but only because I was traveling through and adding photos. I think I have some for the Big Island too. Let me know if there is anything in particular I should do. The last day or two I've benn distracted following a coord bot :) Thanks. --Travis Thurston+ 22:46, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hi, I asked you a question over here a while ago. Still interested in a response. II | (t - c) 00:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Mos:Hawaii

Thanks for the note — just one question: what is "Mahalo"? I should note that there are at least three communities that should have the hakao and okina in their names (Hōnaunau, 'Ō'ōkala, and Pāpa'aloa): because the GNIS lists them as such, it's reasonable to conclude that with-diacritics is the most common form of their names in English. On the other hand, no complaints about your moving of others, especially the CDPs, which clearly don't have the diacritics in their names. Nyttend (talk) 03:39, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

One request with the moving of communities: could you please fix the link in the county template when you move a community? Nyttend (talk) 13:26, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I thought a bot would take care of it in a couple of days... But yes, will do. :) Mahalo! --Travis Thurston+ 17:53, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I am a fairly new editor working on the Hawaii (island) pages. I noticed some of the pages moving away from using diacriticals. It is not clear to me exactly what the consensus was in the Hawaii Manual of Style, just lots of discussion. Is it to use them in the text of the article, but not the title? Maybe a clear statement of this in the style manual would make sense. For example, Napo'opo'o spelling as "Napoopoo" seems like just encouraging people to mispronounce it in a disgusting way. Even if the official census data omits them (the postal service for example also does), would it make sense to add them back into the text of the articles for the CDPs, or do you want to keep the CDP articles to have only the data from the census database itself? Mahalo ("thank you" in Hawaiian). W Nowicki (talk) 02:53, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi W Nowicki, Thanks for writing. I am only interested in changing the titles, and more importantly the URL to each page as it is easier to navigate to and from and in and out of wikipedia. What happens in the body of the document doesn't concern me as long as the info is notable, accurate and sourced... My personal opinion is that using both is appropriate, similar to what happens on island. Example: government street signs with or without diacriticals, locals using both, shop keepesr using some and not others... For his reason, like most of the residents of Hawai'i, I think it is important to use both.

I would recommend starting a conversation on the wp:mos:hawaii talk page of the article and I'll join you in a couple of days... after finals next week! :) You may find that this discussion has been going on for a while now that the consensus is to use GNIS names in titles for navigation purposes. Correct me if I'm wrong. Again, thanks for your interest. --Travis Thurston+ 18:47, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

"vandalism" in edit summary

Not a big deal, but in your revert you refer to vandalism. To me it seems more likeWP:OR, and perhaps poor writing and other things, but I wouldn't define the term vandalism so broadly so as to include what shows every sign of having been a good faith (although misguided) contribution. Like I said, I agree with what you did in getting rid of that paragraph; I'm just mentioning the edit summary issue in case that is helpful for future edits. Kingdon (talk) 14:39, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I just click "rollback" and must have clicked the vandalism link in when I should have done a general rollback in Twinkle. Sorry about that! --Travis Thurston+ 16:57, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I figured it was probably something like that. Kingdon (talk) 01:57, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for telling me. Yeah I uploading a bunch of photos from flicker... no they are all gone and removed from articles. I have no idea why... Let me know if you find out. What a shameJatlas2 (talk) 23:27, 27 July 2009 (UTC) Yeah I'm done uploading pictures from flicker, its too frustrating. I upload them all the exact same way and half or more get secretly deleted while others stay up permanently. And all the pictures have the same licensing so I know that's not the issue. O well... Jatlas2 (talk) 00:01, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Aloha Tower

Aloha. Just wondering if this was ever resolved. Viriditas (talk) 15:57, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Looks like it hasn't been discussed in a while, but it seems to me that a tall building with a guiding beacon would fit the definition of a lighthouse. If things pick back up in the project page I'll try to chime in, if needed. Thanks for stirring the pot. :) --Travis Thurston+ 19:31, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Rockpile (disambiguation)

Thanks for your contributions to Rockpile (disambiguation). I am not sure these are notable additions. I have removed them from the list. If you believe you can create articles for these additional items you are free to do so and add them to the lists.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:40, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Five volcanoes image

Thanks for waving whatever magic wand brought the five volcanoes image back. Awien (talk) 23:17, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem! They were invisible until I assigned a px size, for whatever reason... --Travis Thurston+ 04:34, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

File:MakawaoMaui.jpg

What's going on with the title of this image? Is it Paia or Makawao? Viriditas (talk) 12:58, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

It's Paia on Baldwin Ave. At the time I corrected the description I couldn't find a way to 'move' or delete and load a newly titled version. Any advice? --Travis Thurston+ 23:40, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

To change the file name, I believe you have to upload a duplicate image with a different name, and then tag the old one with a deletion tag. Sorry. Have you seen mynight time shot? It's not the best angle, but I wanted to capture the cool optical illusion in the mural and it looks better at night for some reason. One unexpected outcome of the long exposure was the presence of shadows of trees and objects like signs, which were cast on the storefront wall from the headlights of passing cars. Viriditas (talk) 12:57, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I like it! I guess if Paia had a thriving nightlife it may be wp worthy :) Any places in North Maui/ Hana or Kona that need photos? I'll be island hopping for the christmas break and could find myself going out of my way for some good shots. ~Aloha --Travis Thurston+ 06:29, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of YouTube celebrities (4th nomination)

As a major contributor to the article, I am letting you know about the 4th AFD. Ikip (talk) 21:46, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Hilo

Hi, How do is pull a reference from an existing page? Shamhat456 (talk) 09:21, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Just paste the url here. I'll look it over and add the refs to the appropriate passage. You can review my edits and get an idea on how. Thanks for writing! --Travis Thurston+ 22:24, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Well Hilo has been in the news due to the Tsunami. Attracted a bunch of vandalism or perhaps well-meaning edits without sources. I have a related question. Please seefile:Hilo.jpg which is not Hilo at all but I think Waikiki. You have a pic file:WaikikiAerial2010.jpg which is similar. Both of these are washed out (the vog) so might be due some color correction or cropping if nothing else. I can do it, but if you have a minute to offer an second opinion that would be great. Mahalo. W Nowicki (talk) 19:47, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I took a look at it a will comment there. Your comments and recommendation to rename the file are accurate as it is indeed Ala Moana and the west end of Waikiki. It is much clearer than my photo. :) --Travis Thurston+ 20:04, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Date of annexation photo

Newlands Resolution was 1898, so they really celebrated two years before? The place the photo was probably lifted from washere which has the right date of 1898. What made you think it was 1896? I think it was just a typo on the upload.W Nowicki (talk) 02:51, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Then there you go... Nice work! I was only following what the caption said. I had seen some saying 1898, but figured the uploader had it right. I'll change it back if you haven't already. --Travis Thurston+ 21:28, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Hilo and Ryan Higa

I request that you please stop the revertion of the addition of Ryan Higa to the Hilo, Hawaii article as you did here as it is a legitimate alumni and neither vandalism or incorrect content.-WingsGoesWiki (talk) 20:13, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

As I explained on your talk page, Higa is not notable (per wp:note) and the consistent addition by random IP addresses (presumptively the same person with an IP mask) does, in my view, constitute "vandalism". Discuss it on the Hilo talk page if you're interested in having a person without an actual article included on the "notable residents" section. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, but at this point we'll agree to disagree... :) --Travis Thurston+ 23:30, 26 May 2010 (UTC)