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Welcome!

Hello RFD, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! The Literate Engineer 17:25, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin unincorporated communities request

I took a road trip this Sunday and took pictures of a bunch of unincorporated communities. Since you always find some great sources for the communities - I'm wondering if you'd take requests and start the following articles. I'll be uploading pictures of them sometime. I have about 50 pictures to upload from various trips to race tracks. Some have the same name as the town that they are in:

Winnebago County
- Pickett - Cty Hwy M & WIS 44
- Waukau - WIS 91 & WIS 116

Wausara County
- Borth - Cty Hwy D
- Poy Sippi - WIS 49 & Cty H
- Pine River - Cty Hwys H & E
- Mt. Morris - WIS 152 (east terminus), Cty Hwys G & W
- Saxeville - Cty Hwy W & A

A few other misc. ones from other trips:

Brown County
- Hollandtown - 1 mile west & 1 mile north of Forest Junction - my WIS map says Holland but the signs and everyone else calls it Hollandtown

Oconto County
- Stiles - US 41

Sheboygan County
- Gooseville (photographed a historic mill that looked ready to fall down)

Sign
Gooseville Grist Mill, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Gooseville Grist Mill

Outagamie County
- Dale WIS 96

No sweat if you don't have time or interest. Many thanks! Royalbroil 02:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A few more, all in Dodge County

I caught these unincorporated communities because I attended ice races at Hustisford, Wisconsin. I heard that someone put their snowmobile in the water one week after I went to the ice races!

Knowles, Wisconsin

Looking east at downtown Knowles
Looking north at downtown Knowles
Welcome sign

LeRoy (unincorporated community), Wisconsin

Looking east at downtown LeRoy
Looking north at LeRoy and water tower
Looking north at LeRoy's welcome sign
St. Andrew's Chruch, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Woodland, Dodge County, Wisconsin

Downtown Woodland
Woodland's fire station
Looking north at Woodland's sign

Many thanks! -- Royalbroil 05:35, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I took care of all of them. The WP:WISCONSIN new articles list will be glowing! I finally caught up and have uploaded all of the images from my hard drive - first time since about last summer. I hope that you are doing well. My priest talked highly about that priest that you knew from the Fox Valley again this Easter. Royalbroil 03:02, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Freistadt

I think that Freistadt should be brought back as a separate article seeing as it was and still is the location of the first Lutheran Church in Wisconsin. It was also the head quarters of a Lutheran Synod for 3 years. Loopygrumpkins (talk) 21:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would not be opposed to this, if there was interest in bringing it back. It was originally merged as part of an effort to depopulate a rather empty category of "neighborhoods in Wisconsin", but I had second thoughts about the merger after I made it happen. --Baron Larf 09:48, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Alphonse Gallegos for Did you know on March 27, 2010

Hello, I believe this honor should go to you as the creator of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos' article. Today his body is being moved to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and on March 27, 2010 is scheduled to be re-interred.

March 27 is cited as a fact which is a requirement for DYK. Would you please nominate this article to Did you know using that wikilink? It would be nice if the article was picked up today.

Thanks in advance and for what you did in starting this article. Also, if it does get listed be prepared for the page to get defaced as vandals love to trash DYK articles. --Morenooso (talk) 12:20, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend you ask Nyttend who is listed on your talkpage as the form/nomination confused me. He has had some successful articles nominated and accepted to DYK. I recommend you copy what is posted here on his talkpage and request he help you. He is way smarter than this average bear. Cheers! --Morenooso (talk) 12:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, in the DYK nomination, it should be noted that it is very unusual and rare that the Catholic faith moves a body like this. It is only done in special cases like his when being considered for sainthood. He would become the second Sacramento bishop (after Eugene O'Connell to be moved. --Morenooso (talk) 13:13, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, the article doesn't qualify: it wasn't created in the last five days (obviously!), and Morenooso's expansion in the last couple of days doesn't make the article at least five times its previous length. If that hadn't been the case, I would have nominated it. Nyttend (talk) 14:13, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, if you have an article that passes the DYK criteria (1500+ characters, created or at least 5x expanded in the last five days), just tell me and I'll be happy to nominate it. You can provide a hook (the statement that appears on the Main Page) or you can ask me to write one; it doesn't matter. Nyttend (talk) 22:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your compliments! I've enjoyed writing them (more are partially written; I'm waiting for a county history book via interlibrary loan), as well, of course, as visiting them. Most rural areas in this part of the country are predominately Methodist; driving through the Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches is quite interesting, with the little wooden Methodist churches being replaced by the huge brick Catholic churches that are the namesake of the region. There are some spots from which you can see five or six. Nyttend (talk) 00:42, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alexandria, South Dakota Wiki

I need some help. I added the Pioneers of Alexandria picture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_South_Dakota

The picture is marked for removal due to insufficient copyright info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pioneers_of_Alexandria_South_Dakota_1880-82.jpg

How do I fix?

Martin Conlan is my great grandfather.

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjmorrison (talk • contribs) 16:38, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adolph Walter Rich, thanks and questions

Thanks for your comments on Adolph Walter Rich. Now, if I want to see what is happening with a submission, for example if I want to follow Adolph Water Rich, exactly what do I do. I would appreciate it if you would keep it really simple, because I am really dense with this kind of thing.

Perhaps you can help with the following general sections:

1) If I am thinking of an article on a particular topic is there somewhere I can go and find out if the topic is appropriate. You understand that I am not asking for pre approval or anything like that. For example I have a vaguely formed idea about an article on "Illinois Barns." This a a serious article, not just pretty pictures. To do it I would put together a group of scholars, exchange, information, read drafts, etc. I am willing to do this, but I don't want to waste the time and efforts of these people if the topic in general is for some reason (to local perhaps). Is there a place I can ask in advance?

2) If I want to put pictures in an article can I just put them in as part of the file and send it in, or is it more complicated. I im thinking her of mechanics, not copyright etc, which I think I understand.

3)I find there is a little nub of a statement on Arpin. I may try to expand it some to deal with the Jewish colony there. Any problems with this.

Elkmilok (talk) 17:15, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Arpin, Wisconsin

The existing Wikipedia article on Arpin, Wisconsin, had no history attached. I have now edited it and added two paragraphs on the history of the Jewish colony associated with Adolph Walter Rich.

Elkmilok (talk) 03:15, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin meetup

There's a discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wisconsin#Meetup that you might be interested in. --Baron Larf 09:49, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your wish is my command - Norman McFarland

My friend, I owe you a couple. Here is a down payment. I gotta go. Please watch over and improve the article if you can. It still needs a lot of work to flesh it out as he probably had USCCB appointments and consecrated other bishops. Please see Norman McFarland. --Morenooso (talk) 16:46, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

His full formal name needs a redirect. I don't know how to do that. --Morenooso (talk) 17:07, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Saw your comment at Morenooso's talk; do you speak any of the languages in which these bishop articles are written? And if so, would you like me to import some foreign-language articles over here for you to translate? Nyttend (talk) 19:45, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On this 20th day of April 2010

		The Christianity Barnstar
		For all the articles you have created and the inspiration provided me in creating my first article, Norman Francis McFarland, the Christianity Barnstar is awarded to RFD a Master builder. Keep the faith, always! Morenooso (talk) 22:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You've created a monster

Two files created by me in one week. Heck, I might be nominated for Wikipedian of the Year! Please see Callistus Valentine Onaga. --Morenooso (talk) 04:16, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think he's kicking back with his arms folded behind his head. He nominated my second article for a DYK but I don't think the hook was as great as it could be. I would have mentioned Callistus is the grandson of a Tribal chief. How are you doing? I may pump out Bishop Manogue in the few days. It's on my userpage and you are free to edit it. You have a great set of eyes and editting ability. --Morenooso (talk) 17:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So I'm kicking back? Sorry, I just got back from mowing one of the fourteen lawns that I mow each week :-) Thanks, RFD, for the congrats; I just discovered a book with sources on nearly all of Ohio's National Register sites, so I've taken a break from writing about most of these large Catholic churches (but not all of them; St. John's Catholic Church (Delphos, Ohio) is up for DYK) so that I can improve overall coverage. I'm waiting for nomination forms for several other churches to come in the mail; once those arrive, you should see articles on this, this, this, this, and this church. Nyttend (talk) 18:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Two files created by me in one week. Heck, I might be nominated for Wikipedian of the Year! Please see [[Callistus Valentine Onaga]]. --[[User:Morenooso|Morenooso]] ([[User talk:Morenooso|talk]]) 04:16, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 :I think he's kicking back with his arms folded behind his head. He nominated my second article for a DYK but I don't think the hook was as great as it could be. I would have mentioned Callistus is the grandson of a [[Tribal chief]]. How are you doing? I may pump out Bishop Manogue in the few days. It's on my userpage and you are free to edit it. You have a great set of eyes and editting ability. --[[User:Morenooso|Morenooso]] ([[User talk:Morenooso|talk]]) 17:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
+::So I'm kicking back?  Sorry, I just got back from mowing one of the fourteen lawns that I mow each week :-)  Thanks, RFD, for the congrats; I just discovered a book with sources on nearly all of Ohio's National Register sites, so I've taken a break from writing about most of these large Catholic churches (but not all of them; [[St. John's Catholic Church (Delphos, Ohio)]] is up for DYK) so that I can improve overall coverage.  I'm waiting for nomination forms for several other churches to come in the mail; once those arrive, you should see articles on [[:File:St. Rose Church, Mercer County.jpg|this]], [[:File:St. Joseph's Church at Egypt, southern side and front.jpg|this]], [[:File:St. Aloysius' Catholic Church, Carthagena.jpg|this]], [[:File:St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Wapakoneta.jpg|this]], and [[:File:St. Sebastian's at Sebastian front and eastern side.jpg|this]] church.  [[User:Nyttend|Nyttend]] ([[User talk:Nyttend|talk]]) 18:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)