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Walt talk

7&6=thirteen (☎)

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Buster Seven Talk

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You have nothing to apologize for

Don't worry. It's always a pleasure piping down the valleys wild in your company - I know I'll always learn something about American art if I follow in your wake. We need a hundred more of your sort in these precincts to maximize our potential. Here's to many more adventures in 2017 - happy editing, and keep up the good work! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:47, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Ohhh, that one hurts.

By the by, I meant to mention to you: Auriel Bessemer got [a mention] in the local paper the other day. Apparently he was male - when you created the article you said he was female, and I concurred when editing. I'm wondering what the source for that is now...it appears to be one of your books which I can't check. Just wondering about the source of the discrepancy... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 09:35, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Ahhhhhh, OK. No worries - I made the same assumption myself when I first saw the name. Just wondering if someone had said the wrong thing somewhere, and if we'd need to chase it down and beat it with a stick. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:34, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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Back to Gettysburg

The National Park Service changed the URL for nearly every one of its battlefield monument pages. So I went thru all 1,162 pages, and fixed the links to the Wiki monument list. I was planning to stop at 300 for today, but it turns out about half of the NPS pages are for buildings & structures or informational placards, not monuments. Interesting, to revisit the list a couple years after. And watching the news would only raise my blood pressure. Hope you're well. Best, == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 03:43, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Those swine! probably something that needed to be done to their way of thinking and since the NPS is probably about to lose 9 tenths of its funding on Monday they probably decided to do it now. You on the other hand have no funding so are once again going beyond the call of duty. I am better in that i did get a new (2008) car. The good news is that I did locate a car driven by a little old lady since 2008, under 50,000 miles on it, with all new belts (including timing) hoses, tires, wipers, the works, so I am happy about that. After taking Gabe to the dog park on a rainy day I managed to mess the car up in one day more than she did in 8 years, but this is no surprise to those who know me. I am also going to try and get to the March in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, see if I still have what it takes to take to the streets. That should be, hopefully, uneventful. Et tu?

I would normally watch an inauguration, no matter what. But I was surprised at how much anger I felt watching only a bit of last night's ceremonies. I think the TV will remain off for the day.

NPS seems to have been revising the Gettysburg part of its website over the past couple years. Unless I made mistakes, the links should now all work.

Sounds like you got a creampuff. Congrats. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 14:47, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

I think leaving the TV off is going to be a trend today. Keep the ratings down. Carptrash (talk) 16:10, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for adding the disambiguiating definition of "carp"! Webavant (talk) 05:32, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the history!

Thanks for posting the very interesting history of your wiki-name on my talk page. Fascinating to learn where the carp comes from, and that it has nothing to do with fish! And yes, the website you referred to is still there, I checked it out. All the best ABF99 (talk) 15:50, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

		The Wikignome Award
		Keep up gnomin' in the gloamin' 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:51, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse

Okay. I need to be less wishy-washy. Thanks. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:36, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

I have never found your approach to things to be ineffective. Or "wishy-washy."Carptrash (talk) 19:41, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, but on this I wimped out. Do I see a List of Cemetery Gatehouses in the United States coming in the future? == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:44, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

The future's not ours to see, que sera sera. Carptrash (talk) 20:17, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

In 7th grade, that song made my Spanish teacher crazy. She'd insist that it should be "Lo que sera, sera." == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:42, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

I'd intended to get to HSP today, or to the art bookstore in NJ, but I got sucked into Gettysburg National Cemetery. I noticed that you were one of the article's early editors, back in 2005. How did it get to be February? == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:07, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

More or less the same way it got to be not 2005. I was a pioneer in sculpture on wikipedia, you can find me early in a lot of articles. It's one of my vanity spots. Oh vanity, vanity, thy name is wikipedia editor. Carptrash (talk) 20:15, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Vanity? perhaps. But the rest of us benefit. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:48, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Well doing it is not vanity, bragging about it is. Only I gain from that. Still have not found my Ulysses Ricci slides. I wonder if I posted enough here?Carptrash (talk) 21:48, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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Quit it

Stop deleting Tom Perez endorsements. Put endorsements on other candidates if you want. Nothing is stopping you at all. By all means go for it. Nobody else has a problem but you 2602:304:B226:54F9:4C7:AFE4:63C0:494B (talk) 00:36, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

If you were an editor who had edited at any article beyond Tom Perez I might be inclined to be more tolerant, but this is just BS, wikipedia is not part of his campaign literature. Or should' be. Carptrash (talk) 19:06, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi I happened by this and agree with you. Also note that this ip6 user is deleting the comments of other editors from Tom Perez' talk page that he does not like. All of the potential candidates have their endorsements listed at Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, 2017#Endorsements in a nice collapsed list anyways. ValarianB (talk) 16:51, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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Man Controlling Trade pictures now flipped and correct. I don't know if this is the way to respond to you, but I thought I would try. Thank you. mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark lindamood (talk • contribs) 03:49, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

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Hello!

Just thought I drop a little line to say hello. I hope everything's been comin' along fine. Garagepunk66 (talk) 01:29, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

I have been traveling between AZ & NM and am currently at the latter (covered with snow) and am having difficulty with my old Mac. here. Nice to hear from you, Carptrash (talk) 15:49, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Good luck with everything. Garagepunk66 (talk) 23:50, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017

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Warm regards

	Welcome to the CABAL
	Congratulations on being recognized as a member off the Cabal. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:33, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, we all need a place where we can feel that we truly belong. Carptrash (talk) 18:21, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Peace Corps Director

Hi Carptrash. I saw that you were active on the Peace Corps Talk page and have edited a few BLPs. I was hoping you might have a minute to take a look here regarding the article on a Peace Corps director, whose page is woefully less filled-out than all the other Peace Corp Director pages. CorporateM (Talk) 16:35, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Carptrash. I think MzMcBride already integrated about half of the draft content I had proposed, but said they ran out of energy and it's tough to compare the current article to the proposed draft. If you're willing to review the rest of the content, I can work on putting it in a Track Changes-type format so it is easy to see what I am proposing to be added. CorporateM (Talk) 17:04, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

As an editor with a conflict of interest, Wikipedia's rules are that I am not suppose to edit any Wikipedia pages on people/companies I am affiliated with, but rather I must propose edits that may be approved/rejected by disinterested, crowd-sourced volunteers. On the one hand, you have articles like this where the article-subject and those affiliated are the most likely to spend the time/resources improving the page. On the other, the article-subject is motivated to write flowery puff pieces about how great they are (philanthropy, awards, etc.), whereas other editors presumably have more pure intentions (sometimes). The compromise the Wikipedia community has made is that someone in my position that is paid for their work may draft content, but must submit it to editors like you for approval.

Most of the 55 some-odd "Good Article"-ranked pages on my user page I was hired to write and were approved by someone else before they were put into article-space. In toher wrods, because my client's interest to look good on the Web may conflict with Wikipedia's interest to present neutral content (sometimes more substantially than in the case of a Peace Corps guy), I must avoid the appearance of impropriety (of using Wikipedia for my benefit, but to the public's/Wikipedia's detriment) by going through this process. Some editors don't like it, because it's basically ghost editing for someone else, and you don't have to do anything you don't want to. But I am suppose to go around begging someone to make the edits for me ;-) CorporateM (Talk) 22:57, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Christmas Doggerel

Something you might like more (2nd image). == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 16:04, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017

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Album title italicization

Hi. Album titles are to be italicized in every instance. Please correct this on Chip Young. Thanks. --Jennica✿ / ^talk 10:05, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Armstrong

Are you serious with your edits claiming Louis Armstrong as a clarinet player? The source you give at [1] seems highly dubious since neither of the records mentioned has either a clarinet nor a cornet on them (easy to find online). The cornet and clarinet are two quite different instruments of course. -- Infrogmation (talk) 00:10, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

E-mail

Mind shooting me one, if/when you have a minute? Nothing urgent. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 02:57, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Gary Chester

Thanks Carptrash. Good work with starting the table. ----Design (talk) 07:31, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

• If you reduced the text size for entries in the "misc." column, would that allow for the song title column to be wider? ----Design (talk) 23:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

@Design: How is this for Gary Chester columns? Carptrash (talk) 00:51, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Better! Keep up the good work!----Design (talk) 04:41, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Ellie Greenwich!

I was just curious if you ever got around to creating "a chart of the songs she wrote, who recorded them, how they charted and that sort of thing"? I'm looking forward to it! albabe - The Writer/Artist Formally Known as Al Gordon 17:18, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

@Albabe:No, totally slipped what is left of my mind. I've been doing Panama Francis and Gary Chester, but thanks for reminding me about Ellie. Her chart will be more or less like those, feel free to suggest some fields. Carptrash (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

@ Carptrash: I'd love to help and I'll definitely give it my best shot. I have lots of Ellie Material (some old boots and such) but they're not that reliable in terms of Stats and such. But you might not want me involved as I'm considered a hack by an Editor here at wiki and she might flag it if I contribute. But I'm REALLY looking forward to your lists! albabe - The Writer/Artist Formally Known as Al Gordon 17:58, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

@ Carptrash: I just looked at your links to Panama Francis and Gary Chester - nice work!!! albabe - The Writer/Artist Formally Known as Al Gordon 18:00, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

@Albabe: I am not concerned what any other editor might think of your works long as you follow a few basic guidelines, mostly involving references. We can probably even figure out how to fit some boots in. So I am going to start it slowly and probably continue even slower. Which is how I do these things. When I try and build a huge structure on my computer it pretty much always turns into something really ugly on line (could have to do with my 2004 software. So, let the games begin. Carptrash (talk) 19:31, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

@ Carptrash: Well I have lots of crazy Ellie stuff. The problem is that there is no Internet corroboration. Things like this double album were sold on Amazon, but I'm sure they're Gray Area Boots. I picked-up mine at SF's Amoeba many years ago. There are detailed liner notes but, as I said, no posting of them anywhere that I've found. https://www.discogs.com/Ellie-Greenwich-Brill-Building-Sounds-Complete-Recordings-1958-1985/release/3765706 albabe - The Writer/Artist Formally Known as Al Gordon 22:29, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

@ Carptrash: I listed the Raindrops album as an Ellie album. What do you think? Technically it's Jeff and Ellie as a duo with Session Players, right? So, in a way it would be one of her albums, wouldn't it? albabe - The Writer/Artist Formally Known as Al Gordon 18:21, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Notice of Neutral point of view noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Terrorist96 (talk) 23:45, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Wait 'till My Bobby Gets Home

Hi there. I noticed that you've made edits to my article He's Sure the Boy I Love. In return, I've noticed that your article titled Wait ‘till My Bobby Gets Home might have a typo ('till should be 'til). However, I've seen using Till, Til, and 'Til. Which way would be the best way? Thought I let you know so I could add some wikilinks to link your article. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 03:48, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@MrLinkinPark333: Thanks for pointing that out. I moved it to Wait ‘til My Bobby Gets Home. so please have at it. Carptrash (talk) 04:11, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Italicize

Please italicize:

• All instances of television or movie names.
• All album names
• Billboard because it is a publication.

thanks. --Jennica✿ / ^talk 07:53, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

List of suicides

Hi, Carptrash. I reverted your edit to List of suicides because it was not accompanied by a citation of a reliable source. List articles require citations of secondary sources, just as individual bio articles do, especially with a contentious topic like suicide, as was decided in a discussion on that article's talk page. There is a commented-out note to this effect just beneath each letter-heading in the article's edit mode. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 04:34, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Nightscream: I am sorry about that, I used wikipedia as my source. But I have returned it with what I trust (hope?) is an okay reference, Carptrash (talk) 15:39, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks. Yes, The Nation cite you added is indeed a reliable source, and I added the publication info to it.

For future reference (no pun intended), one Wikipedia article cannot be cited as a source in another, as that is circular sourcing, which is prohibited by WP:CIRCULAR. One of the problems with circular sourcing (among others) is that many editors, when doing this, assume that the parent article contains citations that support the claim. But when this matter came up on the talk page in 2009, I decided to go through all those listed under "A" to see this, and I found ten whose parent articles did not support the suicide with a citation. This is why WP:CIRCULAR states, "Confirm that these sources support the content, then use them directly."

Anyway, thanks again! :-) Nightscream (talk) 16:51, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Nightscream: When I do site wikipedia I typically try to include the reference that got the original section in wikipedia. I did NOT do that with Webb. I aded him because I had just watched a movie about him and got excited. Not only should we not edit while drunk, but probably not when we are excited either. Carptrash (talk) 17:46, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Oh, you don't have to tell me not to edit while drunk. It's the reason why the article on Shakespeare's wife contained a passage praising her for her performance in The Princess Diaries for several months.

(Kidding.)

(Or am I?) Nightscream (talk) 18:10, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Nightscream: There are lessons that can only be learned the hard way - which is why most wikipediana can also claim to be graduates of the School of Hard Knocks. I too have . . . . ......... history in this area.Carptrash (talk) 18:13, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

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Confederate monument stubs + question

Hey, I know you're not thrilled with my stub creations, but please know I am acting in good faith here and trying to convert these to stubs. I did have a question for you at Talk:Confederate Mothers Monument, if you have a moment to check on something for me. Thanks for your help on so many articles. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:20, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

@Another Believer: I understand that you are acting in very good faith, you just have a different approach to this issue and on wikipedia what gets done and how it is done goes to the person that does it. In this case you. I have been at the List of Con Mons for about 5 years and perhaps have just a tinge of ownership going on. You are doing great work. I'm trying too. I think I answered your question, tonight was drum circle night, so I've been off task for a bit. Carptrash (talk) 03:59, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:02, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Inscription section of Taney sculpture article.

hello:

I reverted your addition of the unsourced inscription. It looks a lot like original research to me-- as in someone copied it down. If you can find a source, that is great, otherwise it should stay out. I looked and could not find a source. It's also very poorly formatted.104.163.145.193 (talk) 06:00, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

I believe that whom ever added the inscription copied it from the Smithsonian data base. I will look at the formatting and have added a reference. Why don't you register as a user? I don't like talking to numbers. Even a crazy name is (opinion) better than a number. Carptrash (talk) 16:25, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

thanks, I saw you added a reference.104.163.145.193 (talk) 21:42, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Department of Labor Building

Sorry for the confusion. The Department of Labor Building--that is, the original building at 1301 Constitution Ave., completed in 1934--was renamed the WJ Clinton Building in 2013 by an act of Congress. From the article:

In 2013 Congress designated the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building as a complex including the EPA West Building, along with two adjacent buildings which were formerly known as the Interstate Commerce Commission Building (and subsequently designated as "EPA East") and the Ariel Rios Federal Building.

Unfortunately the current article at William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building does not currently explain that the 2013 act renamed 3 separate buildings under one name. I may just copy the above text into the latter article.

The chronology for the old DOL building is:

1. Building opened in 1934; DOL was the first occupant.
2. DOL vacated in 1979. The US Customs Service was the next occupant. (DOL moved to its new HQ at 200 Constitution Ave., later named the Frances Perkins Building.)
3. Customs vacated in the 1990s. After a renovation, EPA moved there in 2002. (Customs moved to the new Ronald Reagan Building on 14th St.)
4. After EPA moved in, GSA named the building "EPA West" but this was not formally named as such by Congress.

I have yet to find an online reference which provides a comprehensive description of the renaming of the three buildings under one name in 2013. GSA has not completely updated its online building inventory website, so that source is somewhat confusing. The GSA "Find a Building" page is at https://www.gsa.gov/portal/ext/html/site/hb/category/25431/hostUri/portal and provides some of the relevant info under the entry for "Environmental Protection Agency, West Building, Washington, DC." Maybe the actual language from Congress would be a useful reference, if it's available online.

As of 2013, GSA and EPA have refered to the components in the EPA complex as follows:

• Ariel Rios North --> William J. Clinton North
• Ariel Rios South --> William J. Clinton South
• Interstate Commerce Commission / EPA East --> William J. Clinton East
• Dept. of Labor / EPA West --> William J. Clinton West

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Books and Bytes - Issue 23

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Well i oppose copyright but we dont want wikipedia to be sued so when i find copyright infrengemnt i report it as they copyright holder could sue wikipedia Flow 234 (Nina) talk 21:44, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

SONGCOVER discussion

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Request

Hello. Would you please consider creating an article about this?Zigzig20s (talk) 04:59, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

New user account

Hello, I did as you requested and created new user account, hope this makes you happy :p Not only was that a big issue (due to ISP recent reassign of wiki blocked vandal IP) which would have come up regardless, however ever since than I have not been able to make edits on List of monuments and memorial of the CSA page with it timing out. Not sure if due to that page just really busy, my mobile net acting up, or related to my new account. So kinda testing to see how sluggish it is posting on your talk page :D Anyway thank you for the suggestion, it was time and long overdue. Kevin "Hawk" Fisher (talk) 13:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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		Thank you for creating the Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument!Zigzig20s (talk) 03:21, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

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Referencing for World's Columbian Exposition

Hi, Carptrash, I noticed your question about referencing at the Help Desk. I'm just another contributing editor, not from the help desk.

I went through exactly the same problem as you describe, until I discovered the 'Short footnotes using {{sfn}}' method, in conjunction with {{cite book}} and the {{harv}} library cataloguing system. This method is described in the Help:References and page numbers page which John of Reading posted. I think you just need to add |ref=harv to all the {{cite book}}s on the page, and you can reference them (with different page numbers) with the 'Short footnotes using {{sfn}}' method. This is just one of various ways of achieving the same effect.

The various Wikipedia documentation pages explain everything fairly well. I've also been putting my own page together at User:MinorProphet/The joy of sfn for a while. It is a work in progress and not finished, and doesn't claim to be a proper Wikipedia how-to page, but it might clarify some things which took me a while to work out. Good luck. MinorProphet (talk) 19:23, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Images

Thanks... Don't forget to add the claimed=yes in the relevant template {{Media by uploader}} call. Thanks. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 17:02, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

You add claimed=yes as you would any other template parameter. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 17:10, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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Just for the record

Nobody has accused you of being racist or of defending the CSA or being a Lost Causer. There was a disagreement between us about the graph. Initially it was civil and polite and I thought you had some interesting things to say. Then D.Creish showed up and dumped a can of gasoline over it and lit a fire. Then our conversation got a bit more adversarial, which is too bad but that's what happens with users like these. From my perspective it looks like you're picking up some bad habits from him and from other sketchy accounts that have popped up in that discussion. I saw that somewhere else you said that sometimes you don't agree with sources but you still try to follow WP:RS and WP:NOR because that's the policy o the site. I sincerely wish that you stick with that.20:33, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Here is what you @Volunteer Marek: posted.
Arghghghg. I address that specifically above (which was my posting) . The tactic here is: "If a given source does not mention the SPLC report then argue that it is irrelevant and WP:SYNTH" and "If a given source does mention the SPLC report then argue that it's just the same as the SPLC report and is parroting it hence it doesn't count as a source" The purpose of this tactic is to exclude ANY source which makes the claim that there's a correlation between Jim Crow era and monument building. It's dishonest. It's bullshit. It's disruptive chicanery. It's circular reasoning. It's illogical. Volunteer Marek 21:28, 14 September 2017 (UTC) People who pursue this line of argument should be ashamed of themselves.
Another editor wrote

" There's nothing wrong with the graph. It's reliably sourced. Those who oppose its inclusion are Lost Causers who are trying to sanitize/ whitewash history."

It is also unlikely that I said that I "still try to follow WP:RS and WP:NOR" because I never or very rarely refer to "the rules" and in fact don't know what those are. Carptrash (talk) 21:20, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

I can't speak to what another editor wrote - I assume they were generalizing and I suspect that observation applies to a number of "Oppose" votes. As for my comment - what's wrong with it? Are you one of the people using this tactic?  Volunteer Marek  21:23, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Since you posted that right after a comment of mine I can only assume that this is what you are saying. You are calling me "dishonest" and my opinions "bullshit", among things. However I do not like having adversarial interactions such as we are having. So I'll propose that if you change "Jim Crow era" to "Lost cause era" I will go along with that. Carptrash (talk) 21:27, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Also you start this conversation off by saying "Nobody has accused you of being racist" and when I point out where some one is "calling me "whitewasher" which in this context means racist) then you say, "Well I didn't." Which is it, "No one" or "not you? Carptrash (talk) 21:30, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Here is a link [[2]] to some pages I've posted in an attempt to salvage "the graph" by changing the Jim Crow Era to Lost Cause. These are various discussions about the monuments themselves - which I believe are being largely ignored in this process. They ofter speak about "the cause" with or without a capitol C, they address the issue of no money following the war and more. Where they came from doesn't really matter, but I do have that info. Please take a few minutes out and look them over. Carptrash (talk) 22:42, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Edith D. Pope

Hi. Feel free to help me expand Edith D. Pope if you are interested. Thanks!Zigzig20s (talk) 18:27, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

@Zigzig20s: Most of the editing I do originates in my own library at home. I doubt that I can find anything on Ms. Pope, though she must be an interesting person. Also I have removed all Civil War articles from my watchlist so am not doing that much editing around it. I had considered trying to find Confederate Veteran on line, but probably not. Thanks for the invite, Carptrash (talk) 05:17, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

The Internet Archive may have it, but I'm not sure it's an RS. I really want to read the book about Pope. Sad to be losing you on the Confederate monument team!Zigzig20s (talk) 05:49, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

I found Con Vet here [3], I've gone through 11months of 1913 and Cunningham still seems to be the editor. Carptrash (talk) 06:09, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Cunningham dies in Dec. 1913. I am just starting 1914.Carptrash (talk) 06:11, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Are you going to read them all? We could do a relatively quick search for "monument" in each book to see if there are more that we've missed.Zigzig20s (talk) 22:08, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

I am looking for Edith Pope, not so much monuments. At what point do they (CV) admit she is the editor? They had a big Cunningham memorial issue Jan 1914 but are still listing him as the editor in February. Also interesting "philosophical" stuff about negroes, drakes and even the other N word. They are all there. There are lots of monuments listed but I am not doing CSA monuments as long as that ill-advised, misleading graph sits atop the page. Carptrash (talk) 23:11, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

The list is a lost cause! But separate articles about individual monuments are still golden.Zigzig20s (talk) 23:29, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you for you efforts to reach consensus at List of monuments and memorials of the Confederate States of America. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:27, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Greenwood Cemetery

Thank you asking. I think the best and proper place to upload the CSA monument image in the article would be right under the picture of the "wagon" in the "History Section". Tony the Marine (talk) 21:07, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

I took the liberty of doing it for you.

Thank you. It was a real pleasure interacting with you. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:11, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

My friend, take a close look at the "Clinton" picture and you will notice that for some unknown reason I had my hand around Hilary's waist. Now, how many Wikipedians that you know can say that they have put their hands around her the waist? (smile). Tony the Marine (talk) 01:54, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Re: Category:Statues of Presidents of the United States

Sorry for the confusion and for changing my mind while you were in the middle of sorting. I decided DEFAULTSORT is not the way to go. Instead, I went through the entires in Category:Statues of Presidents of the United States and sorted the markup associated with this category individually. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:38, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

And I'm sorry for dumping this on you. It's another reminder that there is no rush, taking a little longer at first usually (or so it seems) shaves a lot of time off the re-dos. I now have goal of doing more Presidential statues. Part of my sculpture agenda. Carptrash (talk) 05:32, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Like ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:24, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Absence

I was sad to see your withdrawal from the monuments articles but I understand your reasons. Hopefully when the RFC closes those articles will go back to normal, and you can return. D.Creish (talk) 22:21, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Carptrash, I see you are back on the monuments page. I ran across this SPLC "call to arms" letter, which I think underlines their distinct POV as a source, as some of the Harper's and other articles have accused them of alarmist rhetoric, which this certainly is. Send a letter: It's time to take down Confederate monuments. Cheers, Dubyavee (talk) 03:40, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

René Hall

He was already there. I didn't add him. Fuddle (talk) 03:32, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

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Gainesville monument

I've added a description section but please trim it if you think the direct quote is too long. Thanks!Zigzig20s (talk) 17:04, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Please follow the talk-page guidelines

First warning

Particularly, (1) keep your responses concise and focused. Talk pages are not discussion forums. (2) Please properly indent your responses. This is something you are notorious for. Hundreds (if not thousands) of examples exist. It's inexcusable for an editor of your experience. And it is considered disruptive editing. See Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Ignoring comments

Persistently formatting your comments on a talk page in a non-compliant manner, after friendly notification by other editors, is a mild form of disruption. After you have been alerted to specific aspects of these guidelines (such as indentation, sectioning, and signatures), you are expected to make a reasonable effort to follow those conventions. Other editors may simply ignore additional posts that flagrantly disregard the talk page formatting standards.

And I'd personally appreciate it (though I don't believe it's strictly required) if you indented a single level. That means:

:
:: ←your response

Not:

:
::: ←your response

Fluous (talk) 17:27, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

"Other editors may simply ignore additional posts that flagrantly disregard the talk page formatting standards." Feel free to follow this part of the rule. Carptrash (talk) 17:46, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

1. - you are notorious ("widely and unfavorable known")
2. - It's inexcusable ("without justification")
3. - Congratulations! ("express pleasure to") ―Buster7 ☎ 23:01, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

@Buster7:This doesn't mean that you'll take away my Editor-of-the-Week award, does it? Or perhaps it could serve as a nomination for the "Notorious Editor of the Week Award?" Carptrash (talk) 23:06, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Some people are just colon-challenged. They deserve the same respect as the colon-talented. Also, being notorious is so bad that it's almost a compliment. ;)  – Corinne (talk) 23:33, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

What it means is that you are entitled to a cleaning of the by-now probably tarnished Eddy. (It's not real gold you know). If you send it to me in a prepaid Manila envelope I'll tape it to the hood ornament of my Edsel the next time I run it thru the car wash. You should get it back by the New Year. ―Buster7 ☎ 23:57, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Ah, a clean start for the New Year. Carptrash (talk) 02:48, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Second warning

@Carptrash: Please follow the talk page guidelines and stay on topic. See WP:TALK#USE. In particular:

"talk pages are for discussing the article"

Whether "every street in America named after someone notable should be listed in Wikipedia" is a general discussion topic that is not appropriately discussed on an article talk page. What's appropriately discussed is whether streets named after Confederate leaders, soldiers, politicians, etc. merit inclusion on this particular List of Confederate monuments and memorials.

It would be very much appreciated if you kept your participation in talk pages much more focused. Thank you. Fluous (talk) 06:20, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Third warning

@Carptrash: Again, I implore you to follow the talk page guidelines to stay on topic. And avoid personal attacks. You wrote:

"Maybe an inscription if it's particularly notable (like praising "faithful slaves" or the "justness" of the Confederate cause)." This is one of the most biased, naked admissions of tailoring the article to fit into some political agenda that I have ever come across. And you are giving me warnings? I have tried several times, now archived, at least one of them, to have this article be just a list and no one seemed interested. Now that I am allowing the monuments to speak for themselves, suddenly more content is a bad thing. The truth shall set you free, something you do not seem to want. Carptrash(talk) 15:50, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

And please follow the talk-page guidelines and properly indent your talk-page responses. You formatted the above as a response to Slatersteven, not me, even though you were responding to me. This is, again, disruptive editing. Fluous (talk) 19:11, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Fourth warning

Please follow Wikipedia guidelines and avoid edit warring. I reverted your edit and told you that we were discussing it on the talk page. You then reverted my revert. That was an inappropriate response. You should have waited until we decided what to do with your particular edits (whether information like sculptors, cost, physical material, etc merit inclusion on this List of Confederate monuments and memorials). That discussion can be found here. Please do not add such information to the article until that discussion is complete. Fluous (talk) 19:11, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

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Confederate beach towels

Confederate beach towels might be a thing. I am reading Joan Didion's South and West: From a Notebook and she's mentioned them quite a few times already.Zigzig20s (talk) 18:22, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Well hoist one up the wikiflagpole and see what happens. Or take it to a beach and get a bikini clad young lady to sit on it. That would probably be more acceptable. Carptrash (talk) 18:47, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

A bikini-clad young lady? I don't think so. By the way, Dixie gas stations are also a thing apparently!Zigzig20s (talk) 19:11, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

She doesn't have to be a straight young lady. Carptrash (talk) 19:15, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

I'd rather go to the beach with a princess than a "young lady"!Zigzig20s (talk) 19:31, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

The best I could do is an old lady. Carptrash (talk) 19:32, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Not sure I could get away with wearing a tiara at the Orange Beach. It's not quite the Will Rogers State Beach!Zigzig20s (talk) 19:38, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Alabama might be dicey. Someday I'll tell you the story about me in the first day of dove season in Alabama. Definitely not a tiara event either. Carptrash (talk) 19:43, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

She's all ears.Zigzig20s (talk) 19:51, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Not today. Unless I have it already written up. (pause) which I do not. I have a file on my desk top labeled 'Autobiography" and when I write up stuff like this I put them in there for future reference. So it is not there, but I will write it up, it's a fun story, but now I am out of dog food, so that's a higher calling. Carptrash (talk) 19:56, 21 October 2017 (UTC)