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KFC/Kentucky Fried Chicken

Since you are in Louisville, could you please take the time to find any data regarding the naming change that KFC is currently embracing. Any hard data would be greatly appreciated.

Also, please do not get into and edit war over the KFM link on the KFC article. I have a feeling that Thumperward may seek an editing block if you do.

Jeremy Jerem43 23:08, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Right now, due to being too busy with other things, my Wikipedia work is severely constrained. I really have zero time for research right now. Sorry. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 13:54, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't mean to come across as adversarial

In the case of this template, I'm a bit reflexive. My only goal is to make the tool as thoroughly useful and concise as possible, and Hal and I are both committed to keeping the standards high at this particular pass. Stewardship, not ownership. From looking at your user page statement, I suspect we're actually similar in many ways and practices, especially as it regards the overarching goal of transparency and the way fullness of knowledge this can improve all of us. I find myself disagreeing with other wikipedia users' actions all the time, but watching this self-corrective process occur (if rife with minor contextual conflict) has become one of my great joys. Arguing to higher truth demarks real friendship. Thanks! BusterD 14:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Beck's Mill

I think the Beck's Mill article deserves to be B-class, but I thought I should get your opinion on it.--Bedford 01:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Since I guess you're more acquainted with the subject, just use your best judgment. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 01:33, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Regarding Strom Thurmond

I added an RfC at talk:Strom Thurmond regarding edits made by WatchingYouLikeAHawk (talk · contribs) (WYLAH), who has taken a point to Wikistalk my edits. The original additions were at Robert Byrd regarding the fact that Byrd recanted his views on racism (addition not by me), which were later removed by WYLAH and reinstated and cleaned up. WYLAH claims that the Slate is an op-ed piece.

I added the citations and some text regarding Thurmond's own admission that he never recounted racism fully to Strom Thurmond. I followed up with another citation: the interview that Thurmond gave in the Charlotte Observer, which is considered a reliable source.

WYLAH began corrupting the latter citation template by removing portions of the references and rendering the sources unreadable throughout the page. He later began to do this elsewhere in the page on my other addition, and rendered the references unreadable as well.

He removes the messages I leave him. He all but ignores the talk pages elsewhere, sans lying out vague threats to track my edits and report me for intimidation and etc., and ignores (like every admin so far) my case at WP:AIV. I opened up an RfC today, but this is pretty much the end of the road -- not much left go on here. A rewrite of the offending passages may be in the best interest, but I'm afraid that WYLAH would only revert it. Prior notices and warnings were left on his talk page regarding his conservative edits throughout, so I'm sure that he is coming from this on a biased viewpoint. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 05:36, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Fort Knox

Hey Stevie,

• I was wondering if you could help with the Fort Knox article. It has recieved some vandalism over the past month and unreferences material.

Jahnx 02:26, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Houston A. Baker, Jr.

I would like to remind you that you committed yourself to doing something about the Houston A. Baker, Jr. article. The article needs some positive and truthful content to balance out the negative content related to the Duke scandal. So far no one can really come up with something nice to say about HAB. We're all depending on you! --Anthon.Eff 01:01, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a community project. Please feel free to work on the article. I am personally too busy to work in the Wikipedia that much at this time. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 17:07, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Camp Joe Holt

Wanted to let you know I started this. If I can find a copy of Baird's book, I can easily get a DYK out of it.--Bedford 03:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Excellent! thanks! Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 04:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of List of web applications

List of web applications, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that List of web applications satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of web applications and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of List of web applications during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Spartaz ^Humbug! 23:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of List of collaborative software

List of collaborative software, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that List of collaborative software satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of collaborative software and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of List of collaborative software during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Spartaz ^Humbug! 23:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Hey good sir ... been a while. Do you think "The Connection" in Louisville is notable enough to merit an article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by M-BMor (talk • contribs) 01:04, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, it depends on what makes it notable... perhaps that it's the largest gay bar in Louisville, or that its theater is unique for the region? Not really sure, but if you want to go ahead, it might stick. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 06:02, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Louisville Legion

I've started the Legion's article; thought you should know.--Bedford (talk) 17:54, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Cool! Thank you for starting that. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 05:53, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Revisions...

Why are you removing my inclusion about Ali/Clay collectibles? It is certainly as germaine as comic books and also quite often a connection that millions of Americans have to Ali. How can this not be relevant? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.39.74 (talk) 17:40, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Disagreed. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 20:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

You're kidding me, Stevie.

Stevie, please see the note I sent you directly. How you can suggest that the inclusion of VIDEO GAME and COMIC BOOK references is relevant but not much sought after trading card appearances or even more popular autographs is completely bizarre. They are the very definition of pop culture well beyond video game or comic book references. Moreover, your contributions not withstanding why do you get to make unilateral decisions as to the content of the page?

My authoritative submission as a certified expert in the field should be a welcome inclusion. It's hardly vandalism and adds to the page.

Worse yet, this willy-nilly editing style you've chosen to dispense is injurious to the future of Wikipedia and the attraction of professional writers or others in the know.

I take the time to write and submit something to the community and you without merit or reason get to simply kill it with a succinct and unexplained "disagreed."

Doesn't sound too 'wiki' to me and I'm not giving up.

Kindly let me know what doesn't fit WIKIPEDIA's rules, not Stevie, or stop vandalizing my contributions.

Be well,

Kurt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.39.74 (talk) 22:12, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Cry, baby, cry. It's junk and it's not being accepted for obvious reasons. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 06:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Caves or Caverns near Jeptha Knob?

Hey, just wondering if there were any natural caves or caverns in or under Jeptha Knob? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.130.69.245 (talk) 03:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

TableManners

There's an user named TableManners that is deleteing the Museums in Louisville category from any that are in Indiana. I am going to need assistance with this newbie that has already made self-righteous comments on my talk page about it.--Bedford (talk) 06:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Category_talk:Museums_in_Louisville

Could you take a look at the fifth solution Category_talk:Museums_in_Louisville? You previously supported the second solution, but you might like the fifth better. If you do not, could you comment on the fifth solution why? Thanks. TableManners ^U·T·C 04:31, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Article move

Hello Stevietheman, I was just soliciting input for a request for an article move for Talk:The Brycc House. I found this article while making an assessment from a list of needing assessed and it needs a lot of work. This being one of the top priorities. Jahnx (talk) 07:59, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXII (December 2007)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXII (December 2007)
Project news The Intelligence task force has been created. The contest department has completed its ninth month of competition. The top scorer this month is Blnguyen, with 22 points, followed by Dreamafter, with 8 points, and Redmarkviolinist, with 6 points. Blnguyen also remains the overall leader, with 162 points in total. All project members are encouraged to submit the articles they're working on as entries. Help with converting deprecated infoboxes is needed; any assistance is welcome! {{WPMILHIST}} now supports an explicit tag (class=DAB) for marking disambiguation pages.	Articles of note New featured articles: Battle of Albuera Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) Battle of the Gebora Constantine II of Scotland Francis Harvey Vasa (ship) Wulfhere of Mercia New A-Class articles: 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing Evacuation of East Prussia
Current proposals and discussions A discussion about minimizing terminological ambiguity has begun.
Awards and honors Blnguyen has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his efforts in improving the quality of articles related to Vietnamese military history, including the creation of numerous A-Class articles. Woodym555 has been awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of his outstanding work on topics related to the Victoria Cross, notably including the creation of featured articles, featured lists, and a featured topic. For their outstanding efforts as part of Tag & Assess 2007, Bedford, TomStar81, and Parsival74 have been awarded the gold, silver, and bronze Wikis, respectively.
Tag & Assess 2007 Tag & Assess 2007 is now officially over, with slightly under 68,000 articles processed. The top twenty scores are as follows: 1. Bedford — 7,600 2. TomStar81 — 5,500 3. Parsival74 — 5,200 4. FayssalF — 3,500 5. Roger Davies — 3,000 6. Ouro — 2600 7. Kateshortforbob — 2250 8. Cromdog — 2,200 9. BrokenSphere — 2000 9. Jacksinterweb — 2,000 9. Maralia — 2,000 12. MBK004 — 1,340 13. JKBrooks85 — 1,250 14. Sniperz11 — 1100 15. Burzmali — 1000 15. Cplakidas — 1000 15. Gimme danger — 1000 15. Raoulduke471000 15. TicketMan — 1000 15. Welsh — 1000 15. Blnguyen — 1000 Although the drive is officially closed, existing participants can continue tagging until January 31 if they wish, with the extra tags counting towards their tally for barnstar purposes. We'd like to see what lessons can be learned from this drive, so we've set up a feedback workshop. Comments and feedback from participants and non-particpants alike are very welcome and appreciated.
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Activity survey for members of WikiProject Companies

placed on talk pages of all participants

I wanted to get a notion of the level of activity of people who are members of WikiProject Companies with respect to monitoring the WikiProject Talk page and participating in discussions of interest and/or responding to requests for input.

Could you please visit Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Companies/Member information#2008 Quarter 1 (Jan-Mar): Talk page monitoring survey and adding yourself to one or more of the several groupings listed?

Thanks for your assistance.

--User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 03:51, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

rollback

Hi, I think I have given you rollback privileges. when looking at diffs, or article histories or your watchlist, you should be able to rollback edits with just one click. This should just be used with simple vandalism or obvious mistake edits; anything else and you should do a manual revert so you can explain the reason. Let me know if it didn't work... the ability to give out rollback access to non-admins is still a new feature. --W.marsh 22:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow, I think you read my mind. I was going to request using it. I definitely see it, and I will only use it according to the rules you state. Cheers! Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 22:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Your Dr. Justin McCarthy edit

I fixed up a couple things on Justin McCarthy, that seemed completely biased. It seems that the Armenian propagandists are trying their best to edit the Justin McCarthy article to make him look like some "nationalistic agenda follower", which is just not right. I thought Wikipedia had policies against portraying living person biographies in a negative way. Is anyone even allowed to add "Criticism of his work"? I mean because then you can add criticism of just about anybody. Anyway, I didn't remove anything cited or referenced properly. But be aware that people with Armenian nationalistic agendas are continuously vandalizing that page and semi-vandalizing it to make it seem like Justin McCarthy is some sort of "denialist" or "liar" or "propagandist" when his work is so well supported. I also wanted to thank you for your initial edits at cleaning up that page, it was very honorable of you to help fight vandalism. Quite frankly, I'm not even sure why the heck "Armenia wikiproject" is involved in that article, but obviously not with good intentions. Arsenic99 (talk) 04:54, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I did what I could when I had a lot more time to edit on Wikipedia. Keep up the good fight. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 22:30, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

City-Data forum

You should consider making an account at City-Data Forum. It gets a ton of hits, a lot of it from people outside the local area who want information about moving to Louisville. We currently have nice picture threads up for Louisville. Your input could be very helpful.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/louisville-area/232504-louisville-photo-sticky-2.html http://www.city-data.com/forum/louisville-area/

Angry Aspie (talk) 18:16, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks interesting, but I run a competitor site on the local level, Louisville History & Issues. Obviously, I won't be helping a competitor. Even if I wasn't operating a competitor, I would be leery of a national site with regards to covering local issues. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 19:13, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery

Would you look at http://www.oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org/flash/2007_05_05_slideshow_.swf Do they mean its the only one in Kentucky, or only one in the United States?--Bedford 01:50, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I can't tell... the language isn't very clear on that. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 02:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I got a clarification from the Oldham County Historical Society;it's just the state of Kentucky.--Bedford 20:20, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Louisville "This Day"

I've started creating a "This Day in Louisville History" at Portal:Louisville/thisday. I don't want to put it up until its fairly full, as I don't want to endanger the portal's probably featured status. But I thought you might like to know its existance, in case there is anything you might want to add.--Bedford 13:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like a clever idea. Thanks for doing this. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 14:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator elections

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 14! Kirill 17:03, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Info on Louisville Music Wikiproject

How would one go about adding to the Louisville Music Project? Bars like the Rudyard Kipling that promote local music, as well as local bands, and labels like Noise Pollution would make a nice edition to the arts and entertainment section of our city's Wiki page. Thanks