User talk:Altairisfar

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Thornhill

Sorry for the late response, I see you found the info on Gorgas. I respect the plagerism thing, the book was quoting the actual diaries, which I referenced.

I am very much a fanatic on correct info. Having owned Thornhill for 45 years and being a decendent, I am amazed at all the inaccuracies in the various publications- "Silent in the Lamb" has 5 inaccuracies in a very short article, as does "Historic Homes of Alabama", and "Mansions of Alabama", although "Mansions of Alabama" by Ralph Hammond is by far the best book on the house. Hammond said in the book that Thornton's second wife was his childhood sweetheart, when in fact she was born twelve years after he was. Hard to imagine that they were childhood sweethards when he was almost a teenager when she was born. "Historic Homes of Alabama" has Thornhill as the home of William Thornton, pretty big mistake. BJJ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thornhillplantation (talk • contribs) 23:17, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

By the way, great job you are doing on wiki regarding the historic housese etc. Altairisfar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thornhillplantation (talk • contribs) 23:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Some DYK noms

I nominated several of your newest NRHP articles at T:TDYK for main page exposure, including a couple that used the article's image and have a good chance of grabbing the lead spot. If you would care to take the time to look over the hooks at the aforementioned page, as well as make sure the hook fact includes an inline citation, that would be great. Thanks. --IvoShandor (talk) 06:07, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I keep an eye on the NRHP new article list. I have found there is almost always something in most articles that can be pulled out as a hook. I have gotten rather good at finding those facts hiding amongst the text. Your offline refs will be fine, they'll take them in good faith. --IvoShandor (talk) 16:48, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Borden Oaks

On January 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Borden Oaks, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 03:14, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Rosemount (Forkland, Alabama)

Just a minor thing on Rosemount. I believe the DeVesci family bought the house from a Mrs. Glover Legrae in the thirties or forties. My grandfather bought the house and 100 acres in the mid 1950s at auction (Brockway Jackson from Eutaw) and sold to Joe Simpson (prominent family from Birmingham) a couple of years later. He sold to Joyce Gravit (sp) around 1970, she sold to David Mitchell (from Georgia) in the mid 1970s, he sold to Marty Lyons (UA, NY Jets) in the 1980s who sold to the present owner around 1990. I didn't want to put this in because the dates are not exact and the DeVesci info is not for certain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thornhillplantation (talk • contribs)

John Erwin

If we had an article on the John Erwin who owned Glencairn (Greensboro, Alabama) and not just the voice actor who played He-Man, it would make for a dandy double-hook. Just a thought. - Dravecky (talk) 23:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Twin Oaks Plantation

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Gatoclass (talk) 04:34, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Glencairn (Greensboro, Alabama)

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Dravecky 23:21, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Hawthorne (Prairieville, Alabama)

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DYKadminBot (talk) 17:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for McGehee-Stringfellow House

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Dravecky (talk) 00:01, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Magnolia Cemetery

I really cannot reference Arch Winter- I worked with him on the Friends Board and know that he was instrumental in starting the fence and bequethed a considerable sum of money for its completion Burt11 (talk) 15:21, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Demopolis

		The Fauna Barnstar
		For your work on the Demopolis Chalk Formation. Abyssal (talk) 00:33, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Mooreville Chalk Formation

Yeah, you and someone else reverted my edits to the Mooreville Chalk Formation. Perhaps you can look into the validity of the changes I made(ie. there is NO SUCH TAXON as Isurus mantelli, or Lamna appendiculata). Just trying to help, and just becuase I don't have an account, doesn't necessarily warrant that what I contribute to has no value whatsoever, or that it can be reverted will-nilly. --72.68.194.181 (talk) 00:26, 8 February 2009 (UTC)