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Gramlee

I saw the tag you placed on the Gramlee page. I'm afraid I totally don't understand your criticisms of the page. Please explain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Casadega (talk • contribs) 17:17, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals

I have just seen Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals (which you wrote) while doing new page patrol and I was amazed by the quality of the article. It is one of the most well referenced, good quality pages I have ever seen linked from Special:NewPages. As a result, I have to give you this barnstar:

		The Original Barnstar
		For creating fantastic new articles like Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals Anonymous101 (talk) 08:29, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

--Anonymous101 (talk) 08:29, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sam Adams

Please join this discussion. I think it provides a useful start for dispute resolution. Thanks. David in DC (talk) 02:56, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for joining the discussion. The ability to disagree without being disagreeable is all-too-rare. We disagree, and each of us has put our points out there for uninvolved editors to opine upon or otherwise help with dispute resolution. That's how it's supposed to work. I appreciate your approach. David in DC (talk) 16:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I got a wikify flag on the Article "Walter Rojas Perez" that I put online. I tried to make a few changes. Do you think that you can have a look and help me? Thank you for your time and help. Best, --Ambientalismo (talk) 07:22, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Monroe Sweetland

On 17 February, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Monroe Sweetland, which you recently nominated. 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) 07:48, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals

On February 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 13:54, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Henry Weinhard

On February 20, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Weinhard, 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) 11:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse

On February 20, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse, 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) 22:43, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Hatfield: "In a Democratic Year"

I have commented on the use of "in a democratic year" on the Talk:Mark Hatfield page. Please comment there so that a consensus can be reached.Naraht (talk) 15:39, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

McMillan Academy of Law

Thanks for the welcome! I've just about finished rewriting the new McMillan Academy of Law page. Does it meet Wikipedia standards? (Grokthought (talk) 00:07, 24 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]

How to upload pictures into my article

I want to upload pictures into my article. I read the policies and guidelines which seem to indicate that I should load them into English Wikipedia in the "Special:Upload" link. When I hit that link it says I must be one of three users. So what do I have to do to upload photos that I found on Google Images?

Thanks for a response, Loveoandn (talk) 07:26, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and Need Further Info on Uploading Pictures

So I want to use photos of television actresses that have been put out by the networks and magazines. Even perhaps a jpeg of a magazine cover. Are those acceptable images under the fair use policy, especially if I note that they are critical commentary or those other terms in the policy? And follow requirements of the fair use policy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Loveoandn (talk • contribs) 08:00, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Africa Project Tagging

Thank you for tagging articles for AfricaProject. Please be aware, though, of the difference between the nations of Nigeria and its northern neighbor Niger. I've corrected the nation tag on Talk:High Council for Communication (Niger), but please double check any others you have done. Thanks again. T L Miles (talk) 15:50, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Reedville Creek Park

On February 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Reedville Creek Park, 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) 08:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My wiki article is not displaying on google

I don't know if you will be able to help me, but when I google my article named "Otalia" (well it's been renamed to Olivia Spencer and Natalia Rivera and now Otalia is a redirect, but same problem exists), it is not displayed on google. Even when I type - Otalia-wikipedia (or the new title)- it does not show up in google. When I enter the new title in google just the separate character articles show up in google. When I use the same format for other articles, they show up in google. Are you able to help me?

Loveoandn (talk) 00:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Busan-Geoje Fixed Link

On 1 March, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Busan-Geoje Fixed Link, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

good nom Victuallers (talk) 10:39, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Orlando Plummer

Hello! Your submission of Orlando Plummer at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! ^Law_shoot! 14:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

botfight!

On the Pulpit Rock page, you removed the orphan tag for a second time- it was added by the orphan bot both times. The orphan template criteria states it's supposed to be removed once there are THREE incoming links. I suspect that's why it has added the template back. Just telling you before this man-machine conflict turns ugly. tedder (talk) 07:13, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that's funny. There is a WikiProject out there for orphans and I caught one of them removing a tag from an article with one, as the tag says "none or few" or whatever. I then brought it up on the project's talk page and they had a consensus that one was enough and the tag needed to be changed. Oh well. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe there's a special exception for you or for anyone dealing with the WPOregon stuff :-) tedder (talk) 07:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed this and was wondering how many links are enough, as there has been a proliferation of bot-edits cluttering up my (and the project's) watchlist. Is it safe to remove the tag from Pulpit Rock again or what? Is the bot separate from the project and has anyone had a chat with the bot owner? I'm all for Building the Web, but 3 incoming links as a threshold seems a bit high for some articles. I'd be willing to settle for 2, but it seems like this bot thing is going to encourage shoehorning links into articles where they don't necessarily belong just to get the bot called off... Katr67 (talk) 19:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have not idea what the orphans are doing, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Orphanage. It is full of the same complaints and what not. Personally, if there are 2 links I will remove the tag. Some of these articles will eventually have more incoming links as we actually build the web (wikilinks don't build the web, we the editors do IMO). They only reasons behind this IMO is better Google rankings, as the search function is rather effective in finding articles (plus it seems it should be on the talk page as it has nothing to do with article quality, its an internal matter). But time for third link for the rock. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:50, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Umpqua Bank Plaza

On March 3, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Umpqua Bank Plaza, 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.

Royalbroil 12:52, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shiny thing

Thank you very much. I'm planning to nominate Forest Park for GA in April, and I hope to work Tryon Creek up to that level later in the year. Ruhrfisch has pointed out that the four Portland creek/slough FAs plus a Tryon Creek GA might make a qualifying featured topic. I'm giving this some thought. Pete looks about ready to nominate Columbia River for FA, and Hillsboro is good to go. All of this is pleasing. Another thought: I should be sending you an award for all the excellent work that you do. You seem to be everywhere. It made me very happy, for example, to discover your photo of the Sheridan bridge just when I needed it. Finetooth (talk) 15:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem with the pics, its a hobby. FYI I just started the Hillsboro FA, so hopefully we can get a batch through in the next few months. To quote Homer Simpson, Keep on Truckin. Aboutmovies (talk) 23:13, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hillsboro

Just saw your note. It's nearing midnight, and I must stop for the nonce. I'll read through Hillsboro again ASAP tomorrow morning. Finetooth (talk) 07:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. Time to work on prepping some GA candidates to make March "Promotion Month," brought to you by caffeine and procrastination! Aboutmovies (talk) 08:00, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I proofed the whole article again this morning and made some nit-picky changes that I hope are improvements. One thing that concerns me but that I didn't change is the table in the Education section. MoS seems to prefer straight prose to tables created simply for layout reasons, and this particular table might meet with scowls at FAC. It would be easy to turn the table into straight prose, which I'd be happy to do if you agree. Finetooth (talk) 17:26, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the work, it looks good. With the table, I say leave it for now. If they comment on it, then we can convert it to prose. Its not like the article is lacking much prose already and there are only two other tables in use. Hopefully we'll get more feedback/support soon. Thanks again. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:09, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you about the education table. Ironically, my weather table is causing trouble. I agree with User:Ealdgyth that a dot-com is suspect, and I can't think of a way to show that this one is reliable. I've sent messages seeking advice from a couple of the hurricane project people and a couple of others. If nothing useful turns up, we can revert to your earlier text-based version. I remember wondering about the other site, Peter Toth, that Ealdgyth questions. It's a dot-com too, and the RS question is fair. The People citation should be sufficient by itself if it supports the specific Hillsboro claim. Finetooth (talk) 17:57, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I took care of the statue cites. The People one was actually providing the name of the sculptor's project and time frame, and didn't mention Hillsboro. With the weather, it would be great to keep the table and just find an alternate data source. When I have a chance I'll try to track some down if your hurricane folks aren't able to help. Aboutmovies (talk) 18:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They came through, and all is fixed, as you have probably seen. The Weather Channel is the answer. Another hurdle cleared. Finetooth (talk) 19:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, great work. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:02, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

<outdent>Next hurdle. User:Ruhrfisch has just sent me a couple of notes about the underlying copyright of the Toth statue. He's right, and I just missed it even though you had pointed out the "no right of panorama" problem when I photographed the Katz statue. You can see Ruhrfisch's notes on my talk page; it's possible that a fair use rationale would work, but I'm not certain. Finetooth (talk) 20:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But the plot thickens. Toth's piece was created in 1987, and since it is on public display was thus published that year. At that time some formalities still applied under US copyright law, which were removed in March 1989 due to the joining of the Berne Convention to bring US law in line with other members. So, as far as I know, there is no copyright notice of the sculpture, it was published prior to the removal of formalities of notice, thus it has entered the public domain. Aboutmovies (talk) 21:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm no expert on these matters, but the Wikipedia page [1] here seems to say that the 1978 (rather than 1987) cutoff applies to the idea of public display as publication, but publication doesn't mean the end of copyright protection. For that, the art must have been created before 1923. Or at least that is my reading of all this head-cracking stuff. Finetooth (talk) 22:17, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Linking out from that you will see under "Works First Published in the U.S." for the time frame we are talking about. And Toth did not register, only his book is registered. The 1978 is the date that after which you no longer had to register the work to receive protection (still need to to sue though). This is one of the reasons why copyright law is some complicated. With publication, if you published without registering pre-1978, it was public domain. Most of what Wikipedia/Commons does is use the dates for certainty. As in everything pre-1923 you are safe on. After that, something could still end up being public domain because the copyright wasn't renewed, or published without the (c) notice, or without registration. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:31, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See this template. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:51, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha. Holy Toledo. It's a lovely photo, and I'm glad it's not endangered. Finetooth (talk) 23:09, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

On March 7, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, 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.

Shubinator (talk) 04:30, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TEMPLAR?

Doesn't this qualify as templating the regulars? tedder (talk) 07:08, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More Hillsboro

I see that User:Dabomb87 has begun reviewing the text and has made several suggestions. Just give me a nudge if you'd like any help. Finetooth (talk) 19:46, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the offer, I think I took care of everything. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:44, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for welcome note. Hope to learn a lot from your experiences. (Jokasta (talk) 05:43, 8 March 2009 (UTC))[reply]

On Juan Manuel Burgos Velasco´s article...

Hi! Thank you for your welcoming message. I need your help to change the article´s name because this author is usually looked up without his last surname. Could you please tell me how to change it to "Juan Manuel Burgos" only?. This way people looking up for his work and don't know his second surname will get th information their looking for. Thank´s again Karlamollinedo (talk) 18:48, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Thank you for your incredibly fast and accurate respondKarlamollinedo (talk) 03:39, 9 March 2009 (UTC)![reply]

DYK for William G. Hare

On March 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William G. Hare, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 12:57, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GAN for Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals

I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:07, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A DYK for me?

Hey, I hope school and/or procrastinating are treating you well. Can you take a look at Independence Historic District (Independence, Oregon) and let me know how much more I need to add to it to do a DYK? I can add info about some of the individual buildings, various hops barons and especially, if I can find something reliable, something about some of the buildings that are supposedly haunted. If I can't have ghosts, I think I can make something interesting out of "Hop Capital of the World". I'll have to make a trip to the library though. There's surprisingly little on-line about the place. The Internet means everybody just copies each other's info... Thanks for the 1920 street view pic too! If ya got anything else, lemme know. I've just got one other shot of the pink house, since I felt it was cliche to take pictures of main street, alas. If it isn't bloody snowing this weekend, I might pop out there for some pics. It's about time for me to find more money by the side of Highway 22...And hit Burgerville. Cheers! Katr67 (talk) 16:44, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PSU SBA account

Doesn't User:PSU SBA fall under WP:NOSHARE? What should be done about such a situation? tedder (talk) 22:56, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any evidence of more than one person using the account (it's likely just one marketing person), so it wouldn't fall under NOSHARE. But the username policy generally prohibits names like this, which EncMstr usually takes care of by blocking them. For me though, tagging the article and leaving the note on their talk page takes care of the problem about 75% of the time. After all, their work on Wikipedia is now done, they got their article up ;). Aboutmovies (talk) 07:22, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw this—must have overlooked them on recent Oregon article changes. They are now blocked, with encouragement to create a proper username. —EncMstr (talk) 08:00, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:53, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Orlando Plummer

On March 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Orlando Plummer, 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.

Royalbroil 03:00, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Skatekidsroofsalemoregon2.JPG

Hi. I note you tagged File:Skatekidsroofsalemoregon2.JPG as redundant of File:Skatekidsroofsalemoregon.JPG, but the two pictures are different. I've removed the speedy tag for now but wanted to let you know in case you had mixed up the redundant file name. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:10, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks for clarifying. In this case, I believe that "redundant" means identical, as WP:CSD#F1 says, "Any unused media file that is a copy, in the same file format and same or lower quality/resolution, of another file on Wikipedia." If I'm understanding the criterion correctly and the image is simply unneeded because there is a similar one that serves its purpose better, it might be better to take it through WP:FfD (awkward initials; I liked IfD better), unless the uploader would like to tag it for deletion under WP:CSD#G7. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 21:45, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NowCommons: File:HallStonerLusk.jpg

File:HallStonerLusk.jpg is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:File:Hall Stoner Lusk.jpg. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case: [[File:Hall Stoner Lusk.jpg]]. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 13:40, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Benjamin Franklin Burch

Saw your article on Benjamin Burch. Since he died 1893, am pretty sure photo on your second source is public domain--but even if that's not certain, it could still be used under Fair Use rule since Burch is dead and no alternative is available. Have standard text I tailor/use for Fair Use rationale if your interested.--Orygun (talk) 00:46, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the offer. I too have a standard form for the fair use/dead guy. I always err on the safe side, so unless I know it was published after 1923, I go fair use. I had hoped to find a free image in an old book and avoid the fair use part as well as the poor quality of the archives one, but never found one. So thanks for reminding me about the archives one. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:06, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Benjamin Franklin Burch

On March 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Benjamin Franklin Burch, 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.

Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 22:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox Liberia District

I improved Template:Infobox Liberia District and its documentation page, which you created. In the template itself they were absolutely minimal. In the documentation page this included removing a template loop. Hope you like it. Debresser (talk) 13:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Port of Portland

The pic looks good. I never thought of using it that way. Glad you did. I don't have any that would be better. I had the slough and the park on my mind that day, and catching the port upstream was more-or-less accidental. Finetooth (talk) 20:08, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. Aboutmovies (talk) 21:08, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review for Betty Roberts

Hi there. The GA Review for Betty Roberts is done. Diderot's dreams (talk) 04:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Medorem Crawford

On March 15, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Medorem Crawford, 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) 07:06, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for John D. Boon

On March 15, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John D. Boon, 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.

Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 20:36, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Diane Downs

Thanks for reverting me, my math totally failed me this morning. I appreciate your fixing my error, thanks again, --CrohnieGal^Talk 11:34, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I almost reverted the IP editor myself until I did the math and found out the article has been wrong for awhile. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:43, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

George G. Bingham

Thanks for creating the George G. Bingham page. Article looks fact based and well referenced. Armadude (talk) 14:47, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Armadude[reply]

DYK for Laurelwood, Oregon

On March 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Laurelwood, Oregon, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 11:00, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hyphens and their cousins

I saw the new comments. Most of the hyphens were already correct, but east–west was an exception, and maybe a couple of others slipped through. I remember changing some en dashes to hyphens a few weeks ago, and I might have unwittingly changed a couple of east–west beasties to hyphens while on autopilot. It's no big deal. I'll check them again later today. Finetooth (talk) 15:09, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Most of the original hyphens were correct, and I restored them. I found a couple more east–west (or similar) combos to join with en dashes, and I en-dashed the two NRHP places with two-family names. I hadn't noticed those before. Finetooth (talk) 16:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My userpage pictures

Thanks for the note. I would have no problem with you deleting the pictures that I uploaded which are not in use on Wikipedia articles. Please note that some pictures on my userpage are indeed used on Wikipedia articles, and there are some articles which use cropped versions of pictures on my userpage. At any rate, I agree that my userpage is unweidly and I'd like many of the pictures to be deleted. And while we're at it, you may have noticed that I have changed usernames (simply added "Olivo" in there). Would it be possible to delete the user page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Andrew_Parodi to be deleted altogether? Thanks. -- Andrew Olivo Parodi (talk) 04:18, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Hi there! I know you are not a participant of the WikiProject Anime and Manga. But I have a question which where I am quite clueless about.

Can I suggest a mangaka's article to be assessed at the Project's Assessment page? (In this situation: Yuki Kure.)

Thanks, Amaya Sakura (talk) 08:51, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

George Steel

Geesh, I said I would do it. :P Katr67 (talk) 06:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I know, but saw you got busy with some copyediting, and it was a little item I could do without many of my sources handy on the road. Now you have more time for Ballston. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:30, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm gonna do Culp Creek first. Damn Ballston boosters... Katr67 (talk) 06:52, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lauralee Martin

You added this page to the Oregon State University alumni category. The page is up for speedy deletion. Perhaps you can help keep it alive. Closetindex (talk) 23:15, 21 March 2009 (UTC)closetindex[reply]

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

Hi, I saw your listing on GAC. If nobody grabs it up in the next few days, I may do it. Viriditas (talk) 11:28, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Laurelwood Academy

On March 23, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Laurelwood Academy, 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) 18:14, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for George G. Bingham

On March 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George G. Bingham, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 06:33, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hillsboro image questions

I have tried to address the map questions raised by User:Jappalang at FAC, and I think I my fix might be acceptable. I posted an explanatory note to FAC after making changes to the map description at the Commons. The Shute questions I leave to you. If for any reason the free-use rationale fails, we can probably use a fair-use rationale that would be acceptable. Finetooth (talk) 16:45, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Success. I think I want you to be my lawyer. Finetooth (talk) 01:33, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

nitpick

On this page .. do you mind changing your comment from "work for higher" to "work for hire"? tedder (talk) 12:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

Thank you for your comments and editing. Right now I don't have any questions, but when I start to edit the text I may have some. I will let you know. Right now I'm at the point of trying to understand the new possibilities. {Sfinks05 (talk) 19:04, 27 March 2009 (UTC)};[reply]

Oregon Government 2.0

Hi. A while ago, you expressed interest in the effort to put state works in the public domain. The central hub for that has moved to a PDX Wiki Wednesday page, and now there's a discussion forum. We have made quite a bit of progress, but we are hopelessly short on active members. If you're still interested, I urge you to get involved. Please check out the PDX Wiki Wednesday page and the forum for the progress we've made so far, and other info. Thanks! — Athelwulf ^[T]/_[C] 21:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for George A. Steel

On March 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George A. Steel, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 02:56, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But really, how would you know?

That there haven't been any gay judges in the District of Oregon, that is? bd2412 T 03:27, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That just means you know of the openly gay judges on the Oregon Supreme Court (and that there have been no openly gay judges on the District Court). bd2412 T 16:52, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Given your experience in working the District of Oregon towards GA status, I'd appreciate your input into United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. bd2412 T 23:06, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lausanne Hall

On March 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lausanne Hall, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 09:17, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Thomas R. Cornelius

The article Thomas R. Cornelius you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Thomas R. Cornelius for things needed to be addressed. Ray^Talk 23:15, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I passed it. Congrats! Ray^Talk 22:15, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Over the top

It was feeling like "The Little Engine That Could" for a while, but Hillsboro, Oregon, just chugged to the top of the last grade. It was good working with you on this one. I look forward to more. I remember you sent me a list of about five possibilities, including Hillsboro. I'll have to look over the list again to see which looks most fetching. Finetooth (talk) 00:56, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And I thank you for the barnstar. You deserve one too, not only for your work on Hillsboro but for your amazing contributions to WikiProject Oregon. Finetooth (talk) 14:21, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks

Hello Aboutmovies. Many thanks for welcoming me and for your helpful tips. I will certainly use them. My main interest is the US economy and its companies, so I think I will have a lot to write about.

I recently posted my first article on Acme United Corporation. So if you care to give me some feedback, I would certainly appreciate it. I also posted a feedback request on the proper “Requests for Feedback” page. Many thanks again. Caea8937 (talk) 20:53, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your welcome from me too. I'm still a novice contributor to Wikipedia. Your feedback is welcomed. Jeremybennett (talk) 08:25, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]