User talk:Ruhrfisch/Archive 27

Welcome to my talk page. Please leave me a message below and I will reply on your talk page. Although my email address is enabled, it is not an address I check often (so I may be slow in replying to email). Please also note that while I am glad to do a peer review on just about any article, I do not usually have the time to do copyedits (sorry). Thanks for stopping by and happy editing! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:59, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much

for all your help on the peer review of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and the composite image for Tchaikovsky and the Belyayev circle. You're really going beyond the call. Jonyungk (talk) 04:32, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

The image looks great. Nice work! Jonyungk (talk) 13:20, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

The new image of Glazunov is fine—much more definition than on the previous version. Thanks for digging it up. Jonyungk (talk) 22:20, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Saw the composite image on my talk page—it looks fantastic! Wasn't sure whether it was ready to go on the article page but went ahead and placed it there anyway. If it's not ready, go ahead and remove it. Thanks again. You really do excellent work. Jonyungk (talk) 03:31, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Talk about going the extra mile ... Thanks so much for doing the image search on Tchaikovsky and the Five. This was something I did not expect at all. As I'm practically helpless when it comes to searching for information on images, I am really grateful for what you have done. Jonyungk (talk) 00:08, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

... and a Happy New Year

to you and all of the Pennsylvania State Parks. Have a great 2010! Ben MacDui 11:36, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

from me too. Washoe Lake State Park is also nominated at DYK with a hook that was pretty obvious. Work, work, work for me today. Dincher (talk) 13:03, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the pictured. I hope the picture is included, but there's some other nominated pictures that are good too. Dincher (talk) 14:34, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

LH log raft

Thanks a lot for responding to Julian and Jappalang, preparing and uploading the new image, and writing the fair-use rationale. I was away from my computer most of the day. I hope we are nearing the end of the FAC. Finetooth (talk) 04:35, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

It's the Jay Street Bridge. The original bridge at this site was a covered bridge, 800 feet long. The Wagner book, which is full of photos, includes a photo of the covered bridge. Most impressive. The photo (and most of the others in the book) were taken by John W.C. Floyd, who worked as a photographer in Lock Haven between 1882 and 1898. There's a photo by Floyd of log rafts as seen from this bridge. I tried unsuccessfully to make a scan of this raft picture that looked halfway decent. Your Pine Creek raft image was much better, and your replacement image is also better. I'm not sure when the covered bridge was replaced by a steel bridge, but I'll keep looking. I added the name of the bridge to the caption and tweaked the alt text just slightly. Finetooth (talk) 05:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Here it is. The Miller book says, "An iron bridge crosses the river at Jay St. in Lock Haven, near the site of the old wooden covered bridge, which was one of the longest on the West Branch until it was destroyed by fire, under circumstances suggesting arson, in 1919." I wonder if the log raft depicted in the replacement image was ceremonial rather than "real". Finetooth (talk) 05:27, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I wondered about the Last Raft possibility too. Here are more photos of the Last Raft. I'm not sure the raft under the Jay Street Bridge has a little cabin on it like the Last Raft. On the other hand, it looks like a lot of people are standing on the Jay Street Bridge looking at the raft. That many people on the raft and that many people watching from the bridge would not be business-as-usual rafting from the old days. Finetooth (talk) 06:00, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I sent a note to Julian asking him to have another look and either strike or advise. Finetooth (talk) 06:29, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Super! Finetooth (talk) 18:07, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Just got back after being away from the Internet all afternoon and early evening. I saw your woo hoo and knew instantly what that must mean. I'm going to prepare a fancy thank-you to send to all of the PR reviewers, but I want to say thanks especially to you for the photos, the Big Runaway map, and all of your other hard work and support during the process. Finetooth (talk) 04:25, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

I'd love to think the LH article could serve as a model for small cities. Is it OK if I add Ruhrfisch to the thank-you to make it a co-thank-you like the ones you and Dincher have used? Finetooth (talk) 05:07, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Done. Sent to all involved reviewers and the three supporters (with some overlap). Finetooth (talk) 05:41, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

<outdent>An excellent suggestion. I've now sent thank-yous featuring your courthouse and carillon images to Mitch32 (image and support), Brianboulton (PR and support), Niagara (PR and edits), Dincher (PR, edits, and support), Juliancolton (image review), an odd name (technical review), Parrot of Doom (FAC review), RB88 (source review), Jappalang (image review), doncram (PR), and Ealdgyth (advice on sources). Can you think of anyone I might have missed? You don't send these to Sandy, do you? I'd feel a little strange about sending her this particular kind of thing, and of course the promotion would not be news to her. Finetooth (talk) 06:29, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Opinion

I wonder if I might get your opinion on whether a section in PRR GG1 (which I was going to expand for a GA) can be salvaged or should just be removed. I'm concerned with the "In the movies" section. I think a general pop culture good be created, but I feel it might end up being original research. By the way I just noticed the Ricketts Glen waterfall list had made DYK, congrats belatedly! ​​​​​​​​Niagara ​​^{Don't give up the ship} 18:34, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I left a note with a Choess. No worry about being slow to respond, I really wasn't around between being out, clearing lake-effect from the driveway, and preparing article on Pennsylvania's state electric locomotive. I did happen to watch one of the movies in the list the other night, The Manchurian Candidate, and played "spot the GG1" ;-) ​​​​​​​​Niagara ​​^{Don't give up the ship} 05:19, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Happy New Year to you, too !

Fisch, thank you so much for the seasons greetings; I was traveling, so I'm just now returning with wishes for a happy and healthful New Year and decade. And thanks to you trio of PR-folk for making my task at FAC lighter; you're all the best! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:53, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Well done again

I'm glad (but not surprised) that Lock Haven made it; I always look forward to those articles, congratulations to you both. If you have a moment, perhaps you could help ginger up Peter Heywood's FAC, which seems to have hibernated after very brief attention. It's not really in trouble, just needs to keep going. Brianboulton (talk) 10:37, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Congrats from me on your latest FAC success! Dincher (talk) 15:12, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Utah

Looks like I found another map that's not co-ordinated. I've been struggling with Antelope Island State Park on User:Dincher/Pet. Then I remembered the problem I had with Vermont. Could you check and see if Utah's locator map template is set up? If not I could try to co-ordinate it, unless you want to. No hurry. I just can't do it right now. Dincher (talk) 23:23, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

I was having problems with GNIS too, I was using the coordinates for Syracuse, Utah as a test. Thanks for calibrating it. I tried, but didn't get it done. As for the falls, I think that moving the details around as you suggest sounds like a pretty good idea. I am looking forward to working on Antelope Island State Park. It sounds like a neat place to visit. Dincher (talk) 01:32, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

I found some really nice pics on flickr. They're on the commons, Category:Antelope Island State Park. Which one do you think is best to nominate on the main page. It's too hard for me to decide. Dincher (talk) 03:23, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

The pic with the sunflower is the one I had in mind at first, then I thought, "it is Antelope Island." But I do think the sunflower pic is better. Still not sure. Dincher (talk) 13:08, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

McDonald's Cycle Center FA

This user helped promote McDonald's Cycle Center to featured article status.

Thanks for your intimate involvement in the development of McDonald's Cycle Center, which has become an WP:FA in recent months.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:22, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

IDiscoveri Education

Hi I guess you deleted this article on IDiscoveri Education. I agree that the content on it is against WIkipedia's Rules G11 and G12. But the user who created the page had verbal confirmation from the external site owner and the article was written to spread word about IDiscoveri in an encyclopedic sense rather than in a promotional sense. If you could bring that article into live space I shall re-work on it and bring in a neutral point of view. I could as well start a new article but I hope to keep in touch with you so as to bring a neutral view article on this company's work. Look forward to hear from you. WithdrawnVTJS (talk) 07:30, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Disruptive editing

I am very sorry for the disruptive edits, I will no longer make disruptive edits to wikipeida. I am not a vandal. P.S Happy new year! Just spreading wikilove. Bob thegamepro (talk) 20:26, 4 January 2010 (UTC)