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John Adair (1757–1840) was an American pioneer, soldier and statesman. He was the eighth Governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. Adair participated in the Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War, and was elected to eight terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives. He ascended to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat vacated by John Breckinridge's resignation, but failed to win the subsequent election due to his implication in the Burr conspiracy. He was eventually acquitted of any wrongdoing, but the negative publicity kept him out of politics for more than a decade. Adair's participation in the War of 1812, and his defense of Kentucky's soldiers against charges of cowardice at the Battle of New Orleans, restored his reputation. He returned to the state House in 1817 and was elected governor three years later on a platform of financial relief for Kentuckians hit hard by the Panic of 1819. He created the Bank of the Commonwealth, but other financial reforms were deemed unconstitutional by the Kentucky Court of Appeals, touching off the Old Court – New Court controversy. He later served in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Full article...)
UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Island photo
No, sorry, I was just driving through. Other than stop signs, traffic lights, etc., I only stopped twice in the area: first to get a photo of the Crowe Shell Midden near Livermore, and then to get my own photo of the Robert Thomas House. I was spending the day in Nashville TN, and the 250-mile-each-way drive from Bloomington IN meant that I didn't stop very much along the way. Anyway, it was only 7:17AM when I drove through Island, so a cheeseburger wouldn't have been that appetising :-) Nyttend (talk) 19:07, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, it actually wasn't hard once I got into town — Google hasn't yet learned that 431 doesn't go through town anymore, so my directions for getting to it assumed that I'd go through town, but eventually I found my way in. Since I woke up at 5AM (we're on EST here), I stopped to eat far earlier, just getting take-out from a McDonalds in Loogootee, Indiana. My trip went really well; I was working on getting National Register photos, and I ended up with slightly more than 100 sites in Nashville alone, or well over 50% of the city's locations. Also got several in Logan County, in and around Russellville, although I didn't have time for a visit to the South Union Shaker Village. Maybe next time; I'd like to try a trip to Bowling Green. This trip was necessarily handicapped by the short hours of daylight, although I wanted to go in January in hopes of escaping the cold weather. Since both Sunday and Tuesday I had to scrape off my car, it was nice to walk around Nashville just wearing a T-shirt. Nyttend (talk) 19:25, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
- Added a few images to National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Kentucky just now. Most of my photos were of sites that were already illustrated, such as the Russellville HD or the Confederate monument. Actually, it would have helped more if you'd gotten photos while in college, since we only have images for 5 of 16 sites in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Calloway County, Kentucky. If you were to get photos in Bowling Green, I'd still make the trip if possible; I've worked on getting these photos as a personal project, so I'll visit sites that other people have already illustrated for Wikipedia; tons of my Nashville photos already had photos on National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee, for example. Nyttend (talk) 23:26, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Stavros Damianides
Stavros Damianides
Hi. I have recently come under some personal attacks by admins of Wikipedia sparked by my edits on the Kastellorizo article. As a consequence you will notice partners or the same person with alternative names, or a gang, have launched personal attacks on every article i have edited. I would like you to initiate a prtoection for the page of Stavros Damianides. He was a well known Bouzouki player in Australia and in his younger days played with the best artists in Greece. He comes from a pre-internet age and few digital sources are around. He shares a similar story to Robert Johnson in the USA where he was never professionally recorded. The other matter is that despite evidence being given of well respected sources, these particular admins have repeatedly attacked and vandalized his entry. This photo will most likely also be deleted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stavros_Damianides_Hyde_Park_Festival,_Channel_9_Stage.png as was this one: http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2011/130/69704596_130517932940.jpg as was this one: http://simg.rcdn.in/images/pages/348987/stavros-damianides.jpg
the Admins who deleted this page have been monitoring my editing and have in the process destroyed one of the most significant pages of history for Perth Australia. The man not only played on his chin as shown in the picture, he was one of the best bouzouki player around. The article was sourced and confirmed because it was essentially part of Wikipedia for 10-15 years. I wish this page to be restored but also protected against similar juvenile admins.