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SEPTA Regional Rail Bridge = PA Railroad Bridge???

An 1886 map has a railroad bridge at the site of the current SEPTA Regional Rail Bridge. The bridge has the label Penna RR Bridge. Though the original bridge led to a high level grade and the current rails descend to below ground, this might suggest a much older name than SEPTA et al. Map – Plate 1 of JL Smith's Philadelphia 1886 West, Wards 24 and 27 – is on-line at http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/83014/Plate+001/Philadelphia+1886+West+-+Wards+24+and+27/Pennsylvania/ Bridge is in lower-left corner. EdK (talk)

Breaks on your user page

I noticed you have a lot of html breaks on your user page. One good alternative is to use {{break}} It has a parameter so you can do multiple line breaks like {{break|20}} Ryan Vesey Review me! 01:15, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, good idea, good to implement tomorrow! --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:17, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GLAM/Delaware Art Museum

"including" near the top, 2 cases of double *'s, looks ok now? See similar list at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, maybe I can get numbers (from the museum) like they do? I'd include it now if the pix line up in the whole article ok. Otherwise I'd wait until I get more text up front. Thanks. Smallbones (talk) 15:35, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, looks better with your changes. If you ask the museum for numbers, see if you can get a picture for the final subsection. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:43, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Don't think modern section pic will be possible because of copyright restrictions Smallbones (talk) 15:34, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I agree that both the file and a permission from the museum would be required, but I know it can be done. Let me check, but I suspect some of these artists have WikiPedia or WikiMedia Commons images already. See Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team for how the copyright permissions are handled. When could we go ahead with using my draft instead of the live article section?--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:42, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I expanded the article a bit and put in your new Collections section. Actually, the problem on copyrights is not so much the museum as it is the creators (who generally own the copyright). I think with paintings (other than those of John Sloan, which might have copyrights controlled by the museum) it will be impossible. But sculptures are a bit different - there are 2 at the museum that I can document the dates (have to be pre-1978) for sure (one early 20th century, one post WWII). I'd need to personally see that there is no visible copyright notice on them, and take the photo myself (2D rules don't apply). When I go down myself, I'll have to take 4 books back, so I might delay!. Smallbones (talk) 17:57, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. See Found (Rossetti) which got almost 20k page views over 2 days via DYK, The Flower Book (Edward Burne-Jones), which is up for a DYK, and I'm going to shoot for another Love's Messenger painting by Marie Spartali Stillman, if I can get it ready in time for Valentine's Day. Smallbones (talk) 17:57, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
While I think the new Collections section is much better, there is a contrary opinion from LoriLee (link will be added later).--DThomsen8 (talk) 21:20, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Beyond that, check out [[3]] , the German Wikipedia article on the Delaware Art Museum, which includes images and information not in the English article. --DThomsen8 (talk) 21:20, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I got a note from LL - she is entitled to her opinion like anybody else. The German, after a double translation, could be a copyright violation. The extra pix I don't like. What extra info there would you include? Would you like to put in something about expositions - from their website? Smallbones (talk) 21:29, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Am writing some e-mails today. This book might be interesting: http://books.google.com/books?id=olkpWeH-5U4C Smallbones (talk) 16:15, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PASpeakers

thank you for your question. the "•" delimiters are now deprecated in favour of using WP:HLIST. basically, by adding either '| listclass = hlist' or '| bodyclass = hlist' to a navbox, the '*' list syntax is formatted as a flat list by your browser (courtesy of some stuff in MediaWiki:common.css). This allows visually impaired users to read the navbox as a list, rather than having the screen reader read a bunch of 'dots'. there are scripts to assist with the conversion, which is what I was using when I converted that navigation box. in the future, you can add a new entry by just adding a new line starting with an asterisk. let me know if you have questions. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 15:51, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Maxfield Parrish

Thanks for catching my typo; I really shouldn't edit on my iPad late at night.

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If we're adding or cleaning up image collections in Commons as part of a GLAM project, then I like to see Information templates upgraded to Artwork templates which have fields for accession numbers, credit lines, and the like, and these should have Creator templates for represented artists, an Institution template for the Museum, and Size and Technique templates, all of which help make the content accessible in multiple languages.

Thanks for the link to the Tiffany panel; I had no idea about Steve Wynn wanting to move it to Las Vegas! - PKM (talk) 02:48, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the Creator template explanation. They seem like the right approach for artists with images of several works of art.
The Dream Garden fight was a more complicated story than you have there, but we Philadelphians didn't let him do it. Same thing, basically, with The Gross Clinic painting. --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:55, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE word counts

Hi. I'm just checking through the drive page and found that your word counts add up to a different number than you've stated for the total. But (fascinated with a 5-word count) I took a look at Flag Day (disambiguation) and realised you only counted what DrPDA would have spotted. The list would have added another 249 to that count. So I don't want to do a "correction" that is wrong. What's the right thing here? --Stfg (talk) 10:02, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The right thing is to add up what I have entered: 151 + 25 + 11 + 607 + 5 + 385 + 20 + 620 + 333 + 303 + 836 + 76 + 591 = 3,963, and then add 2123 rollover, making 6086. The numbers I have entered are those that "Page size" in the menu provide. Lists and disambiguation pages are mostly entries with *, which are not counted by "Page size" in the word count. You are right, my total was wrong, but I am content with the 5, and 11, and 20, and 25 counts. I have corrected my total. Please explain to me how you make the page of 5 have a count of 249, but I don't care if I am a bit low on my total. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:44, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much. I made it 254 (249 extra) by copying into a word processor and using its word count. I do that (several of us do), not for raw lists of names and suchlike that don't require copy editing, but for lists of prose entries that do, like the one in that page. The entry in the total-words field should be just the total for articles; we add in the rollover before giving out the barnstars. This is needed for the large counts because leaderboard entries only consider words done in the current drive, and for consistency otherwise. I'll make that change now. Your barnstar and rollover to May are calculated from the 6086 figure, of course. Regards, --Stfg (talk) 13:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I did not know that the total was before the rollover number was added, even though I have participated in several earlier drives. Well, if you are going to increase the Flag Day count, would List of alternate history fiction be increased way beyond 11? What about 25 words for List of local governments in the United Kingdom?--DThomsen8 (talk) 13:16, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you were an well-known member of GOCE before I ever arrived. I think I'd have done the same as you did in both those cases. There's a lot of prose in List of alternate history fiction, possibly over 7000 words, but as there was only the one typo I think you did the respectable thing there. In List of local governments in the United Kingdom there's not much prose. You did what the article needed, and I certainly wouldn't nickel-and-dime you if you felt a bit more credit was due, but once again I think I'd have done the same. What definitely has to be said is THANK YOU for being willing to look at such articles even though the amount of credit you were expecting for them was so small. I'm going to go and change the count for Flag Day (disambiguation) now, but will leave the other two to your discretion. Best regards, Simon. --Stfg (talk) 16:07, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
We agree entirely, Simon. I only asked because I like to understand how any process works, and not because I want any more credit. There is a small ulterior motive to doing lists and other very short articles, it can boost the number of articles done, and improve the overall statistics. This month I was not quick enough to get on the leader board by the number of articles, let alone word count, but some drives I have a list of targets organized for the first few days, and go flying into it, only to slow down later. I was also looking over a long article, but I finally decided it was too hard for this month. I do some things for every article I do copy editing on that is not strictly required, especially I make sure the talk page has the appropriate templates, and if it has comments without a heading, I put in a ==Comment== section head. I also try to fix orphan status, too. Now April is here, I have a month off from copy editing, but I do other systematic work, trying to get all Delaware articles to have templates, and trying to get the Category:All unreviewed new articles number down carefully, adding tags for deficiencies that I don't correct and talk page templates. Maybe you might like to do a few of those? --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:15, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:GLAM/Philadelphia Museum of Art

They've requested some help, so I started the project page and signed you up. Of course feel free to remove yourself if you'd like. Smallbones (talk) 17:10, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just tell me how I can help. I have not been able to find enough information about their two big donors to do an article. Maybe they can help with that. --DThomsen8 (talk) 21:39, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Think "Philly," like Philly Cheese Steak - this is about the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Some suggestions: set up articles, importance, and ratings, as well as the table like you did at DAM. Maybe check the articles of the adjacent areas Eaton Oval, Franklin Parkway, Waterworks, etc. for anything obviously missing or messed up. And, of course, put on your art critic's cap - i.e. quote the heck out of some art books. Can we get rid of Rocky and his steps? Smallbones (talk) 00:50, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rocky and the steps are forever connected with the Art Museum, and should be part of the article. I have a whole book on the steps, with photos of visitors from all over the world who came to see the statue and run or walk up the steps. I have too much going on to do much on the PMA before summer. Leave me signed up, but don't expect much. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:23, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Richmond Fire Department

Hi, you may want to take another look at Richmond Fire Department as I have began rescuing it and now it has independent sources including some unambiguous in depth coverage of one of the many environmental catastrophes that occur in Richmond and that this department in particular is notorious for dealing with. I have found more sources and will be adding them, thanks for giving it a second look and if you have any input or could help expand, copyedit, or trim the article in any way please be my guest. Thank you. -Troy.LuciferWildCat (talk) 02:38, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

Hi Dthomsen8, we just spoke about image uploading and Wikimedia Commons in the dining room at the pre-Wikimania hackathon. I just wanted to leave a quick note here so we've got each other's contact information. Cheers, Emw (talk) 14:10, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template etherpad

Here you go: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/templates and thank you for the hat! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:11, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE July drive wrap-up

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Nice meeting you at wikimania

Hi there, I finally wrote this blog post about you. Hope you like it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lansey (talk • contribs) 17:44, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your great idea :)

What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
For getting the ball rolling to improve photographic coverage of Guyana Loriski (talk) 17:03, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. have replied to your message on my talkpage :)

UPenn

I used AWB to gather a list of articles missing the WikiProject University of Pennsylvania tag from Category:University of Pennsylvania and it's subcats. The list includes alumni of UPenn. Should they get the tag, or should I filter them out of the list. Once I'm done, I'll put in a bot request to tag all of the articles if there are a lot. Ryan Vesey 15:14, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to move this to the WikiProject page if you think it should be there. Ryan Vesey 15:15, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good work! Go ahead and tag them all. I see your good work elsewhere, too. Penn may have more entries than Penn State or Pitt when you are done. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:19, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'll quick notify the other members to see if there's any opposition and put in the bot request within the next few days. There are 2381 pages I'd tag. I'll post the list in a sandbox. It's amazing some of the things that we missed (like The Daily Pennsylvanian). It's been a long time since I've done any work on those articles (and will still be a long time outside of the tagging. I've currently got a list of 9,000 some Olympics articles that need to be checked and/or improved to include results. Plus I'm working on a couple of ship articles. Ryan Vesey 15:23, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Go for it! I don't expect any opposition, but it is wise to be cautious. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:27, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There were some duplicates that I removed. See User:Ryan Vesey/University of Pennsylvania for the full list. Ryan Vesey 15:28, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I just thought I'd let you know that I started a BRFA at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Ryan Vesey Bot 3. Ryan Vesey 00:00, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Guyana Sources...

Hiya! Mike Christie has very kindly given us a list of online sources, and a list of books he has that WikiProject GY members could contact him about if they would like him to look something up in them (see my talkpage for more info)... I have added them to the sources list you made on the talkpage. It made me realise too that I should make a similar list of books I have available, so I will do this in the next day or two. As we've got a decent list of sources now, I wondered if we should perhaps add these to the main page of the project so they're more easily visible and accessible? Lorelei (talk) 01:12, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a go at doing something about this... I've drafted a WikiProject Guyana/Projects and Resources Page here. If you have the time, perhaps you could look it over quickly, and see if you think it's okay? If so, I'll move it into Wikipedia and then add a link from the main project page... Lorelei (talk) 13:49, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
We did parallel work without knowing what the other was doing. Please see the Guyana project page for the addition I made, based on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Pennsylvania#Divisions section. This uses two templates found in many project pages, so it is important to do things a standard way. What you have is much longer, but much of it can be inserted into what I created. Take a look. --DThomsen8 (talk) 21:33, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, this is great - thank you :) Is there a standard place/form for including a 'sources' section? I saw the Pennsylvania project had an image sources section at the bottom of the page; would it work okay to do the same with our list of sources? Lorelei (talk) 21:58, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I will work on the project page on Thursday, integrating what you have created with the framework I borrowed from the Pennsylvania project. I am not sure where to put the sources, perhaps on a secondary page attached to the project page. However, we must remember WP:BB is a Wikipedia principle. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:29, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That would be wonderful - thank you :) I noticed that WikiProject African Diaspora has a similar list of sources, which they put at the bottom of the page ... Lorelei (talk) 09:32, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've only just noticed...

The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
For your incredible work in getting the number of Unassessed Guyana Articles down to 0 (amazing!) and for all this reviewing work that you've been doing over the last few days. Thank you! Lorelei (talk) 13:42, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Guyana Census

Hiya!

All the information about Official Censuses in Guyana I am taking from the (Gov. of Guyana) Bureau of Statistics Records for the 2002 Official Census. (I tried to track it down after seeing the population listings on the administrative regions which said they were from an official census but had no reference). Chapter 3 has all the information about the population for the administrative regions according to official censuses in 1980, 1991 and 2002 (p. 51). According to their website, the 2012 census has not yet been completed - and judging by the last one (2002, published in 2007) it may be sometime after that before the results are published. Following your tips about WebCite and archiving, I am trying to archive these documents to make sure they're there for future reference. Lorelei (talk) 16:09, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So you are telling me that there are population numbers for administrative regions, but not for particular cities or towns? --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:14, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I've had a quick scan of all the documents and can't find any listings of town/village populations... Lorelei (talk) 17:40, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
However, there are a few listings for major towns here though I can't tell how reliable this source is... Lorelei (talk) 17:43, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Actually Dthomsen8, the information is all there at the Bureau of Stats website (address given above). Down towards the bottom of the page, they give links to records made up at town-level and village-level (as well as NDC-level i.e. regional). I've just downloaded and opened these, and the 'Gender' section of both sets of documents also gives a 'total' listing for each town and village :) Lorelei (talk) 18:24, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So, develop a standard archived source for population of towns as an inline citation, and be ready to use it on any particular town now without that information. Same thing for administrative districts. Many places are stubs, but with three inline citations, could become start level articles. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:30, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Great! One problem I am having is that I can't figure out how I would be able to archive these sources, as I can't produce an url for specific documents (as they're all links to zip/compressed downloads) but only to the Bureau of Statistics website... Is there any way around this? I noticed that whoever created the Regions of Guyana article had managed to open one of the documents as a web-page with an address (and I used this to create the link in all the other articles), but my computer automatically 'opens' these as PDF downloads, and therefore without an url. Do you know of any way around this? Lorelei (talk) 18:46, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do I know of a way around this? No, but I will look into it. Please provide the URL and anything else that might help, right here with leading * for formatting. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:51, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ideally, it would be great if we could archive:
  • Town Level Data by Population
  • Village Level Data by Population
  • At least Chapter 3 of the 2002 Population & Housing Census - Guyana National Report (ideally the whole report)
Thank you so much for looking into this. Lorelei (talk) 19:06, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GLAM: Philadelphia Museum of Art update

Hi GLAM PMA folks! I wanted to update you about some recent events related to our fantastic Museum. I met Jessica Milby, PMA Collections Information Project Manager, at Wikimania in July. Jessica was looking for ways to improve articles on Wikipedia about the Museum and its artists/collections. We followed up a few weeks later at the Perelman Building in downtown Philadelphia where we discussed ways to increase participation in the GLAM/PMA project.

  • The first idea is to do some outreach to the GLAM:PMA project members, including mass messages updating you all about plans and, seeking feedback about new ideas, and hearing your thoughts about what's in the works.
  • The next step is a drive to improve the main Philadelphia Museum of Art article. The article is currently 'B-Class', but Jessica was confident that with the abundance of high quality sources about the Museum that it could be improved even further. Jessica recommended this extensive source from the Museum's website.
  • Another idea that came out of the meeting was a project within the Museum to assess which PMA-related topics are missing articles on Wikipedia.
  • One of Jessica's ideas is to have the knowledgeable curators of the Museum provide recommended reading lists for PMA-related articles. That should be a great first step to guiding editors towards the information they need to expand and improve that content.
  • Also raised for discussion were some ideas about how to engage the broader community. There is interest in setting up a tour/edit-a-thon, but this remains in the preliminary stage. Would you be interested in participating in such an event?
  • We have new stats! These 24 articles are all under the PMA project. I compiled the last 90-day page views and then annualized the results. PMA-related articles get almost 800,000 view per year!
See the stats!
Article Importance Class View last 90 days Views annualized
Philadelphia Museum of Art Top B 22,790 91,160
The Concert Singer High B 783 3,132
Crucifixion Diptych (van der Weyden) High C 1,500 6,000
Perelman Building High C 986 3,944
The Gross Clinic High C 12,897 51,588
William Rush and His Model High C 1,038 4,152
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 High Start 26,892 107,568
Rodin Museum High Start 5,323 21,292
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) High Start 11,026 44,104
The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even High Start 13,639 54,556
Wedding dress of Grace Kelly High Start 5,810 23,240
Étant donnés High Stub 7,464 29,856
Bird in Space High Unassessed 10,365 41,460
Diana (Saint-Gaudens) High Unassessed 1,450 5,800
Interior (Degas) High Unassessed 2,434 9,736
The Bathers (Cézanne) High Unassessed 7,166 28,664
Three Musicians High Unassessed 9,421 37,684
The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand Mid C 736 2,944
Anne d'Harnoncourt Mid Stub 1,266 5,064
Lansdowne House Mid Stub 3,763 15,052
Portrait of Leslie W. Miller Mid Unassessed 362 1,448
Yellow Odalisque Mid Unassessed 817 3,268
Rocky Steps Low Start 41,341 165,364
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial Low Start 304 1,216
Total 189,573 758,292
views per quarter views per year

It's exciting to have a partner in Jessica Milby and there should be a lot of good work coming out the collaboration within the next 3-6 months. Please stop by the GLAM/PMA project page and leave your thoughts. What ideas do you have? How can we move forward on the above projects? I Hope you're all well. Cheers! Ocaasi 19:05, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE September 2012 drive barnstars

The Working Man's Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Dthomsen8 for copy editing 8 articles to a total of 8,602 words during the Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you for your contribution. --Stfg (talk) 15:45, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Visit to Greater Manchester

Thanks for taking the time to fill out the talk page stubs for articles in Category:Textile mills owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Category:Textile mills in Tameside or was it {{Lancashire Cotton}} {{Lancashire Cotton Corporation}} this is greatly appreciated. Looking for feedback as always I sampled some of the pages and found that my quality assessment criteria and the one you are using appear to be widely different. Obviously I am missing something. Can I just take Talk:Stalybridge Mill, Stalybridge as an example. This is a 11000 char article, with infobox, image and architects drawing all referenced- it was spelling checked in mid 2011 then ce by Malleus. It has been stable since then. Why do you reckon this is a stub. I don't usually assess articles I have started but if you look at User:ClemRutter/Assessment#C class you see why I would have placed it as a C class. Others are more subtle- but in general not one of the articles would be lower than a start class each having satisfied this statement:

Start -An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete and may require further reliable sources. It provides some meaningful content, but the majority of readers will need more.

More detailed criteria
The article has a usable amount of good content- but is not comprehensive
The article must satisfy fundamental content policies such as notability.
Biography articles must satisfy fundamental BLP policies.
The article must provide sources to establish verifiability.
The article can be weak in many areas. (C&P from User:ClemRutter/Assessment)

Or is it that I am reading to much into the levels you gave- and your intention was merely to plug the absence of any parameters? Still, what ever the answer you are most welcome to pop by for coffee and biscuits. --ClemRutter (talk) 10:29, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your gracious invitation for coffee and biscuits, but I would prefer that eminently English beverage, tea. My effort yesterday was to add templates to most of the Mills articles, which of necessity means a good many Greater Manchester articles. I should say that I was impressed by the quality of the articles on English cotton mills, and I see that you were the creator of many of them. This morning my wife wants me to go food shopping, so I will respond in detail later today. I don't doubt that some articles are under-rated. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:41, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ahoy Dthomsen8! Care to join me on the Native American articles?

Ahoy Dthomsen8, this is Djembayz from Wikimania. Since I see you editing, I'm assuming you've ridden out the storm without major mishap. I've spent much of Sandy taking a run at Native American article assessment ... and it's time to enlist help, preferably from a prolific and informed editor such as yourself. I've gotten it down from 1,800+ to under 1500, and done 100+ reassessments in the process. Care to join me? (Any efforts appreciated. I've been thinking this could be a good topic for a Thanksgiving Editing Party ...) Djembayz (talk) 01:34, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I will help with your effort. I have added thousands of templates to talk pages. Although there is only class and not importance to add to that table, there is still the need to take away stub templates, and sometimes other tasks, in addition to adding a class. Sometimes other templates need a class or importance. I have done just a few changes, which you can check by my contributions, but now I am reaching the end of my time on Wikipedia editing. Good to hear from you. --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:20, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, you've made quick progress. Haven't tried AWB (I'm on a Mac). A delight to hear from you! Djembayz (talk) 13:59, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Moving along- 892 this morning. (Slowing to a more sustainable pace here :) Djembayz (talk) 15:22, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Plugging away ... reached 570 today. Djembayz (talk) 19:18, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Now 469, mostly doing non-bio articles, did a lot of archaeology sites.--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:44, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WIN/GIA

Hey there. I appreciate your concern for the WIN/GIA article. However, far as I can tell WIN/GIA was merely a rejected PROD as opposed to a full-blown AfD. It's also important to tag AfD discussions with the {{subst:rescue list|~~~~}} template whenever you nominate something for the rescue list. I already took the liberty to do that for you on the Albannach article. That said, I very much encourage your work with the Article Rescue Squadron and I hope you carry on.

Yours in inclusion, Faustus37 (talk) 04:04, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Am I being too zealous by adding a PROD article to the ARS list? I find that fairly often such proposed deletions are followed by an AfD, so sometimes we ARS members can get the jump on them by improving the article right away. Incidentally, thanks for adding the template for Albannach. --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:36, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Eh, as someone who's objected to many PRODs, I'd personally wait for the AfD before going the ARS route. It's important to have a solid case from the outset. Always glad to help. Faustus37 (talk) 08:19, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I find articles with a PROD or AfD all the time when I look at Category:All unreviewed new articles. These articles are outside the usual new article review process. If it is a pending AfD, I will feel free to add it to the ARS list. If a PROD, I object and I am concerned about its future, I will consider mentioning it to you. I agree that it is important to have a solid case, but I also would like to promptly improve an article worthy of retention, before the deletionists jump on it, especially if I suspect that improvements to references may head off an AfD. Yours in inclusion,--DThomsen8 (talk) 14:00, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE November 2012 backlog drive award

The Minor Barnstar
Thank you for your copy editing work in the WP:GOCE November 2012 backlog elimination drive! Please accept this as a token of our appreciation. —Torchiest talkedits 16:13, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jordan Burn

Thanks for the message about the above page. It appears from what you say that I didn't follow the correct procedure in creating it. If that's the case, could you let me know, if possible, what I did wrongly. I've created several articles in the past year and I don't think any have been created quite to plan. As I understand it, I create a new article on a separate Userpage, then move it to become a live article. (I've also created work in the Sandbox and moved it from there, only I encountered problems with a Redirect I wasn't aware of. I didn't know how to blank the Sandbox and started the Jordan Burn under the previous title. The result was that all my new edits were affecting the 'live' page on the previous article. That is now sorted, but it was yet more evidence that I don't really know what I'm doing half the time.) Any advice you can give me for future reference to help me avoid the same mistake would be appreciated. By the way, I'm hoping to photograph the Jordan today and the weather if looking good for it. Kim Traynor (talk) 11:30, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is obvious to me that I did not make myself sufficiently clear. Let me try again. First, you created this article just fine, and after looking further, you have created several very good articles before this one. I am looking forward to the Jordan Burn photo, weather permitting. Second, I added appropriate Wikipedia templates to this new article, I have done that for hundreds and maybe thousands of new articles, and my request to you was to reduce my future efforts. If you don't follow my request, that is fine by me. I add Wikipedia templates on talk pages for Australian settler articles regularly. If you want to learn more, I would direct you to three resources, two of which are online and available immediately:
Please keep up your good work, keep learning, and I will respond if you leave a reply here or on your talk page. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:18, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Will contact everybody Monday

Hope you're feeling better. Smallbones(smalltalk) 03:01, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GOOD--DThomsen8 (talk) 11:43, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shiffner confirms for Sat. Feb. 23, probably 2:30 to close. Will figure out the event content in a few days. Smallbones(smalltalk) 21:11, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

Thank you. I'm a fan of your work, especially List of crossings of the Schuylkill River. Not sure if I'll be in Phila on the 23rd, but I appreciate the invite. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 14:44, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Crossings needs an article on the new South Street Bridge and the SEPTA bridge, and maybe upstream bridges. I worked on Hackesack River bridges, and on English streams. See my new article list.--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:15, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Go ahead and do those articles if you will!--DThomsen8 (talk) 14:46, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
What's this event on the 23rd? Ryan Vesey 23:37, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
My idea was an event like those in NYC, 2:30 to maybe 5, maybe some presentation for newbies, and some kind of research and WIKIPEDIA UPDATING. I had a stroke, and cannot do more.--DThomsen8 (talk) 23:53, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry to hear of your health problems. I hope you're on the mend. Best wishes for a quick recovery, BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 00:49, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
And best wishes from Down Under to a top guy. Doug butler (talk) 19:44, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

January GOCE backlog-reduction drive

The Minor Barnstar
Thanks for copyediting 4 articles, with a grand total of 2,338 words. Hope this finds you feeling much better! All the best, Miniapolis 15:54, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What help do you need?

How can I help you with your back-log you're talking about at the pump? GenQuest "Talk to Me" 04:45, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Go to Category:All unreviewed new articles and review the articles there. Thpat means remove the tag at top and say "reviewed by ..." but always add or update the talk page, and tag it for problems.--DThomsen8 (talk) 11:30, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE February 2013 newsletter

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Dash!

Thanks for your recent edits replacing my &ndashes; with "–". When I made my first WP edits there was a useful matrix of non-keyboard symbols which you could click on and the character would appear on the edit page with the cursor. Three years or so ago that was replaced with a string of a dozen or so useful symbols and a dropdown list (Insert/Wiki markup/Symbols etc.) which, no matter what I do, the string of symbols remains unchanged, and clicking on a character has no obvious effect. Clearly I'm doing something wrong but don't know what. Any clues? Opening Word on this computer takes ages; there must be a smarter way. Doug butler (talk) 23:21, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject Chicago?

not sure if you're aware of ths, but you've been erroneously templating articles with {{WikiProject Chicago}}...i've already cleaned up several, but there are still more. --emerson7 01:44, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please examine the history and see if the Chicago templates were there before I added class and importance, and if in some cases Chicago architects were involved in skyscrapers elsewhere. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:39, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE mid-March 2013 newsletter

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Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter!

So a print encyclopedia, a strawberry shortcake, and a sycamore walk into a bar - wait, have you heard this one? (talk) 22:53, 31 March 2013 (UTC) [reply]

Advice on refimprove and your recent editing

Hi, I' ve noticed you recently provided some basic cleaning on this article, which was recently refimprove-tagged. The issue is i ve contacted in his talk page the tag poster to ask for some feedback on where he felt some internal linking was necessary as the article contains many externals links and references and also a few internal. So far i ve got no comment on his talk page. Should I aske for help elsewhere or simply remove the tag if the source is not motivating his tagging ? rgds Bizcayen (talk) 15:33, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The ref-improve tag was placed by User:Wkharrisjr, and not by me. It seems to me that the article has good inline references, but all in French, and maybe that editor does not like that. BTW, there is a reference that needs clarification, because it goes to a disambig page.--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:42, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE March drive barnstar!

The Minor Barnstar
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Commodity market and IntercontinentalExchange (ICE)

I'm so glad to finally "meet" another editor. I was working on the article when you made changes but I have kept a low-tech notepad version so I didn't lose them. I hadn't finished adding ref names etc. I was just finding the more robust references on the historical move in commodity markets to electronic markets and connecting the related wiki articles etc. It's a fascinating subject. I'll take a break so you can make your edits but bear in mind that I had not completed my edits. I really appreciate the wiki process. Thank you. I see you are a senior editor.

Another article I was working on bit by bit was IntercontinentalExchange ICE which was almost entirely composed of ICE generated content. I tried to add other references and make changes but an ICE employee (used real name as in LinkedIn unless there are two people by same name) removed them all and returned it to an ICE marketing vehicle complete with headings that link to directly to ICE services. Could you have a look at that? I don't enter into wiki editing conflicts. I move on to other articles if a conflict arises. There is so much to do. oceanflynn 16:29, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Commodity market and IntercontinentalExchange are the two articles you are mentioning. Links should be in talk page entries for ease of communication. I will look into the ICE employee updating, a clear violation of COI rules.--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:48, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For being Nice Bobherry talk 13:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

Thank you for jumping into the depths of the wiki to tag Back-story (production). Blue Rasberry (talk) 18:22, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 Philadelphia Wiki-Picnic: Saturday, June 22

Philadelphia's Great American Wiknic at Penn Park
You are invited to the Philadelphia edition of the Great American Wiknic taking place in Penn Park, on Saturday, June 22, 2013! We would love to see you there!--User:Ocaasi (talk)|}}

River Rase and Bishopbridge

Hi I have sorted out the confusion over the Rase and the hamlet of Bishopbridge, by creating an article on the Rase, and a redirect for Bishopbridge. I thought I would let you know as you were interested for your packhorse bridge article. The Rase is only a starter article so please feel free to add any extra information you may have. Jokulhlaup (talk) 17:16, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your new article on the River Rase, and for letting me know. I will take a look.
Thanks for the recent welcome to Wikipedia - appreciate the thought Jokulhlaup (talk) 16:30, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
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Jeddo Tunnel and Little Nescopeck Creek

Hi. I noticed you assessed Jeddo Tunnel and Little Nescopeck Creek as start-class. I'd been sort of hoping to have them at at least c-class standards, so do you know what improvements might get you to reassess? Thanks. King Jakob C2 00:31, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for calling my attention to these two articles, which I gave a rather hasty evaluation earlier today. I added some more WikiProject templates to these two articles, and the related Nescopeck Creek article, and I upgraded them to C quality. I also added a few Wiki-links. I would suggest maps as the principal way to improve these articles. Ask for help from the Graphics Project people. Once you have done what you can as improvements, consider a Peer Review before you seek a higher quality rating. The Jeddo Tunnel has co-ordinates, but it is unclear where the tunnel is at from looking at a Google map. Look at the Johnstown Inclined Plane article and its long history to be upgraded as an example of what is needed for higher quality ratings. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:18, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re Happy Belated Welcome

Hi Dthomsen8,

Thank you for the belated welcome! FYI I have been here for 3 years and Archive 1 has my original welcome in case you missed it. Thanks for doing so, it's nice to keep wiki a warm place. Tyros1972 Talk 08:14, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

NYC Wiki-Picnic: Saturday June 22

Great American Wiknic NYC at Prospect Park
You are invited to the Great American Wiknic NYC in Brooklyn's green and lovely Prospect Park, on this Saturday June 22! We would love to see you there, so sign up and bring something fun for the potluck :) -- User:Pharos (talk)

Wiknic

Hey Dthomsen! I unfortunately am going to be out of town during the Wiknic on the 22nd. I was wondering if you would like to take on the lightweight role of facilitator there, just to get people talking to eachother and brainstorming about ideas.

The basic goal is just to get people thinking about continued meetups and projects in the Philadelphia area. So a semi-regular meet up is a short term goal. (Then there is the long term goal of organizing as a chapter, but this is in the somewhat distant future). More medium term goals include partnering with universities, libraries, and other cultural institutions in the area.

None of this is set up much yet, so we're very much in a brainstorming kind of mode. Please let me know if you're cool with that for Saturday. Either way, I'm glad you're going to be there and hope to meet up with you in the near future. Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 20:34, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can be the facilitator for the Wiknic. I will be at the CHF Editathon (Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/2013 June 20) on Thursday afternoon, which will also be a chance to brainstorm about Philadelphia Wikipedia events. I was trying to organize a Wikipedia editing meeting at the Central Free Library in the spring, but nothing came of it. The Library is very interested in working with us. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Dthomsen. I hope the event went well. I'd love to hear about it and discuss plans for future events. Would you be up for an email exchange or skype chat to kick around some ideas? Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 12:09, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The event went very well. We should encourage an after-action report on the Wiknic page. Will Hopkins (talk) has a list of those who actually attended, and he volunteered to organize a meetup in early August. You should contact him for more information. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:21, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

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Thanks for facilitating the Wiknic!

Thanks for facilitating today's Philly Wiknic and for bringing hats, Dave! I'm looking forward to organizing an event in late July or early August and will be in touch this week about venues. Will Hopkins (talk) 20:34, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good to hear from you so promptly. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:55, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cypriot Greek assessment

Wondering if you could explain why you rated it C class. Ta, — Lfdder (talk) 11:42, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I rated it C class because I could see it has a lot of references, but I did not read it carefully. I did not see that you changed it from rated B to unrated, a very unusual change. Why did you do that? Content? What ?--DThomsen8 (talk) 00:50, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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ie not i.e.

You recently made a wrong correction in the leonese dialect page, replacing ie by i.e.. In many pages related to languages, the ie sequence must appear as it is, either being a non-English word or a segment of a larger word of any language. Regards, --Jotamar (talk) 01:44, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are quite right. --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:31, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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GOCE July 2013 news report

Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter
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Heritage preservation in South Korea

Hello, I am still working on this article. That's why there is a work in progress template on it. And that's why it is orphan and the two sections empty. What's the use of indicating that I am working on an article if others still can put problem templates on them before I even finished it? And it's not like I abandoned the article for a week or something. Please be a bit more patient before tagging work in progress articles. Thank you. Teemeah 편지 (letter) 07:45, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are quite right, AWB can do more than is justified. I added a Wikiproject template, class=B to this article.--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:55, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hat pix

What do you think? OK with you? Smallbones(smalltalk) 12:43, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK with me, but can the dog do edits?--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:34, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

International System of Units

This edit to International System of Units contained one clear error: "kgs" was changed to "kg" even though "kgs" was pointed out by the text as an example of what not to do.

The edit also converted many HTML entities to the corresponding characters even though it would be difficult for an editor to distinguish the characters from many similar entities. For example, it is hard to distinguish · from the bullet operator, ∙, Unicode U+2219. So it is better to leave the HTML entities alone, allowing editors to plainly see which symbol is intended. Jc3s5h (talk) 20:03, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is what AWS does to the unwary, and even to the wary if they are hasty, as apparently I was. Le me look back at it.--DThomsen8 (talk) 20:18, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP:GOCE July backlog drive award

The Copyeditor's Barnstar
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Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Articles, 3rd Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dthomsen8 for copyediting 36 articles during the GOCE July Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! — Jonesey95 (talk) 21:58, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Words, 4th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dthomsen8 for copyediting 28,774 words during the GOCE July Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! — Jonesey95 (talk) 21:58, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great American Wiknic Barnstar

A Barnstar!
Great American Wiknic Barnstar
You are awarded this mighty Great American Wiknic Barnstar for your valorous efforts in helping to organize the 2013 Great American Wiknic in the great city of Philadelphia. -—Pharos (talk) 15:35, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE July 2013 copy edit drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter

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Talk about your work

Hello --

I'm a reporter with The Philadelphia Inquirer and I'd love to talk with you about your work editing Philadelphia-related pages. Would you mind sending me an email at tschleifer@philly.com?

Thanks, and all the best,

Teddy Schleifer The Philadelphia Inquirer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.188.211.240 (talk) 20:54, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Will do.--DThomsen8 (talk) 20:57, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I gather this is the result. Not bad! Keep up the good work! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 23:58, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why adding WikiProject Switzerland?

Why did you add the WikiProject Switzerland to the talk page of Handpan? I don't see any special relationship to Switzerland. The term describes a group of instruments built and played in many different countries. If there would be a special country relationship, it would be USA because the term was originally invented in USA. But even this wouldn't make any sense. And I am convinced that there is nobody in this WikiProject who is able to improve this article, because knowing Switzerland will not help. There is nothing to tell about Handpan in relation to Switzerland. --Ixkeys (talk) 22:21, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The first sentence of the article is "Handpan is an expression describing a group of musical instruments resulting from a growing worldwide interest in the Hang, an instrument invented and built by the Swiss company PANArt Hangbau AG." The connection with Switzerland is right there, the manfacturer of the instrument.--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:21, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There are three arguments against this: 1) It is completely irrelevant, that PANArt is in Switzerland. Because it is irrelevant I have deleted the term Swiss in the article. 2) PANArt is not the manufacturer of handpans. As you can read in the article PANArt repudiates the expression handpan to describe the Hang. (If someone would say PANArt is building handpans, this would be personal opinion or own research). 3) If the WikeProject Switzerland is added we also have to add the WikiProjects USA, Germany, Spain, France, Bali and Russia because the manufactures of handpans mentioned in the article are located there. --Ixkeys (talk) 11:33, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently, I was misled by the lead sentence. --DThomsen8 (talk) 11:44, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

East Branch Fishing Creek

Hi, Dthomsen8, thanks for assessing East Branch Fishing Creek. I had been sort of hoping that it would be assessed as C-class, do you know of any needed changes to be made for that? Thanks, King Jakob C2 01:11, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I insert or update hundreds of articles a day. I set the quality at the minimum I see is justified by the number of references and quality of prose. Some of the articles I rate as class=C should sometimes be class=B. I will change the rating on East Branch Fishing Creek tomorrow.--DThomsen8 (talk) 02:01, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cherokee Nation of Mexico

Hi, Dthomsen8, thanks for the cleanup! We are newbies here, and trying to figure all this out. Oddly, we are getting some static for using James Mooney (the famous Smithsonian ethnologist) as a source because of political incorrectness amongst some circles in Indian Country. That is sad, because if it was not for him, Indians would have no rights to worship as they please because of US Gov't policy in his day. He saw that Indian spiritual leaders were being assassinated, so he knew that Indian religions had to get up under the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Native American Church on the Rosebud reservation. We work on a daily basis with his descendant James Warren "Flaming Eagle" Mooney aka James WFE Mooney. Myself and Chief Charles Rogers are branch pastor in that church. James WFE Mooney was given a blessing by the head of the Native American Church to take the medicine off the reservation, even to non-Indian white people. He was eventually arrested in Utah, was charged with numerous felonies, threatened with life in prison, and persecuted by the DEA whose acts of intimidation against the witnesses to that aforementioned blessing were exposed to his legal defense team, who threatened the witnesses to Leslie Fool Bull's blessing to James WFE Mooney with being branded on trumped up child porn charges. Once that cat was out of the bag, the US Govt folded and the Utah Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision that non Indians may worship as they please... imagine that. Now we have three unanimous court decisions in our favor and our lawsuit against the DEA is being heard in a few months. Now this week we have had Rhodium level wiki contributor and others who want to say using James Mooney as a source is bogus because in many minds what he reported to the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian was unreliable because of mistranslations. Most of this attitude comes from Indians who do not practice native American religions as we do. A Rhodium level contributor even removed our references to Native American Religions of Four Mothers and Stomp Dance and slashed an entire section on our Native American Church, The Ancient Cherokee Church of The One God Yo He Waaah, claiming it did not belong on Wikipedia! He also removed our reference to having Cherokee speakers amongst us, even though the author of the books he was citing, Cherokee national language treasure elder Durbin Feeling, is a very close associate of our Chief(s). Anyway, we know we have a lot of cleanup to do, some slashing and burning of primary research, etc. etc. PLEASE help us keep an eye on these other wiki contribs who are trampling our 1st amendment religious rights and accusing us of doing "promotion" of our organization when the Cherokee Nation at Tahlequah is doing much the same and has recently caught on video say they spent nearly a million dollars in legal fees trying to suppress other Cherokee organizations... organizations like ours. Thank you so much! Aniyunwiya (talk) 16:10, 23 August 2013 (UTC) Aniyunwiya[reply]

As a Senior Editor, I have improved the article by adding {{WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America|class=start}} to the talk page, running the Reflinks tool on the references, removing some of the tags, and removing new article review tag. The article still needs work, especially with spelling. The talk page tells me about other editors who have various problems with the article. I will leave these to others. --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:19, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE Blitz wrap-up and September 2013 drive invitation

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Appreciation for your enthusiasm, but...

Maybe my calendar is different from yours, but as far as I can tell, September has not started yet. Can you wait 22.5 hours to take credit for your enthusiastic copy editing for the WP:GOCE September copy editing drive?

Looking forward to a productive September, – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:22, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I got carried away, so I jumped the gun. I can spare the 97 words.--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:25, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Little help needed.

Hi, I recently created a page that you reviewed, and I was looking for tips on how to fix some of the issues. I went back and corrected the references, if you have time, please double check the page here. Also, if you could give me any more tips on how to fix the other issues? I wish to contribute more to Wikipedia in the future as time allows. Thank you kindly. Highlander9535 (talk) 19:54, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, good work on the inline citations. Have someone else read the article to you, and see if they are able to point out the sales pitch language. Look up the terms peacock and weasel words. See also is wrongly formatted. See anyone else's See also.--DThomsen8 (talk) 20:05, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nice writeup!

[4] This is lovely! - David Gerard (talk) 14:22, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! A friend of mine snailed me a copy from Philadelphia of your writeup in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Awesome! It's great to be able to put a face (and name and background!) to the Username, especially since you were the one who immediately welcomed me to Wikipedia editorship and the GOCE when I first signed on! Great job! Keep up the great work! JudyCS (talk) 21:38, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Let's talk

Let's talk
Hi,

Let's discuss on Wikipedia:WikiProject Vietnam and Wikipedia:WikiProject Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:C%E1%BB%9D_R%C3%B4m%2B_(browser)Kaze lato (talk) 08:49, 6 September 2013 (UTC) Kaze lato Kaze lato (talk) 08:47, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure what you want, or why I should contribute. Please expand for me.--DThomsen8 (talk) 12:58, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are right, and I changed the talk page accordingly.--DThomsen8 (talk) 17:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Let me put it in more details. It's about one of your previous contribution in rating the article Cờ Rôm+ (browser). I would like to discuss about your opinion on importance scale and quality scale of this subject https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:C%E1%BB%9D_R%C3%B4m%2B_(browser). This topic might not be very familiar outside Vietnam (though it has been discussed within Asia technology community), but as I'm living in Vietnam, I believe it deserves the mid-class on importance scale in the field of Internet in Vietnam. You can check the level of interest of people through tools like Google trends for example. And there are several changes in structure of the article, I would like to learn your idea about the quality of it. Please have a look — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaze lato (talk • contribs) 17:00, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. I changed the talk page accordingly.--DThomsen8 (talk) 17:24, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

The Press Barnstar
Thanks for giving the interview! I enjoyed the read. Thanks for your contributions. Best wishes. Biosthmors (talk) 12:54, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE drive: WP:INUNIVERSE on Ever 17: The Out of Infinity

Hi, in the GOCE drive I've been working on Ever 17: The Out of Infinity. However, the article has problems with WP:INUNIVERSE, which I don't have the expertise to sort. Am I allowed to abandon the copyedit, place a {{universe}} tag and take it of my list or do I have to finish it? Thanks, RainCity471report my errorslist of failures 18:08, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You do not have to finish it, and in fact, the WP:INUNIVERSE elements make it unwise to go further. Go ahead with the {{[[Template:universe|universe]]} tag, and do not mark it for copyediting.--DThomsen8 (talk) 18:57, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, I would suggest the {{GOCEeffort|user=RainCity471|date=11 September 2013}} template to mark the beginning of your copy editing effort on an article, and placing the {{GOCE|user=RainCity471|date=11 September 2013}} tag on the talk page when you finish.--DThomsen8 (talk) 22:10, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I've closed the copyedit and placed {{GOCEreviewed}} on the talk. I'll use {{GOCEeffort}} on the article I'm on at the moment.
By the way, does GOCE effort go on the talk page of the article or on the article itself? Thanks, RainCity471report my errorslist of failures 18:48, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The {{GOCEeffort|user=RainCity471|date=11 September 2013}} template goes on the article, which warns other editors that the copyediting is in progress. They should work elsewhere, with over 3,000 copyedit tags and even more requests, plenty to choose from.--DThomsen8 (talk) 18:59, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'll do that. Thanks for all your help! RainCity471report my errorslist of failures 19:07, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Revision

Thank you for reverting my edit on K5_Plan, I could not do so and appreciate you fixing a lazy edit by an inattentive editor.

Actually, it was the editor just before me who did the revert, so you should thank him for that, but I went ahead and added the needed talkpage WikiProject templates to the article. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:35, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cease changing Puerto Rico government budget balance

Hi,

Please cease changing Puerto Rico government budget balance using WP:AWB. The editor is applying a space next to the rows which in turn is breaking the format. That particular article uses a technical trick to align monetary values but AWB is incapable of distinguishing this.

Every time you make changes to that page using AWB you break the format.

—Ahnoneemoos (talk) 03:35, 14 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Angel CoFund Orphan Status

Hi,

I was wondering why you tagged Angel CoFund page as an orphan. Two wiki pages link to it Playjam and Capital for Enterprise.

Also if you have a minute could you provide feedback on the article and potentially help make it a proper article page.

Thanks --IP7942 (talk) 09:58, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This tag was added by AWB, apparently in error. I do not check on the orphan tags it does, since there are many of them. I will look into it with the AWB support people. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:10, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ThatCampPhilly Edit-a-thon Invitation

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Mary, I signed up, and I have a ticket printed out.--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:49, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Grand-daughter

Grand-daughter should not be characterised as a typo as you did here, it is a legitimate spelling. With a huge number of hits on gbooks it can hardly be a misspelling, and I note that the OED chooses to use grand-daughter as the headword in preference to granddaughter which redirects to it. OED does not even bother to give granddaughter as an alternative form. This is to be compared to the OED entry for scimitar, for example, which lists forty-four alternative spellings. I assume that you had not noticed that you had already made this edit once before and been reverted. It is not really on to reapply a reverted edit without any explanation. SpinningSpark 11:21, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You just did it again. Please stop. Use the talk pages. SpinningSpark 18:20, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't doubt that the GLAM event is in November, but there is a different informal meeting on Tuesday. --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:50, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not that I'm aware of. To my knowledge, the Wikipedia editing session would be one "breakout" session for the GLAM Cafe, to be held every second Tuesday, starting next month (November). I went in with Jeff Guin last week when he booked the space with the site managers. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:12, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
On a related note, the Wikipedia page for Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia seems to be permanently redirected to Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia/Wiknic/2013 Can you take off the redirect so that we can start using Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia again for upcoming events? Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:12, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Loredana Cannata

Dear Dthomsen8, hi, and thank you for your help on this page. I'm not Englisha nayive speaker, and I would like to know if I can ask again your help in future.

Thanks and have a nice week end

Rei Momo (talk) 13:15, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, contact me right here. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:38, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Answer - A king among Wikipedia editors

Question - Who is Dthomsen8? . Schleifer, Theodore (5 September 2013). "A king among Wikipedia editors". Phys.org. Retrieved 5 October 2013. -- Jreferee (talk) 14:12, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh the irony

How ironic that the one template that needed a copy edit was, well, .... :) davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:35, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Extreeeemely helpful barnstar

The extreeeemely helpful barnstar!
A very late thank-you for all the advice, help and know-how you gave me over the GOCE September drive! It was my first backlog elimination drive (and the GOCE is the first WikiProject I joined). Best wishes, RainCity471 18:53, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE September 2013 drive wrap-up

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WTF?

[5] - This is a LOW importance Start or C class, not medieval at all. Did you actually look at the article? If you can't do better than this, please avoid adding banners at all. Johnbod (talk) 16:53, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at the history, you will see the Middle Ages was there before I did an update, and I made the mistake of not removing it. No doubt some earlier edit tied the Troubadour style with the far earlier Middle Ages.--DThomsen8 (talk) 00:39, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GLAM Cafe Invitation, November 12, 2013

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Hey there!

I hope that was the right battery that you picked up! :] It was nice talking to you. And I seriously hope this is the correct input page. This isn't as friendly for wikipedia-novices. Good job with your mass contributions to Wikipedia! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.33.66.121 (talk) 18:25, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Danny! It is the same battery as the earlier one. Now to charge it. Bye. --DThomsen8 (talk) 20:05, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Commons

One of your images is the subject of discussion at Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/PAHMC.--GrapedApe (talk) 21:59, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE Blitz wrap-up; join us for the November drive

Guild of Copy Editors October Blitz wrap-up

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Can you Read please show some courtesy

[Iserbrook (ship)] is obviously under construction and tagged as such tags PLEASE hang off from editing for a few days

Whodidwhat (talk) 23:18, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimania 2014

Thanks for keeping an eye on the wikimania 2014 wiki - it's still coalescing quite a lot and is rather a mess right now, but it's great to know people are interested. EdSaperia (talk) 15:36, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I posted a message on accommodations back in June, still there, no answer. I have a message from the Sundial Court saying that they are fully booked for August 4-31, 2014. Can someone please look into that?--Dthomsen8 (talk) 15:23, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Could you please validate and publish the version that Krug propose for Champagne Krug article?

Hello Dthomsen8,

I work with Krug and am currently involved in a project concerning Wikipedia. Few month ago I've proposed on the talk page of Champagne Krug in english an improved version of this article. That was well-validated by one of the contribs of the Champagne Krug article: Agne27

I will like to know if this article is ok for you too? If it's Ok could you please publish the version that Krug suggests.

I will look foward to hearing from you. Tristan.sbry (talk) 15:43, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think it best to stay out of this situation. --DThomsen8 (talk) 21:08, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Loggerhead sea turtle

Thanks for the typo check on this article, unfortunately AWB made a mistake. It's spelt Ballyhealy, a beautiful place, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9UFJf-Gw34. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 00:05, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have added {{Sic}} following Ballyhealy, as an alert to any subsequent AWB user to not do that change. I am puzzled that AWB did this change without justification.--DThomsen8 (talk) 02:10, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not surprised. The existing generic -ally rule is a rather blunt instrument making many mistakes. I spent some time looking at the existing 19 rules dealing with words ending in -ally and was working on a one rule -ally replacement by got distracted by life before I finished it. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 13:43, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I am going to "Wikimania 2014 London". Wikimania 2014. I will be collecting things to bring up at the Hackathon. Give me details.--DThomsen8 (talk) 13:52, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what happens at those events to be honest, a few speakers and a meet up? As I live about 5 hours travel (one way) from London, and claiming travel expenses is not possible, then I'm unlikely ever to attend. Why is it not done with a webinar or similar inclusive technology, that almost anyone could use? Not necessarily as a replacement, but as well as a physical get together. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 14:18, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the uestion at User_talk:Sun_Creator/-ally, If a typo rule is incorrect you can change it at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos, although discussion on the talk page is advised unless you are good or experienced at editing Regular expression. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 14:18, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar

Hi, I see you added the outdated tag on the page 2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar. I would love to update the page, but I don't know what has to be updated. Thank you! Sander.v.Ginkel (talk) 19:37, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think the article is up to date, so I removed the outdated tag. Sander.v.Ginkel (talk) 14:08, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hara Saabha Vimocchana Perumal Temple

Hi, it was my oversight to revert it. I have reverted it back. Also, the other article, Jakath Rakshaka Perumal Temple, Thirukkoodaloor‎ is more than a stub? Please revert if you feel otherwise.Ssriram mt (talk) 17:52, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your opinion is valued at WikiProject Breakfast

Please see Want to be a guinea pig for Flow?. XOttawahitech (talk) 15:28, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bare URLs

Please be a little more careful with your removals of the link rot and bare urls templates. These should only be removed when every bare url has been properly formatted. Bare URLs can occur at the end of the article as refs or inline so the whole article needs to be reviewed before the tags are removed. Also bare URLs can take several forms. Some examples include:

You can read more on the topic at this essay. Thanks for your efforts to improve referencing problems, but again try to take a bit more care with this particular issue. Cheers. -Thibbs (talk) 13:41, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Saadallah Al-Zacko for deletion

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 19:01, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Schwaben Creek, Talk:Lower Little Swatara Creek, etc.

Where are these pages and many others I have created "weak in many areas" and "distinctly unencyclopedic"? --Jakob (Scream about the things I've broken) 21:07, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you asking whether those two articles should be class=C or higher? I will consider it. Articles are often rated class=stub if less than three good inline citations are included, and class=start if three or more, and reasonably well written. You can also ask for a peer review by following the procedure at Wikipedia:Peer review.--DThomsen8 (talk) 21:23, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted "correction"

Please be careful when correcting spelling. For example, I just reverted the first item in this "correction".--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:06, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:38, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Thank you for your assistance with the Barna Hedenhös article. Could you take a look at Gula gubben article as well. Thank you.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:51, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your considerable efforts to improve the quality of sourcing and articles on wikipedia on a daily basis. Keep it up!! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:51, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP:GOCE November backlog elimination drive barnstar

The Minor Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Dthomsen8 for copy edits as part of the GOCE November 2013 copy edit drive. Thanks for the great work! – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:12, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

November 2013 GOCE drive wrap-up

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Lily Poulett-Harris

Hi D!

I was very interested to come across your page on Lily. My interest arises from being a distant relation (I am descended from a half-sister of hers). Someone has obviously done a lot of research on her - is it all yours? I and another family member are trying to discover all that we can of the Poulett Harrises. Might I ask if it is all your work?

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RoryRoryharrow (talk) 11:05, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did only a minor technical change on the [Lily Poulett-Harris]] article in June, 2012. Go to the article, and click on "History" and you will see the creator and many other contributors. Happy New Year! --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:06, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks - it refers to a mysterious "Scatcat2009" (but only in red - and now there's no reference to you any more!? Anyway thanks for answering and a Happy New Year to you too.Roryharrow (talk) 19:23, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
User talk:Scatcat2009 wrote most of the article, but hasn't contributed since last November. Try leaving a message on his talk page, since there is no email address. I am still there under 10 June 2012.--DThomsen8 (talk) 19:36, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus on the correct spelling of Dodonpachi

Hello, you're invited to vote and express your views about this on the discussion topic. Jotamide (talk) 22:03, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I decline comment on this issue. Sorry.--DThomsen8 (talk) 14:48, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and a request

Thanks for reviewing "SILK FACTORY WORKERS AGITATION". I wonder why only the talk page is left behind and article has been replaced by a link which leads to another article.I have of course rewritten that article on Talk:Sheikh Abdullah but I wonder if the page created by me was hacked.Would be grateful if the matter is clarified as a talk page without the accompanying article seems very odd! taffazull (talk) 10:56, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I reviewed SILK FACTORY WORKERS AGITATION and added talk page information at Talk:SILK FACTORY WORKERS AGITATION. Let me look into this before saying more.--DThomsen8 (talk) 14:58, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Dave, This is a reminder that the next GLAM Cafe will be on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. You promised to give a lightning talk! Also, I promised to nudze you to work on your article about Ada Hitchins. See you there, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 07:42, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mary, Polish? It doesn't quite fit, but I get the idea. Weather permitting, I will be there.--DThomsen8 (talk) 13:18, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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ja nudzę (Czas teraźniejszy) I bore (Present)

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You saw something that I did not, and took the appropriate action in moving the article to draft namespace and removing the tags. This article is my first attempt to use draft namespace, and I am still learning about it. This article is part of an event next Tuesday, Wikipedia:GLAM/Bryn Mawr College.--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:44, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kimberly Wright Cassidy

Hi Dthomsen8! I agree with your point that cleanup templates don't belong in draft articles, in the same way they don't belong in AFC articles. When I created my edit list in AWB, I merely told AWB to get a list from new articles. The Kimberly Wright Cassidy article, though titled "Draft Kimberly Wright Cassidy" was actually in mainspace. I've since moved it to "Draft:Kimberly Wright Cassidy". I hope that doesn't mess anything up. I've also removed the other cleanup template that was on the page. Since I notice you have far more edits under your belt than I, if I didn't go about this the correct way, I'm all ears for learning. :D Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:12, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You saw something I did not, and you did the right thing to move the article. Thank you. Draft namespace is new, and this is my first attempt at it. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:45, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thumbs up icon Acknowledged. A good day to you. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:59, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
hope you don't mind if i moved to article space. presidents of universities = notability under wp:academic No. 6. Duckduckstop (talk) 18:45, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Dave, I've asked if they can restore this as "Ada Hitchins", and offered to work on it. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 22:23, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk:Marmaray

Hi! You've added a WP:Bridges tag onto Talk:Marmaray. I'm not sure whether this WP covers tunnels as well because Marmaray is an undersea tunnel and not a bridge. Please recheck and ignore my comment if the WP tag is correct in any case. Best. --CeeGee 09:27, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tunnels are included with the WikiProject Bridges, see Talk:Tunnel. This is not widely known, and many famous tunnels do not have WikiProject Bridges on their talk pages. Thank you for inquiring, and I am going to make an effort on tunnels I frequently use.--DThomsen8 (talk) 13:42, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot for your explanation. Creation of a WP:Tunnels, which can redirect to WP:Bridges, or renaming of the latter to WP:Bridges and Tunnels would be more helpful, if possible. Best. --CeeGee 19:22, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]


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Good article review of Toluid Civil War

Hello, and thank you for reviewing Toluid Civil War. I have responded to your reply on the talk page.--Khanate General ☪ talk project mongol conquests 21:04, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. What's the status on the GA review?--Khanate General ☪ talk project mongol conquests 10:17, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ada Hitchins

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Some stroopwafels for you!

for your dilligent, commendable work so far on Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas contributions to the Indian railways! beautiful job cheers ~Helicopter Llama~ 14:43, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hi

can you help whit gallery on sukhbaatar inscriptions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.233.27.115 (talk) 17:56, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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thanks but i think I do not think it will go and fix that the images are too big? am I wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehmeett21 (talk • contribs) 18:05, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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http://mugla.habermonitor.com/en/haber/detay/here-is-the-turkish-inscription-found-in-chin/103035/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehmeett21 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Praveen Prem

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International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets

I saw your note on the talk page for International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets. If you feel the article is notable, you can remove the prod tag. If the article has been deleted, you can request that it be restored. It is likely, however, that another editor will send the article to AfD. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 23:09, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your timely advice. If the article goes to AfD, notification in three other projects will give better exposure.--DThomsen8 (talk) 23:18, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If you can find references or anything else that would firmly establish notability for the article, please add that material. And if you conclude that, despite your searches, notability can't be established, you could ask that it be deleted yourself. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 01:03, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets

Hi, I noticed that you removed the (expired) PROD from this article. While it is not necessary, it is often helpful to other editors if you give a reason for this. I assume you know of reliable sources that show notability for this journal and in that case, it would also be a big help if you could add that to the article. Otherwise the community will have to waste its time if someone takes it to AfD... Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 19:06, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • PS, I just see the above comment and read your comment on the article's talk page. When you posted that comment, the article was not up for speedy deletion, but was "PRODded". For none of those procedures (nor for AfD) is it necessary to notify Wikiprojects. If you look at the talk pages of those projects, you'll see that none of them are very active, so it probably is not going to make any difference anyway. --Randykitty (talk) 19:10, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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This is Delahays replying to your note about Robert Milligan _ I am going away just now - today - for 5 weeks when I won't be online. You may find stuff in the Barbican Library, but I don't know it and I don't know what you will find. You might get better luck with the Museum of Docklands. For the Forteath links in Jamaica, which will at least tie him to Morayshire contacts other than his wife, - not the key issue, but a start - John Kelly's (PROB 11/1424) will will help a bit but you will need to go to the PRO for it unless you want to stump up for a download - could be the Barbican Library might have online access, BUT... There are a number of Dumfries sources, but it's possible the Barbican has never bothered about them and it may not know where Dumfries is. (This is NOT a joke) As an Englishman normally domiciled in Scotland I find all this maddening, because Milligan's Scottishness is taken for granted in Scotland, rightly. You could try ringing the Dumfries and Galloway archives. You might be lucky. Otherwise, you could do what I did and Google him. And don't stop at Wikipedia. There are Jamaica online sources too. The ScotlandsPeople Database is expensive to use unless you are fairly sure in the first place, and though I have a memory of some Dumfries burgh kin, I can't check for them just now. Family Search is useless for detailed research in Scotland, because ScotlandsPeople, run by DC Thomson for profit has exclusive reproduction rights from the SRO. I'll try and produce more detailed evidence by the end of September. BestDelahays (talk) 08:32, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is memory, so don't hold me to it. I THINK that you may get some traction in London if you look for a Jamaica West India merchant called DAVID Milligan who died in the late 1798. This was actually David Milligan of DALSKAIRTH, in Galloway. The Gentleman's Magazine and kindreed publications note his death, but they also mention his widow. If you want to get into ScotlansPeople, it could be that that Dalskairth in the parish of TRAQUAIR, might lead you in a useful direction. There is a PCC Will but the National Archives downloading service is on the blink and I can't access the whole of it. What I can access indicates that it's in the Scottish form, and the bit about sons and property is inaccessible, but it wouldn't have been processed both in Scotland and by the PCC if it didn't have some mention of overseas property. I've sent a complaint, so they might be getting around to fixing it by Tuesday. Best I can do just now.Delahays (talk) 09:34, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, Dalskairth is in TROQUEER parish - not Traquair. It counts as Kircudbrightshire, or did, but it's not far from Dumfries. The only Kirkcudbright 1746 birth of a Robert Milligan on 8 August 1746 was to an innkeeper and his wife, but the witnesses to the baptism were both merchants.- doesn't mean much, but it points in the right direction. The 1756 birth isn't very helpfully registered. Positively the last I can do today, David Milligan says his family was from a FARM at Dalskairth, not Dalskairth house, but it's worth checking on both.Delahays (talk) 09:47, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You'll need to check this with David Milligan's will, if they can get it to you and with the online source http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alanmilliken/regarde_bien/15.html

but it loks as though I wasn't raving when I remembered David Milligan. this source, run by an alan millken confirms David was Robert's cousin, and left him his fortune after keeping it in trust for his widow. It also places Robert as the son of James Milligan of Dumfried born 19 August 1746, and gives his wife and descendants. This is probably better than pfaffing around in the Barbican Library, and when you do go, it will give you something to go on. I hope I can catch my train now! Good Luck and keep in touch.Delahays (talk) 10:03, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Book

Hi there, they have the UK edition in London, so that might be an interesting addition since it's more up to date the US English one! I was hoping that there would be a place for book sales at Wikimania but alas I don't think there is. Perhaps the local book shops, such as Blackwells or Waterstone's? -- 96.241.54.204 (talk) 04:31, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

July GOCE drive

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Ipoh

Hello. We're chatting at Wikimania and it turns out that we have a common interest in Ipoh. FYI, I wrote List of roads in Ipoh and user:yuitsum helped with some photos as she was born there. I'll try to introduce her to you tomorrow. Andrew (talk) 11:26, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I must apologize, I am in Forest Gate, and my wife told me not to go without her to anything, so I am at her sister's house all day. I must apologize for not being with you.--DThomsen8 (talk) 12:23, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Would love your feedback on Flow

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Common knowledge?

Hi David, it was nice talking to you! The book was reviewed by Forbes and Signpost so far, and mentioned in the Chronicle, as well as in my own op-eds in the Slate, and the Daily Dot. The Polish edition was covered in three largest newspapers in Poland: Gazeta Wyborcza (currently paywalled), Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, and Rzeczpospolita. More reviews should be upcoming. best Pundit|utter 15:17, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent references! I will do a book article at the end of August. You can check it out for me when it is in draft form.--15:51, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Just one more :) Pundit|utter 15:28, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I changed my article to be a redirect to the correct article.--DThomsen8 (talk) 07:03, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

REFUND

Hi Dthomsen8. I've chatted with SPhilbrick (you can see our conversation on his talk page), and have now put the following articles in your userspace: User:Dthomsen8/Cherry Street (Philadelphia), User:Dthomsen8/Locust Street (Philadelphia), User:Dthomsen8/Pine Street (Philadelphia), User:Dthomsen8/Race Street (Philadelphia), User:Dthomsen8/Snyder Avenue and User:Dthomsen8/Spruce Street (Philadelphia).

If you can spend a little time on each, expanding them a bit - I'd suggest a rule of thumb, at least double the size of the text - then no one can say they're not substantially contributed to by you. Another option would be to remove all the text that's there (leaving the layout and images and templates and such) and re-write the article in your own words.

Let me know if you're struggling. Once you've substantially contributed to the articles, feel free to move them to the main space, and then we're all good to go. WormTT(talk) 13:44, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice work with these five streets. Thank you. I am in Iceland until Friday, so I may not do much before then, it depends on my energy in the evening hours. I can add images when I am home, too.--DThomsen8 (talk) 17:35, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE July drive and August blitz

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WP Museums description

Hi. I reverted this edit as these are user descriptions in project space ad were fine as-is. I'm not even sure some were actually wrong. Let me know if any issues, thanks! StarM 23:55, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All of the AWB changes were capitalizations and correct changes. French instead of french, California instead of california. I am content to leave it as it was.--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:26, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Akın Altay

Just a note that I declined your A7 and G11 on this article; in my opinion the article asserts a credible claim of significance (the notable people that he interviewed and the claim that he was awarded in Turkey for his journalism) and the article doesn't sound promotional enough for a G11. If you still feel the article needs deleted I recommend you run it through AfD. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 16:08, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The A7 and G11 were already on the Akın Altay article when I did AWB on it. I have put some work into this article, including Wikilinks, a category, and a talk page. It still needs inline citations for third-party references. --DThomsen8 (talk) 21:38, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject X proposal

Hello Dthomsen8! The proposal for WikiProject X is here. Please let me know what you think. Harej (talk) 00:15, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Art of Dialling

The first two paras of the text are an exact copy of the lot description here. The first paragraph of the text was just the title, not copyright. The second para, giving other non-content data, is copyright, even including the auction lot number! Removing the copyrighted text would leave little but the title as the content. Even the full text barely amounts to an encyclopaedia article, since the final short sentence, probably not copyright, tells us nothing about the article's supposed topic, a book, but just that the author was someone's brother-in-law.

It was tagged as copyright by an experienced contributor, and, having looked again in the light of your comment, I still can't see how it is anything but that. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:49, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE September 2014 bling

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Talkpage creation

Replied on my talkpage - I hope I've made it clear. If it doesn't work, let me know. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:43, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Robert Milligan

Just looked at Robert Milligan. He still seems to be English. Puzzlingly, I seem to have been on the talk page relating to him on August 3 this year - I almost certainly wasn't - I think this debate is about twelve months older than that. Have you come across any good reasons why I should not simply correct the error? As an Englishman who tried to teach history in Scotland for over 25 years, I'm perhaps over-sensitive on the issue, but even slighter similar errors have led to avoidable bad feeling -and not just with Nationalists. It's common politeness to get a UK subject's nationality right. Best wishes DelahaysDelahays (talk) 17:40, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Milligan again Sorry I should have spelt this out. Try Rootsweb in a post called The Regarde bien no 15. It needs a bit of reading but it offers a full genealogy of a number of Milligan famillies from Dumfries and Galloway and explicit links to Robert Milligan of the West India docks - though sources aren't fulluy supplied it seems to confirm my view that James Milligan innkeeper was his father. Link is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alanmilliken/regarde_bien/15.html best wishes Delahays.Delahays (talk) 21:36, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are quite right about Milligan, and I have gone ahead and changed the article to Scottish. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:46, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

History of the French in Baltimore: Stub class?

I saw that you evaluated the article on the History of the French in Baltimore as being stub class. I does not look like a stub class article anymore. Could you please reevaluate the class status of the article? Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 06:40, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

assesment of draft article on European School in Central Asia

Hi DThomsen8. I would welcome any comments you have on a new draft article Draft:European_School_in_Central_Asia which I am trying to get into shape for acceptance. ESCA is a non-profit community school providing international education in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. I see you are a member on the WikiProject_Kyrgyzstan page so this may be in your scope of interest. Any comments would be most welcome. David1000000 (talk) 15:30, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Again, please stop

I've asked you a few times before, but I'll ask again. Would you mind at at least skimming the articles you assess (if not reading them) and also have a look at the guidelines relevant to article assessment (specifically WP:STARTCLASS). Start class is for articles that are crap, but are longer than stubs (as opposed to a blanket rating for anything that isn't a stub or a GA/FA). I do not believe this is the case for most of the articles that I have written. If you've actually identified how all of the articles I've written are "weak in many areas", please explain; I'd be interested to know how I might be able to improve them. If not, please stop relentlessly tagging everything as start-class. Thank you. P.S.: you've also tagged several articles on tunnels as being in Wikiproject Rivers (example) --Jakob (talk) 16:00, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please respond. --Jakob (talk) 00:19, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've taken it up to DRN. I would encourage you to respond so that something can be worked out. --Jakob (talk) 00:51, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Help on Loboc Church

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Kazakhstan

Dear Mr. Thomsen,

where comes your interest of Central Asia?--Kopiersperre (talk) 22:30, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have been doing improvements on neglected countries for years, now, check out my work on Guyana as one example. The Central Asian countries are interesting from their long history of involvement with Europe and Western Asia, and their independence (in varying degrees) from Russia. My interest was stirred again by meeting college students and their teachers from Kazakhstan at Wikimania 2014 in London in August. Right now I am pressed for time, but I will add more tomorrow.--DThomsen8 (talk) 22:49, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I started reading about Central Asia with "On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads" by Tim Cope, and I commend that to you.--DThomsen8 (talk) 17:59, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your interview in 2012

We just published your interview as a blog post. Thank you! VGrigas (WMF) (talk) 15:38, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Carmine Miranda

Hie, I am writing to ask for your input about your opinion of this page Carmine Miranda. I am writing to you since you were one of the few who added contributions to it. At present moment it has been nominated for deletion. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carmine Miranda I am hoping that if you have time, that you could take a look at its current state and chime in your opinion on whether it should be kept or not. Thank you in advanceLilianarice (talk) 04:06, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Common knowledge?

Hi David, it is my great pleasure to let you know that Pacific Standard has reviewed my book, too! Previously it was reviewed by Forbes and Signpost, Motherboard, the Wikipedian, and mentioned in the Chronicle, as well as in my own op-eds in the Slate, and the Daily Dot, as well as the Chronicle. The Polish edition was covered in three largest newspapers in Poland: Gazeta Wyborcza (currently paywalled), Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, and Rzeczpospolita. best Pundit|utter 19:25, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Aristotle, Inc. for deletion

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Las Olas Blvd

I saw that you just added Las Olas Blvd to the Wikproject Miami. Not sure if you are aware but Las Olas is not a part of Miami but instead is in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale? Not sure as to why it would be added to the Miami Wikiproject? --Canyouhearmenow 01:43, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you examine the history, I added {{WikiProject U.S. Streets|class=start|importance=low}} to the talk page, but somebody else put the Miami template there, and I failed to check the city in the article. I changed Miami to Florida. Thanks for your message.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I am glad you fixed it. I am reluctant to change things done by other experienced editors hence the reason of my contact to you. I simply did not look at the history. Thank you! --Canyouhearmenow 02:06, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia genealogy project

Just wondering if you have any thoughts re: the idea of WMF hosting a genealogy project. If so, feel free to contribute to this discussion. And apologies if I have made this request before. ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:07, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Bluff Harbour

Just a quick FYI that is New Zealand English, either sub-antarctic or subantarctic is correct - sub-Antarctic is not. Grutness...wha? 06:17, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Copyediting

I saw you signing up as Reviewers in backlog. I am just a beginner and I tried to copyedit two different articles which I think are completed. Please kindly review them and reply anything that should be improved.

Articles: Ahmad Dhani, Johannes Hint

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Good work for a beginner. I have made some changes for each of them but mostly beyond what is needed to take credit for copyediting. I do many things as part of a copyediting article task, such as adding to the talk page. You should fix discriminator link on Hint article, and note the fixes I did on the PERSONDATA template dates. --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:00, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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User:Musiclanka request about Ranushka fernando's Article

please give me some time to bring more references and links about Ranushka Fernando,his data was not much in the internet,but i requested all media to help me with this issue,most of the wellknown sri lankan personalties are not much with digital world,please give some time regards

Hi Dave, What do you think of the idea of donating a book about using Wikipedia to the silent auction for the Small Museums Assocation conference? (Maybe a hat, too?) I might have a couple of other small things we could add.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 14:36, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I will bring some copies of John Broughton's Wikipedia:The Missing Manual and Phoebe Ayers' How Wikipedia Works to the meeting tomorrow, so you can have two books for the SMA auction, and two books for the CHF library, if they will accept them. Send me the meeting details right here.--DThomsen8 (talk) 20:34, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Dave! I was able to confirm that the Small Museum Association can give me a receipt for the donated books. Thank you again. Also, I have your scarf from the last GLAM Cafe Meetup -- I'll try to bring it to the next one on Tuesday, Feb 10, at UPenn. I'm encouraging people to edit articles from the Small Museums list that night.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 01:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The company just seems to be called "Cranes"; if you search for that word in the Flash magazine thing at the source URL, you get given three results, including an article about them. Agreed that notability still seems weak. --McGeddon (talk) 18:48, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Europa Universalis and the Administrative republic

For several years socks from Rio de Janeiro have been trying to add various terms from this videogame to articles, often (like the last few weeks) changing "autonomous republic" to "administrative republic". See [7] - now I'm not accusing you of being one of those, obviously, but you did add the wiki for Europa Universalis III to Administrative republic, which until mid February was Autonomous republic until a brand new editor came along and changed it. Since then a number of IP socks have been editing it. I'm not happy with that. It still contains a couple of country names which use 'autonomous' and not 'administrative', and although for Yugoslavia 'administrative' is sourced, most sources call them 'autonomous'. I generally don't like undiscussed name changed, and this one was immediately jumped on by obvious socks. I'm tempted to revert, any comments? Dougweller (talk) 20:18, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You are right, that article should be 'Autonomous republic' but I cannot find anything I did to that article. What I did do was run the "(Filled in 1 bare reference(s) with reFill...)" on the Administrative republic article on March 4. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:09, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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River Stubs

Hi Dthomsen8

I wonder if I could ask for your support for my request at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Rivers#Stub.2Flow_rivers_articles. I know that you were good enough to help my last bid to reduce the number of unassessed articles, when I sorted out the Romanian stubs, and I am hoping you would do so again. Thanks...Jokulhlaup (talk) 17:29, 20 April 2015 (UTC) (I'll watch here for any reply)[reply]

P.S Thanks for assessing so many Lighthouse articles recently, every edit helps.

Hi again, many thanks for taking on this task of marking up the talk pages, a masterclass in using AWB. I have signed up for access to AWB, but it looks like this will be finished by the time I get approved, not to worry I am sure it will prove useful for lots of other things. Thanks again...Jokulhlaup (talk) 17:45, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep at it, we will soon be done with rivers. Maybe Lakes next?--DThomsen8 (talk) 20:25, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Now only 50 rivers left to assess. Many rivers added for the first time, too.--DThomsen8 (talk) 19:26, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yup, those stub/lows have now gone (job well done), those 50+ appeared after I had cleared that last group out last September, I shall pick them off no doubt. In terms of lakes, I would have to think long and hard before starting on what could be another (mostly thankless) task of assessment...Jokulhlaup (talk) 19:58, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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The current state of shmup articles

Hello! You're invited to express your views about this topic on the discussion topic. Jotamide (talk) 05:46, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of Orphan tag in Lu Houmin page

Hi Dthomsen8,

I have linked the page Lu Houmin with other two articles, Hou Bo and Yilan County, Heilongjiang. Please remove the orphan tag from the page.

Thanks, work2win

Please see

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pennsylvania#Photographing every municipality

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CONSOL Energy Wikipedia Page - Suggested Edits

Hi Dthomsen8,

I am on the communications team for Consol Energy. I would like to suggest several edits/updates to the Consol Energy Wikipedia page. A lot of the information listed is outdated and therefore no longer accurate. Please see my suggested edits and sourcing below. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for your time and help on this issue.

First paragraph:

"As of 2011..." should be replaced with: As of 2013, Consol had 3 billion tons of proven reserves, mainly in northern and central Appalachia and produced nearly 29 million tons of coal in the same year. The company has natural gas reserves totaling 5.7 trillion cu. ft. as of 2013 and produced 172.4 billion cubic feet in that year. Through the different services, it employs 3,890 people.

History:

To be added: In 2012, Consol Energy won the rights to drill the Marcellus Shale on leased acres at the Pittsburgh International Airport. Consol entered into the public-private partnership, agreeing to pay 500 million dollars over the next twenty years. In partnership, the airport will receive 18 percent royalties with an additional 50 million dollar bonus. It is estimated that the project will bring the airport around 20 to 25 million dollars annually over the next 20 years. This revenue is to be used to offset the airports 91 million dollar annual budget, as well as support improvements to infrastructure and paying off airport debt, currently shouldered by taxpayers.(i) In August 2014, after a year of talks with the township, the Federal Aviation Commission, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Allegheny County, Consol began drilling its first well on airport property.(ii)

In 2013, Consol sold it’s subsidiary, Consolidation Coal Company, to Murray Energy Corporation (MEC). This deal, valued at 3.5 billion dollars, included all five of their longwall coal mines in West Virginia, as well as Consol’s River and Dock Operations, comprised of 21 tow-boats and 600 barges, as well as 2.4 billion dollars of Consol’s balance sheet liabilities. These liabilities include 2.1 billion dollars in postretirement benefit plans, 105 million dollars of workers compensation, 61 million dollars of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, 13 million of long-term disabilities, and 149 million in environmental. With the deal Consol sold 1.1 billion tons of coal reserves, reflecting the trend of switching away from coal to focus on natural gas exploration and development.(iii) By selling the mines in conjuction with the liabilities, Consol cleared room in the balance sheet to further investment in Marcellus Shale.(iv)

Financials:

"In 2010..." should be replaced with: In 2013, Consol Energy had an annual revenue of 3.120 billion. Customers primarily include electric and steel mills in the U.S., but demand from European utilities has increased during the 2000s. Consol Energy was ranked number 434 on the Fortune 500 list in 2014.(v)

To be added: In December 2014, CONSOL announced its intent to pursue transactions that would result in changes to the company's organizational and management structure to better align the company to execute its strategy for its natural gas and coal operations in the Appalachian Basin. These anticipated transactions resulted in changes to the company's reportable segments effective for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014. The Coal Division will now report the following segments: Pennsylvania Operations (Bailey, Enlow Fork, and Harvey mines), Virginia Operations (Buchanan Mine), and Other Operations (Miller Creek Complex). The E&P Division will now report the following segments: Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale, Coalbed Methane (CBM), and Other. (x)

Chart on the right side of the page:

Key People: J. Brett Harvey, Executive Chairman Nicholas J. DeIuliis, President & CEO James C. Grech, CCO & Executive VP Stephen W. Johnson, Executive VP & Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer David M. Khani, Executive VP & CFO (vi)

Products:Coal Natural gas Timber Electric power Land Development Property Development Water Purification (vii)

Revenue: US $3.120 billion (2013) (viii ix)

Number of employees: 3,890

i. http://businessjournaldaily.com/drilling-down/consol-kicks-drilling-project-pittsburgh-airport-2014-8-26 ii. http://businessjournaldaily.com/drilling-down/consol-kicks-drilling-project-pittsburgh-airport-2014-8-26 iii. http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20140417/DM05/140419287 iv. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/business/energy-environment/consol-energy-to-sell-5-coal-mines.html v. http://fortune.com/fortune500/ vi. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=66439&p=irol-govbio vii. http://consolenergy.com/other-services/land-resources.aspx viii.http://www.statista.com/statistics/217115/revenues-of-consol-energy/ ix. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=66439&p=irol-irhome x. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/consol-energy-announces-fourth-quarter-2014-earnings-release-and-conference-call-schedule-300022121.html

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Invitation

Hello! I'm Jacqueline Yeung, currently a Carnegie Mellon Researcher at the Human Computer Interaction Institute. The Project Pittsburgh page referred us to you as a Pittsburgh Wikipedian.

We'd would like to invite you to our HCI lab at CMU to gather and meet other fellow Pittsburgh Wikipedians. I'm so excited to meet you and learn about your experiences with Wikipedia. Please comment at Pittsburgh MeetUP 2015 .

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I am a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.DThomsen8 (talk) 23:07, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Academic Journals

Hi, thanks for tagging pages for this project, but please note that this project has no importance parameter, so that should save some effort. Cheers! --Randykitty (talk) 21:32, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the information.--DThomsen8 (talk) 22:11, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop doing these kinds of edits [8]. They serve no purpose and go against WP:COSMETICBOT and WP:NOTBROKEN (and WP:AWB rules in general). Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 10:10, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, please stop! WP's watchlist is already arcane enough, your disruptive cosmetic edits are rendering my watchlist useless. Or at the very least mark cosmetic edits as minor so that they can be ignored if so wished. Fgnievinski (talk) 14:34, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Please explain how talk page changes can affect an editor's watchlist. The only way I can see that can be is to show more changes on the watchlist. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:24, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Per Holknekt

Please take a look at the article Per Holknekt and Caroline Grane that I have created. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:36, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Your thoughts?

Timeline of Philadelphia has a discussion about selection and inclusion criteria. Two editors are discussing it, but we have divergent views. More opinions would be helpful. - SummerPhDv2.0 13:11, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I am a resident of Philadelphia, Pa.--DThomsen8 (talk) 23:20, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maria D. Quiñones-Sanchez (and other Council articles?)

Knocking around some Philly articles, I found that

I updated the reference link and the accessdate, and deleted the external reference. That left the Ext Refs section empty, so I commented out the header. I also updated her name to "Quiñones-Sánchez" in the infobox and the Persondata, but not the DEFAULTSORT, which has no diacritics.

I have three questions:

  1. Did I do this right?
  2. Should the article be renamed "Maria Quiñones-Sánchez"? There are so many links to it that would have to be fixed that I hesitate. Or is there a program that can do it?
  3. Should we check the pages for other City Council members, and (shudder) possibly other city government members as well, for the change in URL format?

Please {{ping}} me to reply. --Thnidu (talk) 00:22, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

June blitz bling

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Free to create articles

Sorry I missed this, but at User_talk:Compassionate727#RfD you asked

"If Snyder Avenue, Pine Street Philladelphia and Locust Street (Philadelphia) are deleted as redirects, does that leave me and other editors free to create articles on those streets?--DThomsen8 (talk) 23:05, 1 July 2015 (UTC)"

In fact, you can always just overwrite a redirect, and the gnomes at RfD like me will just procedurally close it if a redirect has been turned into an article, WP:BOLD!. So yes, you can just overwrite them, no problem. (I have done so in the past when I think a redirect merits its own article). As I noted at the RfD, I think the (Philadelphia) qualification is unnecessary, since we don't have Locust Street unqualified. Of course, I (or you) could just move that across, but I don't like to do so when things are under discussion, it just confuses matters, in my eyes. Pine Street also is red so you can just put that there rather than with the (Philadelphia) suffix. I assume the two L's in your Philladelphia was just a typo. Si Trew (talk) 08:38, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Neihsial

Hi there. I checked this article for the drive. Good work, but there were still a couple of minor issues, mainly a bit of awkward wording in the final section. Just wanted to give you a heads up. If you already do this, please disregard, but I try to do a second read-through the day after I complete a copy edit just to make sure all is well. I can't tell you how many times I have spotted issues after the fact. In any case, thank you for your continued efforts with the drive! Best, Pax Verbum 18:38, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Blogspot

Please could you help me, I understand lead para and MOS issues, and I am mightily confused as to why Mankgunegara I deserves something which just adds to the woes of the tags on the article ? JarrahTree 01:46, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I did nothing to the tags on the article yet, but I just added a inline citation, in Indonesian, and some better links. I would like to improve the article, but it is in such poor English I hesitate to try copyediting.--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:53, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
youre brave, most historical javanese rulers are hagiographies with their muliple titles and appelations and rarely anything else. Having used the Mangkunegaran library in the past, I would have though there are better refs than blogspot! I have my Javenese fieldwork files and books in storage, so cannot help you in the short term. As for the language issues, sorry cannot make on wiki comments due to civility and AGF rules :( JarrahTree 02:01, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nemgiri

Hi, I've reverted your addition of Nemgiri to the Rashtrakuta Dynasty's See also section. The Nemgiri article is currently really sketchy as are its sources and it is, IMO, premature to link to it from a featured article. I hope that's fine. Thanks. --Cpt.a.haddock (talk) 17:26, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fine by me. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:27, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sunday August 2: WikNYC Picnic

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WikiProject Canada Roads A-Class articles

Hi there Dthomsen8. Thank you for your recent edits to article assessments. I just wanted to let you know that I've reverted a few of your edits regarding assessment of WikiProject Canada Roads article. Some of your edits turned working links to Wikiproject A-Class Review pages into redlinks to non-existent pages (example: [9]), while others changed the assessment from A-Class to GA-Class, despite the article having passed an A-Class Review (example from the same talk page: [10]). I really don't understand these edits – A-Class is one of the standard classes as defined at the WP:ASSESS guideline (and even if it wasn't, projects are allowed to have non-standard grades per WP:ASSESS#Non-standard_grades). If you think the articles no longer meet the A-Class criteria, you are welcome to nominate them for demotion at WP:HWY/ACR, where they will be discussed accordingly (the A-class level requires multiple editors for assessment). If there was a different reason for your edits please let me know (I'm having to guess at your reasoning because you didn't use edit summaries). Thank you - Evad37 [talk] 15:30, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I will look into it.--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:32, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Mootisave

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FYI: Broken template after edit

Just for your infomation, see [11] - I have fixed it :-). Christian75 (talk) 12:31, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I want to re-back my page M. Sadiq Khan, can you able to help me.Thollaikatchi

hello sir I am doing movie Thollaikatchi.I am director of that project M. Sadiq Khan on that page i give all the references and articles of me and my project.please help me from this problem.

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