User talk:Parkwells

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I added an indent to a reply-post you made today, so the timeline (of what you were replying to and the timeline of another post below yours) would be more clear...hope that's alright. Shearonink (talk) 15:28, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for helping keep the page more clear; will try to improve.Parkwells (talk) 16:15, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm kind of done with trying to work on the article at this point. It doesn't matter what is done it is never enough...very frustrating. Shearonink (talk) 17:46, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

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Sorry for the inconvenience caused at article page Paul Kosok

You might have noticed my {{inuse}} tag recently at Paul Kosok. Actually I was trying to fix the broken <ref> tag and reference section but got into an edit conflict twice with a fellow editor (which I found later was you!). I placed the tag to temporarily notify that someone else is editing too. Finally when I got my chance, I found that you had already fixed it ! So I had to remove the tag without any actually editing done in between. I'm really sorry if it disrupted your editing!

trunks_ishida (talk) 17:14, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

No problem; in this case, it seemed a problem for you and not for me, but thanks for your note.Parkwells (talk) 18:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Glad to hear that it didn't cause much disruption. Thanks and Happy Editing!

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Alabama State Capitol

Hey, you may not remember me, but we've collaborated on a few Alabama-related articles before. Over the last few months I've been working on a large expansion of the Alabama State Capitol article and was wondering if you would take a look and maybe do some copyedits. Most sources (including Federal/NRHP documentation) has in-depth info about its Confederate-related history, but largely neglects its role during the Civil Rights Movement. I've tried to balance all of this out, but thought you might be able to contribute (and maybe fix any mistakes I've made) also. If you have the time and energy to do so, it would be much appreciated. Altairisfar (talk) 17:06, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

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BCE/AD warrior

What are thoughts on this Talk:Cahokia#Date Style? Heiro 04:42, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Cahokia DRN thread

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The Battle for Whiteclay

I started a new article: The Battle for Whiteclay. You did an excellent job on this In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (book) and African Burial Ground National Monument. So if you get a chance and could possibly add to the The Battle for Whiteclay, it would be appreciated. Thanks. 7mike5000 (talk) 01:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Nice job on The Battle for Whiteclay. 7mike5000 (talk) 13:47, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, 7mike. I've put some questions on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Talk page, as it would be useful for us to decided the best breakdown of content among that, this article, and the one on Whiteclay, Nebraska. There's much overlap and we may be able to define them better for both readers and editors.Parkwells (talk) 13:51, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

You've done an outstanding job on the articles which concern the issues surrounding Whiteclay. The article Pine Ridge, Nebraska got 10,000 hits the other day, so alot of people are reading what you have written. Just wanted to say thanks. Buenos días. 7mike5000 (talk) 14:21, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Taking a break

I'm taking a break from that article and the talkpage as well. Sometimes lockdowns aren't necessarily a bad thing...I guess... Shearonink (talk) 05:03, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

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Thomas Jefferson 02

I am no longer able to make any edits on the Thomas Jefferson article. I believe Brad, Gwillhickers, and TheDarkOneLives, have claimed ownership on the article. The discussion page, in my opinion is completely toxic and negative. Best en devours on your Wikipedia editing efforts. Cmguy777 (talk) 21:27, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I have contacted Orlady on this issue, however, Orlady has not responded or as far as I know is not interested in the subject. I believe Orlady is a Wikipedia administrator. Cmguy777 (talk) 19:16, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

The article is currently dominated by Gwillhickers, TheDarkOneLives, and Brad. Are there any administrators that can be contacted? Who has the enforcement power to prevent ownership of articles? Cmguy777 (talk) 03:23, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Don't know what to suggest. I will be working to add updated current cites and content to the appropriate articles - see additions to Thomas Jefferson and Slavery re: his failure as executor after 1817 to carry out the will of Tadeusz Kościuszko, who designated money and property in the US to be used to free and educate slaves, including Jefferson's.Parkwells (talk) 12:52, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Native American Lending Alliance

Hello. Back on February 8, 2012, I requested the creation of a page for the Native American Lending Alliance (NALA) on the Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics/Businesses and organizations page since I have conflict of interest as I represent the organization in its Wikipedia outreach efforts. NALA is an association of Native American tribes that provides financial products for underbanked consumers and creates new economic opportunities for Native American communities. However, no action has been taken. In regards to media mentions, since submitting this request the New York Times has published a letter to the editor by a NALA board member and the Denver Post published an Associated Press article mentioning the organization.

I see that you work on Native American-related articles. I would appreciate any assistance in successfully getting a Native American Lending Alliance article created. Thanks.--Digistrat (talk) 15:38, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

There appears to be little information available from Reliable Sources about the NALA, perhaps because it is so new. Generally, organization's own websites are not considered sufficient as sources, and I find that of NALA to be rather vague. The indirect mention in the AP article and the letter to the editor are not sufficient sources for an article.Parkwells (talk) 05:40, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

It does not appear to a be a topic I want to write about. This opinion piece is very critical: Delvin Cree, "Predatory lending a cash cow in Indian country", Indianz.com, 17 February 2012 <http://www.indianz.com/News/2012/004651.asp> Parkwells (talk) 14:34, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Margaret Lea Houston

Thanks for your contribution on Mrs. Houston's article. I'm currently reading the William Seale book on her, and we'll see if anything else significant is in that book.

If you're interested, Temple Lea Houston could use some editing. Or a lot, depending upon one's point of view. Not very well structured/sectioned. As I skim through it, the article looks like it was a copy and paste from somewhere to focus on some image. It suffers from POV, IMO. Lots of quotes with no citations. I added the Personal life section. His wife and children had not even been mentioned in the article. I'll get around to it, but just thought I'd mention it if you have any interest.Maile66 (talk) 19:38, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

The Battle for Whiteclay (cont'd)

Images

Hi Parkwells, I have been a bit pre-occupied and I also have a tendency of not finishing what I start. Youv'e been doing all the work on the Whiteclay issue (article about Whiteclay on the front page of the New york Times today). If you should feel so inclined to take care of the copyright requirements for the image use from The Battle for Whiteclay it would be appreciated. I have limited time at the moment. I got the information from User talk:Anthonyhcole: "Get him to email our volunteers at: permissions-enwikimedia.org using this format. He can copy and paste it into his email.

I hereby affirm that I, (name here) am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of [describe the work to be released in detail, give the URL of the work]

I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0" (unported) and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.

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and tell him to ask the OTRS volunteers to post a note on the The Battle for Whiteclay talk page or your talk page letting you know when they've received his email. Once that's done, you can upload the images quoting the OTRS "ticket" number." He also said he has other images that could be used.

Mark Vasina's e-mail is listed on the documentary's website: mvasina@neb.rr.com Thanks 7mike5000 (talk) 13:37, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Won't be able to do it today, but will try. Did update the Whiteclay, NE article based on the NY Times and some other older cites. Parkwells (talk) 15:52, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank's. Mark Vasina seems like a really nice person and he offered to provide more images. A picture tells a thousand words so relevant images would help to elucidate what Whiteclay is all about. Just tell him you're the guy thst's been keeping the content current, he has read the Wikipedia article and said he was impressed with the fact that it was regularly updated. And you can tell him the guy from New York who called him is a bit of a fruit loop so sorry for the delay. I'm just not able to do much right now. So thanks again. 7mike5000 (talk) 01:35, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Archive 5

looks like you accidentally created Archive 5 in the main article space. Zad68 (talk) 18:33, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

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JUst move the article to the correct page, and then you can remove the CSD notice once its in your user space. Gaijin42 (talk) 18:53, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, it's gone. I've started it over in my User space.Parkwells (talk) 19:48, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Was wondering if you'd be interested

Know you have an account at Commons too, so thought I'd ask. I've added to/created a slew of new archaeological sites for Georgia and the south lately. A few have illustrations/photos on nps.gov sites or are credited to NPS. I was wondering if you knew anything about how to find out if we can use them and upload them to commons, I know a lot of the government stuff are PD, but am having trouble figuring out how to do it. Some specific ones I'm interested in so far are :

• Lamar Mounds and Village Site, see BandW photo of mound and drawing of mound layout for images.
• King Archaeological Site, see upper right hand painting by Townsend This one is iffy if we can use it or not, but I think the 2 for Lamar would be good

Any help would be appreciated. Heiro 00:13, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Hieronymous - good to hear from you. Congratulations on all your work. Those are great additions. I haven't done this myself, but do know that NPS photos, as government works, would be part of the public domain, as would be images from the National Archives or Library of Congress. I should investigate and try to figure it out. Will get back to you.Parkwells (talk) 13:56, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Wole Soyinka

Hi Parkwells, thanks for so much good work on so many articles. I've been cleaning up the writer Wole Soyinka and wondered if you'd swing by. It's an almost entirely unref'd BLP of a hugely influential writer, who deserves better. Your eyes on it are welcome. Thanks Span (talk) 10:49, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Span - thanks for your note. I'll take a look at that; have read Soyinka's work and know that he is really good. Will try to find some sources, too.

A barnstar for you!

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	For improving many articles related to Wole Soyinka! Jokestress (talk) 20:52, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

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Henry P. Cheatham

Thank you for working on Henry P. Cheatham. But I am curious, where does the fact that he served in the North Carolina state legislature come from? That's not listed in his official congressional biography, and it is not listed in the North Carolina Manual of 1913.Awbeal (talk) 17:34, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your sharp eyes- I was going to look further for that. The article had said that he supported the passage in 1883 of the founding of the orphanage, and I thought they meant he had been in the state legislature, but was going to doublecheck. Have been working on five articles at once, so am glad for the help. Will correct it.Parkwells (talk) 19:57, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I see that you have corrected it. Where may I ask does the interest in Henry P. Cheatham come from? Do you live in NC like me? Awbeal (talk) 19:04, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

No, I don't live there but got interested in the five US Congressmen elected from the South at the end of the 19th century, before disfranchisement. (Had done quite a lot of work on that topic a while ago, and as it comes up in other articles, it always grips me. Also had worked on John Mercer Langston at an earlier time, and his brother.) The US Congress: Black Americans in Congress site is good, as is its related Historical Essay on this. So I decided to add to thes articles, supplemented by books available.Parkwells (talk) 21:01, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Related TfD

Hey there Parkwells! Hope you're doing well, and that your editing continues with full force- looks like it. I'd appreciate you weighing in on Template:Fur Trade in Nebraska. Take care! • Freechildtalk 18:23, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Glad to add a vote for keeping - I like the templates. Yes, am managing to continue to find things to write about; hope you're doing well, too. Parkwells (talk) 21:37, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Melungeon

Any comments on the IP's edits at this page? Keeps inserting material linked to a forum and a private genetics company. Dougweller (talk) 08:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for checking; I agree with HR's restoration of text to RS in the Melungeon article. Forums are not valid sources. It's also unclear exactly what point the editor was trying to make - it's unlikely that 75% of the European haplotype was Portuguese, given the history of the populations. Read like a misapplication of data, from the little there was to see.Parkwells (talk) 12:23, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Much appreciated. I'm sure the IP will be back though. Dougweller (talk) 13:10, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Back, claims of vandalism in edit summaries, original research, etc. I've taken the sources to WP:RSN. Dougweller (talk) 10:24, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at Melungeon shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

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It has also became clear that your wikipedia edits are entirely based on african american sibjects, and are now trying to use that stuff on my own families' wikipedia article, you are using the same website for reference to your claims while i use the same site that you used, yet claim i can not use the same site you use. Now this is a cease and desist to you on the melungeon page if you continue using racism on wikipedia.