User talk:Closeapple

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Hey, I noticed the Caterpillar thing too. Trying to start some discussion on the talk page. I'm not sure the controversy is a big enough deal to be noteworthy, but it's already been deleted and reverted a bunch of times. Friday 29 June 2005 16:04 (UTC)

About the Illinois State Route 40 article... here's what I posted:

Well, there's the timeline for Upgrade 74 -- they're closing the bridge for 6 months so that they can remove 150 feet of truss. It would probably be impossible to completely replace an entire bridge in 6 months. Also, a mile-long bridge by itself would cost well over $300,000,000 -- the new northern St. Louis bridge has a price tag of well over $1 billion, assuming it gets built. See http://www.newriverbridge.org/faqlist.asp. Add to this the fact that the construction zone is about 6 miles long. ---Rob 03:46, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

buyblue.org

I and a few other people have noticed 12.221.202.125 and some other users adding links to a site called BuyBlue.org and ignoring requests to stop. Since the link seems to be added with a similar description to multiple articles, and the user ignores requests instead of responding, I suspect Wikipedia:Spam or whatever they call swarms of link-adding these days. I intend to remove this link from at least twice as many articles as I see someone spam every time I catch someone doing it, and including the ones I think cause them to get ranked the highest on Google. Helpful links:

• English Wikipedia search for buyblue.org
• Google: all buyblue.org mentions on all Wikipedia sites
• Google: all sites linking to buyblue.org

Anyone else notice this and/or know what they're up to? The site itself claims to be applying for 501(c)(3) charity status, and it looks like it could be a legitimate site, but the way their followers(?) are adding cookie-cutter links to Wikipedia doesn't look very charitable to me. If they're legitimate, shouldn't there be a template or something?

Um . . . what's wrong with people linking to buyblue.org? LegCircus 17:15, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

It looks like someone has started this up again (or it has never stopped). I'm currently undoing additions made by User:Dave Mott this morning. There still a bunch out there, and in the past it has been added in alphabetical order. I don't think this is just a well-meaning person adding a link they think is interesting now and then. It is methodical and systemic. Mostly I just wanted to say that I'm glad it isn't just me that sees this as a problem. --Straif 19:14, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Why is American Coot not American coot instead?

Somewhere on the Wikipedia, and I can't remember where (maybe the Manual of Style or the Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life) it is stated that bird names are capitalized for all words in the name since that is the common standard for ornithologists. ^BlankVerse 18:14, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Peoria Category

Hi, I just wanted to tell you that your idea of a category for Peoria related articles is great, as are your contributions regarding the subject. I made a tiny collaboration by adding the category to Peoria War, which I recently created and which you may like to review. May I also ask you, if I may, where does your interest for Spain and Argentina comes from? Regards, Phaedriel 23:29, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I think I'll make some sort of Peoria-area category next weekend when I have time and can move items that affect the area as a whole but are currently Category:Peoria County, Illinois, Category:Tazewell County, Illinois, Category:Woodford County, Illinois, or uncategorized. My interest in southern Spain comes from having a friend who lives in Murcia; I've visited there and learned a bit about the area. My interest in Telecom Argentina was sort of side effect: On some article (probably AT&T or MAE-East) I stumbled onto a mislink to Equant that should have been to Equant (France Télécom). While researching that, I noticed that the France Télécom article had a huge section about Telecom Argentina, so I split that off. I'm interested in telecom subjects in general and telephone companies I haven't heard of before, though. --Closeapple 03:26, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Radio station merge

FYI I've done the WHN → WEPN merge you recommended. Wasted Time R 15:33, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Feedback

Hi Closeapple,

You have removed my posts from the bankruptcy section (and others). Actually, thanks for doing that since it forced me to read the guidlines for adding content to the site more carefully. I assure you I'm not a spammer and will continue to add useful information to the site (if allowed) that meets the guidelines. For example I added two new sections:

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) and Superintendent of Bankruptcy

Thanks again for your feedback.

TV Market Templates

DO NOT add digital channels to TV market templates. It looks extremely sloppy. Take a look at this to see templates that show what the template standard is. --CFIF 17:50, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Contradiction in Peoria article

Unfortunately, http://www.peoriatribe.com appears to be down at the moment, but if you look at their history on the google cache it appears that there was indeed a tribe of Peorias in Illinois. http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:B1C7nlGob7UJ:www.peoriatribe.com/history.php+&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

The city of peoria homepage http://www.ci.peoria.il.us/ also tends to backup this explaination. Suppafly 04:34, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

1. Hello Closeapple. One of your recent edits was undone by an automated bot as likely abuse of editing privileges. Our welcome page provides information for new users who would like to contribute. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you feel you have recieved this notice in error, please contact the bot owner. Thank you for your interest in our project. // Tawkerbot2 12:55, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Reply re: Tawkerbot2

• The bot undid a copyvio revert. I put "rv copyvio" in the edit summary but, as per Wikipedia:Copyright problems#Instructions, I didn't add a copyvio tag, since the tag is supposedly only for complete removals where there's nothing legal to revert to.

Perhaps we should add a machine readable hidden copyvio tag or something similar to that, I'll have a look into filtering decisions based on the edit summary, currently the bot doesn't look at the summaries but I'll have a look.

• The bot added a "reply" to the unrelated User talk:Closeapple#Contradiction in Peoria article instead of making a new subcategory like a normal comment would.

The bot essentially subst's in a warning template, I didn't have it add a new category due to the fact that most of these pages will already have lists of vandalism and wouldn't need a list but I'll see what I can do there.

• Is there any way for the bot to tell a registered user with an established edit history from the usual vandals? (Not that "established" Wikipedians don't sometimes go rotten suddenly. Hopefully it's rare though.)

In short short of pulling a Wikipedia user's history each time the bot checks, there is no possibility of adding edit history support, the bot whould have to grab various pages from that users history to determine if they were trusted. The bot does have a whitelist, it's powered by pgkbot and we can add users there manually but auto whitelist is a bit of a challenge. If you have any idea as to how it would check, its a problem I haven't managed to find a solution for yet.

Thanks for the insight! --Tawker 17:44, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Radio Station

Hmm...I'd forgotten I asked that lol. Thanks for answering :) — Ilyanep (Talk) 16:19, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

About NRK 3

How did u get any info about NRK 3? I have checked the NRK themselves and they has no plans to air station. The only thing I have about it is an public radio channel (which may be NRK P3, i don't know), but that's the only thing I've got. Please inform me as I live in Norway myself. PS: I'm not an editor/regulator ivers 17:58, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I got the information from the Bokmål Wikipedia entries no:NRK and no:NRK3. I don't know Norweigan, so it could be different and I wouldn't know it. However, http://www.journalisten.no/ seems to have some articles about it, and http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/frokost_tv/5485577.html has a related interview video. --Closeapple 18:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, youre right. When the digital cable net will be aired the NRK 2 will go over to be an channel designed for children. It will contain news, documentaries and regional programs. It has actually some kind of similarity to SVT24 which is kind of the Swedish channel for this use. ivers 18:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Diocese map

Ah, the diocese map. My roommate was amused and horrified when I spent a whole day making that. Your update looks pretty good. The Provinces of Washington and Los Angeles look to be the same color, though, and a few adjacent provinces (Kansas City, Kansas and St. Louis; Omaha and Denver) are probably too close in color. john k 08:05, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

British Royalty

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DBD 11:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Upper Mississippi Baseball League

I am really curious is this real or not, I noticed that you commented on the Peoria Prarie Dogs talk page about their first game and it would appear that you know what you are talking about.

I really want to believe that this league is legitimate and that this article is true,

DO you know whether it is or not and if so how do you know?? so many people say that it is probably a hoax and also know other site other than Wikipedia has anything regarding this fabled league.

Please tell me if you know if it is real

--MJHankel 03:46, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Hatchie's Bridge state

I have cleaned up the inconsistency between Battle of Hatchie's Bridge and Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862. Per the National Park Service and the battle description, the battle occured (just barely) within Tennessee. I have not updated your User/To Do list, as it is, well, yours.

Cheers, Mmccalpin 17:42, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Deleted page "Image:WCIC logo.png"

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Quit Being An Asshole

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.136.156.118 (talk • contribs)

Could you be more specific? --Closeapple 06:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

You should take this out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.189.50.111 (talk • contribs)

Perhaps. I think it had something to do with marking a statement in Peoria Notre Dame High School as non-NPOV. I'll ditch this section eventually. --Closeapple 03:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Mississippi Squirrel Revival AFD

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Komen Foundation

Thanks for the great work on the Komen Foundation article! It's a whole lot better now. Purifiedwater 23:46, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

WBLN

I don't remember why I asked about the call, but thanks for forwarding me an answer to my question. --Dleav 00:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

RFC: Old Farmer's Almanac

Hello,

I am an employee of Yankee Publishing, Inc., of Dublin, New Hampshire.

Two months ago, I volunteered to update the Wikipedia listing for The Old Farmer’s Almanac – a publication owned by my employer.

I am contacting you because you have previously edited this listing.

I have endeavored to follow Wikipedia’s guidelines to the best of my knowledge and ability, and would appreciate your input on the RFC I posted today on the Almanac’s discussion page.

Best, NH-Nemesis 21:40, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Spalding

Not a big deal, but you noted you attempted to alphabetize this page. The idea is to get the most likely hits higher on the page, not alphabetize. If they are generally equally likely targets, then alphabetizing helps. See WP:MOSDAB. (John User:Jwy talk) 15:45, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Peoria and Eastern Railway

You had this on your To Do list--you might want to take a look at what I wrote for this--I make no claim of expertise.--Bhuck 13:40, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Unrefereferenced template

I fixed this edit . The correct name for the template you wanted is {{unreferencedsect}}. The other wording brought up {{unreferenced}} instead. --BirgitteSB 21:26, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Four color theorem and User:Fsswsb response

Well, it doesn't look like he figured out what you were trying to explain, but he hasn't touched the article in a while, at least. Thanks!!!! -- ArglebargleIV 16:17, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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InkScape

Can you also remove the link to InkScape in External Links on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVG to be impartial? --Zpally 21:57, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello again Zpally. I'm sorry to but in, but I'm curious. What do you mean by impartial?

--Mumia-w-18 02:43, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Re Northridge

It appears that content about Northridge is being censored I have been very careful to document and to state as neutrally as possible. You seem knowlegable and your thoughts appreicated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theteachersson (talk • contribs) 09:30, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

PUSD

The closed campus issue is notable. It's the most dividing issue in the last few years. It's the issue that's had the most students and parents up in arms about the decisions being made. --Adam Maras 15:46, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Tagging for speedy

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Scott Mingus

I have removed the speedy tag you placed on Scott Mingus, as there were several claims of notability in the article text. If you still think the article should be deleted, please begin an articles for deletion discussion. Natalie (talk) 03:37, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Minor edits / Category:Acer

When going on a category adjustment spree, using the "minor edit" option might be a good idea. Those maples have been swamping my watchlist. Circeus (talk) 05:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, probably a good idea. The only reason I didn't is that I didn't know if drilling down would be controversial to anyone else because I was using Category:Maples instead of Category:Acer, but now that those have been moved, I'll tag the rest of the stuff as minor. --Closeapple (talk) 05:05, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I always assume that category stuff is minor. If worse come to worse, someone will put it up at CFD anyway, and the process will be automated during the conversion. I don't think too many people have minor edits hidden by default, actually, but it is appreciated when one need to hide them. Circeus (talk) 06:17, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

They should be categorised by scientific name as per WP:PLANTS policy, i.e., [Cat:Acer], not [Cat:Maples]; I'm changing to this - MPF (talk) 12:43, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm having trouble finding any mention of what happens when a category name is ambiguous with things that aren't plants; specifically, I don't see any mention that the scientific name of plants overrides. Note that I made Category:Acer Incorporated and Category:Maples specifically because the Category:Acer had about 5 computers and 8 trees in it, and was categorized as "Computers" instead of "Sapindaceae". It will be hard to detect bad additions if the ambiguous category isn't empty. Would Category:Acer (genus) be appropriate (like it is for the article name)? --Closeapple (talk) 19:35, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Typically, categories are disambiguated on the same basis as their main article (e.g. Category:Boston, Massachusetts), so in this case we're sort of split because naming convention for the article states that "Maple" is the most meaningful name, but as a category it conflicts with the scheme in Category:Sapindaceae. Although keeping Category:Maples and Category:Acer split makes no sense, I think we should maintain Category:Maples as a {{Category redirect}}. Circeus (talk) 20:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, if Category:Maples is emptied, I agree it should be a redirect for sure. It is permissible to have subcategories of Category:Acer that are subjects related to maples, not the plant types themselves, right? (For example, there is Category:Food made from maple and I was thinking of something like Category:Maple wood for the woodworking/lumber articles that deal specifically with maples.) If those aren't allowed, we would end up with a problem again, as people wouldn't know where to find the plant names vs. the related things, unless Category:Acer also became a subcategory of Category:Maple or Category:Maples, I guess. --Closeapple (talk) 20:23, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

"It is permissible to have subcategories of Category:Acer that are subjects related to maples, not the plant types themselves, right?" - Yes; that's a good idea. When dealing with products, they needn't follow the sci name rule for the plants themselves, so Category:Maple wood would work well - MPF (talk) 13:45, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

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The Gaylord table

The table format in Gaylord Entertainment Company that was in place prior to your revisions (and restored after my revertion) is standard in other television-related articles. I don't see where you say it was "unsortable", if anything it is very simple and less clunky (unlike the extra unnecessary rows and columns your version contains). The table format was not broken, and there was no need to fix it. Rollosmokes (talk) 06:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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St. Mary

Alright we'll keep it up then. Have a great new year. KC109 (talk) 19:12, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

O'Brien Field

Back in October you tagged it as lacking citations. I think you'll find that most or all of the verbiage is lifted directly from the external links. Hence I posted the specific site for items that were specifically questioned, and removed the tag. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 02:42, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

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School Mission Statement

Is a public middle school's mission statement really advertising? Wfwiki10 (talk) 07:12, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Replied at User talk:Wfwiki10#Mission statement --Closeapple (talk) 07:32, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Religious Experience (book)

• I have added some material to the lede. Do these additions address the initial concerns enough so as to lift the tag?
• I think it's fine as Religious Experience (book). As wikipedia grows, however, the rather generic title Religious Experience could be possibly confused with William James's work or some other academic's work with the same or similar title. Any idea how this is handled with other famous works that share titles such as movies or music? --Firefly322 (talk) 18:54, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of "Зияющие Высоты"

A page you created, Зияющие Высоты, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it redirects from an implausible misspelling.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thanks. BigHairRef | Talk 09:41, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that you are quite right, I hadn't fully checked out the policy and remembereed it wrongly. Thanks for keeping me in line. BigHairRef | Talk 10:15, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Christine as textbook?

I'm confused by the category you added to the Christine article, and I started a discussion on the talk page. --TMC1221 (talk) 18:50, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Answered on Talk:Christine also. --Closeapple (talk) 21:04, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Walking by your grave

Hi, apologies I didn't notify you, and thanks for commenting in the AFD. I totally agree that it needs to be deleted, but my rationale for not speedying is that if we have a full debate then subsequent recreation can be speedied under G4 and indeed the article can be salted. Better that than me deleting it again and it turning up yet again! Hope you're happy with that. Pedro :  Chat  07:44, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Replied at User talk:Pedro#Walking by your grave. --Closeapple (talk) 07:53, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Sweet Revenge (hardcore band) shows only one deletion (unless it was created under a different page name as well?) so I'd leave it as is. We can't really have an AFD for a deleted article, with the intention of just salting it. If you see it re-created then the best plan is AFD with a recommendation to the closing admin to salt as well. Pedro :  Chat  08:02, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Funny boilerplate

Funny that your boilerplate notification about an impending Speedy Deletion says, "but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines." But it's a Speedy. What are the chances I have time to do that? Slim. -Freekee (talk) 02:16, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

The more I think about it, the more unhappy I am with that article being speedied. I don't know if you're the one who nominated it because the edit history is gone, but I'll put my rant here anyway. Speedy deletion is the way to get rid of obvious crap, without having to go through AFD. The article I wrote didn't express notability, but it should have been obvious that it was a good faith addition, and you'd think someone would have done me the courtesy of giving me the chance to fix it. Please go easy on the Speedies. Personally, when I see an article that's deserving of deletion, I either Prod it, or give the author a fair warning. -Freekee (talk) 02:08, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Pirate Radio (radio show) revisions

Thank you for feeling it was necessary to take time and space on my talk page exhaustively explaining your edits to the Pirate Radio (radio show) article.

It would seem that your multiple edits to the article revolve around your own opinions of the material, and that you have not even attempted to reach a consensus on any of your points. Perhaps some of the issues you mentioned are valid...in considering that the article is not "new" in any way, would it not have been less divisive and more constructive to have discussed your problems with the article on it's talk page?

This is just my own opinion, but I would characterize your immediate reactions as knee-jerk and abusive of editing privileges. In regards to other articles, you have been warned numerous times about the overreactive way in which you tag and delete material. Even if you were completely *right* in all your contentions (and no one is ever always right about everything, myself included), the means you employ are not judicious, they are judgmental...and that is fascist. Keep in mind, I am not talking about you personally, simply your editing style. It is entirely possible that outside of wikipedia you may be a very sensitive and charming person.

But it would also seem that the specific selection of edits you made to the article reveal a negative and non-editorial perspective of the topic. Now, nothing is ever completely fair (especially in Wikipedia), but many of the edits you executed reflect only your personal opinion about a statement, which could hardly be described as a constructive edit. Also, almost all of the material you inserted appears to only be a product of original research or unverifiable claims. I mention this because that is specifically the basis of the majority of your complaints against the content of the article. Of course that means your edits therefore only impair and worsen the article, rather than improve it. In context, compared against your otherwise very broad editorial history, you have made it very clear that your dedication to the destruction of this specific article is personally motivated.

I have been writing in broad platitudes about your edits. I'm sure in some specific respects you are right, and where you are wrong I will take that up on the talk page of the article. I would like to invite you to join in the conversation...it is my belief that if reasonable people join together in discussion about an objective subject, although disagreements will surely arise, a clear consensus will also emerge. Perhaps I am asking too much of you, but working with others instead of against them is truly the spirit in which Wikipedia was founded. amAB^(Talk) 19:40, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Freeze (T-Pain song)

Why can't i create this article?? This is an official single from Thr33 Ringz, you can even buy it on iTunes and it's on T-Pains myspace page! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DinoAvdic (talk • contribs) 21:00, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Hello. With this warning, I would advice you that you do not have to assume, like this essay instructs. It also warns about my prejudice towards spelling. Thank you.--Disliker of humanities 12:24, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Future Clouds and Radar

Hi - thanks for your comments on Future Clouds and Radar. I've cleaned up the article, added more substance, shown its notability, and in-lined citations. Please let me know what you think of it now... Geĸrίtz (talk) 21:41, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Debbie Boostrom

I noticed the comments you added to the Debbie Boostrom article and I thought I should mention something. I've contacted the maintainer of the UChicago site in the past. From what I gather, the woman that maintains it gets the data from the actual magazines themselves. I've sent them an email just now to confirm this for me. The reason for me first contacting her was about upcoming Playmates and not the historical data of past Playmates.

Also, all the times that I've double checked what they have against the magazines in my own collection, the UChicago site has always been spot-on.

Just thought I'd let you know, Dismas|^(talk) 09:17, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Followup: I got a response as to the validity of the info on the UChicago site. The editor of it got the info directly from the magazines themselves. They have a full collection. For any issues that didn't have data sheets, they got the info from Playboy's web site. When even that failed to have info, they got it from other reliable sources such as newspapers and magazines. Dismas|^(talk) 22:25, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Template talk:Geobox/issues

Sorry about screwing up your Lexington link in Template talk:Geobox/issues-- I was trying to copy the link, and didn't realize that I had deleted it. At least it looks as if we'll get the problem fixed. Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 00:33, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

vampire lovers page

I am keen to clean up the new contribution as suggested. What specifically do you have in mind to rectify this page? Dr.warhol (talk) 07:19, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Amey72

I was unable to find previous versions for the the article I deleted, or any copyright violations in Amey72's history of deleted contributions. Was any of the previous action on pages with a different capitalization? Do you remember other usernames? - Mgm|^(talk) 11:42, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Redirect speedy deletion

Just a note: when tagging a page for speedy deletion, please place the deletion tag above the redirect. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 10:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Completion of clear up on Vampire Lovers page

Could you please confirm that clean up is complete? If not, what should be done to fix? Thanks. Dr.warhol (talk) 23:12, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Marian Catholic High School

• • • Nobody is trying to promote anything**** Since proof was required, we set a link to our informational website, no different from IMDB. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.60.106.210 (talk) 18:18, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Schrock

Strange to me that two such prominent sources would have contrasting info. I found it in The Hill at http://thehill.com/new-member-guide.html Mr. Vitale (talk) 07:02, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Great Job

Hi, you're doing a great job. Randy J. (talk) 07:02, 27 December 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.28.177.142 (talk)

Cool?. Randy J. (talk) 05:02, 02 January 2009 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.28.177.142 (talk) 2009-01-10T15:29:40 (UTC)

Uh— that's weird. Why are you signing as an account that doesn't exist? --Closeapple (talk) 05:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Frank E. Johnson

You were sure right about this one. However, I took a stab at removing the SPAM, Coatrack, and POV, as well as bit of expansion and sourcing. Its now a weak keeper. Maybe. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 03:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Thirsty Ear Recordings.png

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Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 21:38, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: NFHS

Yeah I'll remove the NFHS as the parent organization, it probably is confusing for people. Thanks. -Jrcla2 ^{(talk)(contribs)} 00:13, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:United States presidential inaugural addresses

I have nominated Category:United States presidential inaugural addresses (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for merging into Category:United States presidential inaugurations (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you.  LinguistAtLarge • Msg  07:50, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Railroads on todo list

The "CP&S" was the Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad, a predecessor of the AT&SF. Other companies you list and their later owners are:

• Fond du Lac, Amboy and Peoria Railway: Milwaukee Road
• Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad, Peoria and Rock Island Railway, Rock Island and Peoria Railway: Rock Island
• Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway: IC (mainly) and Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad (see also Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad)
• St. Louis and Peoria Railroad: Alton and IC
• Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad: Pennsylvania

--NE2 12:36, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Please take a look at Talk:Carter system

left msg. at Talk:Carter system. LP-mn (talk) 01:29, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

BTW, good job on "California 3-way".!
LP-mn (talk) 01:55, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi, please join!

I noticed that you cleaned up some of our imported federal judge articles - if you are interested in federal judges, you can join Wikipedia:WikiProject United States courts and judges. Cheers! bd2412 T 18:11, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

U.S. AM callsigns

Thanks for the information. The Ink Daddy! (talk) 21:01, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

New GM

Thanks for creating Vehicle Acquisition Holdings LLC by moving New GM. Dedalus (talk) 16:16, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Beg to differ

Contrary to your assertion on my talk page, this is most definitely not a serious encyclopedia. I would explain why, but I suspect it would go over your head. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.128.152.185 (talk) 16:08, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

I am very impressed with your warnings. I will give them all due attention. Thanks for your feedback. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.128.152.185 (talk) 17:10, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Dan McLeod

Hi! I see you have made some good edits on the new Dan McLeod page I have just created, thanks. However, I have removed a tag you had entered about lack of references (I think I have given plenty of references - but maybe you added the tag while I was still working on it). Whatever, please let me know if you still think it needs more. I have only just started on this article - and probably will make changes later - but it is almost bed time here in Australia - so I will leave it to you for the time being. I am glad someone has found it of interest so early in its life! Cheers, John Hill (talk) 11:35, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Replied at User talk:John Hill#Dan McLeod. --Closeapple (talk) 11:41, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

"Bye, bye, Miss American Pie, drove my goat to the moat so we could watch our fluids float." Why was my song reference removed? Oh, sweet justice!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.128.152.185 (talk) 20:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States

On 31 October 2008 in the List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States article you added the vague template to the locations column of most of the entries in the /* Named meridians */ section. What information were you looking for? Could that information be found in the specific articles as a substitute for putting it here? Could the map at the Principal meridian article is used here to show the areas? Would that be too much duplication? Could this list just reference the Principal meridian article and specific linked articles for more detailed locations? Is it possible that just adding See the map at Principal meridian and articles about specific meridians for more detailed locations. would solve the problem? --Bejnar (talk) 17:55, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Templates for deletion nomination of Template:Triad Broadcasting

Template:Triad Broadcasting has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. NeutralHomer • Talk • 09:49, 17 July 2009 (UTC) 09:49, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Chicago

As you found, it is using the categories at WP:CHIBOTCATS. You should just boldly remove any inappropriate categories from there, or discuss with user:TonyTheTiger. The bot would has or will tag every page contained in any of those categories. Not sure about the category in the edit summary, as I do all the categories at once. The John C. Martin was probably Category:State treasurers of Illinois. By the way, feel free to use native rollback to revert erroneous tags. (Please reply here, or my talk, the bot is running from my home PC and I don't want to have to call up wifey to get her to start it again =) –xeno^talk 18:33, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Shouldn't that John C guy get merge? heh –xeno^talk 18:37, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Oops! I didn't realize that adding comments to the bot's talk page would make it autostop. And yes, John Cunningham Martin‎/John C. Martin (Illinois Congressman)‎ needs to be merged but I was lazy last night, so I just added merge tags instead. And I might still be lazy. --Closeapple (talk) 22:15, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Don't sweat it. I'm going to make the talk page a little better for reporting errors. –xeno^talk 23:52, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

TP&W

The issue here is that the TP&W no longer operates into Iowa; it sold those rights to the Keokuk Junction Railway in 2001. While the category could perhaps have a better name, it certainly is a defunct Iowa railroad, in that it is no longer an Iowa railroad. (By the way, 1927 is when it was sold at foreclosure, becoming the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad until 1983.) --NE2 09:08, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

List of TCP and UDP port numbers

Re [1] my guess is he was confused and/or talking about how 65536 can wrap to 0 on some systems, which is sometimes treated as a valid port. I've run into this only a handful of times while porting software but IMO 65535 is probably correct here since we are going by IANA. --Tothwolf (talk) 09:18, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

re: Gwen Gaze

Thanks for the heads up. I did some searches to see if I could find a RS for her birth date (or indeed, if she's still alive), but didn't have much luck. Lugnuts (talk) 08:17, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Re categories added

Thanks for the assist with adding categories to my work. I am getting the hang of it, but I appreciate the work. Any suggestions you may have would be appreciated. Thanks IlliniGradResearch (talk) 14:27, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Carol Imhof

I'm afraid "published" is what's missing in this matter. My knowledge of this matter came from a friend of mine who was a middle school teacher in Peoria. This isn't standard subject matter for us but she was visiting during the period when Anna Nicole Smith's death was making headlines. After seeing my reinstatement was deleted, I did a brief search but only saw it listed at that MSU students' site where they guess what people might die in the upcoming year. I don't live in the Midwest but it seems likely this has been in the Peoria area newspapers at one time or the other. One could always try to e-mail Carol I guess.--TL36 (talk) 15:02, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Morton High School

Hi-The reason I had removed Public Education in IL, is because the category looks like it is only for School Districts and it is empty, except for that. See: Category:Public education in the United States, most of the states only have 1 subcategory, for School Districts. Anyways, it doesn't seem to be very well defined. However, if it were for all the public schools in IL, then it would be a very full category, don't you agree? So, a better category might be "Schools in Tazewell County, Illinois" or something like that. --Funandtrvl (talk) 15:02, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Oops! I could have sworn there was Category:Public schools in Illinois or something of the sort. Guess there's not now in any case. You're right — the parent category reasoning is what threw me off: I thought your edit summary was implying that all high schools were public schools. I should have looked at the categories again first. --Closeapple (talk) 01:27, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for all the confusion! --Funandtrvl (talk) 01:32, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Lake Tunedae

I have nominated Lake Tunedae, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lake Tunedae. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. emerson7 22:07, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Apax Partners

Hi - I noticed your creation of the Apax category. In addition to updating the section on investments, I would suggest if you are interested to turn it into paragraphs or tables like I have done for several other large PE firms (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Blackstone Group, Apollo Management, Silver Lake Partners, TPG Capital, etc.) |► ϋrбanяeneωaℓ • TALK ◄| 12:48, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

FilmOn

It's received quite a lot of press over time, so I've expanded it using the press I found and deprodded. Fences&Windows 21:02, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Fixup on Spoon River College Article

Thanks for the assist in the wikify and grammar check for the article: I just added several sections, and would appreciate your help on checking for mistakes. I want to make the DYK nom tonight. thanksIlliniGradResearch (talk) 23:04, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Flea Market Montgomery

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WBDY

Thanks for salvaging what you have for the WBDY page. If you can update the main page with the information you have found and will find, please do so. Thanks. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 12:56, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

You did the impossible

You managed to concince me Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 07:20, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Media in Peoria Page

Thanks for all your work on the Media in Peoria page! It looks great! I still disagree that 103.3 and 104.3 should be included. I'm an FM DXer and have only received 104.3 a handful of times from my location in Peoria. I have received 103.3 once or twice. There are other translators, which can be received much better that aren't listed. Thanks! Netchris (talk) 04:55, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I posted a comment at Talk:Media in Peoria, Illinois#Scope. --Closeapple (talk) 09:21, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Media in the Quad Cities

I hope you don't mind, but I used the tables you created to update the Media in the Quad Cities page. It was a mess. I was the one who originally gathered media information for Peoria, Quad Cities, Bloomington and Galesburg pages. Thanks! Netchris (talk) 06:34, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Biased Arabic Wikipedia Template

Hello! I am requesting a re-evaluation of the unfounded deletion of my personal space page about Arabic Wikipedia template. The request for re-evaluation can be found here. I would greatly appreciate your input in this matter. Thank you in advance. --λⲁⲛτερⲛιξ^[talk] 00:41, 11 March 2010 (UTC)