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Villa Vizcaya, in Miami. I took this photo, as well as the others on this page. Plus about 20,000 or so others.
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À ringraziè vi (Corsican), Zikomo (Chichewa)

or

Wiliwni (Abenaki), ngiyabona (Zulu)

That's thank you, from A to Z (by word or language). Sometimes I'm not good about thanking folks who thank me for my aimless fiddling around on Wikipedia. So in case I do forget, this should cover it. If you'd like more words of appreciaton, find them here.

Hey, they even have translations of the classic My hovercraft is full of eels!

Here (and on my user page) are a few of the photos I've taken in my NRHP roadtrips. More to be found here.

Also, if you have an issue with me on Wikipedia, please comment here on Wikipedia. Not on Wikicommons, not on WikiVoyage, not on the Tardis Wikia. Here. Or not at all.

Refined Masonic building cats...

I notice there are a few years here that are populated just enough to be useful, but by and large, the intersection of "NRHP or otherwise listed buildings", "Masonic buildings", and "Buildings completed in a given year" is very, very small indeed. Most years will be empty, and I feel this diffuses the buildings category too much to be generally useful. Could you revert your changes? MSJapan (talk) 02:52, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I, and others, are working on distributing the articles in the various Category:Buildings and structures by year of completion subcategories. I do not see this as being a problem, but a solution. Therefore I do not see a need to undo this diffusion. If you wish, you can bring up this concern at a messageboard or project. Perhaps WP:HIST or WP:NRHP. Thanks. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Inspector General ‖ 05:16, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just a reminder

The Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest closes in a few minutes. I was sorry not to see any of your photos there. In any case, you've got a few judging tasks to do over the next day or so. Thanks. Smallbones (talk) 04:21, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll put a note at WT:NRHP tomorrow, so maybe just add something there, or maybe on the contest page if you are in a hurry! Smallbones (talk) 05:11, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Theatres completed in

My concern here is with more then your creations in this area. Theatre is ambiguous in that in can be a building for plays or cinemas. Grouping them at the higher level name is a violation of the guide that says don't categorize articles by like names. I don't have a good solution, so continuing may be OK. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:08, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm taking a break from the categorizing (see the Masonic discussion above). I may get back to it, we'll see. You keep up the good work, though. :) --‖ Ebyabe talk - Welfare State ‖ 01:11, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Middle Name

Nina Dobrev's middle name is spelled Constantinova. My source: the good people in accounting for tvd. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackbirdg (talk • contribs) 08:02, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Nina Dobrev's best friend, and she spells it with 4 M's and a silent Q. See, without sources, anyone could say anything and it would be equally valid. I've solved the problem by removing the whole "birth name/born as" info, since TV.com isn't a reliable source for it anyway. If a reliable source can be found, than it can be added. Until then, it's better not to have the info, rather than have it be potentially inaccurate due to being unsourced, per WP:BLP. Thanks. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Border Town ‖ 18:58, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a middle name, it's a patronymic - meaning her dad's name is Konstantin. I'd think IMD can be trusted on things like this and they say her birth name was "Nina Constantinova Dobreva" which seems like the correct form (note Dobreva). It quite likely that the a was intentionally dropped, in Canada most people want to have the same name as their dad. Bulgarian uses Cyrillic letters, so the transliteration from a Cyrillic K to a C is probably acceptable (if non-standard). Actually I stopped by to see what Ebyabe's middle name is - maybe y?
Oh, and thanks for the barnstar! Smallbones (talk) 19:19, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, you. :) You know, I'm almost tempted to take her off my watchlist, since the K/C thing seems so silly to me. The trouble with IMDB and TV.com and such sites is that anyone can edit them, like here. And you see how that's turning out. :) I expect it'll get added back, and then continue to be changed back and forth. And people here wonder why Wikipedia isn't taken seriously by so many in the general public. *sigh* --‖ Ebyabe talk - Attract and Repel ‖ 19:32, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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New hidden listings

Ok, where did you find the new NRHP listings that you added invisibly? I would like to keep track of these as well! 25or6to4 (talk) 23:29, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! You can get to it through the same page where the new listings are. The link is on the left of the page, "Pending List". Here's the direct link. It really helps b/c I live to go on phototaking roadtrips. And there's nothing worse than driving to somewhere 6 hours away and taking pictures, and then 2 months later a new listing pops up. This way you can be pre-emptive, to a point. Later! :) --‖ Ebyabe talk - Border Town ‖ 00:15, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You might also want to see if you can find the Texas Historical Commission, or whatever it might be called there. I found the one for Florida. This gives me the heads-up for submissions that Florida makes to the NRHP months in advance. With neat presentations like this. I was able to get pics of Waters and Elsa Burrows Historic District a couple of months ago, for example. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Inspector General ‖ 00:20, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Alabama NHLs map

Hey, how do I go about creating a map for National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown Davenport, Iowa? I'm planning on using File:National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown Davenport, Iowa.png CTJF83 19:05, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey back. :) I knew I talked about this previously, and here it is. Thank goodness for archiving. :) --‖ Ebyabe talk - State of the Union ‖ 19:14, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I started something like that [1], I guess I just need to put the dots on. Do you recommend I just use a image edit program and put dots on, then map out and link the sites? The other way of finding the longitude and latitude looks like a pain. CTJF83 19:22, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ack, my bad. That's for stuff like counties. What you want is {{Location map+}}. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Attract and Repel ‖ 19:30, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ya, see, that looks like a pain in the ass to find all the longitude and latitudes for these places, unless you have a suggestion for that? CTJF83 19:33, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The only other way is to do it as XY coordinates, like the infoboxes used to be. Talk about a pain! I wish there was an easier way. Looking at the google map, I'm not sure it'll work anyway. With so many sites clustered together, it's going to look very clumpy. The reason the NHL maps work is b/c the sites are relatively spread out across a state. Even then, it can take some jiggery. See {{Florida NHLs map}}. Back to you. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Opposites Attract ‖ 19:48, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ya, I was hoping File:National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown Davenport, Iowa.png would be zoomed in enough to have enough room for the properties. Then again, it won't be that big on the article page. You have far more NRHP experience then me, what do you think? My original map of just the outline area? Putting dots with a photo editing program and then linking with your first suggestion? Or your 2nd suggestion, and try to figure out the long/lat of the properties? CTJF83 19:59, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, outline is probably the best, and if someone wants specific locations, they can use Google maps link. CTJF83 20:00, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I keep thinking of stuff....can I export all the points from the Google map link, and import them on a free map? CTJF83 20:01, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Just like me. Once the mind starts going, you can't make it stop. Damn you, brain! :) If you have some photoediting program, like Photoshop, I guess you could copy a free map and add the dots in that way. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Border Town ‖ 20:04, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I'll have to see how it looks on the page. Thanks, CTJF83 20:08, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
(stalker) You could do a 1,2,3... think like is seen in many tourist brochures (e.g. this one that I found through a random google search) and identify the numbers in a caption. I did something like this with Historic districts in Meridian, Mississippi and File:Meridian, MS Historic Districts.PNG. Just a suggestion.--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 21:37, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A cookie for you!

lol thanx for the ice cream, but its sooo cold here! how about some warm freshly baked cookies? :-) Nikki (talk) 20:44, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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