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Please comment on deleted T.S. Eliot "Jacob Epstein" sub-section

I have seen that you have made edits to the T.S. Eliot article before. I am interested in your comments on a recent change. A recent sub-section about the sculptor Jacob Epstein was made to the T.S. Eliot article. I deleted the addition and explained my reasons on the talk page.

Here is what was removed: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T._S._Eliot&action=historysubmit&type=revision&diff=877562978&oldid=877549994

Some have mentioned on the talk page that the Epstein material should be put back. Would you please look at the changes and make your opinion known on the Eliot talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:T._S._Eliot#Jacob_Epstein

WikiParker (talk) 22:06, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Please tell us what the rest of us do not know about who the editor of the Valley News is."

Zygocactus (talk) 14:20, 15 January 2019 (UTC)Included in my first edit's comment was a link to the Valley News article announcing Maggie Cassidy as the next editor of the Valley News, replacing Martin Frank. Here are additional links that confirm Cassidy's new role at the Valley News: VPR Seven Days VTdigger[reply]

Thank you for providing the sources. In the future, please make sure the entire article is updated, and put at least one of these links in as a reference. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:22, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And sorry for the snippy tone. I get annoyed when it seems people aren't reading the edit summaries, and in this case I was guilty of it. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:37, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Usage of Images for Commercial Purposes

Ken,

You may know me as the primary author on Wiki of the article "White Mountain Art." I know you a familiar with Wiki policies, so I thought I would reach out to you.

There is a site, https://www.alamy.com/, that sells images. They have for sale this image:

https://www.alamy.com/english-benjamin-champney-mount-washington-1858-20-september-2006-original-upload-date-the-original-uploader-was-johnjhenderson-at-english-wikipedia-71-mount-washington-from-sunset-hill-bc-1858-image189297555.html

It's a painting of Mount Washington by Benjamin Champney that I uploaded to Wikipedia Commons. Isn't this a violation of policy to sell an image that's in the public domain?

Let me know your thoughts.

JJ (talk) 14:28, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi John, That's discouraging, isn't it? I found your file on Wikimedia Commons, and sure enough, it's listed as being in the public domain. You'll want to get some more opinions than mine on this. Mine is that since it's public domain, anyone is free to do what they want with the photo, include charge others to get a copy from them. Buyer beware, unfortunately. We have this question come up regularly with regard to publicly available geography data. But as I said, check with some other people as well. Maybe I'm overlooking something. --Ken Gallager (talk) 17:49, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's the conclusion I came to. Let the buyer beware. JJ (talk) 21:40, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Marlborough(car) listed at Redirects for discussion

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WP:IUP#RI

Hey Ken, please remember to include a description, source, and author with every file you upload. The file upload wizard can make this easier. Thanks, AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 00:45, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Since I've been using the file upload wizard, this statement confuses me. I thought my photos included the things you mentioned? Perhaps source (self) and author (self) needs to be typed out explicitly? I thought that's what the licensing selection was for. --Ken Gallager (talk) 11:02, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You appear to be using Special:Upload, not WP:File upload wizard. Most of your uploads include "Photo by Ken Gallager," which is sufficient, but your recent uploads from the beach did not. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 13:54, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'll find that. Thanks, --Ken Gallager (talk) 11:21, 27 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Concord stagecoach article name

The discussion of the name of the Concord stagecoach article can, I think, now be closed. Because you had previously shown interest and I believe you have an interest in the history of the Concord area, would you please make it clearer which name you prefer. I'm strongly against the article name Concord coach but if you hold the balance I think you should be the one to make the decision. Right now your thoughts published on that talk page are a little equivocal. Thanks and regards, Eddaido (talk) 01:03, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cabralzinho (footballer)

Please can you fix the broken links (such as in templates) created by this page move? Giant Snowman 14:48, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Can you specify? I've fixed all the double redirects. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:50, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No reply. I think the broken template links had automatically updated by the time I saw the message. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:25, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Washington Avalanche Center

Tuckerman Ravine --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:30, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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New Hampshire ancestry map

You wrote:

The olive green you were seeing on the New Hampshire ancestry map must be the gray areas, which are unpopulated. I decided I didn't want to make the caption any longer and just left it as gray. Let me know if you were seeing something else.

I can see a town or two as gray, what I am seeing as olive is a scattering of towns in Coos County, particularly the southern, central and eastern parts. I'm guessing my monitor shows colors a bit different from yours; maybe color-boxes in the caption would help. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 13:58, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the towns in Coos County are the gray ones. You're right that it would be better to have the shades as a legend. Now to figure out how to do that! Thanks, --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:16, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin Barnstar

		The WikiProject Wisconsin Barnstar
		You have earned the WI barnstar for all of your work on locations in Wisconsin. Thank you for all your help! -- Dolotta (talk) 17:07, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, thank you! --Ken Gallager (talk) 17:33, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help!

Thanks for the help and curation of the List of people who died on the Presidential Range page by the way, including fixing my own mistakes. Much appreciated! :) Sayden (talk) 02:59, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	I've never seen such good work as you did at the Leadville, Colorado article and I've been here for over ten years. I nominate you for the Wikipedia Copyeditor of the Year Award!!! Gandydancer (talk) 16:51, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Guess what - you won!!! Your prize is in the mail! Thanks for your great work on that article. I mostly wrote it and my work can always benefit from a good copy edit. (It was a long time ago but I used to live just down the road from Leadville, in Granite.) Gandydancer (talk) 17:00, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Woo hoo! Thanks. It was a fun article to edit, as I'm sure you know. --Ken Gallager (talk) 19:39, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Fernandinho (footballer, born 1985)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Epping, New Hampshire

Thanks for the post-edits here! I asked User:RickKfoury to add citations for his new stuff; do you have any? Spike-from-NH (talk) 12:52, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, this is all Rick's info. It does sound like he has some comprehensive knowledge of the rail systems over the last 50 years. Cites will be appreciated, for sure. --Ken Gallager (talk) 13:25, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Michael Bennet

Hi - I saw you reverted my addition of the only freely licensed image we have, thus far, of Kennett High School (New Hampshire) because you don't think it adds anything to the article. I disagree, given that it's the only image we have, it shows an educational experience (civic engagement, government class, whatever) at the school and was placed in the section about in-class education. I have been adding photos of Michael Bennet, among about 30 other political figures in the United States of all political persuasions as part of a larger Commons project I'm working on to document the social media accounts of Senators and Congresspeople. I assure you, I'm not doing this out of favor towards anyone specifically. I'm going to return the photograph, per these guidelines, specifically "When possible, find better images and improve captions instead of simply removing poor or inappropriate ones, especially on pages with few visuals." If you are concerned about the image not being encyclopedic enough, I'm happy to engage other editors on the talk page of the article to see what they think. Cheers and thanks for editing Wikipedia. Missvain (talk) 21:22, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Manchester NH

Yes that's true. Doriden (talk) 19:56, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Winnisquam disagreement and clarifications

Given that if I try to edit the page again it will probably be reversed by the evening, I'm simply going to comment here. With the added specification on the Winnisquam page that the article is referring to the area serviced by the Winnisquam post office, that is certainly progress in terms of clarity on the subject. It's been difficult to find a map of the zip code mentioned on the page or etc, but at this point, I'll take your word for it on that - that the zip code services Belmont, Tilton, and Sanbornton (Belmont does have a post office in its own town but I believe Sanbornton does as well, and the Winnisquam one being placed in Tilton, which might even have a second one).

Regardless, my concern is whether the article should be referring to the postal servicing area of the Winnisquam post office or the general community definition of Winnisquam. The map which was included centers around the bridge that possesses the border between Sanbornton and Belmont, not directly including much of the information of either town nor Northfield at all. Even if Northfield is not serviced by the post office, it is within the school district area and is generally accepted as one of the three towns of the unofficially defined community of Winnisquam, whereas Belmont is not in this context. Additionally, the Geographic Names Information System referenced on this page has two coordinate points listed as a "topographic map containing the feature." The second map is titled "Northfield."

My suggestion would be that, if it is so important, the article is allowed to generally focus on the postal location (as in I won't change the beginning paragraph) but I add a section below acknowledging the school district and other relevant information to the community, as I believe it is erroneous that the Winnisquam page does not acknowledge Northfield whatsoever, and is a confusing break of information consistency to any readers, as the Northfield page mentions Winnisquam through the school district area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cubic1608 (talk • contribs) 13:50, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for writing. The school district you are concerned about is a completely different concept from the village described in this article. They both happen to take their name from Winnisquam Lake, but there is no other formal link between them. The easiest way to resolve this would be for you to create a Winnisquam Regional School District page. See List of school districts in New Hampshire. You will see that there are links to existing articles, which can give you a sense of what's covered in them.

Please note, also, that having "Northfield" as the title of a USGS topographic has no bearing on the affiliations of places shown on the map. "Northfield" is simply the largest community in a 7.5 by 7.5 minute quadrangular area. If you look closely at the image I added, you will see that the village of Winnisquam is at the corner of four USGS quads. If you go to the USGS Map Locator, you will find that the four quads are Northfield, Winnisquam Lake, Laconia, and Belmont. No one is suggesting that Winnisquam is in Laconia. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:05, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redsox baseball

Hi ken can you do and article on a recently drafted Redsox player? Boston4you (talk) 20:05, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No. Not my thing. --Ken Gallager (talk) 20:09, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]