User talk:ChrisRuvolo/Archive/2008
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AfD nomination of List of buildings in Lower Manhattan
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- I was going to close it as delete, but I wanted to know if you wanted to put it in your userspace and make it a category. Please respond on my talk page. Regards, J-ſtanContribsUser page 04:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- I did copy the text to my userspace at User:ChrisRuvolo/List of buildings in Lower Manhattan. Perhaps you can make it a move in order to preserve the edit history? I'll categorize later. Thanks for your help. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 18:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- As in move to Category:Buildings in Lower Manhattan? I'll wait for your reponse until I close it. J-ſtanContribsUser page 18:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- I did copy the text to my userspace at User:ChrisRuvolo/List of buildings in Lower Manhattan. Perhaps you can make it a move in order to preserve the edit history? I'll categorize later. Thanks for your help. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 18:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- No, as in do a move, moving List of buildings in Lower Manhattan with history on top of my copy at User:ChrisRuvolo/List of buildings in Lower Manhattan. The GFDL says that the edit history must be preserved. Thanks. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 14:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Mmm, I'm going to ask a more experienced admin to do that. It was already deleted, but I'll talk to another admin. J-ſtanContribsUser page 16:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Nevermind, I took care of it. J-ſtanContribsUser page 16:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Mmm, I'm going to ask a more experienced admin to do that. It was already deleted, but I'll talk to another admin. J-ſtanContribsUser page 16:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- No, as in do a move, moving List of buildings in Lower Manhattan with history on top of my copy at User:ChrisRuvolo/List of buildings in Lower Manhattan. The GFDL says that the edit history must be preserved. Thanks. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 14:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to interrupt. Sorry I closed without moving, but I didn't see this request. I also followed up and deleted the cross-namespace redirect created by the move when I happened on it today. Pastordavid (talk) 16:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks to you both. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 17:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Why did you tag Kate Atkinson Boehme?
I noticed that you recently tagged the Kate Atkinson Boehme article for non-notability. Why did you do that? She was a well-known and well-respected New Thought writer of her era and at least some of her books are still in print, 100 years after their first publication.
I think it is always better to add data to Wikipedia than to suggest taking an article away.
I suggest that in the future instead of tagging a stub about a long-deceased author as non-notabile that you do a simple amazon search on the author, pick up the status of any current in-print books and current ISBNs and add same to the author's article. That's what i just did. And then i removed your spurious non-notability tag.
cat yronwode Catherineyronwode (talk) 04:39, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- I tagged the Kate Atkinson Boehme article with {{importance}} because it does not explain her importance. That label suggests improvement, not deletion. What I would suggest is adding information about what her writing introduced or meant to the field. What did her contemporaries think about it? And what do modern writers have to say about her conclusions? How did she shape thought in her field? Thats the kind of information that is needed to explain her importance and the importance of her writings. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 15:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- I have added more about her philosphy and the general content of her books, and also listed two more book titles by her. I have no biographical information on her but, due to the "Atkinson" name, i have always wondered what -- if any -- relatioship she had to William Walker Atkinson, another New Thought writer. Both of them worked for Elizabeth Towne, but i have found no record of them ever living in the same place at the same time. As for what her contemporaries thought of her -- well, i could quote Elizabeth Towne, i suppose, but i don't have time to pull down my old Nautilus mgazines and copy such stuff out. She certainly was regarded well in her time, but if i wrote that in so many words, someone would put a cite tag on it, so i'd rather just let the fact that her work remains in print speak for her popularity, since the current ISBNs function as citations for that. cat yronwode Catherineyronwode (talk) 09:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Looks much better. Nice work. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 12:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the laugh.
Miltary-Boy Scout-Industrial Complex. Thats the funniest thing I've read on here in a while. Hope this returns the favor. :) --ChrisRuvolo (t) 19:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- I was offended by the sinister implication that all of us folks from New Jersey have gathered together to defame a real American hero. I couldn't help but use the line, once it popped into my head, and it reminds me of the bit from the Austin Powers movies, where Frau Farbissina is introduced as the founder of the militant wing of the Salvation Army. Your userbox is a classic, and I am thinking of adding it to my user page, even though I am particularly deadset against using the darn things. It's good to know that someone is reading the article's talk page, and I am still trying to come up with a text that will satisfy the bourgeois lackeys of the Military-Boy Scout-Industrial Complex who should really be spending their time more productively at the factories where they construct their plutonium-powered merit badges. It's always a pleasure to cross paths. Alansohn (talk) 20:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I Think Its Better To Keep The 7 Extension Map
The map is the only one avalible besides the map is from the New York Times one made by a person would be of inferior quality and it is resgistered as it says on the copyright page:
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The link to it is at this website for the notice [1] - Trulystand700
- discussion moved to Image talk:7 Subway Extension1.jpg. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 15:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody#Copyright_issues
read that before leaving copyright infringement issues. Mghabmw (talk) 03:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Copyright infringement?!
Parody#Copyright_issues read that before leaving copyright infringement issues. Mghabmw (talk) 03:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
- I responded at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2008 January 10/Images --ChrisRuvolo (t) 14:45, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yet it's still not copyright infringement... Mghabmw (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution -- Good thing I have this on my side... Mghabmw (talk) 22:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Template
Hi Chris, would you consider deleting this userbox? It's not in the best of taste, disparages our processes and seems to be an attack on another group of editors (consider how such a userbox would make the NJ Project members feel if something similar were directed at their group. Also, comments like these are uncivil. Thanks. Dreadstar † 05:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- Perhaps it is in poor taste, but it was created out of frustration that information is being excluded contrary to policy. And there is nothing tangible that I can do about it since the people excluding that info are admins. So since I'm just a powerless peon, the only thing I can do is make others aware of this dispute. That is what this userbox is for. Also, I don't see how saying that someone else's joke was funny is uncivil. But, that all said, I'm a reasonable guy (and a peon), so if you still recommend that the template be removed, I'll do so. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 13:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks Chris! I went ahead and deleted it for you, your cooperation and understanding is greatly appreciated.
- As for the admins in the Coker dispute, none of them have used their Admin tools in the dispute, their actions are the same as any other editor. And yes, Alansohn's comments at the end of that post are definitely uncivil, and actually may even cross the line into a personal attack for insulting and disparaging other editors. Dreadstar † 18:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image (Image:NBC logo.svg)
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- Thanks for the notice. Replaced in NBC and NBC logos articles. The image that it was being replaced with had no source information. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 21:04, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
STOP VANDALIZING NBC!
The source of the NBC logos I have uploaded is the NBC Logo Legal Usage Guidelines. It is an internal NBC document. I provided source information, it is from an official source unlike the ones you posted from a dodgy Russian website. STOP YOUR VANDALISM!!!! Hopefully, this should satisfy you. --Also We Brief (talk) 20:50, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
- You have not provided a verifiable source for this logo. Please specify an ISBN, URL or some other way to obtain this source document. See WP:NONFREE and WP:CITE --ChrisRuvolo (t) 02:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
- You want a URL, here is your stinking URL: [2] --Also We Brief (talk) 03:36, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
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Since when doesn't a city care about its art. I thought Big Apple folks were cultured. Are you speaking as a member of WP:NYC that your project does not care about its important artworks. I run WP:CHICAGO and we care about ours. Meet me at the talk page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:32, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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Okay, I'll create a new map.
Yeah, I'm not an expert on copyright law, but thanks for your map. It's much larger so the map will fit better with the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jps57 (talk • contribs)
Proposal to remove claims of alleged controversy about Raritan Valley
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Arbitration against you
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NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008
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AfD nomination of Sherron Rolax
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NJ town article assessments
Chris, I saw you changed the assessment for Allentown, New Jersey to C class. I wanted to go through and assess all the articles about towns that were in the backlog of NJ unassessed articles. I rated a large number of articles as B, but I agree with your change, and was hoping to come up with something consistant. Do you think all the automated articles should be C class if they have not been further improved? I also have been rating municipalities as Mid importance, and unicorporated areas as Low.
We could have this discussion on the project talk page, but that has been pretty dead recently. Jim Miller (talk) 13:58, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
- Jim, IMO, I think that articles that have not been improved from the automated bot information should either be stub-class (if short for a CDP for example) or start-class if it contains the usual municipality information. Fortunately, WP:NJ members like User:Alansohn have been adding details to nearly all of these articles, so there are few that are in that category. Many are now either start-class or C-class. B-Class articles should be well referenced and have broad topical coverage. Also, at least one photo, IMO. As for importance, low-importance is for things that are only of ancillary concern to WP:NJ. Examples include Annie's Road and Evil Clown of Middletown. IMO, all communities should be mid-importance, except for major cities, which should be high-importance. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 14:16, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Problem with map
You might be interested in the talk thread linked here. —Kurykh 19:07, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, fixed. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 19:36, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Why mention this one program in depth and no others?
I would not consider the write up in depth. This is a program which I am familiar with and comfortable enough to include. It is a part of the history of the college as is the new space in Passaic or the opening of the new parking garage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Profcsuha (talk • contribs) 22:33, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Coker
I never thought of a photo arrangement on Coker like you just did, but I really like it. Thanks for helping. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
- Sure, happy to help. That new photo is a great find, and I think the article is much better for it. Thanks for finding and uploading it. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 18:50, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
NJ article assessment guidelines
Chris, Alansohn and I got into a conversation about article assessments on my talk page, somewhat of a followup to our prior conversation. I have redone the whole WikiProject setup for WPNJ (due to lack of comments otherwise), so there are new pages for this kind of discussion. If you have any thoughts for some standards, please join in the conversation at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_New_Jersey/Assessment. Thanks. Jim Miller See me | Touch me | Review me 13:31, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (August 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter | |||
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The Reboot of Wikiproject New Jersey has certainly stirred up some new activity at the project. Discussion on several improvements and new initiatives have been going on at the talk page. There has been an involved discussion regarding our 120 unassessed articles, especially those on municipalities. The current goal is to review and assess all 566 New Jersey muncipality articles by September 30. A suggestion has been made to intiate Wikipedia Takes New Jersey to begin clearing the large backlog of articles needing photos. Let's all grab our cameras and head out into the vast wilds of the Garden State. Town Halls, High Schools, Historic Places - every article deserves a picture. |
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New Jersey Collaboration news | New WPNJ members | ||
WPNJ member Mm40 has volunteered to coordinate a new WPNJ Collaboration project. It's been a while since we used the NJCOTW and new volunteers are needed. Join the discussion to volunteer.
Battle of Trenton was recently proposed as a Featured Article candidate. It was not promoted, but has now been nominated for A-Class review through the Military History WikiProject. Take a look at their A-Class FAQ. As we need to set up our own process for reviewing A-Class articles, it may be worth watching the process. |
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Reboot progress report | Help Wanted | ||
The redesign has been well received. There are still some things left to do. This newsletter was one big check mark off the list. Hopefully this can be continued on a regular basis. There are literally thousands of articles in Category:New Jersey that have not been tagged as part of the project, and stub sorting hasn't been run in 10 months. We will need to identify some friendly bot operators to help with these projects. An outreach department (which includes the newsletter) needs to be formalized. Creating an invitation template for easy placement on userpages will also be part of that effort.
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I just wanted to say that the response to my bold makeover of WPNJ has been gratifying, but nothing will improve the project as much as more activity, and that means more members. There are lots of things to do in this new setup, and everyone with an interest should be able to find a way to contribute to the collaboration. I want to thank you all for the patience, the appreciation, and the effort. - Jim Miller | |||
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Deleting some NJ categories
Chris, I have tagged some unused categories for deletion. You created a few of them, so I wanted to let you know as a courtesy. see here and here if you have any comments. Jim Miller See me | Touch me 00:35, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know. No problem on the removal, since there are equivalent categories. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 01:56, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you
Chris, thanks for your edits on the Emergency Services section of RV. Did you go to Valley? Shirulashem (talk) 12:34, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
- Happy to help. The challenge now will be finding reliable third-party sources to reference this information. I grew up in RV, but I didn't go to Valley, I got sent to catholic school for high school. I see you've joined WP:NJ, welcome! There's a lot to do. :) Cheers. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 20:31, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Demographics of New York City
First of all I would like to say that I agree with you. I looked up the data on the nyc.gov website and they do have it as you suggested, not including the outer boroughs prior to the consolidation. So you won that.
Second of all, you unnecessarily reverted all my edits, all of which were fine except the population trend box (our dispute). The middle table “Historical Population Figures” (a hypothetical) shows what the population of New York City would have been if the outer four boroughs were part of New York City prior to the consolidation.
Just so we are on the same page I would like to show you what edits I did so that we can finalize this dispute. These edits were done between Aug. 21st and Aug. 29th.
1. Deleted one of the “New York City compared” tables, there was no need for two of them. 2. Updated the 2007 population estimates and changed the data for from 1790-1890 in the population trend box. - our dispute 3. Changed incorrect data in the “New York City compared” table. 4. Updated the racial and ethnic composition according to the 2006 census estimates. 5. Embedded new article which I created. 6. Deleted graphs created by Julius Schorzman, which included incorrect data. I am working on new graphs. Maybe you can help me publish them since I don’t know much about publishing on wiki. I have lots of other cool graphs and charts that I could publish. 7. Fixed the Historical Population Figures section, including the pre-census data in the table. This is the hypothetical table from which I was trying to pull data and put it into the population trend box.
What I have decided to do is revert to the last edit by AnomieBOT and only change back the data in the population trend box, which was our dispute. That way all my other legit edits are not lost. Reply if you agree. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emigrant85 (talk • contribs) 21:40, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Wikis Take Manhattan
Wikis Take Manhattan
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WHAT Wikis Take Manhattan is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia and StreetsWiki articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City. The event is based on last year's Wikipedia Takes Manhattan, and has evolved to include StreetsWiki this year as well.
LAST YEAR'S EVENT
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Spring 2008 (a description of the results, and the uploading party)
- Commons:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan/Gallery (our cool gallery)
WINNINGS? Prizes include a dinner for three with Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales at Pure Food & Wine, gift certificates to Bicycle Habitiat and the LimeWire Store, and more!
WHEN The hunt will take place Saturday, September 27th from 1:00pm to 6:30pm, followed by prizes and celebration.
WHO All Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in team of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a digital camera and a love of the city). Bring a friend (or two)!
REGISTER The proper place to register your team is here. It's also perfectly possible to register on the day of when you get there, but it will be slightly easier for us if you register beforehand.
WHERE Participants can begin the hunt from either of two locations: one at Columbia University (at the sundial on college walk) and one at The Open Planning Project's West Village office. Everyone will end at The Open Planning Project:
- 349 W. 12th St. #3
- Between Greenwich & Washington Streets
- By the 14th St./8th Ave. ACE/L stop
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (September 2008)
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The Maryland WikiProject has put together a great chart comparing the growth of several state WikiProjects, including WPNJ. Take a look at the chart to see how the growth of WPNJ compares to some of our peer projects. Please remember to place the {{WikiProject New Jersey}} tag on the talk pages of any New Jersey related articles you create or come across. You can also add the new articles page to your watchlist. Some updates have been made to the NJ Portal, but much more needs to be done. If a few volunteers can put together Featured Article summmaries, we can automate rotating the portal content. The same can be done for DYK items. Please take a look and see if you can assist. |
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Wikipedia Release version 0.7 | New WPNJ members | ||
The Wikipedia 0.7 project team has chosen the New Jersey related articles that will be included in the next downloadable version of Wikipedia. You can review the list of selected WPNJ articles, check the articles tagged for cleanup, or nominate additional articles for inclusion.
Selection is an automated process based on article assessments. To help avoid vandalism and POV concerns, specific versions of articles can be tagged for inclusion in the downloadable release. See the New Jersey section of the bot results to recommend a production version. The process ends on October 20, and then a bot will select an appropriate version if none has been recommended. |
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
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Article News | Help Wanted | ||
Both Jon Corzine and The Sopranos were promoted to Good Article status in the past month. No WikiProject New Jersey articles were promoted to Featured article status. Battle of Trenton was not listed as a Featured Article, and may need more editors to complete the remaining work to be promoted. Also, in an item that was missed last month, Thomas Edison was delisted as a Good Article in July.
The WPNJ Assessment Drive is ongoing. Please help assess all of the articles about places in New Jersey. There are currently 120 articles that have not been assessed. |
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Fall has arrived, and with it will come a rush of new Wikipedians. Inviting new editors to join WPNJ is easy to do, and can help us improve our New Jersey articles. Keep an eye out for editors who work on NJ articles who can help the project. The Wikipedia Release version project is in its final stages for the next version. Take a look at the article lists, cleanup where you can, and nominate articles that should be included on the DVD version of WP. Lets make sure that those who end up with a downloaded copy of WP get solid articles about New Jersey. - Jim Miller | |||
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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (October 2008)
The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter | |||
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Project News | Article Alerts | ||
A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers. | The following articles may be in need of attention:
Featured Article/List candidates: Good Article nominees:
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Cross-Project Collaboration Request | New WPNJ members | ||
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles: "The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in." See the WPNJ talk page for more information. |
Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey:
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New Jersey on the Main Page | Help Wanted | ||
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project. |
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Editor's Notes | |||
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me | |||
You are receiving this newsletter as a member of WikiProject New Jersey. To stop receiving these messages, remove your name here. |
- Newsletter delivery by xenobot 13:24, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
NYC Meetup: You are invited!
New York City Meetup
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In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, finalize and approve bylaws, interact with representatives from the Software Freedom Law Center, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the June meeting's minutes and the September meeting's minutes).
We'll also review our recent Wikis Take Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wikipedia Loves Art! bonanza, being planned with the Brooklyn Museum for February.
In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.
You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.
To keep up-to-date on local events, you can also join our mailing list.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:01, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
WPNJ AWARD
WikiProject New Jersey Award | ||
On behalf of the residents of New Jersey, I bestow upon you this award for your hard work on New Jersey-related articles. Thank you! Shirulashem (talk) 02:06, 17 November 2008 (UTC) |
- Thank you kindly for the WPNJ award. Unfortunately, I've been quite busy with issues IRL and haven't been able to contribute recently. I'll get back here eventually though. :) Thanks! --ChrisRuvolo (t) 15:56, 8 December 2008 (UTC)