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Reliance, Delaware/Maryland

User:RFD pointed out to me that Reliance, Delaware and Reliance, Maryland appear to be the same community, just one that straddles the state line. Since you wrote the Delaware article after the Maryland one was created, do you know if these are treated locally as separate communities for some reason? The sources indicate that they're the same place, and there's precedent for this sort of thing, so I'm inclined to merge them. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 04:17, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

I'm okay with merging the two articles into Reliance, Delaware and Maryland since that would reduce the redundancy. Dough4872 04:19, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Is there a precedent for a better disabiguator than "Delaware and Maryland"? –Fredddie™ 04:27, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

WP:USPLACE says to include both states names for places that straddle state lines i.e. Glenrio, New Mexico and Texas. Dough4872 04:29, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank You-RFD (talk) 16:19, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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The Center Line: Spring 2017

Volume 9, Issue 1 • Spring 2017 • About the Newsletter

Departments

• • Assessment roundup
• • Portal selected articles and pictures

Features

• • Commons and Wikidata revamp
• • Route logs for junction lists
• • Finding friends at the DOT
• • This space for rent

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• • State updates
• • In other project news...

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Unexplained reversions

If you feel the need to revert an article to a prior state of existence, please let everyone know exactly what was wrong with the version that you are undoing. That way, the editors whose changes you are eliminating can know exactly what to do differently next time. Or better yet, look over all the changes that were made and fix only the ones that are a problem while leaving the others alone. Just because one particular change may be a problem doesn't mean that all the changes made in the same single edit are a problem. Greggens (talk) 21:15, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

I have made some fixes while I have I have left some of your changes in place. Dough4872 22:06, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Infobox

I noticed you made this edit. You may wish to comment on a current RfC at Talk:Middlebury, Connecticut#RfC about pushpin map in infobox. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:18, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia requires proper attribution

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from Ocean City Tenth Street Station] into Ocean City, New Jersey. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g., copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. If you are the sole author of the prose that was moved, attribution is not required. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:00, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Your signature

Hey there! Minor nitpick regarding your signature... it contains invalid HTML which can confuse syntax highlighters, and also due to the use of deprecated code it may not always appear the same. Would you mind changing it to the following?

'''<span style="background:#006B54; padding:2px">[[User:Dough4872|<span style="color:white">Dough</span>]]</span><span style="background: #FFD200; padding:2px">[[User talk:Dough4872|<span style="color:black">4872</span>]]</span>'''

This will render exactly the same as your current signature except with valid HTML: Dough4872

I hope this is OK :) Thank you! — MusikAnimal ^talk 04:26, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Changed it. Dough4872 04:32, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Help with edit request

Hello! I recently submitted an edit request to update the David Trone article, which I posted at Talk:David_Trone#Edit_request_to_update_article. I won't update the article directly because of my conflict of interest, so I am looking for a neutral editor who is willing to make this change on my behalf. I've posted requests for help at WikiProjects Biography, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, but so far no one has responded. As an active WikiProject Pennsylvania participant, I was wondering if you might be available. I don't think it would take very long to review, and I've provided specific markup that is easy to copy and paste if you find the changes acceptable. Thanks for your consideration. Inkian Jason (talk) 21:22, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Should you really be changing logs?

In these edits you changed the entry for Interstate 87 on September 19, 2015 in Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Capital District articles by quality log to match today's version of the article. Should you really be re-writing history like that? -- DanielPenfield (talk) 07:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Well the article title changed since it was moved. If you want you can revert it. Dough4872 13:19, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Pushpin maps

Thank you for adding a pushpin map to Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. I just removed the maps of Delaware County that were in the Infobox before your edit since to me they (a) are not directly related to the primary topic of the article, which is the borough of Swarthmore, and (b) having three maps in the infobox seems to two to many. Please consider making similar edits as you "move along" adding pushpin maps to other articles. Thanks. FFM784 (talk) 01:51, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

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New Page Reviewing

Hello, Dough4872. As one of Wikipedia's most experienced Wikipedia editors, Would you please consider becoming a New Page Reviewer? Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After gaining the flag, patrolling is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the tutorial before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 08:30, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Articles for Creation Reviewing

Hello, Dough4872. AfC submissions Random submission ~6 weeks 1,031 pending submissions to update I recently sent you an invitation to join NPP, but you also might be the right candidate for another related project, AfC, which is also extremely backlogged. Would you please consider becoming an Articles for Creation reviewer? Articles for Creation reviewers help new users learn the ropes of creating their first articles, and identify whether topics are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Reviewing drafts doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia inclusion policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After requesting to be added to the project, reviewing is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the reviewing instructions before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 02:34, 29 December 2017 (UTC)