User talk:Ebyabe/Archive 12

Template:Infobox nrhp

Can we add an image size parameter to the infobox that will look good? Currently, at 300px, vertical images are a bit large. See Sycamore Historic District. I tried to sub the template and change the size that way but it was a no go because the infobox is set to that size. IvoShandor 03:13, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

That's actually not a bad idea, as I've had a few vertical pics I wish I could resize. I don't know how to do it right off, so I'll need to find infoboxes that do and "borrow" the code. Do you know any that do? I think Infobox Actor might. I'll check around. :) --Ebyabe 23:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I think I think, {{Infobox Military Conflict}} does, but its slightly different. I saw your post on the project talk page, maybe that will help. IvoShandor 23:46, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Although right now I am aghast at the fact that we don't have an article on the First Gas Regiment. Not relevant but bothering me, I will have to remedy that little problem. IvoShandor 23:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Did they eat a lot of beans? *hehe* And also on an only semi-related note, I went photo-tripping yesterday. Not as productive quantitatively, but amongst the places I did hit were two listed as address restricted. Not so restricted, really. If I'd had more time, it could have been three. Of course if I'd had more time, I would have more likely visited the Kennedy Space Center, as I was a mere stone's throw away. Wasn't so hyped to see it again (my folks took me there when I was a kid). But seeing the VAB across the water... May have to bump up a revisit higher on the list. :) --Ebyabe 00:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Gasp! "You're killin' me Smalls," a stone's throw away and you neglected it! Ahh! Seriously, I am jealous, not to mention the fact that I haven't been phototripping since July. IvoShandor 00:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

That address restricted stuff is nonsense, it makes me mad, about half of the address restricted sites I have found are in freakin' public parks! IvoShandor 00:29, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

It was after 4 PM, and I figured KSC would be closed, or near to closed, by that time. I need to make a specific trip so I can take the time to enjoy (and get lots of pics of all the NRHP sites on the Cape). Did get a couple of nice pics of storm clouds behind it, which I'll upload with the others I took.

It was also a semi-non-NRHP trip. I visited two, a chapel in Altamonte Springs, which is definitely old enough to be on the Register. Also stopped in Longwood to see the Senator Cypress, a 100+ foot cypress that's 3,500 years old! One source I stumbled on said it was on the NRHP, but I couldn't find it, and I've never heard of a tree being on the Register. Neat though.

I agree on the address restricted. Some are legit archaealogical sites, but the two I found were Old Haulover Canal (on Merritt Island), and Turnbull Canal System, which was only added a couple of weeks ago, and I found one of the canals in, as you said, a public park! The other one would have been Turtle Mound, which is now a park too. Who can figure... -Ebyabe 00:51, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

There is legitimate use for the address restricted designation but it is way overused, anything remotely associated with anything archaeological gets it. That tree is huge, I have never heard of an NRHP tree either, I suppose it is possible, though I don't know if living things actually qualify or not. IvoShandor 01:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

It could be part of some vaguely defined historic district too. IvoShandor 01:04, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Was there

Hi Ebyabe. Was there a particular reason why you decided to make this page: Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington? All of the accounts listed were used by a community banned user and falsely marked as sockpuppet accounts of Sir Nick, who is a trusted administrator here. I'm assuming this was just an error on your part; but, I think an apology to Nick is in order -- Samir 02:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

It was a redlink category on the Special:Wantedcategories page, which I monitor on and off. There was content in it, so I created the category, which is what I usually do with the sockpuppet ones. Someone must have vandalized enough accounts/IPs with the sockpuppet tag so it showed up, I guess? But it looks like they're all gone, so it's all fixed then, I gather. -Ebyabe 23:04, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Cape Canaveral pics

All I could get yesterday. The storm in the background makes it look neat, though. :)

-Ebyabe 01:13, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Those are totally bad ass! Nice job. :) IvoShandor 01:15, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Category:Biographies without real biographical information

I just stumbled across this category, which you apparently created a few months ago. However, what you mean by "without real biographical information" isn't entirely clear. Could you please write a sentece or two describing what belongs in this category, to put at the top of the category? This is standard practice for categories in Wikipedia (Category:Fraudsters, Category: People). Natalie 21:29, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Done. :) --Ebyabe 22:50, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Natalie 22:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

NHL and NRHP info for Mar-A-Lago and WPNRHP tally

Hi. I saw you updated the NHL status table for the Florida row. I think i was unclear on what NHL & NRHP info was desirable, in my opinion, for NHL articles. I want to promote adding the PDF files available from the National Park Service for many NHLs via its NPSfocus search site So now i have added columns to the table to indicate those separately from what I call the NHL summary, which you seem to have added to the Florida articles, and which also is desirable. To make an example, I edited the Mar-A-Lago article to add the NRHP registration text PDF link, and to add the NRHP registration photos PDF link. I used those as examples for the new column headings in the NHL table. Hopefully I updated the Florida row information correctly. By the way, I like your formatting in the NHL summary links you put in, like at the Mar-A-Lago article, and will emulate that. doncram 21:12, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey back. :) Oh, that helps clarify things. I wasn't really aware much of the pdf files. Maybe 'cause I'm not really fond of them in general, so mayhaps my mind just skips over them. Still, useful to know. And I'm pleased to be emulated, doncha know. :) Btw, keep up the generally cool work you've been doing. Now, back to assessing NRHP articles and uploading pics from last week's NRHP photo roadtrip. Of which, two above of the Kennedy Space Center from afar. Gotta get back there when it's cooler and take lots more, close up. :) --Ebyabe 21:24, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Uncategorized Vandalism

Hi, I just wanted to point out that when checking uncategorized pages, especially those tagged by bots please verify that the page wasn't vandalized beforehand. It seems many editors assume that bots have checked for vandalism when they have not (it has been a documented issue for that bot). Just wanted to give you a heads up! --Stux 16:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Tall Timbers

I wish you had not merged the two articles. They were not the same subject though they shared the same property. Should have been a merge discussion. There's more historical information for Tall Timbers Plantation and some historical information I already collected is missing. Noles1984 22:15, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but I think all I did was create the Tall Timbers Plantation redirect. It's hard to remember, looks like I did that almost a year ago. If there's enough information to make a decent article out of the plantation itself, then please go ahead and change the redirect into an article. Back then, I was trying to make sure there were at least stubs for every NRHP in Florida. Which there are, and I don't believe any other state has a complete list. So yay, us. If I did merge the two, all the info from both would be in the one, I wouldn't have removed anything. Apologies, though, my intentions were for the best, honest. I hope you continue adding valuable information like you've been about Leon County. And one of these days I'll get up there again. And, who knows, maybe take a photo roadtrip together?

Oh, and btw, I lived in Gainesville for more than 20 years, but managed to escape. And all I can say is, go 'Noles. :) -Ebyabe 01:16, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Quincy, Florida update.

I added Nate Ruffin to the Quincy, FL page as a "notable person from Quincy". You took it out. May I ask why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.120.123.33 (talk) 15:11, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

That material should be in an article about Nate Ruffin, not the town he is from. You can create the article, then create a Notable people or Notable natives section and add him under that heading in the Quincy article. See Pahokee, Florida for an example. --Ebyabe 23:29, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Pictures on First Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee

I added pictures to this article ages ago. Same goes for the Park Avenue Historic District article. CJ 11:48, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I was doing it without looking at the article pages, 'cause it would take so much longer. I'm trying to tag all the Florida NRHP places with the reqphoto tag that don't have any. I thought I remembered all the ones that had pics. But I also figured that if I mistagged, others would catch them, as you did. Btw, if you can take more pics up there, I have a list I'm using to try and keep track. Feel free to use as a reference or whatever.

I do plan on getting back to Tally one of these days. Maybe a group photo excursion of the area could happen, 'cause there's one or two other Wikifolks up there who've taken pics in the area. Roadtrip! :) -Ebyabe 15:20, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey hey again

Did you see you are #14 in terms of bytes uploaded at commons? ([1]) Also have some infobox discussions I would like to have with you about use on U.S. Route 66 in Illinois. Do you have instant messaging?IvoShandor 06:30, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

The link doesn't work for me. Maybe too many people using it? I do believe you, though. Crikees!!! I didn't realize I'd made it into the top 20. But considering I usually take over 200 pics per roadtrip, and at least half of them are decent enough to upload, I guess it makes sense. Still, geezly! I sent you an e-mail about the rest. :) --Ebyabe 23:22, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok, the link works now. 6,494,237,849? Bytes? That's crazy! But then, so am I!!! *lol* -Ebyabe 23:25, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't too far behind, wonder why the link no worky. I will look for your email.IvoShandor 23:27, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Reply sent. --Ebyabe 00:20, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

E-mail

I just sent you one, to an address for you that I had from this past July. I normally have my wikipedia e-mail access disabled. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 23:41, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Reply sent. --Ebyabe 00:20, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

IMDb

Why is IMDb not considered a "reliable source"? I thought it was to be considered reliable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.89.136.72 (talk) 17:02, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

It's b/c anyone can edit it, just like here. Just like a Wikipedia article can't be used as a source for another Wikipedia article. There has to be an independent reliable source. There's more info about stuff like that at Wikipedia:Reliable sources. -Ebyabe 03:21, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Map deletion

Greetings, Ebyabe - Why did you delete the locator map at Belleview-Biltmore Hotel? I'm not clear from the Edit Summary. Pls explain. Thanks, JGHowes ^talk - 12:31, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey! A while back, the NRHP infobox had changes to it that made most of the dots be in the wrong place. Like Pensacola sites showing up in Alabama, Jacksonville sites in Georgia, and Tampa sites in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. Recent edits to the NRHP infobox made things even freakier. I think those edits have been adjusted, but rather than trying to realign over 1,000 dots, I thought it was easier to just remove the maps. Admittedly, since I created most of the Florida NRHP stubs, I feel maybe a bit entitled to do so. I know, anyone can edit and we don't own the stuff and all that, but still, ya know? :)

This also dovetails into my quest to get pics for all the Florida NRHP sites in the infoboxes, rather than maps anyway. This past weekend was one of my major pic taking roadtrips and, ironically, the Belleview-Biltmore was one of my stops. Along with 50 or 60 other places. I've got to sort thru and upload them all to WikiCommons, then I can cross those off my list. Which I keep here, btw, if you're interested. :) -Ebyabe 23:15, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Very nice pix! I see I'm not the only "Wikipedia road photographer" JGHowes ^talk - 01:49, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

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replacing 'actors' using...

Hello Ebyabe, You replaced the word 'actor' on several talk pages Talk:Cahokia and Talk:Goguryeo but the result was that you replaced all words that happen to have the letters 'actor'. Would you please correct the method that you are using to replace typos etc because such replacements are nonsensical: i.e. a correct spelling of the word 'factor' is being changed to 'fActorss' by you or a bot with your name. Thank you.:-) Grunty Thraveswain 17:24, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Apologies. I was working on the Special:Wantedcategories page, and forgot to turn that replacement off when I switched to assessment. Fortunately there were only about a dozen articles affected, and they've all been fixed now. Again, sorry, and thanks for catching it before it got too out of hand, doncha know. -Ebyabe 17:51, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

:-) Grunty Thraveswain 18:12, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your kind words sir. The open road is calling me. I know you saw some of my pics from my Route 66 tour, now that was cool! I wanted so bad to get to the Farnsworth House this summer but didn't, still have time but I wanted to go when it was nice. Didn't get to Jo Daviess County, Illinois either, which would have been cool, the city of Galena is there and the terrain is very very different from the rest of Illinois.

After stupid wiki drama, any photo tour would be a release. I have decided that I just will leave those extraneous areas such as DYK alone from now on, post articles and photos and write occassionally for Wikinews. I suppose 125 DYKs are enough. :)IvoShandor 00:35, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I'd say. I've not even managed one DYK, but I never think about submitting one. And most of the edits I make aren't significant enough to merit them anyway, I think. But we all have our specialties. :)

Galena does look interesting. So the rest of Illinois is more flat, like here? Terrain you're not used to is neat to travel thru. It's why I want to get back to the panhandle. The only Galena I've been to is Galena, Maryland. More thru, really, it was on the way home from New Jersey to Florida. There was a neat old church & cemetery there I took pics of, back in '04, before I'd even discovered Wikipedia. Even though it's more than old enough, it's not on the NRHP. Plus there was another church in Cambridge that's centuries old, that's not on the Register either. Sometimes I can't figure them out.

The Prairie-style-ish houses (or at least more recent style ones) like the Farnsworth House always throw me off. I'm so used to seeing Victorian Queen-Anne homes, that a house built in the 20th century doesn't look "right" to me. Like the Tampania House. I didn't think it was right, but took pics of it since it was at the right address, and it turned out to be the correct place. Tampa apparently has a few Prairie-style NRHPs scattered here and there.

Anyhoo, much glad you're back. Take breaks from here to decompress as needed. Be a duck, like me, and just let it all wash right off ya. :) -Ebyabe 14:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Except for the extreme northwestern portion of the state, Illinois is about as flat as they come, except for maybe Kansas.

I love the modern stuff, big FLW fan, so, of course I would. I have read a few interesting pieces on modern architecture, one really good one by Blair Kamin of the Chicago Tribune which talked about the struggle to preserve modern architectural works, because many people agree with you assessment, they don't seem "right" in terms of the need to be preserved. Of course, we are now approaching a period where many of the modern homes and buildings designed during the middle of the 20th century fall within the 50 year cutoff for significance according to the NRHP. There has been some scholarly work on this, if I come across it I will send it your way as you may find it interesting reading. As for churches and cemeteries, I think people are reluctant to nominate them as they are one of the excluded property types, in general, there are obviously several thousand exceptions. : ) IvoShandor 21:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

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Pasco-Hernando County NRHP Pics

I finally got some photos of various NRHP-related photos off of a CD that I promised you, only to find you've already taken some. They're the Hacienda Hotel, Charles B. Anderson House, the Samuel Baker House, and one old house near the Rogers' Christmas House. Should I still send them to you, so you can add them to the Commons? ----DanTD 22:34, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I did go rather on a marathon, but I'd not done one like that for a while, so was overdue. Go ahead and send 'em; we can never have too many pics. :) -Ebyabe 00:21, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay, since I'm not a member of the commons, here they are. Image:Hacienda Hotel-1-.jpg, Image:Hacienda Hotel-2-.jpg, and Image:Hacienda Hotel-3-.jpg. Go ahead and take them. I'll get the other images for other sites later on. ----DanTD 16:15, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Rating NHL "List" articles as Stub/Start/B/FL, not as List

Hi Ebyabe -- You recently rated the List of National Historic Landmarks in California article as class=list for WP:NRHP and also as class=list for the California and Southern California wikiprojects. This and other "List of NHLs in (state)" articles are, in my view, more than mere lists. Note they are all now tables with much more than a category list, say. So I feel they should be rated as articles on Stub/Start/B/FL scale. See my proposal for rating "lists" within Talk page to WP:NRHP. By the proposed criteria there, the California article should be rated Stub for WP:NRHP now, but it is nearing Start quality (to be achieved when each of the NHLs it tabulates has at least a stub article, only a few missing now). For California and Southern California wikiprojects, criteria are not so objective, but I would give it at least a Start for both of them, already. Could you please comment in the WP:NRHP? It would be nice to have some discussion there, some response to my proposal. :) And, if it makes sense, your revisiting the various NHL "list" articles to re-rate them accordingly, would be helpful too. Cheers, doncram 19:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey doncram. I was working to clear the unassessed backlog for the Project, and it was easiest to rate the lists as "List". Which isn't to say that they can't be re-rated, but with hundreds of articles to go thru, I took any shortcuts I could. If you want, change the ratings to whatever you think. After all, I'm not the only one who can rate articles, doncha know. :) Do keep up the good work on all the NHL stuff; it's worth doing and nice to see it being done by someone who knows what they're doing. As opposed to me, who's just real good at faking it. :) -Ebyabe 23:53, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

New photos of Florida NRHPs

Hi Ebyabe -- Wow, you listed about 50 Florida NRHP articles having new photos at WP:NRHP. Great photos, I like your pic of El Pasaje for its perspective and N. G. Arfaras Sponge Packing House, as much for its cool name as for the photo which is nice too. You listed Arcade Hotel but that article has none. I bet you have one for it. Hmm, you missed Louis Johnson Building too, that's the only other one missing. Keep up the good work! doncram 01:12, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up! I can't believe I forgot to add the Johnson Bldg pics, it's one of the more unexpectedly bizarre structures I've seen so far. Which is saying something. See if you can figure out why. :) Also fixed the list, including linking to the correct Arcade Hotel.

I wish I could've found the E. R. Meres Sponge Packing House, but there was nothing likely looking at the address. I'm glad I decided to hit Ybor City on the way home Sunday, which is where El Pasaje is. Ybor's a National Historic Landmark District, and I can see why. I'll have to go back there sometime to get pics of more of the buildings there. And maybe party there; I gather it's the happening spot in Tampa like South Beach is in Miami.

Once the weather cools off a bit more, I'll be making more weekend roadtrips again. It's the sorting thru and renaming and uploading that's the onerous part, but one does what one must. :) -Ebyabe 21:58, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I got your e-mail and quickly looked for the Tampa ones - but you've uploaded so many I couldn't find them! Do you have them grouped by location anywhere? —Wknight94 (talk) 17:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Most of them can be found thru here in the October section. -Ebyabe 17:07, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey, when I took a wikibreak a while back I kinda forgot to upload a bunch of Tampa NRHP photos I'd taken. I see you've taken some already since then (nice job!), so is there an updated list of photos still needed? I may have some of those already. Zeng8r 00:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

I understand the need for a wikibreak. Of course for me, they tend to be phototaking roadtrips. :) The list I use is here. Anything not crossed out is fair game. Btw, this weekend I'm heading for the panhandle for a day, since it's been too long since the last visit. And the weather promises to be gorgeous; been waiting for this time of year for months. Probably going from Chipley to Quincy, hitting NRHPs and state parks along the way. Keep up the good efforts you've been making, and don't let folks get to you. Whatever you can do, do. Dah-day. ;) -Ebyabe 01:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)