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intrusion disturbances. There is also a proven solution that utilizes existing unused fiber {[[dark fiber]]) in a multi-strand cable for the purpose of creating an alarm system.

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Spectrum reallocation

I appreciate what you've done so far. I had been thinking of this topic in terms of one section in an article, but neither of the articles I had tried putting it in were really appropriate. Now that I know what to call it, it has an article. But that article really needs improving. The third section needs a better title than "voluntary", but I'm not sure just what.

If it seems biased, I do look at this one magazine that seems to focus on the negatives, and I am a member of a web site where they've been treating this topic like the end of the world. Though most people there do have cable or satellite. There are some cord cutters, and they don't like the idea of an end to broadcast TV, though that seems unlikely.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:09, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Photo consensus discussion at Talk:Rick Remender

Hi. Can you offer your opinion regarding the Infobox photo discussion here? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 19:19, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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[http://johnjermain.org/libraryhistory.html A brief history of the John Jermain Memorial Library]] official site</ref>

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Built 1894-1898, the Clock Tower Office Building, also known as the [[Former New York Life Insurance Company Building[[ was originally the home office of the [[New York Life Insurance Company]], until the company’s

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Merging two Jamaica articles

Am I the only user who thinks the Office of the Register article should be merged with the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning article? ---------User:DanTD (talk) 14:12, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

50,000 NRHP sites illustrated

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Once Upon a Planet Dreary

FYI, I found the source for that poem. Analog May 1977, John A. Caroll -- Resuna (talk) 22:11, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Grand Army Plaza (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Since the upcoming Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn scavenger hunt is supposed to take place at Grand Army Plaza, do you think you could fill up the gallery for Grand Army Plaza (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)? I never thought it made much sense to have a gallery with a single image. And if you can't make it there, could you suggest it to other attendees? ---------User:DanTD (talk) 13:26, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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He is running to represent the Fifth [[New York City Council]] District on the [Upper East Side]].

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at Jackson Avenue.<ref name="yanosey60">Yanosey, pg. 60</ref> The company retains ownership. <ref>[http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/09/rail_company_wants_residents_to_stay_off_community-

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Regiment]] was commanded by Comte [[Christian von Zweibrücken (1752–1817)|Christian de Forbach]] (son of [[Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]], deputy commander was his brother [[Wilhelm
], 6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (U.S. Census)|African American]], and <1% from two or more races.

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ved=0CHgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=hybrid%20computers%20obsolete&f=false The Analogue Alternative]], the Electronic Analog Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975, by James S Small</ref>

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Smallbones loves Brooklyn

I was in Brooklyn on Saturday, but unfortunately didn't have time to check in (plus the parking scares me). I photographed 18 sites though, leaving about 14 left to go. I saw DM and a new user User:Bkcrabby got a few pix. I'm hoping you got some as well.

2 other things:

You should definitely go to and photograph Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. I got there too late so my pix are flawed. It is likely the nicest historic district I've seen, and goes entirely against my preconception of Bedford-Stuyvesant. All of Brooklyn really impressed me.
At Temple Beth El of Borough Park I replaced 2 pix by User:Bkcrabby. I have mixed feelings on this, e.g. "Welcome to Wikipedia, but my pix are better!" Please revert me there if you think I made a mistake.

All the best,

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 16:29, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I too was late to Brooklyn Public Library on Saturday, arriving after Noon because an injury a week and a half ago was acting up and making me move very slowly. Spent the time advising a few latecomers how to get to various targets, chatting with my fellow Wikimedia New York members, teaching someone about markup, and installing Adobe Acrobat Reader for a stranger who was not at all interested in Wikipedia. Sunday I arrived even later, this time because I was hurting less and decided to bike there, and learned that my recovery hadn't gone far enough. Spent most the time using the library's fast connection, to correct coordinates, diffuse cats, and otherwise curate old pictures. And discussing the relation between orthography and linguistics with a cute, bright newbie. Wow, young women didn't seem quite so cute or so insightful in my day, long ago. No, or almost no, new pictures either day due to immobility.

Bed-Stuy has lovely architecture, being mostly built in a golden age of suburban sprawl, what with the BRT Lexington Avenue Line and all. I intend to visit again at least during the NYC Marathon in a couple months, if not a few times before, depending in part on my thus far uneven physical recovery. Nice people there, too. When I was bright and quick, it was passing through its days as a miserable, drug-infested slum, which made the kind of reputation that usually far outlives the reality. South Bronx, similar.

Indeed I reverted your superior pix of Temple Beth El, though it is not my intention that it should be permanent. Very often newbies never come back after their first day or two of editing, so in a few days (a week?) we ought to restore your definitely better ones without losing any ground. Meanwhile we can hope to encourage a newbie boasting about an accomplishment. Understanding Wiki ideas like "revert" can await a later lesson. Keep up the good work, have fun, and today my back (muscle problem, not bones or joints) feels much better and I'll be dining with friends in Brooklyn Heights tomorrow evening. Jim.henderson (talk) 19:10, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the link. I just went through and most of the accounts disappeared in late 2007. One account looks slightly active. That's better than zero! Biosthmors (talk) 15:35, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sunnyside Yard power plant

The power plant in the Sunnyside Yard is for the subways, and not the LIRR, Amtrak, or New Jersey Transit? Because I just added the general power plant category to one of the images of it. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 03:11, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Probably no, it was built for / by Pennsy a century ago and never served the nearby E, F and 7 lines. At a guess Amtrak probably owns it now and uses it for storage. If your guesses differ I'm more inclined to go with yours than mine. Jim.henderson (talk) 10:54, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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More help with Verizon's article?

Hi Jim.henderson, and thanks for your help on the article for Verizon Communications—I really appreciate you making the update about the number of landlines Verizon currently has. I'm wondering if you might have time to look at the other request I posted on Talk:Verizon, about removing a service that we no longer offer. If you have time, could you take a look? Thanks so much, VZBob (talk) 12:37, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done and discussed in article's talk page. Jim.henderson (talk) 00:47, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Following up on Verizon Communications

Hi Jim.henderson,

Thanks so much for your recent edits, especially for catching and correcting the information around the Vodafone deal. I noticed that yesterday and was concerned about the inaccurate information.

I'm curious what you think about adding in a link to the Board of Directors to the "External links" section of the article, now that it isn't in the prose of the article itself? I was also wondering if you'd had a chance to look at the recommendation I had for cleaning up the section about Verizon's E911 service issues. Any thoughts there? If you're busy and don't have time, I'm happy to reach out to other editors as well. Thanks again for your help! VZBob (talk) 18:02, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Queens/Brooklyn historic district pictures

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NRHP Outer Boroughs

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Help with a quick thing at Verizon Communications?

Hi again Jim.henderson, I'm hoping you might be able to help with another quick thing on the Verizon Communications article. I noticed that, last night, an editor added information to the infobox stating that Drew Barrett was the founder of Verizon. They didn't include a source for this, though, and the information is false. Do you think you could remove that line from the infobox? Thanks so much, VZBob (talk) 14:12, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually what you caught was one of a dozen attacks by the same vandal. Your alertness allowed me to follow the path of destruction and repair Penn State Blue Band and other victims. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:29, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! Well, glad I could help, and thanks so much for taking care of it! VZBob (talk) 14:51, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox photo consensus discussion

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Help carbon tissue

Please look at this article Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Carbon_tissue. It need some rewriting, Could you help me with this.-- 117.221.231.216 (talk) 16:46, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps better would be to rework it as a section of Carbon print. Jim.henderson (talk) 17:47, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I tried; but then this message appears

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Sorry; I'm failing to see any sign of this in the Revision history of Carbon Print. Perhaps it would be easier if you used a WP:ACCOUNT and the talk page of the Carbon Print article. Jim.henderson (talk) 17:51, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Fork

Why did you revert my edit of fork? I removed an unnecessary comma:

The curved fork that is used in most parts of the world today, was developed in Germany in the mid 18th century.

A comma between subject and verb is unnecessary and ungrammatical. See WP:COMMA. Julesd 00:07, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

My error; I reverted it days ago.

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When I get to it. Tomorrow in TdeB I'll pedal from Grand Concourse Courthouse to Pelham Bay to BBG but probably not so far west as lower VCP. I passed that station a dozen times this year. It is most unprepossessing; might be better in winter. Much better in snow though that makes difficult access. Jim.henderson (talk) 18:12, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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More help at Verizon Communications?

Hey Jim.henderson, Not sure if you saw, but I've posted a handful more recommendations for the Verizon Communications article over on the Talk page. If you have time, do you think you could take a look and see what you think? Thanks so much, VZBob (talk) 16:30, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Drat; been trying for a week to catch up on several matters; especially busy because of the Greenwich Village thing Saturday and Marathon Sunday. Tomorrow rain is likely which will cancel a biker gang trip, boo-hoo, which will speed my getting to all or at least most these items but I'm doing simpler ones first.

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TXE Exchange article

Hi Jim

I'm glad to see that you are still keeping an eye on the TXE article. Those weird little edits were actually done by my friend Dave (Deben Dave) as part of investigating how IP addresses are used, so although they look like vandalism they're not. Mark126 19:41, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not a real problem but it's better to do testing on talk pages or someone's personal page than in articles. Jim.henderson (talk) 15:11, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request for photo

Jim: An editor named User:Candleabracadabra started an article on Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church at 237 East 62nd Street (just west of 2nd Avenue), and left a request on my talk page for a photo. As I told him, I'm on the verge of moving to a new apartment (after over 30 years where I am now), so I'm not sure how much free time I'm going to have in the next month or so, so I thought I'd also pass the request on to you -- that way the first one of us who gets there can call off the other. If you don't think you're going to be able to get to it, that's fine, I'll just get to it when I can. (I'll also post this on your talk page on Commons, as I'm not sure which one you frequent most often.) Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:53, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unlikely for this week even though it's only two miles away. So few days in a life; so many jolly things to do. Jim.henderson (talk) 15:11, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I got up there today and got something usable, but the rain put a damper on it, and I've no doubt you can get something betterif you happen to get there when you've got the sun at your back. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:04, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit

Glad you didn't mind my Talk Page edit. I just found the same problem with the Wikipedia NYC notice on a lot of pages. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:29, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Help with another thing for Verizon Communications?

Hi Jim.henderson, Hope you're doing well. I'm wondering if you might be able to help me out with another quick thing on the Verizon Communications article.

I worked with another editor, Robert McClenon, to place a new "Lines of business" section, which provides a more accurate overview of Verizon's products and services. As part of the discussion of FiOS in this new section, I included some information about the removal of copper wires and their replacement with fiber optic ones. This information appears in the "Controversies" section, but I thought it was better to discuss it in context under "Lines of business," rather than have it appear in "Controversies", with the idea that the section in "Controversies" could then be removed.

Although Robert McClenon moved the new "Lines of business" language over, and agreed that the paragraph under "Controversies" should now be removed, it doesn't look like he's had time to actually make the edit.

Do you think you might be able to take a look at removing the "Copper-wire removal" section under "Controversies"? Thanks so much, VZBob (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Scipio

Hi Jim, the image in Punic Wars that was broken was because Commons had deleted it. They seem to think that a 3rd century image can still be in copyright. Might be true in some crazy countries, but WP does not have to consider that so I have restored the original WP version before it got moved to Commons. Since you stated in your edit summary that you replaced the image only because the link was broken I have reverted your edit, but feel free to put your image back if you have other reasons for replacing/adding it. Spinning Spark 02:54, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Splendid. I like the black picture, but on second thought a portrait of the elderly Scipio isn't a precise match to the purposes of this article, and I don't intend to spend time hunting for a better home. Jim.henderson (talk) 03:13, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

December 2013

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Good catch. Looking at that edit, I am inclined to deny doing such a stupid thing, except that it's surrounded in my Contributions list by things I certainly did, so I must plea temporary insanity. Thanks. Jim.henderson (talk) 21:50, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Revert tagging

Why did you revert the taggings of those pages? Wikiproject USA is a higher-level project, but your reasoning seems to be that if its in NYC's Wikiproject its in WP:USA. They do not show up on the records. Just like how WP:SKYSCRAPERS and WP:ARCHITECTURE are on Talk:388 Greenwich Street. This is no mistake and the boxes are collapsible. The article's are important to cover broadly and completely. Some biographies of living people have 9+ tags, and while that's a far cry from most, I don't see why state level or sub-state specific Wikiproject's should be removing other projects. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:33, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jim's removal of those tags was exactly the correct thing to do. WikiProject USA should only be tagging those articles which are specifically about the country as a whole, and not usurping the tagging of state projects. To tag everything that has anything' to do with any part of the US would bloat Wikiproject USA unnecessarily, and create an untenable situation. This was one of the things that Kumioko started, and he was dead wrong to do so. There are more than enough subjects and articles which are about the US as a whole and would not be tagged by any state or city project - stick with those, since there is absolutely no consensus in the wider Wikipedia community for such hogginess on the part of WPUSA. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:46, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus has long been that articles in WP:USA are in the United States and need not have national significance and Kumioko obviously didn't make the situation. Considering more than half of the Wikiproject's connected to WP:USA are inactive, I doubt this is the time or place to discuss this here. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 06:00, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Considering that you made 300,000 tags without discussing it with anyone, anywhere', now is as good a time as any. And that "consensus" - I suspect that Kumioko "made" it in his grandiose attempt to revive WP:USA, which maybe should be shut down entirely, if this is the way it's going to operate. My god, what incredibly poor judgment!! Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:30, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't make 300,000 tags. WP:USA has 360,000+ articles and when I remove something I am told "don't remove that". I cleaned it up. I'll explore more options with the group. It has been some time since the first discussion and the last really isn't too detailed yet. I apologize if this stunned anyone - but I went a little bit overzealous on the word of some. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 07:14, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If an article is in a project such as New York City, and NYC as a project is already included in the United States as a project, then there is no need to add a tag to an article talk page saying article is in USA project -- is this the logic -- if so then Jim's choices were correct imo.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 14:09, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

But it is not in the USA project. Many dozens of Wikiprojects do report to WP:USA with the integrated banner, but NYC does not. WP:WPBIO has 1,141,940 articles that it covers and its simply every single tagged person on Wikipedia. MilHist has over 100,000 articles and many many taskforces. Since so many Wikiprojects are inactive or plain dead, the purpose of a larger national one makes sense, especially if the smaller projects do not want to integrate. WP:USA is a really large and complex tag, but MilHist is as well, but both are trumped by WP:BIO's size. Anyways, discussion continues at the project page. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 15:05, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is completely irrelevant whether a state or city project "reports to" or "is within" WP:USA - that was the Kumioko approach, and it's totally misguided. The only purpose for the existence of a WikiProject is to aid in the improvement of the encyclopedia by taking certain articles within its purview so that its members can concentrate on working on them. (The point of a WikiProject is not to create an all-encompassing bureaucracy, or to parallel the category system.) By bringing every single article that has anything whatsoever to do with the US into its penumbra, an overly bloated Project is created, one in which the members can't possibly focus on the WikiProject's contents. It is, in effect, a separate encyclopedia, United States Wikipedia. That's antithetical to the purpose of a WikiProject on English Wikipedia, and if that's what WP:USA insists it wants to do, it should be disbanded as useless. If, however, WP:USA concentrated on those thousands of articles about the US as a whole, it can still be useful to the encyclopedia. Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:49, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States, please; I don't need the flattery that comes with my talk page being used for a discussion among thoughtful, conscientious editorial colleagues. I just got home after running around all morning with my phone occasionally bonging that another kind person has left me a message. Probably won't have time to address the interesting questions tonight anyway. Jim.henderson (talk) 21:42, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Finally my injured friend is ready for discharge from hospital, which has given me time to catch up on a few things. Looks like the discussion in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States has petered out. Too bad it came to no firm conclusion, but otherwise it's good thing for me as a coming snowfall will put me outdoors looking for more photo opportunities. Jim.henderson (talk) 21:41, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]