User talk:Ktr101/Archive 3

RE:Veggie-Tales

There are a lot. I might make a project, but I'm pretty busy on other wiki sites and won't be as active if I create a Wikiproject. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 20:31, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing, I could use the help. :) Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 19:28, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

It is? That's great! So it's long enough not to face deletion, right? Otherwise, I'm still making improvments to the page so i'm not creating the Minnesota Cuke quite yet. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 16:30, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but right now i'm on lunch break. :D Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 16:38, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

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Suggestion

You might want to drop a note to the failed candidate explaining why you thought he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell at passing his RfA. Tan | 39 16:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA close

If you're going to close RfAs, I would strongly recommend leaving a note to the candidate. Otherwise it comes off as quite rude. Thanks. — neuro 16:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't notice the above section. — neuro 16:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I've been here since April 06, but thanks anyway ;) — neuro 22:05, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Special:Log/Asenine :) — neuro 22:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

WikiBirthday

I saw from here that it's been exactly two years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ  ^talk/_contribs 21:56, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Indeed - happy WBirthday from me as well. Also, should you submit an RFA in future, please let me know. I don't vote very often but you would have my support. Manning (talk) 06:08, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

101 AOS

What's up? How's college going? Ok, I'm confused; so the 102d is an intelligence wing, and their main squadron is an air operations squadron - who the heck thought that up? Sorry for my squirrely attitude today - most intel wings/groups have intel squadrons under them. Is the 101 AOS primed to backfill Air Operations Center duties somewhere or ??? TDRSS (talk) 17:27, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

BTW - saw your 102d related FOIA requests on www.foia.af.mil. Very cool stuff. TDRSS (talk) 17:28, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Your removal of Cat from polanski

I was wondering, why did you do that, create that new cat and then add it to the polanski without any discussion at all? Have you read the polanski talkpage and seen the lengthy discussion regarding the cats there? Off2riorob (talk) 17:29, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I saw the comments and I think you should take your time a bit, there is a lot of discussion at polanski talkpage, that supports the stat rape cat, and you changed it without any discussion on the tapkpage there, I suggest that if you want to alter anything you should go there and talk about it, discussion is the way to affect change, thanks.Off2riorob (talk) 18:19, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Also, could you please stop adding minor to your edits that are clearly not, ta. Off2riorob (talk) 18:20, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

As I said, I suggest you take your time a bit more, of course if someone is in a group that he does not belong, then remove him, that is not to say that there is any need to create other hard to define groups that are not needed, ta. Off2riorob (talk) 18:22, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I can only stress as I have expressed here to you that you leave it alone and attempt to find out if there is any need or any consensus for your ideas. Off2riorob (talk) 18:24, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Polite Warning. Please do not remove prods from cats that you have created, ta. Off2riorob (talk) 18:28, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

You can read on the template... do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. If you created this page and you disagree with its proposed speedy deletion, please add: {hangon} ..I would thank you to please revert your removal of the template and add the hang on ..as is stated on the template. ta. Off2riorob (talk) 18:31, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Your edit here is in breach of guidelines, please revert it, ta. Off2riorob (talk) 18:35, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Rapists category

Before you unilaterally empty Category:Rapists if its contents, you should be aware of this recent decision. It's certainly OK to create "convicted of rape" categories for those who were indeed convicted of rape, but there are some in these categories who were not convicted of rape, so the Category:Rapists categories would presumably be parent categories of the Category:People convicted of rape categories just as Category:Murderers is a parent of Category:People convicted of murder. Once the "convicted of" categories are established the deletion of the "rapists" categories could be reconsidered, but they shouldn't be unilaterally obliterated. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:27, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Minor edits

Could you read the minor edit article and let me know why you think that removing a section from an article as you have done here is a minor edit. Off2riorob (talk) 18:34, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Having it set to minor doesn't make it correct, did you have a look at the minor edit page? Or perhaps ask your mentor about it. Off2riorob (talk) 20:24, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

It is not a matter of making mistakes once in awhile, as you have stated, you have your edits set to default minor and you say you know what a minor edit is and yet you continue to make major edits and leave the setting as minor, please mark major edits as such. Off2riorob (talk) 20:30, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments

Thanks for the autoreviewers link, but I've only created one article. Usually, I just try to improve articles. Other stuff is being sent via e-mail. — BQZip01 — ^talk 22:47, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thanks for just being a sounding board and giving me some basic feedback. Steps in not over-reacting: 1. Recognize you might be over-reacting. 2. Check with someone else to see if you are over-reacting. 3. React accordingly. Thanks for step 2.— BQZip01 — talk 01:33, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kari Ferrell (2nd nomination)

Hi, Ktr101. Because you participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kari Ferrell, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kari Ferrell (2nd nomination). Cunard (talk) 08:36, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station

Regarding Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, I think the GFDL terms require acknowledgment that the content came from an existing article. I believe a note in the edit summary on creation with a link to Pittsburgh International Airport and/or the edit that removed the content from there would be sufficient.  Frank  |  talk  18:42, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

For more details, see Wikipedia:Splitting. Thanks to User:Moonriddengirl for the pointer. Someone has already put the info in the two articles listed above; just giving you a pointer for future reference. Thanks!  Frank  |  talk  01:57, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

RFA spam

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Sometimes, being turned back at the door isn't such a bad thing

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Chelsea Naval Hospital

I'd appreciate it if you'd take a look at Talk:Naval Hospital Boston Historic District. Thanks. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 20:58, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Autoreviewer

Thank you for the suggestion. I thought about it once, but I haven't created 75 articles as the guideline suggests. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 00:39, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Did I forget to thank you? ..

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed nearly unanimously with 174 in support, 2 in opposition and 1 neutral votes. Special thanks goes to RegentsPark, Samir and John Carter for their kind nomination and support. I am truly honored by the trust and confidence that the community has placed in me. I thank you for your kind inputs and I will be sincerely looking at the reasons that people opposed me so I can improve in those areas ( including my english ;) ). If you ever need anything please feel free to ask me and I would be happy to help you :). Have a great day ! -- Tinu Cherian - 04:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Cape Cod

I came across this move request in passing; I’ve commented here; can you reply? I think your case would be better served if you gave a reason; I found what you’d said on the re-direct page, but not everyone would go looking... Moonraker12 (talk) 12:48, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

User account creation

I am completely new at this. I saw you declined the request of "Welcomefrye" because it is to much like "Welcome frye". But welcome frye was created in 2006 and never even had an edit. So why did you not create the account? Debresser (talk) 21:54, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

In such a case an account creation admin could still create the account (according to the documentation). So I would have deferred this case to them. Debresser (talk) 22:04, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Acc request 39005

Hi, I'd actually reserved 39005 and was checking it, but you went ahead and created it. There was nothing wrong with it being created (I was about to do so myself) and so no harm was done, but please don't do anything to a request that's already reserved by another user as it just create confusion and wastes other peoples time. Thanks! ZX81 ^talk 03:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

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How to

After clicking "by e-mail" I should not press "Create account" as well, is that correct? Debresser (talk) 18:57, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

I created my first two accounts, without any "interesting" cases. Did I miss the action? Debresser (talk) 19:56, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Jordan Mendes

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Re: Fort Hood shooting

Sure thing. It's a frenzied start, but it'll get calmer. :) JoeSmack ^Talk 22:34, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

FYI

Hi - it seems like when you added this question there were some other Qs which were copied too. Also - your sig didn't work quite right. I have attempted to clean it up but you may want to double check to confirm it appears as you intended. Regards,  7  02:18, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Your question on the RFA board

On the RFA board, you asked me the following question:

On what grounds do you feel that personal opinion is a reasonable excuse to close an AFD?

I am unclear what this means. If you could better explain it, that would be helpful to me in answering it. Sebwite (talk) 05:16, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:United States Government Imaging Categorizing Week

If you want this event to succeed, you will have to discuss it with me and with others on the event talk page and the FAQ. Good luck!--DThomsen8 (talk) 10:45, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

There is clearly confusion about where this project is making changes. Is it in English Wikipedia, or is it in Wikimedia Commons?

I understand it to be in Wikipedia, done on Wikipedia images, with Wikipedia categories added. Please respond to this, in both the Village Pump entry and in the FAQ of the event page. Also, I was a bit confused by your VP answer. You mean I must change which template is called in the image, not "the template itself" as you said. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:22, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Please send editors to the official category page, not to my talk page, in the instructions. Also, you have a FAQ question without an answer. This would make it clear that this is an effort in Wikipedia, done on Wikipedia images, with Wikipedia categories added.--DThomsen8 (talk) 11:56, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Salavat

Hi Kevin. I just wanted to let you know that I undid your edit at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Salavat because the rfa has not been transcluded yet. I appreciate your enthusiasm but, well, it'd be cool if you could wait just a bit. Thanks, FASTILY ^(TALK) 05:10, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Fribbulus Xax's RfA

Thanks, Ktr101, for supporting me in my RFA. It passed unanimously. I am very grateful of your input – if you have any further comments, let me know! Fribbulus Xax (talk) 12:10, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Adminship

Meh, I wouldn't mind. But I doubt if anyone would support if I was nominated (remember, they will be looking at my poor past history). I might, however, request rollback rights in maybe a month or so. Anyway, thanks for asking. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 21:34, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

RfA

Of course, but be sure you do your homework if you're thinking of nominating me by reading Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Everyking 5. Everyking (talk) 01:14, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Just saying hello from one Wikipedian in Lowell to another :-) You seem interested in local history, have you been to my website? http://home.comcast.net/~corey.sciuto/lowelltoc.htm Thanks, CSZero (talk) 18:02, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't think starting a project is a bad idea, but I'm not sure how much work there is to be done. I have bumped into Martha Mayo (Center for Lowell History) and Richard Howe on Wikipedia, but both of them seem to be no longer active. Certainly the article I began on the History of Lowell, Massachusetts needs work. If you start a project, I'll certainly participate as I have a lot of resources. I actually just got a book at the Merrimack St Barnes & Noble about waterpower in Lowell, interwoven with the life of James B Francis. Happy editing, CSZero (talk) 03:58, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, and I already have. I sent out a few invites as well. I might do more in the next few days if some known page-watchers don't jump on. CSZero (talk) 00:39, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

random curiosity

Regarding this [1] edit summary, as Kenai is obviously very, very far away from the Mexican border. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:48, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Actually I think I figured it out myself, the edit right before it was to Laredo, Texas the summary is just on the wrong edit. Obviously I have too much time on my hands today if this all I'm doing with it... Beeblebrox (talk) 22:22, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

UMass Invite

Hi! Thank you for the invitation to join WikiProject University of Massachusetts; I'm hopeful I can eventually add something positive to this project. As you know being a student, semesters can be quite busy so I can't promise anything. But I would be happy to do what I can when I can, thus I appreciate the invite and look forward to moving this project forward! CaptainMorgan (talk) 18:34, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi

FYI - I think you typed an extra tilde in your sig - [2].  7  04:34, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Re:Welcome

Holy block of text batman! Let me break this up and answer a point at a time:

I was reading over your site, when I noticed some things that might be of interest to you. You mentioned the age of the Pawtucket Street bridge over the canal. From what I read on the state website, the bridge was built in 1919. This is a great thing to know since I use the bridge every single day.

I'd believe it. Did I say something contrary? Either way, that's the site of the oldest crossing in Lowell.

From what I read on old maps, University Avenue Bridge was also known as the Textile Avenue Bridge.

Correct. The name changes have been many. I believe it was originally Moody St back in the 1880s. Then at some point it became Textile, after Lowell Textile Institute, today's UMass Lowell North. When the school name changed one of the many times, it became University Ave.

On the second page, the building on King Street was torn down and there is now a rubble parking lot. We had a parade down there last Saturday and we offloaded there.

Correct. If and when I catch up, that page is next! I have probably 50 pictures of that work. I need to take a few more while it's a shell. Maybe tomorrow morning. Good idea.

On the second page, you mention the Freudenburg building, but you don't have a photo of it.

Yes, by the time I was taking the pictures, it was gone. It was an unimpressive low metal hulk. This 1979 photo shows most of it (there was a second building that's not visible, off frame to the left), and a lot of the Appleton complex pre-demolition as well: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/c534fr20v If you need to get your bearings, the buildings in the lower left are the warehouses you're talking about. Then the canal, then Freudenberg/Pellon

From what it looks like, the pictures on page three might be part of the original canal system. This makes sense since all the structures are removed, but they don't resemble the modern canal locks. They also are part of a narrower canal system which better resembles the Middlesex Canal.

Which pictures? Page 3 is the flood. If you mean the Francis gate, you are likely right, that the lock chamber side likely predates the gatehouse side. I don't know for certain if the Guard Locks (the lock chamber that Francis Gate is directly protecting) are original to the Pawtucket Canal or the 1820s widening for Lowell. I believe the answer is the latter though.

Ooooh...you're off by a page, just noticed that with your page five reference. No, those aren't the old canals, that's the Western Canal...1830ish? The deal there is the Northern Canal and Moody Street Feeder, built in 1847, heavily affected the Western Canal's reason for existing, to the point where it reversed large parts of it, so my guess is it wasn't maintained as well as the other major canals. I believe most of it was covered up at some point as well. Let me check...

Grrr... it was partially covered, but not completely. Still, this map shows the usage of the area in the 1920s, so you can find the bridges here, etc:

http://library.uml.edu/clh/Atlas/1924/Plate_01b.pdf

For page 5, do you have a picture of where your father's church sat and the one which you belonged to?

Page 19: http://home.comcast.net/~corey.sciuto/lowell19.htm covers Sacred Heart. Saint Peters...there's some great old pictures out there. It was a huge church, but I actually can't find one right now! This is the best I can do: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/c534fr62c Very top of the page, center.

Here's a better one. Upper right, across from the courthouse. Note the de-mapped streets in the lower half of this picture. This was the demolition of the Hale-Howard neighborhood that was between Chelmsford and Hale streets. Part of Hale is now YMCA drive, because the bridge over the train tracks was also missing for years when I was a kid, cutting Hale St in two:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/c534fp60d

And to actually answer your question: On page 19, there's a picture of the Rectory and the Courthouse across the street. The large parking lot / field is where the church was. Compare to above picture.

How old are the brick and mortar projects around the Acre as they resemble factory housing, but they also seem to be an imitation per se.

Some are very old. 1930s. Oldest projects in the US. Those would be the ones around the Greek church and North Common (North Common Apartments...). The ones along the Northern Canal (confusingly Northern Canal Apartments...) are newer, and apparently were called "Cinderblock City" until they were clad in that brick to make them look, like you said, like older buildings. Here they are in the 70s. Should be easy to spot, being next to City Hall. Also noticeably absent is the Tsongas Arena, instead the "sawtooth Building" is there:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/c534fr42w

Also of note in this picture is the Lawrence Mill complex before the big fire in '87 in the foreground. The T-shaped building with the turrets was called the Sweeney Building, and its wings were at the time the oldest mills still standing in Lowell. 1828 maybe? Total loss in the fire. If you go to the site, the wheel-pits that were underneath them are exposed for decoration.

On page six, you might want to mention that the School Street Bridge has been replaced as that might confuse a few people.

Correct, my wording is off.

A good incident with the Spaghettiville bridge involved me getting lost in Lowell thinking that I was going towards Cawley Stadium when I was actually going towards Chelmsford. Needless to say, I got there, but I wish that they would mark some of the roads like they do in downtown.

One of the weakest points of the Lowell street system right there. Crossing over the Concord River. The southernmost bridge, Lawrence Street, is really best accessible from that intersection at Spaghettiville and Moore St. The bridge itself is actually considerably further south, but working through the back side of Gorham St over the tracks to get there is almost impossible. The 495 bridge would solve the issue, but the ramps at Gorham St were never built, connecting Woburn St all the way over to Chelmsford St instead. Then, you have to cut through Industrial Ave and the Cemeteries to get to Gorham. No fun, and clearly a leftover from when all roads and streetcars lead downtown.

On page 9, did that Boy Scout ever finish his Eagle Scout project?

I actually don't know...They clearly work, I hear them every few weeks.

I was wondering if you had any idea why some of the Umass North buildings and Lowell High buildings use a yellow brick.

Nope, but it must've been in style at some point because I believe the old Lawrence High does too.

On page 11, that truck in the middle of the parking lot is the marching band equipment truck. Around the area where the plant is, the band spraypainted hashes into the lot, which has supposedly angered the university. This of course made band camp hellish. From what I saw on old maps, the GE plant location was originally the "International Cotton Mills". I also remember from aerial photos what looked like a bridge between the plants. Where the plant was across the tracks exists the foundations of a dorm that the university was building before the city told it to stop. Now there is just the first floor and some rebar sticking out. The dorm was built to replace Smith, because of the whole nanotech thing. You know the rest, I hope.

Oh, I do. The people involved in that fiasco renovated Canal Place III downtown as well.

Looking down at the river rocks, I thought you might be interested to know that the rocks down by the University Bridge and it looks like the falls appear to the roots of mountains. Don't cite me on that, as I need to confirm that with a book that I have at home.

The Wikipedia entry on fall line I believe lists Lowell as being the fall line on the Merrimack. I don't know if that's true or not.

That is just the first 12 pages, so I'll get back to you tomorrow with the rest. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:16, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

No problem, glad to help where I can. CSZero (talk) 04:20, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Now for part two. On page 14, you mentioned the Worsted Mill. I Googled "Worsted Mill" and apparently Worsted is a brand name, as a few other mills pop up under the results. Nothing is mentioned when it comes to if Worsted is something.

It is something. dictionary.com says: "firmly twisted yarn or thread spun from combed, stapled wool fibers of the same length, for weaving, knitting, etc. Compare woolen."

I love the line painting on 14 as I have experienced firsthand the lack of lines on Pawtucket. I think at one point I did an illegal maneuver, but I didn't know since there are absolutely no lines on the road! That and the fact that the stop lights are timered makes me hate driving in the city.

Driving in Lowell is an art that takes many years to understand. It's not really that bad once you're used to it.

On page 15, you mention the reservoir in Belvidere. I wasn't able to locate anything on Google Earth, using photos from 1996. Of course it was filled in that year, but there is usually a sign that somethign "big" happened in a city the size of Lowell.

http://library.uml.edu/clh/Atlas/1924/Plate_05A.pdf has it on Fairmount and Belmont, by Summit.

You can find that same location here: http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=r35k2q91s4g3&scene=47597463&lvl=2&sty=b&where1=Fairmount%20St%20%26%20Summit%20St%2C%20Lowell%2C%20MA%2001852 and it becomes a bit more obvious where the res was because there are no trees on the new lots.

The band practiced in the an enclave of the Appleton Mill on Saturday before the parade. Amazingly, you can fit 100 college students into a perfectly fitting arc within that. That was also the only parade other than a Boston one where I felt like I might have my teeth knocked out on the cobblestone. On page 17, the stones are pretty spacy when you consider that one of the cemeteries off of I-95 in New York has then within inches of the other. I noticed on a previous page, you mentioned that they would have to lay rail to Nashua should they ever extend service. You mention on page 18 that there is track, which is correct. You might want to clarify that a bit.

True - what I meant (and I thought I said) is that the second track is missing from North Chelmsford up. A train that runs hourly on a line that is about an hour long probably needs a track in each direction.

On page 19, the railroad granite thing copied that of the Quincy quarry railroads.

Interesting. I think I had heard that.

Page 20:"second picture are ca." Typo?

Nope - ca. = circa.

On page 21, It's Martha's Vineyard.

Oops! I do my webpage in a very basic text editor without spellcheck ;-)

I've wondered where the city treats its wastewater and gets its tap. Coming from the Cape, I can't stand the chlorine, but it wouldn't suprise me if they recycled the water here.

I actually don't think they do. Like I said, the waste treatment plant is way down by Lawrence (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1st+st+lowell+ma&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1st+St,+Lowell,+Middlesex,+Massachusetts+01850&gl=us&ei=4o8WS7WfFcahlAek0K2_BQ&ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA&ll=42.648473,-71.2895&spn=0.006218,0.009645&t=h&z=17) This is Duck Island. At some point it was an island. The intake plant is way up by Tyngsboro: (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pawtucket+blvd+lowell+ma&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Pawtucket+Blvd,+Lowell,+Middlesex,+Massachusetts+01854&ll=42.639373,-71.367112&spn=0.006219,0.009645&t=h&z=17)

For more info (http://www.lowellma.gov/depts/water/copy_of_overview) "The only water supply for Lowell’s Water Treatment Plant is the surface water from the Merrimack River, which has its source in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The Intake Station is situated on the riverbank north of the city and water is pumped one half mile to the treatment plant. "

And (http://www.lowellma.gov/depts/wastewater/wastewater-utility)

It's still not entirely clear to me what the rest of the old pumps or the Christian Hill res. are for. Or where the intakes versus the chlorination plants are.

I was also looking out across the river from Leitch Hall today when I saw what looked like a wooden structure in the woods just above the Merrimack. Do you have any idea what that might be?

Not sure. Where is it exactly? Off of the trails below the VFW?

Also, does St. Joseph's still operate as an independent hospital, or was it absorbed into the nearby rehabilitation hospital?

No. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but St. Joe's history is such: Started as the Lowell Corporation Hospital. Became Catholic at some point. Merged with St. John's in the 90s I think (I remember it happening) to become the combined Saint's Memorial (now simply Saint's). They started closing a lot of St. Joe's campus at some point a little later, and I believe it got sold to HealthSouth? There were other programs in there as well for a while - my mom worked for one of them. The Sun's archives have stories saying it's been sold a few times since then. Not doing well, that's for sure. Here is a history that ends over 10 years ago: http://ecommunity.uml.edu/francolowellma/stjosephshospital.htm

It looks good though!

Thanks :-) CSZero (talk) 16:20, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Want an RFA now?

I was looking at your contributions closely and I feel that you are well-qualified for WP:RFA. Seems like you significantly improved since your last RFA (four months ago). Are interested in a nomination? Thanks Secret ^account 18:28, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

I deleted the RFA, it will be done later tonight, or tommorrow. I'm in class until later tonight, on a blackberry that is about to die, and it seems like we both in class. Read your email. Thanks Secret ^account 20:08, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't know if you recieved my email. Reply to me back. Thanks Secret ^account 21:34, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ktr101 4. Here you go. Good luck Secret ^account 20:40, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I emailed back for more details. Secret ^account 22:19, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I replied back, I think you should hold off the RFA for another month. I could be your adminship coach instead. How does that sound? Thanks Secret ^account 22:33, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok I emailed you with some advise, I'll be your new adminstrator coach. Thanks Secret ^account 22:40, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

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Blast coordinates

They're not the exact coordinates of the blast, but simply reproduced from the Perm article. I figured it would be helpful to be able to find the city on a map. Lampman (talk) 19:02, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Russian club fire

I'm not a fan of those templates generally, my edit was very minor and safely clobberable, and spelling/grammar errors on articles linked to from the Main Page are just embarrassing. My apologies for the slight inconvenience. --Cybercobra (talk) 05:05, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Perm Horse Club debate

I hate not knowing enough about the workings to need someone else to do my work - where did you post about removing the article from the "In the news" section?

Thanks

Vulture19 (talk) 16:56, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Vulture19 (talk) 16:59, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Glad to know that issue was resolved. I was actually stunned that the article was nominated, good to know there was indeed some hidden nefariousness going on. Next stop for me are the SPI results themselves, should make for entertaining reading.... Vulture19 (talk) 03:37, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

SPI

Snap! Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Bravedog. We submitted within two minutes of each other. Fences&Windows 19:09, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

And I was right behind the both of you. Three users ... wow! And even after submitting I found yet more evidence (And when you submit an SPI in the future, make sure you submit evidence as extensive and detailed as you can find. It takes a while to compile all the diffs, but the clerks and checkusers appreciate it as it makes their lives easier). Daniel Case (talk) 19:48, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, Bravedog has voted keep at least once. Daniel Case (talk) 00:08, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I haven't initiated too many of them myself, and this actually did turn out to be the most contentious of them, the only one where the suspect responded, and responded at some length. "That's his story and he's sticking to it" ... basically sums it up. I suppose I should admire his determination, but in actual fact it really upsets me that he refused to admit how strong the evidence was and basically fold the tent ... I mean, did you note he never addressed those edit summaries, which were the most convincing evidence?

I suppose I can also be amused from the way the two accounts started communicating with each other and editing simultaneously only after the SPI was filed. It's almost as good as the time someone sent a link to a YouTube video to "prove" they were different people. Daniel Case (talk) 09:00, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

That was one of the cases I filed! Gregg Smeg Clegg or something like that. Here's was the video (which I admit was quite good). [3].  7  09:28, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually - judging by the number of SPI related videos on youtube Daniel may have been referring to another one...  7  09:28, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

WP:ANI

A discussion regarding your recent conduct has been started here. Thanks and happy editing, GaGaOohLaLa (talk) 22:55, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

An admin has requested that you comment on the said investigation. GaGaOohLaLa (talk) 23:35, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Joe Lewis signing autographs.jpg

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Copyright questions

Hi, am concerned about image uploads sourced to the Massachusetts state government website with claims of US Government public domain. This file obviously wasn't taken by a US Government employee: it has a copyright notice from a private photo service written on the print. Have nominated two others from the Camp Edwards article for PUI, although really they all could be marked that way since we don't have a date or a direct source link for any of them (a top level link isn't helpful). Don't want to flood your user talk with notices, so wanted to discuss this with you before going any further. Is there a misunderstanding, perhaps? Durova³⁷² 00:23, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

Hello, Ktr101! This is just a note thanking you for participating in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with a total of 93 support !votes, 1 oppose and 3 editors remaining neutral. While frankly overwhelmed by the level of support, I humbly thank the community for the trust it has placed in me, and vow to use the tools judiciously and without malice. KV5 (Talk • Phils)

New essay you created

I saw that you just created a new essay Wikipedia:Don't leave giant breaks between sections.

Just yesterday, I created the page Help:Whitespace in the Help namespace. It basically describes the same concept.

Do you think these should possibly be merged? Sebwite (talk) 00:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Interesting idea. I would support it in that they are about the same topic. I would oppose it because one will happen regardless, as a stub with an infobox and a template will create a large whitespace while the whole image thing can happen on any page. I'm actually stumped on what to do. I think we could try to keep them apart and see what others think, but that is my opinion. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:57, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

They can also be told in slightly different ways. Help namespace is supposed to give technical instructions, like I wrote. Essays are supposed to give personal points of view, and in some cases, are humorous. This is where you can vary. Sebwite (talk) 01:36, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

MrKIA11 (talk) 12:39, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Kevin, thanks for the kinds words on my talk page. I appreciate your support. Mckennagene (talk) 05:31, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

POTD scheduling

Hi,

Thanks for your efforts in POTD scheduling. However, I have changed the photo, as the one you chose, File:Clifton Beach 5.jpg, is far too recent. The POTD is selected from the Featured Pictures roughly in order of promotion (with exceptions made for special events, anniversaries or birth/deaths), and there is currently nearly a 10-month wait between FP promotion and POTD appearance. Jumping the queue would be unfair to the other contributors, I'm afraid. Best regards, howcheng {chat} 06:29, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Did You Know problem

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It's now 1261 bytes of prose. It needs 1500. Art LaPella (talk) 15:51, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Now it's long enough. It passes the DYKcheck test apart from the stub tag (see R5). I don't think articles that size usually have infoboxes, but anyway, I'm a bean counter who counts lengths and such; I leave subjective judgments to others. Art LaPella (talk) 17:56, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

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December 2009

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edits to Wikipedia:Unsuccessful adminship candidacies/C, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, reduces edit conflicts, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. 71.125.80.139 (talk) 03:53, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Note I did this while half asleep. I quickly went back and fixed it after I was notified. All is well. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:30, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Clarification

Re "actually i closed curtis with NOTNOW, not SNOW", that's not what your last edit to the RfA says... I don't care one way or the other, but do you want to reconcile?  Frank  |  talk  03:54, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Re:Snowded RFA

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SNOW close

Re this close of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Wiki Greek Basketball, user has already rejected SNOW closure...  Frank  |  talk  14:50, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

I've reverted all your edits so no harm done. Thanks for genuinely trying to help though. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 15:03, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Category:Cold War survivors

Category:Cold War survivors, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your input would be welcome in the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_December_23#Category:Cold_War_survivors. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:07, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

RFA and nickname

Hi there. You mentioned you wanted to run for RFA, personally I think that's a good idea. If you need help with that, feel free to ask me. You might want to consider requesting a username change before doing so though. You are currently already signing as "Kevin Rutherford" instead of "Ktr101", so people might not make the connection to your nickname from your signature. Oh and personally I think any nickname with random numbers in looks a bit uncreative, but that's just me. Regards SoWhy 16:24, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for James Edgar (entrepreneur)

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Materialscientist (talk) 03:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm upset you closed my RFA

I'm sick of this kind of nonsense and it's chasing me off this site because people are so damn arrogant. That is all. Wiki Greek Basketball (talk) 04:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Kepler Mission and "current spaceflight" template

Is the current spaceflight template really reserved for "missions" like the Shuttle? That's not what the template's instructions seem to say. What's the correct way to mark this page as being in flux because of significant current news? — Aldaron • T/C 05:53, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Devens

The official name of the census-designated place remains Fort Devens according to [4].--Michael White^T·C 12:33, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

WP:MASH

There is a discussion at WT:USRD#Which SH WPs are inactive? regarding a proposal to demote several state highway projects to task force status under USRD. The benefit of this is that while the project will be done away with, its goals will still have a presence at a new task force subsection at USRD, which may also increase participation by more serious road article editors across USRD. I supported the streamlining proposal without mentioning your work, which I should have. I am fixing that situation and adding your username to the discussion record, since you have actually done a good amount of work and are active. Sswonk (talk) 16:28, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Addendum: There is a small discussion regarding the disposition of the project, see Wikipedia talk:USRD/SUB#Massachusetts. The reason for the demotion proposal is that there is little in the way of article text expansion, things like history and route descriptions, photography and overall article expansion are the primary goals as I interpret it. I am interested only in doing a minor amount of that, although I have created or expanded a couple of articles before. Suddenly, it appears, participants in the bigger or more active state projects are drawing a line as to whether ones not currently at a high level of participation deserve to stay as stand-alone projects. It is a collegial discussion, certainly no hard feelings are meant. I have already voted to keep the MA project. Sswonk (talk) 01:02, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

My RFA →→→

Dear Ktr101, here is a little note to say thank you for your kind vote on my request for adminship which failed with a final result of (40/19/12).

Thank you for your participation in my RfA which I withdrew after concerns of my knowledge of policy. Special thanks are owed to Coffee, who defended me throughout and whom I cannot thank enough for the nomination; to 2over0 for being supportive and helpful; to A Stop at Willoughby for the thorough, thoughtful and articulate support rationale; to IP69.226.103.13 for maintaining composure and for a pleasant interaction on my talk page and, last but not least, to Juliancolton who was good enough to close the RfA at my request and, frankly, because an editor whom I respect so much found the time to support me! If the need for more admins at the main page is still apparent in a few months, I may try again. Thank you all for a relatively drama-free RfA and for providing me with much material from which to learn from my mistakes. You're all welcome to drop by my talk page any time. God save the Queen Wiki! HJMitchell You rang? 19:11, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

I'm so done with those jerk(s). --IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 19:51, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Question

What's an RFA? Why is everyone so excited? 72.192.220.36 (talk) 22:07, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Lowell

Antons gets pretty far into Massachusetts, but they sure enough started here in Lowell. I didn't notice the Hub Hosiery sign was back - I haven't been down that way probably since I took that photograph...been sticking to this neighborhood. I should go back now that the construction debris is clear. I have been in the weave rooms, etc but never photographed them. That is something I should do. As you saw, I have the River Transformed exhibit in the Wannalancit building covered. I also didn't cover, but have frequently been to, the Visitors Center in the Market Mill building. That's where they keep most of the city history. The people history is in the Boardinghouse next to Boott Mill. The real serious stuff is in that building as well - the Mogan Center. Page 27 is down because I'm hammering that together today while I'm on vacation. Happy New Year! CSZero (talk) 22:20, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello - your chimney question is a good one...and would be extremely hard to answer. You'd probably have to do some serious research, going to the building departments in both cities. As for West Campus, I'm not sure. I don't know how available to the public it is, and I get leery trespassing in strange places. I have spent some time on maps.bing.com checking out the 3/4 areals on the area... CSZero (talk) 04:38, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

No, you're right - it wouldn't be that bad if they don't mind you just driving around. Part of that facility is still open. My mom actually works there part time now that I think about it; her full-time job is at Tewksbury State Hospital. Now THERE is an interesting place. Truely abandoned places in Lowell can be a bit tough though because the city has a large homeless/drug addict problem. I just finished this book if you want a Lowell story from the late 80s that is incredibly insightful and depressing. CSZero (talk) 16:19, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Southside Connector

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SJP images

What images are in jeopardy of being deleted? Are you talking about the Jim Parker (chiropractor) photo? If so, that photo was photo-shopped to remove MY picture standing next to him. This is my license to give this photo.Someone in the Stephen J. Press discussion made a snide remark about this photo. Want to see the whole picture? What else is questioned? ^Д-р_{СДжП,ДС} 18:40, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

You uploaded a photo saying "Wife took this." and you gave permission to put it in the public domain claiming to be the copyright holder. Actually, the copyright holder is whoever's wife shot the image. She's the copyright holder and she is the one who has to give the permission for its use. You cannot put someone else's image into the public domain, only the copyright holder can do that. --IP69.226.103.13 | Talk about me. 18:54, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Are we kidding? She took the photo of us, with MY camera, at my request. Is this not splitting hairs? Are you an admin? If she opens an account logs on and I request permission to upload will you grant it? This is really ridiculous. Honestly. ^Д-р_{СДжП,ДС} 20:38, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

It's not splitting hairs, it's the law. You don't get to make up copyright law. She doesn't have to actually open an account at wikipedia, she can simply send an e-mail permission, based upon this declaration of consenst:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries

to: permissions-en@wikimedia.org

and link the url of the file in the e-mail she sends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JimParker2.jpg.

No one is reading your repetitive and lengthy comments any more. They all say the same thing, you don't listen to or care about any responses, and you're not having a dialogue with anyone, anyway. Please cut it out and stick to the professional and small topic. You didn't take the picture, your wife did, she's the copyright holder, let her send an e-mail. The rest of this stuff is just so far out. --IP69.226.103.13 | Talk about me. 05:10, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and its not a matter of promotion of myself. All I want is for this to tell the truth. I would never use the absurd shall of what has become the result of some grudge match of a vandalism of what was a descent article, after the work of Skelapstick, DGG, DigitalC, and others to anyone. It's an embarrassment as the latest editing has completely distorted what was all well documented. Take, for example the ridiculous argument that the edition of DC magazine, which has been long determined to be a RPOV, is now not acceptable as reliable for the purpose of proving that Dr. Press was "Founder" of FICS, only because they overlooked to include the FRONT PAGE article in the first edition ever archived in the online chiroweb.com. Because, the preposterous argument goes, it could have been deliberately overlooked due a later retraction.

Thus, by this convoluted logic, unsupported by any evidence, all off line citations of published matter are threatened, because it MIGHT be possible that the authors COULD have retracted the statements they published; MAYBE, somewhere??? If anyone can find a retraction, or even ONE statement published anywhere that says there is a dispute over who Founded FICS, then perhaps there could be some water held in this sieve of an argument. And this is typical of what I perceive to be essentially the vandalism that was done to the article. If you are going to punish me for telling the truth, then so be it. I am about ready to stop working for this group anyway. I am not sure it is worth my time to continue under these circumstances. I am convinced that the editor who started this edit war, has some gripe with me as an editor, and took out his frustrations on the bio of Stephen J. Press. I really think, if you take the time to go through all the garbage, you will see this to be true. I am not angry, just disgusted.^Д-р_{СДжП,ДС} 21:18, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I just caught this line, "I am about ready to stop working for this group anyway. I am not sure it is worth my time to continue under these circumstances." Please do quit, you're just interfering and causing all sorts of problems that would not be here otherwise. I'll write all of the articles up, Ktr will check them, others will monitor them on wikipedia, they'll be appropriate, well-written, properly sourced, neutral biographies: useful encyclopedia articles. Please! --IP69.226.103.13 | Talk about me. 05:13, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Stephen, you need to either gain permission or delete the images. If not, I will nominate them. Thanks 69 for the help on this. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:30, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

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Voluntarily

He just volunteered to quit; please, let's see if his word is good. If he just quits, I'll research and rewrite the biographies he's written, and you can check my work. With him gone, both his article and the rest can be a series of well-written biographies on notable American chiropractors. We can even add some more. Let's give him time to be good to his word before we go to AN/I. Going to AN/I means I have to read his posts... --IP69.226.103.13 | Talk about me. 05:34, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

See his last post, right above mine, two threads above this one on your talk page. I missed it also. If it's true, it's the best and easiest course of action. --IP69.226.103.13 | Talk about me. 05:38, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I missed it at first also, just caught it as I saved my post. Okay, we'll see what develops from that offer of his. --IP69.226.103.13 | Talk about me. 05:45, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Cape Cod image

I started a trial image which will look similar to but not duplicate the sign. It will be a lighthouse with the "Welcome to Cape Cod" type behind, just not a perfect copy. You will like it, trust me. I am in the middle of drawing, but am stopping for now so wait until sometime later today or tonight and I will upload it. Sswonk (talk) 09:04, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done – added to template. Sswonk (talk) 16:38, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Fake article no1

I changed the name of article so that it comes to notice that it is fake.PURVI DIILI resident

SJP Bio - response

OK, I will tentatively accept that you're intentions are good. I cannot say the same about the guy with a number in lieu of a name. If you really have good intentions, then help me fix what you must know to be a travesty in the editing out of the word "chief", and "founder". These are key word which I earned and have more than documented. The arguments against them are far flimsier then those against the parker photo. Also, you know very well that though unofficially frowned upon, it is even legal to do one's own bio. That COI tag is absurd and not earned, as all I have contributed since it was completely re-edited were a few comments to point to citation needed in the discussion page. Help fix the travesty and we can kiss and make up :)^Д-р_{СДжП,ДС} 20:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

I have already said, when I tried to reconcile with the "anonymous number guy", who refused my rapprochement, that I can understand why it seemed that way to whomever "caught" that. And, I suppose in retrospect that it is possible that after all the facts were actually known, it may have been so technically, but I will maintain to my death that it was not intentionally so; and INTENT is really the crux of any such law. I have many times apologize for my initial ignorance when I first came online, and the errors I made then. I am not spending my life apologizing for stuff that I never intended to do incorrectly. I will apologize for any such perception of wrongdoing. I hope that you can accept this as sufficient (if you really want all of the facts, you have permission to call me; (my phone number shouldn't be hard to find from the external links), as it is from my heart. ^Д-р_{СДжП,ДС} 21:50, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Just noticed you went to UMass Lowell. I took grad credits in radiation physics, through the Federal Gov't, given by Lowell Technological Univ. in the 70's, given believe it or not in Ossining, NY. No, it wasn't in prison :) It was at a hotel there. :)). OH, BTW, the photo is fairly recent, I actually more or less look like that now. It's not a ten year old photo. I'm not that vein.^Д-р_{СДжП,ДС} 19:35, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

al-Qaeda

I saw your post on WP:ERRORS, and I thought you might like a longer explanation: obvously Anglophone-Wikipedia uses the most common English-language transcription of "al-Qaeda" (that is "Al-Qaeda" at the start of a sentence). The "al-" is the Arabic equivalent of "the", so "al-Qaeda" is literally "the Base". We use the hyphen because there is no space in Arabic between the the symbol for "the" and the rest of the word. Obviously, we capitalize "Qaeda" (or any other transliteration) because we are talking about a specific terrorist group, not a 'base' in general, even though there are no capitals in the Arabic alphabet. It's a compromise, but it seems to work. Physchim62 (talk) 23:02, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Winnebago State Hospital

Hello Ktr101. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Winnebago State Hospital, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: There is a stub article now at Winnebago Mental Health Institute. . Thank you. Eastmain (talk) 03:04, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Early close of AFD for slut brought for review

I can't understand what could possibly be the justification for your early close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slut as there was healthy debate occurring. Debates are supposed to last seven days. Accordingly, this has been brought up at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Feel free to comment there. -- KelleyCook (talk) 15:19, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

I think it was an appropriate early close. Good move. Bearian (talk) 04:57, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

International House of Prayer

• thanks man...I think it looks really good, just wondering why there was no reference to the Newspaper article from the Kansas City Star? thought it was one of the strongest sources. Either way thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Travisharger (talk • contribs) 03:09, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

sounds good man.Travisharger 03:17, 9 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Travisharger (talk • contribs)

hey man...I found the problem...you had a ref list called "entreaties" which is the title to the Star article...but it was linked to the CBN article....so i just changed the ref list info...and its all straight now. Travisharger 14:59, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Just wanted to reiterate what someone else has commented previously for Slut. Contested Afds should be kept open for 7 days. Your early closure (with the keep recco) is inevitably going to generate some edit warring on the article page - which I see has already begun. Annette46 (talk) 16:44, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Google Earth comment on WP:AN?

Are you sure you meant to post this on WP:AN and not a Village Pump, perhaps? Delicious carbuncle (talk) 16:41, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I figured that the general administator body might know more than the average Wikipedian about that. I can move it there if you think it might get a better answer. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:44, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't know why you thought that admins would know better than the mythical average Wikipedian, or why you thought admins wouldn't read the other boards, but the relevant question might be "do all admins need to see this discussion?". Just saying... Delicious carbuncle (talk) 16:50, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I guess it was misjudgement. Oh well, I posted it on the pump page, so hopefully it will all be sorted out soon. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:07, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK problem

Hello! Your submission of Worcester State Hospital at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Joe Chill (talk) 17:26, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Your hook is ready. Interesting article, by the way. Joe Chill (talk) 18:04, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't know. I'm new to DYK so I've just been reviewing articles. I'm going to wait until someone else moves it to the prep area because I'm scared to do it. I can give you an idea though. When my DYK was approved, it took two days to appear on the main page. Joe Chill (talk) 18:14, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of University of Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawk Marching Band

The article University of Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawk Marching Band has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication the subject of the article meets Wikipedia's guidelines for notability, and reads like a promotional page for the marching band. No independent, reliable sources are cited and none of the information presented indicates this is a particularly notable band like Florida A&M University's Marching 100 or Southern Cal's Spirit of Troy.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Mosmof (talk) 13:50, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm all for keeping the band article obviously, but I have also worked to remove promotional material that has been added to the page by another editor. I am more than willing to discuss this on the article's talk page though. I really haven't added much other than the basic information, so if you would be willing to remove it and inform the editor, I'm willing to work out a compromise. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:11, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

(your message copied-and-pasted above for readability) Thanks for leaving the message. If you think the article should stay, then you're more than welcome to remove the PROD template. And I do appreciate that you've worked to remove a lot of the promotional sounding material. That said, I'm not sure the band would meet WP:N even with improvements, but I'd be open to suggestions. --Mosmof (talk) 06:04, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

You said you'd help?

You wrote: "Okay, I trust you. Look in some of the early archives of some of use, we all make mistakes. I have started by moving the Chiropractor list, and there will be more to come soon. Thanks for admitting to it. I now have full faith in you. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:54, 4 January 2010 (UTC)"; and then moved a page that was otherwise fine, and I haven't heard from you since. ????^Д-р_{СДжП,ДС} 18:32, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Worcester State Hospital

On January 12, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Worcester State Hospital, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Quick CheckUser request

I noticed that you filed a "Quick CheckUser" request on WP:SPI for Drsjpdc (talk · contribs) and Waynethegoblin (talk · contribs), because you suspect the latter of being a sock of the former. You understand that the quick check section is specifically not supposed to be used for suspected socks, but for other, non-sock related purposes. The page specifically states that requests to confirm sock puppetry listed under the QuickCheck section will be delisted with no action taken. You might want to relist the action with a full sock puppet investigation. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:27, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

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Category:Ohio Junior Classical League

I have taken the liberty of listing Category:Ohio Junior Classical League, which you nominated for deletion here, at the proper venue. The discussion is currently located here. Cheers, –Black Falcon ^(talk) 07:18, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

SNAFU

Hi Kevin, You might want to revise a little of your most recent response at WP:ANI#Constant harassment. You thought you were resonding to Jauerback, but due to a formatting SNAFU he was trying to fix, his signature showed up when the comment was actually made by the IP editor. Your current comment makes it sound a little like you're saying Jauerback is the problem :) --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:53, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

If you are sincere

If you're not part of this cabal of quackwatch people, then call me, and I'll explain all. DRSJPDC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.239.180.104 (talk) 01:14, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

SPI comment

I edited your SPI comment.[5] I'm pretty sure that's what you mean, but when I first read your post, you seemed to be saying that Drsjpdc was the uploader of offending images. Please edit as necessary, and I apologize; however, this issue is linked from AN/I, including the discussion of a community ban of User:Drsjpdc, and, I believe it required immediate clarification. --IP69.226.103.13 | Talk about me. 20:46, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: Alleged Sockpuppetry

This a public IP. User:Chimro is a friend of mine on the same LAN which I asked to vote on the Bill Keller AFD. I have no idea who the other users are.

--Webley455 (talk) 06:48, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

RE: Toy Story issue

Hey Ktr! Sorry it took so long for me to respond, I was really busy on wikis on Wikia and real-life. No, I think the issues' pretty much resolved, so that's not necessary at the moment. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 21:28, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

WP:NODRAMA/2

Just a quick reminder that the Second Great Wikipedia Dramaout has begun. Please log any work you do at Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/2nd/Log. Good luck! --Jayron32 01:58, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

The Notch

Hey, hope college life is treating you well. I was wondering if you had any paper/print or better electronic resources on the Westover Communications Annex (aka "The Notch"). I've been doing some sleuthing on the components of the Post Attack Command and Control System for some good sources, but have found little on The Notch, other than the Cold War C3I site. TDRSS (talk) 19:49, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Richard Bong AFB? Is that the map you are referring to? Who did you request it from? FYI: write to af.foia@pentagon.af.mil (Ms. Jacqueline M. Short) and ask her for the AF FOIA site information you forgot. Pictures of the Notch would be awesome, but be careful how you place them in the Wiki-universe. Adding them yourself to the page might be seen by some as original research. However adding them to Wikimedia Commons under a PACCS category wouldn't be as blatant a violation. Just a thought. TDRSS (talk) 01:07, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for helping edit the article,"West Jefferson High School (Louisiana)

I would like you to helping me out throughout the process of developing of this article.

Please come to the talk page of that article for further information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JacquelineX (talk • contribs) 04:37, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Early AfD closures?

Is there some reason you're going around closing AfDs early? It's appropriate to do in rare cases, but some of the ones you closed haven't had sufficient time for discussion. In particular, UVa Online Judge and Bernard Miège; Stuart Madnick is probably ok as the problems with the article were fixed. EeepEeep (talk) 06:32, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Is this "five supports with no opposes" a wikipedia policy? Can you provide a link? In general I don't think 24 hours is long enough to allow for discussion. And for the record, I did not reopen the AfD on UVa Online Judge. EeepEeep (talk) 21:26, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry if the above seems a bit accusatory. I'm new to the deletion process and am genuinely curious if this is an accepted wikipedia policy. EeepEeep (talk) 21:49, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problem

Hi. The article Anniston Air Force Base was marked as a copyright problem by another contributor on 15 January, but you don't seem to have been given the requisite notice. The copyright problems listing cannot be closed until a week after you have been. A review suggests that the contents are heavily drawn from [6], which site indicates "© 2002, © 2009 by Paul Freeman. Revised 8/11/09".

For instance, you placed the following into the article:

Anniston was used as part of the Basic Flying School headquartered at Courtland which utilized Vultee BT-13s for the Air Cadets as well as a specialized 4-Engine flying school that flew B-24s, and a school for transition from B-24s to B-29s school opened up in early 1945. The airfield was also used by the Army Airways Communication System with the 108th AACS Squadron being assigned to the airfield.

The source says:

Anniston was used as part of the Basic Flying School headquartered at Courtland which utilized Vultee BT-13s for the Air Cadets as well as a specialized 4-engine flying school that flew B-24s, and a school for transition from B-24s to B-29s school opened up in early 1945. The airfield was also used by the Army Airways Communication System with the 108th AACS Squadron being assigned to the airfield.

Since you cited that source, there's little doubt that it was used. Though you also put a public domain template on the article, I have not been able to find that text in a PD source. Can you clarify?

Requisite notice to follow. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:31, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Requisite notice: Copyright problem: Anniston Air Force Base

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Anniston Air Force Base, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a copy from http://www.airfields-freeman.com/AL/Airfields_AL_Birmingham.htm#anniston, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under allowance license, then you should do one of the following:

• If you have permission from the author to release the text under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Anniston Air Force Base and send an email with confirmation of permission to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". Make sure you quote the exact page name, Anniston Air Force Base, in your email. See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
• If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0, or that the material is released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Anniston Air Force Base with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License, and note that you have done so on Talk:Anniston Air Force Base. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for instructions.

It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Anniston Air Force Base saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:31, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Ah, well that's a different problem then. :) Since Wikipedia's contributors do not release their text into public domain but only license it liberally for reuse, we must give credit to them when we copy content from one Wikipedia page to another. The easiest way to address this — and the mininum required by CC-By-SA — is a direct link to the source article. It's enough to put in the edit summary, say, "Content copied from [[Article]], which see for attribution." Not only does that keep you compliant with our license, but it makes it clear when problems like this arise where the problem originated. :)

Armed with this information, I see that you "split" this content here. In addition to the edit summary notation, which is required, there are optional templates that can be valuable, including {{copied}} and {{splitfrom}}. Please see Wikipedia:Splitting and Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia for more information the procedure there.

I'll track this back and see where it actually entered. In case the article is not deleted, I'll take care of attribution. However, if there are other articles into which you have copied material from other articles, even if it was a long time ago, please make sure that they have proper attribution in order to comply with copyright requirements. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:39, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I've restored the template, as the matter is not yet closed. Note it says, "Do not edit this page until an administrator has resolved this issue." If you want to help, you might try writing new text in the temporary page attached, but I'm afraid that what you did was a create an unauthorized derivative. Some of the text you did not rewrite is already too close a paraphrase of the source. For instance, compare from the article:

Anniston was opened in 19 October 1942 as a sub-field of Courtland Army Air Field. The field had a 5,300' concrete-surfaced runway. Anniston was also used as part of the Basic Flying School headquartered at Courtland, which utilized Vultee BT-13 Valiants for the Air Cadets as well as a specialized 4-engine flying school that flew B-24 Liberators.

To the source:

Anniston was opened on October 19, 1942 as a sub-field of Courtland AAF, with a 5,300' hard-surfaced runway.... Anniston was used as part of the Basic Flying School headquartered at Courtland which utilized Vultee BT-13s for the Air Cadets as well as a specialized 4-engine flying school that flew B-24s...

To create a new work which we can release under the requisite license, material must be completely rewritten in original language. I've located the original placer of the text and will address the problem with him.

More urgently, please be sure that any other content you've copied from other Wikipedians is fully attributed. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 20:04, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't know. I work copyright, not airfields. I would have to research it myself to form an opinion. The question, of course, is whether or not it is widely covered by reliable sources. :) If there's a lot at google news, that's often a good indicator. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 20:06, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Can you please come to the article (West Jefferson High School)?

I have put something in there, but I am not sure if it does appropriate or not. I wanted to show what the "events" has been happened in the school. (But it will not be shown in the website, such as people brought gun to school) Thank You.--JacquelineX (talk) 03:04, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Kevin, but I have some other things that need to get help with.

I am one of the evidences that saw what happened, but some other contributors deleted it since there are no "sources". I have no idea what I can do with it. I appreciate again for your help. --JacquelineX (talk) 03:19, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Mistaken

Thanks for the notice, but I believe that you're mistaken. I didn't create the article. There may be someone else you intend to contact (as well).--Epeefleche (talk) 03:42, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Enoch Cobb

On January 28, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Enoch Cobb, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Free Internet Chess Server

Hi Kevin, please can you re-open the AfD for Free Internet Chess Server. It was closed after only 3 days, but I (and perhaps others) would like to pick through the external links that were raised. I took a quick look through the Google Books list, for example, and it seems the topic is getting very brief mentions but nothing significant (and some even cite Wikipedia; Websters Quotations for example) Thanks, Marasmusine (talk) 12:49, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

WP:Articles for deletion/Joe Connelly (writer)

Since no one else has let you I guess it's up to me. The nominator of the AFD above reversed your NAC close. I have discussed it here on a 3rd parties talk page.User_talk:Lar#More_problems. Do what you will, just letting you know.--Cube lurker (talk) 17:54, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

ULowell

Very cool. I corrected something you wrote about Fox Hall being the tallest building in Lowell until 1998. I can't think of anything other than maybe a name change for River Place that happened that year. Did you see I was in The Sun recently? [7]. I expected the interview to be more about Wikipedia and less about me, but either way... I did mention the wikiproject (which I have been slacking on I know!) but it didn't make the cut... CSZero (talk) 16:53, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Did you mean to link to the Bridge St Bridge deletion discussion? Did you write the article? If anything, the page List of crossings of the Merrimack River covers the vitals, and as I'd imagine the majority of the bridges over the Merrimack are equally (non)-notable, should we remove the redlinks from that page? Thanks, CSZero (talk) 05:10, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

San Bernardino Valley

You should take a look at Talk:San Bernardino Valley, the bottom of the page. Thanks for your time and contributions to the article. House1090 (talk) 02:44, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Starfighter disappearance

Abject apologies - I completely forgot about it. Will reply within 24 hours, honest! JohnCD (talk) 18:06, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

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Bradford Durfee College of Technology DYK Nom

Hello! Your submission of Article at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Simon Burchell (talk) 23:01, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Members of the Midnight Notes Collective

I have nominated Category:Members of the Midnight Notes Collective (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:17, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Reply to your msg

Thanks Thank you for updating the information on the Otis page. I figured I might help you with the images, so I added {{PD-USGov-Military-Air Force}} onto the pages. In the future, add this to the images which you upload, and this will prevent their deletion. By the way, feel free to join the Military History Wikiproject. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:28, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Were you ever stationed at Westover? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:41, 4 February 2010 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TLHorstead"

Yes, I was the last SAC Crew Chief to depart the base when the 99th was undergoing Deactivation in Oct 1973 While the Wingt lasted until Mar 74, all aircraft, & personnel were transfered to other units, The other SAC personnel remained in caretaker status until 31 Mar 74 - TLH TLHorstead (talk) 08:36, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/C.H.O.M.P.S

May I ask why you closed this as keep? NW (Talk) 20:36, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Participation at my RfA

Thank you for taking the time to weigh in on my RfA. It was successful, in that the community's wish not to grant me the tools at this time was honored. I'm taking all the comments as constructive feedback and hope to become more valuable to the project as a result; I've also discovered several new areas in which to work. Because debating the merits of a candidate can be taxing on the heart and brain, I offer this kitten as a low-allergen, low-stress token of my appreciation. --otherlleft 14:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Service Award years and edits

Hi, I noticed your change to [8] and was wondering whether you were aware of the relatively lighthearted recent discussion here [9] and here [10]. I didn't follow the discussion all the way, so I'm unsure what the disposition was, but The Man in Question was certainly actively involved in it.

(Parenthetically, at the rate I'm editing, I would *just* make the previous 10 year award "quota". But even at that rather unlikely sustained rate, I wouldn't get the later ones for 12 and 15 years. And I'm one of the most active editors in the last couple years.) Maybe it's an incentive for me to try harder? And ignore my real work? Cheers, Piano non troppo (talk) 19:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Service award edits

These numbers have been extensively discussed on the service awards talk page. The higher awards are not meant to be ordinarily achievable—hence their height. (Plus, when I am active on Wikipedia, I often complete 180+ edits a day.) — the Man in Question (in question) 20:12, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lowell State College

Hello! Your submission of Lowell State College at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Cryptic C62 · Talk 04:34, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for New Bedford Institute of Technology

On February 9, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article New Bedford Institute of Technology, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:01, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bradford Durfee College of Technology

On February 10, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bradford Durfee College of Technology, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:01, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lowell Technological Institute

On February 10, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lowell Technological Institute, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lowell State College

On February 11, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lowell State College, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:00, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Guidelines for Current

As far as I know, this is a developing event. Where are the Wiki guidelines for using current? --Soy Rebelde (talk) 04:28, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

• No prob. Right now it is a hot South American topic for many reasons. As a matter of a fact, I'm trying to author an article on WikiNews about it but the formatting on there is different than here so I'm on a learning curve with that. In any case, thanks for keeping an eye out. Cheers! --Soy Rebelde (talk) 05:39, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your RfA Support

Ktr101/Archive 3 - Thanks for your participation and support in my recent successful RfA. Your confidence and trust in me is much appreciated. As a new admin I will try hard to keep from wading in too deep over the tops of my waders, nor shall I let the Buffalo intimidate me.--Mike Cline (talk) 09:06, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Starfighter disappearance

I don't really have anything to add to my 2 Feb comment at User talk:Ktr101/Sandbox#Delayed comment. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:26, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Speedy on German Bakery declined

Please note that "unnotable place" is not a speedy deletion criterion. If you want to merge and redirect German Bakery, do so. No admin powers or approval are needed. Don't forget to use {{copied}} to preserve attributions if you copy text before redirecting. I have placed merge suggestion tags. DES ^(talk) 01:34, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

I understand being in a hurry, but I ask you please not to hurry too much over speedy tags, because they may only get two people's eyes, and mistakes can be hard to correct if the delete button is clicked, as the content then becomes hard to find for most users. A merge may well be a good outcome here. DES ^(talk) 01:40, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:ACC: Handling already reserved requests

Hi

I noticed that you had handled some requests that had already been reserved by a different user.

• User:Vasugarg
  • ktr101 Closed (Account created), Request 39601 at 2009-11-18 17:59:34.
  • phantomsteve reserved request 39601 at 2009-11-18 17:49:46
  • Vasugarg email-confirmed request 39601 (2009-11-18 17:48:57)
• User:Pkgulati47
  • ...
  • ktr101 Closed (Too Similar), Request 42798 at 2010-02-14 04:52:31.
  • Deliriousandlost reserved request 42798 at 2010-02-13 18:16:38
  • Pkgulati47 email-confirmed request 42798 (2010-02-13 18:15:58)

Please can you explain why you did this?

Stwalkerster [ talk ] 17:56, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

That "second one" be me and i be a she. I have plenty of user boxes to make that clear. The comment on there something like "waiting for email reply or CHU request" ... Not closed. You sent two additional auto-generated emails that not only contradict each other but if the advice contained therein is combined with what i wrote it makes no sense whatsoever. Happy Valentine's day delirious & lost ☯ ^♥hugs♥ 22:43, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Your note

Hi Kevin. Thanks for your note. It took me a few minutes to add my note after entering the users name. I know that you already figured this out. I was using two windows and clicking between the pages as fast as I could. I have not taken part in this kind of thing very often so thank for keeping an eye on me. Cheers and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 03:41, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

You are probably right. It just seemed odd that a brand new user created a brand new article - fully referenced to boot. Then, upon finding the editor who did the work creating the article, it was odder that they did not care that there work had been hijacked. It will be interesting to see where this winds up. Cheers again. MarnetteD | Talk 03:52, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

File:Mass CAP.gif

Hey Ktr, I found File:Mass CAP.gif in the CAP images category, and was wondering if you still wanted to keep it around. It is currently unused, and since the Mass patch was uploaded and added to the main article, I'm not seeing much use in keeping this header around. I can move it to Commons if you can find a use for it, but otherwise it would probably be good to slap a {{db-author}} deletion tag on it. Let me know what you think. — Huntster (t @ c) 18:47, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Ktr, I'll take care of the deletion. In the mean time, *please* don't category images locally when they are on Commons. It can cause confusion and unnecessarily populates local categories with files that don't even exist here. The CAP images category links to the Commons category, so that's all the linking we need. — Huntster (t @ c) 19:06, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Categoriless? I just checked and all had categories at Commons. If you mean that when you clicked on the image locally, and saw no category, that's because they don't actually exist here at en.wiki. Totally normal. They're just mirror images of the files at Commons, and thus wouldn't show categories here. When you added the categories to those images, you were actually creating brand new pages here, again, since they don't actually exist locally. I'll remove those local categories. As a further note, there's even a speedy deletion rational to deal with exactly this situation: CSD F2, "Corrupt or empty file, or file description page for a file on Commons". — Huntster (t @ c) 20:50, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Can you back me up?

SuaveArt has edited his post on the Wikipedia Review and is now lying about me. Did you see the actual post there before he changed it so you can back up my cut-n-paste of what it said? Seregain (talk) 07:04, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh, if not, don't worry. I just found definitive proof that he changed it. Seregain (talk) 07:16, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Checkuser request

Hi, currently "Seregain" is stalking me claiming that me and "notarepublican" and "suaveart" from the WR (which he linked) are 3 different people, but he hasn't shown evidence and has been proven to have lied in his OP in the ANI thread (I pointed this out). Please file a checkuer on me and these 2 users above to clear this up (later I'll file a formal request against Seregain myself, but if you'll take care of the 1st step I'd appreciate that - thanks).--94.136.35.108 (talk) 07:21, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Close

Hey, you closed in the exact same minute (18:44) as I supported. No, I am not challenging the close as it was clear where it was headed and as mine was more a moral support, but you have to admit that is ironic, no? Have a good day! Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 19:02, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Just a question are you an administrator? I was under the impression that only an admin can close an RFA. ZooPro 01:05, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

I would have at minimum liked to have seen my rfa run its full course, i find it rather obserd that you could make a decision in only a matter of hours. ZooPro 01:13, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Ski

Just read your message. I think it may be viable to rename the project. That said, even though it "looks" uncontroversial, you might see some surprises. Just hope someone do not bring skier vs. snowboarders crap. (See Poaching (snowboarding)) SYSS Mouse (talk) 03:49, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:RfA cheatsheet

I believe you meant to nominate the cheatsheet page proper and not just its talkpage? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 01:54, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Re: A call to stop unilateral indefinite protections

Hi Kevin, thank you for your reply to my proposal.

In order to avoid diverting and dominating the conversation, I am going to reply here to a tangential point you have made, if you don't mind.

From the looks of it 124, you seem like you would be a great asset here. Have you put any thought into creating an account? - I am glad you valued my contribution, thank you. However, I think you have made a couple of erroneous assumptions in this remark - apologies if I misinterpreted your intentions.

I do have an account. In fact, I have many. I have been contributing to Wikipedia and MediaWiki for quite a few years under those accounts, as well as under my (dynamic) IP addresses. Over time, however, I have practically stopped using the accounts and now almost always contribute as an "anon". One of the reasons is that I was intrigued by the fact that, as an IP, I received a completely different treatment by editors and admins than I did as an "established editor". In my experience this is getting worse, and I think that IPs are still too big an asset for WP to close its doors to. I do understand that watching a vandalised article and reverting vandalism is boring and time-consuming, but I am convinced that we can come up with tools that alleviate this chore. Bots, tags and filter are going in the right direction - but I digress.

That's why I edit as an IP now, and that's currently my main contribution. I stand here for all IPs who I have seen being treated unfairly, with prejudice, didn't know where to appeal to, and left the project in disgust.

See, even your comment betrayed you. You seemed to assume that an IP could not possibly be "a great asset" at WP. Why not?

I think all "Wikipedians" should try editing as IPs from time to time. Just for one day or so. Do everything you would do normally, only as an IP. And as soon as an abuse occurs, highlight it and, failing that, report it. It's fun! :) 124.100.40.131 (talk) 07:24, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

the most productive IPs are actually ex users who no longer want to be tracked - Yeah, that too, but I think that "virgin" IPs, who are genuinely new to WP, still have much more potential for the project in the long term than many here give them credit for. 205.228.108.186 (talk) 02:59, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

RE: Rock Band AFD

I'm going to make the same comment I did over here. If you have concerns regarding Sockpuppetry I'd appreciate if you'd include other regular editors in your discussion, especially considering that part of the basis for the re-opened AFD is the merit of those involved with the initial discussion. -- TRTX ^{T / C} 06:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, I can vouch for users such as Masem, Raptor, and myself. Maybe just mentioning it on their pages so they are aware those concerns exist. The set of articles in the AFD often have IP editors that provide useful information, if only for those articles, and are frequently referenced on forums. So I can see why a number of IPs would step up in its defense. These wouldn't be single purpose accounts, or sock puppets... but just users voicing an opinion. Remember, IPs are people too. :) -- TRTX ^{T / C} 14:33, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

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Re: Move

Is the army field in itself notable, or can it just stay where it is, under the history section of the stadium article? Pats1 ^T/C 22:52, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

If you think it's a substantial enough topic for a separate article, then I'd go for it. But even then some might say that the stadium is so much more notable that it still deserves to not have a disambig. Pats1 ^T/C 22:59, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

The Notch

Hey, Kevin, I found some sources from Air Force Historical Research Agency that state that PACCS was a SAC-only system consisting of airborne assets. I'm not disputing the name you chose for The Notch article, but I think the mystery of the facility goes a little deeper than just being a PACCS facility - i think its chain of command goes farther than just the military. I'm going to flesh out some FOIAs for FEMA and DHS and see what falls out. Hope college is going well. TDRSS (talk) 04:57, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

The class looks awesome. I took a history of US intelligence class just to get more info on CORONA (it was declassified a few months before). I say if you gotta take the class to learn more, than it was worth the money. I was requesting the FOIA logs from the entire USAF (since its all supposed to be on eFOIA now) - no such luck thus far. I try to keep an excel spreadsheet of my FOIAs - since i alternate between paper and electronic (most DoD agencies do NOT take electronic requests). If you have a general idea of what you requested, send me an email (address on my user page) and I can put in duplicate requests and pass along the info. As for the Notch, Westover AFB proper has no official info. I went through www.airforcehistoryindex.org for Westover Comm Annex, the Notch and a few other phrases and came up with nothing. After reading James Bamford's "A pretext for war", I began to think it belonged to another DoD Agency responsible for Continuity of Government, not specifically SAC or the Air Force. TDRSS (talk) 04:10, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Apparently I was wrong - it is/was a SAC facility [11]; Guess I'm going to FOIA the Army Corps of Engineers for information. more to follow TDRSS (talk) 04:46, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Review...

Hi Kevin, I've just taken a look at your contribs, logs, talk page and whatnot. Overall, I think that if you were to run RfA right now, it would do a lot better than your last one in July. You have ample experience now, so I don't think that should be an issue. Nonetheless, I do see a few potential issues. The general feeling at your past RfAs seems to be that you had you lacked the maturity, knowledge, and integrity to responsibly manage the bit. I do think you have improved in that regard, but I'm not exactly convinced just yet. Looking through User talk:Ktr101/Archive 3, I see a couple recent concerns regarding copyright issues, and since admins are expected to understand copyright policies, even if at a basic level, I think that might be brought up at RfA. Hunster's comments above are also a tad worrisome, but it seems like a simple mistake, which I'm willing to look past. Additionally, some of the opposition to your most recent adminship candidacy was based on potentially poor-form canvassing. Again, I'll AGF, but I think this might also be pointed out again. All things considered, to be perfectly honest, I don't think you would pass at the moment. I could be wrong, but knowing RfA, it'll be close either way. Your best bet would be to work in some more heavy-duty areas of the project (dispute resolution, copyright investigations, sockpuppets) so you have evidence of a comprehensive understanding of policy. Hope this helps, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

So maybe another month or two of experience is in order? I will admit, not that I want to brush those off, the copyright issues were formed way back when I didn't know much, so them coming up now is basically a bit of the past haunting me. I've considered e-mail in lieu of the canvassing issues, but I decided that transparency is the way to go here. At least this one is full of positive points, so I look forward to whatever comes my way now. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:38, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, three months and a bit of guidance should do the trick. Let me know if you need anything in the meantime. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:30, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Darn, that just dashed my hopes. If you're willing to do some intense training that could shave off a month, I am willing to help you improve an article or two of your choice. We could also restart the coaching section that went dead 6 months ago. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:43, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, it's not something that can be rushed. Adminship should not be a goal; it'll come naturally when the time is right. Just edit for the good of the encyclopedia and the sysop bit will come as a side-benefit. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:35, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

That's what I figured. Are you game for some coaching though? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:36, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Mount Saint Helens Featured Picture nomination

Hi Kevin, How do I resubmit a corrected image for consideration? should I upload over the old one using the same file name? Sorry, I've never resubmitted before. Farwestern, 4 March 2010 —Preceding undated comment added 19:31, 4 March 2010 (UTC).

Kevin, the new one is here "http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_St_Helens_Summit_Pano_II.jpg" [12]. Thanks for you help! Farwestern —Preceding undated comment added 20:25, 4 March 2010 (UTC).

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Super Stubs

Which ones were you referring to? Most are derived from FOIAs (histories of SAC, etc.); I dig for more info from AFHRA once I have an unit "unearthed". TDRSS (talk) 03:35, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I work(ed) in an ICBM launch control center, with Missile combat crew members, and the missiles resided at Launch facility (ICBM) - all of these I either created or have massive edits. I also pull a lot of information for nuclear-related topics (Ground Wave Emergency Network, Survivable Low Frequency Communications System, Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network, Strategic Automated Command and Control System, Post Attack Command and Control System, etc). If it had something to do with the equipment I worked on, I've put in some time on Wikipedia about it (with sources, of course) TDRSS (talk) 03:34, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

What are the issues with the files? TDRSS (talk) 05:20, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll fix the files this weekend. Job is killing me this week. TDRSS (talk) 03:15, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Category Work

		Lots of Barnstars
		I'd like to recognize the tremendous effort you've put in reforming the USAF unit categories. Keep up the good work!--Ndunruh (talk) 13:17, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. I have explained why I did what I did in the article's talk page. --BoogaLouie (talk) 21:01, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Collaboration

I'll see what I can do, but I am very much not on vacation next week - work is going to be getting very busy again. :-) CSZero (talk) 14:12, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Siobhan Magnus

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DYK nomination of Bridge of Flowers (bridge)

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Vandalism

"Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism." Please do not accuse users of Vandalism and threaten blocking when there is zero evidence of vandalism.Hell Hawk (talk) 02:40, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

When you assume you're a pain in the ass to me, besides, if you assume isn't it suppose to be good faith? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faithHell Hawk (talk) 02:48, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

List of unusual deaths

Thanks for your vigilance on the list of unusual deaths! Verkhovensky (talk) 03:18, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Bridge of Flowers (bridge)

Nice work on this novel and interesting topic. I hope you get awarded the DYK. Can I ask a couple of questions. If the bridge could not be used as a footbridge, how does the community tend to the vegetation ? Equally, if the community has access for weeding etc., what is there to stop it being used as a way of crossing the river by those on foot ? Thanks,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:08, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

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Please remember to use the "new section" button

See WP:NEWSECTION. Thanks! –xeno^talk 18:37, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

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Lloyd R Woodson

I'm just wondering why you think that a person who appears to be a likely candidate for a terrorism suspect for another Fort Hood who got international and national coverage over a period of months needs to have his biography deleted? Isn't this just surpressing one POV of a controversial subject? Bachcell (talk) 16:19, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Sara Hurwitz

Hello. I just added eight news articles as "Further reading" to Sara Hurwitz. I'll incorporate them into the article over the next few days. I hope they establish sufficient notability for you to consider withdrawing your AfD nomination. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 02:57, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Template:Recent death

Hi. Consider removing {{recent death}} instead of adding the date parameter. The template is not supposed to be used on every biography of recently deceased individuals. Only on very heavily edited articles. See the template instructions at Template:Recent death. Rettetast (talk) 20:04, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Keepscases

Just a note that I've undid your sockpuppet tag addition to Keepscases' userpage. There is a thread on WP:AN on this block, and it is still under investigation. Thanks. Connormah (talk | contribs) 02:27, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I saw, but at the time he was "confirmed". Nice userpage by the way. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:51, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bridge of Flowers (bridge)

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Edit count Opt in

Hey Kevin. The opt ins are User:Ktr101/EditCounterOptIn.js for en-wiki and meta:User:Ktr101/EditCounterOptIn.js for all global accounts. Just create those pages and enter anything onto the page to get it to work. Kindly Calmer Waters 05:28, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

hmmm. looks like you did it. Never mind then:). Have a good one. Calmer Waters 05:29, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

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re: Rollback

Just wanted to say thanks for nominating me for the Rollback feature.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:07, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Re: Question

Yeah, sure I can. If he is around ten, that means I'm older then him. :D What's the editor's name? Is he a newcomer or is he just an IP? Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 15:59, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

I checked out his edits. It is in a way strange, especially to see a newcomer join a group (he joined The Typo Team) as if he isn't a new user at all. No, I don't see how his edits are similar to mine, since I work on traditional animated/computer animated/VG and CG topics, while he works on financial field and a couple of other random contributions. I'm just not sure what I can really help him with. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 19:44, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

I went months as an IP not having to know anybody else my age. But if he would like to know other people his age, he better go to Wikia. It has a very friendly environment compared to Wikipedia (where you won't get to easily blocked for mere good-faith edits) and has "wikis" based on shows, movies, franchises, and probably finances (which I see he likes to financial pages). So if you want, you (or myself) can suggust the place. Rowdy the Ant talk to Rowdy 23:53, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

RE: Sockpuppetery Case

I don't understand this at all. How can I be a sock-puppet of that user/s when I haven't even heard of them until I saw this message? Joker264 (talk) 02:25, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Re: Handling question

Regarding User talk:Xeno/Archive 21#Handling question, I would've just kept it simple and referred them to the relevant naming conventions guidelines and suggested they make a proposal if they felt the naming should be made consistent with the Air Force naming (it does makes some sense, but I haven't investigated why we do it the way we do). –xeno^talk 00:35, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Donald Frey

FYI, the "recently died" tag was added to the article last week, and it already has "scrolled off" because he died in fact on the 5th of March. And again, the recently died tag isn't required for articles that aren't heavily edited. Why so many sources are just picking up on the story is a bit of a mystery, though the NYT was much more thorough than other sources. Best! 842U (talk) 23:05, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Arabia (steamboat)

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Category:Rouge admins

Those who have added that category to their userpage know that the category is redlinked. It is part of the joke. Please don't remove it without their consent. NW (Talk) 14:55, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Rouge admins

Hi, the joke is that the category is red/rouge, so I don't think the people whose pages you're editing will appreciate it as much as you were thinking. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:55, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Image Galleries

Replaced it with a PNG version in the article... all is well now Bwmoll3 (talk) 00:53, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

GPS identifer

Do you have a specific airport that the GPS code would be in. I added it to the template but I really have no idea how it would look and should update the documentation page a bit more. Thanks. something lame from CBW 15:47, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. I added it but then realised that the ICAO and GPS codes are usually but not always the same. something lame from CBW 17:44, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

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Custer AFS

You're correct. I labeled that airport in error. Was looking for this: http://www.radomes.org/museum/showsite.php?site=Custer+AFS,+MI Regards Bwmoll3 (talk) 10:11, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

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dispute

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents

I disagree with your ruling. There was considerable sentiment to delete. I suggested merging with AN because there is not a clear reason to have ANI and AN. In general, if you want to stir up a lot of drama, you put it in ANI. If you want a calmer discussion, than AN. That's the defacto treatment.

Perhaps a kinder re-phrasing would have been better, such as acknowledging some other opinions. But a stern "result is keep" is not as good. Maybe I should have waited until 1 April 2011 to write to you? Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 14:55, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

But by telling you that I was thinking of waiting until 1 April 2011 hints that I am not so annoyed at your actions that I would call it a dispute and I understand the April Fools connection! Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 21:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi Sorry it took so long to reply to your message on my talk page as have been busy.
I don't really understand Adoption after reading the article can you explain? --Datakid1100 (talk) 09:29, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Friedrichstadt Palast

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Be careful next time!

Please, be more careful next time when inserting templates at the top of articles.

This revision of yours said that Donald Tusk is an airport related to the crash. I changed airport to person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavel92 (talk • contribs) 19:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Larinda

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Areo Squadrons

when trying to interpet Unit historys, dont assume the number automaticly links back to the original areo squadron. becouse of agency changes and numbering schemes, the hole unit history thing gets real convoluted real quick. so if the airforce doesent make the connection, it would be wise not to. Brian in denver (talk) 14:36, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

silly

I am fairly busy today, too busy to carefully think about edits and editing. However, I need a diversion for a few minutes occasionally. What better way than a dispute on Wikipedia!

Bring drama to ANI is bad but how about something on a low traffic page, like your page?

I will sue you. I will then destroy the world with nuclear weapons. This threat is only for 2 hours then expires. After then, I will not sue you or destroy the world with nuclear weapons.

Seriously, how did you add notes to your "edit this page" user talk page? Those notes say that you are not an administrator and other notes. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 16:26, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I mean you no harm. I wish you all the best. Usually, when I write to others, I have a real question or a serious comment. However, I usually add something different to the beginning. Thank you for answering my question! Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 14:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

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1st BRIC summit

Hello ! Can you move 1st BRIC summit to 2009 BRIC summit ? Thank you very much. BRIC country (talk) 09:18, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

I've undone your Craic AfD closure

Sorry, the AfD has been open for barely two days and all interested parties should get a chance to comment. It goes beyond affecting this one article and gives editors a chance to see how the community feels policy applies to these types of articles. See [13] for example. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 20:03, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

I closed it because there was a stong consensus to keep the article. I'm not sure, but you reverting it could be considered a conflict of interest, but I'm just assuming something there. 10 votes of support in a row is pretty strong for me to believe that any naysayers will likely be drowned out by more supports. Looking back, I actually should have closed it as a speedy keep. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:40, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

I really wish you hadn't closed it again (FWIW, there's no COI as I !voted keep). Now it can be referred to as a flawed AfD result as it wasn't run for 7 days and the close did not explain how the policy arguments on both sides were weighed when making the decision to keep. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 20:44, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

A non-admin is usually allowed to close an AFD if they are in good standing and the there is an obvious consensus to keep it. I don't believe that I should have cited policies as most closures never say which policies were involved. If there was more of a close call on its closure, I would likely review things further and cite policies. I've closed plenty of these debates without problem, so I really don't think that there was anything special that had to be done with this one as this one had more support votes than my minimum requirements for an early closure. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:15, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

I have amended my closure rationale, but I don't agree that this is tainted. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for doing that. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:32, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

• Two notes about closing AfDs: please make sure you use the {{afd bottom}} template at the end of the piece, or else the archive box will run all the way to the end of the daily log. It took me a while to figure out what wasn't quite right about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2010 April 16. Also, each AfD has a template that says, {{REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD}}. I've had people remind me to do this when I close discussions, so now I'm passing on the reminder. Also, as bonus Note Three, make sure you subst the afd top and afd bottom templates. Thanks!  Glenfarclas  (talk) 08:07, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Ooh, forgot about that there. Sorry for the mishap, as I am usually great at remembering those things. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:55, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

No worries! --  Glenfarclas  (talk) 18:50, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

ACR mess

The next time you want to open an A-Class review on an article that has had multiple prior reviews, please ask a coordinator to set it up for you, because the mess you have caused is something I have never seen in my years as a coordinator. -MBK₀₀₄ 05:48, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

I have done this before, but the fact that the names weren't lining up properly caused me some confusion. I could have done everything manually over a period of a few days, but I didn't want to create even more confusion. If you look, I have already done four assessments and one peer review already. Also, it is hard, if not impossible to get a pre-loaded thing set up over a redirect. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 13:43, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

And here we go. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:18, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that confused me as well, but you will see that I sorted out the naming problem. That was what I meant by never seen that before. If you ever run into such a problem, instead of just giving up and tagging pages for deletion, please let a coordinator know. As to the pre-load thing, usually the first coordinator to come across a re-nomination will manually add in what the pre-load template will do as I did to the review. And yes, you have done many prior reviews, so I was most likely a bit out of line with this comment, and I apologize. -MBK₀₀₄ 22:20, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

It's alright, I'm sure I would have done the same thing under similar circumstances. If I had known that there was only one issue, I would have just moved that one page. Unfortunately, I confused myself and a mess ensued. Oh well, that's why I don't always like doing major things so late at night. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:22, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Songfacts

I've suggested blacklisting Songfacts in the past but no one's said anything either way regarding its reliability. Almost all of their content is user submitted. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 20:10, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

We might as well axe it then and see if any objections come from that. I'll get to it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

SPI

Sorry for the delay - I've asked several times on the channel for someone to give you an up-or-down response. Since no one seems to be able to articulate any reason to deny your request, I'm going to take you as a trainee, unless you have any objections. Ping me when you get on IRC (I'm normally Timotheus_Canens) and we'll get started. Thanks for volunteering! Tim Song (talk) 16:22, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh thank you so much as I have almost started null editing to see if someone would respond. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:35, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

You've probably found it already, but if not then here is the link to the freenode web gateway for the SPI IRC channel. Regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 22:49, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Actually I haven't, but I will get there once I eat dinner. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Wicked Summer

On April 24, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wicked Summer, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Ext links in 102 IW

Hi Kevin. Did you plan to remove those external links, or most of them? They're still there. Buckshot06 (talk) 23:09, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm getting to it. Doing so will kill my boredom, so I'll get on it now. I think at least one of them is a repeat. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:41, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Done. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

I wanted to thank you for participating in my RfA, which succeeded at 134/4/0. I am truly amazed but equally elated by the result and I hope I am able to serve as a good administrator. It was a surreal experience to succeed, and I will strive to meet your expectations. More specifically, thank you for your support. "I thought you were one already" is quite a compliment, so I hope I can be a good administrator. Thanks! ceranthor 15:26, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

CU request

Hello... FYI, I have restored the request for a check on the IP. Let me be perfectly clear - I mean no disrespect at all to your position as a clerk at the CU page. Ordinarily, I would support your assertion that this might be perceived as "fishing", and as such would not even have made the request to begin with. However, as the admin who has had to oversee a large portion of the EHC matter, I can speak with authority in stating that this individual - who has been banned from the community - has a clearly defined pattern of block evasion, facilitated by use of multiple IP and registered sock accounts. As such, I have restored the posting with the request that this application be judged by a checkuser, given that it involves a long, long history of abusive behaviour. A simple review of this individual's contribution history, his sock account lists, and related incidents will demonstrate how these socks have been used in attempts to control article content, disrupt formal Wikipedia procedures (such as RfAs, ANI proceedings, and the like), and actively target Wikipedia users through extremely abusive behaviour on- and off-site. While the IP block at 65.31.103.28 may prevent him from using accounts from that location, he has a history of linking in form other ports with these sock accounts. --Ckatz^chat_spy 05:15, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure, no harm done. Reading the title of this, I thought you wanted me to perform a check for a moment. I actually saw this on the IRC channel when you reverted it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:19, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Indiana Wesleyan University

Greetings.

Thanks for your recent comments on the Administrator's board regarding my article. How exactly do you go about "re-pasting" an article? I looked around but couldn't find how. Please let me know asap.

Thanks!

Flavius Constantine (talk) 04:13, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Go back to the edit before the text was removed, click the edit box, copy the text and paste it in place of the old article. Before doing so, make sure that those intermediate edits after the removal aren't going to be missed. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Proving Gettysburg

Hey there, I read on the WikiProject United States History page that you are knowledgeable in the American Civil War. Well, I need help proving that the Battle of Gettysburg was indeed a decisive victory for the Union (A user named Hlj refuses to except that). Could you help me please? Reply on my talk page. Thanks!--Valkyrie Red (talk) 21:12, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh wow, that was almost two years ago. Sure, what do you need help in? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:40, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

What I stated above: proving that Gettysburg was decisive.--Valkyrie Red (talk) 02:08, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Whoops, sure I'm willing. I'm just unsure if that is risking point of view pushing on a topic. Before I start work, tell me why you decided to work on this issue. Also, do you have credible evidence to back it up? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:29, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

I decided to work on it because it personally is my favorite battle of the Civil War (which I am a buff in). As for the credible evidence, that's where I fall short. Basically I'm using common sense, but Hlj refuses to accept that. There are plenty of authors out there, but he'll always find some sort of reason proving them wrong. To try and solve the problem he created that decisive victory? subsection near the bottom of the article which, if you read, is still more biased towards Gettysburg being indecisive. If you notice on the Vicksburg article, it was originally labeled as simply a Union victory, but now another user managed to beat Hlj and relabel it decisive Union victory. After that, I realized that Hlj was beatable (as the coalition realized that Napoleon was beatable after his failed Russian Campaign. So please, do help. --Valkyrie Red (talk) 20:22, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

It sounds like you are involved in a content dispute here, one that has been going on for almost three and a half years. I am willing to mediate it, but I am not going to get involved. The fact that you have also used a sock to edit-war here also makes me less inclined to help. If you can produce something that might swing my opinion, by all means try and do so but at this time I'm not gonna help you directly. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:06, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

First off I never edit-warred. What Wikipedia deems as an "edit war" I deem as a heated argument. Wikipedia just has some "extreme" editors so to say.

And those sockpuppet accusations were false. Wikipedian editors, as I said above, can get a bit extreme while editting and thus some crap goes off.

So there you have it. You can help if you want, but if you don't I'm fine with that. Afterall, there are plenty of other Civil War editors out there.--Valkyrie Red (talk) 14:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : L (April 2010)

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user:EditBotsports

They didn't edit the same page around the same time, they all reverted the same things at the same time. Also, doesn't EditBotsports break a wikipedia rule about having a name designed to confuse? It's not a bot. It was created and made one edit. I don't have the ability to trace IP addresses of users, was this done and was there any similarity found? --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:08, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

They worked around the same time. As far as I can see, there was only one revert. Personally, Editbot should be blocked per the username violation, but I warned them for now. They only edited once, and bots usually have many edits by day one. Their one edit summary is concerning though. A checkuser wasn't run because there was nothing indicative of a sockpuppet. The dead giveaways usually include similar edit summaries, working against an editor, and other odd behavior. If anything does start popping up that is suspicious, let me know and I will look into it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Please check 2010 Canadian Championship. I suspect that user:Hugo1009 is also user:EditBotsports because of the timing and the fact that he has been trying to "improve" that article while really making a mess of it because he doesn't understand the templates. If you could just check the IP addresses, something I can't do, I would be satisfied. Thanks. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:38, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

If it's a positive response, I don't want user:Hugo1009 blocked. He just needs to be coached. I'm not trying to attack him, just keep that article standard. Thanks. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:39, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Reopened. It was quacking way too loudly. Kevin, please make sure to ping me or another clerk on IRC before declining or taking any substantive action on another case. Thanks. Tim Song (talk) 06:34, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Auntie E and I were discussing this and we came to the consensus that it should be closed. I know that doesn't adminish me from anything, but it wasn't a split-second decision. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 13:16, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for White House, Bishkek

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Your endorse of an SPI case

I was surprised to read on AN/I that this case was endorsed. I was going to deny it with good cause, considering the archive discussing the last check and the fact that both users are long term contructive and good faith editors (and damn necessary to this project IMHO). Unfortunately I had life intervene before I could.

We lost a good editor out of this. Why in heaven's name did you endorse this? Did you read the archive? Auntie E. (talk) 04:11, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I really don't know what to say to that than I really fucked up. I'm presently limited with internet for the next two days so I won't be that immediate in responses. As a result, I also haven't been abreast in AN/I drama. I really regret doing that though, and I between that and another issue, I really don't know what to do with myself after seeing those two major mistakes. I'm going to try to take a break from that sort of stuff for the next few days as I have finals to complete, but when I do return, I will proceed with a ton of caution. Also, would you mind commenting above as we both had a hand in that decision, with me being the executor? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:31, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

File:AFG-080109-071.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:AFG-080109-071.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. (Routine: replaced by vector image File:169th Airlift Squadron insignia AFD-080129-092.svg) --Closeapple (talk) 09:38, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Something I've found helpful...

Hey, hope you aren't too brain drained from finals... remember to keep hydrated and potassium levels up (note that a serving of potato chips has as much potassium as a banana), and I hope you come through relatively unscathed. :)

I have something that might be of help you after you recover from your finals. There are some very helpful pages in Category:Wikipedia sock puppetry that I've been going over today...some of this stuff I read eons ago and forgot the details, some pages I've never read. Ones that are good are Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Guidance, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Draft guidance notes has a helpful table when to and when not to request CU. Wikipedia:Signs of sock puppetry though an essay and a bit easier on the idea of what sock puppetry is than I am, is helpful. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks is always good to have bookmarked. Anyway, good luck storming the castle! Later, Auntie E. (talk) 20:31, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll get to it sometimes later today after I finish a final. Actually my weekend was devoid of finals, I just had a state latin convention to help out in. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:16, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

2010 Philippine general election

Hello Ktr101! please be aware of your edits about the template in 2010 Philippine general election. Because actually, the election is happening now here in my country. In addition, I reverted also your edits about adding the May 2010 in the templates. We don't need to put that because nothing ever changed. Thanks and goodluck! God bless :). Jpuligan_12 (talk) 03:19, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Your rationale is exactly why I am correct. It is a current event in the month of May, so this is completely justified. Look at other articles to see what I am talking about. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:25, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh! yes it is happening this month of May but we don't need to put that because it is clearly stated at the 2010 Philippine general election article that it will happened today. so what is the use of putting it? Jpuligan_12 (talk) 03:30, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Categorization purposes. That, and my obsessive compulsive want for keeping categories that can be small small compels me to take action. Check the "May" category and you will see that it has a parent category. Once June rolls around, we will have two subcategories for seven days as they will denote the month. I know it seems confusing, but it all makes sense eventually. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:33, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes we can categorized it but not in that way. We can easily categorized it by just opening the article. In Addition, the article title to have indicated there that 2010 year mean elections occur this year including the month and date. And please don't compare other articles because 2010 Philippine general election is different. Thank you :) Jpuligan_12 (talk) 03:53, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

No it isn't. Every article is categorized. The Phillipine articles aren't any different. If we treat it specially, then we would be contradicting alot of rules. What harm is there in keeping it there anyways? I don't see any harm in having a different category and maybe ten extra bytes. Don't worry about it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:00, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh! as my observation, your right. hahahaha. sorry for the misunderstanding. Thanks for correcting me. take care. God bless. :)Jpuligan_12 (talk) 04:13, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

SPI

It appears you have made a mistake, the suspected sockpuppet is User:Stupidus Maximus, not User:Sulmues. Athenean (talk) 01:02, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see where the confusion is now. I posted new evidence to back that Stupidus Maximus is a sock of Guildenrich. Sulmues responded, trying to defend him, and I responded to Sulmues' response. There's no need for a new SPI. Both the old and the new evidence point to Stupidus being a sock of Guildenrich. Would you be so kind as to restore the previous SPI? Athenean (talk) 01:04, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Whoops, thanks for the heads up. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:11, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

No problem, though it's still screwed up. Would you be so kind as to restore it to it's original version [14]? Cheers, Athenean (talk) 01:13, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I would rather we work to fix this one up as this setup is much better. The original one should have been archived and a new one set up, so I basically did just that. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:17, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Why should the original one be archived? There is nothing wrong with it. In fact, the way it is now, it is completely messed up, half the evidence is gone, and it looks like Sulmues is the accused party. Sorry, but I disagree. Athenean (talk) 04:21, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

FWIW, I agree with Athenean. The original report was never finally processed (i.e. as regards the behavioral evidence, beyond the mere CU data), and then people just continued adding more details to what remained the same case. The original behavioral evidence is still crucial. Fut.Perf. ☼ 06:31, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I left a note on the page, which I will strike. I will also remove stuff in the archive to prevent any disruption. Sorry about all of that. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:40, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. There's now also the new development that somebody found recent IPs that clearly belong to the sockmaster. A previous CU came out as inconclusive because the sockmaster account itself was stale, but with this additional data, a new CU checking the sock account against the known IPs might be worth it. Do you think it would be possible to request one? Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:17, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, as I see you already have. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:07, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

You left a note on the page, can you strike it please, and remove stuff in the archive to prevent any disruption? These guys want to ban me because I am albanian and they are greek. Stupidus Maximus (talk) 12:10, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

No, I will not. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:33, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about bothering you. Stupidus Maximus (talk) 16:11, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Well actually I tried deleting it, but the archive is basically what the main page is about, so it won't really do anything in your favor. Sorry about that though. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:15, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Sweeping JCL state-chapter changes: Please Read

Your attention and input is needed here. Mulitple changes made to JCL state chapter articles w/o any discussion. I consider these unconstructive and bordering on vandalism WP:VAND. MisterE2123Five5 (talk) 04:06, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I have already reverted all the pages. MisterE2123Five5 (talk) 04:25, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Let's discuss this with him because a giant page won't really work when they all are created someday. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:27, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

How is it extremist and mudslinging to use a standard AfD notification template? All I've done here is notify potentially relevant parties that major changes were made to mulitple pages. MisterE2123Five5 (talk) 04:45, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello? MisterE2123Five5 (talk) 04:52, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm here, I'm just doing other things that aren't improving the wiki. "I consider these unconstructive and bordering on vandalism" could be considered the start of some bad stuff, but I'm willing to look past that as I initially went in there with guns blazing. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:00, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I really think you should reconsider your "keep" vote for having both the group state chapter page and indiv. pages. Even with only a brief section for each chapter, a group-page would quickly balloon beyond a reasonably sized single article. WP:Article size I understand that you, admittedly, are trying to resolve this b/f it turns into "mudslinging." It just seems absurdly redundant to have both indiv. and group pages. ... Please respond. MisterE2123Five5 (talk) 05:04, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I've seen it done safely before. Personally, I'm willing to see if it will work before I make any judgements. Besides, in a compromise, each side has to give a bit for the greater good. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:10, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I would like to know where you've seen this before. As for compromise, I didn't start this. User:Reywas92 came in and removed 10 or so pages, some (like North Carolina's chapter page, Ohio's chapter page, Florida's chapter page, the Texas chapter page, etc.) which have been written by multiple editors and edited over the past few years. I don't see how that is at all constructive or in good faith. MisterE2123Five5 (talk) 05:36, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't really remember an exact example as I have edited over 12,000 pages by now. I'm just saying that Rey will likely come in and have a good reason for doing whatever he did. I don't support what he did, but he also might have a reason that is pretty darn good. I know that some editors will saunter by and advocate for deleting everything there, so if we can get the support of an editor, it will be helpful for the both of us. He didn't vandalize, in fact he was probably being bold. If he cites this idea, then it really applies extremely loosely as he didn't really explain himself to others. He seems to have been removing what he saw as clutter and I agree that maybe a few things can be removed, but in the end, engaging with them is better than nothing at all. I also admit that I am a bit biased about all of this as I basically wrote up half of these articles. I also admit that I wrote them when I didn't know much about the site so I might have included some things that ought not be on there. In the end, I am willing to work with you guys to fix this up. Also, what state chapter are you involved in? I'm in the Massachusetts Senior Classical League, but I was formerly a JCLer for the state. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:49, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Looking over things now, I have a good idea. How about we team up and fix up all of these articles, starting with the Ohio page as you seem to be very knowledgable in this subject. I'm actually highly impressed by how this page looks. In addition, if we go about creating maybe 20 articles apiece, we have covered almost all of the pages and we could get a better idea about how this proposal of mine for a directory page would look. It's just an idea, but why not try it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:17, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Algeria earthquake

- Now we have more information about the earthquake - 2 dead, 43 injured and some important damage - it s notable now. So please stop telling me what I have to do. How can this earthquake is notable 2010 County Clare earthquake? Regards! SiMioN.EuGeN (talk) 07:36, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Ireland almost never gets earthquakes, so that is a bit unique for them. I am not telling you what to do, only suggesting things that might make you a better editor. Still, two deaths is rather low for an earthquake anyways. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:02, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Hey, I cant see the history page of Albanians from 16:39, 27 April 2010 [15] to 15 May 2010. I think i have evidence there for my innocence there. Stupidus Maximus (talk) 18:45, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

There doesn't seem to be anything to see. There were no edits to that page since 27 April. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:11, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Athenean wrote: Interestingly, the file Zappa.JPG was recently deleted [16]. An attempt to cover one's tracks perhaps? I would be really interested to find out who deleted it and why. Athenean (talk) 00:37, 14 May 2010 (UTC). maybe someone is in attempt to cover one's tracks perhaps, by deleting history from 27 April to 15 May. Stupidus Maximus (talk) 19:26, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Making edits vanish without a trace would be extremely difficult to do – only full WP:OVERSIGHT could do that, and I can assure you the oversighters wouldn't do such a thing just to allow somebody to cover their tracks. Maybe you are mis-remembering something, about edits that were in fact on some other page? Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:41, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Vector

Hi, regarding this edit, I've updated User:Virgolette/vector.css and User:Virgolette/vector.js, so now they work very well togheter on Firefox. In particular, you are still missing the input#searchInput width at 9.1em; (or a value you like). Hope this help. --Virgolette (talk) 06:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. All I need to figure out is how to shrink my search bar as it ballooned in size yesterday afternoon for no apparent reason. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:44, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind, it works. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:02, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Researcher

Re: [17], might be worth noting that it cannot be locally granted by admins or crats, so it needs a steward or sysadmin to assign it on Meta. MBisanz ^talk 18:46, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

There was already an entry... –xeno^talk 18:52, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Whoops. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:57, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 99 support, 9 oppose, and 2 neutral. Your support was much appreciated.

Regards -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 16:33, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank You

Stopping by to say thank you for your tips and assistance with my signatures! I am figuring things out slowly, if you read my user page you will understand, I have found however, I am having an easier time editing using Mozilla, as opposed to IE. Thanks again! (talk) Cre8tivedgeCre8tivedge 15:11, 21 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding undated comment added 13:12, 21 May 2010 (UTC).

Thank you once again Kevin! I have still been having issues and it's been quite frustrating, I even copied and pasted the original one you provided for me and it didn't come out the same, then I copied and pasted your and replaced your info with my own still had issues, then I discovered a signature box in my "preferences", I had enetered myusername in there when I created my account, I guess, so, I deleted the text in that box and unchecked the other box, still......issues! I am now going to try to use what you just gave me and we'll see! I really appreciate your help though, thank you very much! :o) talk Cre8tivedge (talk) 21:47, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Turner House

About the item you added to Turner House disambiguation page, could you be more specific about the location, besides that the Turner House designed by Fletcher Steele is in New York state? I am otherwise fixing up the dab page and I would like for this entry to show at least city/town and state, in the dab and in the architect article. Thanks! --doncram (talk) 11:05, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

I would, but I have no idea where it is either. I just removed an internal link on the page and a search for what was on the dead link's page was indicating that it is somewhere in the state. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:46, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Search box

Hi, at the moment I've changed my css because of those suggestions expanding on the left. My search box works fine on the righ of the logo, it's just a bit slow. I'm studing the possibility to expand the suggestions on the right, but recent changes in MediaWiki, like r66854 or r66623, are difficult to understand for me (and I'm not the only one: [18], he he). Next month I'll probably ask a script at Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Requests to do that. I hope they'll stop to change MediaWiki in the meanwhile. --Virgolette (talk) 14:18, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I've found a solution!

     #simpleSearch input#searchInput { width: 8.9em; }
     #panel { padding-top: 1.9em; }
     #simpleSearch {
       position: absolute;
       left: 0;
       top: 156px;
       margin-left: 5px;
       z-index: 99;
     }
 
     /* suggestions expanding to the right */
     div.suggestions {
       margin-left: 5px !important;
       right: auto !important;
     }

also, in your .js file there is an error: I don't have a nothingthree.js file. In my .js file I've added the script to hide the sidebar. Anyway, if you don't want to import the whole script, you should need only this at your .js

wgVectorEnabledModules.collapsibletabs = false;

function shortlinks() 
{
 document.getElementById('pt-mytalk').firstChild.innerHTML = 'Talk';
 document.getElementById('pt-preferences').firstChild.innerHTML = 'Preferences';
 document.getElementById('pt-watchlist').firstChild.innerHTML = 'Watchlist';
 document.getElementById('pt-mycontris').firstChild.innerHTML = 'Edits';
}
addOnloadHook(shortlinks);

so you can change the names of the links: 'Contribs' instead of 'Edits', etc. --Virgolette (talk) 14:57, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

It's me again, sorry. You said "I can only seem to click on the extreme left hand side of the search box": it was happening to me with Internet Explorer, and I've fixed that problem now. Copy the last version of my css (there are also new margins in em). Bye. --Virgolette (talk) 22:28, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

It's alright, at least you are trying telling me of the fixes. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:31, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

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Arlington Ladies

I'd never heard of this and read the AP article that appeared in my local paper. I thought, as you, this'd be a fine article and found you beat me to the punch. Hehe. I was then going to nom it for DYK, but you beat me to that too!. Great minds think alike!! So instead I've reviewed and approved the DYK. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:23, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

You should file another RFA or if you feel you're not ready, get an admin coach. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:31, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

I guess great minds think alike. Is there any way that this could be put on the page for tomorrow since we have a nationwide holiday celebrating those who have passed on? In regards to the RFA, I'm planning on doing so after I get a quick goahead from someone as Julian feels a bit antsy on me running. He has committed to nominating me though so I'm just playing the waiting game. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:33, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

As for DYK tomorrow, I'd say ask someone very active in that area, such as Julian, NuclearWarfare, etc or post on the DYK page. I don't know the inner workings of DYK, just have written several and sometimes approve some. — Rlevse • Talk • 15:32, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

I got this through so it should appear on main page 2-6pm Eastern time on Memorial Day with that picture! — Rlevse • Talk • 03:24, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a boatload. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:33, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dar book

Hi Ktr101,

Thank you for your help! I'm just a bit anxious. Aside from the obvious that Dar book is the oldest account, is there any advantage to the switch? For example, would they still compare IronBreww against one of the anons (or with Petersantos) or will they just check on Dar book compared to all the suspected socks? My aim is to check IronBreww against Dar book, Petersantos and all the anons. Will it still work that way despite the switch? – Shannon Rose ^Talk 21:56, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't want to say that it is the rule, but the oldest one is always the "sockmaster" as they have created the other accounts if you are right in your assumption. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:38, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Admin Ktr101. Can you please help my request get some attention? It has been there for 3 days now and no one seems to be taking notice. I now that we're understaffed and I don't want to push it, but can you please help? – Shannon Rose ^Talk 02:56, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment, but I'm not an admin...yet. I'll go check it out now and if it warrants attention, I will ask for help at IRC. Right now, as long as they aren't breaking everything, there is no rush as sometimes this can go on for almost two weeks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:05, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Arlington Ladies

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Snookerman

Perhaps I have misread the comment you left in regards to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Snookerman.

You cite the essay WP:DUCK as a reasons for declining the checkuser because I may have used too many indirect words.

• Regarding recent edits made to the article Flash mob.
  • User:Snookerman adds a publicity stunt to the article that does not fit the criteria. Here
  • Same day, User:JMHurum adds a shortened version. Here
  • Also the same day, IP:90.201.211.65 re-adds the changes. Here

I'm not sure how to report that in any less words. The only reason I included a third paragraph was because I often find that admins come into situations with out knowing all the facts about the revert in the first place and wanted whomever to be fully apprised. Since I have removed that paragraph and another IP has since shown up re-adding the spam. Mkdw^talk 20:09, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

What is it exactly you want me to do? I used the essay because they all share the same characteristics of a sock and should be blocked. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:39, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

RFA 4

Is here: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ktr101 4. Accept if you like and answer questions. You should turn on edit-counting tools. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:35, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Never close something early without a valid reason

There is never any reason to close an AFD before the week has ended, unless the nomination is withdrawn and there is no one that says delete or the nominator was a sockpuppet or someone just being pointy. The article Lady will most certainly end in Keep, but there is no reason not to give everyone time to speak their mind, no matter how ridiculous their cases may be. On the other side of the coin, snow deletes never have any possible justification for being done at all. I've seen nominations start off with a dozen people spamming delete, only to have more rational minded people, who take at least a brief moment to click on the Google news search at the top of the AFD, state valid reasons to keep and add in references. Dream Focus 02:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Well when a user brought this up on IRC, we agreed unilaterally that it should be closed as a keep. Why should we prolong drama at an AFD when it would continue along the path towards a keep vote? There is no way that the AFD would've ended in delete unless fifty editors showed up and simultaneously voted the same way. When that happens on this site, it is called sockpuppetry and it would've been noticed. I stand by my decision to close it as I know that user planned to do the same but I beat him to it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Did you mean unanimously? Tim Song (talk) 03:05, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

I've undone the close. Exactly how stupid do you think we are to let a contested AFD close as a 'snow', about 4 days early, and exactly how stupid are you to do something like that in the middle of your RFA? That's a rhetorical question by the way, that means you don't need to answer that.- Wolfkeeper 03:06, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess I did Tim. Wolfkeeper, that wasn't contested at all. I don't know what you are thinking of but that was clearly going for a keep vote. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:09, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Very, probably, but not definitely. Snow keep isn't even a policy, but is an essay and it's meant to be used when there's basically absolutely no chance at all. Basically, if you do it, and anyone questions it even the proposer, you've fucked up.- Wolfkeeper 03:54, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

The AfD was re-closed, again under SNOW, by an administrator about an hour later. —Soap— 13:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Camp Curtis Guild

Materialscientist (talk) 18:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

RFA

Sorry it didn't work out for you this time. I do hope there's a next time so I can support you then. For what it's worth I think RfA is far too hard, far too much of a kangaroo court. Of course it's all those OTHER people that are the problem, not me ;) Thparkth (talk) 21:06, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I think it was a real dramafest this time in more ways than one. I even waited to close it so that I could fill out your question as no one should be left hanging there. Oh well, there's always next year. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:41, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Commiserations, but I didn't see it as a dramafest. I thought that keeping the RfA open for as long as you did was admirable, but shrugging your shoulders and carrying on as before will only result in a fifth RfA failing too. I was happy to let you have the mop as I thought overall you'd do OK and we always need more keen admins, but others weren't so happy for what seem like valid reasons, and they mostly gave a lot of constructive criticism rather than the abuse or ideological wrangling RfA often sees. Overall the advice seems to be to be less hasty and more considered in your actions in admin-like areas, and to take care to adhere to policy and procedure. Tedious, but necessary if the community is going to trust you with the tools. It's somewhat unfair as I could list several admins who ride roughshod over process and make questionable decisions on a regular basis, but hey. Fences&Windows 22:26, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, it didn't go as well as we hoped but you did better than before, so you're heading in the right direction. This may help: User:Rlevse/AC. Perhaps get an admin coach. I'd suggest working on the issues raised and wait at least 6 months. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:36, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Fences, actually I should've referred to the dramafest as the votes left by three users who basically faulted me for closing an AFD during the run. Did I learn something, yes, and I am more than willing to get coached again. I also plan on contacting those who brought up a unique point and working with them to see that those issues are resolved. I guess I should've paid more attention towards the issues that were brought up insteading of assuming good faith upon myself. Oh well, what's done is done and I will be better prepared next time. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:47, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

I feel you could make a good admin at some point, and the main reason that I opposed was the copyright vios. I was particularly concerned about the fact that you continued after a single block, thus making more copyvios and were then reblocked. However, I might support at some later time. Best wishes. Immunize (talk) 23:14, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I figured as much. I was way younger and a lot less mature then so I understand where you are coming from and how it might concern you. At the time, I figured I would be able to skirt the rules and do what I wanted. After I got the second warning which threatened to indef me, I got scared and cleaned up my act. Thus began the path to where I am today. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:20, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Massachusetts GA nom

Hi - I don't know that we've spoken before, but you came to my attention somewhere, and I'd like to get a few more people looking into this. Basically, I want to nominate Massachusetts for GA soon, but need a local to take a look at a few things. The specifics can be found here. You don't have to do anything if you don't want, but it sounded like perhaps you could be of help, being a PoliSci student from Massachusetts, etc. Thanks in advance. AlexiusHoratius 13:06, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your help there - I'll be spending the next few days putting some of that into the article. By the way, I actually spent about a week in Barnstable around 10 years ago - nice place. The only downside to the whole trip was our decision to drive there from Boston on a Friday afternoon in July...not a wise move...AlexiusHoratius 22:20, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

If only you had planned the trip this year, I would've told you to turn around and never come that weekend. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask as I apparently know a ton of useless information about the state. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:22, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Manatee Palms Youth Services

Are you allowed to remove the AFD in this situation? I wasn't sure. -Regancy42 (talk) 14:22, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Well in eight minutes, it wasn't created so I was just assuming it was incorrectly added. I see that it was fixed now, so I guess I was wrong. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:26, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Some of the stuff on User:Ktr101/Humor made me laugh quite a bit :) UnknownThing (talk) 19:26, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I was just wondering if anyone was ever going to run into that and appreciate it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:32, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you!

Thank you!

Ktr101 - Thank for your participation and support in my RfA.

I can honestly say that your comments and your trust in me are greatly appreciated.

Please let me know if you ever have any suggestions for me as an editor, or comments based on my admin actions.

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SPI redux

Thanks for agreeing that it's a duck. After a couple years, one doesn't really know how complex to make the case or what to include. I can tell you, I can immediately spot a Nyannrunning sock when it appears. Thanks again. Wildhartlivie (talk) 05:25, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Usually with that trait there isn't a need for a checkuser request as you would have likely spotted them as they appear as well. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Undo

Hi, although your edits are in good intention, please do not undo my edits to Nicolo Giraud. I am trying to help undo the damage to Wikipedia caused by an editor whose affect was undetected for 5 years because of the use of very subtle means of eluding the system. Thanks for your understanding.--Tonalone (talk) 15:30, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Uh no, stop destroying a featured article. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:31, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it is a featured article, but that doesn't mean it is impervious to error. If you have an understanding of the topic, in this case English literary history, specifically Byron, and also have come across the banned editor's work, primarily Haiduc, you will understand that this is another case of his damage gone awry and undetected. Please discuss with me before undoing it again. I am trying to comb through the work to see what is legit and what is not. This has been done with several of his other articles. The difference here is this is a featured article.--Tonalone (talk) 15:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Again, stop destroying the article. Bring it up with others before you halve a page that is featured. We will keep reverting you until you discuss this because it is clearly being disruptive. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:37, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I try to fix a longstanding problem and you respond by calling me disruptive. It is a wonder that academicians generally do not work with Wikipedia apart from our being too busy and that these more obscure topics tend to languish. Perhaps I should follow this cue. Good day and good night!--Tonalone (talk) 15:42, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Good close

Summarizes the problem with that request. Good work. Cool Hand Luke 21:34, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I was actually unsure if that would be controversial because I've done things recently that have been interpreted as such. Now that I am emboldened, I shall wreak havoc! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:44, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopfan4life

Why did you change this tag to "blocked indef", when I had only blocked it for one week? Will an admin come by to block all the accounts at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HipHopfan4life? -- Cirt (talk) 03:07, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Minor oversight, I'll get right to fixing it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:13, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

I think the last account named on the case page could use some looking into with technical CU investigation. The others are all duck, but that one with the evidence, could use CU. Thoughts? -- Cirt (talk) 03:16, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

I guess it could be checked but they look similar. Since no checkuser was run, they could be related and they could also be separate. It's your call here since you know more about them. I'm off to get some sleep so I'll undo it and see what others think. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:26, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. The other three could all be blocked per DUCK. :) -- Cirt (talk) 03:28, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much. ;) -- Cirt (talk) 03:41, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Wow, look what came up as  Confirmed -- [19]. -- Cirt (talk) 04:01, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

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ANI discussion concerning Crash (1984 TV series)

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DYK nomination of Osterville Bay Elementary School

Hello! Your submission of Osterville Bay Elementary School at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Royalbroil 00:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

On a side note, I really enjoyed your Arlington Ladies article. I clicked on it when it was on the main page. Royalbroil 00:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WMEJ

I refer to your closure of this discussion yesterday. WP:NAC explicitly states that non-admin closure is not appropriate for WP:SNOW cases. Therefore, in accordance with WP:DPR#NAC, I have reopened this discussion. Please refresh yourself on WP:NAC and WP:DPR before closing any more deletion debates.

I will not be watching this page, so please leave a {{talkback}} or other note on my talk if you reply. Stifle (talk) 08:13, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, apparently about half the past year of closings has been off. I wonder if that should be fixed. It has been a really long time since I've read it so I guess I am really rusty there. Thanks for noticing that though and keeping me from fudging stuff up more. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:21, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Revert

Thanks for the revert :) Sophie ^(Talk) 09:05, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah. That was a particularly bad piece of vandalism, especially since she's so young. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 09:25, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

And thanks from me also - rv of my talk, etc. Nice one. Chzz  ►  12:25, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Anytime guys. Sophie, you might want to consider removing the link to Chzz as they followed the link from your pages. Sonia, I think I might've had it worse. My mom was sitting behind my screen and when I scrolled down, saw it, and rapidly scrolled back I hear, "What was that?" I had to explain why I was "viewing" animated porn on two talk pages. At least none of you had it happen twice in one day by a user and his sock. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:08, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Heh. That's pretty bad. The closest I've come to it, was hitting random page at school and getting List of sexual positions under the Dean's nose. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 20:40, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

John Canon

I object to the wording on your close, because WP:BEFORE doesn't apply because, despite all of the words, there is still nothing that makes John Canon notable. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 18:19, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

I have fixed it. Thank you for noting that I wrote it wrong as I should've caught that gaffe earlier. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:16, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

That's better, thanks. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 22:55, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Out of this earth VANDAL

Hi there KEVIN, VASCO from Portugal here,

Since you "dropped a word" in the last investigation, could you do the same (or engage in some action if you are an admin, i read your userpage but was not totally sure on that) in the newest one (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Pararubbas)? INCREDIBLE!! One day and no developments, and the vandal continues to edit (just with accounts, nearing 50!!).

Thanks, happy editing - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 11:54, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Page protection

Thanks for the tip on Neutral Milk Hotel. That's protected for a week now. One of these days I need to get around to updating my IRC so I can get on some of the Wiki channels. Let me know if anything else gets targeted tonight. —C.Fred (talk) 00:56, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

random comment

So I was looking through one of the government-endorsed biology textbooks in the bookstore, and it has a section on genetic modification. At the end, there's a pretty green box headed "Exercise". Inside, it says

Look up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food and answer these questions, using your own diagrams and analogies where appropriate: <three pages of questions, a sizeable number about stuff that's not in the article anymore>.

I wasn't sure whether to laugh or to cry. Also, it affirms why I chose Music as my major, but that's not relevant. The music geeks I've met, for some reason, are so much more wiki-savvy- which is ironic. Maybe it's because of imslp.org, who knows? {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 10:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Osterville Bay Elementary School

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RfA

Thank you very much for your contribution to my Rfa. I have made a comment about it at User talk:JamesBWatson#Your Request for Adminship which you are, of course, very welcome to read if you wish to. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:29, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

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You know why. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 21:04, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Haha, thanks. At least you aren't a sock of someone this time around so it is honest. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:07, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Whoops, nevermind, wrong barnstar there. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:13, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

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Woah, two barnstars in one day. Not only a new record, but also proof that barnstars are not dead for me! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:40, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

...since when do cookies and smiles count as barnstars? :P {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 01:07, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Shh... Don't ruin my perfect world Sonia. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:17, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry accusation

Please assume good faith when dealing with other editors. See Wikipedia:Assume good faith for the guidelines on this.

please don't make accusations of sockpuppetry without evidence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.255.164.27 (talk) 02:38, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Uh, the way you acted on AN/I is usually how socks usually act. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:44, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Current events

If that is the case (a link would be handy), then the rule is a nonsense. The "event" is over and the tag is therefore misleading. I don't want to get into a edit war over it but surely some common sense should apply rather than a strict application of the "rules" (as if the "rules" are something that absolutely must be enforced anyway). -- Mattinbgn\^talk 21:30, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Actually, you are right. I just moved the template to her page. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:31, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Sig

Can you let me know if this is better? I tried to shrink it some. Thanks, GregJackP Boomer! 02:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Airport

Hah! My father told me years ago that Lowell had an airport according to his mother but that it was removed to make way for the Lowell Connector and it was a private airport. Bits and pieces of this story are true, but the Connector bit threw me off...I was looking in the wrong place. Instead, it's almost where they put 495 through in S. Lowell...that large building they are discussing is the Raytheon plant I believe...or was. Thanks for the find, I'd like to blog about it @ coreysciuto.blogspot.com, but am not sure how to attribute the find to you. Email, wikipedia talk page? Thanks! CSZero (talk) 03:26, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Interestingly, my dad worked at the Raytheon that was built on the site for a bit I believe. His father worked for Raytheon for 25 years but I'm not sure it was this plant: [20]

You alive?

Get on skype. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 04:30, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

I had to go to sleep as I have work during the week. I ended up going home sick today though so that's why I'm not there right now. Besides, I'm always on Skype now so I am dead when I am not. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:21, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Puppeteer notice

You placed a notice on my page; would you mind providing proof before placing such a notice. If not, I strongly recommend you keep your hyperactive and unfounded zealotry to editors you know. Cheers. --^StormRider 02:31, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Tremont Nail Company

Did you misunderstand me? I didn't mean that I personally am going to move the article and claim a DYK credit, it's your content. I was suggesting that you do it, but it's your article, you can do what you like with it. But it seems to have been removed from T:TDYK now. Gatoclass (talk) 11:17, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

css

Hi, it seems that you have an old version of my css. Also, de.wiki now has a JavaScript that do the same in a more elegant way, you may want to test it there (or with a new account): de:Benutzer:✓/vector/suchenachlinks.js. Besides, I've switched back to monobook; I'm also just a wiki reader (since 2004), I'm not that expert, sorry, so you will probably get more help from the real tech guys (here for example). Bye. --Virgolette (talk) 13:31, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Sockpuppeteers

Hi, this diff indicates that the users suspected/listed in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Loofus5 and in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Storm_Rider might be somehow related. A merge might be needed depending on CU results. Cheers, Maashatra11 (talk) 18:37, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

sorry

I thought it was me that had put it in the wrong section from the beginning, hadn't noticed that you moved it. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 17:15, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

It's alright, we all make mistakes sometimes. Besides, at least you didn't delete the main page. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:17, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Reverted your good faith edit at BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant

Hey, I re-added the current event tag to BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. While the shooting itself is not a current event, the trial for the case is about to end. The jury is close to giving their verdict. Police in LA are expecting a riot once the verdict is read, regardless of which decision the jurors make. This article will be changing a lot soon, which is why it's pending-changes protected. SnottyWong ^speak 17:27, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Well you should know that all of that violates WP:CRYSTAL in one way or another. I'm not arguing that it isn't unnecessary but preemptive protection and the like is really dumb in my opinion as it really could be unnecessary. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:46, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Wow, you're really going to start an edit war over a silly template? Ok... Well, I won't revert your reversion and perpetuate this childish behavior, but if you would have taken 7 seconds to take a look at the news, you'd see it's quite clear that this article describes a situation that is a current event. The page is about to get changed a lot, and there is likely to be a lot of vandalism and POV-pushing added to it. If you're worried about WP:CRYSTAL, then see these: [21][22][23][24][25]. Preemptive page protection is not dumb, it discourages people who are only here to ruin the project. SnottyWong ^comment 16:46, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Wow, you're really going to attempt to provoke a user over a silly template? Ok... Well, I won't insult you and perpetuate this childish behaviour, but if you took (would have taken is bad grammar there, btw) 7 seconds to take a look at this, you'd see it's quite clear that belittling other editors is not acceptable. sonia^♫♪ 23:59, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

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Ahmed shahi was unjustly banned

Please go to Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Ahmed_shahi_unjustly_banned. Thanks!--ImAhmedShahi (talk) 15:24, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

The above is an admitted sock of indef blocked User:Ahmed shahi and is now CANVASSing. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 15:26, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Just a note, User:ImAhmedShahi has been blocked indef for block evasion. You may remove this thread if necessary. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 15:37, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

APGI

I left a message on the talk page of User:YadkinRiverRat. He/she is the only one who has NPOV concerns about this article, and his/her only contributions are to the article and its talk page. Yet he/she hasn't responded to me. The NPOV concerns were justified, and I was the only substantial contributor, so these were my fault. I was hoping someone could take a look to see if NPOV is still a problem. I'll look harder for positive information about APGI. Most of the actual coverage I've seen has been negative, while I see lots of letters to the editor favoring APGI.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:03, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Looks good to me. Feel free to remove the tag. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:28, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 17:43, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

SPIclose

I thought that if the case was old enough that it still had the RFCU macro that SPIclose was used to close it.—Kww(talk) 02:52, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

That one is more recent and was created when we implemented the new system. No harm done though, I'll just fix it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:57, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

It's really Twinkle being still outdated... T. Canens (talk) 03:01, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Bomber squadrons v Bombardment squadrons

Thanks, I was going to do that at some point, but while I was shrinking Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force, it seemed like a little too much of a time dump. Good job, Sadads (talk) 20:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I plan on working there sometime in the next six months to remove redundant categories. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:27, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good. I am also trying to make the larger Category:Military units and formations of the United States have a better parallel structure, though the Marines have been getting a little worked up over some of that effort. So I have decided to let it sit and cool for a bit. Sadads (talk) 21:52, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

They are going bananas over this? Elaborate please. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:44, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Barging into random 3-day-old conversation: AWB will be much, much faster than HotCat. I could do it. Anyway, what I was here to say is that I actually got some article work done. Woo! sonia^♫♪ 07:37, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

No, my edits! But in all seriousness, I'm rather content doing it the other way as it allows me to find other mistakes that would not be seen if I was doing AWB. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:35, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

I find editing in AWB fast enough, and I always check it over as well, but hey, whatever floats your boat. (You know, I haven't seen you on IRC (or other off-wiki things) for the last week, and you flatlined in edits yesterday... I was considering prank calling you just to make sure you were alive. But I suppose I could have just AGFed that you have a life.) sonia^♫♪ 23:49, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

I see thou didn't check Skype recently where I clearly left a message concerning my whereabouts. Have fun footing a hundred dollar phone bill though if you ever decide to call me though! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:03, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm sitting on Skype now and I have no new messages. You sure you left me one? All I've gotten (and ever get) is random friend requests from Pakistani guys. And I have contacts in phone companies... pranking you won't cost me anything at all. What would you do if I rang your house (not your cellphone, mind) in the middle of the night? sonia^♫♪ 04:44, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

I would probably stake out your house. Wow, I feel like a creep feeding the creep troll. Well considering where your last name is from, the friend requests aren't all that suprising. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:50, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

What the hell?

Huh? NW (Talk) 22:57, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

I was copying Texts From Last Night at Umass and flubbed that up. Thanks for being much quicker than I. That is so embarassing. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:59, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

The Notch

I put in a FOIA for Army Corps of Engineer photos on the Notch construction. Awaiting replies. Will update when (if) I get anything. TDRSS (talk) 04:12, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Air Force Portal Administrator

I am looking for an editor or editors to take over administration of the US Air Force Portal. If you think you might be interested please see the Portal Administration section on the talk page to see what is involved and comment there if you’re interested or have any questions.Ndunruh (talk) 17:16, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Fourth Connecticut Lake revert

I was there on 15 August 2007. It was chilly. If you've not been there, you're not speaking from a strong position. I'll rewrite part of it to fit better. - Denimadept (talk) 22:16, 27 July 2010 (UTC) BTW, it wasn't obvious to ME, and I went there. I have to assume it will not be obvious to others as well. - Denimadept (talk) 22:19, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

That makes sense as the region has some weird weather. The thing is, I just hiked the North Country a couple of days ago and besides being cloudy and humid, it wasn't cool. Remember, one experience doesn't necessarily mean that it will apply for other days of the year. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:22, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I can't argue with that. It was also around 08:30 so it hadn't warmed up yet. My point in the article was that one needed to be prepared. No cell coverage, a bit of climbing, remote location. - Denimadept (talk) 22:29, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Heh, sounds like all of everything north of Mt. Washington: Nothing! For my father and I, we were shocked that none of the towns up there had any cell coverage. We did though almost travel up that way though but decided against that after it was over an hour away. I'm still iffy about including cell coverage details but I'll let it slide as a compromise since you are the expert here. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:43, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Only to the extent that I've been there. I mentioned the cell phone coverage in case someone expected to be able to summon help. I went up there alone, no one knew I'd gone, with no more than a bottle of water and a light jacket. I did not finish. :-( Maybe some day I'll try again as part of a group. - Denimadept (talk) 23:01, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Don't sweat it. I've done many things for Wikipedia and not told anyone. I've even hiked a mountain before without telling anyone (albeit it was a popular trail) with no water in 80 degree weather just to take photos of a few places for the site. That twenty minute hike was a bit exhaustive due to the latter. Good luck with your endeavour whenever it occurs! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:13, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Hanscom Air Force Base

Back in 2004, the Hanscom Air Force Base website had several publicly-available pages on the history of Hanscom AFB and the ESC. I believe these pages were maintained by the 66th Air Base Wing Library and History Office (this might not be its exact name). The website was redesigned in 2005 or 2006 and the pages are no longer available. I wish I could be more helpful. I'm sure the information is somewhere, either available only on the Hanscom intranet or in print format. That's not so useful for Wikipedia unfortunately.

Acegikmo1 (talk) 04:20, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Wow, this was almost six months ago. If you had the page, I could use the Internet Archive and go from there. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:42, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Volia! [26], [27], [28] Acegikmo1 (talk) 19:41, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I shall look at those tomorrow and sort it out. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:49, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Your use of rollback

Ktr101, This was not an acceptable use of the rollback button. Edits that are not vandalism should be undone with a summary, not rolled back. Please be moer careful with your use of the tool in the future. Courcelles 04:07, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I was in a bit of a rush there and clicked that. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:36, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Not gonna let some doofus on a library computer get ME down!

Hi, Kev. Sorry about overreacting; I'm going to give this another whirl and in the meantime, I have what I need to initiate action to get this guy shut down for good, or so I hope. Thanks for your kindness and concern. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 15:11, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

That's the spirit! Welcome back! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:18, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Happy Ktr101's Day!

User:Ktr101 has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Ktr101's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Ktr101! Peace, Rlevse 00:16, 18 August 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:16, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Woah! Thanks a ton there, I never thought I would do something worthy of having my own day. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LIII (July 2010)

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Talk:Stony Brook Field edits

Ktr101, just a quick question on your edits to the Stony Brook Field talk page, which I have no problem with whatsoever, just a question. The order in which you placed the projects makes perfect sense to me- sport specific project, then any sports related projects, and finally any geography related projects (in descending order of size of area covered by project). I had always used this order, but I saw someone a little while back using alphabetical order for projects, so I started doing that. Is there a WP policy on this issue that you know of? Or do you just order the projects by natural order of importance? Thanks, Kithira (talk) 20:26, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Not that I know of. I started doing the natural order thing a few years ago based on the project with the most relevance/biggest scope and narrowing it down from there to the project that is more localized. I guess you could do it any way you wanted to but I think I probably copied off what I saw on other pages when I started. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 20:31, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Alright that sounds good. Thanks for the quick response. Kithira (talk) 21:21, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank semi-spam

Thanks for your support in my RfA, which was closed as successful. I'm happy to hear you had no concerns regarding my candidacy. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 14:58, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Cape Cod portal

Looking good, but I'd suggest a run through portal peer review first. There are various nitpicking points that occur to me on a lookthrough which, although largely cosmetic rather than structural, would slow down FPoC. If you get some good feedback at PoPR it "clears the decks" for FPoC. Ideally, you want a couple of "Support, all my issues were addressed at peer review" comments to encourage others... Up to you, though. If you go to peer review, let me know in case I overlook it, and I'd suggest asking Espresso Addict (talk · contribs) for his comments too: he's largely responsible for Portal:Cheshire, which might give you some ideas (it did to me for P:OXFORD, anyway). Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 12:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi there -- Bencherlite dropped me a note about the portal -- let me know (preferably via my talk page, as I don't always check my watchlist regularly) if you'd like me to review it, either as part of a formal portal peer review or informally. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm about to start the official process now. Stay tuned. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:27, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Excellent. I see EA has made some good suggestions already; I'll try and take a look in the next few days. Bencherlite^Talk 07:49, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Account creation

Hi, i'm interested in becoming an account creator and have some questions about it. First i'll tell you about my stats on wikipedia. Im registered from 2007, have over 2,600 edits, never blocked, and am a reviewer and rollbacker. OK, now the question's

1. Am I qualified enough to become an account creator.
2. Is the account creator interface a program that you download
3. How do I get the user right.

Thanks for your time and don't bother leaving a talkback on my page as I am watching this page. Mr.Kennedy1 ^talk 12:10, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm assuming you mean the userright outlined here. Well, you should have an account on the toolserver thing so that you can get experience. There is not a program that will do anything special for you that I know of. As of right now, you don't seem all that qualified but that could change if you gain more experience. Eventually, you would go here to request it. I hope that I've answered your question and feel free to inquire about anything if I missed a key point. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:08, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : LIV (August 2010)

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Speedy deletion contested: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Triona2

Hello Ktr101, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Triona2, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you.  ʄlame (report mistake) 00:02, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm not trying to be a dick here but I think I know what the criteria are. I wrote that particular criteria because it's not one of the general ones and it shows up as being an RFA when in reality it isn't. I'll even go through and remove all links to it now to make it easier to delete. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:59, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Deleted as general housekeeping. Bencherlite^Talk 07:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 15:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Checkuser you previously declined

User:TPCFanFor Facts now has a pretty obvious sock, User:FactsRFun2. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:42, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Ah, you confused me a bit there but I get it now. I'll get to tagging them now. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:45, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

RfA thanks spam

Hello Ktr101, thank you for supporting my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 65/4/3.
I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations, do my best for Wikipedia, and take to heart the constructive criticism. Always feel free to message me if I'm around.

Magog the Ogre (talk) 11:18, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Your humor subpage

I really like your humor subpage, especially since you included this message from my talk page. I admit, that message made me laugh, too. Utahraptor^{My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions} 14:18, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! You are the first none-GEORGIEGIBBONS user to like that page. I'll continue to keep up the good work stalking talk pages and other things. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 14:50, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Abigail Adams House

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I know, I am on it. I'm working with the school's archives and we're importing pages from their Wiki so this will take some time to sort out. I actually am planning on going to the library tomorrow to sort this out so stay tuned for more updates and sorry for screwing up. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:54, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Okay, all fixed. Why I am talking to a bot is beyond all comprehension. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:56, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

WP:SCV

Please don't remove articles which are listed here. If they are checked and some action is taken they can be marked with some version of {{SCV}}, but it helps if they stay on the list as a record in case, for example, articles are recreated later with enough changes to fool a bot but which still may be a copyright violation. VernoWhitney (talk) 03:59, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Ah, my bad. I thought they would be removed once cleared up. Sorry for that. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:08, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

When you move a talk page..

... please ensure you move any talk page archives with it. This page was looking a bit empty because the archives were left behind when you moved it. I'm going to try and fix it but I'd be grateful if you could follow-up! Ta, Bigger digger (talk) 04:38, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

The Milhist election has started!

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. You are cordially invited to help pick fourteen new coordinators from a pool of twenty candidates. This time round, the term has increased from six to twelve months so it is doubly important that you have your say! Please cast your vote here no later than 23:59 (UTC) on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.

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George N. Parks

Hi Ktr101

I am going to remove the {{recent death}} template from the above-captioned article again. The guideline in the template documentation suggests a threshold of 100 unique editors in any 24-hour period. This article is unlikely to have even a fraction of that--in the nearly three days since the first edit reporting the death of the subject, there have been only 59 edits in total (60 with my next) from just 20 unique editors—clearly this is not edit frequency coming close to even a reasonable handicap of the intended threshold.

Regards, ^Bongo_matic 03:37, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Heh, if I take that literally, the template will never be used. You're right though so I won't contest it further. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:15, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Actually, it would be used for articles like Michael Jackson, etc. But I don't take it literally (Imran Farooq gives an idea of my approach to watching edit frequencies). ^Bongo_matic 07:19, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you

Thank you for removing the discussion with the vandal from my talk page. I reverted your edits thinking it was the vandal. I'm sorry, I have since reverted myself :) . I usually like to preserve discussions on my talk page. But in this case, I ask your advice. Should I remove the discussion? And if I should, why?. Thank you. --VandTrack (talk) 05:56, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Anytime. It depends really upon if you want a disruptive editor on your page. Personally a comment like that could go either way but there are others which really shouldn't be preserved. I guess if you like to keep everything, keeping it won't harm anyone. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

But now that they are blocked, I see no reason to keep the content. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:02, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

I was about to comment the same thing. You beat me to it :). I will revert this ones, thank you both for the advice. On another topic, I noticed this user since he created his user page. In his first edit, I reverted giving a Welcome using Friendly, as I normally do, then in his second edit I reverted and gave a level 1 notice. My question for you is, was I too lenient knowing this was going to be disruptive editor? Again, thank you for your time and advice --VandTrack (talk) 06:10, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Not at all. Sometimes we just go for the level 4 header and then request a block. Sometimes it depends on if you're feeling lenient or just sick of vandals. Hopefully you're neither of the two and know how to appropriately warn. I tend to give level one and two when it's minor and three and four when it's a big vandal attack. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 06:12, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Boeing Plant 2

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:40, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Reconquista1492

Hi Kevin. This is a friendly reminder that declining cases based on the fact that you feel they are "obvious" socks should really only be used in cases where it is 1) extremely obvious, and 2) a situation where the case would not benefit from a CheckUser being ran. Specifically, the above case is not quite your average dry sock case and as such should not have been declined. Please, feel free to consult myself, other CheckUsers, or other clerks in the future if you find yourself wondering if you should decline a case or not. Thanks! Tiptoety ^talk 06:05, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Whoops, sorry for that. By the way, is Tim's script down? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 13:41, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

I do not use the script, so I do not know. Sorry, Tiptoety ^talk 16:19, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

It's alright, I'll ask him later then. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:27, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

University of Massachusetts buildings masterplan

Hi, you mentioned in the discussion about your Thomas Hannum DYK nomination, that there is or was "a master plan to create an article for every building on campus that isn't a storage shed". I don't know if such a plan is still in existence, or indeed may not have as wide a scope as you suggest, however I thought I would comment anyway. Such a plan is really not a good idea. A building existing on the campus of a well known university, and being larger than a storage shed, does not by itself confer notability. There are many such buildings that will not have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.

Using mere physical existence as the criterion for beginning the article, in the assumption that notability can be established or challenged later, seems to me to be very unwise. Also, the apparent existence of a similar approach by members of a similar organisation, does not support or justify it, according to WP:OTHERSTUFF.

Of course this isn't to say that you shouldn't create whatever articles you wish, and then see how they are received by other editors; I am just saying I don't think this particular masterplan is a good idea. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 16:42, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, it's not so much of a plan as an idea to integrate some information from various sources. There are a lot of buildings here that were built by some famous architects in the 60s and 70s (they are also butt ugly but were meant to be a "museum of architecture") that could be considered notable. There are also some really old ones here (pre 1890s). I won't necessarily mass create pages, but rather probably make them over a year or two. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:48, 29 September 2010 (UTC)