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Precious anniversary
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:38, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
... and six --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
2019 US Banknote Contest
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Resources for finding county-level statistics
[edit]- Census QuickFacts
- Social Capital Variables Spreadsheet for 2014, PennState College of Agricultural Sciences, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
- Social Capital Project: Social Capital Index Data spreadsheet accompanying the U.S. Congress, Joint Economic Committee, Social Capital Project. “The Geography of Social Capital in America.” Report prepared by the Vice Chairman’s staff, 115th Cong., 2nd Sess. (April 2018)
- Religious statistics by county
- PeakVisor, search for "X County" to find high points in a county
- ebird, gives bird species lists for each county
- Midwest Herbaria, search to generate plant species lists for each county
- Mycoportal, search to generate fungus and bryophyte species lists
- NASS QuickStats database, gives agricultural figures by county for many data points
- bestplaces.net--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 21:35, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
"Sierra High Schoo (Manteca, California)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Sierra High Schoo (Manteca, California). The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 12#Sierra High Schoo (Manteca, California) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC678 06:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
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[edit]Hello Omnedon! This message is to inform you that due to editing inactivity, your access to AutoWikiBrowser may be temporarily removed. If you do not resume editing within the next week, your username will be removed from the CheckPage. This is purely for routine maintenance and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You may regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! — MusikBot II talk 17:10, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Counties in township titles
[edit]I noticed that back in 2008 you added counties into article title for townships in several states, with edit summary (Included county name for consistency). This was probably before WP:USPLACE was settled, right? I think it suggests (strongly) that the county should not be there unless needed for disambiguation. Do you know whether fixing these to the recommended format has been discussed? Looks like it would be a lot of work, but possibly amenable to automation. Dicklyon (talk) 03:01, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
- Actually I still feel very strongly, for several reasons, that the county name should in fact be included in township article names. Omnedon (talk) 04:19, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
- Please say more. What reasons? More than "consistency"? Specific to townships as opposed to other populated places? Dicklyon (talk) 04:26, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
- This was all dealt with in great detail years ago. Why bring it up again now? Omnedon (talk) 05:38, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
- Not to re-start the whole discussion, but one very simple reason for this is that in US states, townships are subdivisions of counties (just as counties are subdivisions of states). It's not just a question of consistency. Omnedon (talk) 05:42, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
- I'm bringing it up to find out if it was dealt with; I only know WP:USPLACE. Can you find where else I should be looking maybe? Dicklyon (talk) 05:31, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
- I found the conversation at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names)/Archives/2011/August#U.S. township articles and pre-emptive disambiguation versus consistent naming which sounds to me like the consensus was not to include the county. But it's confusing, and perhaps not the last word. Anyway, it's newer that what you did in 2008, so I'm wondering if the issue got settled, so I'll know whether to work on it. Dicklyon (talk) 00:46, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
- Please say more. What reasons? More than "consistency"? Specific to townships as opposed to other populated places? Dicklyon (talk) 04:26, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
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Precious anniversary
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Civil township maps - How to do this?
[edit]Hello, You created several of the Civil Township pages for the state of Iowa back in the 2007/2008 time frame. I am in the process of trying to add "infobox settlement" information to other townships. I would really like to include something like the SVG maps that you created but it isn't clear to me how to go about that. Would you be willing to share the details? There are 1599 civil townships in Iowa, so clearly an automated map generatio process is needed. Thanks! GrandpaDave (talk) 01:08, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
- My apologies for the delay. I used some custom scripts to create those maps, and might be able to do so again... I'll check into it. I do still have the code. It uses freely-available USGS data. Omnedon (talk) 15:57, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
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[edit]There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Jefferson Davis/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped assure this article would retain its featured status. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:01, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
WikiConference North America 2024
[edit]Hi Omnedon! WikiConference North America 2024 is slated to occur in Indianapolis in early October. Will we see you there? Peaceray (talk) 04:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)