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Hi, thanks for commenting on the August Wilson Center Talk Page. You commented on a comment by one of my students. We are editing wikipedia this semester as a part of a course, and we appreciate engagement from Wikipedians! Aolivex (talk) 21:52, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your article, Alpha Gamma is proposed to be deleted.01001010101010010101001 (talk) 03:22, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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NYCRuss ☎ 12:53, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious. The picture you have on the Stonewall Jackson article of a log cabin ..... I was born and raised in this area and I don't know where or what that picture is of. Just wondering. ??????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.14.59.150 (talk) 03:09, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've responded to your question on my talk page. --Midnightdreary (talk) 22:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of U. Grant Miller Library 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! Awadewit (talk) 17:54, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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• Oh, thank you.--GrapedApe (talk) 05:21, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of WNJR (FM) 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! Orlady (talk) 01:46, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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BorgQueen (talk) 11:56, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly keep the images, as they enhance the visual appeal of the list. Look forward to seeing more improvements as and when you get the chance. Bencherlite^Talk 08:45, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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— Rlevse • Talk • 18:36, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, I'd just like to thank you for doing reviews of featured list candidates. Those two recently didn't go so well, but it is in general a good process. Don't let it get you down! Thanks again, hope to see you around. Jujutacular ^T · C 19:14, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work! I visited the W&J campus a week ago, for the first time; it's definitely a nice-looking campus. Have you ever heard of a building around campus known as the "Sackville House", on E. Wheeling St.? I tried to find it, but my best guess is that it's been torn down and replaced with the new fine arts center. Nyttend (talk) 03:12, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note; however, I did notice the house that you mention. I parked farther east on Wheeling (just barely west of the Wade Ave. intersection) and walked to McMillan Hall, stopping for the Sackville House. I photographed the house that you're talking about, only to notice that it had a different number than the one given for the Sackville House. Nyttend (talk) 04:17, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I still believe that the house is gone. Its National Register nomination form includes a map, but there's nothing specifically marked as being the house on the map on page 5. Moreover, look at the picture; I don't remember seeing this house anywhere along Wheeling, and the shadows on Google Maps' satellite view don't seem to show any such house. Errors such as Canonsburg for the administration building are quite rare; I doubt that there's such a significant error here. I'll be happy if you can show me that there really is an error, and that it's still in existence :-) Nyttend (talk) 05:05, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not the only situation that a landmarked building doesn't stay in existence for long after it's designated: check out Holy Rosary Catholic Church (St. Marys, Ohio), which was listed on the National Register a full year after it was demolished. Thanks for the link to Shorty's; I'm quite impressed by the 23,000 signatures especially. Nyttend (talk) 12:05, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was really only concerned with buildings on the National Register, so the only other building that I photographed was McMillan Hall. I did get several pictures of that, so I suspect that they could be useful; I've just not gotten around to uploading them yet. Nyttend (talk) 03:24, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, and thanks for your detailed review of this FLC. Can you revisit to ensure your concerns have been addressed, and if possible declare whether you support, oppose, or are neutral toward the list's promotion to FL status? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 22:19, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On May 5, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article McMillan Hall (Washington & Jefferson College), 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.

Thanks for this article Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all of your help. Your critiques and work helped to earn that star. NYCRuss ☎ 05:12, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, GrapedApe. Once you add a third-party reliable source to Hays Hall and a reference that states that Frederick J. Osterling is a noted architect, I will pass it. I am referring to the discussion at Template talk:Did you know#Hays Hall. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 20:44, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for adding the reference. I've verified the hook. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 06:03, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pleasure doing business with you.--GrapedApe (talk) 06:04, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 18:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just a quick note to let you know that I'll hopefully have some time tomorrow to check out the peer review of the above list. Sorry it's taken so long. Lots of real life stuff going on. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:48, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Phew, got there in the end, hopefully my few comments are of use. I look forward to seeing it at FLC. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:07, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The DYK project (nominate) 18:15, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi: Noticed you recently created the NRHP stub for the East Washington Historic District. I updated the infobox using the Elkman tool. You might consider using the same since it already contains much of what you are entering manually and is based on the NRHP database.--Pubdog (talk) 00:45, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks! That is a really awesome tool!--GrapedApe (talk) 03:00, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On May 26, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Technology Center, 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) 18:03, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, since you seem to be creating a lot of new pages recently (I'm looking through the old college football seasons), you might want to consider applying to be a autoreviewer so that your pages are skipped on new page patrol. Thanks! -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:02, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• No thanks, but thanks for offering.--GrapedApe (talk) 19:06, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly wasn't aware of this discussion until after I gave you autoreviewer. So, here are your new duties: continue exactly as you had been doing before. "Autoreviewer" is a misnomer; it should be "autoreviewed". All it means is that you, GrapedApe, are considered someone who can be trusted to not create inappropriate pages (in all namespaces, not just articles)... and that you do it often enough that it's more efficient to just mark them all as 'approved' by default. This gets you out of my backlogs (which are typically +3 weeks long). DS (talk) 13:03, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• • Well...as long as it comes with no responsibilities and I don't have to do anything... Thanks for the confidence!--GrapedApe (talk) 04:05, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I can't let these things pass me by without having a bit of a look at them! Good work, by the way. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:03, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll try and have a proper look later on. Immediate thoughts are that you're missing accessdates on some of the web references, you might want to think about having the tables sortable by surname and appointment date (not hugely important, probably), and that the key in the notes section might be better located earlier, so we don't have to wait to find out what the symbols mean. Bencherlite^Talk 07:10, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Well, I copied the coding from Portal:Nevada, so you ought to thank Juliancolton (talk · contribs), in fact! Bencherlite^Talk 21:45, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! One of your recent edits on June 12 to the article Washington & Jefferson College added a reference named "carnegieclassifications" (in two places) but did not include the actual source. Would you please revisit the article and add the source you intended? Thanks. - Salamurai (talk) 16:19, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• So I did! Thanks for the note!--GrapedApe (talk) 16:29, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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		For your extensive work improving the Washington & Jefferson College article and ones related to the topic. Niteshift36 (talk) 15:44, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

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On June 16, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article First Presbyterian Church 1793, 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.

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations. Could you let me know next time you're going to put an article? I'd like to be in Reno so I could lay a bet. ;) ----moreno oso (talk) 00:08, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think you "sugar coated" your last summary. I was pretty upset too when it went to AfD but figured we would win and get a laugh in the long run. ----moreno oso (talk) 04:34, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the timeline. But the articles are on a site that is now blacklisted. The blacklisting doesn't exempt certain dates. It simply blacklists the site, period. Niteshift36 (talk) 04:07, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is the intermix. Baltimore Examiner, Washington Examiner, SF Examiner and Examiner.com were all under the same company and used the same url, examiner.com. Washington Examiner is still owned by them, but is a separate part of the business. At the same time, there were the same ones currently on Examiner.com writing under that URL too. So not only do you have to parse out which city, but which dates and then decide whether it was a Baltimore Examiner writer or a writer for the Baltimore edition of Examiner.com. It's not as simple as just setting a cut off date. Niteshift36 (talk) 04:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few other articles out there like the bio of Jeffrey_Herebener:Mises Institute vanity pages for non-notable academics with WP:PROF and WP:UNDUE problems. One more, that of Jörg Guido Hülsmann has been nominated for deletion, for the same reason you nominated the Herbener article.Bkalafut (talk) 01:31, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks, and I agree that this fellow isn't notable. There are a lot of similar pages, and it would be a chore to dig through them all. Please keep me posted.--GrapedApe (talk) 03:20, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. I came here wondering if you could supply a source for the Date of Death for Chase Clements, as I was unaware of what SSDI was. I see from earlier conversions that SSDI is the Social Security Death Index. So, now I'm intrigued. How does one search the SSDI?--GrapedApe (talk) 16:07, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. In order to search the SSDI, you just need to go to http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ and fill in the information (advanced search is usually better for common names) and, while you cannot link directly to the results, you can create a convenience link by clicking on the SS-5 Letter link, which gives you this (for George Clements, anyways). Generally it's better to then use the date you find to do a Google news archive search for an obituary, but that doesn't always work (if the obituary doesn't exist or was never uploaded etc.) You might run into WP:BLP problems if you use it for someone who is still thought to be living (since it might be construed to be original research), but in this case, Clements' NFL profile lists him as deceased, so there shouldn't be a problem. Canadian Paul 22:03, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• • Wow, thank you very much! I'm surprised that there isn't an SSDI citation template. Maybe one could be created?--GrapedApe (talk) 03:30, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just did some searching and, apparentely, there is one! So that should be useful in the future. Canadian Paul 15:20, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that's almost exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of. One last question: Is there a more reliable source for the SSDI than rootsweb? Does the Social Security office publish it in an authoritative way? Or is the rootsweb version considered pretty reliable?--GrapedApe (talk) 16:54, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, the SSDI is the only way to access the United States Death Master File. As far as reliability, it's just as likely to make a typo or an error as any news report, so if those are considered reliable, this should be as well. Canadian Paul 15:03, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Someone reduced the size of File:WandJseal.png and totally reversed the transparency work that you did. I'm wondering if you would kindly be able to look at File:WandJseal.png again and restore the transparency. Also could you check and see if the shrinking of the image caused any artifacts? Sorry to bother you again...--GrapedApe (talk) 21:44, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No bother. I re-did the downsample with the transparency intact. By the way, maybe the seal falls into the public domain due to age? For example, according to this, p. 20, the first known use of the seal is from 1902. What do you think? —Quibik (talk) 22:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By gum, I think you're right. I'll move it to commons right now! Thanks!--GrapedApe (talk) 03:10, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay. Yes, I was the creator of the hockey uniform images, as well as the creator of the baseball uniforms and the original football uniforms (which have since been redone). What questions do you want to ask? --The Silent Wind of Doom (talk) 17:03, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Well, yeah, I guess I am the original creator of the template. I've never thought of the templates as works themselves. I edited my original football uniform to make a hockey uniform. The images themselves are not free, due to the logos, etc, but the templates themselves are certainly open to the public. People have already been using my football and baseball templates to make more uniforms and images than my original work. If you need it to be official and all, though: I, the Silent Wind of Doom, herby release my creations, the templates for my uniform images, under CC-BY-3.0. --The Silent Wind of Doom (talk) 20:14, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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		For your consistent contributions and excellent work on helping to improve the Washington & Jefferson template! Jrcla2 (talk) 16:04, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey GrapedApe,

Sorry that I overwrote your last edit to List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Washington County. I had a large edit that I hadn't yet saved. All the wikilink fixes that you had made were in my edit, except that I retained the official title of each marker to display on the table. I apologize if I stepped on your toes. I really don't care if the titles stay that way, but that is how I was filling them in for the rest of the PA county marker lists. Thanks for your help. I'm done with Washington County for now, so we won't get our edits crossed further. CrazyPaco (talk) 23:53, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please not create one sentence NRHP stubs. Although, I see you've finished with Washington County. If you plan on going back and expanding some of theme, I can point you to where you can get the nomination forms, which are a great source to use in an article. There is plenty of interesting information on these sites if one looks (see Hawthorne School (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) and the Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Station (California, Pennsylvania), which I was able to expand). ​​Niagara ​​^{Don't give up the ship} 16:18, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• ???--GrapedApe (talk) 16:55, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi GrapedApe. With Niagara's comment here and another's comment at Talk:National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Pennsylvania, you're running into an issue that some/many frequent NRHP article editors have opinions about. There's been some acrimony, in fact, and there's a wide spectrum of views about when starting new NRHP articles is helpful or not. One extreme could be that no article should be started if it is not Featured Article quality, immediately; the other extreme is that any start is an advance, and helpful. I and most others have viewpoints somewhere inbetween. I believe there's no Wikipedia policy reason why an article should not be started, however, and I for one look at your new articles indexed in National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Pennsylvania as a contribution. I agree with Niagara and others that more in any one article is better, though, so if you can follow Niagara's advice and find your way to add NRHP nomination forms (great references for these), that would be great, though is not required by any absolute rule. There's some instructions meant to help with that posted at wp:NRHPhelp (scroll down to Pennsylvania). I'm not sure how good those instructions are, will try now to use them to further develop one or two of these Washington County articles. Anyhow, thanks for your contributions, and please consider joining the NRHP WikiProject and/or participating at its Talk page(shortcuts wp:NRHP and wt:NRHP). --doncram (talk) 18:02, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • P.S. Hey, i am trying to develop the Beallsville Historic District one a bit more, now, for example, using the NRHP nomination document available for it. Also, I noticed your comment about getting Pennsylvania state staff involved in correcting info about one of the NRHP entries, relative to the NRHP's NRIS system data about the place. That's great. You should know that we have an error note collection system about NRHP errors, at wp:NRIS info issues PA for Pennsylvania items. I have tried corresponding with the NRHP about fixing errors regarding other states, but I don't believe anyone has been working on getting Pennsylvania-related errors corrected. Thanks for working on that one! --doncram (talk) 20:53, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thank you for the notes. Frankly, I'm surprised that creating stub articles on obviously note-worthy subjects can arouse such negativity, like this rude comment. I fail to see how creating those stubs--with a reference, a full infobox, and relevant categories--can possibly be a bad thing. Featured articles don't spring fully-formed from the mind of contributors: they must start somewhere. Thanks for trying to explain what the dispute is all about, rather than just being nasty. I'll take a look at the Beallsville article. However, I'll probably steer clear of other NRHP articles, because I'd rather not be harassed by some self-appointed arbiters of protocol at the NRHP project. --GrapedApe (talk) 21:13, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Please don't be discouraged in article creation. Stub articles aren't ideal, but how many featured articles started out as stubs in the first place? I stubbed the entire National Register of Historic Places listings in Florida about 4 years ago, with basic two to three sentence stubs. I did put in a couple of extra refs in each one, though. Part of the problem with the short-short stubs is that they used to have deletion attempts made on them frequently, due to insufficient assertion of notability. Not as much of an issue now, but it is something to think about, when creating any stub. My philosophy, though, is that articles have to start somewhere, and it's easier to expand something already existing. Some of us don't have the attention span to create extensive and gloriously referenced articles. But stubs can be expanded, that's what they're for. Some of the ones I created have. I'm all about quantity. Oh, and quality too, I suppose. My two pence, for what it's worth. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 21:28, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Well, I visited to try to explain the rude-type comment, which i thot would be disturbing (and i think it was meant to be). I cannot justify that behavior by another editor. To be clear, I think it is fine that you created the articles, with a reference, etc., as you say, and it is a positive contribution. I wonder, do you have connection to the Washington County area, and would you be able to take and upload pictures of any of these?
        • If you might be interested, one area where I could use some similar help, and where your creating articles would be welcomed, is National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut. I am working there on both creating new articles and also on developing them and adding NRHP nomination document references. There are about 15 remaining red-links there, and I would be very glad if you would start them, and I also believe i can assure you that others would not interfere negatively there. Others have not been bothering me there, and I would surely object strenuously if anyone did interfere negatively. Any which way, thanks again for your contributions. --doncram (talk) 15:28, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You have been invited to join the College hockey task force, a task force under WikiProject Ice Hockey. We are dedicated to improving the College ice hockey-related articles on Wikipedia. You received this invitation due to your interest in college hockey and/or your many edits to college hockey related articles. If you would like to join, please visit the task force page, and add your name to the list of active project members. Thank you. Bhockey10 (talk) 07:51, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• • Sure! Thanks!--GrapedApe (talk) 17:38, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On July 29, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Walker (industrialist), 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) 12:03, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Hey GrapedApe, I am the original publisher of the Consus Composite ranking. The discussion for its use has been reopened, so if you want to join in again, feel free. ThanksZoroastrama100 (talk) 18:35, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey GrapedApe, if I am the Consus people, why would I expose myself so easily in a public forum? I hope you are smarter than that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoroastrama100 (talk • contribs) 19:41, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Yeah, insulting me is the fastest way to make me agree with you. --GrapedApe (talk) 19:52, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I finally posted the GA review for Washington & Jefferson Presidents football. I have placed it on hold waiting for a few concerns to be addressed. See here for the review. –Grondemar 04:03, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

With all significant concerns addressed, I have passed this article as a Good Article. Congratulations! –Grondemar 04:01, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am not trying to push the website. Neither am I affiliated with the website as you have indicated. If you continue to do so, I will report you for false accusation and Wikipedia:Harassment. In fact, I will report you once I get a chance from my schedule, for you have accused me of a position and motive for which I do not have. The truth will come out.Zoroastrama100 (talk) 04:36, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Bogus. You said "I am the original publisher of the Consus Composite ranking" right here on my talk page. --GrapedApe (talk) 04:44, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For going above and beyond to prevent Wikipedia from being used for fraudulent purposes. Cheers! —Eustress talk 19:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I do not review at GA often and it has been some time since I did a GA review. Because GA reviews are done by just one person, my experience is that there is somewhat more variation in what passes and what does not. If the history were expanded a bit in the modern era, I think it would have a good chance at GAN. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:26, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll finish it up and post it either tonight or tomorrow night; I've been burned out on the reviewing end and have been struggling to get them done, I've noticed. Sorry for the delay. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 02:29, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of John McMillan's Log 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! NortyNort (Holla) 10:37, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GrapedApe,

I notice that the administrator User:Phantomsteve seems to have deleted a few of your images (File:4thavepgh.jpg and File:GatewayCenter.jpg), that you seemed to have taken and were used in, and valuable for illustrating, a couple of Pittsburgh articles. This administrator cited ‎ "(F9: Unambiguous copyright violation: from www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26389 ("©1994-2010 Cyburbia"))", which seems unusual, because he is citing a copyright violation based on someone posting those photos in a thread on a public message board. Can you verify that these were your photos? I would like to get them restored to Wikipedia. Thanks.CrazyPaco (talk) 17:55, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks for the reply. Don't know how I got the uploader confused. (must have been that they were here) Thanks for setting me straight. It's still strange that the reasoning for deletion was that they were posted on a public message board. The copyright does not apply to the photo, but if wasn't that user's photo, then I guess it doesn't matter. CrazyPaco (talk) 00:51, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Conk, yeah, I saw that Cathedral crop thing (btw, I do appreciate you defending it). Honestly though, while I don't like not being attributed, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that those things are going to happen if I'm going to upload images. I've seen my pic of the CoL (and others) on other websites, and there is really nothing you can do about it. That comes with the territory of having it accessible to everyone. I don't like Conk's behavior, but I'd rather have the project take the high road and give him his due process on those images which only would cost a couple of weeks delay. He/she has seemed to have also uploaded what appears to be some legit images. It did happened to me once where I had an image of mine tagged for PUF just because of how it looked. Now that said, I didn't have Conk's track record, but still...and some of my images have been scanned from older developed photos that I have taken so there is no exif, so I guess that is where I'm coming from on this. Hey, btw, great work on all the W&J stuff. Cheers..CrazyPaco (talk) 02:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, btw, a simple google image search pulled up the Children's Museum image as a © violation, so yeah, that should be speedily deleted. For the other images, I still think he should be given the opportunity to speak if lacking similar hard evidence. CrazyPaco (talk) 02:43, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll help you with sifting through Conk's stuff. What exactly would you like me to work on? Do you want me to try to find the original source images for speedy deletion? CrazyPaco (talk) 03:55, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I have redone the lead per the review but would like to keep the chess and debate info there.Stan9999 (talk) 18:02, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the rankings infobox to the {{Infobox US university ranking}} per this review but their refs are out of date. It is using 2009 refs. I left a note on the their talk page. It looks a bit odd to enter the current ranking but the ref in the box takes you to an old ranking.Stan9999 (talk) 13:47, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On 17 August 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John McMillan's Log School, 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) 18:02, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

I've blocked the user. If he does it again, let me know (providing I'm around, of course :). Also, please archive your talk page. Yes, I'm about the last person who has any right to say that - mine is overdue an archive too - but, anyway... Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 16:01, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm curious: Do you have an easy method for compiling the list of images transferred from here to commons, such as the one you posted at commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Files by Conk 9? VernoWhitney (talk) 03:48, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article The Burnett Center you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:The Burnett Center for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:49, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Wow. I would've appreciated a hold period to fix the problems.--GrapedApe (talk) 02:33, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Before I try adding any more Perry Como statue images--is the one that was not added by me which was originally with the article and subsequently deleted, now acceptable?

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Singing_statue_of_Perry_Como.jpg

The file on the Russian Wikipedia Perry Como page.

Thanks,

We hope (talk) 17:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I contacted Canonsburg Chamber of Commerce and learned there is someone there who does have a copyright on her photo of it that is used for post cards. Every photo I have found elsewhere has some type of copyright issues to it. There is a chance she may give permission for WP to use a photo or photos from the post card(s) on the Perry Como page. Would something of this nature be acceptable? If so, I might need to ask your help in the right way of tagging the image if we get any from the lady.

Thanks again!

We hope (talk) 20:32, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ETA-

You might also let Russian WP know the second photo they show also has issues:

Flickr page for image uploaded by Bosa Nova Baby

We hope (talk) 20:46, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Placed on hold so you can address concerns. Thanks. Racepacket (talk) 18:50, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you for your response. I have now read a number of W&J related articles, and you should be commended for your work. Please look at my responses to your comments. I hope they stimulate your thinking. Racepacket (talk) 04:23, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• My research indicates that a "scratch race" or "scratch round" is used to reduce the number of competitors. So you could have it in running, bicycle racing, etc. It is another name for a preliminary round. Could you please check your source to see if it is in fact a separate event or sport? Perhaps the source is indicating an elimination/preliminary round of one of the sports already listed in the sentence? Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 03:45, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• I see your point. I have left a few more comments. Racepacket (talk) 11:21, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• I would like to wrap this up. I have now checked the references and went ahead and fixed a few footnotes. I have left more comments, including two in red to make sure that you don't over-look them. Thank you for all that you do to improve Wikipedia. Racepacket (talk) 10:00, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Two of your fixes had wording issues. I have marked them in red. If we can fix these, I will clear the nomination. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 02:56, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• One last clean up item re: Fall 2003 and we are done. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 20:50, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Rather than prolong this, I fixed the 2003 ambiguity and cleared the nomination.Racepacket (talk) 22:39, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
		For your meticulous work at Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Conk 9. Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:38, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Very much appreciated. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:38, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to apologize that I never got around to helping you sift through the remainder as you had asked for. But I agree with Moonriddengirl and think you did a splendid job. VernoWhitney (talk) 18:15, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: the Dick Biondi page. Am aware where I can get one with the original owner being WCFL (AM). The station owner (Chicago Federation of Labor) sold the station in 1978; the call letters on the AM band died out in 1987. Am aware that it's a lot harder in the case of living persons, and Biondi fits that category. So before I possibly create issues by this, can you tell me if an image with this type of background would be acceptable for use there?

Thanks!

We hope (talk) 15:42, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article Literary societies at Washington & Jefferson College you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Literary societies at Washington & Jefferson College for things which need to be addressed. -- Cirt (talk) 23:23, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]