User:Montanabw



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'''Must-read article of the moment :

New off-wiki must-read: Wikipedia's coverage of women's history past must-reads: Wikipedia wars: inside the fight against far-right editors, vandals and sock puppets

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Welcome
Hi! I am Montanabw, I really do live in Montana and I really do own horses—who graciously allow me to upload their images into Commons from time to time. On Wikipedia, I've been around for a while, and am glad to assist other editors as I can. In real life, I am a small-town lawyer in private practice, which explains why sometimes I am not around to answer questions quickly and other times seem to live online; my work ebbs and flows. I occasionally write about legal topics, but in general, I do enough legal writing in my work; I prefer to work on other topics here. I also write books and do other freelance writing off-wiki. I am not compensated for anything I write on Wikipedia.

I sometimes fullfill requests for photos of objects or locations in Montana, particularly for National Register of Historic Places listings in Montana. I take random images when I travel, too, so check out my contributions at Commons. I can also access documents in hardcopy at the Montana Historical Society. I choose not to use my real name on WP, but I've met a number of wikipedians off-wiki, helped facilitate some editathons in Montana, and I've been to a few WP-related events such as WikiConference North America/USA, so if you met me in real life, feel free to pop over to my talkpage and say hello!

Disclosures

 * Per WP:SOCK, I have the following alternative accounts:
 * User:MontOther contains tools I use for training new/other users
 * User talk:Breadedchicken is a "vanilla" account primarily for demonstration purposes.

Wiki meets world
Where "my" articles or my photos (mostly photos right now) that I have taken and uploaded on commons have appeared off-wiki (frequently without proper attribution even to Commons, arrgh):
 * https://www.mtpr.org/post/voices-butte (File:Butte-Panorama 01.jpg)
 * https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/montana/sip-n-dip-lounge-mt/ (File:Sip n Dip 01.JPG)
 * https://www.tripsavvy.com/great-falls-montana-travel-guide-1608472 (File:FIrst People's Buffalo Jump State Park 1.jpg)
 * http://www.thehorse.com/articles/38737/addressing-the-air-fern-in-your-barn (File:Grazing muzzle 01.JPG)
 * http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/montana/most-famous-horses-mt/ (File:Panorama bleu horses and hills.jpeg and File:Bleu horses1.jpg )
 * http://www.vet.cornell.edu/news/FIP.cfm ( File:FIP kitten.jpg )
 * http://www.thehorse.com/articles/36870/breaking-down-body-condition (File:RabicanoArab.jpg)
 * http://www.horsejournals.com/horse-care/alternative-therapies/sweet-itch-flaxseed-can-help (File:FlySheet1.jpg )
 * http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article.php?id=505302 ( File:WestShowSdl.jpg)
 * http://www.montanapublicmedia.org/2013/03/stakeholders-cant-bridge-the-divide-over-flathead-water-compact/ ( File:Center Pivot.jpg )
 * http://www.roadsnacks.net/most-dangerous-cities-in-montana/ ( File:Polson2.JPG )
 * http://www.ktvq.com/story/29706995/first-peoples-buffalo-jump-designated-as-national-historic-landmark ( File:FIrst People's Buffalo Jump State Park 1.jpg )
 * https://www.eventbrite.com/rally/los-angeles/a-day-at-the-races-where-to-enjoy-the-sport-of-kings-in-southern-california/ (File:Los Alamitos track 2016 14.jpg)
 * http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wyoming/all-america-wy-city/ (File:Powell, Wyoming summer 2015 01.jpg and File:Northwest College, Powell, Wyoming summer 2015 08.jpg )
 * https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/18-small-towns-with-strange-claims-to-fame-50812/world-s-shortest-river-great-falls-montana#.WfeSmkzMyHo ( File:Giant Springs12.JPG )
 * http://studenttravelplanningguide.com/student-travelers-strike-gold-in-the-state-of-montana/ ( File:Arlee Powwow5.JPG )
 * http://www.khq.com/story/36153752/confederate-memorial-in-helena-ordered-removed ( File:Confederate Memorial Fountain (Helena, Montana) 03.jpg )
 * https://montanafreepress.org/2022/04/11/montana-state-psychiatric-hospital-to-lose-federal-funding/?utm_medium=email&mc_cid=9fa89f432f&mc_eid=0005b7ea11 (File:Warm Springs State Hospital 05.jpg)
 * https://dailymontanan.com/2022/04/21/montana-state-hospital-administrator-removed-as-dphhs-begins-work-with-private-consulting-firm/ (File:Warm Springs State Hospital 03.jpg)

Things to work on


I think the following articles need to be created, and I will do so eventually if someone else doesn't beat me to the punch:


 * Janow Podlaski or State studs of Poland (incl Michalow, etc...)
 * Babolna Stud
 * Inshass Stud
 * Spencer Borden

Hackamore links:
 * http://www.hought.com/pttfl.html
 * http://www.outwestsaddlery.com/html/bosals____mecates.html
 * http://www.sagehorsemanship.com/saddlery/gear/fiadors/fiadors.html

UCDavis rearranged all their genetics stuff, all links broken and need to be fixed in color articles:
 * General link to horse genetic tests: http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/horse.php
 * Introduction to Coat Color Genetics (will replace many links) http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolor.php
 * Horse coat color tests (will need this one a lot too) http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolorhorse.php
 * Dun Zygosity: http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/dunhorse.php
 * Tobiano test http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/tobiano.php
 * CA article: http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/genomic/cerebellar/

UKy web pages: http://www.ca.uky.edu/gluck/AGTRL/Guide%20to%20Color%20Gene%20Testing.pdf http://www.ca.uky.edu/gluck/AGTRL.asp#color Link to all the places with tests: http://www.horsecolors.us/color_test_links.htm

Sources to cite somewhere: http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=9224 Financial impact of the horse show industry
 * Article on managing minis, add to nutrition and mini articles
 * http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=9670 Equine color vision
 * http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=10074
 * http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=10190 Walking horse new procedures

The following articles, last I checked, are in desperate need of help:
 * Horse conformation
 * Horse breaking
 * Thoroughbred horse race terrible quality article and desperately needs coordination with other related articles.

QPQ storage
QPQ: (None)