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Burkina Faso
HI there. I noticed you created the articles on the Burkinabe province such as Bam (province). Well I am looking to create the subdivisions of these and have already created Bourzanga but I would like to know why the departments have been renamed as communes on these articles. According to french wikipedia they are departements and various sources show the Burkinabe government uses e.g Bourzanga Department rather than commune. Now I have done some work on French communes which are a subdivision of actual departments. Could you help clear up what the naming convention is, as I will be looking to create some templates and start these articles in the coming weeks. Personally I would rather name them departments as some of them cover quite large areas .Thanks  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 17:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

This was lifted from the french wiki.

I'll also be looking to make provincial templates which include the communes and all the villages within them  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 17:43, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry if you got the wrong impression of me. I;ve had a particularly bad day on here -I didn't mean to appear to be rude. Thnkgs can get pretty tight at times on here. I had just hoped you would have known more about it seems as you did a cool job setting up the provinces. As you didn't respond I just assumed you didn't acknowledge my efforts to continue where you left off. Best regards  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 22:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I feel really bad about it too I gave you the totally wrong impression of me. I had just had to spent hours trying to stop something I had worked on going down the afd which was sort of disrupting and I was feeling pretty bad. Sometimes you can slip in something you wouldn't normally intend to and I shouldn't have said that you weren't concerend with it as I know you also do a lot of great work.

Anyway that national tmeplate is good, but I was thinking about also drawing up some Burkinabe provincial template sin which we could covers the departments/communes and also perhaps some of the towns and villages. I also am rather busy at present but I'll see about developing this in the coming weeks -its pretty daunting as there are 45 provinces!!. I think if it is OK I'll name them as departments -as this is the usage on the french wiki of which burkina is french speaking I believe.

Now cheer up too buddy! All the best from the Bald One  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 12:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thats what I thought, I think I may get rid of the above national template once they are started as they will be in an A-Z in the category. The provincial templates will be for more useful but will take some effort to create. Usually for African countries (e.g Republic of the Congo, Eritrea) I would create a single template with them all but due to the huge number of them for Burkina splitting is best I think. Best regards  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 13:15, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Its quite scary how much is missing but I was thinking along the lines of provincial templates like Template:Balé. What do you think? ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 14:25, 9 April 2008 (UTC) I'll create them like Bagassi Department I think. I'm not sure its 2006 census though  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Wow thats sounds like severe weather -its funny that another American user was telling me what a beautiful day it was where he is!! Its pretty murky here too but nothing as electric as where you are!!! Yes I wasn't too certain about the map, after all the maps are there on the department pages but I'll see how it develops. I;ll try to get them all started in newxt week or two, today I;ve been busy with Slovene composers Lucijan Marija Škerjanc‎, spanish ceramics companies Porcelanosa and Ecuador telcommunications companies Etapatelecom. Pretty diverse huh? I think the best thing we can do for African geography is lay out the smaller areas of countries in templates -this gives us a structure to begin building content on -as it is African geography and topics are very poorly developed because of obvious reasons. Hopefully this will change over time, but it is likely to remain very uneven well for our life times anyway.

Take care in that storm, and don't forget to cling onto the clock for dear life like The Doc  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:03, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Maine stats
I'd recommend leaving Maine out of the sentences you're adding. The articles have already established the town or city's state in the lead, and it looks a tad untidy to have the designation broken by the comma. - Dudesleeper / Talk  12:02, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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Berlin, New Hampshire micropolitan area
Several places in the total boonies in Vermont have been placed into the "Berlin micropolitan area." However, this chart does not show any connection to Vermont from Berlin which I would expect since cross-state roads are terrible in Vermont and New Hampshire (mountains). Also crosses the Connecticut River. The only slight connection that Vermont might have with New Hampshire could be in the Littleton area, though that is really too far away. Also Hanover-Lebanon and White River Junction. Those are at least close enough to help each other out. But Island Pond and Essex county are moose country! Two lane roads, lucky if they are paved! :) Student7 (talk) 14:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

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Springfield metro area
...does NOT go anywhere near Northfield. I'd say it pretty much cuts off at South Hadley at most, and would be more inclined to say Holyoke. Northfield, Montegue (Turners Falls), Northampton, and Hadley are definitely outside of that zone. They're physically and mentally away from Springfield. - Denimadept (talk) 13:59, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I just checked what that "statistical" unit is, and I just disagree with it. There's such a thing as outside a metro area, darn it. - Denimadept (talk) 16:36, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Bad link
Just wanted to let you know: on Virden, Illinois, you placed a bad link for the subcounty population estimates: the link ends with "177", but is actually "17". Easy to fix, but I wanted to let you know before you place a similar URL on other pages.

Abbreviation
I'd appreciate your comments on a discussion I've initiated at Talk:United_States_micropolitan_area. --Russ (talk) 12:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Departments
You'll be pleased to know we now have a full set of Category:Departments of Burkina Faso. Now the articles on towns are being developed. Hopefully more info will become avilabale to expand beyond stubs! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 14:09, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I;ve just bought a 450 page book on Burkina too so hopefully we can expanded some of the articles and topics! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 19:33, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi wow you did a lot of preliminary work on Africa a few years back whhich is great. I noticed you started Inhambane which I just managed to expand  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 11:57, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah... you pretty much started half the articles on african places and elections back in 2005-2006. Why have you stopped? I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 18:09, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Turks and Caicos politicians
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Fillmroe County
Thanks for pointing it out: it's quite an implausible redirect, so I deleted it. Nyttend (talk) 23:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Aberdeen micropolitan area sources
Hi. Could you point me to where you found the demographic information for Aberdeen micropolitan area? I see the population comes from the CSV file in the references, and you cite http://factfinder.census.gov for the race, house?hold, and other information in the Aberdeen micropolitan area section. However, where specifically on FactFinder did you find it? I'm working on a standard citation template for articles that will point directly to the Factfinder tables with the data, rather than merely provide a generic link to the main site. I can't find any micropolitan data for the 2000 census, let alone any detailed information regarding the Aberdeen micropolitan area. Any help you could provide is appreciated.Dcmacnut (talk) 04:26, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That's how I figured you did it, since there is no "official" demographic data other than gross population for this particular area for the 2000 Census. I was hoping there was a simple, easy table to access on factfinder, since not all micropolitan areas fall so neatly within county boundaries. Check out my template American Factfinder, which generates URLs like this: [ Chicago, Illinois].Dcmacnut (talk) 13:28, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

County templates
When you get a chance, would you be willing to add the ‡ to New England templates? Due to New England's local government system, no municipalities can cross state lines, so no towns or cities would even need to be checked, although you would need to check villages. Nyttend (talk) 13:03, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks; I'm sorry if I sound like I'm ordering you around! Please do what you want.  Nyttend (talk) 13:11, 26 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for moving the non-villages in the Illinois template; I've noticed for a while that a lot of Illinois templates have unincorporated communities scattered in the villages. By the way, did you see that someone reverted your ‡ addition to Wagoner County, OK?  Nyttend (talk) 13:15, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Census boundaries
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Communities in multiple counties
Can you please see the last section on my talk page and help me? Nyttend (talk) 12:09, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City metropolitan area shows the Oklahoma City-Shawnee CSA boundaries in the infobox, not the Oklahoma City MSA. I'm currently creating maps for MSAs; would you like me to upload the map now and add it to the Oklahoma City article, moving the CSA elsewhere? Nyttend (talk) 12:32, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've done the same with Tulsa, which had the same problem.  Nyttend (talk) 13:11, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

New micro area article
I just created Safford micropolitan area, but fonud that I didn't know where to get the demographics. Could you add those, as well as anything else that I might have missed? Nyttend (talk) 16:59, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I've also prepared maps for several other μSAs that are redirects to the articles about their principle cities. I'm going to upload them and put them on their principle city articles.  I've one problem, though, on which I'd appreciate your advice: on these maps, I link to the μSA article in the image description.  Should I link to the basic title (for example, Safford, AZ μSA) in the descriptions for the maps of areas without separate articles?  Nyttend (talk) 12:50, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your advice; I've uploaded all the μSA (or µSA, see here!) maps, except for Clarksburg WV, which has a related CSA, and placed them on their municipality articles. I've created maps for MSAs and CSAs, which I hope soon to post.  Nyttend (talk) 16:27, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

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Opinion please?
Would you please weigh in at Talk:Dunwoody, Georgia? The community has voted to incorporate, but there's debate on the talk page over when the incorporation will be official. Someone has provided an official document, but I can't read it — but as you may remember, my browser won't display everything, so I'd appreciate it if you checked the link to see if it will display to you. Nyttend (talk) 20:06, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, it seems to have stabilised: someone provided a state law that proves the point, so there's not much argument possible :-) As far as the micropolitan areas: please do what you asked.  My point in adding the maps and sections to the city articles isn't so much to have that information on the city's page as much as it is to make it easily available for micropolitan area articles when they're created.  I plan to add such maps to cities that are the centers of MSAs and CSAs that don't have their own statistical area articles yet, such as the Beckley-Oak Hill, WV CSA.  Nyttend (talk) 23:46, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added a bunch more metropolitan area maps to the cities to which their titles redirect: for example, Bloomington, IN MSA. Nyttend (talk) 20:03, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Farragut, TN
Do you have a source that Farragut is in Loudon County also? --AW (talk) 15:07, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I gave Awiseman the Tennessee subcounty population estimates spreadsheet, but Orlady is disputing it. Nyttend (talk) 20:38, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

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Map request
Sorry for causing a problem, but I just now uploaded Image:Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA.png to Commons and added it to Salisbury, Maryland, only to find that you already had an image of this name on Wikipedia. Would you be willing to tag it for user-request deletion, since the Commons image shows identical data? Nyttend (talk) 12:58, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I need to be more careful...  Nyttend (talk) 15:06, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I've completed adding maps of all single-state statistical areas that didn't already have them; yesterday and today I've added a couple dozen CSA maps to the articles on their largest cities. Hope these are useful.  Nyttend (talk) 19:25, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * On the Maryland note: I've noticed that you've uploaded a lot of MSA and µSA maps to Wikipedia. Would you be willing to help transfer these to Commons?  I myself would find it easier to create slightly different new maps and upload them under the same names on Commons as your currently existing maps, but only if you were okay with it.  Nyttend (talk) 14:47, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Would you also be okay with tagging your images for author-request speedy deletion once I had similar images up? Since my images will be somewhat different, they won't be speedy-able as bit-by-bit copies of Commons images.  This is the big reason I'm asking, since it will mean a bit of work for you.  If you'd be willing to tag them like this, I'd be willing to find and list for you the images that I'd be planning to replace, so you could tag them without searching.  Nyttend (talk) 15:03, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The template you're looking for is db-author. Cheers, Amalthea Talk 22:08, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I was going to say that...I wonder if Amalthea watches my talk page? :-) I'll get images created and prepared to be uploaded; I'll tell you which ones have been uploaded, so you can tag them appropriately.  Thanks much for your willingness! Nyttend (talk) 01:55, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I've replaced four Utah maps: I don't have a ton of time for maps right now, so these will likely be the last for a little while. Nyttend (talk) 14:05, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Image:Ogden-Clearfield MSA.png
 * Image:Provo-Orem MSA.png
 * Image:Salt Lake City MSA.png
 * Image:Salt Lake City CSA.png


 * Yet another request: I've put on Commons one VT and three NM maps, replacing the following:

Thanks again for helping so much! Nyttend (talk) 13:30, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Image:Albuquerque MSA.png
 * Image:Clovis-Portales CSA.png
 * Image:Santa Fe-Espanola CSA.png
 * Image:Burlington, VT MSA.png

Template:Blount County, Alabama
On Blount County, Alabama, you marked Cleveland as being in another county, which it doesn't seem to be from the map. Did you mean to mark another community instead? And thanks for tagging those four MSA maps, by the way. Nyttend (talk) 12:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Metro area help
Someone seems to think that Kellogg, Idaho, population 2,395, is the principal city of a metropolitan area embracing most of Shoshone County, population 13,771, which isn't even in a µSA. Can you look at the article history and help explain to this guy if necessary? Nyttend (talk) 12:36, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks much! Nyttend (talk) 13:16, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

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Tsudao Gurirab
Hi there Acntx,

I've expanded Tsudao Gurirab and am nominating it for Did you know?--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 02:54, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

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County template
Can you weigh in on recent edits to Warren County, New York? Nyttend (talk) 00:13, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. No, I've not yet resolved the situation; I simply stopped restoring to the standard format because I didn't want to violate 3RR.  Nyttend (talk) 12:17, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Las Vegas City Public Schools
An IP user left a note on the Help Desk saying that the proper name of the school district is actually just "Las Vegas City Schools", so I went to the district website. Lo and behold, they were correct! So I'm going to move the page; I left a note on the talk page but I just wanted to tell you in case the article wasn't on your watchlist. --Alinnisawest,Dalek Empress ( extermination requests here ) 20:36, 3 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for notifying me of the recent page move. --Acntx (talk) 22:26, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

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Overcategorization
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Sweet Grass
Would you please check the article history of Sweet Grass, Montana and its talk page, and provide your opinion on the question? Nyttend (talk) 13:13, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

CLisco
Can you comment on Talk:Lisco, Nebraska? Nyttend (talk) 04:33, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

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Creston Township
I've left a note about the HAGGER??? on WP:ANI. Nyttend (talk) 10:40, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Yet another request...
I seem to remember that you know where to find Census Bureau population estimates newer than the 2000-2006 ones you used for Nebraska townships (Clark Township, Dixon County, Nebraska, for a random example). Could you show me where to find these, or please tell me that I'm incorrect? Nyttend (talk) 12:16, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you know if the Censsu Bureau has issued subcounty population estimates for 2007; and if so, where they can be found? All I've been able to find are pages like the Nebraska one that you gave me (thanks!), which aren't subcounty.  Nyttend (talk) 14:54, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

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Flagler Beach
I noticed you changed the "template" for Volusia County, Florida to include the City of Flagler Beach, with a notation: a very small portion of Flagler Beach extends into the county. Can you please tell me or show where this extension is documented? I live in Volusia County, and this is first time I heard of this. As far as I know, Flagler Beach is entirely located within Flagler County. Gamweb (talk) 19:12, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the Census Bureau data, but I believe that data goes beyond "City Limits" as there is plenty of unincorporated territory in this area of Florida. Someone could have a "Flagler Beach" mailing address and not actually be located within Flagler Beach city limits. The "City of Flagler Beach" is still located entirely within Flagler County, not Volusia County. I believe the old version of the template was used the way Wikipedia intended. Gamweb (talk) 14:17, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Little community advice
I saw an IP modify Dane County, Wisconsin to change "Ashton Corners" to "Ashton". Looking at the GNIS, I found a really confusing situation: BOTH have entries! Look at Ashton and Ashton Corners. Looking at Google Maps, it seems that they're about a mile away from each other, along the same road. Are they really big enough to warrant separate articles, or should they be merged; and if they're merged, under which title do you think we should list the combined communities' article? Because the article is now entitled AC, I'm putting the notes back to AC for the moment, but we really need to get this decided at some point :-) Nyttend (talk) 21:32, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice. As far as Lovejoy: I don't think we need protection at the moment, as there's been no problem for two days; but I see your point, so if there's any more problem of this sort in the next few days, tell me and I'll semiprotect it for a week or two.  Nyttend (talk) 18:51, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * By the way, I'm going to be gone for most of next week and perhaps into Christmas week too. Nyttend (talk) 18:54, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Looking at Lovejoy ISD, I noticed that there had been a bit more EL modification, including this change that really switched around a lot of links in a manner that looked to me as rather problematic. I put the links back to what looks best (please check it!) and put it on semiprotection for a week.  If the problems continue when it expires, check at the page protection requests.  Nyttend (talk) 16:34, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've gotten virtually the same messages from both IPs. In case you've not had the chance or felt like taking the time, I've checked the WHOIS and similar things for the IPs; aside from seeing that they're AT&T IPs (I'd guess that only individuals would have such, so they're not doing it at school), the only thing that I found is that 68., the anti-unofficial website IP, uses DSL.  Noting the problems on the high school page, I've modified that a little, and I'm prepared to put that on semiprotect too if warring continues — remember, if you find warring and I've not done anything, leave me a note.  Nyttend (talk) 13:22, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 * The Lovejoy ISD page is now locked, however the incorrect websites are the links currently on the page. I have asked Nyttend to please correct the links and relock the page.  I have been correcting the links and using the correct isd links for months.  The same IP's that are changing the ISD page are doing the same thing on the High School stub.  Is there any way to stop this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.94.203.142 (talk) 17:42, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

--- I am a parent and taxpayer in Lovejoy ISD as well. I believe in holding public school officials accountable for their spending and actions. The lovejoyschools.com web site provides public documents that the district officials are desparately trying to keep out of the public eye. The school has attempted to censor lovejoyschools.com and continues to remove the link from this wikipedia page. From this wikipedia page's inception the link to www.lovejoyschools.com was there and co-existed with official district links, until this year. Someone, maybe "Lovejoy Parent", started to remove the link on a daily basis. There is a link to another "unofficial" site which is censored by the school district. "Lovejoy Parent" does not remove that link.

Lovejoy ISD is in Collin County, and before the mortgage meltdown, was one of the fastest growing counties in the U.S. Developers and those with real estate interests have vested interest in representing a school district in it's best light in order to get top dollar for real estate interests and homes in the district. Real estate interests are not interested in protecting children, only selling homes. The picture they paint of the local school is not a complete and accurate one. Parents moving in the district need to know everything about the district before investing.

School officials have been given the opportunity to correct any information they deem incorrect on the lovejoy schools.com website and have never done so in the past six years. While the information, may not be flattering it is accurate, documented, relevant and important to parents who want to know everything that is going on in this district, rather than just what the district wants them to know. I have no issue with the link to official and the OTHER "unofficial" site remaining, so long as the link to www.lovejoyschools.com stays as well. I would prefer the page stay protected so Lovejoy ISD will stop deleting the link to www.lovejoyschools.com

Thank you, Freedom of Speech --- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.138.91.125 (talk) 13:08, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

I was surprised to see the Lovejoy District page still locked with the link to the unofficial page removed. The unofficial site tracks administrative activities and official documents that Lovejoy ISD would prefer the public not see. If only "official" sites on a subject are allowed on Wikipedia, how does Wikipedia policy differ from the policies of the Chinese goverment? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.188.16.243 (talk) 12:23, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * With all this going on: if there's anything that needs to be done, would you please ask Royalbroil (also an admin) for help? Royalbroil has been able and willing to help as I've been healing up, and (unlike me) is not recovering from surgery :-)  I've been doing a good number of edits today, but all small, and no admin actions; I'm loth to do any admin actions until I feel better, since any mistakes would have wider effects and be harder to fix.  I expect that I'll be ready to go in a few days, but for now I'd rather not run the risk of causing problems.  I know that the Lovejoy thing needs to get settled, but I'm wary to engage in disputes (even calmly and carefully) over the next few days.  Nyttend (talk) 01:25, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Oatmeal, Texas

 * I'm not completely up to full strength, but I'm catching up on my watchlist; and I just saw that Oatmeal was added to a county template and was a DYK. Good job :-)  Nyttend (talk) 21:36, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Multiple counties
Can you help me please with Elmore, Ohio, a village located primarily in Ottawa County, Ohio? An IP keeps claiming that the village isn't in Sandusky County, Ohio, despite obvious map evidence to the contrary. Nyttend (talk) 01:57, 31 December 2008 (UTC)