User talk:Assawyer/Archive1

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moving Route 101
Hi there: I'm like to ask/mention two things about the move of Route 101 (New Hampshire) to New Hampshire Route 101. First, if you want to move pages to new names, don't just cut-and-paste the copy, which is what I assume you did here, because that loses the Talk page. In this case it didn't matter since there was nothing on the Talk page - but an administrator (like me) can do something called the Move function, which also transfers the Talk page, so the discussion history isn't lost. Second, did you check with naming conventions on other articles about roads to make sure this follows wikipedia style? I'm not sure one way or the other - this one is probably right; I just want to make sure that we're following style. - DavidWBrooks 12:35, 10 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Responsing to your response, I made an error; I didn't realize that New Hampshire Route 101 already existed; I thought you had created it. In that case, cut-and-paste is usually OK (there's a method of merging that also merges the Talk pages, but it's really convoluted and hardly worth it.) But if you come across a badly named page (the most common reason being incorrect capitalization) and want to change it into a properly named page, don't just create the new page and cut-and-paste the text if it has Talk; the old Talk will be preserved at the old page, but nobody will see it because they will automatically re-directed away - so for all practical purposes, the old Talk will have been erased.
 * As for the naming convention, I don't think there's an absolute "right" way to do it - I just wanted to make sure that it followed the most common naming method. And looking at other state routes (e.g., California Route 85), I think your new page is better. - DavidWBrooks 20:06, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

NH Highways
I created New-Hampshire-State-Highway-Stub for the NH highway stubs. Also, is there a WikiProject for New Hampshire highways? Thanks. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs - count) 00:25, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd be happy to help but not today... Wikipedia is confoundingly slow today. I've never been to New hampshire but I can set the project up and stuff. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs - count) 20:57, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Would a duplication of the California project be okay? (Of course everything would be changed for New Hampshire). --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:21, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The page is at WikiProject New Hampshire State Highways. There is a lot to be worked on... and I'll fix things soon. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:35, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Road stubs
All of the following made their way to WP:SFD:


 * Arizona State Route Stub
 * Kentucky State Highway Stub
 * Maryland-State-Highway-Stub
 * Massachusetts-State-Highway-Stub
 * Michigan-State-Highway-Stub
 * Missouri-State-Highway-Stub
 * Nevada-State-Highway-Stub
 * New-Hampshire-State-Highway-Stub
 * Nhroute
 * Washington-State-Highway-Stub

BTW I still have to get the WP going... sorry about that --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:58, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the bludner in my proposal. Renaming NH to Nevada would not have been a good plan at all! Alai 00:19, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

NH Wiki Project
Absolutely! I would have started it myself, but I am a worldclass procrastinator.

I'm incredibly proud of this state, I actually ran for State Rep last year and i'm trying to bone up for running again next year if possible(my career's in limbo, but whatever). No prob about the RSA article, that would take months and months to do that alone. I've been vastly under knowledgable in regards to all the RSAs with the Charter Commission over here in Merrimack, and I figured transcribing them onto Wikipedia into an "easy to understand" form would be the best way to learn them all.

I assume we'll talk more later, it's good to meet another Granite State Wikipedian, I figured DavidWBrooks was the only other active one other than me, let alone another one that recently graduated college. Karmafist 05:12, 15 November 2005 (UTC) P.S- You forgot to sign on my talk page, FYI.

RSAs and the Constitution
That sounds alright, although i'd also like to eventually make abridged and "non-legalese" versions of the RSAs due to my and other peoples' experiences with them. We can make the Constitution content merger one of the Wikiproject's tasks. Both hold some merit, and would do well to mix into each other. I believe in the Manual of Style that "State Constitution" would hold precedence over plain old "Constitution", but i'm checking now.Karmafist 05:33, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * There wasn't anything specific other than Naming conventions (precision), which seems to go towards "State Constitution" over plain old "Constitution". Karmafist 05:39, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It looks like you're a newcomer to WP from Kate's Tool, since you're a law fan, do you have any experience with Wiki Law? The rules and procedures around here are fascinating and vexing at the same time, I entered my first Arbitration as a plantiff this week. Karmafist 05:45, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Constitution
Just called the Secretary of State's office, and they say just constitution, so it sounds like that's the way to go. Karmafist 21:19, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

nicknames
Where did you find all those other nicknames for NH? I've never heard any of them used, and can't find them in the almanac - DavidWBrooks 00:55, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Go figure. It seems almost silly to include them in the infobox, they're so non-used, compared to the ubiquitous "granite state" - DavidWBrooks 02:25, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Ditto on that, but couldn't hurt if that link's there in some form. Also, thanks for assisting me on my test, please tell others when you get a chance. karmafist 09:13, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

A New Hampshire Stub Up For Deletion!
Hey, just wanted to let you know. A stub that assists people editing New Hampshire related articles is up for deletion at WP:SFD. karmafist 04:01, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Approval
To thank you for your help with WP:NH, I give you approval.

Nashua, New Hampshire
''I read your response on karmafist's talk page. I was wondering how easy it is to convert the Census data into SVG then to PNG? I am familiar with Photoshop CS2, but am not familiar with SVG formating. If this is something that could be picked up quick, I would be willing to help you out with making the NH maps. Assawyer 20:57, 12 December 2005 (UTC)''
 * It's a matter of doing a large scale find/replace of the census data and converting it to SVG format. You can find out more about SVG at http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11].  I import it into Adobe Illustrator at that point, which understands Vector graphics, and then export it into a PNG format.  Bastique 23:07, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Manchester, New Hampshire
Heh, it was more that I had no idea what the Manch Repubs' website was rather than bias ;-)

Anyway, what've you been up to lately here on the wiki?karmafist 22:26, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Seal and Such
Well, if it makes you feel any better, it took me awhile to find the page. They're not promoting the page very well if Google rank has anything to do about it, but their current Executive Director is young and inexperienced, so i'm not surprised.

Contribs are really awful for people trying to make small talk on here I guess, but anyway, I responded on the seal talk page, that seal does meet the umpteen picayune requirements in order to make it "official" except for possibly the "2 inches wide" issue(i'm not going to copy and paste the image into Photoshop or take a ruler to my computer screen right now), which in the end, doesn't really matter I guess. After reading all of that, I envy New Mexico's state seal.

Anyway, what I could use some help with considering your skills, is completing the hundreds, if not thousands of entries likely needed at the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated articles. I pretty much did 3:9 in responding to you. I think that what we put in that shouldn't be word for word (that's more appropriate for Wikisource), but rather a "plain English" interpretation of what those laws actually mean, or at least what they seem like they mean if we're too dumb to understand their "actual" meaning. Some history or related subjects to each RSA section and/or subsection couldn't hurt either.

I've hit a few so far, but there are still many many more to go. Fortunately, my explanation to you knocked off RSA 3:9. karmafist 00:53, 20 December 2005 (UTC)


 * And I just got onto Title I and I see you've been doing a bit already in touchups. Man, human communication involves so much work if you don't want to seem like you don't know what you're doing. karmafist 00:56, 20 December 2005 (UTC)


 * No,no it was about my behavior. I should have checked before I started assuming that you weren't active there since I was creating all the articles. Like I tried to say above there, communication is tough. karmafist 01:16, 20 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Oh yeah, one more thing. You're a fantastic editor,