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Thank you
I wanted to just say thanks for making the legislative districts for New York and Virginia! It's really nice to see other users expanding and making those pages. VietPride10 (talk) 21:16, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! It's good to know someone is noticing and possibly using them. Blizzardwind (talk) 01:26, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Louisiana's 3rd State Senate district


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A cup of coffee for you!
Just a thought - considering the amount of noncontroversial articles you're planning to create, have you considered applying for the WP:Autopatrolled perm? originalmess how u doin that busta rhyme? 04:03, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi Blizzardwind, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&page=User%3ABlizzardwind added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Beeblebrox (talk) 20:15, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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Colorado Senate district articles
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Thanks
Thank you for your well-sourced articles about US state legislative districts! Much appreciated. -- M2545 (talk) 13:01, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks
You do great work with state legislatures! Keep it up! KidAd (💬💬) 23:56, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Michigan State House Districts
Hello! I appreciate the work you did making pages for the Michigan Senate districts. It inspired me to make the Michigan State House district pages. I'm almost done with them now, but there's one thing that they're majorly missing: maps of the districts. I see that you are very good at making district maps. I was wondering if you could either make a Michigan State House district map SVG file so I that I could add these images, or if you could tell me how to make one the way you do. RoundSquare (talk) 23:08, 25 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I found a Michigan State House district map SVG that I can use on Wikipedia already. Sorry to bother you. Still, thanks for the Senate district pages and all that. RoundSquare (talk) 16:40, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Aha, great! Sorry I took a while in responding, I was trying to think of how to explain my QGIS mapmaking process over Wikipedia's limited messaging capabilities, but it seems like you've found a solution. I'm so glad you were inspired by my Senate pages, that is exactly the effect I want them to have! And they look awesome! Super great to hear from you. Blizzardwind (talk) 16:43, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Michigan Senate Historical District Boundaries
Hello again! I've come again seeking help in regard to Michigan Legislature districts. I've recently found a map of Michigan's Senatorial district boundaries from 1965 (link page 375). I want to include these district boundaries on the Michigan Senate pages under a section entailed "Historical district boundaries" as is done on the congressional district pages. I want to show these district boundaries in the same style as the current senate districts are shown on the pages. The main thing stopping me from doing that is that I do not have a districtless SVG file map of Michigan to put these district boundaries on. That's what I'm writing to you asking, if you would be able to share with me a districtless SVG map of Michigan, similar to the one you used for the current Michigan Senate districts. If you want, you could also make the historical boundaries images yourself. Sorry if I'm annoying you with these messages, and you can tell me to stop if I am, but hey, when I'm looking to add this type of stuff on Wikipedia, I gotta contact the one who's the best with it, right? RoundSquare (talk) 18:25, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi! Not bothering me at all! Can you let me know that you get this message? I've never gotten very good at Wikipedia communications and I want to make sure this gets to you.

That map you found looks super cool, but I'm afraid I'm gonna be of no use to you in making district maps out of it. The way I make my maps is by downloading the current district boundaries from the US Census website onto QGIS and making them from there; I'm good at doing exactly that one thing, but everything else about mapping software continues to perplex me. So basically, I don't have what you're looking for – sorry! One thing I might recommend instead is adding that map as-is to the larger page for the Michigan Senate? My district pages don't have anything about even the 90's, let alone the 60's, so maps from that era might not provide too much context there. But on the broader Senate page I think it would be a cool addition (and you wouldn't have to wrangle with SVG files.) I hope all of this is of some use to you, and again, thank you for joining me in this project! Blizzardwind (talk) 20:03, 30 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I got the message! They really don't tell ya what do with Wikipedia messages, but you're doing it mostly right as of now. The main thing you should know is that to make a message nested so it's easier to read a full conversation you should put colons ":" in the beginning of the message, and add one colon for each message it's under.


 * Speaking of Wikipedia and its systems, there is something it seems you may not be aware of. When you create new a page, on the "Talk" section of the newly created page, you're supposed to put indicators of what WikiProjects that page is relevant to. Other people have done it with a lot of your pages, here's an example of that here. It's fine that you didn't know that, I didn't know it for the longest time until someone told me, but this is just a note about what is supposed to be done. If you have any questions about WikiProjects, you can look for documentation or just ask me. I'm not an expert, but I think I've learned some things about them from my time on here.


 * Thanks for getting back with me about the map. I'm sure I'll figure out something to do with this map. It is public domain, so I could upload it as is if I want to, but I do want to find someway to highlight the districts in a way that doesn't look terrible. I'll decide on something someday. RoundSquare (talk) 20:23, 30 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Good to know about the talk pages thing – looking back at some of my old pages, I do now see that people have been adding that for me; I'll add it myself in the future. Thank you for the help! Blizzardwind (talk) 20:32, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

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Source for date of birth for Gerard Scharfenberger
What is the source for the date of birth for Gerard Scharfenberger in this edit? Alansohn (talk) 20:38, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ... and for Vicky Flynn, Linda S. Carter, William Sampson (politician), Shama Haider, Ellen Park and Lisa Swain in subsequent edits? Alansohn (talk) 20:46, 6 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I found them via the NJ voter registration database, which has birth months and years for every registered voter in the state. Wasn't really sure how to cite that, since it's an interactive database, not a direct source. Blizzardwind (talk) 20:50, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

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