User talk:Doncram/Archive 20

A barnstar for you!

 * Yay! :) Thanks! -- do  ncr  am  00:00, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Fisher & Fisher
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson for deletion
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Categories for new building articles
Hi, there should be an existing Buildings and structures in. . . category for almost all the counties in every state of the United States. So, when you create an article about a building or structure, please use the Buildings and structures in ... County, State category, instead of just the County category. If there is no existing Buildings and structures category for that county, please create it. Thanks so much. I hope you are enjoying working on these historic building articles. You are really the expert! Happy holidays. Jllm06 (talk) 16:06, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks, I'll try to use that. But, it is irritating to see more refined categories simply removed by another editor, if the category doesn't exist.  Erring by being more general, less specific, seems safer.  Like there seems to be a category for "Buildings and structures in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but not one for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, when I do try to comply with your request. -- do  ncr  am  00:47, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2011
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 6 months for edit warring, as you did at Charles Coker Wilson. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Courcelles 22:31, 28 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry about length of above, and that you perceive my behavior negatively. I didn't and don't want to wp:BATTLE.  What was I supposed to do, back then, given apparent wp:BATTLE mentality of SarekOfVulcan in disputing my edits, though? -- do  ncr  am  20:11, 19 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I disagree with the refusal to unblock. It's probably not worth much as I am not an Admin (and for all that Doncram and I have sparred in the past) but a 6 month block is egregious for what happened since it was a tit-for-tat spat with an Admin, whose first edit was less than 5 minutes after Doncram started the article. I suggest time served, or at most 6 weeks including time served because while Doncram should have known better, Sarek should have as well and said as much on his talk. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 20:14, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Let me say it again ... "escalating blocks". If doncram only wanted a 6 week block, he should have stopped the battle a few blocks ago ( talk→   BWilkins   ←track ) 20:21, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * BWilkins, if he were the only one who did wrong I'd agree with you. If Sarek wasn't an Admin, I'd agree with you. If it weren't with someone Doncram had a history with, I'd agree with you. But all of those things put together? I simply don't agree with it. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 20:35, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sarek isn't an admin, actually. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 22:09, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Apologies! But you were (I think!) the last time he was blocked? Best, Markvs88 (talk) 22:42, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, in August I was still an admin, as I was in June where we were both blocked. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 22:47, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with Markvs88 here. Sarek was laying out a trap and Doncram was stupid enough to step into this.
 * This now appears to be a trick of some admins to shut up Doncram. Multichill (talk) 21:19, 19 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment. I support a significant reduction in the length of the block or even an unblock.  Yes, Doncram has been stubborn about starting rough drafts of articles in main space rather than user space. When he returned from the last block, his editing appeared to have improved, except for the ongoing feuding with Sarek.  I don't want to pass judgment on who was more in the right or more in the wrong, but I understand that both Sarek and Doncram were blocked.  I would hate to see Wikipedia lose such a valuable contributor. The Doncram saga is really troubling.  This is a guy who has a passion for Wikipedia and for historic sites.  He is tireless and wants to contribute.   His contributions, on the whole, have been a very big plus for the encyclopedia.  There has to be a better solution than a 6-month block that not only punishes Doncram but also deprives Wikipedia of six months of his work.  Perhaps Doncram could make a commitment to creating rough drafts in user space and only moving them into main space when he's confident that they are ready for prime time.  I know that Doncram does not like the idea, but such a commitment might persuade others to support an unblock. Cbl62 (talk) 21:52, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I have to disagree with this. Doncram has a behavioral problem that goes beyond simply publishing incomplete articles into mainspace, instead of just userspace.  When he was blocked for three months on August 2, 2011, I figured I could set a timer for three months and then know when his disruptive activities would continue.  It took him a few weeks after his reinstatement, but the arguments eventually picked up again, culminating with the infamous "Fuck you, Sarek" on December 19.  After his block expired on December 27, he started editing again, culminating in a forest fire at  on December 28.  That counts as less than two days of good behavior before the latest six-month block.  If Doncram is unblocked now, I predict it would only be a matter of a week to a month until his edit-warring, name-calling, and ownership of articles starts up again.  Asking for an unblock to "time served" seems about as likely as Socrates asking for asking for free meals at the town hall.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 23:05, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Elkman, then you are saying that (philosophically) you agree with the position that if an inmate serves his sentance and is released that he should then be re-incarcerated at the maximum sentance regardless of the circumstances or the severity of the next infraction. Like a guy with a grand theft auto and burglary gets picked up selling pirated DVDs getting life. I must disagree here, since the forest fire on Charles Coker Wilson was set by multiple parties. I'm all for punishing bad behavior, but in this case the punishment does not fit the crime, and if Sarek is blocked or unblocked doesn't make any difference: the point is that it was not only Doncram that should have known better and that the two editors have history. As I said before, time served might be a little light, but 6 months is excessive. I still suggest 6 weeks. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 14:48, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: Blocking isn't about punishment; it's about preventing additional disruption. --Orlady (talk) 16:01, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Banning user:SarekOfVulcan from editing articles which Doncram just created would be a good way to not have additional disruption. Multichill (talk) 16:53, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * But it is not just Sarek with whom Doncram has had problems. How many people do we stick with an interaction ban etc, which is effectively what you are suggesting? At what point does the balance tip? - Sitush (talk) 16:56, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Multichill, Sitush, & Orlady, I agree with all of your points. My POV (and remember, I have no particular affection for Doncram!) is that YES he is often disruptive, but in this case he should not have a 6 month ban. The way this is being discussed, if feels more like "this is just another stop on the process to banning him for life" than what actually happened -- an incident with a particular editor on a particular (newly created page). I did follow the pages of the discussion on his 3 month block at the time. In no way can what happened here be considered to be even a tenth of that. It doesn't fit, and it's as convenient as an ending to a Law & Order episode where McCoy throws the book at one instead of both purpetrators evenly because one talked. Only here, it's because one has a big rap sheet and has civility issues.
 * Bans don't follow a linear line. I've seen dozens of times where an Admin blocked an editor for a week, then for 2 weeks, then for 72 hours... etc. So I still cannot agree that 6 months makes any sense for what happened this time. This is a classic example of the rules not being applied evenly. Will Doncram do something to get blocked again? Yeah, probably. That's not the issue here. The issue is the rules not being applied in a manner consistant with context.
 * So the question stands... do we jail people so they won't commit crimes? If not, then this is excessive given the circumstances. If so, then just ban him for life and be done with it, at least it will end the drama. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 17:26, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't even see anything wrong with the idea of jailing people so they won't commit repeated crimes, whether in real life or figuratively on Wikipedia. Past behavior predicts future behavior.  As the saying goes, "once a criminal, always a criminal".  If someone screwed up in the past, that person should never be trusted again.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 23:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah. Well, I beg to differ on that on, Elkman. We all can learn from our mistakes and, believe me, I have made them! On the other hand, I do appreciate the frustration. There is no easy answer but in the weird microcosm that is en-WP there are policies, guidelines and, yes, consensus. My own sense is that Doncram has been pretty much consistently unwilling to "give an inch" in order to help us all through the situation. Nonetheless, there is some good mixed among the detritus. My suspicion is that if Doncram yielded, say, 65% then we would all be happy. But that is a number plucked pretty much out of thin air. - Sitush (talk) 02:24, 21 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I would support a shortening of the block, with conditions. If Doncram will agree to start articles in user or talk space and only move them into mainspace once they are deemed ready by the community, the block can be shortened (I suggest three months), and the remainder of the sentence can be served as a type of wiki-probation. For the next three months after Doncram returns, he will be under watchful eyes, and if he gets into a dispute, the block is reinstated. Sound fair?--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 15:00, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It appears some people are wholly missing the point here: even an indefinite block means "until the community is convinced that the disrupting behaviour will not recur". Although this is a 6 month block based on escalation, the arguments surrounding any shortening of the block need to focus on the same idea: will the behaviour recur?  The whole reason that the block has escalated to 6 months is because every time they're unblocked, the same disrupting behaviour recurs.  Clearly, there's no proof that the behaviour will not recur in the future - indeed, there's not even a suggestion that Doncram will ensure it does not recur.  Here's the only possible unblock condition: if any admin perceives any type of incivility or battleground behaviour, then Doncram will be indefinitely banned from the project with no avenue of appeal for 1 year.  Put the money where the mouth should be ... ( talk→   BWilkins   ←track ) 15:08, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Point of fact 1 I recognize that this and following "Point of fact" are not proper form arguments in requesting unblock, but they seem relevant to consider. Point 1: SarekOfVulcan asserted to the blocking administrator by email (I believe, am not privy to the emails, and/or to how Courcelles was brought in otherwise) and at the talk page that I exceeded 3RR on the new Charles Coker Wilson page, which i did not believe I had, back then when I posted at the Talk page and stopped editing the article, but in fact I had not. I think S mistakenly viewed this edit as changing the form of the displayed reference, when it did not. In that edit i compacted the text but did not change what displayed at all. Several weeks later, I mistakenly agreed with S that I had seemed to exceed 3RR. I initially believed i had not, and it seems i truly had not, exceeded 3RR. While I think S deliberately exceeded 3RR, and further that he ten believed he was exceeding 4RR. I dunno, in the context of S following and confronting and writing what seem to be insulting edit summaries about competence (e.g. "Undid revision 468157872 by Doncram (talk) again, WP:CIR", please do compare his vs. my edit summaries), I don't think my continuing development of the article should look that bad. In S's request for adminship not far back i expressed difficulty about S's not communicating, not answering direct questions, and other editors agreed that was a concern. It followed a number of cases where S had intervened on articles i was developing and having followed a "modus operandi" of reverting without explaining, without answering my followup questions at Talk pages about what his objection was. Given that recent history, and continued experiences, in this case where after his reversion S was apparently insisting on something, I a) did not expect he would actually discuss it at the Talk page before he had to, and b) expected he would eventually agree he was in fact mistaken in his initial belief. The least burdensome-to-the-community approach to deal with this, seems to me to be pretty much the course I followed, i.e. restoring the change that i implemented, not reciprocating with insulting edit summaries, and opening a Talk page discussion at the point when I expected S would deign to explain and discuss somewhat. Or, in S asserting that I exceeded 3RR, is this merely about the fact that I restored an Under Construction tag to the article, which S had removed after my very first edit, when in fact i was very much constructing the article??? -- do ncr  am  03:21, 21 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh, feh, it could possibly depend on how you count. If you want to view this, my first change of that reference as a reversion, then you could argue I eventually exceeded 3RR.  But, that was a good faith improvement of the reference that S had constructively added;  I think S's reversion following is the first edit that goes into 3RR counting, if you actually want to be technical. -- do  ncr  am  03:56, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Point of fact 2 In this my first change of the displayed reference, I revised crediting of Bisher to reduce overstatement of Bishir's general role with the North Carolina Architects and Builders encyclopedia, and to increase Bisher's credit with respect to this particular article. S's subsequent edits and summaries were about restoring Bisher to display as overall editor of that encyclopedia, in a way that I thot was excessive. Later, after S was unblocked, he actually returned to reduce the overstatement by removing Bishir's name altogether. At the time, I deliberately went off to develop some other articles: to create Joseph F. Leitner, where no one has disagreed about Bishir showing as an author not an overall editor, and to edit Frank Pierce Milburn where Bishir is appropriately given no credit. I think S agrees with those treatments, and that if we had had a discussion at the Talk page, that S would have agreed either to my then-preferred treatment or that I would have agreed to the later-implemented treatment. I was specifically developing more examples in order to have a better-informed discussion with S, as I believed that with more perspective he would see that crediting Bishir as overall editor in every reference to that encyclopedia would be excessive. Which he later agreed to, on his own. It seems unfortunate to be blocked for 6 months for the fact that discussion was cut off, especially when S, upon further consideration, actually agrees largely with my initial view. -- do ncr  am  03:21, 21 January 2012 (UTC) Small text
 * Content is an absolute red herring right now. Why not address your behaviour overall.  Why not take a good close look at the unblock condition I provided?  If you can't accept it, then you basically accept that you are unable to bring your behaviour anywhere close to Wikipedia community standards. ( talk→   BWilkins   ←track ) 12:03, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Totally agree with this. Doncram, please realize that arguing about how to count edits for interpretation of 3rr is an excellent example of why you are in this mess (eg: that was a good faith edit).   If you'd like my support for this unblock, you need to demonstrate a real change in how you view your contributions.     Commit to leaving every edit of a page as a working, complete article.    If someone reverts you, dont count how many edits you've made, go immediately to the talk page.    If you feel yourself getting angry at someone in Wikipedia, walk away for a bit.  It's not going anywhere.  I like your contributions in general, but I really dislike the negative interactions with others.  It's up to you to convince people you will act different, not anyone else. dm (talk) 17:16, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

I realize I'm a bit late to the party, but I would favor reducing this block length by half. Doncram is generally a good contributor who tends to be zealous, not vandalistic or necessarily destructive. bd2412 T 17:11, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

So after all that, we have these opinions:
(Note Orlady & Sarek have commented but not come down on one side or another.) Therefore I have now entered a new unblock request. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 19:54, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Unblock or lesser block: Markvs88, Multichill, Cbl62, Mercy11, Nyttend
 * 2) Lesser block, conditional: Dudemanfellabra, Sitush(?), Dmadeo, Pubdog, WereSpielChequersm, BD2412
 * 3) Abstain: Orlady, SarekofVulcan, Elen of the Roads
 * 4) Keep 6 month block: BWilkins, Elkman, DM
 * in order words, deadlock with a small lean towards a lesser block by 5:3. I don't see where to go from here unless the numbers change. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 13:43, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The numbers are now : 8 lesser block (6 weeks/time served/on condition...), (3 abstainations) and 3 for the six month block. That's 8:3. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 15:53, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The numbers are now : 11 lesser block (6 weeks/time served/on condition...), (3 abstainations) and 3 for the six month block. That's 11:3.


 * I'm too involved to weigh in with an opinion, other than to say that an uninvolved administrator needs to consider whether appropriate criteria for unblocking have been met. --Orlady (talk) 15:19, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * You can put me down as "abstaining in an attempt not to make things any worse", if you like.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:52, 23 January 2012 (UTC)-- copied from user talk:Markvs88. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 16:23, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced there's an understanding yet by Doncram of why he keeps getting blocked. Without that, applying restrictions are meaningless, because he's very unlikely to remember to stick to them. Last time he just served out the block without discussion - this time there does seem some prospect of discussion, so I'd let it brew for a while yet. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 16:47, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I'd belong in the "keep 6 month block" bucket. I'm in the I agree with the point Bwilkins was making.  I hope Doncram changes how he interacts so that the positive side of his contributions can start being what people remember.    If he demonstrates that, I'd be happy with time served. dm (talk) 06:09, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I came over here simply because I wondered if anything had been going on, not knowing about this long discussion. I'd have to agree with Dudemanfellabra about the best possible solution: long blocks are appropriate when disruptive actions continue despite shorter blocks, but I'm not quite sure that this long of a block was needed — the block from the community discussion was three months, and other than that, Doncram has never had a block longer than three weeks.  Let's reduce to time served, since this is his longest block to date other than the one from the community discussion, but only with a provision that it will be restored for its full length if the actions that prompted it are repeated once.  Nyttend (talk) 13:30, 27 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Vote for "immediate unblock with time served" reconsideration by Admin(s).


 * Much of what I could had said in support of an "immediate unblock with time served" (i.e., great contributing editor; shows remorse and contrition; Sarek was the one going after Doncram and mostly with the sole purpose to irritate him and not the other way around; Doncram gets the credit over Sarek for having opened the Talk discussion (and in so doing showed he -did- learned something from his previous 3-month block), beyond irritating Doncram, Sarek wiki hounded him and not the other way around; it was Sarek and not Doncram the first editor that got personal in the edit summaries, etc., etc.,) has already been said. I add the following four points.


 * One, increasing the amount of time blocked to 6 months solely on the basis that Doncram had been previously blocked for 3 months -IS- the definition of punitive action, and on which blocks should not be based; it is not the definition of "preventing additional disruption" as some seem to be arguing.


 * Two, I generally have little trust in the Wikipedia block system because in the bulk of cases both editors should had been blocked, but only one is. Also, because in most cases it depends on who reports it first, irrespective of who did what, when and how - as this case was. And also because far too many times it depends, not on who the disruptive editor was, but on who is the more astute editor - as, regretabbly, is the case here also. I am of the belief that astuteness should not be rewarded in the world at large nor in the little microcosm of Wikipedia that we do "control"; said differently: don't be fooled by the more clever editor when passing down a block judgment.


 * Three, is that yeah, yeah, yeah, Doncram should had known that his request for unblock should had come with a higher dosis of self-guilt while focusing less on Sakes's volations (as real as they are), but I am myself convinced Doncram has learned that by now.


 * Four, as for the fateful F/U, if there is any one here that can say he would never break down and spit out an F/U John Doe when confronted with enough harrassment, then I say he probably hasn't lived long enough to have seen enough evil in the world yet. Could he have endured more harrassment before breaking down? In hindsight we will all say "yes", yet none of us were in his shoes at that moment in time.


 * My name is Mercy11 (talk) 19:11, 27 January 2012 (UTC), and I approve this message.
 * I'm minded to support a shorter block. I don't support the suggestion of creating articles in Sandboxes, articles belong in mainspace. But I have a suggestion for Doncram, would you be willing to try and work to 1rr? I'm not suggesting this as a condition, but as a sincere commitment from you and yes I appreciate it won't be easy. Though I can suggest various ways to help that, one being to keep several writing projects on the go and walk away from ones that get contentious.  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  21:07, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I vote for Option 1, Unblock or lesser block--Pubdog (talk) 22:37, 1 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Just stopped by - I would certainly go for "time served" given a statement by Doncram that he knows what the problem is and how to avoid it. Part of the problem (just part) is that a couple editors seem to want to go after him (i.e. they have the same problem) (not referring to Elkman).  Doncram has to understand that that's possible to happen again, but he still has to avoid the problem.  Smallbones (talk) 21:21, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

New request

 * Thank you to many editors who have commented here, for your good efforts and thoughts. I am busy in real life and was not following this closely.  I will try to catch up and make a new unblock request or otherwise reply substantially here within a day or two.  Thanks, -- do  ncr  am  20:45, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for your efforts, Markvs88. I see that item at "Reduced block requested for Doncram".  I am busy in real life but will reply substantially within a day or two.  Thanks. -- do  ncr  am  20:47, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. The "Reduced block requested for Doncram" matter can be found at the Administrator's Archive #231, item #8 HERE. My name is Mercy11 (talk) 04:01, 17 March 2012 (UTC), and I approve this message.

Military Historian of the Year
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Apologies in advance if now is not the right time to ask a question about National Historic Landmarks
Don, I fully understand that, in light of current events, you may not be inclined to respond to my question, but I hope you will, mainly because I think you care about this project.

I'm trying to track down the copyright status of a photo described as coming from the National Historic Landmarks collection. So far, my searches haven't definitely identified what this is, and specifically, whether inclusion in this collection means the photo is pd.

I think you are knowledgeable in this area, so I am hoping you can tell me, or point me in the right direction (and perhaps others reading this may know as well.)-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  19:38, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The specific request is resolved, but I'm still in the dark regarding the National Historic Landmarks collection.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  23:33, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I have seen the term but don't know specifically what it means. I wonder if it means photos that are used in the old system of NHL summary webpages, such as this one for Riverby Studio in NYS.  Many of the NHLs were visited and photographed and nominated by Federal staff in the 1960s, even before the much larger NRHP program began;  Federal staff produced photos would generally be public domain (PD).  I wonder if the term refers to that original set of NHL documentation.  I recommend inquiring directly to the National Register about what the term means in a specific usage of theirs.  Hope this brief reply helps. -- do  ncr  am  21:06, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Re: Noel Owen Neal House
This former NHRP site is at Articles for deletion/Noel Owen Neal House; if you post any additional relevant references here, I will try to add them to the article. Dru of Id (talk) 21:28, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

NRHP table
Hey, did anything come of this, to remove "neighborhood" column? C T J F 8 3 23:02, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Category:Chicago architecture
See my proposal to merge Category: Chicago architecture into Category:Chicago school (architecture). Hugo999 (talk) 23:16, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

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NRHP new article template
It was a bit pedantic of someone to put a speedy tag on Talk:National Register of Historic Places featured properties and districts/New Article Template. I have moved it to User:Doncram/NRHP new article template. I suggest a further move into the Wikipedia namespace. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 20:26, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

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Good to see you
I've been watching for your return. Welcome back. If you need a second set of eyes or hands at any point, don't hesitate to ask...although I may end up saying no. Dru of Id (talk) 01:55, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It's good to have you back -- hopefully for the long haul! Cbl62 (talk) 01:59, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * To Markvs88, Multichill, Cbl62, Mercy11, WereSpielChequersm, BD2412, and others, thank you for your attention and positive words previously. As you will have noted, I did not choose to continue the appeal process about the block.  I thought about making some speech or something but honestly don't see any big morals to state or apologies to make.  I have previously enjoyed contributing new articles and adding to existing articles in wikipedia, and I hope to restart doing so.  I have enjoyed being away from Wikipedia and its drama.  I hope that giving it all a rest prove to have taken the edge off of whatever people's issues are, mine and/or theirs.  I do hope that others see their way to choose to avoid violating civility, harassment and other basic good Wikipedia and human being practices, and so will I.  If you are a person reading this who has in the past engaged in what a reasonable person can view as hateful behavior, please reconsider your interest here, and please go away, please leave me alone.  Thank you again to those who have tried to be helpful. -- do  ncr  am  23:34, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Doncram and welcome back!  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  14:15, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Welcome back!  Please let me know if I can help in any way dm (talk) 19:22, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Alaska Engineering Commission
Thank you for your recent article. There are a number of issues which need addressing. I have left some tags on the article for your attention. I had been expecting a new editor. I was very suprised to see that the article was created by an auto-patrolled user. There is not a single reference in the article and you have wiki-linked the same thing multiple times in the same article (this should only be done on the first ocasion). — Fly by Night  ( talk )  23:59, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh! You're not auto-patrolled, even though you have the badge on your user page&hellip; — Fly by Night  ( talk )  00:02, 2 July 2012 (UTC)


 * If you want to help with re-setting auto-patrol for me, that would be fine. If you have comments/suggestions about the article, please comment at Talk:Alaska Engineering Commission. -- do  ncr  am  00:41, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

I had some issues of my own to address regarding this article and some of the related articles you created. I'm on my slow-ass phone, which has crashed two or three times already just in the course of typing this (hail Android!), so any further cleanup will have to wait.


 * The AEC was also responsible for the Mears Memorial Bridge. It amounts to undue weight to not include mention of that simply because it's not on the NRHP.
 * The Pioneer School House and Whitney Section House articles refer to their respective present locations, but fail to mention that they were both moved there from their original locations (especially important in the case of Whitney, which was originally located near what is now the main gate of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, quite some distance from its present location at the transportation museum next to the Wasilla Airport).
 * I realise that you're taking the NRHP info at face value, but there's an inconsistency between the AEC cottage articles being titled "A.E.C. Cottage" and "Alaska Engineering Commission Cottage," since they are one and the same.
 * Glad to see that someone finally created an article on the Pioneers of Alaska, but assessing it as low importance for WP:ALASKA tells me that you're unfamiliar with the organization and with Alaska in general. Since I'm eligible for membership in the organization (30-year or greater Alaska residency), I may possibly be biased.  I'll seek the opinion of the few other participants of WP:ALASKA, or you could do it yourself if you desire.RadioKAOS (talk) 08:21, 2 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi RadioKAOS -- In fact I started the Alaska Native Brotherhood/Sisterhood article and many of the articles indexed by List of National Historic Landmarks in Alaska back in 2007 and 2008 and have not found my way to any great amount of Alaskan wikipedia editor interest.  Glad you do have an interest and knowledge and position to add.  I certainly do welcome greater development of the new Alaska Engineering Commission article and other Alaska articles.  I'll watch and post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alaska, and welcome discussion also at Talk:Alaska Engineering Commission.
 * About the specifics you mention, about Mears Memorial Bridge, great comment, I agree, and I just added link and pic to the Alaska Engineering Commission article.
 * About the linked Pioneer School House and Whitney Section House articles, glad to have any interest at all, and I'll revisit them now (and welcome your adding to them too).
 * About the A. E. C. Cottage No. 23 and Alaska Engineering Commission Cottage No. 25 articles, I also agree with your comment. I followed the NRHP names literally, so far.  I did wonder if both could best be covered in one article, perhaps Alaska Engineering Commission Cottages, but i hesitated about coining a new phrase that does not exist in practice.  Using the exact NRHP names seems more conservative.  Anyhow, glad about your interest.
 * By all means, please do add to Pioneers of Alaska, an article obviously worth developing from its one-sentence start, conservatively rated low-importance by me. I usually rate all my new articles as low-importance for wikiprojects I do not belong to, to avoid presuming too much.  The high-importance rating i gave for Wikiproject Alaska at Talk:Alaska Engineering Commission was almost accidental, as I copied its wikiproject tags from Talk:Alaska Road Commission where that high rating was in place, but it did seem logical to me that Alaskans would likely want to rate the two of them the same.  Cheers, -- do  ncr  am  11:21, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Welcome back!
Looks like you hit the ground running! Happy to see you back!!! Wish you success! Cheeeeeeeeeers, Mercy11 (talk) 15:44, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Oops, just read now under "Good to see you" above. Cheers anyway!!!. Mercy11 (talk) 15:46, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/De Mores Packing Plant Ruins
Nice work on the De Mores Packing Plant Ruins. I added a little bit, found a clearer image, and have nominated it for DYK: Template:Did you know nominations/De Mores Packing Plant Ruins. Cbl62 (talk) 21:36, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Henry Whitfield
Ah, the light dawns. :-) http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/midtown-west/the-columns-32-west-40th-street/5888 -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:54, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of De Mores Packing Plant Ruins
Hello! Your submission of De Mores Packing Plant Ruins 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! LauraHale (talk) 10:42, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Good to see you
I sent you an e-mail. Gosh, it's been so long I can't remember how to sign this. Ahh, there it is. --Lvklock (talk) 15:35, 7 July 2012 (UTC) Another. Lvklock (talk) 02:54, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Central Wisconsin State Fair Round Barn
Hello! Thank you for your work on round barns! I have been patrolling several of your pages along the way. I noticed you created the central wisconsin state fair round barn. I also created an article about the exact same location. My work can be found Here. I think we should find a common ground as to merging this information. I will get some additional information on the best course of action. Possibly putting my information on your page and then closing my page out. Cheers! Keystoner idin (speak) 17:41, 7 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for contacting me. The link to your article does not work for me, could you fix that?  I would tend to prefer to have my new article's info merged into your older article. -- do  ncr  am  17:44, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Here is the link: Worlds Largest Round Barn. I think I would prefer for the page to be merged into yours because if a larger barn is ever built, my article will be rendered useless. Thoughts? Keystoner  idin (speak) 17:50, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I just tried merging in the NRHP information into the version you created.  Please feel free to revise further.  I'll redirect the NRHP article to yours.  The merged article could be renamed later, if necessary, but I am happy with yours. Cheers -- do  ncr  am  18:02, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Your request for Autopatrolled
Please see PERM/A. A number of editors have commented there, and you might wish to respond. In my opinion, you should consider postponing your request for a few months. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 17:59, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I replied there. -- do  ncr  am  18:29, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Bert Leedy Round Barn
It would be appreciated if you would take a moment to look for photos; this article already had a photo on the county list. Nyttend (talk) 23:28, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for finding that. I added it also to List of round barns. -- do  ncr  am  02:08, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It was already on the list, like many other images. You'll note that the Round Barns in the Black Swamp of Northwestern Ohio are all illustrated, their locations are all provided, and their links are changed on the county lists.  Given the draft status of the list (especially the contradictory intro sentences about Canada, which are cited to "title"), I've moved it to User:Doncram/List of round barns.  Please don't move it back until you've implemented actual citations and cleaned it up to list standards.  Nyttend (talk) 02:59, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I don't accept your view about that, and I have restored the list to mainspace, and will continue developing it. If you don't want to contribute to its development that is fine.  But it is a valid wikipedia list-article, already well-started, and I don't think it is helpful for you to contest that out of momentum from past disagreements or for any other reaseon.  Please don't launch contention unnecessarily. -- do  ncr  am  13:27, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Your "List of round barns" is a nice start, but Nyttend and I have both concluded that it's not nearly ready for main space. Your creation of rough drafts in article space has been a concern in the past; we both moved this one to user space where you can work out the problems without embarrassment to Wikipedia. Your move-warring to put it back into main space almost looks like an effort to get yourself blocked again -- I hope that's not the case! --Orlady (talk) 14:02, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't agree with your views. Orlady, I respectfully ask that you back off and avoid the appearance of wiki-hounding.  About the List of round barns article, I don't welcome your adding to contention, but if you seriously believe it is not a valid wikipedia article, please discuss at Talk:List of round barns or open an AFD, which I believe is the appropriate Wikipedia forum to draw uninvolved editors' views towards a consensus.  Thanks. -- do  ncr  am  14:07, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Please don't edit either of the lists right now: I'm about to perform a history merge, so edit conflicts would cause technical problems. I'll let you know when it's done in a few minutes.  Nyttend (talk) 14:45, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * History merge complete; your changes that were on list 2 are now on list 1. Nyttend (talk) 14:49, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Just an idea — is there a chance that you could have the "City, State" column sort states first and then cities? Using the sort template would permit you to display it as you've done currently but to sort it the other way; if I understand the template right, Rochester, Indiana would provide a link to the city that displays normally but sorts as "I" instead of as "R".  It would help by enabling readers to group by state; right now the only states that I noticed that could do this are Ohio (because all of the barns are simply "Round Barn") and North Dakota (because of your "ND" notice in the comments column).  Nyttend (talk) 15:03, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I would prefer to develop the list-article in mainspace, for editors to cooperate in adding pics and so on, and to discuss improvements cooperatively at its talk page. But, about the organization/sorting of the list, I was expecting it to be resorted eventually from its original mostly-alphabetical order into a State-City-name order;  I think that would meet the reader need you express.  The mostly alphabetical order was most convenient for me to start the list.  Reordering might more easily be done by another editor more facile with spreadsheet sorting than I am, or simply by anyone more interested in contributing by implementing that improvement.  A number of similar lists, such as List of governors' mansions in the United States have been rapidly, cooperatively developed that way. If you would see your way to returning the list-article to mainspace, I would appreciate it. -- do  ncr  am  16:31, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The reason that I moved it to userspace is that it was sourced only to placeholder text, and there were notes-to-self and extraneous comments (e.g. the "ND" entries in the comments) as well as obviously broken links in the page. When you've fixed the egregious errors and removed things such as notes-to-self, I'll not complain if you move it back.  However, it would greatly help if you did just a little work developing a list before moving it to mainspace or before creating it there; since we have no deadline, it would be appreciated if you created lists offline and added basic updates before putting them online.  Look at what I did with List of Indiana state historical markers in Harrison County and its history (and that of the other 88 Indiana historical marker lists) — everything important was already there, and just as I don't complain at myself for making some smaller problems that needed to be fixed later, I'll not fault you for having some not-so-egregious problems.  Nyttend (talk) 17:20, 9 July 2012 (UTC)


 * By the way, on the Littleton Round Barn, let me see what I can do to help you expand it; I have the nomination form. If you don't want to wait, you can get information from the Hancock County GIS: go to http://www.hancockcoingov.org/, click the GIS/Tax Information button, and follow the links that lead toward "map"; eventually you'll reach the aerial map from which you can select the property and find a decent amount of information.  Nyttend (talk) 21:06, 9 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that would be great, if you would help develop the Frank Littleton Round Barn article, especially because it is your pic illustrating the article, and because it makes for a great DYK item. I was thinking of a DYK nom along the lines of:  "Did you know... that the Frank Littleton Round Barn (pictured) embodied true circular barn design features that were granted a 1905 patent, causing other Iowa farmers to construct multi-polygonal barns instead?"  Or the DYK could be about the rivalry to have the biggest diameter round barn.  The article was started July 7, so a DYK nom has to be started soon, actually. -- do  ncr  am  16:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * For the DYK and probably for the article, could we get a zoomed-in version of the barn? I think just the barn itself should be included in a small DYK pic. -- do  ncr  am  16:43, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Got your Ohio barns message; will reply after I get off work, as I'm just on break now. No chance on a zoomed-in image for Littleton; it's somewhat far from the road (which has no convenient parking spots), I got no other photos when I was there before, and I've not been in Hancock County in several months, so we'll have to stay with this image.  By the way, you may want to consult the Hancock County edition of the IHSSI.  Also, per GIS, the owners are the family of Eugene C. Pulliam; that will likely be in the nomination, which I've not looked at for a while.  Nyttend (talk) 17:23, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * To Markvs88, Multichill, Cbl62, Mercy11, WereSpielChequersm, BD2412, and others, thank you for your attention and positive words previously. As you will have noted, I did not choose to continue the appeal process about the block.  I thought about making some speech or something but honestly don't see any big morals to state or apologies to make.  I have previously enjoyed contributing new articles and adding to existing articles in wikipedia, and I hope to restart doing so.  I have enjoyed being away from Wikipedia and its drama.  I hope that giving it all a rest prove to have taken the edge off of whatever people's issues are, mine and/or theirs.  I do hope that others see their way to choose to avoid violating civility, harassment and other basic good Wikipedia and human being practices, and so will I.  If you are a person reading this who has in the past engaged in what a reasonable person can view as hateful behavior, please reconsider your interest here, and please go away, please leave me alone.  Thank you again to those who have tried to be helpful. -- do  ncr  am  23:34, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I suppose so, but it will be such small resolution...At any rate, yes, the nomination says that the owner was then (1991) Eugene S. Pulliam. "The Littleton barn was the structure that would forever change the fate of the round barn construction business in Indiana", it notes, and blames strife among the builders for contributing to the end of the round/polygonal barn era.  I know some of the Pulliams (some of them were high school friends), so I've sent off a Facebook note; let's see if they know of additional sources.  As far as the Ohio barns: I think I'll not do anything quite yet.  If you look at the county lists for where they're located, you'll see that most other properties in these counties have their own articles; some time back I requested the nomination form for one of them, only to be sent a redacted MPS form.  As a result, I'm left thinking that there's no substantial easily-accessible coverage of these barns (I don't have time to visit the area just to do research in local documentation for Wikipedia articles!) and was planning to write a single article for the MPS, comparable to the Historic Firehouses of Louisville.  Manchester is the only exception: I've seen a bunch of coverage for it, since it's so much larger and grander than the others, so I had counted on the MPS article having a short summary for it and linking a separate article with fuller coverage.  Nyttend (talk) 20:30, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * My Pulliam friend doesn't have any information; he's heard of a book on Indiana round barns, but doesn't know anything more. Looks like we'll have to stick with NR and other historic preservation documentation, aside from what you already found.  Nyttend (talk) 16:01, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Wisconsin round barns
Have you looked for images or content? I have found a bunch of Wisconsin round barn images in county articles with no effort. I'm concerned that you were going against consensus spitting out a whole bunch of tiny articles without even researching. Looks like about 2 minutes of effort per article. The county list shows that the Dougan Round Barn was demolished earlier this year. If you were spending minimal effort with a google search you would have found its image on Wikipedia and sources about its demolition.  Royal broil  03:50, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi RoyalBroil, I would be happy for you to help develop the Wisconsin section of List of round barns. It is not obvious to find a note at a NRHP county list page, to bring that info back to the List of round barns article.  Probably the natural way is for editors over time to bring photos and bits of info to the individual NRHP articles, which then get brought back to the list article.  If you can accelerate that process, great.  I'll make some more effort now on developing the Wisconsin ones in the list-article, too.  Thanks for your interest in developing material about historic sites. -- do  ncr  am  12:03, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Added from an NRHP MPS document about 3 of 6 Wisconsin barns in the list-article. I think that is all the NRHP nom refs that can be added right away.  Unfortunately individual NRHP docs are not available online for Wisconsin, AFAIK.  Another editor created one of the articles, one of the two having photos in the articles now; thanks for finding and adding that pic.  He/she encountered other editors removing his/her development and references at that article.  It would be great if you would help him/her develop it, drawing from the currently deleted references? -- do  ncr  am  14:11, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of List of traditional gentlemen's club buildings


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 * Deletion withdrawn by nominator. -- do ncr  am  14:13, 13 July 2012 (UTC)