User talk:Elkman/Archive18

If you ask a question here, you're most likely to get a response here, so you might want to put this page on your watchlist.

Note, however, that I'm prone to screwing up. I'm EXTREMELY prone to screwing up, often in new, unforeseen ways. So, just go ahead and tell me how I've screwed up.

Great American Wiknic for Twin Cities in June
Howdy! I would like to invite you to again join the Great American Wiknic this June (maybe just update Meetup/Minnesota ?) :) Also, please add any preliminary details to Wiknic.--Pharos (talk) 21:13, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

NRHP Delisted Properties
I'm new to this Wiki talk page, so I hope I'm doing it corrrectly. I am doing case studies and am looking to create a list of NRHP delisted properties that where delisted for other reasons than fire or flood distruction, and that where delisted through appropriate processes. I've downloaded the Main.xlsx file, but it only list projects in standing on the register. I am proficient in MS Access, but cannot seam to come up with the correct file off of the NPS web page. Can you give me any pointers or assistance. I see where you had identified 1508 properties that have been delisted. I also found another site that identifed that around 980 properties had been destroyed (most by fire). Thanks - bgconway — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgconway (talk • contribs) 18:55, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

User:Elkman/Sandbox3, etc
Found these pages while looking to see if you'd been active lately. Ever think of just creating one of these pages for every county in the state and using GeoGroupTemplate on all of them? I've found this system highly useful and have created sets of pages for two different states, User:Nyttend/Indiana NRHP and User:Nyttend/Ohio NRHP. Nyttend (talk) 21:37, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've been quite inactive lately, so I should really do something about that. As far as those sandbox pages go, I created a subset of those county lists because I went on a trip to Jackson, Minnesota a couple weeks ago, and I wanted to get pictures of NRHP sites along the way.  Having those subsets as sandbox pages made them easier to print and to look up on my iPhone, in case I needed to look up the map to a place while on the way.  I should upload those pictures at some point.  The sandbox pages exclude the sites with pictures, as well as the places that weren't on my route.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 21:59, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Didn't even think about smartphones. I much prefer a basic fliphone to a smartphone, so I always print out my maps with addresses and other details that I need to find them.  Since my interest is photographing the unphotographed sites, I simply chop sites once I visit them (example from a recent lucrative trip) and am thus able to use the GeoGroupTemplate output instantly to see where I need to consider going on the next trip.  Nyttend (talk) 22:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * PS. If you're noticing above-average activity on the generator lately, this trip may be the reason, since I generate an infobox in order to get data for categorising images more thoroughly. Nyttend (talk) 22:15, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Generator modification request
Could you make a small change to the generator please? PumpkinSky is reporting that entries in Lewis and Clark County, Montana appear in the generator as "Lewis And Clark County", which results in erroneous category names. Thanks for the help! Nyttend (talk) 03:20, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I've seen this several times. Thanks Pumpkin Sky  talk  10:03, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll look into it. I suspect I was doing something to make each word start with an uppercase letter, dating back to the previous database that may have had only capital letters, and that I don't have to do that conversion any more now that the database is modernized.  I'll let you know when I've got it fixed.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 19:09, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Still doing it see this Pumpkin Sky   talk  21:34, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, I've fixed it... finally. I also fixed a small problem that would have occurred with King and Queen County, Virginia, because the database has "And" in there.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 23:25, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Cottonwood County Courthouse
I undid your edit to Cottonwood County Courthouse before I realized Omeyer & Thori had been created. All of my information showed that the courthouse was created by O'Meyer & Thori. I created a redirect for now, but we may want to look at a rename once we find more information. Ryan Vesey 15:12, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places
Could you comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National_Register of Historic Places?

This is regarding a key part of the upcoming WLM-US photo contest. Smallbones (talk) 12:24, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * It would probably be better for all participants if I don't get involved in an argument. The last time I got involved in an online argument about some policy, I got permanently banned from a forum.  It didn't have anything to do with Wikipedia, but the principle is the same.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 14:41, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

New Article Creation - Lichelle Marie
I have seen that the article Lichelle Marie has been deleted for two times due insignificance... I propose to allow me to create that page with significant information, details and sources. Shall I proceed to create? I request your permission.... :)

Aniruddha22Paranjpye (talk) 05:46, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

ANI
Your name is not mentioned, but you were a party to one of the incidents addressed in the new section Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents that I just started at WP:ANI. --Orlady (talk) 17:56, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event
Hi Elkman,

There's going to be a Wikipedia Loves Libraries event at Minneapolis Central's Special Collections on November 3 (see WT:Meetup/Minnesota). Can you make it, and are you interested in possibly being part of an editing intro session?

&mdash;innotata 02:24, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Mcghiever's doing an intro, but we still likely need as many Wikipedians as we can get (since there will be more non-Wikipedians)--can you come? &mdash;innotata 22:29, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Some MN articles needed to support WLM nominated photos
Hi Elkman. There are a couple (or more) Minnesota NRHP topics within User:Smallbones/list articles, which is a list of needed articles where a WLM-nominated-for-a-prize photo exists. Editor KudzuVine has kindly provided new articles for South Carolina sites on that list; I and several others have started new articles on other sites where NRHP nom docs should be available on-line. Could you possibly please consider starting new articles that might use the WLM pics for MN sites, and help towards verifying those are valid pics of NRHP-listed places? cheers, -- do ncr  am  22:52, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I took a quick peek at two of them on the list. Grant County Courthouse appears to have enough material online and probably offline to start a decent article about it.  As far as the Heins Block in Olivia is concerned, there isn't a lot of information out there about it, but there's probably enough to start a stub.  I'll see if I can get to those articles within a few days.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 03:41, 18 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for creating Grant County Courthouse (Minnesota), giving a home for its nice WLM-nominated pic contributed by Gobonobo. Nice article; fun stuff i guess about the stolen cornerstone...tho i kinda wonder how you tear out a cornerstone without causing a lot of damage. -- do  ncr  am  20:42, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Band Box Diner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:BoogaLouie#Band_Box_Diner --BoogaLouie (talk) 00:14, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Elkman.net
Just a technical question — why is it www2.elkman instead of www.elkman? I can't remember ever seeing another page that was anything but www.name.domain Nyttend (talk) 23:28, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It's a bit complicated for no real reason. I registered http://www.elkman.net for my own personal web site, which goes to a "real" web server hosted by visi.com.  But, I also have the ability to host a web server on my DSL line at home, on my machine at home.  Thus, I made www2.elkman.net point to my home machine.  www.skateminnesota.org also points here, but brings up different content.  I could have named my home machine "nrhp.elkman.net" or something like that, too.  And, actually, http://nrhp.mnhs.org points to this page with National Register listings for Minnesota.  So, not all Web servers need to be named "www".  Now, if I wanted, I could explain all sorts of technical information like how en.wikipedia.org and fi.wikipedia.org can point to the same machine and display different content, but that's probably superfluous.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 02:48, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response! I wasn't clear; I've seen lots of things like nrhp.mnhs.org, but www2 is something that I'd not seen before.  Here I thought it was perhaps a substantial difference, not something that wasn't really a difference.  Nyttend (talk) 03:09, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Notice of change
Hello. You are receiving this message because of a [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Administrators&oldid=526254016#Restoration_of_the_tools_.28proposal.29 recent change] to the administrator policy that alters what you were told at the time of your desysopping. The effect of the change is that if you are inactive for a continuous three year period, you will be unable to request return of the administrative user right. This includes inactive time prior to your desysopping if you were desysopped for inactivity and inactive time prior to the change in policy. Inactivity is defined as the absence of edits or logged actions. Until such time as you have been inactive for three years, you may request return of the tools at the bureaucrats' noticeboard. After you have been inactive for three years, you may seek return of the tools only through WP:RFA. Thank you.  MBisanz  talk 00:20, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I think the only policy that would govern my return to adminship is: "God forbid." --Elkman (Elkspeak) 13:59, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Comments at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/WLM-US 2013 discussion
Would definitely be appreciated. Smallbones( smalltalk ) 04:26, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Cowbell and drumkit
Definitely not a screwup, in fact a good catch. On behalf of WikiProject Percussion and drummers everywhere, thank you. Andrewa (talk) 10:02, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Microformat request
Requesting a simple change to the generator output — when it returns a specific year in the |built= parameter, could you have it envelop the date in Start date? See this edit for what I mean. According to its documentation, the purpose of the template is to improve microformatting without affecting the appearance of the article. Nyttend (talk) 21:48, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, I've added it. I started the first article with this template: Minnesota State Sanatorium for Consumptives.  Let me know if anything is out of place.  Oh, and Happy New Year!  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 23:15, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! WP:BOTR request filed (section "Mark a lot of pages for microformatting") to have the template applied to pages where the generator now includes it.  Nyttend (talk) 23:38, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Doncram's talk page
That was not a particular politic question to ask him, especially on the heels of your poke on ANI when I blocked him on Friday.

Look, he's either going to file a case or not; he either includes you or not. Poking at someone is rarely helpful. He asked you to leave him alone, please respect those wishes. You seem to have done so so far, which is great. If something does happen then commenting on it in public is fine.

Thank you. 03:38, 8 January 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgewilliamherbert (talk • contribs)  21:38, 7 January 2013‎
 * Fine. Got it.  I suppose I'm just going to have to deal with whatever the Arbitration Committee dishes out toward me. I suppose I'm eventually going to have to pay the price for whatever screwups I've made in editing over these past several years.  (And, really, it's only my screwups that count.)  I know quite well that if there's an Arbcom case, I'm going to be named as one of the defendants, and I'm going to be in a complete load of trouble over it.
 * I'll tell you what: Why don't you, Georgewilliamherbert, just block me indefinitely right now? If you need a block reason, just put down: "Idiot editor who can't get along with people."  Or, put down the reason that if I failed at a different Web site (in this case, a costuming and propmaking forum), and got banned there, then maybe I deserve to be banned from Wikipedia as well.  How's that for an answer?  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 04:09, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Why on earth would I block you? We have no idea if he's going to file, you didn't poke enough now or when he was first blocked to merit a formal warning, etc.
 * He's being sensitive to the situation, you're being sensitive to the situation, you two should probably just stay apart for a while. Me telling you that is not a threat or severe criticism.  I'm just trying to avoid anything escalating.
 * If he files a case, he files a case. Relax?
 * There is no block-hammer being waved over the "Hey, man, chill out a bit?". You're not being a bad person.
 * Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 04:21, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Arbcom
You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Arbitration/Requests and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
 * Arbitration/Requests;
 * Arbitration guide.

Thanks, SarekOfVulcan (talk)  05:55, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I added you to the case on the grounds that you were probably going to wind up there eventually -- if it turns out to not be needed, you can request that a clerk remove you from the case. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 05:59, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
Hey, Elkman, thanks for the Welcome to Wikipedia. A few of us here at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts are diving in and learning how to Wikipedia because we have a lot of resources we want to share - we started with the image of the Purcell Cutts House and a Grant Wood that just entered the public domain. I won't make it to the MHS meetup this weekend but my colleagues hsraatz and abortolot (whose user page doesn't seem to exist) will be there.
 * Ctwalbridge (talk) 15:46, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:48, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Doncram opened
An arbitration case involving you has been opened, and is located at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Doncram. Evidence that you wish the Arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence sub-page, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Doncram/Evidence. Please add your evidence by January 17, 2013, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can contribute to the case workshop sub-page, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Doncram/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, ( X! ·  talk )  · @806  · 18:20, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

MHS meetup 1/12/13
Thanks for RSVPing for the MHS Wikipedia Day meetup on Saturday at 12:30! We look forward to seeing you. If you're driving, tell the parking attendant that you're with Wikipedia and they'll have you sign in for free parking. When you get in the building, there will be signs directing you to the Irvine Room (1st floor, past the cafe). Meet us there to pick up your free lunch vouchers. We looking forward to seeing you Saturday! More info here Mhsrc (talk) 21:18, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

New URLs for generator?
I just noticed that the generator can spit out a URL of http://www2.elkman.net/nrhp/infobox.php?refnum=xxxxxxxx — is this a new feature, or have I just overlooked it? I expect I'll find it beneficial either way; thanks. Nyttend (talk) 05:29, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That's been in there all along. I added that in there so the user can click from a list of properties in a county or city and then pull up an individual infobox.  Technically, it's the difference between using HTTP GET, with arguments in the URL, and HTTP POST, with arguments that come from a form.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 13:49, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Edit summary
Your excellent edit summary here got my Monday off to a good start! :) Cheers DBaK (talk) 11:51, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

New Page Patrolling
Hi. When tagging pages for speedy deletion, please be absolutely sure to choose the right criterion. This will ensure that toxic pages are deleted rapidly and that the creators are sent the right message or warning. The pages created by. User:Parker Dickinson (now blocked) were G10 attack pages and not A7. Thanks. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:33, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Flaw in evidence
Quaker Meetinghouse (Adams, Massachusetts) wasn't created by Doncram. He moved it to the current title. Thought you'd want to know! --Orlady (talk) 04:05, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, that was stupid of me to put it there. I removed the entry.  Thanks for bringing it to my attention.  I'm sure there will be absolute hell to pay when someone else notices my mistake there.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 04:18, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm sure you could find other examples. ;-)
 * Don't let the criticism get to you. It's not about you -- it's about the dynamics of the platform. This is, after all, the place where many people seem to think that I'm being disruptive if I don't smile and say "thank you" when I'm repeatedly assailed with every negative adjective in the thesaurus, because my assailant is a prolific creator of stubs who is easily offended. --Orlady (talk) 06:13, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
 * "Dynamics of the platform" may be one thing, but I could very easily be arbitrated out of existence here. After all, I got banned from a Predator costuming and propbuilding forum after I had an argument with a moderator there.  Apparently, my "quality and integrity" were bad enough that they didn't want me to represent them in public.  So, if I got banned from one place for poor social skills, it establishes a precedent that I could be banned from here for any similar screwups.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 06:46, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I have been known to be wrong, but I don't see this process leading toward restrictions on you. I can't say the same for me. --Orlady (talk) 14:54, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Your Arbitration evidence is too long
Hello, Elkman. Thank you for your recent submission of evidence for the Doncram Arbitration case. As you may be aware, the Arbitration Committee asks that users submitting evidence in cases adhere to limits regarding the length of their submissions. These limits, currently at 1000 words and 100 diffs for parties and 500 words and 50 diffs for all others, are in place to ensure that the Arbitration Committee receives only the most important information relevant to the case, and is able to determine an appropriate course of action in a reasonable amount of time. The evidence you have submitted currently exceeds at least one of these limits, and is presently at 826 words and 20 diffs. Please try to reduce the length of your submission to fit within these limits; this guide may be able to provide some help in doing so. If the length of your evidence is not reduced soon, it may be refactored or removed by a human clerk within a few days. Thank you! If you have any questions or concerns regarding the case, please contact the drafting Arbitrator or case clerk (listed on the case pages); if you have any questions or concerns about this bot, please contact the operator. On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Hers fold ArbClerkBOT(talk) 00:24, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

NRHP lists
I don't particularly see the point, since he's done with this run and he makes so many automated edits that he'll not notice, while if I tell him he'll simply do it all over again. Nyttend (talk) 16:53, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Colorado nominations at Focus
Just wanted to let you know: the Focus status page says that the Colorado nominations are now online. Nyttend (talk) 13:42, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. I noticed that California and Washington state are now online as well, so I added both states' links to the infobox generator.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 14:03, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Bob Kierlin
Hi-I started an article about Bob Kierlin, businessman and politician. Please take a look. The article needs an infobox and to be expanded. Thanks-RFD (talk) 22:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Generator got confused
I decided to try http://www2.elkman.net/nrhp/anyquery.php and was curious to see what the "Rice County, MN" option would do, but no matter what I try, I get Running query select * from propmain,county where county.countycd = 'MN0131' and propmain.refnum = county.refnum and county.statecd = 'MN';

Invalid query: select * from propmain,county where county.countycd = 'MN0131' and propmain.refnum = county.refnum and county.statecd = 'MN';Unknown column 'county.countycd' in 'where clause' I don't generally have any reason to look up Rice County data (and if I do, I know how to use the querybycounty.php page), so please don't think I'm asking you to do anything for me. I'm telling you this only so that you can take action if you care about it. Nyttend (talk) 14:52, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That query dates back to the previous schema of the NRHP database, before they changed the database schema (and denormalized it, really). I never updated it, and I'm not even sure why I wrote a separate query for Rice County in the first place.  I should probably remove it, eventually.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 15:28, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Question
Hello. I saw the question that you asked TDA on the proposed decision talk page. You could ask the same question of me. I involved myself because I'd seen all the previous Doncram postings on noticeboards and felt that Orlady needed some help in sifting through the vast number of articles involved. I've done a small amount of editing about historic sites in the UK and France, which is easier because there's usually more history and documentation. I wrote most of La Vieille Charité, Porte d'Aix, La Couronne, Bouches-du-Rhône, Chateau of Vauvenargues, Cambridge Whitefriars, Hanover Square Rooms and Handel House Museum. I am bemused at the moment by AGK's reactions to some of my statements. As someone very experienced in writing NRHP articles, do you think my comments on editors and editing have been accurate? Was the word "exasperation" appropriate? Cheers, Mathsci (talk) 08:27, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I think your comments on editors and editing have been accurate. You've studied the situation and you made a few proposals that have been considered by the committee.  I don't think you've done anything wrong in commenting on the case, although I see you've had some friction with AGK.  And, "exasperated" is an accurate description of the situation and my feelings about Doncram, both in regards to article-writing completeness and in regards to his behavioral issues.
 * As far as goes, he appears to be the kind of person who just follows people around and complains about admin misconduct and ArbCom misconduct, but doesn't appear to write substantial article contributions.  In his recent editing history, I'm having a hard time finding substantial mainspace contributions other than vandalism reverts.  That's not exactly the attitude needed to build an encyclopedia.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 22:58, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that sanity check :) Mathsci (talk) 23:02, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

FYI on DYK
Hi. I want you to be aware of Template:Did you know nominations/Church of St. Wenceslaus (New Prague, Minnesota). I think your good work (and Appraiser's photography) deserves recognition. --Orlady (talk) 16:45, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * What good work? Is there some sort of consensus that I'm doing anything worthwhile or good for Wikipedia by editing a church in a small town in Minnesota?  I just wanted to expand the thin stub while I still have the book checked out from the library.  In any case, the barrier to DYK is very high these days, and since I don't know the complete history of the Church of St. Wenceslaus, I don't know if the nomination is going to go anywhere.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 22:19, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * In comparison with the stuff that gets submitted to DYK by kids who haven't learned how to write a school paper yet, this looks good. And you were correct in your summary here; I shoulda looked at the links. (Doh! Thanks for cleaning up after me.) --Orlady (talk) 17:50, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Doncram closed
An arbitration case regarding Doncram has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

For the Arbitration Committee, ( X! ·  talk )  · @277  · 05:38, 12 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Discuss this

Neutral VDL Studio and Residences
Please take a look. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 15:04, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The socks have been hung out to dry. Nothing to see here.  Move along.   7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 16:42, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Enterprise
Hello, thanks for helping with the national register info. I had no idea how to format everything properly. Why no info box though? Everything else that gets listed has some mention of it (at the least the listing date and reference number) in their infobox. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.11.130.247 (talk) 18:11, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I was looking to see if there was a way to insert it into Infobox space shuttle, but I couldn't find out how to do it. I threw the NRHP reference into there quickly, since I'm rather busy at work today.  I'll see if I can get an infobox in there later.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 18:58, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Church of St. Wenceslaus (New Prague, Minnesota)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Expand generator output?
Just a request to expand the generator output a little: when a site isn't in a town, the generator doesn't give anything for Location, and when coordinates aren't available, the coordinates parameters are omitted. Could you have it always supply Location and the coordinates parameters, and then have it simply leave them blank (as it does for Architect, for example) when it doesn't have information on them? It's simply that when I write an article about a place with no NRIS coordinates but with coordinates from some other source, it's a little bit more work to copy/paste the template code from some other page instead of simply filling it into the template. Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 02:49, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Christianity Newsletter (May 2013)
Hi, I thought I would drop you a note to say that I mentioned in this month's issue of Ichthus. If you wish to receive the full content in future, please drop me a note on my talk page.-- Gilderien Chat&#124;List of good deeds 18:01, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Beautiful People (band)
scored two UK top 100 hits in 1994 and 2011, of which one of them, "If 60's Were 90's", cracked the top 75. If this is them, please restore the revisions to User:Launchballer/Beautiful People (band). Thank you.-- Laun  chba  ller  13:45, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You'll have to ask another administrator to do that. I'm no longer an administrator, since I lost that privilege several years ago.  In fact, it's been five years since I deleted the article, so it's kind of ancient history at this point anyway.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 18:24, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Upcoming Wikipedia meetups
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetups.

To kick-off monthly meetups in the Twin Cities, two events will be held in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library this summer. These are mostly planned as opportunities for Wikipedians to discuss editing, but all are welcome!

Special Collections contains many valuable historical resources, including the Minneapolis Collection, consisting of files on hundreds of topics related to Minneapolis from neighborhoods to politicians (it's best to call or email in advance to request materials). Free wifi and several public computers are available.

Place: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Special Collections (4th floor)

Dates: Saturday, June 1

Saturday, July 6

Time: 12:30pm–2:30pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. &mdash;innotata 14:06, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Bridge bearings
Hi Elkman, following your comments in 2007 in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bridges/Archive 2, I've created a bridge bearing stub that could be of interest. PhilKnight (talk) 00:25, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic
In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: north of Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis

Date: Saturday, June 22, 2012

Time: 12–4 pm


 * Accessible from the Minnehaha Park METRO station, bus, walk, bike, or car
 * If driving, free parking available on 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
 * Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

For more, and to sign up (encouraged, not required) go to the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. &mdash;innotata 03:07, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup on August 3
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota monthly meetup on August 3.

Place: Lavvu Coffee House

813 4th St SE, Minneapolis 55414

Date: Saturday, August 3

Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list.

&mdash;innotata 23:40, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

lest old acquaintance be forgot
Are you the Elkman who used to contribute to Greg's DFC? I used to read that all the time. DS (talk) 23:06, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep, that was me. I didn't get a large number of captions accepted there, but I got a fair amount.  My favorite one was of Dolly in a shaded room and a bright window, saying something about PJ and Kittycat.  My caption was "TONER LOW.  CALL KEY OPERATOR." --Elkman (Elkspeak) 19:01, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Quick note on generator
Perhaps you remember others noting that the generator doesn't provide coords for HDs. I just wanted to let you know that I'd found an exception: Bradford Estate, 89000236, in case that would help you at all. Nyttend (talk) 18:32, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
 * And now another one, Clinton F. Hesler Farm, 89000770. You've made me wonder if you improved things without telling us :-) Thanks as always for the help!  Nyttend (talk) 18:47, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Meetup on January 18
In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetup in commemoration of Wikipedia Day.


 * Place: Seward Cafe


 * 2129 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404


 * Date: Saturday, January 18, 2014


 * Time: noon

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. &mdash;innotata 04:10, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Server crash
Just wanted to let you know that something's crashed on your www2.elkman server; all infobox-generator queries return errors. For searches by refnum, we get  For searches by site name, we get precisely the same error; the refnum parameter is filled in the error message, whether I search by refnum, by an unambiguous listing name such as "Archeological Site 15 Ad 33", or by an ambiguous listing name such as "House". Nyttend (talk) 11:34, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how it crashed, but I did a table repair on it and that seems to fix the problem. Thanks for letting me know about it.  (Also, I should come back to Wikipedia and start working on NRHP articles again.)  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 12:46, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot for the help! I know you're not often around here, so I really appreciate the fast response.  Nyttend (talk) 13:26, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the edits
Make sure not to feed the trolls :-) Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:22, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Personal Attacks
Please stop with the personal attacks. (e.g. 1 2) These comments are simply uncalled for, regardless of how disruptive a user may be. Further comments will result in a block. Mike V •  Talk  00:01, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * You might as well just place the block now. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 14:45, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, what you should do is call the Minneapolis Police Department. 612-348-2345.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 14:45, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Also, I haven't been blocked for more than 5 years now, so I'm probably overdue. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 14:50, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Your computer crashed
Just wanted you to know that your computer has apparently crashed this evening; the infobox generator was working earlier today (I got information from it for a pile of uploads), but now it's getting what's apparently a 404 error. Nyttend (talk) 02:13, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah. Apparently, the DNS change for elkman.net just propagated, and www2.elkman.net doesn't point to my home PC any more.  (I was trying to relocate just www.elkman.net, but www2 decided to come along for the ride.  It's a long story.)  I'll try to rebuild it, but I'm not sure if I can get it done by tonight. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 03:56, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem; I'm in no hurry. I just figured that you weren't aware of what was going on, so it was more of a heads-up than anything else.  I've got piles of photos from a recent photo trip to new-for-me territory in Pennsylvania, and it will take a good deal of time to organise them before I need the generator to help me prepare them for upload.  Nyttend (talk) 04:02, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * It should be sort of functional now. I loaded the PHP scripts onto my new Web hosting provider, loaded the database, and changed the permissions around.  http://www.elkman.net/nrhp/infobox.php should give infoboxes, but let me know if it gives errors instead.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 05:11, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * [Went to bed after the BBC reported final results for the Scots vote] It's working partially. Put in a refnum, and everything's fine, with the only difference being your "Edited, let's hope this works".  Put in a property name, and it returns an error.  I ran a search for Woodville with no state specified, and it gave me"Invalid query: select state, mpsname, pdflink from mydb.mpsref where mpsname like '%Wakefield MRA%' and state = 'MA';SELECT command denied to user 'elkman_apache'@'localhost' for table 'mpsref'"However, if you search for Logan County, you get two correct infoboxes (Old Logan County Courthouse in KS; Logan County Courthouse in CO) before it breaks while producing results for something in ND, and it doesn't produce anything for OH, AR, or OK.  Nyttend (talk) 11:14, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * That part should be fixed. I was trying to read a table from a different database, so I just had to import the table and change its name.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 12:59, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Just checked back here for the first time. Thanks!  There's still a slight error when I run the Logan County search: all infoboxes display properly, as far as I can tell, and the left-side information and URLs for Focus are also right, but at the very bottom (immediately above "Enter a property name to search for:") is a big warning, Warning: mysql_close: 5 is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home4/elkman/public_html/nrhp/infobox.php on line 100.  It doesn't impair usability for me; you're probably the only one affected.  Nyttend (talk) 15:39, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

NRHP tools broken again (or still)
I just tried to use the NRHP infobox generator, at the old URL, and discovered from this page that the URL had been changed. (And I've now updated the links at WikiProject NRHP, though I'm not sure that I caught all of them.) However, I tried the new URL and it's not working. I don't know whether it was ever working normally after the discussion above, from two months ago, because I hadn't seen that discussion until now and had not tried using the infobox generator since about August. When I use the new URL, I get the familiar "Infobox Creator" page, albeit now with the comment noted above, "Edited, let's hope this works", but whenever I enter a (valid) number in the reference number field, the field just blanks out, does not generate anything. I had similar results when trying to use any of the search tools at the parent page, www.elkman.net/nrhp/ – either the field just blanked-out or an "invalid query" message was given. SJ Morg (talk) 10:42, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * It's working for older listings, but it still generates no results at all for any listings from 2011 and later, when I try it. Maybe it has a problem when the refnum starts with 11 or higher? SJ Morg (talk) 21:17, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * They haven't updated their online database since 2010 or so, so I haven't downloaded anything. Actually, according to their research page, they have all the listings up to 9/17/2014 in an Excel spreadsheet.  But, the listings in that spreadsheet just include the property name, address (except when restricted), city, and state.  Fortunately, they've been doing a lot of digitizing, so a lot more states have NRHP nominations online.  Unfortunately, since the database isn't available, I can't provide stuff like location coordinates, architect, architectural styles, year built, or any of those other pertinent fields.  I suppose I could try joining the Excel spreadsheet to their fairly-recent list of coordinates, but that still isn't really enough for a complete infobox.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 22:56, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. SJ Morg (talk) 08:37, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Linkrot
Just wanted to note that the generator's generating one piece of linkrot: the GeoHack maps link (provided whenever a site has coordinates) no longer works, since this and similar tools have been migrated to WMFLabs. You only need to change a few characters at the start of the URL; for example, http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Infobox_generator&params=40_48_8_N_81_31_22_W_region:US_type:landmark is broken, but https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Infobox_generator&params=40_48_8_N_81_31_22_W_region:US_type:landmark works well. Nyttend (talk) 15:34, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the update. I'll have to look into it, along with one or two other things that I need to update.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 15:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, and thank you for the continued help. Nyttend (talk) 17:18, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I've updated this... finally. I've also noticed that the National Park Service has been busy digitizing many more states' nomination forms, as listed here, so I've updated the infobox generator to link to those nominations where available.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 17:11, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

infobox generator broken
Thanks for you extremely useful NRHP infobox generator tool. I know I'm not the only one who uses it, and it's been a great help. That said, it's broken: Queries for city and county seem to work fine.  Magic ♪piano 12:35, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Litchfield, MN photo
Hello:

I would like permission to use your photo for a Meeker County Genealogy Website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdgenweb (talk • contribs) 18:33, 3 April 2015 (UTC)