User talk:EricCable/Archive 3

NC Grand Lodge Article
Eric, In line with what I said before, I'd be interested in working with you on an article on the NC Grand Lodge.Tyrenon (talk) 20:34, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm going to move to procedurally un-delete the lodge list article if I can. Look, I don't think it's notable and that is still my opinion...but that was a tainted process and you got a raw deal.  I'd still be inclined to zap it for the moment, but what happened was wrong, regardless of the outcome, and I don't support it.Tyrenon (talk) 22:57, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, the request is in: [].Tyrenon (talk) 23:07, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Question for administrator
I am currently working on creating an article for Thomas Polk who was a General of the Continental Army, Member of the Third Continental Congress, and is considered the "Father of Charlotte (North Carolina)." During his twilight years he raised and educated his brother's grandson, James K. Polk.

While working on this I find myself interested in creating a family tree for this prominent family using Template:Family tree.

My question is where should I put it? Initially, I thought about adding it as a section to but felt that might be inappropriate as that is a category page.

Adding the family tree to each person's article would also seem inapprpriate.

So it seems that what I shoud do is create an article entitled "Polk Family Tree" and then add a section "Family Tree" with "See Main Article Polk Family Tree" under it on each person's article. Is my thinking here correct?

Thanks!

-- Eric Cable  |  Talk  16:05, 24 February 2012 (UTC)


 * A family tree would be a good idea for an article called Polk family if you have enough notable information about the family (see Bush family or Kennedy family for example; List of family trees and Category:Family trees have many more such examples). I'd say place a link to this article in the "See also" section of the articles for the individual members (if there are few) or consider creating a navbox for many (like Template:Kennedy family). Regards  So Why  20:55, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Creating Category:Wikipedians interested in Freemasonry
I would like to create the above-named category of users. I think if you look at Talk:List of Freemasons you'll see there are a lot of Wikipedians what would fall into this category.

Also, how would I create sub categories?

thanks! Eric Cable |  Talk  17:00, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, there is a WikiProject for Freemasonry here. You can add your name to the list there and put on your userpage if you like. Lastly, the Category:WikiProject Freemasonry members should be what you're looking for. You can add it directly on your userpage, or the Freemasonry userbox will add it if you decide to use that. Hope that helps! — Bility (talk) 19:16, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * thanks Eric Cable  |  Talk  19:30, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Masonic PA PastMaster.svg
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Nice work on the Jewels you uploaded

 * thanks! Eric Cable  |  Talk  12:08, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

DC statehood userbox
Hi, Mr Cable. I hope you'll reconsider the tone (and length) of your userbox opposing DC statehood; political and religious statements in general can be off-putting, but the bold type, capital letters, and derisive message about DC residents who disagree punctuated with multiple exclamation points present the message in a way that seems more likely to cause offence than is necessary. - Cal Engime (talk) 13:38, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Scotts
There are many others like this. --The Theosophist (talk) 19:15, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:UNC Chapel Hill Cornerstone.jpg
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Does being listed on IMDB make someone notable?
So here we go... the dreaded "notability" question. Specifically, I am interested in creating an article for actress Amy Harber {http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1566485/].

So does being listed on IMDB with over a half-a-dozen credits establish notability? I have more cites for her, and can find more I'm sure, but I am sick and tired of working on articles only to have the notability-nazis crap all over them.

I would appreciate a reply from an Admin if possible. Thanks! Eric Cable |  Talk  13:31, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * IMDb on its own is certainly not enough - it is not considered a reliable source because it is user-editable, see WP:USERGENERATED. For general notability advice read the WP:GNG and WP:42. The notability standard for actresses is at WP:ENTERTAINER so, if you can find other sources, the question would be whether that record amounts to "significant roles in multiple notable films" etc. As many of the roles are un-named ones like "Nurse" or "Coffee-shop worker", I would be doubtful. JohnCD (talk) 13:55, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response and links to those otherwise difficult to find policies. Eric Cable  |  Talk  14:41, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Compiling mass amounts of information into one citation?
So, I was readin the artilce on LeVar Burton and in the Directing section it says...


 * Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Burton directed episodes for each of the various Star Trek series then in production. He has directed more Star Trek episodes than any other former regular cast member.

Now, that Citation Needed could be fix by using information found on the StarTrek.com database: BUT you'd have to go through every episode Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise, make a list of the directors of each epsisode, then count how many episodes each person had directed to verify that Burton did in fact direct the most. But even then, how would you cite that? Eric Cable |  Talk  17:24, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You cannot do it that way; see No original research. A reliable source which has already compared the available information, and which itself has stated that Burton directed the most, needs to be located and included, or that statement should be removed as unverified. Dru of Id (talk) 17:41, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I figured that would be the case. Sometimes No original research is stupid. Thanks for looking. Eric Cable  |  Talk  17:49, 17 September 2012 (UTC)