User talk:JGHowes/Archive 2

January–December 2008

Scouting barnstar
-for excellent support of Scouting articles, especially in getting E. Urner Goodman to GA status. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 17:14, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Scouting WikiProject in the Signpost
We'll be in the Signpost on Wednesday, 2 Jan about 17:00 UTC, someone noticed us, be sure to read it, many of us get it, read it on my talk page if you like. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 02:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Ed Walker
I've noticed you've done allot work on the Ed Walker article. Found it rather interesting, I know Ed Walker, or 'Uncle Ed' as he's commonly referred to by friends. Although his hay day in radio was a bit before I can remember, too much synthetic (and quite a bit of organic) reality back in the 80s and 90s has curbed any memories of childhood lol..But anyway,  I used to talk with him quite regularly when I lived in Maryland and was active on Ham Radio.. Heck, he even did some corny liners for me when I had my HF station going AM of course! Last I heard from him he was on the board of directors for the Radio and Television Museum in Bowie, Maryland. As far as I know he's still living in Bethesda. Small world.. Everybody loves Uncle Ed! :)
 * -- DP 67  (talk/contribs) 05:33, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Arizona Memorial
Good pont about original research, and I guess that's why somebody pulled it. Anyway, regarding time on the memorial, the guide asked everyone to leave when the next boat came in. Apparently the rapid exhaustion of tickets that day (gone by 11 AM) encouraged a fast turnaround. I was there just after Christmas but they told me running out of tickets early was becoming routine.

That made me smile
And chuckle a bit. I saw your comment on WP:NAR, and the fact that you are devoted enough to use a blackberry for editing Wikipedia, made me smile. Certainly don't take offense at this, just think about how silly it might seem to the novice user, and smile. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia!--Vox Rationis (Talk | contribs) 21:24, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Interested?
Hi JGHowes,

I'm an admin at a wiki called PlaneSpottingWorld, (http://plane.spottingworld.com) and you seem like the type of preson who might be interested.

SpottingWorld is an organisation who are setting up wikis for people to use for anything about the wikis topic - we allow Events, Videos, Maps - everything!

Please let me know here or there if youre interested. It's currently doing REALLY badly, and we need to build a community and get users, or else all the other wikis will also fail.

If youre not interested, please disregard this message: I am contacting you via a reccomendation by User:DP67, a member of the SpottingWorld wikis.

Thanks,

 Bluegoblin  7   00:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello...
I went to Wikipedia and it said I had a message from you (though I wasn't logged in). It took me to the talk page for an ip address (I would look the block up to see if it was me, but can't figure out how to get back to that page once I logged in). It had a welcome comment from you noting to sign talk pages and explaining how (thanks, by the way!) I headed over here to see what's up and see if I could figure out how to work the talk page system correctly (I don't think I've ever used it). Should I have edit summaries for talk page entries? Malician (talk) 15:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅Hello, Malician -


 * Got your msg, I've started this Talk page for you, where you can check messages, provided you're logged in with your Username.


 * Using edit summaries is strongly recommended on article edits, and most editors usually put a brief word or two in the edit summary for a Talk page message, too. One thing, make sure you sign all messages using 4 tildes like this: ~ . The Wikipedia software will then automatically include your username and timestamp when you Save page. I'd be happy to help with anything else, just let me know. Happy editing!  JGHowes talk  -  03:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Michael Burns PhD.jpg
User:JGHowes, you want to delete this image as per WP deletion policy. This image was not scanned from a dust jacket cover. It was created and edited by me from an image that was on the internet not copyrighted. What kind of rationale needs to be placed on the image page that would save it from deletion? Just because you have noticed that the picture is the same as that on a dust jacket does not mean that it was generated in the same way.--Drboisclair (talk) 19:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * $\color{Red} \oplus$You should add your explanation at the image deletion discussion here; although, generally speaking, images from an unknown website are also likely to be deleted due to uncertain copyright status.  JGHowes talk  -  20:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * What is a CV? I was unaware that it was from a dust jacket cover. If you must delete it, delete it.--Drboisclair (talk) 02:59, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry for using the cryptic acronym, "CV" is shorthand for copyright violation. Whoever took the original photo is the copyright holder, and only they can release it to the public domain or license its use on websites. A subsequent edit would be a "derivative" which is still subject to the same copyright restrictions.
 * As a non-free image, it could be used as Fair Use on Wikipedia, but only on an article about Burns' book, Dreyfus-a family affair (which Wikipedia doesn't have at present). A Fair Use image can't be used to illustrate a biography about a living person, however.JGHowes talk - 03:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Hampton National Historic Site, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 06:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * JGHowes, looks like I got credit for yours, and you got credit for mine. I did once go to Hampton NHS, and I must say, good job.-- Bedford  14:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Re User warning to IP71.187.39.237
Hi Boris,

Just thought I'd drop by to say I agree with your reverting this anon. IP's edit to the John Wilkes Booth Lead. No question it was poorly worded and out of place. I was about to revert his edit myself when you beat me to it. The JWB article seems to attract a high level of vandalism and periodically we have to Semi-Protect it. But it seems to me that IP71.187.39.237 may have made a "good faith", if poorly done, edit. Assuming good faith (see assume good faith), a Level 4 Warning is a tad harsh, if it was a first time contributor (multiple users could be using that IP address, after all). My two cents ...  JGHowes talk  -  22:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I disagree; the user was previously warned three times, level 1, level 2, level 3, so it is difficult to assume good faith after 3 warning to stop vandalizing. And as well, I'm quite familiar about the assuming good faith policy; I felt your comments at time talkpage a little too patronizing for my liking. Crazy Boris with a red beard (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 02:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You're absolutely right, I went back and looked at IP71.187.39.237's other 3 recent edits and clearly it's a blatant vandal. The JWB edit, by itself, wasn't so obvious. Didn't mean to patronize at all, your Talk page header indicates you've only been on Wikipedia for a week, so I just assumed you were unfamiliar with this  JGHowes talk  -  05:21, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Urner Goodman and Troop1.jpg
I like the image. I don't like the green circle. Can you get rid of the circle? Also, is Albert Hay Malotte in the photo? --evrik (talk) 15:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the problem can be solved by adding descriptors in the caption and in the image description. Thanks for listening. --evrik (talk) 15:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:BSA Natl Jamboree 1937.jpg
Thank you for the image, it's great and is really useful in several other articles! I appreciate the contribution! YiS, Chris (クリス) (talk) 03:29, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Might you have any images relating to James P. Fitch? Chris (クリス) (talk) 05:18, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Bermuda Airport
Hi, I was just fiddling a bit with the airport page and I was wondering whether you'd agree to it being moved officially to L.F. Wade International Airport and having Bermuda International Airport and Bermuda Airport be the redirects. As far as I can tell this is now the "official" name of the airport (according to the airport's main page and various other sites) and not just a secondary name as it's put now. Regards, NcSchu (Talk ) 17:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed.  JGHowes talk  -  17:54, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. NcSchu (Talk ) 18:24, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

New York Times
I created a template to simplify NYT cites nytquery. Let me know what you think. --— Gadget850 (Ed)  talk  -  20:50, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Spin and Marty
With your addition of the cover DVD image to the Spin and Marty article, would you say the black and white one is now superfluous? Or does it add to the reader's understanding, by virtue of being in black and white and the explanation about the introductory segment? I just wrote (or upgraded, I forget which) my FUR for the black and white one over the weekend, but I won't be crushed if only the color one is allowed to stand. What do you think? --Karen | Talk | contribs 05:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I'd prefer both for that reason, but I'm mentally preparing myself for someone's challenge of it. :) --Karen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mavarin (talk • contribs) 07:46, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Crosley Field
If you have a minute, I wonder if you'd mind looking at my merger proposal. Thank you! Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:55, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Ogden Nash and Lou Gehrig
I like it. It assumes that Baseball Almanac has it right, of course. But it's a verifiable reference. And the format is fine. You might get somebody arguing about the colors or something like that. The "Z" entry could maybe be put at the Baseball Hall of Fame article, as it's a good summing up of the game's great players. If someone claims it's POV-pushing, tell them to go back to watching their soccer match. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 16:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You could always run it by the project page. Or you could just do it. I think whoever posted it originally already did it for a number of the articles. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 16:54, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent work. Thank you! :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 15:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I have to say, it's kind of interesting to see your contributions as you worked your way through the alphabetical list. I wonder what someone would guess you were up to, before they checked it out. (Yes, yes, a left-brain is a dangerous thing.) :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 18:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

The article claims he's a Baltimore fan, but I suspect that's a joke, as he was from New York and his poem has a strong New York flavor, such as wishing Frank Frisch were back with the Giants. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 18:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I should read more carefully. Obviously, he liked Baltimore. But I stand by my suspicion that his boyhood teams and players, the ones he revered, focused on New York. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 18:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

The Nash page could use some animal quotes. Here are some: Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 18:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * This one has more animals. What I need to find is the list specifically connected with the Carnival of the Animals symphony. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 19:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * There's the one about the kangaroo, for example: Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 19:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Whippoorwill.ogg
FYI, I found an error concerning Image:Whippoorwill.ogg that you might want to be aware of. My comments are summarized at Image_talk:Whippoorwill.ogg. I think the best thing to do would be to rename the file but I'll leave that up to you. The Crow (talk) 01:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[from image file discussion] &mdash; Here are some links where you can hear and distinguish the difference:
 * Chuck-will's-widow
 * whippoorwill
 * list of birdsongs


 * Thanks for informing me. I will rename the file and put it on the article for Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis. I take it you're quite familiar with the subject (I am not) and am wondering if you'd care to comment on the edit recently made to whippoorwill regarding the bird's "97% decline since 1983": this appears to be contradicted by its IUCN status of "Least concern". I looked at the reference given, and while whippoorwill populations may be declining in parts of Massachusetts, placing that in the article Lead may be giving it undue weight - your thoughts? JGHowes talk  -  02:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm just a backyard naturalist, I can't really comment on the studies. I have observed that in north Georgia we stopped hearing whippoorwills altogether in the mid-80's, and the chuck-will's became vanishingly rare in the 90's.  But that's just anecdotal observation.  The Crow (talk) 13:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

re-uploaded file as Image:Chuck-will's-widow birdcall.ogg and linked that file to the article Chuck-will's-widow. Have requested Speedy Delete of this now-orphaned file Image:Whippoorwill.ogg.

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Ed willard.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Ed willard.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. Save-Me-Oprah (talk) 04:27, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I sent Uncle Ed an email, Hopefully he'll have a picture to use in this article that can be released under GNU. Until then I'm not sure what the particulars are on the existing image. He knows his article is there and may even release this one I don't know.. -- DP 67  (talk/contribs) 10:23, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Non-free image now used only in article about the radio show/CD  JGHowes talk  -  06:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Towson United Methodist Church
The article Towson United Methodist Church you nominated as a good article has failed, see Talk:Towson United Methodist Church for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of said article. If you oppose this decision, you may ask for a reassessment. jackturner3 (talk) 21:11, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Non-free promotional discussion
Hello, JGHowes. Since you recently contributed to the lively deletion discussion for Template:Non-free promotional, I thought I'd let you know that I've continued the discussion about this template at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. The result of the deletion discussion was to keep the template, but there are still some questions about whether the current template serves a useful purpose and how to prevent its misapplication. Please contribute to the discussion if you are interested. —Bkell (talk) 17:54, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Images
See response to you image post on WP:SCOUT talk. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 19:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

First FA
Your first FA, congrats! — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 01:49, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Ocean Grove
I had some quesions:

In the “Today” section of the current Ocean Grove article, it states:

“Beginning in the 1990s and continuing to the present, Ocean Grove has experienced a dramatic increase in property values.” This has not been the case since early last year. Anyone reading a newspaper is aware of real estate values declining. And they began declining in Ocean Grove around this time, also (as they did throughout much of NJ). Shouldn’t this be updated to reflect this?

In the same section it also states:

“There has been a considerable revival in the fortunes of the town, leading to a much less depressed community and the restoration of older hotel structures, many of which had deteriorated into Single Room Occupancy ("SRO") quarters.” Isn’t the phrase “a much less depressed community” opinion? I can find no article or reliable reference that makes or confirms that statement. It’s not in the article listed as a reference for the paragraph that follows this one on the Ocean Grove page (Michelle Sahn, "New life at old hotel site", Asbury Park Press, March 23, 2006). Therefore shouldn’t that statement be eliminated, as it’s opinion and not verifiable?

I would like to add the following to the site, but would like your opinion first:

To many “Grovers”, the destruction of the Ocean Grove Fishing Pier and boardwalk by the northeast winter storm of 1992, was devastating (Footnote to be added referencing A POINT OF PRIDE SWEPT OFF BY STORM - OCEAN GROVE LOST MORE THAN TIMBER. THE PIER WAS PART OF ITS LIFE. Source: William R. Macklin, Published December 14, 1992, Page S01, Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)) With the town's spirits at an all time low, late one night two friends, Carol and Bob, climbed a 20' high piling and erected a dummy of a fisherman. Named "Ralph", an acronym for Rising Above the Long Pier of Hope, he immediately became a local favorite as he smiled down at beachgoers, and helped buoy the town’s spirits. This was demonstrated later that summer, when his image was used on T-Shirts by The Ocean Grove Fishing Club to help raise funds to rebuild the town’s century old, landmark, fishing pier (photo of t-shirt to be included). When the pier was rebuilt the following year, Ralph was given a permanent perch upon which to sit...and to this day he can be seen sitting there (photo). As an indication of his inspiration and popularity, in 2002, ten years after he was erected, the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association honored Ralph by making him the first fictional character to ever appear on the town’s summer beach badge (photo of beach badge to be included). Bilbobag (talk) 15:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Ocean Grove Auditorium Flag
The "undulating" flag referenced in the article was replaced about 4 years ago. I'll try to get the exact date. The flag shown in the phot of the auditorium (2007) is the new flag. This flag lights, but not in the undulating manner of the old one. Bilbobag (talk) 15:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

PCH page
Thanks for cleaning up the Publishers Clearing House entries. See...I do try do use references :) Bilbobag (talk) 23:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Ocean Grove Record
Hi JGH,

This was the entire content of the article when I deleted it:

The Ocean grove Record is an online newspaper serving Ocean Grove and Neptune NJ since 2004. A link to the paper is attached :

Ocean Grove Record website and homepage

Obviously, I'm not opposed to someone reposting an article with more content. NawlinWiki (talk) 13:08, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Rough collie.
I've reverted to the revision you linked. · AndonicO  Hail!  18:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

FDR
Good Scouting addition to FDR article, but it's deterioated over time. The refs need some work, it would not pass a FAC today. Sumoeagle179 (talk) 13:40, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Letter
You have a letter from Goodman for that photo? Any more input on Hillcourt article? — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 03:46, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * yes, EUG sent me a letter back in 1975 when I asked for a photo for a newspaper column I was writing as well as our OA Lodge newsletter. Seems to me I've seen a pix of Green Bar Bill with an OA sash, I'm still looking but moving very slowly due to being down with the flu since Tues.  JGHowes talk  -  03:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Your false accusation!
Obviously you do not watch 30 Rock or you would know that that in the 30 Rock universe, NBC is owned by the Sheinhardt Wig Company. It is an "official" logo. Accusing people of being vandals when you are obviously one is wrong! Also We Brief (talk) 14:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Note: User:Also We Brief was subsequently blocked indef as a SSP

Stop harassing me!
Stop harassing me. This is your one and only warning! Also We Brief (talk) 19:11, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Image
Yes, I speedy deleted the image and the uploader reuploaded it.

I left the user a message saying he is allowed to remove comments from his talk page (it shows he has read/understood them), but told the user not to call them vandalism.  jj137  (talk)  19:44, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * They don't have to, but I would say it's a good idea.   jj137   (talk)  20:08, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Towson United Methodist Church
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Towson United Methodist Church you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. jackturner3 (talk) 15:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Triple crown
Your Majesty, could I have a ride in the Cessna? ;) Durova Charge! 01:53, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

FUR tags
What's the purpose of these inline commented out FUR stmts you added to Hillcourt? I've not seen this before. All one has to do is click on the image to see its status. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 00:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I read somewhere that this should be done (perhaps as a legal notice for mirror sites?) but at the moment I can't find the specific reference. I've always included it, e.g., Fair Use images at EUG. I'm still looking...  JGHowes talk  -  00:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Bold: incipit and 1st headline
I delayed the bold from the first section, but you can leave the bold in the incipit. Graphic questions ;-) MOJSKA   666  (msg) 18:22, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Roman Catholic Church
Hi JG, thanks for your comment on the FAC page. I think I have addressed your comment by using one of the blockquote templates. I would like to know if my edit addressed your concerns or not. Can you please see the page again and let me know if it is still unsatisfactory? Thanks. NancyHeise (talk) 23:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Babe Ruth Story (1948 movie).jpg)
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 * , instance of vandalism in article where image is used  JGHowes talk  -  20:24, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Roman Catholic Church
There is a revote on the FA leave comments page of this article. You are invited to reexamine the article and either confirm or deny your previous support vote by voting again. Thanks. NancyHeise (talk) 08:16, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Order of the Arrow
You were recently involved in discussions on the article Order of the Arrow. Some of the issues brought up then were not resolved. If you are interested, please participate in the continued discussion at Talk:Order of the Arrow. --— Gadget850 (Ed)  <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  13:52, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Triple crown request
Hi, thanks for requesting the imperial triple crown jewels. Unfortunately there's been a slight problem you might not have been aware of: my assistant and I count 3 citations you added to William Hillcourt; the published minimum for purposes of triple crown consideration is 10 inline citations. If that's a miscount I'll be happy to review diffs. Otherwise I'll look forward to seeing you soon when you get your next piece of featured content. Thanks very much for applying, and keep up the good editing. Durova Charge! 17:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Bio guideline question
I don't know of any particular guideline that covers this, but I wouldn't be surprised if some sort of rules for these situations existed. In my experiences, I have written the old name and placed the new name in parentheses. I don't participate on the WikiProject Biography talk page, so I wouldn't know if any discussion on the matter has taken place. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 20:22, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Jim Bakker edit
Hi, I have attempted to add some color as well as quotes from Jim Bakker both before, during and after the HeritageUSA scandals in the 1980's. These are from personal observations at the time as well as interviews conducted with Bakker and his wife and his aides. The content can be sourced at TIME magazine's articles at the time, with the byline of religion writer Dick Ostling. Regards, MarmadukePercy (talk) 20:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying the wikipedia policy. I've added a bit to Dick Ostling's page to take account of his work on the Jim & Tammy stories. See the accompanying footnote "Letter from the Publisher."MarmadukePercy (talk) 23:12, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Aviation Project Group
Please consider joining the Aviation Project Group. I undid a recent edit of yours on an aviation topic because this group has established some unique guidelines including formatting and use of words, dates and measures. FWIW Bzuk (talk) 21:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC).
 * JGHowes, thanks for writing. After considerable debate on discussion pages, a consensus-driven decision was made to establish a consistent dating across aviation articles. The accepted standard now for aviation articles is to have all dates appear as 17 August 2007. This practice has arisen because a number of foreign users had difficulty with reading the other ISO standard 08-17-07 or 17-08-07 formats (which one prevailed in their country?) as well the standard now for academic writing has been established for date, month, year, therefore the "formal" format became a written out date. Unlike some U.S. readers considering the month, date, year as a U.S. standard, it is also used in many other parts of the world and is sometime known as the "popular" style." The use of the new date format also allows for readers who have date preferences established in their browser to read the date in the style that they prefer. It is also a recommended standard in Wiki:Project Aviation because the vast majority of Wikipedia users do not have browser preferences set. As well, having a consistent style of date formating is merely standard practice. I know it amounts to a lot of repetitive editing but I only do it on articles wherein I make a substantial contribution. Thanks again for your note. FWIW Bzuk (talk) 21:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC).

Twinkle
You may be interested in WP:TW, a really great set of anti-vandalism and maintenance tools. You can enable Twinkle from Special:Preferences > Gadgets. --— Gadget850 (Ed)  <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  13:08, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, Ed, I'm aware of Twinkle, but I can't use it because my browser is IE. I do use WP:ROLLBACK when possible, but for multiple/complex vandalism the old "Undo" is necessary  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  01:43, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Hi. I've nominated Washingtonian (B&O), an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know, where you can improve it if you see fit. --​​<font size="3" face="Old English Text MT" color="darkgreen">​​D <font face="Euclid Fraktur" color="green">​​tbohrer​​​ ​talk• contribs 03:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Bundjalungwelcome.jpg
Thanks for retouching it, but the picture is still s***, and isn't Wikipedia-standard IMHO. Peter1968 (talk) 21:50, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Imperial triple crown jewels
Thank you for contributions to the project, Great work, especially on Royal Blue (B&O train), nice work, quite a comprehensive article. May you wear the crowns well. Cirt (talk) 11:28, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, no prob, you deserve it. Cirt (talk) 14:42, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church‎
Congratulations on obtaining GA status for the article you nominated, and into which you obviously put a lot of effort. Thank you for all your hard work. StAnselm (talk) 22:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Template:Infobox church/sandbox: Colour-coding system
Hi, JG. Following discussions with other editors, I've worked out a colour-coding system that will cause the template to automatically display certain background colours depending on which denomination a church belongs to: see "Template talk:Infobox church" (and let's continue the conversation there). Your input on the colours I've chosen so far are most welcome. &mdash; Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 17:43, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: New York Times archives
Since late September, all New York Times articles since 1987 have been freely accessible. There are two ways I do it: either I search for the article title in quotes with Google (which will usually bring up the free version of the article), or If I don't know the article title, I change search/restricted/article" in the URL to "gst/abstract.html", press enter, and the URL is automatically converted to the new format if a free version of the article can be found. Graham 87 01:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

re: Focus on the Family CV
Diligent research on finding the contribution edit. And thanks for issuing a warning. I myself did a bit of research into the anon. Ends up the IP resolves to "The DeMoss Group", a Christian, faith-based public relations firm. And I bet you can't guess who one of there clients is? (here is a hint: ) If their client indeed intended to release their content under the GFDL, then they should state so explicitly on their website or file an OTRS report here with Wikipedia. Until then, we'll have to assume that this was a copyvio (even if it was in good "faith", excuse the pun). -Andrew c [talk] 22:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:Garrett Farm.gif
A tag has been placed on Image:Garrett Farm.gif requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I8 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is available as a bit-for-bit identical copy on the Wikimedia Commons under the same name, or all references to the image on Wikipedia have been updated to point to the title used at Commons.

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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Lou Gehrig HoF.jpg)
 Thanks for uploading Image:Lou Gehrig HoF.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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 * Please see WP:NFCC criteria # 1. <font style="color:#fef;background:navy;"> Milk’s Favorite Cookie  <font face="Candara" size="3px" color="#2500FF">(Talk)  23:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * And your point is? If there's a free image portrait of Lou Gehrig in his Yankee playing days suitable for the Infobox, where is it? I've been looking ever since I started contributing to that article a year ago, and have yet to find one.  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  00:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * This would work well.... <font style="color:#fef;background:navy;"> Milk’s Favorite Cookie  <font face="Candara" size="3px" color="#2500FF">(Talk)  01:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think much of that one. It's not really identifiable as Gehrig, IMO.  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  16:57, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:AGO logo.png}
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 * - put NFUR in template format  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  20:04, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Rawhide.jpg
I have tagged Image:Rawhide.jpg as orphaned fairuse. In order for the image to be kept at Wikipedia, it must be included in at least one article. If this image is being used as a link target instead of displayed inline, please add article name to the image description page to prevent it being accidentally marked as orphaned again. Melesse (talk) 06:17, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * , article created &mdash; Rawhide (1938 film)  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  06:26, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Camden Yards station
Actually, considering the precedents that we have on other articles where the subject changed names (Electro-Motive Diesel comes to mind as the closest analogy), I'm more inclined to think it should be at "Camden Yards". However, since that location is currently a redirect to the ballpark, it seems to me that the current title is best and the redirect should be changed to a disambig page, but since I'm not in Baltimore, I wouldn't necessarily know which is the more prominent usage of the name. Slambo <small style="color:black;">(Speak) 17:50, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Lou Gehrig
After looking, it seems you are correct regarding the vets committee, but the writers didn't vote on him either (at least according to the HOF website), so "unanimous" isn't really accurate either. Any thoughts on what would be more accurate? "Special election" maybe? Thanks. - Masonpatriot (talk) 20:27, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

RE:Theodore Epp rating
Im sorry. I have removed the no-infobox and image tag. But I think it is still a stub.

<font color="ForestGreen">Killer Gorilla  V   (Talk) 03:29, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:X Assessment

 * Please see my reply here - Tinucherian (talk) 04:27, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your quick response on this cumbersome task.  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  05:06, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

GA review for Baltimore Steam Packet Company
I've reviewed the article Baltimore Steam Packet Company for its GA nomination. There are some prose issues and one image issue that should be able to be addressed within seven days, so I have placed it on hold for now. — Bellhalla (talk) 16:35, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The prose fixes all look good so I've updated the GA review. Let me know when you get the image issue completely resolved, and I'll be happy to promote the article. — Bellhalla (talk) 15:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Lucille Ball
Can you please explain to me why you unarchived the Lucille Ball talk page? I see no real reason that it has been unarchived. Please explain. Thank you Canyouhearmenow 03:38, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I can fully understand that, however, the part of the talk page that you unarchived was talk that went on while I was trying to get it to GAstatus. I just don't see a reason or rhyme as to why it would be something that would need to be unarchived. There is no current conversation going one with those topics and the article has now gone GA. I guess I am just unclear as to why they need to be opened? Canyouhearmenow 03:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks bud, I just want to kind of keep it clean looking. I really want to start moving it towards FA status when I come back off my little break. Thanks for your help. I had the page protected because of IP vandalism. I did not realize that the semi block had expired! I will have to watch it now. Thanks again Canyouhearmenow 04:13, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, I do not understand why the Lucille Ball talk page needs to be archived. Just because YOU chose to archive it, there is not necessarily a consensus.  151.203.250.9 (talk) 21:12, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol delete vote.svg|20px]] The old msgs were just archived, not deleted, by another editor with agreement of 2 others  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  11:15, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:AltPressMagCover.jpg
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 * FUR tag/link added  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  15:37, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:KPIE airport logo.png)
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FieldTurf
Hey JG, You've recently warned Jayjaysmo about deleting content from the FieldTurf article without stating a reason so I thought I'd let you know he has struck again. 24.211.155.222 (talk) 23:08, 15 May 2008 (UTC) Another warning sent to him. If he repeats, he will be blocked.  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  15:42, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I think you posted a message on my user talk page that was intended for someone else by accident. It says not to delete stuff from other user's talk pages, but I don't think I've done that. Take a look when you can. 24.211.155.222 (talk) 10:31, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * msg sent in error  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  11:15, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Tagging
Hi,

I tagged these because I used the CommonsHelper to migrate them there, for some reason it did it but they didn't show up..? Thanks --92.10.88.48 (talk) 20:35, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Re. Warning to new user JLE1021
Hello JGHowes and thank you for reporting this to me. I had automatically reverted this user after he blanked an article, but after checking his recent history I see that he did that in good faith. I have removed the warning I had left on his talk page. Thank you. Regards, Hús  ö  nd  15:58, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

JP Cultural refs
Hi just moved the project tags at the main art across to cultural refs - they may need changing in that new art - cheers SatuSuro 00:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Picture of Catherine Zeta-Jones
Are you sure that it's Catherine Zeta-Jones and not Jill Hennessy ? J-L Cavey (from fr.wikipedia.org) 81.65.193.78 (talk) 16:51, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, of course. I'm with her in the original picture at an event she attended in Bermuda with Michael Douglas (I cropped myself out for the Wikipedia upload).  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  16:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Lizard.
I simply moved the iamge down below. A photo of a live lizard it better for the textbox. The diversity of lizardscan be placedsomewhere else. Plus the numerous photos of different lizards already so the diversity. 69.29.254.57 (talk) 21:23, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Wawelberg Group
Per WP:SNOW, it is already clear that the merge proposal lacks support.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 11:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Lou Gehrig stamp.png)
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 * image restored to article  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  14:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Barnhouse image
on the fair-use rationale for Image:Donald G Barnhouse.jpg. You may want to add your two cents. (Nothing personal, you understand. I'd like to have an image in there, if possible.) --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 14:34, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Nice article
Nice Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad article.

Smallbones (talk) 03:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913
Hi, you just removed information from Benedictus (Song of Zechariah) on the grounds that it was a copyvio -- but it was taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913 which is in the public domain. You can see the original here at Wikisource. This is explained on the face of the article in the References section.

I propose to restore the material, but perhaps you would like to do so, to avoid the appearance of edit warring. - Fayenatic (talk) 12:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Terry Sanford
I've put a lot of work into this article lately and hope to nominate it for FAC in a couple of days. If you could look it over and give it a good copyedit, etc, I'd really appreciate it. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 00:51, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Your Bermuda lighthouse image
Hi, I used your image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gibbs_light.jpg on my blog. I posted it earlier today, but neglected to include the attribution. I have edited the post, and it now includes the attribution. My apologies. Davidcohen (talk) 13:33, 24 June 2008 (UTC) It's http://rottobloggo.blogspot.com Regards, Davidcohen (talk) 23:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Baltimore Steam Packet Company FAC
I've been watching the FAC for Baltimore Steam Packet Company and would support, but wasn't sure of the propriety of that since I had been the GA reviewer/promoter. — Bellhalla (talk) 15:25, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Scouting Tireless Contributor
-for longterm continued support for the Scouting Movement and the ScoutingWikiProject, especially in the area of improving the quality of Scouting articles. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 10:06, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks
<div class="NavHead" style="background:cyan;color:blue;">My RfA <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left; background:240 248 255;"> Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which closed successfully. I felt the process was a thorough review of my contributions and my demeanor, and I was very gratified to see how many editors took the time to really see what I'm about and how I can be of help to the project. As a result, some editors changed their views during the discussion, and most expressed specific, detailed points to indicate their opinion (whether it was, , or ).

A number of editors were concerned about my level of experience. I was purposeful in not waiting until a particular benchmark occurred before requesting adminship, because I feel - as many do - that adminship is not a reward and that each case is individual. It is true that I am not the most experienced editor around here, but I appreciate that people dug into my contributions enough to reach the conclusion that I seem to have a clue. Also, the best thing about this particular concern is that experience is something an editor - or administrator - can always get more of, and I'll continue doing that, just as I've been doing. (If I seem a little slow at it, feel free to slap me.)

I am a strong believer in the concept that this project is all about the content, and I'm looking forward to contributing wherever I can. Please let me know if I can be of any help. In the meantime, I'm off to school...

Thanks again!

Your GA nomination of Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. — Bellhalla (talk) 22:59, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I've completed the GA review of Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad and placed it on hold pending the resolution of several minor issues that I found with the article. If these are completed within the next 7 days, I'll be happy to review the changes and re-evaluate my assessment at that time. You may reply here, or at my talk page if you have further questions. — Bellhalla (talk) 23:02, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Norm Augustinus
Mr Howes: Have made the changes you requested with regards to the Wiki page: Norm Augustinus (sources/references/citations). Have worked on the Wiki page extensively with Norm. Hope the page is now satisfactory. Please let me know sir if you see something that should be further improved. Thanks for the suggestions. Johnstormzand (talk) 05:20, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

DRV of an IfD
I'm advising all participants in the that a subsequent DRV. Your participation is welcome. Dreadstar †  01:42, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Lou Gehrig
Thanks for your note. Considering how the GA discussion at Cy Young got started, I'm not sure I even want to go near it. They wanted a citation for Young throwing the first pitch in the 1903 World Series. Duh! Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 00:12, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Admin
Hey. I've seen some of your edits around and believe you would be a great candidate for WP:RFA. If you want to apply, I'll gladly nominate you. Let me know of your decision. Wizardman 23:55, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Wizman, beat you to it, I asked him a few months ago. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 02:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Gents, thanks very much. I humbly agree to your kind offer. Since Rlevse was first to offer to nom me for RFA and we have worked so closely together for a long time, I'd be very happy if Rlevse would nom me and Wiz conom, if that's agreeable. JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  19:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Just a suggestion, but I think you should untransclude from WP:RFA until the noms are finished.  Enigma  message 21:59, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * That was done and I'm done, Now all he needs to do is decide if he wants to wait for Wizman's conom or not. JGHowes can transclude now or after Wiz conoms, up to him. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 22:16, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright, mine's up. I'm fighting a migraine so it's not as long as I'd like, but it's pretty good. Plus the sooner you're an admin the better :) Wizardman  15:42, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

WP:CHICAGO
According to my records, you have nominated at least one article (E. Urner Goodman) that includes a category at WP:CHIBOTCATS and that has been promoted to WP:FA, WP:FL or WP:GA. You are not signed up as an active member of WP:CHICAGO. If you consider yourself either an active or semi-active member of the project please sign up as such at WikiProject Chicago/members. Also, if you are a member, be aware of Meetup/Chicago 3 and be advised that the project is now trying to keep all the project's WP:PR, WP:FAC, WP:FAR, WP:GAR, WP:GAC WP:FLC, WP:FLRC, WP:FTC, WP:FPOC, WP:FPC, and WP:AFD discussion pages in one location at the new WikiProject Chicago/Review page. Please help add any discussion you are aware of at this location.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

William Hanna FAC preps
I've taken this article from this to this, in preps for filing it for FAC. I could you some help now with:
 * 1) finding a free image of Hanna
 * 2) some good copyediting
 * 3) expanding the lead
 * and when that's done I'll unlink the repetitive links (things can change during ce, so I don't want to do now), then file for FAC.

Any help is greatly appreciated. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 02:48, 13 August 2008 (UTC)


 * With pleasure, I used to enjoy the Flintstones on ABC-TV as a kid, so this will be fun to work on.  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  03:21, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

WP:PipeOrgan needs you!
Hi everyone.

In case you haven't spotted it, Pipe organ is a featured article candidate. If any of you can lend a hand to address the concerns, the WikiProject PipeOrgan would be indebted to you. The article itself is in pretty good shape, there are some concerns about the referencing at the moment, so if you have any reliable sources that may be useful, please have a look at the article.

Many thanks, –MDCollins (talk) 00:50, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Beat the crat' congratz
Your an admin, just saw your promotion in my watchlist! - Icewedge (talk) 17:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats! — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 17:35, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Many, many thanks for the vote of confidence. I'll do my best not to disappoint you.  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  19:05, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Your RFA
Congratulations, I'm pleased to let you know that I've closed your RfA as successful, and you're now an administrator! May I suggest you visit the New admin school to get a few ideas on the best way to start using your shiny new buttons? If in doubt, feel free to give me a shout! Well done and all the best, sorry for the delay in your promotion... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:35, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats! I'm sure you will make a fine admin!!! America69 (talk) 18:18, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats! You'll do great. Erik the Red  2 ( AVE · CAESAR ) 22:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! Cirt (talk) 04:01, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! Masterpiece2000   ( talk ) 05:33, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Make that another congrats :) <font face="Tempus Sans ITC" color="#2B0066">Shell   babelfish 06:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, on your successful RFA.You may delete the main page now :) -- <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000"> Tinu  <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000">Cherian  - 11:41, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You are very welcome! Glad to hear that you succeeded! Keep up your stellar 'pedia work! <span style="font-family:Miriam,sans-serif"> Lra drama  12:25, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats! Ecoleetage (talk) 12:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations!  <font color="#008040">jj137  <font color="#008040">(  talk <font color="#008040">)  17:06, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations, and it was my pleasure! Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 23:21, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Hanna
I've listed William Hanna at PR and GAC. Keep our fingers crossed. If you have ideas to help more, esp improve the lead, have at it. Thanks for all past and future help. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 01:46, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

William Hanna
I am finally done with all the refs. Can you help expand the lead? I'm drawing a blank there. A copyedit would be appreciated too. Thanks. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 02:24, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

RfA spam template
Glad you got in! Just to let you know, I also asked to steal that template from the original creator... can't remember who it was now, but it is indeed a good template. Just found it interesting we both nicked the same one! :) <font style="color:white;background:#4682b4;font-family:sans-serif;"> Ase '<font style="color:white;background:#4682b4;font-family:sans-serif;">nine ' '' 14:36, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Threebythree unblock decline
Thanks for your note. I sort of had the assumption for the second reason of users who might not be clear on RS and offered something like that in good faith. And the content of the edit wasn't, it seems to me, prima facie libelous (what church she says she was saved in? How would that be defamatory? Or is there a nuance I'm missing?)

And that bit of WP:BLP refers to unsourced, as in no source whatsoever, potentially libelous information. If he had reverted that I might have shortened the block. A user who posts a source for some libelous information is entitled to have some discussion of the source's reliability before it's removed (unless they're doing so to be disruptive in some way).

Nor did he cite BLP as his reason for the removal, either. Daniel Case (talk) 02:23, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

RFA comment
JGHowes, I noticed your recent comment at RFA. Allow me to clarify: I don't have an admitted involvement with offsite monitoring of Wikipedia. Could it have been my mention about offsite message boards in question 15 that led to this conjecture? I'm not involved with such boards, but I know they exist, and when an editor or article appears to be under coordinated attack I sometimes check those boards to see what is happening. I do that to prevent undue POV changes to Wikipedia articles. Cirt (talk) 21:18, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Cirt, thanks for taking the time to reply. I've changed my comment from "admitted" to "apparent". Regards,  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  23:17, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

User:Emperordarius
Hey there, I noticed that you've dealt with User:Emperordarius previously. I wanted to ask your opinion on this personal attack and perhaps your thoughts on a course of action. Glass  Cobra  16:49, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've commented on his juvenile incivility there. He's 14 according to his userpage and while I don't think this warrants a block, an RFC/U would be warranted if he continues his POV-pushing, IMO.  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  23:09, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Maltbie Babcock
Thanks for writing that article! And thanks for fixing my messy re-upload of that image of him to Commons, I had gotten interrupted halfway through and forgot about it. --❨Ṩtruthious ℬandersnatch❩ 04:41, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

NowCommons: Image:E urner.jpg
Image:E urner.jpg is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:Image:E Urner Goodman.jpg. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case:. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 16:59, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Image:Premier Ewart Brown.JPG is now available as Commons:Image:Ewart Brown.JPG. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 21:32, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Ostrich
hi,

it seems you have semi protected the ostriches, I wanted to add a picture: Image:OstrichWestCoastNationalPark.JPG

but I cannot..

perhaps if you like it you may add it.

Regards,

Noserider (talk) 14:29, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ I'm happy to add it, but as an established, registered user you should be able to edit the article too, if you're logged-in. Semi-protection only prevents new and anonymous IP users from editing the article.  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  14:42, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Picture deletion
Hi, why did you delete the picture for the Magibon article? It was made from a screenshot of a Youtube video and properly marked as fair use. Besides, the person in this picture was informed by me and had no objections. The Magibon article has currently enough problems with constant vandalism, so it is very sad to see that it is even vandalized by registered Wikipedians who delete pictures without sufficient cause. --Firithfenion (talk) 09:33, 29 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Reply: Image:Magibonscreenshot.jpg was proposed for deletion by another editor on September 25 on the grounds that it was non-compliant with Wikipedia's policy regarding use of non-free images. WP:NONFREE allows for fair use only if there's "No free equivalent. Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose". In the case of living persons, replacement by a free image is possible, hence, non-free images of a living person may generally not be used in Wikipedia articles about a living person.


 * An image proposed for deletion on this basis may be deleted 48 hours after it's tagged. However, in fairness to you, I see that you were not notified on your Talk page of its proposed deletion by the editor making the proposal, to have the opportunity to contest the deletion by adding a hangon tag.


 * Please explain how and why an exception should be made for this non-free image, and I'll be happy to consider restoring it. If the person who has the copyright on the picture is willing to release it to the public domain (not just Wikipedia) &mdash; making it a free image &mdash; this can be done by email, just let me know and I'll further advise. Or, if you wish to contest the deletion, you may do so at Deletion review. Calling an administrator's good-faith deletion of the image "vandalism", by the way, is uncalled-for.  <font style="color:white;background:#008000;"> JGHowes talk  18:06, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Reply:Thanks for the answer. I am not a lawyer and not yet an expert with this licensing stuff. It seems to be a kind of rocket science to upload a picture on Wikipedia. You wrote: "Non-Free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created.." That was the case! There was no free equivalent available! If there was a free equivalent available, of course, I would have used this instead. "In the case of living persons, replacement by a free image is possible.." How? I live in Berlin, Germany, and the person in this article lives in Pennsylvania, USA. I can not go there and make a picture. I agree, that if someone has a free picture my fair-use picture could be removed or replaced but there isnt one available. I have asked Magibon via mail to send me one of her official pictures to make it public domain. However, she was worried to do so, because she is in negotiation with Japanese modelling agencies and she is worried that there might be problems if she gives one of her pictures as public domain, therefore I suggested this compromise (to make a screenshot and use it under fair use) and Magibon agreed. I have put a lot of work in this article but instead of any kind of help, it seems to me that everyone tries to prevent this article. So, what do you suggest? --Firithfenion (talk) 18:33, 30 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is a free-content project and use of non-free images is limited to respect the ownership of copyright holders. As such, our guidelines don't allow fair use of a non-free image in a biography about a living person, because it is presumed that someone, somewhere (in Pennsylvania?) can photograph the person. That is why screenshots of living movie and TV actors are not allowed in their Wikipedia biographies. On the other hand, in an article about a particular film, a fair use screenshot may be permitted to identify and provide critical commentary about that film. This appears to be a biography, so fair use of the YouTube screenshot is not permitted. In an article about the website itself, however, then arguably a Web rationale could be used for a screenshot for identification and critical commentary relating to the website in question.  <font style="color:white;background:#008000;"> JGHowes talk  14:31, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I can confirm that this is correct. Non-free images of living people are not allowed, and the standard of replaceability is replaceable by any Wikipedia user, not just the uploader. Stifle (talk) 15:42, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I grew up in communist East Germany therefore I know that it is useless to discuss with a beaurocrat who thinks he is right. Maybe you actually think that you have done a good thing and protected anyones rights. I put a lot of work in this difficult article and everything has been destroyed so far. The picture was the only thing left. Now this has been deleted too. Be proud of your job. I am finished. --Firithfenion (talk) 19:24, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Baltimore and Ohio logo
I see that another editor is trying to get rid of Image:Bologo.gif.

While I suspect that you are correct and the other editor is wrong, it might be easier to replace all the instances of Image:Bologo.gif (including those that the other editor removed) with Image:Baltimore and Ohio Herald.png. - Eastmain (talk) 20:17, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * But Wikipedia should use free content wherever possible and I don't agree that the B&O logo is non-free. See the IFD discussion here.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  23:04, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
for the heads-up. I had noticed it in passing, but your note prompted closer scrutiny. Jojhutton's heart is in the right place; he's just thinking a bit wonky. - Arcayne   (cast a spell)  17:44, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

(re warning to IP79.73.43.247)
I think you have the wrong person, i have no idea who the guy is! Im a biologist-cum-medic by nature so im not sure i would know where to start with music... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.73.43.247 (talk) 20:16, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for your note. Apparently, you received a message intended for someone else on your IP user-range. Should you wish, such problems can be avoided by  [ creating an account] . Doing so is free, requires no personal information, and provides several benefits. That way, when you log in, you will receive only messages specifically intended for you.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  16:13, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The block was intended for me.--81.157.213.82 (talk) 17:30, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Bermuda's Climate
I'm doing nothing wrong. I am simply stating that according to the Koppen system, Bermuda's climate is tropical. The criteria for a tropical rain forest climate are on the Koppen system page on wikipedia, and Bermuda's weather data clearly fits the criteria. Sbrown1202a (talk) 02:16, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * As you've been informed on your Talk page, Wikipedia is not the place for original research or your own analysis. Even if you have a Ph.D. in meteorology, this is not the place to publish your findings. Here, we use previously published, reliable sources only, so you need to cite a published source, e.g., journal, website, book, etc., to support the statement that Bermuda's climate is tropical. In fact, it is not, as the Bermuda government's own website and others such as the reference you deleted state – it is sub-tropical. I have restored the deleted reference and added a second one for good measure. If you still feel otherwise, please discuss your reasons on the article's talk page instead of edit warring. JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  02:28, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Order of the Arrow
You are mistaken. I never reverted the talk page. I have used the so-called safeguarded words in the context of an entirely different discussion. OA members who are also also editors are systematically censoring these words due to a conflict of interest. The words themselves are not copyrighted. --Spirit76 (talk) 17:45, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I was referring to the reinsertion of redacted passwords to protected websites, after others had removed them. Passwords, when used per se, are copyrighted under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act since passwords are an accepted form of protection of copyrighted work. The protected website contains protected content which, by definition, the content owner has not elected to disseminate publicly. Distribution of the access credentials needed to impersonate your way onto the site (the password) would facilitate the violation of the copyright of the protected content.  Under DMCA, any act of dissemination to circumvent the protective measures would be a violation.    JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  18:21, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * However, I never provided a url link where these supposed passwords give access. I could just as easily say that the word "Password" provides access to some unnamed website. Does that mean I am no longer allowed to use the word "password" on wikipedia simply because I once used it in a context that was vague to start with? --Spirit76 (talk) 22:39, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Jim Bakker
Any luck with this? Rklawton (talk) 15:01, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, you are really patient &mdash; that was almost a year ago and I had completely forgotten about it! Jay Bakker's book doesn't say anything about his cellmates, but it does give some dates for the hearings, etc., which I've added to the article.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  23:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Patient - or forgetful. No worries.  It's not a high priority.  Once someone publishes Roger's autobiography, we'll have a lot of interesting material.  As I understand it, he was convicted of tax evasion.  The movies "Point Break" and "Dropzone" were likely inspired by Roger's deeds.  They were authored by one of Roger's arch competitors.  Bakker made a lasting impression on Roger, and Roger left prison an ordained minister.  As always, of course, reliable sources require discipline and patience.  Cheers, Rklawton (talk) 23:53, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

JWB Comment
I left a comment on the talk page on JWB. I just wanted to cut and paste it here as well, since it seems to be a bit lost in all of the other confusion on the page. It is: ''Thank You JGHowes. I see your point based on the proper quote from an actual wikipedia policy. It is nice not to be talked down to all of the time. In reading the policy that you have cited, all it says is that the theory is notable, but says nothing about the original source of the theory. Based on my interpretation of that policy, the Baltimore Sun citation is fine, but based on the idea that those three authors do not have a reputation for fact-finding and accuracy, they are in fact not in accordance with policy. Or does anyone think that the authors are reputable? As in fact, the article did pass GA last year with the section, is it not possible that the citations were meerly overlooked? I'm just wondering how the policy that I have cited, works with the part of the policy that you have cited? All I am asking is that we look at the citations in question and determine whether or not they are notable based on the policy that I have already cited. Could the section not be rewritten and retitled so as to keep in occordance with policy? I have suggestions in mind, and have wanted to reword it for some time, but anytime I do anything on this page it gets reverted, even edits that have nothing to do with the discussion''

I also have a few other questions that perhaps you may be able to clarify for me.
 * How is it that I am always wrong when I place a tag, but Arcayne is always right when he removes it?
 * <font size="5.5%">&bull; Well, I've never said you're "always wrong", but it is part of the WP:BRD process by which we operate, in that the editor changing the status quo frequently finds himself on the defensive if there's a longstanding consensus to the contrary. Once something's reverted, it's preferable to argue it on the Talk page rather than repeatedly re-reverting (i.e., "edit warring")
 * Why does it need to be his tag, while my tag was just as acceptable?
 * <font size="5.5%">&bull; Not following you on this one, but no one WP:OWNs a Wikipedia article.
 * How is the uncited information about the number of copies of the book sold OK? Arcayne removed my tag of that information?
 * <font size="5.5%">&bull; I added hidden text in the article explaining the source after he removed the tag; also commented in the Edit Summary (which most veteran editors use when a lengthy Talk page explanation is deemed to be unnecessary). It is good practice to check the Article History to see what changes have been made, by whom, and why.
 * How are Unschool and I always 100% wrong while while both of you are always 100% right? Doesn't our interpretation of policy mean anything?
 * <font size="5.5%">&bull; No, I don't think that, and it was in the spirit of compromise that I had offered some proposals for everyone's consideration.
 * Is there any reason to think that I am not leaving comments in good faith, since Arcayne has tried just about everything he can to tear me down?
 * <font size="5.5%">&bull; Speaking for myself, I WP:AGF, unless proven conclusively otherwise.
 * Have you read any of the citations? Do you know what they actually say?
 * <font size="5.5%">&bull; I have not read Bates, but do have The Lincoln Conspiracy book. I also have in my personal library the lengthy 1931 Baltimore Sun newspaper article debunking Bates. In that connection, it should be noted that the "Booth escape" section is not actually quoting from Bates as a reliable source; instead, it says "In 1908, Finis L. Bates wrote Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth, contending that a Booth look-alike was mistakenly killed at the Garrett farm while Booth eluded his pursuers. Booth, said Bates, assumed the pseudonym 'John St. Helen' and died in 1903 at Enid, Oklahoma, after making a deathbed confession that he was the fugitive assassin." That is my paraphrase of what the 1931 Baltimore Sun article said, so the cited source is the Sun, not Bates.

I am asking these questions in an attempt to clarify and I am in no way looking to move the discussion to your talk page, but I just wanted you to know how I have been seeing things. Based on Arcayne's edit history, he frequently talks down to other editors and usually starts his comments with Your wrong, or Incorrect. He just says things like You are in the minority or you are the only one who wants this, when it is clear from the discussion that what he is saying is not true. Not just to me, but to others as well. Again I am not attempting to move the discussion to your page, I just wanted someone else to see it from my angle for once. One last comment. If I rewrite the section, and retitle it, could I cut and paste it here for you to look at before I place it on the page? Perhaps we can come to a more mutual understanding if we did that?--Jojhutton (talk) 01:06, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * <font size="5.5%">&bull; Yes, I have a special page for that purpose here. &mdash; JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  03:07, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Joseph Shelton
I'm sorry, but I didn't understand the message you sent me about the deletion of my article. What part was considered defamatory? If I knew, I would either cite it or remove it. I honestly didn't think anything was offensive. STLisbetterthanChicago (talk) 08:40, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Saying that someone is openly homosexual and violent would be considered defamatory by many and no sources were provided to verify those statements or, indeed, that the person even exists. The only references were to the organization itself, but no mention anywhere I could find about this person.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  08:46, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Article got recreated and is now up for AfD. DMacks (talk) 08:57, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * You posted something on my talk page directed at STLisbetterthanChicago. I think you may have thought you were on his talk page instead. Just wanted to let you know. - Killiondude (talk) 17:28, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Kdude, while it was real late at night I wasn't that out of it. :o) Since there was a dialogue on your talk page and several of us admins were addressing this editor, I figured I'd chime in to let you know he was reported as a sockpuppet of Adamc714 and his message on your talk page was used as evidence (now indef blocked, see WP:Suspected sock puppets/Adamc714).  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  19:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Comment
Okay, first I'm only trying to help things out here. I've noticed that the Köppen system seems to be the main climate definition for most Wikipedia articles. Therefore, I'm only trying to help y'all out by defining the climate of various places using the definitions of the Köppen system. It's not like I set out with the intention of ruining stuff and destroying other peoples' information.. And as for my username, I just wanted to change it so it would match my email address and be easier for me to remember. Again, you're falsely accusing me of malicious behavior, when in reality, I have every best intention of making things better. Just think before you jump to conclusions like that, okay????? Sbrown146 (talk) 01:55, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No, you have deleted reliable sources cited in articles which contradict your own novel conclusions as I explained above and disruptively edited several articles despite a number of objections. That is a fact. And there are methods for changing a username which you have not followed. That is also a fact. This calls for administrative action.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  02:08, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, I looked for a way to change a username, and couldn't find a way. The articles I have edited were all good faith edits.  Now, I know calling Bermuda a tropical climate is a little far-fetched,  although arguable, so I'll leave that page alone, but on most of my other edits, I have legitimate reasons.  You still have no right to accuse me of anything wrong, when I have only done good faith edits.  And how am I to blame for deleting reliable cited sources, when other users mercilessly delete mine??? I'm no more at fault than they are.  In a dispute, the person who first edits the article is not automatically the one to blame.  I have some good legitimate points on classifying climates, and am not at fault for that. Sbrown146 (talk) 03:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Since you chose to ignore my reply two weeks ago (see "Bermuda's Climate" section, above) and continued to reinsert your hypothesis in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policies and procedures, you were wrong and I have every right to so inform you, regardless of your good intentions. You must cite a published source, e.g., journal, website, book, etc., to support a questionable statement . You are not a reliable source and we do not publish the opinions of Wikipedians who have read and interpreted primary source material for themselves. I strongly recommend you carefully read and consider No original research, which is policy. Also, WP:BRD explains how objectionable edits should ideally be handled.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  08:05, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, I'll keep that in mind. Sbrown146 (talk) 12:19, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

JWB page
Thank you, JGH, for your demeanor throughout the discussion over at JWB. You struck me not only as a sincere and honest editor (which indeed, I think could be said of all parties involved in the discussion), but you were also the voice of calm. I can think of no time when your comments could have been interpreted as impatient or impersonal, and if resolution is achieved, you will probably be more responsible than anyone else for it. Good job. Unschool (talk) 00:55, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that is very nice of you to say.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  15:21, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

John Walker (organist)
I got your message, and seeing as you are concerned, I am going to tell you that I persist in adding the middle name because no-one has proved me any different as yet; if you can, be my guest to. --79.73.43.247 17:29, 7 December 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.213.82 (talk)
 * Wikipedia's policy regarding biographies of living persons requires that all information must be verifiable. Speculation and unsourced content is not permitted and will be deleted. You have not, and connot, provide any reliable source to verify that "Charles" is his middle name. In fact, that is not his middle name, as he has so informed this Wikipedia administrator by email.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  15:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

82.71.229.37
This IP wants to talk to you, check their userpage. I think they're being a bit disruptive as they've already had two unblocks declined, but eh. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 17:09, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed, I've replied at User talk:82.71.229.37. Thx for letting me know.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  21:44, 8 December 2008 (UTC);

Re: Assessments
While I'm not sure if I agree that the article is B-class, he is certainly allowed to add them. Articles don't have to be put at assessment requests to get an assessment. Though if you think those articles are C rather than B, you can change them. They seem borderline to me. Wizardman 23:28, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy JGHowes' Day!
For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it.<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 00:09, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Wow, many thanks Rlevse!  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  10:41, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
When I was new here, you took the time to sort out what I was saying about the Jim Bakker entry. Thanks for welcoming a newcomer. I decided to stick around. It's folks like you who make a difference, by a welcoming attitude. Take care and merry Christmas to you and yours. Best,MarmadukePercy (talk) 05:16, 21 December 2008 (UTC)


 * You're most welcome, MarmadukePercy. I'm glad to have been of help. A Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year to you, too.  JGHowes   <sup style="color:blue;">talk  10:43, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

William D. Boyce
Happy Holidays! I'm done with the raw info here. The lead needs expanded (which I'll try to work on), and there's some overlap in the business and expedition sections that I'm not sure what to do with. Also, it could use your brilliant touch before FAC. Any help is appreciated. <span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — <b style="color:#060;">Rlevse</b> • Talk  • 20:54, 24 December 2008 (UTC)