User talk:JonRidinger/Archive 1

Ohio State Highways WikiProject
Hello, Jon -- I'd like to invite you to check out our project page, and to join the project! — Homefryes  Say•Do 17:19, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Cool – welcome to the project! — Homefryes  Say•Do 19:52, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

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Article on Rootstown
Hey, I noticed that you want to split the Rootstown article. Before that gets done, it needs cleaned up real bad. It was vandalized by a few people. Check its discussion page for more. --Rovership27 21:09, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Help, Jon!
Someone has nominated about 20 library articles that I've added for the Libraries in Ohio project to be deleted! I am sick about this. I have spent hours working on these becuase it appears on our project list! Please jump into the discussion here and let them know that this is a Wiki-Ohio project and they should not delete it!!!! delete discussion Thanks!!!!CRKingston 09:20, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Your response is perfect. Most of the library articles are not fleshed out, they are stubs. I tried to build library articles good bones. They have references and external links. They are not orphans, they have incoming links. They are in the appropriate categories. These articles should never appear on any of the maintenance lists. These are things that new contributors might not figure out they need to do, people who can add meat to the bones but don't understand incoming links or categories, etc. Many of the libraries have lots of interesting stories, like they are located in historic buildings, or they also house a regional museum,, or they offer a wide range of services. Some people have jumped in and fleshed out the stubs. But the bottom line to me is that the Ohio project identified the Libraries in Ohio as a project and should control its destiny. Thanks! CRKingston 19:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


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U.S. Roads Newsletter Issue #2

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Possibly unfree Image:KentRoosevelt1.jpg
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USRD Newsletter - Issue 3

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Active user verification
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USRD Newsletter - Issue 4

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USRD Newsletter - Issue 5

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USRD Newsletter - Issue 7

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Image:Kentstateseal.png
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Image:Kentlogo.png
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Image:KentS 2833.png
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USRD Newsletter - Issue 8

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USRD Newsletter - Issue 9

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USRD Newsletter - Issue 10

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Portage County template
Thanks for correcting the Portage County template. I converted nearly all of the Ohio county templates from another format to this one on the same day, and I copy/pasted a bunch; I must have copy/pasted this from Erie County by accident. Nyttend 13:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

A Portage County Tallmadge Image
I recently saw your images with municipalities highlighted within a county, and I was interested in creating one for Tallmadge's minuscule portion of Portage County for use in the article. I looked at the image page, but I didn't find where you got the Portage County map with the communities outlined. Was it self-made, or was there a file somewhere on the Internet that I could use to create this image? I tried to edit one of your other community images in Paint, but was unsuccessful. Would you be willing to send me a copy of the base image so I can edit it to reflect Tallmadge?

If you want to create the image yourself, that'd be cool too. If not, I'd be more than happy to create the image myself. Thanks for your time, and keep up the good work! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 02:45, 4 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks a bunch, and don't forget to add the image to your user page as one that you created! Thanks again, and I hope you continue to contribute to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 03:35, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Thunderhawk sign.png)
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Replaceable fair use Image:Dix Stadium 1970.jpg
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An important letter
Dear roads editor,

You may have noticed some changes at WP:USRD lately. Some of them, like the cleanup templates and the stub templates, have been astounding and great. Unfortunately, others have been disturbing.

This has become evidenced by the departure of a few prominent editors at USRD, a few RFC's, and much fighting among USRD editors.

After the second RFC, many of us found the opportunity to take a step away from Wikipedia for a while--as a self-imposed wikibreak, or possibly on vacation.

The result of such introspection was that many of us were placing ourselves in a "walled garden" and on a self-imposed pedestal of authority over the roads department. Also, we were being hostile to a few users who were not agreeing with us.

In fact, IRC has been the main incarnation of this "walled garden." Decisions have been made there to conduct grudges and prejudices against a few valued USRD users with poor justification.

For this, we have come to apologize. We have come to ask your forgiveness.

In addition to this, we hope to work as one USRD team from now on and to encourage cooperation instead of the promotion of interests.

All users are welcome to collaborate on IRC, the newsletter, or anywhere else at USRD.

In the future, please feel free to approach us about any issues you may have.

Regards,

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USRD Newsletter - Issue 11

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USRD Newsletter - Issue 12

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Scarlet OSU
That's odd, because if you look at every logo, the webpage, the icon, and everything else Ohio State, it doesn't use a color anything like the scarlet on Wikipedia. Odd. That's a pretty big mess-up somewhere... hmwith talk  01:10, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Haha, yeah, if you go to OSU's webpage, it has that darker scarlet as well. Someone messed up big time somewhere... haha. hmwith  talk  15:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:ATMlogo.png
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USRD Newsletter - Issue 13

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USRD Inactivity check and news report
Hello, JonRidinger. We had a few urgent matters to communicate to you:
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Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 23:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter - Issue 14

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USRD Newsletter - Issue 15

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USRD Newsletter - Issue 16

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LatterDay wiki
Would you be interested in a LDS wiki? The LatterDay Wikia] -- 01:06, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

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USRD Newsletter - Volume 1, Issue 17

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