User talk:Magnolia677/Archive 1

Historical error
Hi Magnolia677, I was reviewing Bluffton, S.C.'s page and noticed you deleted a photo of the Secession Oak. This was not my edit but whoever placed the photo there was correct. The photo was of the Secession Oak which has been documented correct by the Bluffton Historical Preservation Society. It's also printed in there book "A Guide to Historic Bluffton." on page 12. They even offer yearly showings of the tree. I'm a local historian and published author, Jeff Fulgham, and I was wondering what knowledge or familiarity you have of Bluffton's history since you are actively deleting things from that page. What is your name? Are you researched on Bluffton's history? If not I would suggests reading the book before mentioned along with my book, "The Bluffton Expedition." These are Bluffton's only history books. Let me know if I could help you in any way. Here is the proof showing your incorrect edit:(cur | prev) 04:50, 11 March 2014‎ Magnolia677 (talk | contribs)‎. . (38,066 bytes) (+130)‎. . (removed random oak tree picture which could have been taken anywhere and shows little of Bluffton.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jefffulgham (talk • contribs)

Thanks!
Thank you for all of the nice Alabama photos, they are much appreciated! Altairisfar (talk) 07:46, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * And for the addition to Coila, Mississippi, and a bunch of other specks on the Mississippi map. Very impressive; glad to have you aboard. Drmies (talk) 20:55, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!Richard Apple 20:45, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks a lot
By the translation! I used 99%!!! Dariusvista (talk) 23:27, 5 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Glad to help! I learned lots.  I'll try to do a few more if I have time.

Cheers!

Richard Apple 23:47, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Re: Thanks
I replied on my talk page. Flyer22 (talk) 21:33, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Inadequate lead tag for Salem, New Jersey
Hey man, thanks for the support. It's appreciated!  —♦♦ AMBER  (ЯʘCK)  23:54, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for Richmond, Utah
Thanks for your quality work on Richmond, Utah. I wish more people did this kind of thing on Wikipedia. Ntsimp (talk) 14:42, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Re:Lynn
No problem! I saw it on a map, and couldn't resist. Chubbles (talk) 21:35, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Livonia
Hi! I'll take a look and try to improve sourcing WhisperToMe (talk) 20:38, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you
Many thanks for your comments. I am fascinated with the unincorporated communities in the United States. They have their own history. Last year my family went to Virginia for my nephew's wedding. We drove on the parkway from Charleston, West Virginia to the stateline and it was fascinating, interesting to see these small communities below. West Virginia & Virginia are beautiful states. I enjoy starting articles about unincorporated communities in the United States. Thanks again-RFD (talk) 00:32, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Chaplin, WV
Chaplin was for sure a coal town, I believe I recall seeing it on an older county map. There is a lady at GNIS who has helped me before, IF I can get her a map showing the town named Chaplin, it should not be an issue. Found itit was west of Osage. However, I need a map of Monongalia County preceding 1938, cant find one yet, Found a 1940 census map [LOOK next to southwest of Maidsville], It appears to me, that Pursglove, replaces Chaplin, BUT other sources said it was NEAR Chaplin,(GOOD NEWS) Scotts Run, a coal town also, to the south! I can get a copy of this to the GNIS folks and see what they think. Scotts Rubn will be a former (historic community in all probability), Chaplin, is dadly, not well documented. My Grandmother confirms what the site says. Chaplin was a memory by 1939 ishCoal town guy (talk) 15:44, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I knew you were the one to contact. I'll see what I can find too, and contact you in a few day.  Cheers! Richard Apple (talk) 16:53, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I just e mailed GNIS with the data for Scotts Run. We will see. They have indeed helped me out in the past. My proudest was Battleship, West Virginia and Eight, West Virginia.Coal town guy (talk) 18:32, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll be the first to say you do nice work. If you want a real head-scratcher, try to find the location of Minden, Mississippi.  Richard Apple (talk) 18:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * hmmmmm, looks a tad tough, let me do some lookingCoal town guy (talk) 19:03, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Found a map for Chaplin, and should have a reply from GNIS within the next few days. I had to use a 1922 map from a coal field history book.Coal town guy (talk) 17:34, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Update 9/11/2013. I just heard back from GNIS, Chaplin will be in their database within the next 48 hours. It is still populated and its a coal town...Coal town guy (talk) 15:09, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Great! Any luck with Minden, Mississippi? Richard Apple (talk) 19:50, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I took a peek, that one is a ball buster on a few levels. Do you happen to know if there was a major industry there in a form that would have had, empty buildings etc etc? Odd question, but it would helpCoal town guy (talk) 20:48, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the Barnstar
Thank you for awarding a barnstar on my talk page for the work I've done on multiple Oklahoma articles. I am glad to know that you found them either interesting or useful. Cheers. Bruin2 (talk) 15:31, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Minden Mississippi
Good news, to start. GNIS has a historical ref for a Minden PO. I will try to find a historic Mississippi map for Kemper and then contact the folks at GNIS and see what they say. It is possible that a PO was established for the soul sake of delivering mail to a spread out area. Do we know if Minden has a specific claim to fame? Coal, Lumber etc etc etc. As it is, the current ref, MUST change, which I will do now. The current ref, NOT good, its a sales sight. BUT, its a great guy who runs the site as I have been a customer of his a few times. Coal town guy (talk) 22:42, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi there. All I've found are a few references to Minden... Cheers. Richard Apple (talk) 00:09, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * http://msahgp.genealogyvillage.com/mississippi-placenames3.html
 * http://www.koreanwaronline.com/history/CasualtyLists/Mississippi.htm
 * http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/honoree.cfm?hindex=14328#.UiPPDT-Wy5c

Scotts Run WV is real
Scotts Run, West Virginia is now a reality, hope this helps.Coal town guy (talk) 13:18, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Nice work! Richard Apple (talk) 18:46, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Just got an e mail, Chaplin will be added, but it will be a few daysCoal town guy (talk) 18:47, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Chaplin WV is real
Chaplin, West Virginia cool to find this, thanks.Coal town guy (talk) 18:12, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Great! Richard Apple (talk) 18:47, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Iroquois Falls
Hi Richard apple, if you ensist this is the subjects official website then we will leave it in, but I'm confused as to how it's the subjects official website. The subject of the article is Iroquois Falls, which according to the opening is a small town and its official website is listed in the "External links" section like it should be. The link I removed was the website for a company that is located in the town, not the town itself. The policy you cited is correct "Wikipedia articles about any organization, person, website, or other entity should link to the subject's official site", but the subject is not Resolute Forest Products. The official website for the company would be included in the companies article for sure, but why would the companies official website be included in the towns article? I might be missing something here, so I like I said above, I won't revert. As per the policy cited in your edit summary, I do follow Wikipedia policy, so I would never have just removed the link if I thought it was the official website. Sorry. Cmr08 (talk) 01:00, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi again, I went back and read that link again, and since that page of the website is only providing info on the mill in Iroquois Falls, wouldn't it be better served as a reference? That may be enough to get past the business aspect since it appears to be providing info, not really advertising the company as it would if the home page was linked. Cmr08 (talk) 01:11, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * or, take out the link to the library and blueberry festival too. Richard Apple (talk) 01:21, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry, one of my responses back to you went missing. I just felt that because this is a mill town, a link to the mill would be appropriate.  Without the mill there'd be no town.  Not so much an ad, as an acknowledgement.   But maybe it shouldn't be there?  This is a head scratcher.  Richard Apple (talk) 02:12, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's why I said just leave it. As for the other links you mentioned, I think the library is pretty standard, most articles list it, and festivals also. There are editors who will remove everything that isn't an official website. While I personally don't like festival sites as they seem more like advertisements or promotional, there are well established editors who add them, so I just leave them alone. I usually just cleanout the commercial sites, dead links, and ones that are not specifically about the subject. Cmr08 (talk) 02:40, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Lists of notable people from city articles
Hi, Richard. A belated WELCOME to Wikipedia! Hope your first ten months editing here have been rewarding.

The practice that I've observed on the part of the Wikipedia editing community through working on such articles since 2005 is this: When the list is large enough that it merits being split into its own article, then all that should be left in the city article is a link to that spinoff article. Example articles that I work regularly on include the articles on some of the cities of Hudson County, New Jersey, including Union City, Hoboken, and Jersey City, whose Notable people sections consist merely of a link to the spinoff article. This is in contrast to the articles on the other towns in that county, such as North Bergen, Bayonne and West New York, which just have the list in the city article. In general, I've also observed that this applies to splitting of articles in general, such as "List of episodes of (TV series)"-type articles, which are spun off from the main article of a TV series. (Examples including List of Pawn Stars episodes, List of 2 Broke Girls episodes, etc.) Having such lists in both their own article and the parent article is redundant, and is not, I believe, the accepted practice on Wikipedia. Using how well-known an individual is is not a good gauge, since such a thing is rather subjective, and difficult to measure in a standardized manner.

As far as who to include, generally speaking, the standard for inclusion in such lists is notability--that is, people who have their own Wikipedia articles. I've been known to make some exceptions, but only when the person is at least connected to some notable topic. For example, I added Alexandria Suarez to the List of people from Union City, New Jersey article, even though she doesn't have her own article, because she does the voice of an important character on Dora the Explorer, which does have its own article, and to which Suarez's linked name leads to. Another example is Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, who I added to the North Bergen article. Even though he doesn't have his own article, he is a central figure in a topic that does, so I included him. Another type of exception I've noticed others making (though I personally prefer to keep these to a minimum) is when a person does not have an article, nor appears as an important figure in one, but their notability is demonstrated by their coverage in secondary sources that are cited in the list. Robert Loughlin and Danny McDermott's inclusion in the North Bergen article falls under this exception. Their names are redlinked, because they could conceivably have articles created about them in the future, though like I said, I like to avoid this type of addition personally, because I'm afraid that it might lead to a slippery slope of editors, especially one-off newbies or those trying to promote themselves or their loved ones, adding the redlinked names of non-notable people who aren't likely to ever have articles created for them, just because the persons were quoted or mentioned in some news story in for non-significant reasons only peripheral to the story's topic.

I hope this has been helpful. Good luck! :-) Nightscream (talk) 16:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Any time. If you ever need help, you know where to find me. :-) Nightscream (talk) 23:37, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks so much for the Germantown barnstar! :-) Wormcast (talk) 20:17, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks very much for the barnstar. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 04:15, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Kona Lanes
You're most welcome, and a heads-up: I did restore a few WLs that I believed were good (if not germane) to follow for a newbie or non-bowler. Cheers! &mdash; ATinySliver  | talk  22:45, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

This article is "finished" from my standpoint, so I've listed it for peer review, hoping to get feedback from others who may find the subject of interest. Feel free to add your opinions if you so desire, with my thanks. &mdash; ATinySliver /  ATalkPage  06:37, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Faulkner/Toronto
Thanks for numbering the Nobels. One piqued my interest. Couldn't find any mention in his own article of William Faulkner ever attending Univ of Toronto. Seems unlikely. Bellagio99 (talk) 16:46, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Faulkner attended the School of Military Aeronautics in 1918 and had a room on the second floor of Wycliffe College. There's more information here: .  Cheers.  Magnolia677 (talk) 17:04, 6 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you.Bellagio99 (talk) 23:02, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Harrison, AR
Hi Magnolia667, I totally get your reversion of my addition to the Harrison, AR page due to the citation being shaky. Unfortunately, there are a LOT of citations throughout Wikipedia regarding the Vanguard series from the former Current TV channel that are pretty shaky, quite a few were citing web pages that don't even exist any longer. It's actually how I surfed into the Harrison AR page, following bad citations for Vanguard shows. I've actually seen the episode I mentioned on the Harrison page so I know it exists, I just need to find a better citation for the information, which is a little difficult because their home page (Current TV and Vanguard, both) have been taken down. I tried to clean up citations on other Wikipedia pages that had links which no longer exist, and I'll go ahead now and try and find a reliable solid location for a citation for the Vanguard episode on Harrison. Thanks for holding us, and me specifically, to the high standard necessary for Wikipedia! Hopefully I'll succeed in finding one, but if not I'll just leave it the way you've left it and not change anything. Thanks again for calling that to my attention, that my source was too weak, and I apologize for making the mistake in the first place. Cheers, Heimdallen (talk) 07:39, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

I'd really like to add info to the Harrison, AR page about the existence of this Vanguard documentary, as after having seen it myself I think it's very informative and something that Wikipedia users need to know about. However, after searching for a more reliable source to prove the documentary exists, and having mentioned that the show's parent company "Current TV" has gone off the air and their webpage taken down, the best I can seem to find is mention of it on Vanguard's Facebook Page, Vanguard on Facebook, and mention of it on their parent company Current TV's Tumblr page, Current on Tumblr. I'm not confident that either of these are good enough for citations; I mean, I know the documentary exists and has been on TV many times, but that doesn't really do us any good other than the fact that I can say that these sources are indeed correct. I'd really appreciate your two cents on this, what do you think? I appreciate your time. Thanks in advance, Heimdallen (talk) 07:56, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Pictures of Mississippi
Hello. I've noticed you have created some pages about Mississippi towns. Would you able to take some pictures of them? Is there a specific county where you would find this easy? Pls reply on my talkpage. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 11:07, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't feel comfortable taking pictures from flickr. It would be great if you could take pictures of Concordia, Mississippi (very interesting page!). I asked you because sometimes people don't even think of taking and adding pictures, but it is always very interesting for someone like me who lives overseas (though I have lived in the South!).Zigzig20s (talk) 14:48, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi again. Since you mention flickr, is it possible to take this picture and add it to wikimedia commons and then include it to Francis Furman's page? But I don't feel comfortable taking pictures from Flickr. Would you like to do it for me though?Zigzig20s (talk) 05:11, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Hey there. I wish I could help, but the picture is © All Rights Reserved. To find only non-copyrighted pictures on Flickr, go to Flickr and in "advanced search" (top right) check all 3 boxes under "only search within Creative Commons-licensed content". Let me know how it goes! Magnolia677 (talk) 05:30, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * When you find a picture you want, save the largest sized picture to your computer.
 * Go to . (this is the "Flickinfo tool" from this page )
 * Enter the Flickr URL for the largest-sized photo you just downloaded. This tool will extract the photo's info. Then "open upload form". Under "licensing", select "uploaded to Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0". Then upload.
 * Don't forget to copy down the file name.
 * Thanks...They're all 'all rights reserved' for this (even the statue inside the hall. I will try to ask some wikipedians who go to Vandy--I already did, but I will try to contact all of them. If they're on campus, it'd be very easy for them to take a picture of the statue inside and perhaps also a better picture of the building. The tomb in the cemetery might be more work though. We will see what happens...Btw, feel free to expand the page if you want and can. Thanks.Zigzig20s (talk) 05:47, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi. You may want to expand Cedar Grove Place if you can. I will try to create more NRHP buildings from Church Hill--partly because I am trying to figure out if the plantation that Gaines Ruger Donoho grew up on is listed. Let me know if you can/want to help. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 15:39, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, I added an infobox to Church Hill, and put geocoordinates on the plantation. The home is visible on Google Maps and looks like a beauty.  Let me dig around and see what I can find.  Cheers.  Magnolia677 (talk) 16:11, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Church Hill seems to have been quite the haunt for the Southern aristocracy! The page needs to be done up properly. Meanwhile, I have created Richland (Church Hill, Mississippi), Pecan Grove (Church Hill, Mississippi), China Grove (Lorman, Mississippi), Oak Grove (Church Hill, Mississippi), Woodland Plantation (Church Hill, Mississippi) and Wyolah Plantation. Obviously, they need to be expanded dramatically and pictures added if possible. I am not sure if they are all plantations, as not all of them appear on the List of plantations in Mississippi. In any case, they are all listed, so a page is welcome. It would be good to know the names of the planters, if they were in the legislature, etc. I still haven't found out which plantation the painter I mentioned grew up on btw. Let me know if you can help!Zigzig20s (talk) 17:46, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Nice work. Let me poke around and see what I can add.  Thanks!  Magnolia677 (talk) 17:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Also Blantonia Plantation House and Rosswood.Zigzig20s (talk) 19:05, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * And Hughes-Clark House, Laurietta, Old Hill Place Bridge and Youngblood Bridge. The roads near the bridges don't have street view on google; it really must be far from everything.Zigzig20s (talk) 19:53, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * And finally Laurel Hill Plantation (very significant historically!). I think I am done for today. Do keep me posted. Thanks.Zigzig20s (talk) 20:29, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * In Lowndes County: Brownrigg-Harris-Kennebrew House and Cox-Uithoven House. Please help me expand them if you can. Thanks.Zigzig20s (talk) 23:23, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Edits
User:86.13.182.103 has to be someone's sock. I suspect it may be the same editor as User:95.39.221.187, User:107.4.100.132 and User:190.74.245.151. --evrik (talk) 21:11, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Click on "what links here" in the user's talk page. Cheers.  Magnolia677 (talk) 21:53, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I have now commented at Sockpuppet investigations/Wicks Steve. --evrik (talk) 22:11, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Barnstar thanks
Thanks for the wiki barnstar! Truth told, I do enjoy adding history to the towns that need it. The Google archive of old public domain books is a treasure trove of information just waiting to be incorporated into our project.- Gilliam (talk) 14:07, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Princess Daisy in Super Smash Bros 4
Is Princess Daisy going to be on Super Smash Bros 4 for the Nintendo Wii U? 173.59.11.76 (talk) 01:36, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

January 2014
Hello, I'm CTF83! Alt. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. C T F 8 3 ! 02:53, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The one you just made to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, for no reason what so ever adding "brave" to the police officers. Please see WP:PEACOCK. It adds nothing to the article at all, and is an opinion, not a fact  C T F 8 3 !  03:10, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't write that they were brave. I reverted an edit where the editor removed that they were brave.  You need to get your facts straight.  Magnolia677 (talk) 03:14, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Uh, I was that editor, same difference, you reverting is equivalent to you writing it. There is no need to list they are brave, it adds nothing. C T F 8 3 !  03:18, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * No...but it takes something away. There was tremendous bravery shown by so many after that terrible event.  So an editor wants to call the Port Authority officers "brave" for risking their lives during 9/11, and you are so pedantic, so inflexible to the real world outside this online novelty called wikipedia, that you can't find it in you to permit the word "bravery" to enter into an article about the first responders on 9/11?  No peacocks for you!  My cyber friend, you should hang your head in shame.  Magnolia677 (talk) 03:32, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't personally attack me C T F 8 3 !  23:13, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Your recent edits to Starkville Mississippi
I appreciate your efforts to remove notables who are not notable to the city, especially your questioning of the "educated in" section! Please note however, that many of the notables you have removed are unquestionably notable to the city. For instance, Jimmy G Shoalmire, went to Mississippi State, which is not in and of itself notable, but also became associate professor of history at MSU and head of Special Collections at the Mitchell Memorial Library there. Rocky Felker coached football at MSU under several different head coaches. There are more, please do not delete notables just because someone used a poor section heading. Thanks for your help!

Galloo Island
If you doubt the book's claim, please feel free to revert my addition. While the place names book is certainly a wealth of information, I have noticed quite a few contradictions to what is found in Wikipedia, and when I'm in doubt I will leave the article unchanged. I am going through the entire book and adding content to hundreds of cities and towns often devoid of any history section, and I believe that some sourced history is always better than nothing at all.

In the book's defense, the history of place names is quite often an unclear matter. Thanks for your feedback.- Gilliam (talk) 23:57, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Buzzard Roost, Mississippi
Clarification: When you say "it really isn't", what precisely do you mean? It really isn't what? Nightscream (talk) 16:04, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The article calls it an unincorporated community. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:10, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You mentioned the literature in which it appears. You should put in the article what the literature says. And not only in the interest of accuracy, but also in the interest of notability, since there are currently no inline citations that establish notability of that topic, since the one inline cite currently in the article is a dead link. Nightscream (talk) 19:12, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * There is a Buzzard Roost Swamp in GNIS, however, IF there is a map showing a community of that name, it is possible to have GNIS add this IF it can be demonstrated, that it was in some manner populated.Coal town guy (talk) 19:25, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * here isa sign, with some structures...possible yes, but we need a map??Coal town guy (talk) 19:28, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Encyclopedia of Mississippi Indians By Donald B. Rick page 383 mentions an Indian Village of that nameCoal town guy (talk) 19:31, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

I found the reference to Buzzard Roost being a store here, and George County refers to it as a community. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:42, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Veracity and notability should be addressed if the county page states it, which YES, its does look that way...Coal town guy (talk) 19:49, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Sorry!
I removed the picture of the sea lion exhibit because it was an old picture. The new Helmerich Sea Lion Cove was finished in 2012. I am brand new to Wikipedia editing... And I'm sorry I keep deleting all pictures you added. Again I am trying to learn the routes of properly citing photos.. But I am in no way intentionally disrupting your posts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waltersn117 (talk • contribs) 23:34, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Allen, SD
Hey Magnolia677. I saw you reverted my edit on Allen, South Dakota. In the provided source/link, searching "Allen, SD" pulls up the an entry for the proper noun "wagmíza wakpála". Clicking or searching on these individual words shows individual translations resulting in "Corn Creek." I wanted to discuss it with you before I did any sort of reverting. Green Runner  0  22:15, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries! Thanks for working in good faith! Green  Runner  0  22:20, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Neely, Mississippi
Hi-I put the sections in the Neely, Mississippi article for easier editing and organization. My apologies for any problems. On a personal note-I am fascinated with the state of Mississippi. I developed a liking for William Faulkner's writings when I was in high school. I took a family trip to New Orleans on the Spirit of New Orleans Amtrak and enjoyed seeing Mississippi for the first time. Thanks-RFD (talk) 12:19, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Flora, Mississippi
Fabulous work you're doing over there!&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 01:51, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Ways to improve Victoria, Bolivar County, Mississippi
Hi, I'm TCMemoire. Magnolia677, thanks for creating Victoria, Bolivar County, Mississippi!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Needs just a couple more footnotes for verification in the lead and the last sentence. Otherwise, very interesting!

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.  –  T C  Memoire  02:03, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * And how do we sort out the naming convention issues? There's one in Marshall County too.  Is there a standard for naming when this happens?  I'd guess it ought to be something like Victoria, Mississippi (Bolivar County) and then move the other one to Victoria, Mississippi (Marshall County), but I don't really know.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 02:17, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Or maybe Victoria, Mississippi (ghost town)?&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 02:18, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I added a bit more to the lead, with a source, but as for the "Victoria Hunting Club Road", that's right off Google Maps and I'm not sure how to source it. As for what to name this place, on the nearby ghost-town Prentiss, Bolivar County, Mississippi, all I did was add a hatnote to distinguish it from the other Prentiss in Mississippi.  Thanks for your feedback!  Magnolia677 (talk) 03:09, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, per WP:USPLACE it turns out you're dead-on. I think the other ones should be moved to include their counties as well and that'll obviate the need for dab hatnotes, although they may still be desirable.  I'm glad you're working on these little Mississippi towns!&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:23, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Such interesting histories to these old towns. Do you know how to source a Google Map?  I'd really like to remove the tag from the article, but not sure how to reference "Victoria Hunting Club Road" at 33.9286°N, -91.00368°W.  Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 04:21, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Barrett Ridge
Do you happen to know the year that the community was most active??Coal town guy (talk) 12:44, 19 March 2014 (UTC)


 * [I found this] 1873 map, BUT the resolution is not great. I was unable to see it, how about you? The only caution is that its possible it was not a true community, but rather a church community, not per se, an actual unincorporated...much like artist colony etc etc. BUT I would need to REALLY dive inCoal town guy (talk) 13:02, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Community categories
You're right, but you have no idea of the scope. It's not just unincorporated communities: it's all types of municipalities, too. It's not just Mississippi: it's all states. User:Hmains did this some months ago nationwide, despite the fact that this is quite inappropriate and a huge mess for other people to clean up. Nyttend (talk) 23:03, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Of the CDPs in WV, I saw 60 that had issues, THANKFULLY, Nyttend was able to provide guidance..The cat structure however, in most of the 55 counties of WV is a wreck...Coal town guy (talk) 01:56, 22 March 2014 (UTC)


 * You should read what 'all included' categories are and that they are perfectly legitimate and nothing 'is a mess' and no 'clean up' is warranted. See WP:DUPCAT.  Hmains (talk) 02:56, 22 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I have done so, however, there is a difference between great categories and utterly redundant data that is double or triple stated. At this rate, why not create a super category called Higgs Boson and be done with itCoal town guy (talk) 18:16, 22 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your comments. While most of my edits have been to Mississippi communities, my impression has been that placing explicitly parent-child-child relationships--like Mississippi -> Washington County -> Stoneville--into categories that don't overlap, just seems so much "cleaner".  It visually and unambiguously demonstrates the geographic hierarchy.  Magnolia677 (talk) 19:50, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Champagne
It was not unsourced, it was a question placed on the Usenet Oracle. Because that was before the days of Google, it was about 1992 I recall, the question placed was:

Why are the bubbles In champagne always rising I know my Boyle's Law But it does seem surprising

Kate The Great.

And the answer was what I quoted verbatim:

When champagne is in the bottle it is highly pressurised When you open it it's not (alas) I doubt that your surprised The liquid now contains perhaps more C2 than p'raps it oughta The question still remains: where will the gas escape the waughta? The answer: it prefers to leave in nucleation sites And glasses, being glass you see've got scads of 'em, like mites And that is why the bubbles form in legions at the bottom It's "sites": the gases all adore 'em and they find the glass has got 'em

Now to me, that was a perfect example of the tit-for-tat that people had before the days of icons and whatever and were just doing chit-chat in plaintext and could still compose a leonine rhyme and it wasn't mine and if I found out who it was (it was all anonymous) then I would buy that person a pint for composing that. Or, in the alternative, if it can't be found (I did source it, I said it was from the Usenet Oracle, I just can't find it online) then I might as well claim it as mine, but I didn't write it, I wish I had. Si Trew (talk) 00:10, 25 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I should add, and I know I have a tendency to ramble: the reason I quoted it again is (a) a historical record and (b) you might have better results than me in searching for it, so it could then be sourced. google.hu does very odd things sometimes.


 * Here it is (search for "champagne" in the page). I still kinda wish the web hadn't been invented and ruined usenet...&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:24, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Lois Betteridge
Hey, thanks for the edits -- I added some links from other articles, but didn't know how to get the orphan notice off. I am absolutely interested in finding out how to tighten up the citations, and anything else you can suggest that would move my grade up from "C"!

Best regards, Mary K McIntyre (talk) 17:32, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Lois Betteridge - Hi again
Magnolia, this is very helpful. Have to admit that the Wikis make my eyes googly, and I start looking at what other writers have done to see what makes sense. I will take a stab at this tonight when the phone isn't ringing and I can concentrate :D

One other thing: I've added 3 pix of my subject's work, and even though they are the same height (326 pixels), they display as different heights. Any ideas on how I can fix *that*?

Best regards,Mary K McIntyre (talk) 19:48, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at my images. I am going to add a couple more, and it sounds like you are saying that 326 pixels is kind of large. Should I will re-size the existing ones and the new ones to 220 pixels?

Lois Betteridge -- References, Exhibition place names
Hi, again! Thanks for making those citation edits, I didn't get a chance to look at them last night.

Re: the primary source, it is the only source for the particular information cited. I am prepared to offer this as an explanation if/when it is queried -- I see that other biographies have accessed information from the subject's website (for example), without being dinged for it.

Re: linking place names to Wiki articles -- I've done this in the body of the text when talking about places that the subject lived or studied. However, the Exhibitions list is intended to document the significance of the shows/galleries in which the subject has shown work; secondarily, to demonstrate the subject's long history of public exhibitions. I think it would be more important to create links for these, than for the cities. I have included External Links of some of the galleries (e.g. Canadian Museum of History). This weekend, I will see about finding as many links as possible to the others (e.g. Art Gallery of Hamilton, etc.).

Thanks again for your advice and help! Mary K McIntyre (talk) 19:14, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Stephen Duncan
Thank you for adding Stephen Duncan's picture. I wasn't sure we could find one (I didn't see any during my research). Btw I think his second wife may have been the daughter of (or related to) Adam Lewis Bingaman, but we'd need to find a source for it. The reason I wrote the "personal life" section with a list of children is because I think it brings more clarity btw. Ideally I'd like to find the birth- and death-dates of his children as well. Also, let me know if you want to work on Charles P. Leverich (with quite a few prominent planters who need a page). I do think "Washington Jackson & Co." (or whoever ran the firm) also deserves a page (I've noticed you removed the red link). Thank you again for your interest.Zigzig20s (talk) 18:24, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you. It may be worth trying to see if any of his plantations are listed...or where exactly they were located as well. Perhaps, some of them were burned down or rotted away however.Zigzig20s (talk) 19:46, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Isaac Ross
Hi again. Are you able to find a painting of Isaac Ross? Also, feel free to expand Mississippi-in-Africa if you can. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 16:10, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Downsview United Church
I have added your picture to [List of United Church of Canada churches in Toronto]]. It is not mentioned in the Downsview article so I have upgrade the list article from what you added. Secondarywaltz (talk) 19:06, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Re: Rodney King
I added him because of his importance to the African-American community. I wasn't aware of the cultural constraints. Tezero (talk) 13:10, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

School psychology
Hi. You just left a message on my talk regarding the school psychology article, but did not specify. Which edit are you referring to please?Mrm7171 (talk) 04:15, 17 April 2014 (UTC) Please see a new discussion I've opened on Talk:School psychology, relating to that section too. Thanks.Mrm7171 (talk) 04:39, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar
Many thanks for the kindness of a Barnstar. --papageno (talk) 18:54, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the submission!
Your article on Love, Virginia is off to a wonderful start. Thank you for the submission. I hope you decide to continue writing articles; we could really benefit from your awesome knowledge. :) EmilyREditor (talk) 21:07, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

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