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McIntosh, MN
Hello, Matthew! I contributed to the above page a few days ago, but you edited my content out. Can you please explain why? I am a native of McIntosh, and the information was researched by me and can be documented through census records.

Also, I am new to Wikipedia and didn't understand that I needed to be signed in for my IP address to be omitted. Is it posible to change or delete that information from the version I posted on 1/18/08?

Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dierkes (talk • contribs) 20:51, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

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InfoBox University
I noticed that you had posted a question on the template talk page about the public transit field. Since then, someone has removed it entirely. I don't see any record of anyone ever having discussed its removal. I'll leave a message on said editor's talk page, as well. Aepoutre (talk) 00:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of Michael Brown (mayor)
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Grafton, ND Page
Hello MatthewUND,

I noticed the Grafton page continually has information on Jugville USA. As a former resident and one who has written several reports pertaining to the city and surrounding area, I'm perplexed as to why information regarding Jugville USA is included. Few Grafton residents have any idea the place exists as it was merely one man's hobby collection. I'm not downplaying Jugville USA, but it is irrelevant to the town and should be removed.

I'm more than willing assist with the Grafton page so shoot me a message when you have time.

Thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unity77 (talk • contribs) 18:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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point me to where it says city estimates can never be used when it comes to population data
Look at WikiProject Cities/Guideline: it says that US Census data is to be used. Don't think that we always have to use the 2000 census data; the Census Bureau issues estimates every year. Nyttend (talk) 15:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

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AFD of The Dakotas
The Dakotas an article that you appear to have a vested interest in is up for deltion at Articles for deletion/The Dakotas (2nd nomination). Spiesr (talk) 19:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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Fargo page listing cities...
I wonder if it would be a good idea to at least list Horace, Mapleton and Casselton as those are equal in size suburbs to Dilworth. At the least Horace and Mapleton as those are considered part of the contiguous metropolitan area? I've been enjoying writing content and helping to further enhance Wikipedia information on the Fargo metropolitan area. I think I'm getting the hang of it - hope the questions aren't too annoying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmohs01 (talk • contribs)

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Re:Canad Inns deletion
Hmm, sorry, maybe I was a little hasty. The history still seems a tad promotional, but not outright spam. I will restore and revert. J Milburn (talk) 16:54, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

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North Dakota county histories
Greetings. I've started working on township and county maps for North Dakota, see Image:Map of Adams County, North Dakota.svg and Image:Map highlighting Cedar Township, Adams County, North Dakota.svg. I've been going through U.S. Census records to gather historic population data for the counties and townships to expand/create articles, and came upon an interesting historical footnote with respect to Stark/Hettinger Counties and a discrepency for Adams County I wanted to run by you.

Hettinger County is listed by the National Association of Counties as being established in 1883. This is the date reported by Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. However, in 1896, Stark County annexed Hettinger and three other counties by act of the Legislature. This is confirmed by 1900 Census documents, which lists all of the townships from Hettinger, Dunn, and Wallace Counties as being part of Stark. The North Dakota Supreme Court declared that act unconstititional in 1901, reverting the previous counties back to their original boundaries. After another attempt at annexation and another reversal by the ND Supreme Court, Hettinger was formally organized in 1907. I'm going to get a copy of the North Dakota Supreme Court decisions from the state library here in Bismarck. I'll try to come up with some text describing the sitution on the various county articles. If you have any thoughts on how to include this, let me know.

Adams County is where I found a discrepancy. NaCO lists Adams as being established in 1885, as does the North Dakota GenWeb project. However, the Census, Historical County Atlas, and the North Dakota Blue Book list the county starting in 1907, when Adams was created from Hettinger County. There was an Adams County authorized for creation in Dakota Territory on March 13, 1885, but according to the County Atlas that Adams County was proposed for a portion of Brown County, South Dakota. That change never took effect. My question to you is what date should I use? I would argue that the 1885 Adams County 1) never existed, and 2) is not the same geographic entity as the 1907 Adams or the 2007 Adams County, so we should use 1907 as the date. Again, I'll look to the state library for an early North Dakota Blue Book for confirmation.

Again, I appreciate your thoughts.Dcmacnut (talk) 21:52, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

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Tagus, ND
Matthew,

My family is from Tagus and recently I added some information that I intended on expanding later.

I was wondering if we could discuss the information that I added.

Thanks,

Dennis —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dionysious7 (talk • contribs) 12:45, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

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A question about Christine, North Dakota
Hi MatthewUND,

On the Christine, North Dakota page, the infobox says “Founded: 1844” and in the text, it says it was founded in 1884. 1844 seems unlikely. What do you think? --CheepnisAroma (talk) 20:17, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

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Not a single good edit
Take a look at this. I think you'll find it rather interesting.Thinkbui (talk) 19:37, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

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Zim2007 sockpuppet?
I haven't been very active on Wikipedia for several months due to my personal life, but I have noticed that Hacker2000 has similar edit histories to Zim2007 and its other alleged sockpuppets. -- milk the cows (Talk) 00:21, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I made a case for it at SSP. Been too busy to be spending a lot of time on Wikipedia since I moved away from Grand Fork last November. -- milk the cows (Talk) 04:26, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation of ND place names
Do you know of a broad source on the pronunciation of North Dakota Place names. So far I found "Pronunciation Guide to North Dakota Place Names", and it it has the majority of towns listed, but not all. It does not include any townships. Most other pronunciations are easy to figure out, but some are elusive without talking to a local. My main interest is for porting North Dakota place articles over to the Japanese wikipedia. The pronunciation will help me transcribe the names into Japanese, since the standard is to follow local pronuciation. For example, Leipzig in Japanese approximates the German pronunciation, where the "g" is more like the "ch" in ich. However, New Leipzig has a hard "g." Beisigl Township in Adams County is another tricky one that I'm at a loss. I can't figure out if it's pronounced like "icicle" or "unicycle." Just reaching out to see if you have any ideas.DCmacnut &lt; &gt; 21:01, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr
Hello, do you feel that Alfonso should have his own article? Looks like It's still up for deletion. Please support --Npnunda (talk) 04:21, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

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Image:GrandForksMap.png
Can you tell me how you made the photo Image:GrandForksMap.png? I would like to make one for Davenport, Iowa as it is on its way to an FA nomination...in the near future.  C T J F 8 3 Talk 00:42, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
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Clean up on aisle four
User:Flnclan needs to be clean up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.178.195.236 (talk) 04:08, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Question about Burlington, ND
Hello,

Why is Burlington in the “North Dakota county seats” category? The county seat of Ward County is Minot, it's no longer Burlington. --CheepnisAroma (talk) 11:27, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

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