User talk:Niagara/Archive 8

Copy Edit
Hi, I was wondering if you have time to do a copy edit on Davenport, Iowa. I'm almost ready to renominate it for FA, and need some good copy editing. Thank you!  C T J F 8 3 Talk 20:03, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * If you don't mind, that'd be great. The more people that look it over, the better, since it is going for FA. Thanks!  C T J F 8 3 Talk 20:53, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm unfamiliar with PR, except for what I received for Davenport, but I'll gladly read up on it and help you. Which article?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 22:33, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I've never done any articles like that, but I'll give it my best shot. I'll look it over within the hour.  C T J F 8 3 Talk 23:19, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your help! Next time you need a PR, look me up! :). I'll get back to you on Saturday for any more suggestions I have on the captiol.  C T J F 8 3 Talk 06:29, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'm going to remove the senate/house members from the infobox, and list them in the gov't section. Which idea do you think looks better?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 07:51, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Should I go into detail on the districts? ie: "Senate district 41 is represented by David Hartsuch and includes the eastern third of the city. District 42 is represented by Shawn Hamerlinck and covers the western edge of Davenport"...etc, or just say the district numbers and the representative?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 18:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * What kind of source do you mean? Like a map of the districts for a source? Or a source for who represents Davenport or ?  C T J F 8 3 Talk 19:20, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

PA Capitol

 * consider reversing the first and second sentence in the 2nd paragraph. It goes from saying it's the 3rd capitol, to where the state capital use to be, back to about the older 2 capitols.
 *  Starting in 1982, restoration of the Capitol had been ongoing. should it be "has been ongoing"? If no, perhaps list the year that the restoration ended.
 * The doors are decorated with scenes from the history of Pennsylvania might I suggest small details of the scenes? That's just my opinion, as it would be interesting to me to note the scenes.
 * There is brief descriptions of the House and Senate chambers, but nothing on the Supreme Court Chambers

Overall a good job. I made a few minor changes to the page as I was reading it over. I'm going to look at the 2 FA state capitol articles and give you more suggestions (I just don't have time now).  C T J F 8 3 Talk 00:43, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually comparing PA to the 2 FA state capitols, yours looks just as good! Maybe you should nominate it for FA (I just assumed it was going for GA)  C T J F 8 3 Talk 16:45, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Go for it, I'd say it is FA material!  C T J F 8 3 Talk 17:39, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I would be glad to look at the PR and make some comments - it is fourth in line for a PR from me (plus some maps) so it may take me a few days. I have some photos of the state capitol somewhere if you need any (but the article looks decently illustrated already). Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 04:26, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I know I have been in the statehouse's Senate and/or House chambers (and the Supreme Court too) but I am starting to think it was when I did not have my camera with me (as it was the same trip as the National Civil War Museum and I did not get any photos there either). I like the new photo of the dome from Flickr very much. I have one of the interior of the rotunda that I will try to upload. I do not have any of the statue, but it is on the Pennsylvania quarter. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 15:36, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, I uploaded File:PA State Capitol Rotunda 1.jpg and File:PA State Capitol Rotunda 2.jpg to Commons - not great pix, but there was nothing quite like them on Commons. Sorry I did not have anything else. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 16:59, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

(out) I double checked my books and I have two from my 2005 visit to the Capitol. One is essentially a duplicate of The Capitol (with a different cover, title and speaker picture inside). I note this says the legislature met in the Dauphion COunty courthouse while the Hills Capitol was being built (not in the article, should be). The other is "The Pennsylvania Capitol" (This book was prepared by the Pennyslvania General Assembly) and does not seem to be in your list. The most useful item I found in it so far was photographic proof the Cobb Capitol was on the same site as the Hills Capitol - there are pictures of each (hills after the fire) with the same staircase in the forground. The Cobb Capitol also has the same number of of windows and same pattern (circles above two rectangles) as the central part of the Huston Capitol, so it is pretty clear they reused the walls. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 16:08, 1 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I just looked and it is not listed on Featured article candidates - I think you need to add it there (chronologically, between the current first and second FACs). Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 13:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)


 * It is something I have done before myself - luckily I was lazy and just typed WP:FAC, then couldn't find it there. I still have to reread the article carefully, hopefully this afternoon. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 16:11, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

The Auto-categorizing Robot
Back in July, I asked your opinion about filing a request for a bot to add HD categories to HD articles so that we could remove Category:Historic districts in the United States from Infobox nrhp. See Bots/Requests for approval/The Auto-categorizing Robot: a bot has now been written and approved to carry out this task. It will add a state-level category to any article with Infobox nrhp that is tagged with "hd" or "nhld", unless (1) the names of multiple states appear, in which case it will add Category:Historic districts in the United States [so we can sort it manually later], or (2) there's already an HD category on the article. Nyttend (talk) 14:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Capitol in PA Manual
The PA Capitol received a Commonwealth Treasure Award in 1998 - see here. Also a nice brief history of the Capitol Graft scandal here. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 17:40, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I checked mu copy of "The Pennsylvania Capitol" and it does not have anything on Brunner's plan. Assume you've seen this snippet here? And wait! I found the NHL nomination online here and it mentions Brunner several times and seems to have a lot of useful details, hope this is as helpful as it appears at first glance, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 02:50, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Glad to help, and glad that the ref and its sources are useful, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 02:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

State park pics
We will. here they are if you haven't seen them.--Dincher (talk) 02:39, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The user sent Ruhr a short note saying, sure you can use my pics. Now we gotta iron out the detials. Dincher (talk) 14:19, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

The state park pic quest is a success. User:Ruhrfisch was very patient and kind and we finally got pics of all the parks. They can be seen at the commons and a pic of each park is on User:Dincher/Pet. Once a few more details are ironed out we hope to move my user page to List of Pennsylvania state parks. Once concern is how long it will take the list to load with 120 pics of 120 parks. The list already takes about 10 seconds to load on some systems. Dincher (talk) 03:05, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Saw your note on Dincher's page. Originally the Flickr user was going to send an email to OTRS licensing all of his PA state parks pictures. Then he was going to change the licenses on Flickr of the sets, but he kept them non-commercial, so they can't be used here. Then he said just to let him know and he would change licenses on individual pictures - that has worked very well so far, with about 21 pictures added so far. Now all 120 state park articles have images. The waterfalls list is waiting on someone from DCNR to look at the images and make sure the waterfalls are identified correctly. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:12, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I think I remember the convert template causing a problem somewhere else. Thanks. Dincher (talk) 03:52, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * There were so many convert templates in the PA state parks list that they literally stopped working - only the first 100 (or whatever number) worked, so we took them all out. Once the list is about ready to go to article space I will pester the DCNR again, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 04:08, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Canton Corner Historic District
Naive question. When you posted this listing to National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts a couple of weeks ago, did you have a better information source than the raw listing announcement -- is there anywhere I can go for the details that the Elkman tool would provide if it were a less recent listing? It's not yet on NPS Focus or the old system. If there is, please point me at it. If not, would you glance at the stub and see if I've left out anything that we DO know? Thanks,. . . . Jim. . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 12:54, 9 October 2009 (UTC) (reply here, please)
 * Niagara can say otherwise, but i think it would have been based only on the new Weekly listing announcement which you have already found and used in the Canton Corner Historic District article. Google searching on "Canton Corner Historic District", though, i also find this town of Canton PDF file giving specific details on several houses winning some hist pres award, within what in 2006 was proposed for the NRHP district listing area. It was meant to be an annual awards program so perhaps there are other files like this for subsequent years.  Okay, searching then on "Canton Historic Preservation Awards", if find more:  See also this and Boston Globe article linked from this.  And see this.  There might be more, but i haven't sifted through all the Michigan, Ohio, and other Canton historic preservation related hits that come up.  Good luck. doncram (talk) 13:51, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks much -- you have more patience than I -- I searched on Canton Corner Historic District, saw 77,000 hits and researched on "Canton Corner Historic District", got six hits. We both might have searched on Canton Corner Historic District Massachusetts and done even better. What I was really looking for was the rest of the details for the infobox.  . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs)  16:12, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I used only the weekly listings announcement (which is all I needed to update the list). The only thing missing from the infobox is the town it's in (personally, I leave the boundary information out of the infobox and put into the prose, as it tends clutter the infobox up, and leave only the town and state). If you were really ambitious, you could see about acquiring the nomination form, which would have any significant years, size, and architectural styles that could be added. ​​ Niagara ​​Don't give up the ship 16:39, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks to you both -- I figure my best skills are taking photos and creating stubs -- when we've done better than 80 blue links and 80 images -- not all the same -- of the 716 sites in New Hampshire -- and finished up the lighthouses in New England, at least -- then I might start serious writing of general NRHP articles. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 17:35, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Map offer
You kindly offered to convert some maps to SVG format. Assuming the offer is still valid, could you please do so for the maps in Nansen's Fram expedition? They are all on Commons and are File:Nansen Fram Map.png, File:Nansen's Planned Drift Map.PNG and File:Nansen Franz Josef Land Voyage Map.PNG. I have a clean base map (no labels) for the last one at File:Nansen Franz Josef Land Trip Base Map.PNG though I now see it is missing the directional arrow on the red line. If this is too much trouble, let me know as these don't have to be done. Thanks, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 11:33, 12 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much, I will add them to the article and take a look at the Capitol FAC tomorrow. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:37, 13 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey, I am trying out Inkscape and think I have got the hang of it - I am working on the svg version of the last map (so you are off the hook). Thanks, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 13:15, 16 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Well it looked great on my computer, but when I uploaded it to Commons at File:Nansen Fram Map.svg it only shows up when I click on the image rectangle. (Does it work at all for you?) Plus it seems to have too big a border, so it needs to be trimmed - thanks to your earlier note, I knew where to ask for help and have a request in on Commons. Assume you saw my nitpicks on the PA Capitol FAC? Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 16:08, 16 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks - I imported a png version of the map with no text and traced that. I assumed it was overwritten, and did not delete it. I added the text with Inkscape, as well as the four lines from text to various points. I do not know how to get the original image only as large as the imported PNG either. Can you see anything at all? Or is it always blank? Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 16:31, 16 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Beao on Commons has fixed it all except for a small black box where the text for Norway should be. Thanks again, Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 17:00, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Well all this just makes me appreciate your conversion of the other maps even more, thanks. Do you know of a good online guide to svg and Inkscape, especially for use here? Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 17:40, 16 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks - I had seen the manual, but not WP:INK. Part of my problem is that I do not know simple things - when I first drew staright lines, it took me a long time to figure out you have to click at both ends - I thought it was set to 0 pixels wide as the line kept disappearing when I hit Enter. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 19:55, 16 October 2009 (UTC)


 * The problem is I know Paint really well and Paint.NET fairly well - in the time it would take me to do a line in Inkscape I made this (well maybe it took me a little longer). :-) Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 21:36, 16 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I switched to support and added the 28 Famous Pennsylvanians (there are really 29, of course). Does that look OK? Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 02:58, 17 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I can do that next. I only counted real people (not the Genius of PA). Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:10, 17 October 2009 (UTC)


 * OK I made it a separate note. The headers could be Note, References, and Sources. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:29, 17 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Glad to help, Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 04:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

(out) I know you're busy with a certain FAC, but would it be possible to make the latitude lines a darker shade of grey in File:Nansen Franz Josef Land voyage map.svg? missed them entirley and asked if they could be added back in. I downloaded the svg and tried with the paint bucket, but the lines are not one solid color. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 23:11, 17 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much! Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 23:23, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

PR and favor
I've been slow to reply to your second request, but I'll take another look at Pennsylvania State Capitol. I'll add my thoughts to the bottom of the peer review page later today. I have a favor to ask as well. I'm having trouble with the alt text for the map in Leiper Canal. I think it must be a syntax error, but I haven't been able to figure it out. The alt viewer simply does not see the alt text I've added. I know you found and fixed a syntax error in one of my other alt texts, and I'm hoping you will see what's wrong with this one. Finetooth (talk) 19:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks a bunch for fixing the infobox. I used the same map in at least a dozen articles about canals in Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to add the same alt text to all of them now that this one is up and running. I finished proofing and copyediting the state capitol article just a few minutes ago and posted a brief note to the PR page. Looks very good. Finetooth (talk) 21:32, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Source?
Have you seen this? I don't think it is in the article and it has some information (like the 1914 ceremony where the Civil War veterans placed their flags in the cases in the rotunda) that might be worth adding. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 20:22, 18 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I like the flags, so I might be biased - glad to hear you think they could be included too. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 17:53, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

NRHP nav box
Hello Niagara: Please see discussion re: NRHP Nav Box. In my overzealous nature, I went ahead and added the county lists to New York and Maryland counties. User:LtPowers has asked whether this navigation information should be at the top or bottom. I was taking my lead from various Penna pages you started, including National Register of Historic Places listings in McKean County, Pennsylvania. What do you think?--Pubdog (talk) 13:51, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Storm Chasers title card
I thought of updating it for you, but don't understand the fair use rationale thing. Anyhow, they did update this season with a weather vane and different font. It looks way different. 71.64.128.129 (talk) 01:14, 30 October 2009 (UTC)


 * How's that? I didn't use the one directly after the intro, as a promo for Dirty Jobs was on it, but similar one from before and after commercials. ​​ Niagara ​​Don't give up the ship 02:06, October 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't have noticed, I thought it was perfect! I like! Thanks. 71.64.128.129 (talk) 02:04, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Just saw that Pennsylvania State Capitol just made FA (at long last). Congratulations! Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:09, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Congrats from me too! Dincher (talk) 03:24, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I thionk Upper Pine Bottom will be OK, just needs some time at FAC. Next time I get to the caitol I will see if I can get some pictures of the various chambers. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 04:00, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Congrats from me too. I kept looking to see how it was doing, but I missed the big moment. (The fireworks display was barely visible on the eastern horizon). :-) Finetooth (talk) 04:19, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Great job on all your hard work! C T J F 8 3  chat 05:27, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Favor
Hi Niagara, I'm having trouble again with alt text. I've added alt text to all of the images in the Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, article except the second map in the infobox. This is the first time I've tried to add alt text to a two-map plus one image infobox, and the tricks that worked before don't seem to work for the second map. Do you happen to know what works in a case like this? Finetooth (talk) 04:01, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, never mind. Writing the note to you made me think through the problem again, and I just solved it. Whew! :-) Finetooth (talk) 04:06, 8 November 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem. Complicated things, infoboxes. Glad it worked out. ​​ Niagara ​​Don't give up the ship 04:37, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Upper Pine Bottom State Park

 * Thanks, I think our next goal for FA is Hyner View, and then Kinzua Bridge, then Ricketts Glen, but need to see what Dincher thinks too. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:22, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Waterfalls, waterfalls, waterfalls!
Feeling wikistress? Wish you could have a vacation someplace with two dozen waterfalls? Well the next best thing is here!

If you want to, please come look at pictures of waterfalls and pick which ones you like best. You'll be helping make a better article too.

Thanks, Dincher (talk) and Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 01:45, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

P.S. That wikilink again: User talk:Ruhrfisch/Waterfalls


 * Thanks, it is a beautiful park - most of the Glens were never cut, so there is nice old growth timber too (Ricketts saved it, though he clear cut enough elsewhere). I had not heard of the New York park, also sounds very nice. Have to see which images get used in articles before deciding on trying for a FP (most of the early numbers are mine, most of the later numbers are dougtone's, so it might just be as nominator). Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 18:48, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks - I can't even get .ogg files to play on my computer, so I was going to depend on the kindness of strangers for help with the video. I got a Flickr user to freely license a video of Ganoga Falls in the winter (the guy jumping into Adams falls is less interesting for an encylcopedia and that Flickr user still has not freely licensed his images for use here. Sigh. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 20:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Me either. I know can convert videos to ogg format, but she is very busy currently. Wait and see. Ruhrfisch  <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 20:41, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

recent changes to Pennsylvania State Capitol
I've tracked down The New York Times articles that verify the new claims in the scandal section. They are Huston goes to prison and Graft sentences upheld. I wasn't sure whether to use "cite news" for this or not because I don't see other "cite family" templates in the article, and you might not like using them. In any case, the citations could now be fleshed out with publisher, pub date, access date, etc. Finetooth (talk) 18:47, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, oops! I'm going too fast this morning. Only 10 percent of my note above makes sense. Looks like you figured that out and fixed everything. Finetooth (talk) 20:17, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

County infobox
I was really happy to see how you added an image to the bottom of the Clinton County infobox. I've often thought the courthouse images would look good in that spot. As soon as I saw how you did it, I did a bunch of other county infoboxes the same way and moved the images up. The centering tags were a lucky guess. Finetooth (talk) 02:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for you and your contributions here! Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 21:43, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

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Download help?
With the closure of the ARCH system coming as early as mid-December, Ruhrfisch and I have begun to download NRHP nomination forms en masse. So far, I've gotten Lawrence, Butler, Beaver, and Clarion counties, some of Allegheny County, and all restricted-address sites; as of yesterday, he'd gotten Bradford, Clinton, Columbia, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, and Wyoming counties. Would you be willing to help? Nyttend (talk) 17:08, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe it's working better for you, but at least in my experience, there are a significant number of sites in ARCH that aren't appearing in the CRGIS. Can't remember exactly how many, but I found at least a dozen such sites in Allegheny County.  Nyttend (talk) 20:28, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! FYI, I've now gotten Venango, Forest, Armstrong, and all of Allegheny in addition to what I said before.  I expect next to concentrate on the southwestern corner counties.  Nyttend (talk) 21:38, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I have done Centre finally. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 21:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Because the current bold-and-italics setup on my talk page isn't too informative, I've put together a chart for the download of nomination forms here. Would you please check this page?  Please note the "confirmed" column — if you've downloaded the forms that the chart says you have, please change the "N" to a "Y", and if you've done work that the chart says you've not or if you've not done work the chart says you have, please change the chart to reflect reality.  Thanks!  Nyttend (talk) 02:29, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks; could you also check the forms for counties such as Erie that I believe you've completed downloading? Nyttend (talk) 03:45, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Old username links deletion
I've deleted the last section as you said — it was definitely odd to delete a busy talkpage :-) — and the redirects. I noticed that there are a bunch of redirects in the User: namespace; would you like me to delete all that don't have anything linking to them?  Nyttend (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Go ahead, I believe I've finished updating all the links (so anything that is not linked, can now be deleted). If it was odd to delete this page, I wonder what it's like to delete the Main Page ;-) ​​ Niagara ​​Don't give up the ship 03:32, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll try to get those tomorrow; I have a bit of real-life work to get done tonight. Some time ago, I was curious to see what it would say when I tried to delete the Main Page, but to my surprise there's not even a delete button there.  I know that only stewards can delete pages with tons of revisions (e.g. United States), but there's still a delete button there.  Nyttend (talk) 03:44, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I just realised that I'd not gotten around to this yet; sorry for the delay. Some of the pages still have links to them — especially the userboxes — so I didn't think it best to delete them.  Just curious, by the way — what's the thing about NCIS tonight?  Nyttend (talk) 02:02, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've run into the same problem at pages such as Springfield, Vermont, where Homer Simpson and family occasionally appear as notable residents. As for the locomotive — no, I've never heard of this before.  This seems like a way of solving problems such as Mississippi III (recently moved to Neville Island from Marietta, Ohio), except for the obvious necessity of delisting in the original location.  I've always treated movable objects moved from one location to another as exceptions to the always-list-a-site-where-NRIS-lists-it standard — thus Mississippi III is on the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania list, not the Washington County, Ohio list — so I'll remove the locomotive from the Lancaster County list.  Nyttend (talk) 02:56, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'll delete those pages; I didn't want to do anything with those by myself, since I really don't understand monobook etc. files, and I didn't want to do something that might mess up the way they worked. Nyttend (talk) 02:57, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, no. If there are any others, I don't know of them.  That might be quite an interesting fact to cite in the article.  Nyttend (talk) 03:19, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've deleted all the monobook files, plus your old sandbox; if you want that back, tell me and I'll restore it. I must say...every time I see your new username, I have to stop and think "oh yeah, that's ____" :-)  Nyttend (talk) 03:23, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Stillwater
Thanks for the heads up - will keep a closer eye on it. You might want to check WP:PR/V for old usernames. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 05:00, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Someone else is watching NCIS right now, and the show just mentioned Stillwater. Was it on last night too?  Nyttend (talk) 01:15, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

You were right. Old Leroy, Jethro whatever his name is was added again. Dincher (talk) 02:34, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, this is on CBS — the dad showed up and was talking about somewhere having a greater population than Stillwater; I don't watch the show much myself, so I don't know if it were a new show or not. Nyttend (talk) 02:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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Pennsylvania State Capitol
Congrats on the selection of Pennsylvania State Capitol for the December 20 main page. Finetooth (talk) 03:41, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Congratulations from me too! Nice to see such a great article getting its due! Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 04:19, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll continue to watch the page while you're gliding along the tracks (something I like doing too) and help to revert the vandalism, if any. My one experience with a main page article wasn't bad in that way. (Maybe the topic was completely boring to vandals). :-) Finetooth (talk) 04:52, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I will also keep an eye on it, though the vandalism patrollers usually do a great job. Do you want me to get a screen capture of it on the Main Page for you? Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 05:56, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Enjoy your trip, and congrats on getting the article to where it is today! Nyttend (talk) 05:59, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting the main page! I will keep an eye on it too. Dincher (talk) 14:36, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I had hoped to get some photos of the House and Senate chambers before this was on the Main Page - will still try get some next time I am in Harrisburg. Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 14:51, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * You are most welcome. Others removed a bunch of other silly stuff, as I'm sure you saw. And, yes, LH seems to be going OK. However, it ain't over til it's over. Finetooth (talk) 03:01, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Cookies
Dincher (talk) 20:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Chocolate chip, Snickers cookies and ginger snaps. No snow in Hope Mills. =( Dincher (talk) 06:47, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Best wishes of the season
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May your stocking be stuffed with barnstars and DYKs. Finetooth (talk) 05:03, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

The 2010 WikiCup begins tomorrow!
Welcome to the biggest WikiCup Wikipedia has yet seen! Round one will take place over two months, and finish on February 26. There is only one pool, and the top 64 will progress. The competition will be tough, as more than half of the current competitors will not make it to round 2. Details about scoring have been finalized and are explained at WikiCup/Scoring. Please make sure you're familiar with the scoring rules, because any submissions made that violate these rules will be removed. Like always, the judges can be reached through the WikiCup talk pages, on their talk page, or over IRC with any issues concerning anything tied to the Cup. We will keep in contact with you via weekly newsletters; if you do not want to receive them, please remove yourself from the list here. Conversely, if a non-WikiCup participant wishes to receive the newsletters, they may add themselves to that list. Well, enough talk- get writing! Your submission's page is located here. Details on how to submit your content is located here, so be sure to check that out! Once content has been recognized, it can be added to your submissions page, from which our bot will update the main score table. Remember that only articles worked on and nominated during the competition are eligible for points. Have fun, and good luck! Garden, iMatthew, J Milburn, and The ed17 19:21, 31 December 2009 (UTC)