User talk:Ntsimp/Archive 7

Bear River City
Hi. Can you confirm that Bear River City is a third class city rather than a town? The Census Bureau says it changed from town to city in November 2000. Thanks. --Polaron | Talk 02:16, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No, but I would like to verify this. I may end up calling the town hall and asking! This newspaper article lists it among several towns that are claimed to have become cities at the same time, but not all of those really happened. Ntsimp (talk) 04:22, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to comment — the intro notes that it's a town by state law, since all municipalities under a certain population threshhold are towns. Nyttend (talk) 17:39, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * But in 2000, when the change supposedly happened, the threshold was 800, instead of the current 1000. Furthermore, when a city's population drops it doesn't automatically revert to town status (see Myton for example). The newspaper article claims Bear River City's population at the time was 850. So, you see, different sources disagree, and we don't have a firm answer. Ntsimp (talk) 18:26, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The relevant section doesn't say "population as of ____", or "will become a town in _____" — it says that a municipality with a population under 1000 (without any time specified) "is a town", so I can't see . State law can't be incorrect in the classification of a community, since it's definitive.  Nyttend (talk) 20:22, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * According to the next section, the change doesn't happen unless the city's government petitions for it. That explains Myton, etc. Ntsimp (talk) 21:15, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for all your work cleaning up the articles I created... still learning the ropes. --Qfl247 (talk) 22:53, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Winter Quarters, Utah
I noticed that User:The Utahraptor has begun an article on the ghost town Winter Quarters, in Carbon County. I'm doing a little bit of clean-up on it tonight, but it could also definitely use your "ghost-town-touch" if you get a chance to look it over. Green Glass (talk) 05:43, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Nine Mile Canyon
Thanks for the description improvements! Could you check images already here or on Commons to see if we have any pictures of the newly-listed sites? Nyttend (talk) 17:37, 17 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Nt ... What prompted you to change the town from Price to Wellington for the Nine Mile Canyon listings in Carbon County? The NRIS database has them all listed in Price and, in general, we try to make the NRHP list articles reflect the NRIS unless there's a clear error (and there are certainly plenty of those). In this case, the two towns are only 6 miles apart, so it seems reasonable to use Price. Just wondering. --sanfranman59 (talk) 06:11, 18 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I thought it was just supposed to be the nearest city. To get to Nine Mile Canyon from Price, you have to go through Wellington. Ntsimp (talk) 16:36, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * While the "nearest city or town" sometimes appears to be rather arbitrary, it seems to me that Wellington is more accurate than Price, if I understand you rightly. Nyttend (talk) 20:19, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

You're right, I didn't know this!
As I'm not a native English speaker, there are subtleties I'm not familiar with. Thank you very much for pointing that to me, one never stops from learning! :) Please feel free to revert my changes, if you feel they need reverting! --Vlad|-> 17:38, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Discussion invitation
Ikip 05:06, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

(refactored) Ikip 04:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

NRHP addresses
Just curious: how are you getting the more precise addresses for some of these sites? Nyttend (talk) 03:01, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Most of them come from this list from the Utah state website, but I found a few others on local sites, etc. Ntsimp (talk) 04:09, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response; I've reverted to your version. Could you add to the talk page the link where you found the "west of Delta" bit?  Nyttend (talk) 15:25, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:
 * 1) Proposal to Close This RfC
 * 2) Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip  03:22, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for taking the time to copy edit the Vedda language article. Taprobanus (talk) 23:37, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Tithing company granary
You've seen the nomination forms? I didn't know that they were online; where can they be found? Nyttend (talk) 05:03, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Do a search at http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov. The form for this property is found at http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/98001460.pdf. Ntsimp (talk) 05:07, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay; I didn't know that the Utah forms were at Focus. I figured you'd found it from some state website.  Thanks!  Nyttend (talk) 13:45, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

List of people by Erdős number
If we must self reference, I think it should be done in a footnote and not in the content of the article. Anyways, unless there's another footnote to be added, the "Footnotes" section should also be removed.  Jwesley 78 19:50, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Silver Reef, Utah
I noticed you got rid of the following paragraph in the Geography section of the article Silver Reef:

As one of the largest towns in the area, Silver Reef boasted dozens of businesses lined up along a mile-long Main Street. These businesses included a few hotels, nine stores, six saloons, five restaurants, a bank, eight General store|dry good stores, two dance halls and a Catholic Church. The Catholic Church also served as a school. By 1879 Silver Reef contained a brewery and a horse race track. Silver Reef also contained two cemeteries; one for Protestants and one for Catholics. As with most mining towns, Silver Reef had the usual violent shootouts, bar brawls and murder cases.

I would like to undo this change, but since I don't want to cause an editing war, I need your opinion. Can you please explain why you got rid of this paragraph? The Utahraptor (talk) 21:16, 30 March 2010 (UTC)


 * It was redundant; all of that information is still in the article. Ntsimp (talk) 22:34, 30 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Huh, didn't notice that before, thanks for finding that. The Utahraptor (talk) 22:56, 30 March 2010 (UTC)