User talk:RJBurkhart

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I see you have been welcomed previously as an anon, but another welcome won't hurt :-) Welcome aboard swabby! And Happy Holidays! Vsmith 13:36, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

== Mahalo for your clean-up coaching by example & tutoring tips with Oceanography & Shawnee, Kansas ...

RJBurkhart 14:41, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Re*Cycling off-shore UFO (Whale-dodging) lessons learned!

Welcome #2
Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. You may find the articles at our help department, well, helpful. How to edit a page is a good one. The best way though is to look aat how othre articles are put together and then just imitate that. You might want to get a username too (they're free and easy). There are many advantages, such as a watchlist to track edits to articles in which you're interested. Cheers, -Willmcw 08:23, 24 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Shawnee, Kansas, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. For more information about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, take a look at our Five Pillars. Happy editing!

Apparently lots of text was copied ... (edited and corrected from a prior Wikipedia posting) ... (http://www.cityofshawnee.org/cityclerk/history/hist.htm#IMPORTANT DATES IN HISTORY). We can't do that UNLESS the city releases their copyright under the GFDL. Sorry. -Willmcw 08:29, 24 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Also, external links is our guideline on that topic.

We don't put in links that are searches because there's no point, anyone can search on their own.

We only want external links that are references for material in articles, or which provide significant additional information. .-Willmcw 08:33, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Mahalo - please reconsider:

KEYWORD selection is pivotal to our pioneering Knowledge Management/Social Engineering (KM/SE) Note: Wikimedia's INFOstructure forces using external links like the one above to cite concise thinklets without getting tangled in avoidable decision traps

KM/SE uses i4CQuest:ALL-WinWin (High-Tech with High-Touch) protocols that geoWIZard @ ACCTTS-LLC began adapting for e-Learning between 1965 and 2005 CQuest :: What does our Shawnee, Kanasas City Manager need to deliver or indicate to support a copyright release that meets guidelines cited above?

Actually, this is a moot point since this public domain community history website has NO copyright notices!

RJBurkhart 13:03, 24 December 2005 (UTC)


 * This is a developed project. We are open to new suggestions on how to do things. The best places to make suggestions are the various village pump pages. Meantime, editors should follow the policies, guidelines, and customs that we already have in place. One custom is not editing the talk page comments made by other editors. See Wikiquette for more customs.


 * Regarding copyright, all material is automatically copyrighted when it's written - no notice is required. The owner of the copyright of the Shawnee material can release it to us in a couple of ways. One would be to put a notice on the page saying that the material is licensed under the GFDL. Another would be to send an email to an administrator notifying us officially that the material is licensed under the GFDL. If the material was produced for pay then the payor is probably the copyright owner. If it was provided for free then the writer probably retains the copyright.


 * Regarding external links, We're here to provide information, but we're not a portal. It's better to get the relevant info summarized here than to give too many external links.


 * Merry Christmas. Cheers, -Willmcw 17:27, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Thinklets
So what does Thinklets actually mean? What are they? The article never says. -Willmcw 09:39, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Good point ... I'll adapt an excerpt from Bob Briggs award-winning HICSS-34 Paper about benchmarking "EasyWinWin" groupware for decision support systems ...

BTW - He's based in Tucson, Arizona, so you might consider getting a first-hand upate! RJBurkhart 11:46, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Norwegian Academy
Howdy, thanks for the contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed you changed the link on the Abel Prize to be Norwegian Academy of Sciences, rather than Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Rather than change the name on all the pages which cite it, perhaps we could make a redirect page for it? I think the appropriate name should be Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and redirect Norwegian Academy of Science there. Feel free to reply below this message, or to my talk page --Hansnesse 00:28, 29 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Per your post to my talk page, done.

Categories
There is no need to add Category:Oceanography to people who are already in Category:Oceanographers, as that whole category is already a subcategory of Category:Oceanography. u p p l a n d 23:55, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

-- Note: NOT all people involved with Oceanography are noteable Oceanographers RJBurkhart 00:11, 31 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Then how are they notably involved with oceanography? Any exceptions like that would need to be clearly explained in the relevant articles. -Will Beback 04:14, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

 * Resolution to renew the determination for peace on the basis of lessons learned from history

Behind the Scenes :: Lessons Learned (Purged)
[1] Please preview Wikipedia article about DARPA-funded Thinklets ...

Also see: Oceanography and World Meteorological Organization

[2] Effective feedback loops are essential to adapting general systems theory.

[3] Ignoring this critical success factor often hampers sustainable results after global business mergers.

[4] Recycling program management "lessons learned" proved pivotal in Breaking Cycles of Mistrust.

Example: General Mills, Inc. and Pillsbury Brands crafted unique post-merger integration protocols.

[5] Their '"lessons learned"' now drive UNEP-inspired corporate social responsibility programs. RJBurkhart 13:18, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * ALL-WinWin: Sustainable Development Framework
 * ALL-WinWin: Eco-Futures Fourm Framework
 * O.O.D.A. Loops ... Tom Peters Keynote RANT at Kan-Ed Network Conference in Wichita, Kansas

Following the AEGIS disaster, improvements were made to the Aegis system, particularly to the crew interface. RJBurkhart 05:54, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Means + Opportunity + Motives + Morality (Meta-Ethics)
The Museum of Tolerance is a multimedia museum that examines racism and prejudice with a strong focus on the history of the Holocaust.

Also see M-O-M-M Matrix commentary by James Dobson ...

This reflects actionable distilled insights from Cybercrime fighting case studies.

A structured lessons learned briefing may use this framework for social network analysis:

Means + Opportunity + Motives + Morality (Metaethics)

RJBurkhart 00:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Oops: phys oceanog
I think I may have intruded on a long sequence of edits you're doing there. I'll leave it for a bit till you're finished and get on with reading Gill... William M. Connolley 20:11, 13 January 2006 (UTC).

All "pau" for now! RJBurkhart 20:21, 13 January 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, I'll go and have some fun... William M. Connolley 20:28, 13 January 2006 (UTC).

Exuberance
It's swell that you're adding so much content to Wikipedia, but the connections that you are making are not in sync with the rest of the project. Things like adding the article USS Missouri to category:Tide. What's the relevance? Or adding Thinklets to Category:Oceanography?

That's just the tip of the iceberg, in addition to all of the other stuff on the talk pages, the Google links, the addition of a link back from every topic on the Roving Outdoor Conservation School syllabus, the name of every one who ever passed through the state into List of famous Minnesotans, the Arkansas River to many water categories, and so on.

Please explain your edits better, and don't make quite so many connections, particularly to topics that are near and dear. Yes, everything is connected somehow, but the usual threshold in this project is higher than you've been setting. I also wish you'd read categorization, and external links again. I do appreciate your contributions, but I find them a bit bewildering. -Will Beback 04:16, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Also, please remove the User Participant Science COTW tag from your signature. It adds every talk page that sign to the category. Category:User Participant Science COTW. Thanks, -Will Beback 04:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Feedback on Lessons Learned Re*Cycling
Tags removed as requested / suggested!

Relevance: USS Missouri (BB-63) article includes photo of a grounding due to AVOIDABLE "navigation errors" ... failing to consider or correctly calculate effect of tides at ports of call ...

USS Cimarron (AO-22) and USS Wichita (AOR-1) were both victims of "conning errors!"
 * PDL Log About collisions at sea!

Thinklets were first funded by DARPA interdisciplinary research efforts to design and validate interoperability of an air, land and sea Operations Control Center (Afloat) for ComThirdFlt. It grew from GDSS programs supporting C4I and NTDS ocean surveillance systems.

Also see: USS Coronado (AGF-11) for Sea-Based Battle Lab outcomes. RJBurkhart 18:47, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


 * The fact that a battleship once used the tides to help recover from being grounded is not a sufficient reason for that ship to be categorized under category:tide. And hundreds of ships have been grounded by failure to properly consider the actions of tides. It is not relevant to the category.
 * The article on Thinklets does not clearly indicate the information about DARPA funding it as a tool for the 3rd Fleet. Even if that is true, that does not indicate why it should be categorized under category:sustainability. Ocean surveillance is not the same as oceanography, which isn't the same as sustainability. -Will Beback 03:52, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

BioERROR -vs- Bio(T)error
IF: Effective EarthSea-Keeping collaboration practices are overcome prevailing compartmented complacency and Zero-sum games to assure sustainable wellbeing ...

THEN: Folks adapting futures techniques must REFRAME "Ph.D. protocols" we've accepted for sharing actionable distilled insights and applying them effectively with social engineering.
 * PDL Log About decision traps!

The 480 future history novel was co-authored by a USNA 1936 classmate of the WWMCCS integration architect who most likely inspired and sustained sea stories describing Ensign O'Toole and Me ...
 * VADM David C. Richardson

Both Lederer (writer) & Richardson (model) were commissioned just before Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy's CNO tour (1937-39).

Hampton, Iowa's native son (W. D. Leahy) later became a mentor (defacto VP) for Harry S. Truman (1945-48) RJBurkhart 03:13, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Leadership as MentorshipART
In 1967 as a newly commissioned USNR Officer, my Mister Roberts WestPac cruise (sea-going) experiences aboard USS Cimarron (AO-22) involved sharing PDL (Pass Down the Line) logs and peer mentoring practices instilled by William W. Behrens, Sr. - CIM's first CO.

The Leahy family (with Lederer & Richardson) may have mentored W. W. Behrens, Jr. and also inspired his children ...

Another oceanographer (polar explorer and mentor) Richard E. Byrd ... preferred to dwell on the substance of his global adventures, and sea stories about those that had gone awry as lessons learned ... yet another form of MentorshipART!

An after action report sent to Deputy CincPacFlt (Richardson) addressing root causes of faulty decisions (judgement errors) noted during a major 1970 NCAPS computer simulation exercise simply stated: ... "There were no new lessons learned from prior lessons learned" ...
 * CASPER: Contact Area Summary Position Estimate Report
 * CASPER contact area summary position report (US DoD)
 * NCAPS naval coordination and protection of shipping (US DoD)
 * RAPE: Reported Area Position Exception Systems engineering feedback loop

RJBurkhart 04:35, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Peer mentoring: Future thought leadership?
'''Also see ... Peer mentoring role models:''' Collaborative leadership learning framework for ALL-WinWin community-building. Conserving social capital by using story-telling about common (not always shared) experiences. See also: List_of_famous_Minnesotans

Wondering Why:  Robert Putnam - Co-author of Bowling Alone and Better Together identified Minnesota plus Nebraska, North Dakota and Vermont as regions where measurable results of social capital conservancy are in the top ten (10) percent of all states.

How was this future thought leadership effort launched and sustained? RJBurkhart 15:30, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Better Together, an initiative of the Saguaro Seminar

Posting to SOSUS talk page
You posted some good information to the Talk/Discussion page of the SOSUS article, which confused me. Why not put that in the main article itself? John Broughton 23:08, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Good feedback ... I've found pre-staging new stuff for preview comments like yours helps distill what insights are both useful and valid. RJBurkhart 05:52, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Unusual, but okay, I guess. I do suggest that you add an introductory comment, like "I'm thinking about posting this - any comments or suggestions?"


 * I'm relatively new to wikipedia, but my sense is that preview comments are mostly requested for controversial (aka political and religious) articles - this can reduce edit wars. For technical articles like SOSUS where (my sense is) there is no activist community that has a psychic investment in the article, it may just be better to add the new text to the article, and get feedback.  People aren't shy about commenting that an article is too long, or even directly editing it.


 * I've reconsidered. I'm going to remove the note-ish materials from the SOSUS talk page unless you can provide examples of other articles (articles NOT involving some sort of controversy, please) where other people are posting notes and potential text for the articles to the TALK pages.  [Where there is a lot of discussion and investment in an article as is - then it's a courtesy to show people what you propose to do, first, and let them comment on it on the talk/discussion page, rather than getting into an edit war.  But SOSUS is not in that category.]


 * As mentioned elsewhere, wikipedia has standard approaches to a lot of things, and not following those approaches just confuses folks. The materials on the SOSUS talk page that you posted are an example of confusing someone who is expected a DISCUSSION of the article.  When you're ready to post something to an article, you should do so; when you're not, you should store the information elsewhere (for example, on your user page).


 * I appreciate the time and energy you're putting into making wikipedia contributions - please keep it up, but do observe conventions. Thanks.  John Broughton 22:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Posting to Prediction article
Regarding your addition to the Prediction article... the sentence is now talking about two different things? Future history is an author's concept of a future, and does not necessarily contain instances of prediction by unconventional means? On the separate subject of whether science fiction stories about the future (including Future Histories) are predictions, I'd say that more often they could be characterized as answering the question "What if...". Thought I'd bring it up here rather than tromp on your edits... :-) Postagoras 23:27, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks ... The Minnesota Futurists Chapter advocates futures techniques for forecasting alternative futures much like a meteorologist forecasting seasonal weather patterns.

The overuse of "prediction" in the context of futures studies implies more precison than these anticipatory thinking protocols can support even when pursued as anticipatory science! RJBurkhart 06:03, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

List of rivers in Hawaii
I'm not sure what is your intentions for this article, but what you added thusfar looks like a placeholder, which is not permitted. Please add real content soon, or it will be deleted.--Esprit15d 16:18, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Mahalo - This is a balancing act that involves indexing topics in pre-existing articles. It supports pre-staging a Hawaiian geography categories for WikiProject Hawaii ... fixed by redirecting to List of Hawaii rivers ... RJBurkhart 17:26, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Some suggestions
I've noticed (on Cimarron, New Mexico and Cimarron River) you linked to the various Talk pages in the text of articles. This is not generally a good practice - talk pages are where Wikipedians discuss what should go on article pages - generally, there is no need to mention or link to this discussion in the article itself. I have also noticed that you use talk pages in a somewhat idocyncratic way - I confess that I am somewhat puzzled as to the meaning of Talk:Cimarron_River. (Maybe you could explain it, if you wish.) A page which discusses the normal use of talk pages (and which you might find useful to read) is Talk page. I have also seen you do various self-links (i.e. linking to a page which on the same page); this is also generally not useful - when you want to mention the topic of the page, you don't need to link to it - it is good style to bold the first mention of the topic (which should be in the first sentence of the page), but otherwise the topic should not be visually distinguished in the text of the page. See Manual_of_Style, Manual of Style (links), and Only make links that are relevant to the context(for some thoughts and discussion). If you have any questions about this or anything else on Wikipedia, please ask, either me(via my talk page), or one of the general wikipedia question-asking places(i.e. Help desk). Thanks! JesseW, the juggling janitor 07:05, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Please clean up your mess
For a while, you had inserted User scienceCOTW into your signature, which has incorrectly put a number of pages into Category:User_Participant_Science_COTW, which you can see by going to that page. Please fix this mess by editing the pages in question and removing the tag. I've done some already, but other people shouldn't have to fix your messes. Thanks! JesseW, the juggling janitor 22:12, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Mahalo for both your constructive feedback & clean-up! RJBurkhart 10:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You missed one. Image:CGEE_logo.gif. JesseW, the juggling janitor 05:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Father Damien
Aloha. Father Damien is not a stub. If you want to make an expansion request, follow the instructions at Requests for expansion. --&mdash;Viriditas | Talk 03:05, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Gavan Daws
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Gavan Daws, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=16206. As a copyright violation, Gavan Daws appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Gavan Daws has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If the source is a credible one, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source. If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GFDL, you can comment to that effect on Talk:Gavan Daws. If the article has already been deleted, but you have a proper release, you can reenter the content at Gavan Daws, after describing the release on the talk page. However, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 03:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Edited & reposted for review / comments with more author background at Talk:Gavan Daws RJBurkhart 10:05, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Arkansas River
Your additions to this article have been repeatedly removed. Please discuss these additions on the talk page of the article to achieve consensus before adding them again. Rmhermen 16:15, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Please
Please learn the style and methods of Wikipedia. You are creating a great deal of work for the rest of us cleaning up after you. Rmhermen 16:31, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * A very high percentage of your edits have been removed (by myself and a number of other editors). Pages and categories you started andimages you uploaded have also been deleted or listed for deletion. This is often from unfamiliarity with our standards, methods, etc. I find it useful to frequently check my previous edits to see if any have been changed and learn why. Some examples from your past edits include:

Rmhermen 21:30, 24 January 2006 (UTC) Please do not use br or other HTML tags in text or add overly broad or parent categories to articles. Rmhermen 01:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia does not use nested hierarchies in External link or See also sections (which are separate second level sections labeled "See also" not bolded "Also see" lists throughout the article.) Extensive discussion of external links is unnecessary but all links must be highly relevant.
 * Do not link in the article to Google searches, Wikipedia searches, talk pages, or user pages.
 * Do not add yourself to Wikipedia articles
 * Do not label images under CC, PD, or GFDL licenses unless you created them or can link to a site showing the owner's statement on copyright status. Add lines to a map does not negate the original copyright (although it might create an additional one.)

Deletion
Image:Tell-Show-QRx2-Fishbone 4o24am.jpg has been listed for deletion. Rmhermen 17:37, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:L4R25pHawaii-Highpoints VirtualTour-MauiROCS LLd-5321.JPG

 * Self-created image using software licensed from National Geographic for usability testing. It's designed for customizing older topographical base maps (generated by USGS) with imported GPS waypoints formatted to interface with the USGS National Map Project. RJBurkhart 22:28, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading Image:L4R25pHawaii-Highpoints VirtualTour-MauiROCS LLd-5321.JPG. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use GFDL to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the image qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of image pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Rmhermen 19:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your image coaching guidelines. However, I understood CC & GFDL were mutually exclusive licensing alternatives. My National Geographic software license only permits no-charge redistribution with attribution. RJBurkhart 22:28, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Image licensing
I have reverted all you changes this evening to the licenses of the images you uploaded as none of them seem correct. You labeled several photographs and copyrighted maps as logos which they clearly are not. You labeled several maps as drawn by you which appear to contain both public domain USGS information and proprietary information (mainly from National Geographic). You do not own the copyright on National Geographic's information (which I believe is the streets and street names) and cannot release it under either GFDL or CC. If the map contains only USGS material, it should be licensed as, that is public domain from the USGS. If the map contains only USGS material and material added by yourself it could be licensed as GFDL or CC with respect to the material you added and a mention of the USGS public domain source for the underlying map itself. Rmhermen 02:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying complex situation for images using blended sources.
 * Here's a copy of my prior authorization to upload customized TOPO! mapping.

-Original Message- From: Matt Heller [mailto:mheller@ngs.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:45 PM To: 'Bob-RJ Burkhart' Subject: RE: Tracing NGS-EUL
 * &: Missing TOPO!Team TRUST-Factors (3d31am)

Bob,

My fault. When I got into the details of your request, I realized our EUL program would not support your needs. Before I sent you a blanket negative response, I wanted to give it some thought to try and figure out how we could help.

Our EUL program is set up to support users who want to include reproductions from TOPO! in guidebooks and on web site. Attached is the EUL document template for your review. Be delighted to give permission for either one. If a website, please provide the URL and brief description of the purpose of the site, for a publication, please provide title, publisher, edition and brief description.

As far as Kinkos goes the single user license you own, already provides you the rights you need. It gives your the authority to print and reproduce an unlimited number of hardcopy maps as long as the maps are being distributed freely and our copyright notices appears in legible form (see output limitations section of license). While I can not give an EUL to charge for the maps, perhaps you can figure out a work around that will allow you to distribute the maps freely but recover your production costs in another ways. Hopefully this will get your program up and running.

Please let me know if you have additional questions about Kinkos, or would like permission to include the maps in a website or publication that is for sale. Again, be delighted to give permission for either one. If a website, please provide the URL and brief description of the purpose of the site, for a publication, please provide title, publisher, edition and brief description. Thanks for your long time support and continued interest in TOPO! Interactive Maps

Happy new years

Matt RJBurkhart 15:25, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Talk pages
Talk pages are for asking questions about content of the article and for planning improvements where it is desirable or may require participation from others writing the article. Most of your posts are filling up the pages with unrelated, even inexplicable content which does not help improve the article. Rmhermen 02:59, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Do not change others' messages on talk pages
Hello. Presently you are changing my signed messages on talk pages by inserting material to them and changing the wording of them. This is happening on these pages: Talk:Kansas River, Talk:Marais des Cygnes River, and Talk:Arkansas River, making it appear that I wrote things that I didn't.   I insist that you stop, and will call administrative attention to the matter if you do not fix it and cease. Thank you. Malepheasant 23:34, 27 January 2006 (UTC)


 * User:RJBurkhart, don't forget that I already mentioned this to you last month, . We don't edit each other's comments (except on rare occasions to remove outright personal attacks). Granted, User:Rmhermen removed many of your comments entirely, but your comments and edits were extensive, seemingly far removed from the central task of writing mundane articles about rivers and towns, and the removal came after requests to reduce cross-linking and incomplete ideas. May I suggest that you spend some time reading random articles and their talk pages, to see how discussions normally progress? Every groups has its mores.  Thanks, -Will Beback 11:12, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Stubs
Hello. You've been adding stub tags to articles that are not stubs, such as List of Kansas rivers and Kansas River. Please see Stub before proceeding, so as not to create unpleasant reversion work for others. Thank you. Malepheasant 09:40, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Sandbox
I see you've mentioned that you like to use article talk pages as "staging areas" for material. The best way to handle that is to create your own personal staging areas, which we call "sandboxes", sandbox. I've taken the liberty of creating a link to one for you: User:RJBurkhart/sandbox1. You can create as many as you need and work on them in peace. I use them a lot, and perhaps you'll find them useful as well. -Will Beback 10:52, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for coaching on private vs. public sandboxes ... User talk:65.30.117.192/Sandbox

RJBurkhart 15:08, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Whaletail.jpg
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Scouting
I see you are interested in Scouting. You may want to check out our Scouting WikiProject and Scouting Portal Rlevse 12:42, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Robert A. Heinlein
Thanks for some of your edits about Robert A. Heinlein. Please use the full link as I've just given it, with the initial A. for a direct link, not any variations such as without the initial. Thanks. Hu 07:02, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Mahalo for feedback and cross-linking suggestions! RJBurkhart 14:57, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Please stop
Please reread my comments above and conform to our house style of editing. I am tiring of having to check all your edits and revert so many of them. Rmhermen 17:25, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * WILCO ... RJBurkhart 15:01, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 65.30.117.192 12:24, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Deletion
Your subpage Talk:Kansas River/Biogeography has been listed for deletion. We do not use subpages on Wikipedia except for works in progress on your user page or for copyright violations. Rmhermen 17:28, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Your other two subpages have been deleted as well. Perhaps you could set up your own website somewhere for this sort of thing - it seem to have no purpose in writing an encyclopedia. Rmhermen 18:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Also see guidelines: Subpages RJBurkhart 14:54, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Here's the text of the wikipedia guideline:


 * Allowed uses
 * Drafts of major article revisions, i.e.  Example Article/Temp  (These can also be subpages of the article's talk page.) Do not use subpages for permanent content that is meant to be part of the encyclopedia.
 * User subpages - making extra pages within your own user namespace. i.e.  User:Example/Draft of article  or  User:Example/About me 


 * My take on the above is that the key word is major, as in major revision. The idea is that when someone proposes to do a substantial rewrite to an article of interest to a lot of people, he/she should put the revision on a separate page for people to examine, before actually touching the article itself.  On the other hand, draftish additions should not be put onto a subpage of the article, or a subpage of the talk page of the article.


 * I also read into this policy that setting up something like User:RJBurkhart/Kansas River - Biogeography would be perfectly acceptable. John Broughton 16:47, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Image Deletion
Image:Kaw-Valley-Watershed Topo3D LLd-6129.png - this image has been listed for deletion. Rmhermen 18:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Quoted text
You cannot change text quoted from a book - unless you can show that it is the Wikipedia article is quoting it incorrectly. Rmhermen 17:55, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you referring to blurb on Monticello Township, Kansas?

RJBurkhart 15:13, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No, it was a direct quote from a book where you added a word into the middle of the quote. Rmhermen 19:15, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Ship fate box
Template:Ship fate box has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Templates for deletion. Thank you. Rmhermen 22:45, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Wrong Scott Ritchie
I think you got the wrong Scott Ritchie. I've never been to Minnesota, and I don't know what you're talking about. Sorry :) Scott Ritchie 11:01, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Yet again
Yet again most of your recent edits have been reverted (by several different editors) - please add only directly related material into an article and only appropriate categories. Please read more about Categorization. Rmhermen 21:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ocean colonization is not a branch of the Boy Scouts nor is Outdoor Education the name of a wilderness area. Please only make relevant additions. Rmhermen 05:18, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Future Thought Control Patrol Feedback:

Facts first please ... Participants must be registered as a member of Venturing, BSA. ... Studies in marsh ecology, conservation, and oceanography will be part of the adventure RJBurkhart 14:02, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Council High-Adventure Directory

Once again
Not only do I find I need to remind you not to link to searches and that we don't build nested hierarchies of links but please only add appropriate content. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is not a branch of the Boy Scouts and niether is Devil's Island or Michigan Island, etc. Rmhermen 01:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Ashland, Wisconsin Ground Truth Update
Facts First: Rich Text Format Enviro-Learning Network (ELN) was inspired by ongoing adult lifetime learning @ |Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center (NGLVC) in Ashland, WI RJBurkhart 13:32, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's located near Barksdale Scout Camp operated by Voyagers Area Council 286 ...

Hidden Hometown Heroes?
Aloha! I've noticed you seem to be adding a link to the famous Minnesotans with a caption of "Hidden Hometown Heroes". What does this add to any entry that could not be better executed with adding the People from Minnesota category to the page? -- NitroTalk 18:06, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Thinklets
This article has been proposed for deletion (not by me). Just thought I'd let you know. dbtfz talk 03:11, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia in academic studies

... Counters User:Hu's opinions about group decision support systems ... Paper presented at the 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. ... RJBurkhart 13:47, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Reviewing where else cited ... RJBurkhart 13:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Tom Eiber
I nominated Tom Eiber for deletion because the subject does not appear to meet our standards for notability. While I'm sure he is a swell guy doing important work, those are not our criteria for inclusion. If you'd like to comment on the nomination please do so at this page: Articles for deletion/Tom Eiber. -Will Beback 22:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

California Road
Your article California Road was listed for deletion. However, it was immediately blanked when it was found to be a copyright violation. If you'd like to comment on the nomination please do so at this page: Articles for deletion/California Road. Rmhermen 03:16, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Shawnee, Kansas
The history section and various other parts of this article were removed as they were found to be copyright violations. Under current international treaties, it is not necessary to claim copyright for one to exist. Instead copyright is automatic upon publishing. Rmhermen 03:16, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Got your note

 * Getting back in the saddle, I got your note yesterday that you had removed the 'clean' template in Oceanography. 500 'Atta-boy's on the article improvement... and one 'Aw-S___' for the lack of a globalize note.  (See: User_talk:Rmhermen, esp. last part&mdash; looks like I should have queried you instead, though the Talk page change had me wondering who had the brass balls to revert one.)  So forgetting who had sent me the note, I picked the wrong horse to ask since I didn't get back to my talk and reinforce your message (signature) with what I saw in the history until moments ago. Shrug. Following a link with a single click sometimes has addtional costs when old fools like me are involved!
 * Have a good day, and feel free to override my edit 'bold'ness in the article yesterday if you feel it more appropo (re: Talk:Oceanography), since I certainly have no horse in this race! (I do like the looks of the article now very much. So kudos again!)
 * Fra nkB 17:35, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Mahlo for your kudos & BOLD removal comments about having an interim gloabl bias note!

RJBurkhart 14:09, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Oceanography Wiki-Mirror Site Disclosures?
Unable to find full & fair disclosures about commercial Wikipedia mirror sites.

Argo (oceanography) ... The fast Wikipedia mirror site with quick search. ...
 * Article from FactBug.org with quick search for Wikipedia content:

RJBurkhart 14:58, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oceanography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 * From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
 * digg search With wiki-mirror.be
 * Launched Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:24:43 GMT

Whois Wiki-Mirror.be
% WHOIS wiki-mirror Domain:     wiki-mirror Status:     REGISTERED Registered: Fri Dec 30 2005 Licensee: Not shown, please visit www.dns.be for webbased whois.

Agent Technical Contacts: First Name:   Pierre-Yves Last Name:    Goubet Company Name: Eurodns S.A. Language:      F Street:        41 am Bann Location:     3372 L-Leudelange Country:      LUXEMBOURG Phone:        +352.2619161 Fax:          +352.26202996 Email:        hostmaster@eurodns.com

Agent: Name:     Eurodns S.A. Website:   www.eurodns.com RJBurkhart 15:56, 19 March 2006 (UTC) Category:Wikimedia projects

Requested MentorshipART article
I've noticed that there has been a MentorshipART article on the requested articles list for a very long time now and an extensive Google search shows that you seem to be the only person who knows about this term...

What is MentorshipART? Where can I find other relevant information about it? Should I just remove it from the requested articles list?

Thanks. Reverie 21:40, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:USS Iwo Jima.jpg
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Scouting article work
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As the Scouting WikiProject has been formed since early January 2006, we've had many great improvements made in this area of Wiki and I want to personally thank everyone for their help. We don't always agree on things, but we keep moving forward. YIS, Rlevse 22:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Diamond Head, Hawaii
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Image:L5R25gHawaiiOahu-LokoeaPond ManoaValley LLd6121.JPG listed for deletion
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Will-Steger Screensaver Logo.jpg
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:CIMPAO-22Shield-Logo.jpg
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Speedy deletion nomination of File:KCAHTA California-Road Crossings.jpg


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ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:39, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:40, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

New Challenge for Oceania and Australia
Hi, WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge and WikiProject Australia/The 5000 Challenge are up and running based on The 10,000 Challenge which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. The Australia challenge would feed into the wider region one and potentially New Zealand could have a smaller challenge too. The main goal is content improvement, tackling stale old stubs and important content and improving sourcing/making more consistent but new articles are also welcome if sourced. I understand that this is a big goal for regular editors, especially being summertime where you are, but if you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Oceania and Australia like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1700 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for the region but fuelled by a series of contests to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. The Africa contest scaled worldwide would naturally provide great benefits to Oceania countries, particularly Australia and attract new editors. I would like some support from existing editors here to get the Challenges off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile and potentially bring about hundreds of improvements in a few weeks through a contest! Cheers.♦ --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:12, 24 November 2016 (UTC)