User talk:Rossdegenstein/Archive 2

Census updates
Make sure to properly update links if you're changing the title, as done at Westport, Washington. Also, I'm not sure that it's an appropriate time to run these changes, as the complete dataset is not yet released for cities and thus the unequal presentation between different years might confuse readers.  Sounder Bruce  23:31, 15 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Sounder Bruce, thanks for posting. I clicked "diff". You changed to "United States Census Bureau". Not U.S. Census Bureau. You changed to city's name for not capitalization. Etc. --Rossdegenstein (talk) 19:28, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I was referring to your use of . Note that the two don't match up.  Sounder  Bruce  22:03, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Adding population estimates
Hello, I noticed you added some 2021 population estimates to some list of municipalities. Generally estimates are not considered encyclopedic as they are often way off the actual census counts, so it's best to just stick with census numbers. There are quite a few lists that need updated to the 2020 census if you would like to help there! Mattximus (talk) 01:18, 3 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, where I add "adding population estimate"? In the Edit summary line? I do not add "2020 Census and 2021 Estimates" and/or "2021 estimates"? You got a notification in Dayton, Minnesota? --Rossdegenstein (talk) 04:02, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

2022 Greater Minnesota History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons
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 * Saturday, July 16 - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. West-Central Minnesota History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

Location: Kandiyohi County Museum, Kandiyohi County Historical Society, 610 Hwy 71 Service Rd, Willmar, MN
 * Saturday, July 23 - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. South-Central Minnesota History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

Location: Blue Earth County History Center and Museum, Blue Earth County Historical Society, 424 Warren St, Mankato, MN
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Location: Weyerhaeuser Museum, Morrison County Historical Society, 2151 Lindbergh Dr. S, Little Falls, MN
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Location: Clearwater County History Center, Clearwater County Historical Society, 264 1st Street, Shevlin, MN
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Location: Minnesota Discovery Center, 1005 Discovery Drive, Chisholm, MN
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Location: Nobles County Historical Museum, Nobles County Historical Society, 225 9th St, Worthington, MN
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Location: Winona County History Center, Winona County Historical Society, 160 Johnson St, Winona, MN
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Location: Otter Tail County Historical Museum, Otter Tail County Historical Society, 1110 W Lincoln Avenue, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, MN

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March 2023
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September 2023
Your edit to QFC has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Copying text from other sources for more information.  Sounder Bruce  06:16, 12 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for posting. I read copyrighted, permission, donating copyrighted materials and copying text from other sources. What is wrong? I was confused. I cannot put store locations for a list. How many QFC are there. Now, there are 59 QFCs. Next time, I will not edit QFC on Wikipedia again. Thank You. -Rossdegenstein (talk) 08:20, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
 * You cannot copy and paste an entire paragraph from the QFC website, simply put. It was obvious from the amount of promotional material left in there.  Sounder Bruce  08:39, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

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Image sizes
Per MOS:IMGSIZE, do not set the fixed width of images, especially in infoboxes. The default size is set by the user and is preferable to arbitrary sizes. Also, what's the deal with erasing non-breaking spaces in monetary figures?  Sounder Bruce  01:13, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Bruce, thanks for the update. You reverted in Bothell and Stanwood. I read and saw Image Sizes and Controlling line breaks. Against the Wikipedia Policy. I encouraged you to change number of populations in the 2020 Census and the 2022 Estimate. You fixed multiple cities in several states. You removed 275px. Next time, I will not edit all the cities in Snohomish County. Then I saw Controlling line breaks. I was confused, viewed and noticed some dirty sentences. I found Template Spaces for sizes for NBSP. Line separated from line. What is wrong? Two months ago, I read the Everett Herald. I saw your photo. You used the computer at the Marysville Public Library. You work at Wikipedia in Seattle, Lynnwood and Marysville. You have over 100,000 contributions. --Rossdegenstein (talk) 02:45, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, avalara.com is not a reliable source and information about sales tax belongs in the body, not the infobox.  Sounder Bruce  04:21, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Census edits (again)
Don't undo fixes made to both citations and syntax in the Demographics sections. In particular, edits like this that replace "2010 census" with "census of 2010" are not helpful.  Sounder Bruce  06:11, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

City infobox name
Concerning your recent edits, reminder that the name above the infobox should be ,  per USCITY, if you disagree then please discuss at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline. • Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 19:52, 22 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Steve, thanks for posting. Yes you edited Aberdeen in Idaho and South Dakota. Yes, I got two notifications. I read and saw WIKIPEDIA:USCITY. I must put State's name on the top of the infoboxes in these cities across the United States. Why did I delete states? I saw the other people edited a lot of cities in Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington. Next time, I will edit a lot of cities. I won't delete state's name. I will put city name, state name on the top of the infobox. Thanks for discussing. --Rossdegenstein (talk) 20:14, 22 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks! • Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 20:16, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Area figures
Per MOS:UNCERTAINTY, the area figures should be rounded to a more conservative significant digit. In this case, it's preferable to go no further than the hundredths place.  Sounder Bruce  22:17, 21 February 2024 (UTC)