User talk:Smokris

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Erie Plating Company
I saw your article on the "Erie Plating Company" and was hoping you might be able to fill in some blanks in the citations (as I am putting all the references into Citation templates to make it appear more uniform). The more information provided about a source makes it easier on someone else if they try to verify that source.
 * 1) The title of the article in the Erie Business Magazine and author if it says.
 * 2) "Minutes of The Sovern State of Pennsylvania v. Erie Plating Company"(could "Sovern" be a typo of "Sovereign"?)
 * 3) The title and author of the article in the Finishers' Management magazine
 * 4) The website from Gannon University doesn't mention anything about the Erie Plating Company
 * 5) The title and author of the article in the Plating and Surface Finishing magazine
 * 6) This website gives me a "Page has Expired" error

On a side note, I think I am going to nominate your article for inclusion in the Did You Know? section on the Main Page. I was thinking somewhere along the lines of...

Did you know...that the Erie Plating Company did the metal finishing for the 10,000 Olympic torches used in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia? --​​ ​​D ​​tbohrer​​​ ​talk • contribs 01:06, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback, D​​tbohrer! Regarding #2, yes, this was a typo; I've corrected it. I'll do some more digging and try to find better/more complete references for the other issues you noted. -- smokris (talk) 03:48, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

July 18 DYK

 * If DYK was updated before you had a chance to view it, the link to the version with your article is here. --​​ ​​D.B. talk • contribs 11:57, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Dead link in Erie Plating Company
The link http://members.eriepa.com/sbaweb/common/logreferral.asp?id=1022900&type=more is dead (expired, actually). I've tagged it as such. However, since this is a new article you've created, I'm guessing you can probably find it again? And please ensure that it is not something that expires; for instance, it appears to be a "members" website - perhaps you needed to log in in order to find it? If so, please at least provide a link to a page where non-members may find the article, even if they won't have full-text access. Thanks. Good article, by the way, congrats on getting it to DYK! - Lilac Soul (talk • contribs • count) • I'm watching this page so just reply to me right here! 06:13, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

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