User talk:Srichart4

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Hello, Srichart4, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful: Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! PrairieKid (talk) 03:24, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
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I've added the image you uploaded to the article on Fort Colville. For future reference, you upload images by typing in. Also, that was a rather well written first article, so I reward you with this cookie. Enjoy. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:18, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Spirit of Eagle. Thank you for getting my image in there. The cookie looks just like the ones I make. We have a meeting of the Stevens County museums (The Heritage Network) on Monday and I really wanted the article with the picture online for the meeting. Would you explain how to find all the uses of the other Fort Colville so that I can change all the links for those that are referring to the army post and not the Hudson Bay Company fort? Because some are correctly linked, it can't be a global change. I don't mind going through each entry, just want a list so I can do them in order and not waste time checking something I've already reviewed.Srichart4 (talk) 16:10, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Figured out how to find them with a google search for Fort Colville site:en.wikipedia.org. Works well.

You can also use the "What links here" button when you are on the page about the Hudson Bay Fort Colville to see what links to that article. It should be the first thing under the tool section on the left-hand side of your screen. It will lead you to this page:. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 19:23, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks.Srichart4 (talk) 00:09, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Elkanah Walker
Congratulations on your article about Elkanah Walker! I have "patrolled" and accepted it as part of New Article Patrol. I also made a few changes, that I wanted to check with you about. You said he was in Oregon County; that's a county in Missouri. Checking sources I concluded you meant Oregon Country and changed it to that; please verify. Also at one point you said he was Presbyterian, but the sources seem to indicate that Congregational was correct; please verify that also. Thanks! --MelanieN (talk) 14:53, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Good catch on country versus county. I did mean country to indicate the earliest name for Oregon. I might change the article on the religion to just Protestant. Even Clifford Drury doesn't really make it totally clear.Srichart4 (talk) 16:09, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Sort keys
The "pipe-space" convention is standard for the main article about a particular category. See WP:SORTKEY for details. — Brianhe (talk) 19:28, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Ok, will not change any more. Srichart4 (talk) 19:30, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Draft articles
It's fairly unusual to come to a user page (User:Srichart4) and see a draft article. Usually this is done in a subpage of your user space, called a userspace draft. The user page is usually about an editor, for other editors; not about a military road. — Brianhe (talk) 19:32, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

I tried to understand the instructions about setting up a draft page. They were as clear as mud. I will try again to set up a subpage and move my draft over there. I expect to do a number of pages, since my area of Northeast Washington either doesn't have wikipedia pages or they are so inaccurate as to be misleading. It has been a very rare event to come across a wiki page that doesn't have an inaccuracy. If I get it moved, I'll even take time to tell you guys who I am and why I'm fixing and adding content.Srichart4 (talk) 19:38, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * You can also use draft namespace, for example Draft:Fort Walla Walla Fort Colville Military Road instead of User:Srichart4/Fort Walla Walla Fort Colville Military Road (conventional userspace draft) or even User:Srichart4:Fort Walla Walla Fort Colville Military Road/Draft article on the road (probably a mistake). You may find it more natural to invite others to collaborate in an inherently shared namespace, instead of one "belonging" to a particular editor. I've switched to the  form for this reason, plus because I tend to lose my subpages, and they are also tedious to type in the search box. — Brianhe (talk) 03:55, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

I like the idea, but just like setting up user subpage, I'm left wondering what to do. What the instructions for setting up a draft page says: "Anyone, including users who are not logged in, may create and edit drafts. Drafts in the namespace have "Draft:" before their normal title, and also have an associated draft talk page. Users who have VisualEditor enabled will be able to use VisualEditor just like on articles. Registered editors may also move a userspace draft in to the Draft namespace if they choose." Am I correct in understanding, I would go into the search box, type in Draft:Fort Walla Walla Fort Colville Military Road, choose to create, and in this case, copy my stuff over there and put the no wiki in front of the categories? If I do a new article, I would just type into the search box, something like Draft:Camp Washington (Washington Territory), and then choose to create? Srichart4 (talk) 14:41, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Colville tribe's namesake
If you happen to know which Fort Colville the Colville tribe is named for, I think the article's first paragraph might be in error. — Brianhe (talk) 03:57, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

The confederated tribe does spell it Colville, with two LLs. They are named after Lord Colvile (one L). The Hudson Bay Company used one L, Americans use two LLs. That sentence is actually correct. There are two Fort Colvilles. One is the Hudson Bay Company fort, on wiki it is Fort Colville. The other is the American fort, on wiki Fort Colville (US Army). The forts are about 15 miles apart and did overlap on their periods of existence. Just part of the challenge researching here. Srichart4 (talk) 13:44, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Question about moving an article
I used a draft page and then the move function to put an article up about Fort Walla Walla Fort Colville Military Road. It moved, but now has Wikipedia in front of it. Pretty sure I did something wrong, but would like to fix it and not do it again. Thank you. Sue Srichart4 (talk) 02:22, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

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