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Sorry about the vandalism
"Enough of Chris Jewel and the pig. Do your creative writing elsewhere, not Pomfret, NY, Thanks."

I apologize. This I.P address belongs to a high school in Buffalo. I'm surprised my fellow students haven't vandalized this place more than they have. 168.169.176.191 (talk) 18:20, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

(Moved from User:ChrisRuvolo)

I can see by your interests, that you have very little to do with working on New York and not much at all on Hamilton County, New York. I would appreciate that you stop wikifying items just for the lack of something else to do. If, on the other hand, you are about to go forward with a substantial article, be my guest. I don't mind anyone getting involved with my topics, but merely wikifying someone's article without any intention of going beyond that is not useful. Thanks Stepp-Wulf 01:44, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * So, let me understand this. You would rather not have red wikilinks.. to the point of backing mine out?  Why?  And because I have not contributed heavily to New York or Hamilton County articles in the past, I should not contribute now?  And only substantial edits are welcome?  Explain this to me.  I will add this page to my watchlist, so please respond here. --ChrisRuvolo 02:53, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

On the contrary, I welcome anyone helping out with any articles I am working on. If you really want to write about Lake Pleasant or Piseco Lake or Route 8, etc. go ahead and do so. I feel that some of the topics may be so obscure as not to merit a special page and may be treated adequately in an existing page. However, if you believe that a substantial special article need be created, go right ahead. I can assure you that I have little interest in Route 8, so if that turns your crank, write away. Stepp-Wulf 03:10, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Oneida (town), New York
I cannot find any indication that there is presently a town named Oneida in Madison County. Could this be a historical entity that was absorbed into the city of Oneida? If so, the article should indicate that. older ≠ wiser 13:52, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * There may be a problem here, but the town shows up on my map (2001) and some other material ( now discarded ). I have also seen references to the town here and there with recent dates. The county claims there are fifteen towns, and the wikipedia list now has sixteen, so something is amiss. Meanwhile, I expanded the article slightly. Maybe someone can help out.


 * By my reckoning, comparing maps of the places you listed with the city ward map, those places I was able to locate appear to be within the city. I suspect that the entire town incorporated as the city (as described on the city's history page ). References to the Town may be simply anachronisms, or it is possible that the town may exist at some non-governmental level--in Michigan, even when townships become defunct as governmental entities, they continue to exist as survey townships--all of the land deeds are recorded in terms of townships, even though they no longer have any civil function. older &ne; wiser 03:03, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I suspect you may be correct. I was aware of the references, but the wording is rather poor, and a critical word in the passage may not be what was intended. Perhaps the area can be dealt with differently or removed entirely. Stepp-Wulf 03:13, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Vandalism fix
Hi there. You tried to fix the vandalism on Much Ado About Nothing by replacing the empty page with a stub. However there was a good article before that vandal blanked the page, so you should have reverted to that version instead. I fixed that now, but to avoid a good article to be lost next time you should do it like it is described in How to revert a page to an earlier version. But anyway, thanks for trying to fix the vandalism. andy 07:39, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Sherrill, New York
Hi, Stepp-Wulf. In Sherrill, New York; Vernon (town), New York; and List of cities in New York you've added that the city of Sherrill is located within the town of Vernon. My understanding is that in N.Y.S., cities and towns are two separate types of entities and a city would never be part of a town. Do you have any references which back up this assertion? Thank you.--[[User:Nricardo|Nelson Ricardo >>Talk<<]] 16:53, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your response. I believe that the wording in these articles is misleading.  The fact that Sherrill is surrounded on three sides by Vernon is a piece of trivia best left out of the articles if readers might misinterpret the statements as "Sherrill is in/belongs to the town of Vernon."  This map from the Census Bureau clearly shows Sherrill outside the borders of Vernon.  Thank you.--[[User:Nricardo|Nelson Ricardo  >>Talk<<]] 04:34, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)


 * My intention is not to offend you. I apologize if you feel that I am somehow insulting your contributions. I highly commend you on your efforts. I wish I had the patience to do what you have done (I have Westchester County on my To Do list for fixing of hamlets and have not quite gotten to it). Thank you for your responses to my inquiries.--[[User:Nricardo|Nelson Ricardo  >>Talk<<]] 05:17, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

What is your problem??

 * This is the SECOND time that you have VANDALIZED an article written by me with Useless, Worthless wikification. I erased the first wikification in July with the advisement that if you really wish to write articles on those topics, then you should do so.  Since that time you have come up with nothing more useful than to wikify the same things once more, creating two blank pages that will probably NEVER be completed due to lack of information, and a FALSE link to a related topic.  Apparently, you have so little interest in Hamilton County, that you did not even bother to look at what was already done. If you really are interested in writing about NEW YORK, then do so.  There are many locations that need work.  There is no need to be stepping all over the material being worked by other people.  I really do not appreciate childish twits trying to have their own way, just to score points.  You seem to believe that no one else knows how to use square brackets.  More useful than creating unwanted stub articles would be to wikify to existing links (as most others do) or actually WRITE the articles you seem to feel are so damned important. Sincerely Stepp-Wulf 05:01, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * What articles did I "vandalize"? This encyclopedia is a *WIKI*.  The whole *point* is to have links to related articles.  Why are you so put off by that?  What "blank related topics" did I create?  How are people supposed to identify areas that need work except by creating stubs and seeing red links?  Red links are used to create lists like Special:Wantedpages and Offline_reports.  They are valuable because they show where work is needed.  Wikipedia is about more than writing, it is about organization and connection to related topics.  On subjects where I don't have text or images to contribute, or I don't find time to write about the topics I am familiar with, I will contribute organization and links.  I am very tired of your territorial bullshit.  I have and will continue to contribute to articles in New York, as I see fit.  Because you contributed to an article does not mean that you get to dictate the form of all further contributions.  I am not focused on one topic, and do not believe Wikipedia to be territorial.  I do not appreciate my contributions being called vandalism, and you calling me a "childish twit". --ChrisRuvolo 16:28, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * I assume you are talking about Lake Pleasant (hamlet), New York. Read the damn history.  I didn't even make those edits.  User:Friedo did.  His only mistake is that Lake Pleasant is a disambiguation page and there is no article on the lake itself. --ChrisRuvolo 20:08, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

New York Towns
Hi, Stepp-Wulf. My intention is to have the links go to the town articles, but some have (town) in the title and others don't. If you look at the original version, I had both links, many of which were red, but there was at least one good link per town and I tried cleaning up as best I could. I figure a link to the disambig page is better than nothing. If you want to fix, please do so by all means. Thanks. Nelson Ricardo 11:54, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
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To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:


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Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace " " with "  ". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

Grosvenor square
Thanks for Wikifying Grosvenor Square properly. Have a ! --fvw *  04:45, 2004 Dec 19 (UTC)

Stubs
Thanks so much for helping out with New York. There is a lot of work to do here. However, I question the number of stub articles that you seem to be producing. If you can't produce a few decent paragraphs, it may be better to incorporate the information into another article. I have been doing this for some of the hamlets because there is not a lot of information about them, so I put what there is inside the town article. I would like to point out to you that Wikipedia is already inundated with stubs, so try to resist making one or two sentence articles and creating problems. Of course, if you intend to come back to some of the stubs and fill them out later, go ahead. Thanks Stepp-Wulf 06:08, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC).


 * I don't think that I agree that stubs or very short articles are such a bad thing. If I'm writing an historical biography that mentions a small community not yet in Wikipedia, I'll create a stub for the place, partly to avoid an ugly red link in my article, but also to provide some basic location information to anyone else running across that place name somewhere.  Ideally I will get back to fleshing out these stubs, but better yet, someone with some intimate knowledge of the place will do the job.  These little crossroads have some fascinating history and should not be ignored.  From a user's perspective, I'd rather find a place name right away with some basic information than to be redirected to a town article, not sure why I was redirected there, and then having to read down through a page of dry census data to find the place name in a list and having learned nothing more than I would have from a one-line stub.  Perhaps I could just not call these short articles stubs, but that would remove request for input that stubs provide.Nonenmac 21:26, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

lots of edits, not an admin
Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you'rе at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:29, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Re: New York stuff
Thanks! I happen to live here, so more power to me, I guess. JB82 (comment)

New York State Map Template
Hi - just wanted to let you know that there is a template Template:GBNewYorkState which gives an image of New York State with a red dot on it, wherever you specify. Check out Syracuse, NY as an example. Its an easy way to generate a map that specifies the position of a town or village in New York State.

You just put in something like   and it will give you a map with a dot at pixel position x=175, y=110. Like this:

The talk page tells you how to convert latitude and longitude to the right pixel position (with maybe a little tweaking needed). PAR 06:31, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * There is an issue with visitors using MSIE: no red dot. Works fine with Firefox, though. I'll mention it to the developer. Jim Dunning 05:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Bonobo
Hello,

On the page for Nyota, you added "Pygmy Chimpanzee" after bonobo. Bonobos are not chimpanzees, much like we are not chimpanzees. The confusion of generations past is adequately explained in the Bonobo entry, and to have this on Nyota's page is propagating inaccurate information. I am not reverting this, as it would just result in a little edit war, but would appreciate that you do, or better yet, put "(Pan Paniscus)" after Bonobo.

Jon Thompson 05:00, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

I still respectfully disagree with you on how the term "pygmy chimpanzee" relates to bonobo. There is a historical context, which is explained sufficiently on the linked page for bonobo. Bonobo and Pan Paniscus are the current common name and scientific names of the species and should be the only terms used for individuals belonging to the species. I highly doubt that p. paniscus and p. troglodytes will be merged, just as I doubt H. Sapiens and H. Erectus or P. Leo and P. Tigris would be merged. If there is actually a discussion whether the two species are to merge would be better served on the Bonobo page. Until the event that Bonobos and Chimpanzees are merged, the facts are that Nyota is a bonobo (p. paniscus), not a pygmy chimpanzee, although Bonobos were called pygmy chimpanzees at one time, which is a reflection on the term "bonobo", not on Nyota himself.

Jon Thompson 07:14, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Philip Leder
I have placed a tag on the article Philip Leder, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. I did this because the article seems to be a biographical account about a person, group of people, or band, but it does not indicate how or why he/she/they is/are notable. If you can indicate why Philip Leder is really notable, I advise you to edit the article promptly, and also put a note on Talk:Philip Leder. Any admin should check for such edits before deleting the article. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You might also want to read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles. Please do not just remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. - C HAIRBOY (☎) 03:55, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Your recent AIV
I've blocked the vandal for a period of time. I noticed there was a problem with the article for some time now. You may want to issue a Request for comment on his edits. --LBMixPro&lt;Sp e ak 01:29, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Crompond, New York
Hi, Stepp-Wulff. Why did you move Crompond from Yorktown to Cortlandt? Please refer to the maps at http://www.westchestergov.com/planning/research/Census2000/Oct03Updates/research/censusmaps.htm, which show that Crompond is in Yorktown. Thanks --Nelson Ricardo 03:53, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Please check your WP:NA entry
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Nonsense?????
So you are telling me it is vandalism to suggest that people were present in north america before the arrival of europeans?? You being a member of this website is nonsensical vandalism in my view. I will see if a wikipedia superior can have your account shut down so that YOU may no longer add your white-supremacist opinions into wikipedia articles. You are trying to erase history.

64.131.238.191 00:56, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Racist??
What are yout alking about my racist edits to cheektowaga new york????

Have you been taking hallucinogens???

YOU are racist for refusing to acknowledge that there were human being in north america prior to white settlment. What a bigot you are, you can't COMPLETELY erase native americans from history.

64.131.238.191 23:59, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps you know more...
Is that a vandal that has come back repeatedly? That sort of vandalism is very hard to catch, especially in the diffs it looks like some constructive edits are being made... --HappyCamper 03:43, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Service awards
Hi Stepp-Wulf! In recognition of your long and extensive editing, you are entitled to these WP:SERVICE awards, and may display either or both (or, of course, neither). Herostratus 02:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

vandalism?
Im sorry if there is some mistake here... but I have only edited one article in my history on wikipedia. There was one line of obvious vandalism on one of the president pages (I cannot remember which one) that I removed. You must have thought that I put the vandalism there? I do not know. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.233.52.73 (talk) 22:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC).

[Oswego County]
Hi there - I notice that you removed Pennellville from the list of Cities, villages, towns, etc in the county - while there is no WP page for this place, it is a locality in the county, I am just unsure of its status (village, hamlet, etc), so I have restored it without a link. My understanding of WP is that we don't delete "dead links" because those are to pages that could be created - or have I missed something? If I have erred I will correct it. Thanks. -- Alucard (Dr.) 10:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

The Montour Family
I was going to start the history of Montoursville tonight, but ran into a problem. The link for Madame Montour is a redirect to Catherine Montour who must have been MM's granddaughter and daughter of French Margaret. I have placed a lengthy discussion about the Montours on the discussion page for Catherine. Will you look at it and let me know what you think? The Madame Montour from Lycoming County should be the Madame Montour on wiki in my opinion and Catherine should just be Catherine. What say you? Dincher 00:41, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I have checked Donehoo's "A History of the Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania" and he mentions the villages in New York destroyed by Sullivan's expedition, but not Catherine's Town (since the book is about PA he may not be complete on NY villages). Can you please cite your source(s)? Also the second paragraph: "Montour was reportedly a half-breed Huron (and also claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of a French official). She had been captured by the Iroquois and married to a Seneca chief. After his death she was accepted into the matriarchate of the tribe and was influential in their dealings with white settlers and leaders. She was able to speak both English and French, as well as some native languages." seems to be entirely about the grandmother, who was usually called Madame Montour, and was mother of Andrew and Maragret (of French Margaret's Town and mother of this Catherine and Esther). Thanks, Ruhrfisch 21:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Crotalus tortugensis
Just so you know, this article now has two links to the same article at the SDNHM. When I expanded the article, I didn't actually delete this link; I "moved" it to the Cited references section as an in-line reference to the statement in the Conservation status section (6). --Jwinius 07:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

"Gah-We-Not"?
I was looking at the Grand Island article, and noticed the term "Gah-We-Not" which you added in this edit. Where did you find that term? I googled it and found no reference anywhere except this article. ATren 17:35, 2 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the clarification. I was reverting some recent vandalism on that page involving the word "gaу", and I almost reverted that line because at first glance it looked like it said "Gay-We-Not". I figured it was OK, but I just thought I'd check. :-) ATren 01:13, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Winchester, Wyoming
Hi. Do you have a source for the edit you made to Winchester, Wyoming today? It sounds like a reasonable addition to the article, but unfortunately, googing anything having to do with Winchester and Wyoming and or history is pretty noisy for obvious reasons. Thanks. - CosmicPenguin (Talk) 03:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough - searching around a bit more with specific names found this and this .  Works for me.  Thanks. - CosmicPenguin (Talk) 03:08, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Bamboo viper
Hi Stepp-Wulf! You recently added Trimeresurus flavomaculatus to the Bamboo viper disambiguation page, with the name "Yellow-spotted bamboo viper." Although this name looks similar to another one I've seen for the same species -- Yellow-spotted pit viper (Brown, 1973) -- do you actually have a reference for it? If so, I hope it isn't a web page, because you can almost never take those sources seriously (plus they're here today, gone tomorrow). PS - Please answer here, as I've got your talk page temporarily on my watch list. --Jwinius 11:29, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Boulevard Mall
Boulevard Mall, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Boulevard Mall satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Boulevard Mall and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Boulevard Mall during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 04:01, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Greene
Hello Stepp-Wulf. You recently notified me with concern over the Greene page. I understand your concern and respect your desire to eliminate unfamiliar items from the page. However, as a current resident to this extremely small town, I felt it was necessary to include a variety of businesses as well as local personalities that most, if not all residents to this town are familiar with. I think that it is in your best interest to leave the page as it is, and with all due respect, do you do nothing but look over pages of small towns in Central New York? I would be much more understanding if you were a resident, as I am sure you would be as well because you would know what it is that I am speaking about. Thanks! 10:51, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Chateaugay & Bellmont
Hi Stepp-Wulf

I noticed your comment a while back suggesting that I add to Chateaugay. Aside from its presumptuous tone, considering that most of what I've already added to Bellmont has been vandalized by someone...why should I bother to do something like that?

Apparently the grandson of an original settler didn't have Kate Turabian at hand, so this primary source document gets deleted? Amazing. This is the same John Smith Kirby that was owner of the Banner House, which I believe is the first Adirondack Hotel. There are so many facts in that piece, that it's a shame to cut it out.

However, I don't give a rip. This is exactly why Wikipedia has a bad reputation. I post that kind of stuff on my own site where I don't have to deal with self-appointed educated fools that have absolutely no clue.

John D. Miles, Chateaugay Lake —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hunsmire (talk • contribs) 02:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Please use the Move tab to move/rename articles
Hello,. It appears that you copied and pasted Eighteen Mile Creek to Eighteen Mile Creek (Niagara County). Please do not move articles by copying and pasting them because it splits the article's history, which is needed for attribution and is helpful in many other ways. If there is an article that you cannot move yourself using the move link at the top of the page, follow the instructions at Requested moves. Also, if there are any other articles that you copied and pasted, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you, Shawis (talk) 03:16, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Introduction and question
Hi,

I have been making some small contributions to the Genesee Co. NY region. I grew up near there and it is fun to hunt down and learn from RS about the area. It is also easy to notice the tremendous amount work you have done. In particular I have been wondering about Yancey's Fancy (Kutters Cheese Factory) being notable enough to have its own article. I have looked for some RS to confirm notability but have not found anything. I noticed you did a some work on it recently and wanted your opinion. Thanks. Ward20 (talk) 22:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

The environmentally friendly story, and that they have helped set up cheese operations in other countries would be good to include if a reliable source can be found. I just found | New York Historical Markers today and was wondering how to use it. I grew up in Indian Falls just above Boulder Park by the way. Ward20 (talk) 03:33, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Gowanda Correctional Facility
It is located within Gowanda. Not Collins. My edit was correct. There is a division of the town and village which is Middle Road that Gowanda Correctional and Collins Correctional sit on opposing sides. In fact there are 2 separate Collins prisons besides the Gowanda prisons aptly called C1 and C2 which are located on opposite sides of the road. Unless you actually lived in, around or frequently visited the prisons you wouldn't know this. Be useful and stop changing accurate edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarthaStewartisGod (talk • contribs) 08:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Also: your "corrected" version was repetitive in stating that the prison is located within Erie County, —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarthaStewartisGod (talk • contribs) 08:55, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I will try to work on your suggestions. I will also put the other two article on my watchlist. Thanks. Ward20 (talk) 22:43, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Gowanda and Gowanda Correctional Facility
Boy let me give you some history on Gowanda Correctional Facility since you obviously feel the need to edit corrections of mine. Here goes: The Gowanda Psychiatric Center closed in the 1980's. The grounds wound up being divided up into two separate prison systems, Collins and Gowanda. Gowanda houses over 1100 inmates and Collins fluctuates around 800. In 1994 the Gowanda Correctional Facility was opened on the exact same grounds as the psych center. The prison was never "part of" the psych center that you edited on the Gowanda page. The psych center and the prison existed at two separate times in history. Using the term "part of" denotes that they co-existed. MarthaStewartisGod —Preceding comment was added at 09:09, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

re: Green (town), New York
Feel free to add in people you feel are actually notable. If you check out the page from before I started hacking at it, you'll see that there were all kinds of jokes and oddly phrased bits that made it difficult to determine which parts were legit and which were just silliness. I thought it would be best to leave a blank slate for a thoughtful editor (like you!) to work with. You're right that the people listed don't necessarily have to have their own page to be notable, but I wanted to make it clear that "so-and-so, who was the inspiration for a cartoon character" was not acceptable. Matt Deres (talk) 03:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Clay Shrout requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

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Chester, Warren County, New York
Hi, can you find and add some informations about the Town of Chester and Chestertown in Warren County please? It's very stub-like now. There is also article Chestertown New York which is without sources and which is little bit confused. Thank you very much -- Novis-M 16:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you anyway :) I tried to write some information to new article Chestertown, New York, but it is still stub. I have to wait to next year, because next school year I'll be studying on the North Warren Central School in Chestertown thanks to the international exchange program, so when I got some information, I write it down :) -- Novis-M 08:32, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hard Times (song)
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Curiosity and Thanks
Why did your Talk Page turn into red text after the Philip Leder discussion?

Also, thanks for keeping the discussion with the "New York with a dot" template. Love it. Will incorporate it on my page when I get a chance.

regards, JimScott (talk) 15:13, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

More snakes
Hi Stepp-Wulf! Would you perhaps have a moment to support me in my efforts to fix up the Boidae section? No real work; just a mention of your support for moving a few articles there to their scientific names. After that, I'll take care of the rest. It only involves six articles: Boa, Anaconda, Calabar Python, Puerto Rican Boa, Rosy boa, and Rubber Boa. No big fight; just want to do things by the book. If we lose, then we'll just have to work around it somehow, but with your support I'm sure that won't be necessary. Cheers, --Jwinius (talk) 13:02, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Glad to support anyone who improves biology articles. Stepp-Wulf (talk) 03:03, 4 July 2008 (UTC).


 * Excellent! Right now I'm being out-numbered in the above articles, or rather the talk pages thereof, so don't forget to vote there. Thanks! Cheers, --Jwinius (talk) 07:28, 4 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, if you just vote on one of those pages, then at the moment this would be the place where I could use your vote the most. Cheers, --Jwinius (talk) 14:32, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Greene Facts
Bro, stop removing the facts about Greene. They are true. For example, just do a google search for "walk backwards eat peanuts" and you'll find dozens of sites referencing this silly law in Greene. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.206.79.205 (talk) 13:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Town of Newburgh (continued)
I received your message regarding the Town of Newburgh. What a nice, nice message! It was so kind of you to take the time to comlement my work, and it was so gratifying! As the Town Clerk of the Town of Newburgh, I considered keeping our article up to date and accurate a part of my responsibilities. I am glad to do it and will be pleased to continue doing so. Of course, other people contribute and although I am tempted to severely "edit" their work (e.g., the "Famous" people from Newburgh who, let's face it, are not really famous) I think I am better off just minding my own business.

As far as other municipalities go, I will from time to time make minor changes or additions when I see the need for them (example: would you believe the article on "Port Jervis, New York" had no mention of the Kalin Twins? Shocking.  I rectified that!). But other than that, municipalities that are not the Town of Newburgh are basically out of my area of expertise so I do not feel comfortable doing extensive revisions.

Thank you again for taking the time to compliment my efforts. It is good to know that they are not only noticed, they are appreciated! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nghtownclerk (talk • contribs) 17:13, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Alsatian Goose
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Recommendation
For User talk:134.240.241.2 (and all other vandals), it is a good idea to label the edit summary following the four levels of warnings...that is with a summary like (level 3 warning). This helps the admins who are looking at it to understand when the procedure has been followed correctly and what the warning count is. Although you mean well, your handwritten paragraph and long edit summary may actually egg them on. There are some vandals who get their jollies from seeing the personalized response that they illicit (and watching you get frustrated). You can always use these warning templates which will bore them and is faster. Remember, it's a good idea to not feed the trolls. FWIW, I personally believe the account should be blocked indefinitely and let the extremely few at that base that might make valuable contributions get an account to edit. Cheers, ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  ((⊕)) 03:49, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hopefully it will be blocked soon...notice this thread on my talk page after I turned the IP in to WP:AIV and it wasn't upheld. Cheers, ⋙–Berean–Hun<b style="color:#00C">ter—►</b>  (<b style="color:#00C">(⊕)</b>) 02:46, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * He's currently blocked for 24 hours. I got him this morning and reported him at WP:AIV. Now if there is vandalism the edit summary should read "vandalism just coming off block" and it is blockable (should be) the very first time. The blocks begin to escalate in duration from here on for repeated offenses. Are you comfortable with reporting him there...if you have never done it you can watch that page for a while and get the gist or drop me a note on my talk page. I plan to keep an eye on him. His block began at 19:37 (only about 17 hours left from now)...you can see it in the block log by J. Delanoy. Thought you might want to know...oh yes, I'm trying a font color change on my talk page inspired by your page, btw, Cheers, <b style="color:#00C">⋙–Ber</b><b style="color:#66f">ean–Hun</b><b style="color:#00C">ter—►</b>  (<b style="color:#00C">(⊕)</b>) 03:00, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Update (if you don't want to be kept updated on this just let me know);
 * I turned him in here to AIV which resulted in him being blocked for another 72 hours. <b style="color:#00C">⋙–Ber</b><b style="color:#66f">ean–Hun</b><b style="color:#00C">ter—►</b>  (<b style="color:#00C">(⊕)</b>) 00:58, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Kill! <b style="color:#00C">☻</b> <b style="color:#00C">⋙–Ber</b><b style="color:#66f">ean–Hun</b><b style="color:#00C">ter—►</b>  (<b style="color:#00C">(⊕)</b>) 00:04, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hopefully, this problem is resolved, for about six months anyway.Stepp-Wulf (talk) 02:17, 25 November 2008 (UTC).
 * Update. This broke out as he began to create socks of Stephen Buxton (check Stephen's talk page history also). I filed against one of the socks at WP:AIV. Cheers, <b style="color:#00C">⋙–Ber</b><b style="color:#66f">ean–Hun</b><b style="color:#00C">ter—►</b>  (<b style="color:#00C">(⊕)</b>) 02:32, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion of Jean Pierre Girard
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Speedy deletion of Jean Pierre Girard
A tag has been placed on Jean Pierre Girard requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Richard Cavell (talk) 03:27, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Stepp-Wulf, if you want to question the deletion of your article, you can go to WP:DRV. However, it's probably not worthwhile. It's better if you read the policies and understand why your article keeps getting deleted. - Richard Cavell (talk) 03:29, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi. I can't say why your article was speedily deleted, because I cannot access the text. I accept that speedy deletion bypasses any chance that you have to state your case, which is one reason why I think it ought to be used only in clear-cut cases. If you contact Thingg, who deleted your first article, he may be able to explain it. You can have his decision reviewed at WP:DRV if you like, but I'd suggest that you don't go down that path without first of all speaking to Thingg about why he deleted it. - Richard Cavell (talk) 03:40, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Style
Is there a new convention to add the letters USA after US states? As if there is another West Virginia than the one in the US? The last time I checked in on naming conventions, the trend was to delete the state name from world class cities such as New York City or San Francisco. As West Virginia is a world class state, there is no need to add the letters USA after the name.

If there is not a new policy, then please revert your change here.

Thanks

WVhybrid (talk) 03:57, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * FYI
 * Your addition of the term USA after US placenames is contrary to the Wikipedia policy Naming conventions (settlements).


 * Specifically, the policy in this Naming conventions (settlements) section reads:
 * A United States city's article should never be titled "city, country" (e.g., "Detroit, United States") or "city, state, country" (e.g., "Kansas City, Missouri, USA"). Therefore, if the article about a place should never have the term USA, then neither should a link to the article.


 * So, again, please revert your recent change.


 * Thanks!
 * WVhybrid (talk) 04:25, 26 December 2008 (UTC)


 * You replied to my edits on an A Day to Remember CD (specifically "Old Record"). I thought I should let you know, I purchased this CD some time ago, and my edits resembled the track listing on the back of the jewel case. So if you could learn what you are talking about before you sarcastically pretend that you know everything, that would be awesome. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.212.197.226 (talk) 02:17, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * But now, I've received the exact same comment again, after correcting it once again. Please listen and educate yourself. I know what I'm talking about. Now stop telling me I'm wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.212.197.226 (talk) 02:22, 5 January 2009 (UTC)  [Apparently it is you who does not know what he is talking about and apparently has a reading disorder. My warning had to do with vandalism committed to several articles. Some OTHER EDITOR is chastizing you for the matter about the record. Thanks anyway for your misconstrued antagonism. Stepp-Wulf (talk) 02:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC).}

*I* blew it at Old Record
The editor was not using summaries, but the correct titles according to the publisher (which I cited after reverting him x 2) are the ones the IP gave. I added a citation and noted the non-traditional usage @ and U. You may want to revisit your warnings on the editor's page. I did mine.sinneed (talk) 03:02, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yikes, my apologies. :( sinneed (talk) 03:04, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Twinkle
Hiya. Noticed you've been doing some good vandalism-warning. Thought you might be interested in using WP:Twinkle? Also, just in case you hadn't come across it, did you know that all the sample warnings can be found on this list of warnings page? Anyway, do keep up your good work. Cheers, Trafford09 (talk) 16:01, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Elmira NY Article
Nice job on the Elmira Ny article with the notable people list. It looks a lot better. I corrected the link to John Jones and added his description after his name. Thanks! Souldrifter (talk) 11:49, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Feedback needed
Hello Stepp-Wulf. May I impose upon you to review the edit war conversation at Talk:Dorothy Dunn? I see where you have made contributions to the article previously. The edit war concerns Uyvsdi's replacement of Dorothy Dunn On Primitive Art with a link to a copyvio of the same article which I reverted and then removed from Wiki myself because of a possible conflict of interests. I think you had initially added the article which was at another website (and was removed because of copyvio) but keep in mind that any other version on the web is a copy vio of the one I cited here. I am the author of the article so if you feel that it is a conflict that's fine, but the consensus thus far seems to be that it's removal was not an improvement to the article. Thanks.Amerindianarts (talk) 02:58, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Geneseo, New York
Hi Stepp-Wulf,

Your unmerging of the articles comprising Geneseo, New York is in violation of WikiEN-l consensus; please read my comment on the talk page. --bdesham ★  04:02, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

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Annsville
You appear to have mixed up two Annsvilles back in 2005, or mixed up Taberg in one county with Annsville in another. Uncle G (talk) 13:53, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Stepp-Wulf,

Thank you for help on th article I started, Kanaka Pigeon.

cheers, Bruinfan12 (talk) 04:10, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Regarding: Hamburg, NY edit
Stepp-Wulf,

Sorry about that. I actually read that in this article and decided it was worthwhile information without thinking! Didn't stop to think whether it was B.S. I indeed meant no harm.

Also, read this which I found after you wrote on my talk page to back up my claim:

Luckily, I am not the type that points fingers. However, I get annoyed when people (such as yourself) go around pointing and calling people "vandals" for adding verifiable information, and I suggest that you be constructive and try to find evidence before judging people's contributions.

However, if there is no evidence whatsoever of what is put into an article, then you have every right in the world to delete bad contributions and apprehend the "vandal".

CP72 20:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I would also like if you would reply to me on my talk page, since I don't plan on putting the information back without your o.k., if not at all (most likely the latter). Thanks again!

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Waneta and Lamoka Lakes
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