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Pectus Excavatum
I think "famine ribs" was someone's idea of a joke. Nice userbox by the way. I tend to limit boxes on my user page but may contemplate copying that one. Mutt Lunker (talk) 19:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Ohio portal
Wow. :o! Oc t ane  [ improve me ] 29.02.08 1323 (UTC)


 * NICE!!!!!!!!! Way to do it! Spencer  T♦C 20:36, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. Could you send a screenshot to my email (it's under the "contact" drop-down box)? Oc t ane  [ improve me ] 04.03.08 2351 (UTC)

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NOT VANDALISM
hi, we are adding information to Criticism of Facebook..all is researched as it is for a school project. You are causing us major issues as we need to do it for school. it is not vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdhockey (talk • contribs) 01:37, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

we did not mention one high school student through the entire thing... all college athletes. our professor helped us review it saying it was great and we werent done editing our page with the references. its a school project. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdhockey (talk • contribs) 01:52, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Please note my account was taken over and these were not my actions. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  03:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome
Cheers, Basketball 110 20:39, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey
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Award!
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re:Portal:Ohio
I did a DYK...you might to mess with it a bit or move it around. Spencer T♦C 01:25, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Me neither, I saw it on Portal:South Australia...I pretty much copied everything from there and fit it to our needs. Spencer  T♦C 03:00, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

You Found my Secret Page, or did you...
Did you use the prefix index on my toolbar? The prefix index cannot be used. That is cheating. If you found it, on my secret page, say in your reply where it is. 22:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Ohio License Plate 2004.jpg
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I got your message
Good job on finding my page.--S m <font color="#0066FF">a <font color="#0033FF">s <font color="#0033CC">h <font color="#0000FF">b <font color="#0000FF">r <font color="#0033CC">o <font color="#0033FF">s <font color="#0066FF">b <font color="#0099FF">o <font color="#00CCFF">y  00:39, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Ohio article count
I think this number is correct, at least a brief glance over the list I didn't notice any duplicates. Q T C 04:27, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Very nice. Thanks a lot!   §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  19:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Only problem is that it might be a bit *too* non-selective. It includes things that are barely, if even, related to Ohio such as Xerox.  Q  T C 21:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


 * That might be a problem... I'll see if there's a way to work that out. Thanks for your help again. Edit: Xerox is listed?  I must have missed it, either way I see what you mean about selectivity. §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  23:09, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I changed the way the number was worded on the portal and it works. Just wondering, is this a one time run?  If it is, is there I way I could run it manually?  Thanks.  §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!

Help
I added a link to Portal:Ohio on Template OH-Project, but it won't appear on the talk pages.

Example

It works here, but on Talk:Ohio, the link doesn't appear? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  20:01, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * It worked when I took out the class=b and just left it OH-Project. I do not know much about the coding so you might get more help over at Wikipedia talk:Talk page templates. <font STYLE="verdana" COLOR ="#990000">Gtstricky Talk or C 21:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Ohio selected biography nominees
Hi Stepshep, The Ohio project's newest FA is Jack Warner, a biography of a Hollywood movie mogul who was raised in Ohio. I was involved in expanding this article and would prefer to avoid a self-nom. I did, however, want to let you know about the article's recent promotion. Thanks, -- twelsht (talk) 03:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Good enough! I'll keep a close eye out for any articles that seem promising. Thanks, -- twelsht (talk) 19:44, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


 * This is just a quick update: New Ohio FA's include William Tecumseh Sherman, whose promotion was never recorded on the OH-Project template, and Superman, which recently became part of the Ohio project. New GA's include a bio of Ohio-born actress Halle Berry and Ohio-born golf legend Jack Nicklaus. BTW, the Ohio Portal looks great! Best, -- twelsht (talk) 16:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

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Image:Cincinnatiseal.JPG
Well we are having a slow-pace, friendly edit war ;) . Somewhere along the lines Image:120px-Cincinnatiseal.jpg got replaced with the above image on that Portal page. The problem is now that one is fair use and the other public domain, but they are the same image. Which license is right? — Mønobi  22:18, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

ACH!
Have a new problem. Recently updated to include importance, the problem is that now WP1.0 bot will not read that importance has been added and just says everything is no importance. Can you fix this? DO you know who I can contact? And is there a way to get the Wiki IRC through a web applet? Thanks a lot. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  23:59, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * As always on the talkpage of the subject, in this case you can ask your question at Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index.Mion (talk) 00:04, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Banner for Portal:Ohio
Sure thing. I'll work on that as soon as I can. -- Steven Williamson (HiB2Bornot2B) - talk ▓▒░ Go Big Blue! ░▒▓  12:51, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I've done it. I hope it is to your liking. -- Steven Williamson (HiB2Bornot2B) - talk  ▓▒░ Go Big Blue! ░▒▓  19:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

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Re:WP:OH
The newsletter idea sounds like a good one. – Alex43223T 01:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

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AWB
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Re:Thanks
Not a problem, all it costs me is a bit of cpu time and some bandwith ;)

There are quite a few to do, done over 1000 now, and going to have to go to bed soon... But that should then at least, be all the untagged ones in the stub categories tagged as auto-stub :)

I shall do some more tommorow! (Well today for me now...)

—<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  01:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, that and a bot can do 9 to 10 edits per minute ;) —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  01:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems there is about 61,000 articles to tag... lol —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  12:01, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Wonder if you can help me...? User_talk:Reedy_Boy - We've got a category crossover somewhere, so some candian articles have already been tagged.. I've just stopped it to try and fix it, and done some list comparison with Template:WikiProject Canada. I've found 1416 crossovers, which i am going to remove to be on the safe side. —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  12:46, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Problem seems to be related to Category:Great Lakes - Its got some bad intersections and loops, meaning it managed to bring up a lot of subcategories of it, which brough about the bad edits. Rebuilt the list, and dupes removed comes to around 30k articles. —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  15:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * - This is starting to wind me up... —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  18:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not the first time.... Haha —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  18:30, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Category:Cities_on_the_Ohio_River & Category:Ohio_River are 2 candidates for some of the false positives. —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Reedy  Boy  18:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Tom Brinkman
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Newsletter Request
You newsletter for successfully delivered to the following members: WikiProject Ohio/Newsletter/Users Thank you, - <font face="High Tower Text" size="3px" color="#248011">Newsletter Bot '<font face="High Tower Text" size="1px" color="#0016FF">Talk  01:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure. Anytime. - <font face="High Tower Text" size="3px" color="#4D0100">Milk's  <font face="High Tower Text" size="3px" color="#4D0100">Favorite  <font face="High Tower Text" size="3px" color="#4D0100">Cookie 01:08, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems fine to me . . . let me know if you need contributions!--BFDhD (talk) 13:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

New Ohio FA
Hi Stepshep, I'm preparing for an extended wikibreak, and my latest SA noms were uneven. I did come across a new FA, however. A bio of Toledo-born Katie Holmes probably belongs on your list of FA-class articles. Best of luck! -- twelsht (talk) 06:12, 2 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, and good luck with the portal! -- twelsht (talk) 20:13, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Tagging
User:Stepshep/WPOHCAT Hope that helps! —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Ree dy  19:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I looked over the list of cats. A few others include Category:People of Ohio in the American Civil War, Category:People from Ohio, which has many subcats, not just the counties listed. Category:Ohio also has a ton of subcats not on your list. --Daysleeper47 (talk) 20:12, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Category:Transportation in Ohio also has some subcats which are not on your lsit. --Daysleeper47 (talk) 16:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * About 7800 articles to tag —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Ree dy  21:20, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thats nothing. I was looking at over 60k before. When i've helped out on WPBIO runs they are well over 150k!! —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Ree dy  21:38, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

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Categories re. Ohio
Should Category:Ohio-related lists be added? I'm not sure. Spencer T♦C 17:32, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. Spencer  T♦C 19:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Stopped
Whats up?? —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Ree dy  22:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I took the list on User:Stepshep/WPOHCAT, loaded it into AWB, loaded all pages (which will have included subcategories, but not loaded any articles from them). Then compared with what already transcluded OH-Project, and took the ones that didnt transclude it. So it may include a few categories that shouldnt be tagged... But it shouldnt include any articles..


 * If you look at Category:People_from_Huntington%2C_West_Virginia, it is categorised under Category:People from Lawrence County, Ohio... So hence it will tag the root category.. But not any articles in it. —<font face="Trebuchet MS"> Ree dy  22:14, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Cleveland Cavaliers pictures
Noticed your comment on Burner0718's page, and just wanted to say that I looked through the roster and noticed that a lot of them need pics. I would recommend uploading them to the Wikimedia Commons once you get them. - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 22:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry it took so long to respond, I've been enjoying off-wikipedia activities (wikibreak) lately. As DT said, alot of them need pics. Happy editing! <font color="#B61F38">Burner <font color="#997751">0718  JibbaJabba! 02:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * BTW, you wanna join WP:CAVS? <font color="#B61F38">Burner <font color="#997751">0718  JibbaJabba! 02:01, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * So, did you ever get the photos? I'd be happy to help you organize them.  - Diligent Terrier  (and friends) 22:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Iceland
The presidential flag (The one with the new vectored coat and white rectangle) is OK, but the old "SVG" image of the flag is technically poor, since it has a raster image embedded into it. It should be overwritten with the new, correct one. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 22:40, 7 April 2008 (UTC) PS. Stop that obnoxious "Offline" blinking!!!!! ARHG

Crop
I substituted the image at Portal:Ohio/Skyline/5, because the second was better. However, it is a bit tall, and I was wondering if you could crop out the sky a little. Thanks! Spencer T♦C 02:18, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent. You can add in the image, if that's ok. Spencer  T♦C 23:22, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I see you've already done that. Thanks again. Spencer  T♦C 23:25, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks, Stepshep, The barnstar is much appreciated! Thanks, too, for your great work on the Ohio portal. I look forward to becoming active again in the next couple weeks. With appreciation, -- twelsht (talk) 14:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you for the Ohio barnstar! :) I hope to get around to fixing up List of tallest buildings in Columbus soon, so hopefully there will be another Ohio tallest buildings list at WP:FL within due time. Cheers, Rai • me  01:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Random portal pages
Thank you! That's a great idea. Could you please help me a bit about how to implement that into our portal? NCurse work 21:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Maintaining the portal takes the majority of my Wikipedia time, so it means a lot to me. Thank you in advance! NCurse work 21:11, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Everything seems to be ok. So it means from now, 60 selected articles and pictures will be selected automatically? Fantastic! Thanks so much! NCurse work 07:13, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

MASH template
Thank you so much for your help. I had no idea what I did to that coding, I have overwritten it with the text from your sandbox, credited to you. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 03:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Medicine portal
Hi,

I like having random DYKs, but then they shouldn't have dates... Please remove the dates. Good idea though!

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:15, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:19, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Guernsey
Yep, I drew them by hand with the Bezier tool. I usually trace over the raster image with global opacity (of the path I'm tracing) set to about 60 to 70% so I have a clear view of the image underneath. Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)