User talk:TimK MSI


 * Archive 1, to 22 Feb 2007

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Weston State Hospital, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions!  Nish kid 64  00:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Weston State Hospital
My understanding is that bolding is useful if: Since this is neither the first (it's been called "Weston State Hospital" for nearly a century), nor the second case (the titles are much lower in the article), I don't think it's pertinent to bold randomly in the article. Circeus 13:28, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) The title is in reasonably common use (how likely is it that this "alternative title" will be used for a link, or in the search box?)
 * 2) The alternate title is in the first sentence, or at least, the first paragraph.
 * 3) The title is an alternate name for the article topic (e.g. Brady Leaf goes to Ryan Leaf but is not bolded).

Geobox River
Fixed, there was a bug in the subtemplate that handles unit conversions, must have been there for some time. Thanks. – Caroig 08:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

New NRHP Collaboration Division
Hey, saw you were a participant in the National Register of Historic Places WikiProject. I thought I would let you know that there is a new Collaboration Division up for the project. The goal of the division is to select an article or articles for improvement to Good article standard or higher. There is a simple nomination process, which you can check out on the division subpage, to make sure each candidate for collaboration has enough interested editors. This is a good way to get a lot of articles to a quality status quickly. Please consider participating. More details can be seen at the division subpage. IvoShandor 11:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

tributaries
Thanks for setting me "right" on the left/right thing (I guess I stuck with the way we list crossings, going upstream rather than down. Daniel Case 13:58, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Discharge figures
I see what you mean ... sort of assumed without looking too closely that those were the avg daily figure.

Is this something more like what you want (average daily discharges per year)? We could add (2005) to the footnote in question. Daniel Case 04:00, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Or you could find a way to derive an all-time average from this data. Daniel Case 04:01, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

That math, I believe, would be OK under the new policy: ''Editors may make straightforward mathematical calculations or logical deductions based on fully attributed data that neither change the significance of the data nor require additional assumptions beyond what is in the source. It should be possible for any reader without specialist knowledge to understand the deductions.'' I've been incorporating this new data into the geoboxes I've been adding, starting with Wallkill River (which I can look at out my window as I'm typing, and definitely hear ... I live near this. It makes what's already a very time-consuming and painstaking process even more so, but it's worth it.

I love these geoboxes. Since I added one to Catskill Mountains and then Hudson River, I've been on one of my obsessive little tears putting them into every article for which a map was available in the Northeast. That's how I wound up getting so involved in those West Virginia rivers ... you've done a good job there! Daniel Case 16:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Geobox River Clean-up
I'm planning to do some major cleanup to this Geobox. Based on this one I developped a few more similar Geoboxes to cover other geographic features and the "framework" has developped too. I'd like to bring the Geobox River template up-to-date with all other templates in this series. Don't worry, you would probably not notice – no fields are going to be removed, there will be no changes in the output, it's just cleaning-up the code.

Anyway, you seem to be definitely the most active user of this template, the most experienced one so I'd like to ask for some obeservations. Are then any issues, bugs, do you have any ideas for improvement? These would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. (I've checked your edits, there's some inconsistency in some of the note fields concerning the field names, I see you corrected some, thanks for that, I'll try to track all remaning down.) – Caroig 19:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The cleanup's finished. I've checked the cleaned template on some pages and it seems everything's alright, I'll update the documentation and blank templates accordingly. I've renamed (shortened) a few fields but their old names are accepted too. If there are any issues, I'd appreciate if you report them. There are also some extra functions and a field for a second map. I've made some rather cosmetic changes concerning home some values and fields are displayed. I don't think the label Discharge elsewhere sounds very good, any idea? I'm also not very sure whether it wouldn't be better English to have Source confluence instead of current Sources confluence. – Caroig 19:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Second attempt. There's certain inconsistency in the template implementation which, until now, hasn't been very clear to me. Well, now I know. The problem was that some older pages have blank fields for metric fields when the values are in the imperial fields. Unfortunatelly, I was checking the imperial units (and actually the whole new code) on Monongahela River which is of a later date and doesn't have those blank metric fields. On initial lauch of the Geobox River I provided only one template which contained both types of fields, the newer blank templates have either metric or imperial values so one can't have problems with this. If you can, please start new pages with one of those blank templates from the bottom of the Geobox River page, they should always contain up-to-date fields. And another thing, when specifying the image or map width, you don't have to (actually shouldn't) put in px, just the number. Under certain circumstances it causes problems with alignment in some browsers. I apologize for the temporary broken output. Should be Ok now. – Caroig 21:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed, the problem was that all newer Geobox use long_EW fields instead of long_WE which is in the Geobox River. The template now accepts both, I'll probably swap this using AWB fro better consistency. I've also corrected this in the blank templates. Again, thanks a lot for your feedback. – Caroig 07:47, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Big Wheeling Creek
Thanks for joining me on Wheeling Creek and creating the article. I simply started the watershed list and graph because I was curious. I've asked the Wikiproject editors about historical crests and floods, but do you think that should be on the article page or on a separate entry? Mphamilton 06:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Maybe I need clarification...
Maybe you could clarify this for me. I really would like to include flood information on Wheeling Creek most notably the 1963, 1972, 1990, and 2004 floods on Big Wheeling Creek. Can these go on the Wheeling Creek article page rather than in separate articles for each event, or can a subsection be created on Wheeling Creek for historical flood events? Mphamilton 11:44, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguating Ohio townships
Thanks for seeking to disambiguate the names of a couple townships in Ohio, but the Ohio townships Wikiproject guidelines want all township articles to include the name of the county. Nyttend 23:27, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: USACE pictures
See my reply on my talk page. ●DanMS • Talk 03:03, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Williamson Again
Here is another USACE picture of Williamson, WV. Maybe better than the other one? This one seems to have the floodwall finished. ●DanMS • Talk 03:29, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Whoops! My mistake. That picture is West Williamson. ●DanMS • Talk 03:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Matewan
Matewan, WV Here is another WV picture for you, not too far from Williamson. This one did not have a date specified. If you can estimate a date, feel free to put it on the picture description. ●DanMS • Talk 04:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

USACE Picture Dates Again
Here is another reason to seriously question the dates given in the descriptions of the pictures on the USACE website. The date on this picture is given as August 1, 1992. Looks a lot more like October than August. ●DanMS • Talk 03:17, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

New Philadelphia, Ohio, photo
Do you really think the photo of parked cars is a better first impression of New Philadelphia, Ohio, than the photo of Tuscora Park? Why? r3 19:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

DYK nomination
Hi, I've nominated an article you worked on, Yellow River, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the "hook" for the article at Template talk:Did you know where you can improve it if you see fit. MeegsC 20:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

External Links / City Articles
Don't you think valid links on how to form a business in the city of Rochester is a valid external link. I don't see how it's not. Kiamori 00:34, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Was it necessary to come to my talk page to respond and then leave a rude/arrogant comment? Apparently so.

I have to disagree with your response.

Regarding your question about the external links you're wanting to add to articles about cities in Minnesota -- the links aren't appropriate because Wikipedia is not a directory and it's not an indiscriminate collection of information. Per Wikipedia's external links guidelines, "it is not Wikipedia's purpose to include a comprehensive list of external links related to each topic." "Links should be kept to a minimum." Avoid linking to "sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject: the link should be directly related to the subject of the article." Using more general logic, what if I'm in Minnesota and I want to obtain a driver's license? Should I look to the Wikipedia article about Rochester? No, because that's not Wikipedia's purpose. The same applies to learning how to start a business. If someone were to want to start a business in Rochester, they would follow those same links to legally register the business. Kiamori 00:41, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with your removal of those links, having seen the discussion at WT:EL and your additional comments here. I hope the editor will not persist. EdJohnston 03:33, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Cranberry River (West Virginia) anon edit
The anon is correct, though :)  young  american  (ahoy hoy) 22:45, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No, it doesn't belong in the article unless sourced. You were right in removing it. I was just being a smart-alec.  young  american  (ahoy hoy) 03:41, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Chicago Landmark Stubification
I noticed that you have edited Wabash Avenue YMCA this week, which is one of the new WP:CHICOTW stubs. This week, we WP:WPChi are focussing on stubifying the numerous redlinks in Chicago Landmark with a goal of getting over half the redlinks stubified (we began with about 25%). This will improve our chance of getting it approved as a featured list candidate. When reviewing this week's new stub contributing editors your name was absent. You may want to choose a redlink or two from Chicago Landmark and create a stub before this week's project ends on 5/16 so that you can be a part of our drive for featured list status. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:34, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Minor barnstar
I have awarded you the Minor Barnstar because I keep finding your name by fine edits on article's histories. This time it was on the Mullet River article. Keep up the great work! Royal broil 13:56, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

CHICOTW
TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 00:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Chicago Landmark Stubification
I am writing you because you either (1) edited Chicago Landmark 5 weeks ago when it was the WP:CHICOTW (2) edited it or created a stub last week when we had the stubification drive for it or (3) you nominated an article to be the CHICOTW in the last few days.

I have finally had a chance to take a tally on last week’s stubification effort. Based on my manual count we now have 109 bluelinks on a total of 241 landmarks. Preliminary indications were that for our article to be successful at WP:FLC we would need to eventually rename it (something like List of Chicago Landmarks) and get the majority of the landmarks linked. Based on my cursory count we need to write 12 more articles to get to a majority. It would be great if you might be able to assist by creating a couple stubs to assist in this effort. Here are some of the stubs that were created during last week’s efforts: Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District, Historic Michigan Boulevard District, Arthur H. Compton House & One North LaSalle. Among the articles still redlinked are 2 buildings on this week’s CHICOTW, Magnificent Mile (Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton Office and Studio, Woman's Athletic Club). Recall that each redlink on Chicago Landmark has a footnote to a reference that gives you enough info to create a stub. If you create a new stub please add it to WikiProject_Chicago so that we can keep track of the progress. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:46, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Fargo pics
You added some really great pics to the Fargo, North Dakota article. They really add to the article...thanks for including them here. If you have any more of Fargo or other ND cities, don't hesitate to add them. Many of our articles are lacking pics. --Matthew UND (talk) 21:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Chicago Landmark WP:FLC
You helped us at WP:CHICOTW create and improve List of Chicago Landmarks. This week we have nominated it at Featured list candidates/List of Chicago Landmarks. Feel free to make comments about its candidacy or to come by and help respond to the comments of others. TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 00:29, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Straight River
Hi Malepheasant. I nominated Straight River to appear on the Main Page under the Did you know... section. The nomination hook appears here. There is a five day from creation window for DYK nominations, so I wanted to make sure it was in the cue. Please feel free to revise the nomination hook as you see fit. Great job on the article. -- Jreferee  (Talk) 01:50, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Apparently, it already appeared on the front page a few hours ago. See Recent_additions. -- Jreferee  (Talk) 04:07, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Not too many river articles make DYK. It probably moved up the queue to balance other articles that appeared with it. -- Jreferee  (Talk) 04:17, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I didn't receive a pretty message box, so I'll give one to myself:


 * --Malepheasant 05:05, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

More help needed
If you have been following along at WP:FLC you know we need help creating stubs for the List to make it a more useful list and help it achieve WP:FLC status. Since I reminded people of this 7 stubs have been created. We need about 40 more to be safe although we may have a successful candidacy with the article as it stands.

Some of you may also be following the success of WP:CHICOTW at WikiProject Chicago/COTW/Good Articles. For the last 4 weeks no one has been very active. Thus, I am fearful that Historic Michigan Boulevard District, Harold Washington Cultural Center, Crown Fountain, & Art Institute of Chicago Building will all fail at WP:GAC when their turns come up. Also, Magnificent Mile did not experience the collaborative spirit. Our reputation as a successful collaboration is at stake. In addition to making stubs for the FLC we need your contribution to our collaborations. I am sorry to pull you away from whatever other wikipleasures you may be experiencing, but we need your help. TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 17:00, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I apologize for the intrusion and thank you for your single edit. TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 22:42, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Link
Why would you remove my link from the Mason/Point/Mason County sites? That link is for people who do not know about that site who are from Point Pleasant, Mason, or Mason County to look at and keep up to date on people in their home town and even look at the past. It's nothing bad so why delete it? I mean honestly. It's a great thing that I do and people here LOVE my site and want people to find out about it. I didn't know that showing people a link to the sports of their hometowns was a bad thing

Pretty bad thing to do to take people away from a chance of seeing their past.-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gobigblacks (talk • contribs) 22:38, 11 July, 2007

First off, I was not ADVERTISING the site. I was putting it on there because it has something to do with POINT PLEASANT kind of like the MOTHMAN or anything of that sort. People appreciate that site and i'm sure people across the nation that went to our school would love to know that it exists. That site is a 100% volunteer site and I do not need to advertise so try again on that one.

People have Mothman links on the Point Pleasant page. Mothman is a figure in Point Pleasant just like high school sports are a figure in Point Pleasant. The Mothman has nothing to do with Point Pleasant, it just happened to happen here.

It was not adverstising. People deserve to know that sites like that exist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gobigblacks (talk • contribs) 13:15, 12 July, 2007

Very belated reply
Some months ago I prodded you to disambig Laurel Fork to Laurel Fork (Cheat River). I've meant to reply for a long time to say that you are probably right that there is no real need to disambig. Sorry to have made trouble. Contrarywise, I'm not sure if I posted here about it, but your comments wrt the Monongahela maps I made are something I reread now and then; reading them makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. Just wanted to let you know if I hadn't before. Thanks very much! Also, I think I'd read something about the "hand" shape of the tributaries including Laurel Fork. I wish there was similar lore about the rivers of Washington state. It seems that in the east, and perhaps especially in Appalachia, there is an old and deep connection to the land, at least among some people. In Washington, there is a strong love of the outdoors, of hiking and wilderness, but even so, there seems to be a lack of depth compared to the Appalachians. ...someday I'll get around to exploring West Virginia! Pfly 06:35, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Historical Population Figures
I happen to have been looking over your user talk page to see where you got those historical population figures that you contributed to some of the West Virginia city articles like Charleston and Huntington that I saw, so I went to Caponer user talk page and happen to find the web site to all that information. I added historical population figure charts to Ohio city articles like Mansfield, Canton, Springfield, and Chillicothe. If it wasen't for you then I would had never known where to look for all that information that I needed. Thank you so much for your support. Happy editing!---OHWiki 01:52, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Webster Springs anon edit
For what it is worth, he or she is kinda correct. :)

BTW, thanks for adding all the cool photos in recent months. Cheers.  young  american (wtf?) 23:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Geobox 2
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The switch to Geoboxes 2.0 is highly recommended as the new template has a much more effective code, which renders faster than the old one (with much smaller pre-expand size, it can be one third to one fourth of the pre-expand size of Geoboxes 1). To convert aa page from Geobox 1 to Geobox 2, there are two ways:
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 * By a semi-automated tool which reorders the field names in the Geobox 2 style and also renames the few changed field names.

There are several unresolved issues at the Geobox talk page, please add your comments and of course any other ideas you might come with as well as bug reports. – Caroig (talk) 09:36, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Comments from 206.212.34.79
i don't like to vandalize I just love Jesus!!!! and you should to!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.212.34.79 (talk • contribs)

Minnesota Meetup
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River Pix
I see you've uploaded a lot of river photos. I live in Pittsburgh, and if photos of rivers in these parts are needed, I could take some. We've got the big three, plus some smaller ones. I don't see the smaller ones too often, but they could be targets of opportunity. Lou Sander 15:15, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Please click here broken?
I used your Please Click Here link to add the above River Pix comment. The comment was added, but in a most strange format. Lou Sander 15:20, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I fixed it -- there was an unclosed div class in the message above yours. --Malepheasant 15:51, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

You went to Mullens to get a picture?
Wow, that is dedication to the project. :)  young  american  (wtf?) 12:58, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, BTW, check out your userpage. Congratulations.  young  american  (wtf?) 13:02, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Lorain
Molina DOES NOT qualify using Wiki's standards. You are bastardizing this page with your holier-than-thou attitude. It is people like you who make this a useless reference site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.241.98.171 (talk) 21:19, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I Saw My Edits Got Removed!
Hi!

I'm new to Wikipedia and I saw that my edits regarding the Wabash River were removed. I guess I didn't site them correctly -- good catch! I'm working from a massive amount of personal journals that were recently willed to me. Fascinating stuff! I do I site this so that this incredible information can be part of Wikipedia?

Thanks so much, and sorry if I scared you! I didn't mean to!

From,

Your friend, Clay (talk) 01:34, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Also, regarding the State Capitol Building in St. Charles
You were probably right to take that one down. I was working off some stories my uncle had told me. He was an architect. Pretty neat guy actually. I thought he knew a lot more than he did, apparently. Thanks for taking that one down. I think I probably got it wrong.

Thanks again! Can't wait to hear what you think I should do about the journals and the Wabash River.

From Your friend, Clay (talk) 01:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Adminship?
Have you ever though of doing a WP:RfA? It could be helpful with managing photo uploads and whatnot. y' amer'can (wtf?) 13:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Compliment
Hi, in case you didn't see it you received a compliment and a request at Portal:Minnesota/Suggest. -Susanlesch (talk) 04:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Photo request
I noticed that you loaded the Sarajevo Flicker photo Image:Miljacka River.jpg into Wikimedia Commons. I would like the Sarajevo Flicker photo at Inat Kuca brought into Wikipedia to use in spite house and Stari Grad, Sarajevo, but I don't know how to do it. Would you be so kind as to insert Inat Kuca into spite house and Stari Grad, Sarajevo. Thanks. GregManninLB (talk) 15:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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"Christiana" River
Sorry, my mistake. It was in a map in today's Washington Post, and I mis-read it. Thanks! RossPatterson (talk) 18:31, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

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Rights to your photograph
I was wondering how I might obtain the rights to your Wilmington, DE photograph, so I may use it on my website? Would it be possible to purchase the rights so I am not obligated to accredit the image on my website? Email me at areed@zuckerman.com and hopefully we can work something out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Areed09 (talk • contribs) 18:44, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Rights to your photograph
I was wondering how I might obtain the rights to your Wilmington, DE photograph, so I may use it on my website? Would it be possible to purchase the rights so I am not obligated to accredit the image on my website? Email me at areed@zuckerman.com and hopefully we can work something out. Areed09 (talk) 18:49, 17 June 2008 (UTC)areed09

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Cloquet River
Malepheasant-- as you are the go-to guy on rivers, would you be interested in turning this link blue? I've mentioned it in a few articles. (And isn't it a little dangerous for your type this time of year?) Regards, Kablammo (talk) 13:21, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

river bank
Hi Tim I'm currently making a slideshow video to accompany my performance of the Spanish Christmas song Riu Riu Chiu (for YouTube). If I use your "yellow river" river bank - (and I strongly think I will) - I will of course add you to the credits. Many thanks for the photo :-) Dwsolo (talk) 16:48, 28 November 2008 (UTC) Update: here's the video. Riu Riu Chiu Your river bank worked perfectly for it :-) Dwsolo (talk) 09:15, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Now Commons
File:Salt Fork Riv.jpg, an image uploaded to Wikipedia from this account in February 2006, is now File:Salt Fork Arkansas River.jpg (Commons:File:Salt Fork Arkansas River.jpg). — Athaenara ✉  02:00, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

For what it's worth...
...Salem County, New Jersey plagiarized your creek photo here: 150.250.43.182 (talk) 00:27, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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Minnesota Meetup
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Great picture!
I just wanted to tell you what a great picture you took of the Buckhannon River in Rangoon, West Virginia. (Of course, I don't know it as Rangoon - I call it by it's colloquial name, Boulder. :) ) But anyway, it's a wonderful picture! Did you take it down under the bridge, or in that general area? The angle and view look like it. :) SaraWentz (talk) 07:32, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

November Minnesota Meetup
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Edit-a-thon at Hennepin County Library
The Minnesota Wikipedia community and local historians are invited to edit entries in Wikipedia on Minneapolis history. Please help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by utilizing materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own Minneapolis History topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections Librarians.
 * Minneapolis History edit-a-thon

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10 am - 11 am Orientation to Minneapolis Collection

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For more information see Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Minnesota. &mdash;innotata 01:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Cowichan River.jpg
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Great American Wiknic
In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: near Minnehaha Falls at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis

Date: Saturday, July 7, 2012 (rain date July 8)

Time: 12–3 pm


 * Accessible from the Minnehaha Park light rail station, bus, walk, bike, or car
 * If driving, free parking available at 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
 * Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

See the meetup talk page for more. &mdash;innotata 00:08, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Guyandotte River
Hey there- I have lived in a few of the places you are mentioning as being on the Guyandotte, they are not. What resource are you using here?Coal town guy (talk) 01:58, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Openstreetmap; Google maps; DeLorme atlas; and clicking the coordinates link in the upper right of the page so as to get a pin on a Google map in cases where it's not clear. Perhaps I made mistakes; which ones are in question? --Malepheasant (talk) 02:04, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Corinne, Amigo, Itmann, I use the topo data at the WVGS, its far more acuurate as thefolks who did that survey, walked the area. Google maps for that area tend to use a data set that is inaccurate ti within 1 to 3 miles. Its most error prone in Raleigh, MsDowell, and Kanawha Counties...ever try to find a coal town with google maps in McDowell County, I tried, once.A biblical level bad bad dayCoal town guy (talk) 02:11, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry to mix up the replying, I'll keep it here henceforth. As I noted, the GNIS/US Board on Geographic Names puts Itmann's dot on Rt. 16/10.  And I see buildings between Rt. 16 and the river in the aerial photo. Malepheasant (talk) 02:24, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The USGS says the Guyandotte River begins at Amigo (these coordinates are from the GNIS entry): 37.59761°N, -81.32177°W Malepheasant (talk) 02:38, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * When you say on the river, what do you mean? IF you mean, I get up, open a window and see it, no, not so. If you mean on a map it looks close. Sure. By that logic, McLean VA is on the Potomac, and well, its not. I could drive 4 + miles to Great Falls and see it sure. BUT I am not on it. Sorry to seem so picky, but I have hiked Amigo, and Corinne, and filmed Itmann, and walked Mullens and lived in the area for a few years Coal town guy (talk) 02:44, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Read your "edit summary" on Stephenson WV...ha ha ha. Look, the place that GNIS calls Stphension, is actually an old town named Devils Fork and they got it wrong. AND YES, I have spoken to Lou Yost at GNIS about it anmd yes, its a creek that comes off of the river. Stephenson, had mines in Wyoming County, Devils Fork, had mines in Raleigh, BUT GNIS says one became the other, no, not so, sorry. The deal was Devils Fork is from the 20's. AND after spending a few years in the WV Culture archives and after actually interviewing people who worked at the Devils Fork mine, and recalling a creek they fished out of, which did indeed come off of the river, swell. Why not claim Arizona is on the Potomac? Its on the same land mass??????right????? I am sorry I removed the cat, please mark all of them you want, go nuts, do one just for meCoal town guy (talk) 02:52, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Beetree Creek is NOT the Guyandot
Hey there, I actually looked at the Delorme Atlas, in book form, ever hear of Beetree creek? Its that thing that comes off of the Guyandott and what local folks fished out of near Stephenson WV. I will NOT revert your edit.Coal town guy (talk) 03:40, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hi. You have uploaded many good photos :-) I think the files should be copied to Commons so they can be used on other Wikipedias. The transfer to Commons will look much better if the license is changed to "self" but I will not do that unless I'm sure to do it right. Just to be 100 % sure could you perhaps confirm that you are the photographer when Tim is mentioned? --MGA73 (talk) 13:13, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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Hello Tim Kiser! My name is Wanda and I'm a media researcher for Capstone, we publish children's educational books for struggling readers. I'm working on a book titled "The Diary of Sally Hester, A Covered Wagon Girl" and in my search for an image of the Missiour river found your great shot on Wikipedia!

I would like to ask for permission to use your image in our book..if you let me know your email I can send you the image I am looking at so you can see just which one I'd like to use. You would get a photo credit in the book as well as a copy for your archives when it is printed.

Well I guess I'll start there and see what you think Tim! Hope to hear from you soon and have a great day!

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