User talk:Travis.Thurston/archive2011/July

Kapiolani Park
Thanks for working on this. I've reformatted the cite and I've added "citations needed" as we still need the inline variety. If you are familiar with the topic, please use the comments link in the talk page header to add criticism. Thanks. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 07:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm somewhat familiar with this area. I will add some more refs as soon as I can get back over to it. Thanks for the heads up. --travisthurston +  18:50, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Uploading to Commons
Hi. I see that you are uploading some wonderful photos to Wikipedia. That's great, but if you upload them to Commons, the entire project (in all languages) can use them. Please consider the benefits. Older photos can be moved, so don't worry about those. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 07:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I'll upload there from now on... --travisthurston +  18:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Zelihowski on the I'iwi
Hello there, my username is Zelihowski (talk) 22:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC)ZelihowskiZelihowski (talk) 22:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC), I am sorry not to put down the sorce of where the I'iwi populations was, but you see I am working on a book and alot of my sorces information got jumbled togeather so was not sure which sorce was right. Here is the correct sorce, http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/cwcs/files/NAAT%20final%20CWCS/Chapters/Terrestrial%20Fact%20Sheets/Forest%20Birds/iiwi%20NAAT%20final%20!.pdf. I will pu it on the I'iwi page all right bye.

Re:
I'm not sure what the problem would be for the redlinks to "go on" for months. Of the three, Clifford Pusey is almost certainly an eventual article target, but regardless, we have an entire project dedicated to writing articles that are repeatedly redlinked to (WP:MWA). Redlinks alert the reader to two things: that a subject they may seek information on does not currently have an article (and so they do not have to run a search for it), and that it may possibly need one; I write articles based on seeing redlinks in existing articles, myself. Chubbles (talk) 17:16, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:HonaunauBoatHouse.JPG
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 * Added the tag. Thanks! --travisthurston +  23:41, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi there
Hi there. I notice you and other editors have warned this user Jamalar previously about disruptive editing on his/her talk page. Currently, he/she seems intent on blanking genresfrom articles such as M.I.A and many others without discussion like here, here, and here using accounts (User:86.29.255.18,, User:Jamalar  perhaps others, and seems unwilling to change.) Was wondering what you'd suggest.DriveDelta (talk) 12:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

An invitation
Hi Travis, have you ever been invited to join WikiProject Oregon? If not, let me do the honors! We have a pretty active and fun group of editors who collaborate on improving Oregon-related coverage on Wikipedia, and are always looking to add productive editors like yourself to our ranks. We have a blog, which might be a good intro to what we're up to; also, we have a monthly gathering in Portland called WikiWednesday. Conveniently, our next meeting is next week -- they're the first Wednesday of every month. Check that link for all the vital details. Hope some of this is of interest to you, and happy editing! -Pete (talk) 20:38, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Whaling industry in Maui
Yeah, that was off the top of my head. From the whaling narratives I've read I know they only spent a few weeks to a month in the spring and again in the fall in the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands. My source on the peak of visits by whaleships to the islands (1843-60) is in my notes somewhere. I know 1865 is much too late. The trade had diminished considerably by that time. I didn't know how to re-word the part about whaleship arrivals, as it made it seem as if 400 ships visited in one year, when really many of those were repeat visits by the same vessels. I believe it was 1846 when there were over 400 whaleship arrivals in Lahaina. Perhaps you could help re-word it? Jonas Poole (talk) 23:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Im so sorry.
I'll never disruptively edit a page again....

Not! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.57.209.37 (talk) 18:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Waimea, Hawaii
I just started the idea for the maps, but it was Arkyan who took it one step further and created a bot to generate most of the maps to date. From what I understand of his bot, it doesn't automatically replace maps in the Infobox:Settlement area, but many of the maps themselves are generated if not added to the respective articles. In regard to the specific map you requested, it is already available. I hope this helps. Ixnayonthetimmay (talk) 05:10, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: John Oliver (canoer)
His information is in Sports-Reference.com. I will get that built up after I create all of the supporting framework regarding Olympic canoeing event coverage. Please be patient. Chris (talk) 19:41, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Duplicate Image:NCNM2.jpg
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Gallant Bess
Hey Travis,

I noticed that, last November, you edited the "Notable Residents" section of the article on Grass Valley, California. You moved Gallant Bess from the bottom of the list to the top of the list.

I'm Bess' master's grandson, and am just curious as to why you did that.

Thanks!

Pex (talk)


 * It's just a simple alpha sort! see wp:mos and/or wp:list :) --Travis Thurston +  02:29, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Dermatofibroma
Thank you so much for your work on the Dermatofibroma article! However, perhaps you could include some more citations, because there is currently only one, which isn't great? Thanks again. Also, if you are interested in dermatology, maybe you could help me with the WikiProject Medicine/Dermatology task force? Kilbad (talk) 00:12, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi Travis. May I please thank you for your help and kindness?--Mbz1 (talk) 21:12, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
It was very kind of you to give me The Photographer's Barnstar. Thank you, Travis.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:43, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Hawaii Superferry
Regarding your revert of unsourced material, you did the right thing, however the content is applicable as this issue keeps coming up again and again in relation to the service and the passengers who patronize the ferry. In other words, it probably needs to be in the article, but with sources. I'll move it to the talk page for further discussion. BTW, is there a particular reason you haven't signed up with WikiProject? Viriditas (talk) 11:02, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

List of beaches in Hawaii
I don't know what your time frame is like, but I could certainly use some help with this article. I would like to bring it up to featured list status, and turn each section into a table. Viriditas (talk) 10:39, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, good work. Lots to talk to you about when I have some time on Monday.  Viriditas (talk) 10:46, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Tinea versicolor
The edit for Samoan and Hawaiian names - are they appropriate in English Wikipedia ? The transwiki links indicates the name is Łupież pstry in Polish, Panau in Indonesian and 癜風 in Japanese, but none of these warrent being directly specified here. Hawaiian at least has its own language Wikipedia http://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/ - please reconsider that edit :-) David Ruben Talk 19:48, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Would it be best to leave out Kane, Tane and mention Haole Rot in the introduction? --Travis Thurston +  20:23, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: File:MauiSouthShore.JPG
Yes, I agree with changing the name to File:MauiSouthEastShore.JPG, however, I think you could use an even better name, something like. Thanks! Viriditas (talk) 03:53, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the discussion. I've tagged the two duplicate files for deletion and created KahikinuiCoastlineMaui.JPG. Mahalo! --Travis Thurston +  20:59, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:MauiSouthShore.JPG
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Welcome back
I just noticed you were editing again, so welcome back! Viriditas (talk) 10:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks! :) Need help with anything? I could use some study distractors this week! --Travis Thurston +  07:15, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Heheh, is that a trick question? I think the correct answer would be, hell yes.  Take a look at the recently updated watchlist to see what's going on.  Ideally, I would like to start working the kinks out of Niihau, so if you want to take a look at that article or make suggestions for improvement on the talk page, that would be great.  Otherwise, name the subtopic (relating to Hawaii topics) that interests you the most, and I can point you to a set of articles that need work. Thanks!  Viriditas (talk) 08:28, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, if you can pick an island, any island, and focus on improving it, that would help. Weren't you working on Maui? Viriditas (talk) 08:46, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Good deal! I'll look into Niihau and other land masses. BTW, I just read Niihau Incident, very interesting... Thanks for the focus. I was doing Maui, but only because I was traveling through and adding photos. I think I have some for the Big Island too. Let me know if there is anything in particular I should do. The last day or two I've benn distracted following a coord bot :) Thanks. --<font face="Edwardian Script ITC" color="#99ccfff" size="3">Travis Thurston <font color="#000000">+  22:46, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Question
Hi, I asked you a question over here a while ago. Still interested in a response. II | (t - c) 00:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Mos:Hawaii
Thanks for the note — just one question: what is "Mahalo"? I should note that there are at least three communities that should have the hakao and okina in their names (Hōnaunau, 'Ō'ōkala, and Pāpa'aloa): because the GNIS lists them as such, it's reasonable to conclude that with-diacritics is the most common form of their names in English. On the other hand, no complaints about your moving of others, especially the CDPs, which clearly don't have the diacritics in their names. Nyttend (talk) 03:39, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * One request with the moving of communities: could you please fix the link in the county template when you move a community? Nyttend (talk) 13:26, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure, I thought a bot would take care of it in a couple of days... But yes, will do. :) Mahalo! --<font face="Edwardian Script ITC" color="#99ccfff" size="3">Travis Thurston <font color="#000000">+  17:53, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I am a fairly new editor working on the Hawaii (island) pages. I noticed some of the pages moving away from using diacriticals. It is not clear to me exactly what the consensus was in the Hawaii Manual of Style, just lots of discussion. Is it to use them in the text of the article, but not the title? Maybe a clear statement of this in the style manual would make sense. For example, Napo'opo'o spelling as "Napoopoo" seems like just encouraging people to mispronounce it in a disgusting way. Even if the official census data omits them (the postal service for example also does), would it make sense to add them back into the text of the articles for the CDPs, or do you want to keep the CDP articles to have only the data from the census database itself? Mahalo ("thank you" in Hawaiian). W Nowicki (talk) 02:53, 21 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi W Nowicki, Thanks for writing. I am only interested in changing the titles, and more importantly the URL to each page as it is easier to navigate to and from and in and out of wikipedia. What happens in the body of the document doesn't concern me as long as the info is notable, accurate and sourced... My personal opinion is that using both is appropriate, similar to what happens on island. Example: government street signs with or without diacriticals, locals using both, shop keepesr using some and not others... For his reason, like most of the residents of Hawai'i, I think it is important to use both.
 * I would recommend starting a conversation on the wp:mos:hawaii talk page of the article and I'll join you in a couple of days... after finals next week! :) You may find that this discussion has been going on for a while now that the consensus is to use GNIS names in titles for navigation purposes. Correct me if I'm wrong. Again, thanks for your interest. --<font face="Edwardian Script ITC" color="#99ccfff" size="3">Travis Thurston <font color="#000000">+  18:47, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

"vandalism" in edit summary
Not a big deal, but in your revert you refer to vandalism. To me it seems more like WP:OR, and perhaps poor writing and other things, but I wouldn't define the term vandalism so broadly so as to include what shows every sign of having been a good faith (although misguided) contribution. Like I said, I agree with what you did in getting rid of that paragraph; I'm just mentioning the edit summary issue in case that is helpful for future edits. Kingdon (talk) 14:39, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I just click "rollback" and must have clicked the vandalism link in when I should have done a general rollback in Twinkle. Sorry about that! --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#99ccff; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 16:57, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem. I figured it was probably something like that. Kingdon (talk) 01:57, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for telling me. Yeah I uploading a bunch of photos from flicker... no they are all gone and removed from articles. I have no idea why... Let me know if you find out. What a shameJatlas2 (talk) 23:27, 27 July 2009 (UTC) Yeah I'm done uploading pictures from flicker, its too frustrating. I upload them all the exact same way and half or more get secretly deleted while others stay up permanently. And all the pictures have the same licensing so I know that's not the issue. O well... Jatlas2 (talk) 00:01, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Aloha Tower
Aloha. Just wondering if this was ever resolved. Viriditas (talk) 15:57, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Looks like it hasn't been discussed in a while, but it seems to me that a tall building with a guiding beacon would fit the definition of a lighthouse. If things pick back up in the project page I'll try to chime in, if needed. Thanks for stirring the pot. :) --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#99ccff; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 19:31, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Rockpile (disambiguation)
Thanks for your contributions to Rockpile (disambiguation). I am not sure these are notable additions. I have removed them from the list. If you believe you can create articles for these additional items you are free to do so and add them to the lists.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:40, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Five volcanoes image
Thanks for waving whatever magic wand brought the five volcanoes image back. Awien (talk) 23:17, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem! They were invisible until I assigned a px size, for whatever reason... --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#99ccff; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 04:34, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

File:MakawaoMaui.jpg
What's going on with the title of this image? Is it Paia or Makawao? Viriditas (talk) 12:58, 12 December 2009 (UTC)


 * It's Paia on Baldwin Ave. At the time I corrected the description I couldn't find a way to 'move' or delete and load a newly titled version. Any advice? --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#99ccff; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 23:40, 12 December 2009 (UTC)


 * To change the file name, I believe you have to upload a duplicate image with a different name, and then tag the old one with a deletion tag. Sorry.  Have you seen my night time shot?  It's not the best angle, but I wanted to capture the cool optical illusion in the mural and it looks better at night for some reason.  One unexpected outcome of the long exposure was the presence of shadows of trees and objects like signs, which were cast on the storefront wall from the headlights of passing cars. Viriditas (talk) 12:57, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I like it! I guess if Paia had a thriving nightlife it may be wp worthy :) Any places in North Maui/ Hana or Kona that need photos? I'll be island hopping for the christmas break and could find myself going out of my way for some good shots. ~Aloha --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#99ccff; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 06:29, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/List of YouTube celebrities (4th nomination)
As a major contributor to the article, I am letting you know about the 4th AFD. Ikip (talk) 21:46, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Hilo
Hi, How do is pull a reference from an existing page? Shamhat456 (talk) 09:21, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Just paste the url here. I'll look it over and add the refs to the appropriate passage. You can review my edits and get an idea on how. Thanks for writing! --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#99ccff; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 22:24, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Well Hilo has been in the news due to the Tsunami. Attracted a bunch of vandalism or perhaps well-meaning edits without sources. I have a related question. Please see file:Hilo.jpg which is not Hilo at all but I think Waikiki. You have a pic file:WaikikiAerial2010.jpg which is similar. Both of these are washed out (the vog) so might be due some color correction or cropping if nothing else. I can do it, but if you have a minute to offer an second opinion that would be great. Mahalo. W Nowicki (talk) 19:47, 28 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I took a look at it a will comment there. Your comments and recommendation to rename the file are accurate as it is indeed Ala Moana and the west end of Waikiki. It is much clearer than my photo. :) --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#99ccff; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 20:04, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Date of annexation photo
Newlands Resolution was 1898, so they really celebrated two years before? The place the photo was probably lifted from was here which has the right date of 1898. What made you think it was 1896? I think it was just a typo on the upload. W Nowicki (talk) 02:51, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Then there you go... Nice work! I was only following what the caption said. I had seen some saying 1898, but figured the uploader had it right. I'll change it back if you haven't already. --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#99ccff; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 21:28, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Hilo and Ryan Higa
I request that you please stop the revertion of the addition of Ryan Higa to the Hilo, Hawaii article as you did here as it is a legitimate alumni and neither vandalism or incorrect content. -WingsGoesWiki (talk) 20:13, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * As I explained on your talk page, Higa is not notable (per wp:note) and the consistent addition by random IP addresses (presumptively the same person with an IP mask) does, in my view, constitute "vandalism". Discuss it on the Hilo talk page if you're interested in having a person without an actual article included on the "notable residents" section. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, but at this point we'll agree to disagree... :) --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#99ccff; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 23:30, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer
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Kaimū
Response here

Primo Brewing & Malting Company
Aloha, seems to have survived deletion-ites so far, congratulations. Even though I grew up in Milwaukee, never became a beer connoisseur. But seems notable enough. Obvious suggestions: decorate with a picture. I can do a quick look in the usual places for a pre-copyright one, or you could snap their office-front if it is photogenic, or take a picture of of a label and hope we can justify with fair use. Rewrite the timeline list as prose. Expand refs to use cite templates. I have not found a general tool for web links; I do use the google books one (and then hand edit the result, but it still saves time). Generally the tool needs to be specific to the source to dig out title, date, work, etc. because they all use different conventions (so much for HTML meta-data standards). There is a New York Times one, for example (although I just tried it and does not seem to work for historical articles that I use). To be honest I usually just grab a previous one from the same source, paste, and then edit the fields. I suppose one could do, say, a "Honolulu Advertiser tool" that parses out the info from their pages which would work for all of those. But they of course changed all their web conventions (invalidating many refs) recently when the Star-Bulletin merged. I will convert one or two to give some examples. W Nowicki (talk) 15:53, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Red links on disambiguation pages
Nice work creating Kahana Bay. However, your edit summaries referred to wp:red. However, the applicable guideline for disambiguation pages is at WP:DABRL. There is specialized guidance for disambiguation pages because they are primarily navigational pages and not articles. Disambiguation pages are intended to disambiguate existing articles, which is why there is criteria for inclusion of redlinks on disambiguation pages and why external links and references are not appropriate on disambiguation pages. older ≠ wiser 22:18, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * So is it then appropriate to just delete an item on a DAB page because there isn't an article associated with it?--<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 22:45, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * If there are no other incoming links and no other article that mentions the subject, yes -- there is nothing in Wikipedia to be disambiguated. older ≠ wiser 02:39, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm just not a fan of deleting items when it takes a minute to create a stub, add some internal links and de-orphan an article. No harm, not foul... thanks for the feedback. --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 04:59, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine
I have restored the article and moved it to your user space at User:Travisthurston/Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. when you have done the necessary removal of information useful only to a   prospective student and general  information about the merits of naturopathic medicine, you're free to move it back to mainspace. If you encounter any technical difficulty, let me know.  DGG ( talk ) 20:57, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I cleaned it up, removed any advert and moved it over. Thanks! --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 00:55, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Talk:List of YouTube personalities
Hi Travis.Thurston. Because you participated in Articles for deletion/List of YouTube celebrities (4th nomination), you may be interested in Talk:List of YouTube personalities. There are disputes over who should and who shouldn't be included in the list. Cunard (talk) 23:09, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Sims Snowboards
Hello Travis. In December 2010 you created a new article - Sims Snowboards. Your new page was not patrolled within 30 days and recently has had a "New Unreviewed Article" banner attached to it. Today I reviewed the article and removed the banner.

I consider that your article does not demonstrate that the subject, Sims Snowboards, has sufficient notability to warrant its own article on Wikipedia so I have attached the appropriate banner. It would be good if you could return to this article and add to it in a way that demonstrates the notability of the company. Citation of reliable, independent secondary sources is the ideal way of doing this. Please read WP:CORP. Happy editing. Dolphin ( t ) 03:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Sims was a pioneer of both the skateboard and industry in the 70's and during the 80's was one of the most identifiable brands of its time. Tom Sims is notable for being the founder of both. Just like Burton, Lib Tech and Powell Peralta, I'm confident it is noteworthy/notable per wp:note and wp:corp.. I'll do my best for find more sources.--<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 05:33, 15 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that offer. Dolphin  ( t ) 12:33, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Portland, Oregon
Valfontis (talk) 20:38, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

North Star
Hi Travis - Thanks for your note about the North Star Mine and North Star Mine Powerhouse. I made a comment under yours on the North Star Mine talkpage. After doing some editing, shifting content between the 2 articles, I think the articles are more clearly delineated as stand alones. I don't feel a sense of ownership with either of them, so if others think a merge is called for, then that's ok. However, if merge is the answer, I would think it would go in the other direction... North Star Mine Powerhouse and North Star House (Grass Valley, California) would merge into North Star Mine. Happy editing. P.S. I see you're from Portland; I lived in Bend for 4 years! --Rosiestep (talk) 15:17, 24 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Cool :) I like Bend. And I think Mt. Bachelor makes the top the list for Oregon mountains to play on... Regarding North Star, I also don't much investment in it. It mostly piqued my interest because I grew up in the Nevada City/Grass Valley area and I "watch" some of the Nevada County articles. We'll see if anyone chimes in. And I agree that North Star Mine should be the parent article. Thanks for responding! --<b style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; color:#800000; font-size:small;">Travis Thurston</b><b style="color:#000000;">+</b> 17:56, 25 July 2011 (UTC)