User talk:Wikijsmak

Red Oak, Iowa
I'm just now reading your contributions to Red Oak, Iowa. They are good, except one thing: what does "Id." mean? Thanks for your contributions! Nyttend 13:15, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I take it that you mean something similar to ibid? Such a style is not useful on Wikipedia, not because it's a bad style, but because other references can easily and properly be inserted between those two, thus confusing the reader who doesn't dig deeply into the article history to find when the references were first added.  I'm going to change them, and you can easily see the proper way (or rather, one proper way) to do it.  Thanks for getting back to me!  Nyttend 03:35, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

DYK: Florence Jaffray Harriman
Hi. I've nominated Florence Jaffray Harriman, an article you worked on, 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. Thanks. Discussion has already begun, and there are suggestion on how to improve the referencing. You may want to check that out. Happy editing. PFHLai (talk) 06:08, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Harriman piece
Hi Jsmak. Yep, you've made the improvements I suggested. The only further thing I'd recommend is to add an Infobox Person to the article. Great article, by the way. Manxruler (talk) 14:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi again. I'd just like to congratulate you on the DYK and tell you that I think the article look really great. Keep up the good work! Manxruler (talk) 23:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I never would have known about Daisy if not for your DYK piece. The whole article has improved nicely in the last week. I'm happy to have helped. Dang Fool (talk) 16:03, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

dyk

 * Nice work! Has been added to Portal:Norway.  Cirt (talk) 00:18, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Géraud Réveilhac
Hello,

You asked an excellent question on the discussion page of this article. There is for sure a mistake on this page which is the source for the date of Réveilhac's death. The birthdate is correct, I received the birth certificate of the General from the mairie of Aurillac, but I never received his death certificate. So considering the article in The Times, the deathdate should be before 1935. Best regards. SalomonCeb (talk) 13:21, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Bio grade
You're welcome. :) However, I cannot upgrade it anymore by myself. The next class requires it to be a good article. For that, it needs to meet the good article criteria. Once you think it meets the criteria, nominate it and a good article reviewer will take a look at it and either upgrade it, turn it down, or put it on hold. Good luck! Green caterpillar (talk) 20:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Leonard Lomell
Thank you for your outstanding work on the page. If I hadn't checked the history page, I would have had no idea that it's only a week old. Well done! I don't believe that I have any direct contact to any WWII-era Rangers, however I will certainly ask around in the Ranger community to see if I can come up with a photo of 1SG Lomell. Thanks again. EvilCouch (talk) 01:06, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK nom
I was so impressed with the awesome job that you did on the Constance Drexel article that I nominated it for DYK. I can see that I'm not the only person that is impressed with your work. Great job and keep it up!  Royal broil  02:39, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I knew that DYK was backed up a few days, so I expected it to be a few days late.  Royal broil  03:00, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Thank you for your contributions! - Mailer Diablo 19:21, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Albert Blithe
Hola! I see you did some work on Albert Blithe. I had done some research into Mr. Blithe, but the farther I dug, the more I got a bad taste in my mouth.

I had contacted Tom Hanks and Play-Tone about doing a 20-minute documentary to correct the problem.

Here is an email communication with his son Gordon:

EMAIL:
 * Do you have more information about your father? Did his brother, Joseph, also serve?

REPLY:
 * my dad was born in philly Pa..i dont know where his parents where born...his brother joe did not serve,,he was a horse trainer...my sister was from my dads first marraige..my fathers parents where joesph and Betty Blithe...my uncle joe was my dds half brother...and yes im alberts blithes only son...my sister lives in delaware,,but out of respect for i cant give you her email addy..besides she was adopted by her step dad when she was 3

ANOTHER EMAIL:
 * Something is not right here.


 * This website:
 * http://www.normandy1944.info/index.html


 * Says:
 * "Albert received the Purple Heart for his wounds on June 25th, 1944. Released from Army Hospitals on: October 8, 1945."


 * But, then you show an image: "Albert's personal jump record." (which is also here: :http://www.506infantry.org/his2ndbnwwiiphoto24.html)


 * The problem is:


 * How can he have been in the hospital and also have jumped in Holland in September of 1944? Was he injured twice? Once before Holland, went to the hospital and then was injured again? If was injured on 25 June 1944 and stayed in the hospital until 8 OCT 1945 the jump record is wrong.


 * Please clarify...

REPLY:
 * yes i know this is a mystery,,,and im going to leave it at that...finding out about my dad being protryaed in BoB and other things i jave found out has blown me away so im going to leave it at that..

RESPONSE:
 * Thanks for getting back to me.


 * "to leave it at that.." is what Ambrose did, as did the screenwriters and researchers for Play-Tone. If only Ambrose would have dotted the "i's" and crossed the "t's" in the first place...


 * Distortion and crappy research in, distortion and crappy content out. I feel uncomfortable when people do crappy research. If they are going to do that, then they should make it a work of fiction and give "characters" fictional names. How much money did Ambrose make from his books? Millions and millions.


 * Well, it was nice that your dad kept serving now matter in what capacity, I just wish more people knew that. And also people should know not to take things that people like Ambrose say as gospel. His work is chalked full of errors.


 * Carry on...

So, we will never know the full story here.

Also, I would like to remove Gordon's name from the article to respect his privacy and because his daughter's name is not there also, to make it fair and balanced.

Keep up the good work.

- 4.240.159.188 (talk) 00:38, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your many contributions towards setting Lewis Nixon's many contributions straight, especially the roles he played developing ships for the United States Navy.
Your contributions are very impressive and they are (very much) appreciated by those of us who are interested in what is known to be correct... as far as this "shipbuilding" community is concerned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.118.180 (talk) 17:58, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

San Antonio Sporting District
Hi,

Thanks for helping out with the San Antonio Sporting District article. Can I ask a favor? I have not been able to find copies of the text from the San Antonio Light articles you are referencing and I cannot find any other sources to corroborate your edits. Can you insert quotations from the article into the citations (using the quote= field) just to clarify for any reviewers what precisely the news articles said?

Thanks.

--Mcorazao (talk) 14:13, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Thanks for starting this article. She's a distant relative whom I discovered in my family roots research. -- Brangifer (talk) 07:49, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Red Oak IA - WWII casualties per capita
RE: 10 FEB 2008, 22:22 HOURS submission, to Red Oak IA article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Oak,_Iowa. Regarding Reference 4, please see http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1876269/redoak.jpg  which contains page 2, 03 JAN 1946, Mason City (IA) Globe-Gazette. I am unable to locate (on page 2 of the newspaper) mention of "Emmet County Leads in War Dead Ratio". Assistance would be appreciated in locating that article or similar article(s) about the ranking of Montgomery County (IA) casualties per capita. Iowa2020 (talk) 05:04, 2 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I may have mixed up the newspapers, because I found the article again on page 2 of the Jan. 3 Council Bluffs Nonpareil, with the "Emmet County Leads in War Dead Ratio" headline. It's on the fifth column from the left, as the first full story. I'll substitute that newspaper name for the MCG-G, at least in the short term.Wikijsmak (talk) 12:20, 3 July 2010 (UTC)


 * The Mason City Globe-Gazette version of the story appeared the previous day (January 2, 1946), on page 11. It was entitled "Cerro Gordo Casualty Figure 3.7 per 1,000."Sorry for the confusion. Wikijsmak (talk) 04:13, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

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Response: The Bot must be broken, because there's not even a sentence fragment in the original text that's also on this page, and it's bewildering that a bot would read it otherwise. The page was created with complete independence from that text. Hope it's fixed soon.Wikijsmak (talk) 04:50, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Project Iowa news
 '''GOOD NEWS The division of WikiProject Iowa called WikiProject Iowa/Communities has been activated. '''

Hi, you are receiving this notice because you are a member of WikiProject Iowa. I see you have a interest in Red Oak, one of Iowa's many cities. I hope you will take the time to check out the developing division called Communities (pre-named and previously red-linked). Keep up the good work. Please click on the links in the GOOD NEWS notice.  Rife Ideas  Talk  22:46, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

1900 Hoboken Docks Fire
Hi. I've nominated 1900 Hoboken Docks Fire, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. Mjroots (talk) 06:40, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Just spotted, the hook fact is unreferenced. You will need to supply a ref for the size of portholes being increased as a result of the fire. Mjroots (talk) 06:44, 14 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I'll try to fill that hole today if time permits.Wikijsmak (talk) 12:06, 14 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Mission accomplished.Wikijsmak (talk) 05:11, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

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