User:Smallbones/Archive 3
What a SUPERB photo!
And I found just the place for it: Henry Jackson Ellicott.
BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 23:28, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
The Lipshitz and Oldenburg photos are especially good.
I find it fascinating that Ellicott spent 13-14 years in Philadelphia. He did architectural sculpture for the Centennial, so I wonder if some of the Memorial Hall corner statues are his. Also, having spent so much time here (with little known output), I wonder if he worked on City Hall. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 15:41, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
You're welcome on PMA. There's some juicy gossip about why Zantzinger & Borie essentially bowed out of the collaboration, letting Trumbauer's people take the lead. And Paul's Cret's blanching at Trumbauer's philistinism. I knew this 30 years ago, but have forgotten it. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 23:19, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
CB in Columbia County
Thanks - I asked Roy to upload all the photos he had of PA covered bridges that were (or had been) on the Register, but were no longer standing. I will make categories for each on Commons (already did it for Bittenbender Covered Bridge which got taken out by the same flood in 2006 that also destroyed the West Paden Twin CB). I was going to try and get some of those articles expanded and get some of his pictures on the Main Page in DYK. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:27, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
:I am still slowly working my through his pictures from oldest to newest uploads, cropping them, adding his category (and checking the other cats). I am done through February 5th, with several hundred at least still to go - my guess is that he is close to 2000 photos uploaded. I was also checking state by state for missing covered bridge pictures, some of which he had. I need to make a list of what I check and what needs to be checked. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)me too
[[Mary Norris Dickinson]]
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Spanish or Catalan
COI questions
Hey Smallbones, I'm wondering if you think this draft request for comment would prove fair and useful? User:Ocaasi/coiquestions. Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 18:36, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
WLM US 2013
Hi, I'd like to get a group together to help plan Wiki Loves Monuments in 2013. I understand you were instrumental in planning last year's WLM and it would be great to chat with you. Your advice would be very helpful. Cheers, Mono 01:22, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Talkback
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Mono 02:43, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
NRIS AfD
Nine uses of the
C-SPAN
Hey there, Smallbones. Thank you very much for updating the C-SPAN article based on my request. As my first note mentioned, I've now made second request; this time I'm looking to add in information about a new series, and raise the idea of removing two redundant list sections. I hope you'll be able to help again, but I will also ask elsewhere. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 13:15, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
:You say "Some people seem to think this type of thing is against WP:EL", but where does this opposition get mentioned? I've never heard opposition to edits like [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=544678374 this one], and I definitely don't have any. It's a good example of WP:ELYES point #3 — "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues..." Nyttend (talk) 02:25, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
National Register Information System at AFD
Because the nominator of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Register Information System and the page's creator have just been interaction-banned, I've closed this discussion. Because it's not fair to participants like you to force you to start all over again, I've reopened it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Register Information System (2nd nomination), and I've copied your comments over there. Feel free to participate further over there. Nyttend (talk) 13:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
thanks for removing
the Arthur Ashe beating the children phrase from Monument Avenue. And for your general cleaning up there. Carptrash (talk) 16:04, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
:Thanks for noticing Smallbones(smalltalk) 16:17, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
[[Cute cat theory of digital activism]]
I like cat content (especially lolcats) and cute animal content like the next guy, but isn't the external link you've added {{diff2|537153224|here}} quite off-topic for the article? At least I can't see the relevance. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 18:38, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
:But how does this relate to the theory which is the subject of the article? It's not an article about cute cats, cute animals, or lolcats, but about a particular theory involving them. You could spam the external links section with endless examples of these, and it wouldn't help the reader understand the theory, because these examples do not demonstrate anything. Unless you found an example where the effect postulated in the theory can be directly observed, such as digital activism on cheezburger.com – or perhaps knowyourmeme.com. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 19:58, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
::Not everything needs to be taken so seriously, even on Wikipedia! Smallbones(smalltalk) 20:33, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
:::If you say so :P
:::I just don't quite get the joke, or point of it, that's why I decided to ask first before doing anything. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 22:21, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
RfC/COI
Hi Smallbones
Concerning my suggestion for an RfC on the COI talk page: There seems to be a fair amount of input, much more than this morning. An RfC may be redundant and even confusing. So, I'll leave that suggestion alone for now, and see if it makes sense to ask for more input tomorrow. Thanks.(olive (talk) 02:47, 21 March 2013 (UTC))
Quote from [[BP]]
"On 14 November 2012, BP and the Department of Justice reached a $4.5 billion settlement, the largest of its kind in U.S. history. BP also agreed to plead guilty to 11 felony counts related to the deaths of the 11 workers. Beyond the 11 counts of manslaughter, the government charged several individuals as well. David Rainey, who worked for BP during the spill response, was indicted on charges of obstruction of Congress and false statements. He alledegedly cherry-picked pages from some documents and withheld others "to make the spill appear less catastrophic than it was.” Two other BP supervisors on board the rig when it exploded were charged with manslaughter and other counts[16][17] The settlement has not resolved the fines under the Clean Water Act, which could be as much as $21 billion.[17] Speaking at a news conference, a U.S. federal official said, “The explosion of the rig was a disaster that resulted from BP’s culture of privileging profit over prudence.” The total amount paid out by BP by November 2012 was $42 billion.[287][18] In November 2012, the U.S. Government temporarily banned BP from bidding any new federal contracts.[288][18] Estimates of the total amount of penalties that BP may be required to pay have reached as high as $90 billion.[289]"
Did you miss this? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 05:44, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
:The above quote says that one BP employee was indicted for lying to Congress. It doesn't say that BP itself pleaded guilty to lying to Congress (that's part of the $4 billion fine). It doesn't say that separately BP pleaded guilty to lying to its investors in the SEC case ($525 million fine). Smallbones(smalltalk) 12:48, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
WikiProject C-SPAN?
Greetings fellow Wikipedia editor -
I am leaving you this note because I have reason to believe that you are interested in C-SPAN. (I may have made this assumption based on your [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/User:UBX/C-SPAN1&limit=500 C-SPAN user box], or perhaps for some other reason.) If this is not an interest of yours, please feel free to read no further and delete this message.
If you are in fact someone who is interested in C-SPAN, then let me put forward an idea that I have been kicking around for a while. What if we started a C-SPAN WikiProject?
The parameters of this (potential) project are up for discussion, but it could include some or all of the following (as well as things that may occur to you that have not occurred to me):
- Creation, maintenance, and improvement of articles and lists directly related to C-SPAN and its programming.
- Use of C-SPAN programming in citations for various topics
- Inclusion of unique and targeted C-SPAN video links for various articles. (Doing this with respect for established guidelines at Wikipedia:External links.) (Example: If you are interested in the submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN-742), then having easy access to the eight hours of programming taped while a C-SPAN crew were guests on that submarine could also be of interest to you.)
- Inclusion of (and possible further creation of) templated links such as
{{C-SPAN|laurabush}} , that will easily take article readers to a link of all C-SPAN Video Library links for the person about whom the article is about. - What else?
I don't know exactly how far we may want to go, nor in what directions, but I do believe (as I have long noted on my user page) that C-SPAN and Wikipedia are both...
...fantastic vehicles for the free exchange of ideas and information in a non-sound-bite manner, and they both invite the participation of any parties (expert or amateur) who are interested in taking the time to absorb and/or contribute to the ideas and information offered. C-SPAN and Wikipedia go together like peanut butter and jelly, and I want to help give other Wiki users easy access to the great work that C-SPAN has done on a variety of topics.
Now, I should mention that I have never started a WikiProject before, and I do not know the best way to go about it. (Perhaps one of you do?) Let me offer one of my sandbox pages, User:KConWiki/sandbox/Wikiproject C-SPAN?, as a gathering area for comments until such time as we gather enough steam to start our own WikiProject page.
Thanks for reading this far, and I hope that you will give some consideration as to whether this is something we ought to attempt. Please feel free to pass this message on to others you know whom might be interested, and please let me know your thoughts and comments.
Videos
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KgFBciS_X0 This] is a good one too. I'm not sure if it's appropriate to link to, but you'd probably enjoy it yourself at any rate. petrarchan47tc 18:04, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
NRHP Progress Pennsylvania
When you updated the NRHP Progress page with the Pennsylvania numbers, you asserted in a ref that "Monroe County Courthouse does not seem to have been adding into the previous totals as well." Because of this, the numbers you have are one higher than the national list and the state list. This makes the state totals section on the progress page differ from the national list by one. Could you explain this situation in a bit more detail? I'm just trying to make sure all the numbers add up correctly. Thanks!--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 07:01, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
New images for C-SPAN article
Hi Smallbones, I believe I mentioned to you recently that I was interested in adding a few images to the C-SPAN article; I helped their comms team identify some suitable images to release as CC-BY, uploaded them to Wikimedia Commons, and I've just posted a new request on the C-SPAN Talk page. If you're interested, please check it out. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 19:48, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
WT:NRHP/Progress
Just wanted you to know — I never thought you were complaining about me, and I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough in my response. I basically meant that right now I feel like I'm the only active photographer close enough to Kentucky to get photos. At least this Kentucky is closer than another Kentucky; my job has me working with the other one more than the one that's just south of Indiana :-) Nyttend (talk) 04:07, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
[[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|Wikipedia Meetup NYC]] this Sunday April 14
Hi Smallbones! You're invited to our next meeting for Wikipedia Meetup NYC on Sunday April 14 -this weekend- at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.
Please sign up, and add your ideas to the agenda for Sunday. Thanks!
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DYK nomination of Public Vault at the Congressional Cemetery
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barnstar
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Tina Weedon Smith Memorial Hall
Thanks for cleaning up the naming mess with this building. I only removed the name from the list because the article did not reflect the correct name. I'm glad to see that this is resolved. Good work. — Bill W. (Talk) (Contrib) – {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, {{CURRENTTIME}} (UTC)
:Thanks Smallbones(smalltalk) 15:49, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
The Civility Barnstar
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DYK nomination of Public Vault at the Congressional Cemetery
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DYK for Public Vault at the Congressional Cemetery
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New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse
Hi --- just letting you know I removed the pic for the New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse from the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilmington, Delaware. It was not the right building.--Pubdog (talk) 12:04, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
Church Street Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)
Hi again, I regret to report that the Church Street Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware) does not encompass the Hendricksen House. Therefore, I had to remove that photo from National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilmington, Delaware and add the district to the unphotoed list.--Pubdog (talk) 16:17, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
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:Coming? Not signed up yet.--DThomsen8 (talk) 20:38, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
::Same health problem as last time. Smallbones(smalltalk) 14:38, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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Idlewild
The Idlewild photos look great! One can seldom be sure what fixtures are original and what are additions. The sink bracket (that I missed) probably was Furness's own choice, and it's great, both that you spied it and that it's now available to all. I'm away until Thurs. I'll e-mail when I get back. My best to your better half (and you, too). -- BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 02:24, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
[[Idlewild (Media, Pennsylvania)]]
This is a splendid article! (I hope I didn't go overboard with the tweaks.)
I'm not sure that the image of the Cape May cottage fits, and Williamson belongs only if you can tie it to "Idlewild" stylistically or historically.
But, reading this article gives me great pleasure.
-- BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 15:32, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Congrats on NE Portland
Thank you very much. I'm pretty pleased to be making progress toward completion of Portland. Unfortunately, we seem now to be in the position where the remaining 7 in SW and 13 in Multnomah County are inadequately visible from the public right-of-way to get adequate photos of without soliciting permission of property owners. So the rest will be more awkward and time-consuming than the others. Another approach will be to request free licenses from the photographers who supplied the nomination files - those actual pics are already available online.
I'd love to complete Portland and will keep plugging away. But I'm giving higher priority to advancing NRHP photo coverage for Oregon at large to the 90% level - it's around 86% right now. Meanwhile, thank you for the congratulations and for reminding me someone's watching! — Ipoellet (talk) 02:49, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
MD forms
Thanks for the note. Perhaps we need to revise the WP:NRHP help description in this case? It makes it sound as if we can get the PDFs instead of simply being given some of the text, without maps and illustrations other than the one photo at the top of the page. I've basically spoiled myself with Indiana's SHAARD database by downloading all the nominations I can (I have all but eight on my hard drive), so I'm accustomed to being able to consult maps, documentation, etc. when I'm on the road getting pictures anywhere outside of Ohio. Nyttend (talk) 05:10, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
FDC Candidacy
Image:Developed nation edit1.svg and IMF About 90% of WMF and FDC distributed funds are spent in the blue areas}}]]
Thanks for standing as a candidate in this year's elections. In your statement you say "B. Emphasize funding for the Global South"? I read that and it occurred to me that I've no idea what you mean. Would you care to explain it? Thanks - Pointillist (talk) 06:54, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
:“Imagine a World in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.”
:Since about 95% of FDC distributed funds go to the blue areas (the Global North, which should probably include Eastern Europe), we're not doing as well as we could in implementing our vision in the Global South (the gray areas). See [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Strategic_Plan the WMF Strategic Plan], in particular under "Targets for 2015" point #5. The FDC has been mandated from the beginning to direct funds to the Global South (in the discussions that led to founding it) and currently has been given [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2013-04-18#Guidance_for_the_FDC guidance (esp. #7)] by the WMF Board to emphasize it.
:Hope this helps. Smallbones(smalltalk) 13:09, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
::That's exactly what I wanted to understand, thanks - Pointillist (talk) 13:19, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
explanation about a Nebraska church
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u commented a while ago, in commons caption about a Sidney nebraska church pic, that it seemed less impressive than another across the street. Seems the answer is this one was associated with some initiative to bring Native Americans into the army, and they came to church here. NRHP nom forms now online for Nebraska. Article currently at User:Doncram/Christ Episcopal Church (Sidney, Nebraska). many of us have had the experience of taking pics, and saying why on earth is this nrhp-listed. cheers, --doncram 02:40, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
FDC Candidacy 2
Hi {{BASEPAGENAME}}, Use of real name is not compulsory on Wikimedia, but it is quite peculiar that of all the candidates for the Wikimedia Foundation elections 2013, you alone has no real name indicated on your personal details; is there a special reason for this, and do you not think that this may influence voters negatively? Thank you. Kind regards, JOHNMOORofMOORLAND (talk) 17:14, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
:Actually my real name is pretty well known at the Wikimedia Foundation and in FDC circles, and I will be very clear about my real name if elected. There are, however, too many trolls, mobsters etc. on the internet to just let everybody know your e-mail address, real name, real location, and resume, etc. all at once in one place, so I try to limit this information to an as needed basis. It's really my editing history on Wikipedia that matters now. There's at least one other person in the elections who hasn't revealed his real name yet, but as I said, I will release my real name if elected. Smallbones(smalltalk) 18:40, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
::That is reasonable; good luck, I want you elected. —JOHNMOORofMOORLAND (talk) 10:02, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
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