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Hi. I am really glad to see all the good work you have done on

In reply to your email, I am going to leave you in the hands of my much more capable than I friend Coal town guy. Original research is not allowed; I think even the email you mentioned would be considered OR. Although using primary sources such as documents is allowed, secondary sources like books, periodicals, newspapers and academic journals are much preferred. CTG is amazing at writing about places that formerly were. Me, I do better with places that are still. Happy editing!

BTW, userpage messages are the usual way of communicating on Wikipedia. Email is generally only for sensitive things. John from Idegon (talk) 00:10, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, JFI. Per your constructive criticism, I have removed the personal citations that might be construed as OR per Wikipedia guidelines and is unavailable for verification by independent third parties save one: the article I wrote which was accepted for publication in the periodical Range Reminiscing. Copies of this article are available for purchase or public review at the

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While it is correct to remove those sources and data that cant be verified, it is within possibility that IF its possible, is there a verifiable source for the data? Morbid curiosity here as that has been an issue with many of the places I document for certain. A good source for me has been local published historians, news paper archives..Just some ideas..Coal town guy (talk) 13:38, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks CTG. Hope you got my message on your talk page. I did leave JFI a message and went to his email which was apparently inappropriate. The previous interview with Micheal Smith was deleted. It was not published, and he is dead. However, the other interview I cited was a result of email correspondence with the general manager of Minorca mine at ArcelorMittal as to how the mine was renamed. JFI's opinion was regardless of the email documentation, this could still be construed as original research.

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Sadly, that is correct...HOWEVER, do you happen to know if there was a news paper interview? OR has there been any attempt to have a news paper publish local historical data? Just thinkingCoal town guy (talk) 15:04, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a thought. My old hometown newspaper would occasionally run history articles on their features page. Perhaps you could interest a reporter in interviewing the person you interviewed. The resulting article would be

OR try these Found some data in Minnesota Place Names a Geographical Encyclopedia, also spelled Elcore...and its post office is noted......The Mining Directory of Minnesota also mentions a few names, AND company data. [You can try to look for tokens associated with the mining operation here].....There are also societies dedicated to mining in general for Iron or coal etc etc. These places can have data about a place in documented form...Coal town guy (talk) 15:27, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, gents. I am familiar with the USGS disambiguation of the "Elcore" Post Office; the correct spelling is "Elcor" (kind of like the main street in Elcor was "Manilla" street, named after "Manila" in the Philippines). I have deleted all of the footnoted OR; however, I have elected to leave the Sedgeman interview since it is available in manuscript form. Otherwise, all citations (except web) are from the newspaper archives at Minnesota Historical Society; the Iron Range Historical Society, the Northeast Minnesota Research Center at UMD; the Iron Range Research Center at the Minnesota Discovery Center; the John R. Borchert map library at the University of Minnesota, or the public library. Hopefully, this will pull the article up to Wiki standards.

The article was and is great. The only effort here would be t veracity, I for one am still impressed as hell Coal town guy (talk) 22:44, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

		WikiProject Ghost towns Barnstar
		Your work on Elcor, Minnesota deserves this at least

This is beyond impressive. Without hesitation, the editor deserves the ghost town barn star.....I have awarded it, what fantastic work.. From personal experience, it is extremey difficult to locate data on remote locations, much less have them in a form that is wiki friendly, jaw dropping and impressive from a remote town point of view. My user name is User:Coal town guy, my life on wikipedia revolves around remote locations in WV and KY..BUT I MUST say, WOW. I have read your article in detail, when you have time, I would very much like to help it grow, there are of course some wiki things which can be addressed, and I would very much like to volunteer to help as I have great respect for the work this article must have takenCoal town guy (talk) 20:37, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Wikipedia Editor Retention Project )

WHY? Because, like myself, this editor has dedicated extraordinary time and effort to articles about remote towns; places that most people see by accident in the rear view mirror on a long country drive. It takes guts, dedication, and the facility to almost absorb endless questioning about the veracity of not only a location, but literally, was it real (?), who lived there (?), etc., etc., etc. These types of efforts take time and resources: making them wiki worthy, is nothing short of amazing. See the work I speak of at Elcor, Minnesota and, of course, further work at Iron Range Historical Society. Ergo, it is with zero hesitation that I nominate DrGregM. As a former Editor of the Week myself, I can appreciate what it means.

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Thanks again for your efforts! Go Phightins! 12:58, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]