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Nope, sorry. I was only interested in the Nisbett Building at the time.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:06, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Rotolactor
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Maybe I'm all wrong, as I'm only guessing based on my general knowledge of mechanical things, but...
The article makes it sound like all 50 cows get on and get off at one time, and the whole set is milked exactly simultaneously. It seems to me it would make more sense if the Rotolactor was a progressive device, continuously letting cows on and cows off one at a time. The entrance point would be the same for all cows, and the exit point would be the same for all cows, and cows would be waiting in a single line to board the machine. It seems to me there would be no point in the machine spinning otherwise... if all the cows got on and off in a disorganized radial pattern, why give them the 12.5 minute joyride? Why not milk them in a stationary circle, and simplify the plumbing? A single entrance point would require perhaps only a single person to supervise the cows, whereas loading 50 cows at once could be quite a complicated task.
Just seems to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.213.20.170 (talk) 23:45, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm just going by the references. If you can find references for your theory, then you can edit the article accordingly. But you can NOT edit the article based on your general knowledge of mechanical things as that would be considered Original Research and would be removed. No original research is allowed for an article. The main librarian at Northern Michigan University in Marquette can explain further on this (references required for Wikipedia articles).--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:06, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Obviously, this is an e-ticket amusement park ride for cows at Disneyland. Of course, you have to be old enough to remember what an e-ticket was to understand the reference. Nice job! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:45, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I know exactly what an E ticket is! We lived in San Diego, not far from Disneyland in the late 70s and early 80s. I remember all the other tickets (A through D), but the E ticket gave you the best rides. Of course, it was the most expensive. I'll bet the I.P. is wondering how I know he attends Northern Michigan University. Let's find out how smart he really is.....--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:07, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Well I guess since I'm not registered here you can see my IP address and got something out of that so you mistakenly believe I attend NMU. Actually I'm a 49-year-old machinist with 3 kids living in Hancock, MI, about 100 miles from Marquette. I did see a YouTube video showing cows (apparently very used to the routine) backing out of the stalls at a single point in the rotation, as new cows entered the stalls virtually at the same time. If you think about it from an efficiency standpoint: one cow entering, one cow leaving, you could have 48 cows being more-or-less milked at all times, as opposed to 50 cows being milked for 12.5 minutes followed by zero cows being milked for the next 12.5 minutes while 10 guys run around the circle trying not to let the outgoing milked cows get mixed up with the incoming unmilked cows. I think I better not get involved in writing things for Wikipedia; I spend too much time here already. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.145.127.90 (talk) 15:05, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
You are smarter than you look! You are correct about the IP address. The second time you edited here from 99.145.127.90, you did it from Green Bay, Wisconsin. So....... perhaps you should register, yes? Its free and has benefits to boot. You could use a name like "Mechanic" or "Old Mechanic" as these names are not being used. If you need help on anything, I certainly could help you edit or write articles, as I am experienced on this.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:35, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Benjamin Hanks
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I usually prefer DYK credits only for articles to which I've been the chief contributor, so I don't want the credit, but thanks for the offer :) Gatoclass (talk) 14:41, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
O.K. Anyway, thanks for all the great 'tweaks' to the article. They have been nice improvements.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:36, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
DYK for George Livermore
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Thanks for notifying me.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:58, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes
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Thanks for notifying me.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:58, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
You have a new message
Hello, Doug Coldwell. You have new messages at Maile66's talk page. Message added 18:25, 6 August 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
DYK for Cromwell's Soldiers' Pocket Bible
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Hi, thanks for such a fast response to the DYK. I think I've sorted the Torrence ref error, so have put it back in - I have a script installed that throws up harv ref errors as I'm always making mistakes with them and it's not showing any problems now. The DAB link I meant was for
Now I see what you mean on William Hunter. I corrected that which shows William Hunter (publisher) doesn't have an article yet. mmmmmmmmmmmm
Thanks for fixing "Torrence". AND thanks for the nice comments about the article.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:01, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
Great, hopefully it won't wait too long until it's promoted to a prep area. It's always the way that one article seems to lead into the need for another ... but that's what can make it so interesting!
Yes, and I happen to have related library books on my desk - so it looks like my research for a new article starts today!
I see you are British. I'm a retiree from the state of Michigan in USA.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:10, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
Ebooks etc have their uses and being able to access hundreds of interesting old books through the likes of archive.org is great but there's still nothing to beat a really good selection of 'proper' books. Old records seem to be digitalized far more in the States than here, which has me green with envy! I'll watch out for the
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What happened with "Note A" in this article? I can't see any content in the note, even though I've looked at numerous revisions throughout the page history. Since it doesn't appear to contain any information, I've removed the note entirely, so you may want to go back and add the contents that were meant to go in the note (if they never were there) or simply to revert me (if somehow I overlooked extant content) before long. Nyttend (talk) 01:42, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
You are correct - I did that "Note A" incorrectly, now that I am looking back at it.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:19, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Elizabeth Timothy
Hi Doug, the FmailySearch site states the place of christening as "Waals Hervormde". In all likelihood this is the Walloon Church of Amsterdam, which was the Huguenot church community; see Walloon church. It certainly was not the Westerkerk, which was Dutch Reformed, and there is no mention of that church being the place of christening. Jvhertum (talk) 09:09, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Alright. You can change the article accordingly. I think you know better, since you are from Amsterdam.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:03, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
DYK nomination of James Parker (publisher)
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! MelanieN (talk
) 02:12, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Don't panic! There's nothing wrong with your DYK submission. I'm just suggesting that you might want to consider a more interesting hook. --MelanieN (talk) 02:13, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Gave 3 ALT choices.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:28, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Since you prefer your original hook that's what we'll go with. Sorry to make you go to the additional work of thinking up alts. --MelanieN (talk) 15:12, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Already had them in Legacy - on anticipation the problem might come up. I usually have an ALT available.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:21, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
DYK for James Parker (publisher)
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marry twice after Anne died (to Martha Macon and Elizabeth Blair), but without any more children. (Another account states that Bland's second wife may have been either Elizabeth Harrison or
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HighBeam
Hi, it was easy for me to get a HighBeam subscription the first time; they seemed to be giving it out to everyone who applied. They'll inform you on your talk page when the 8th round finishes (not sure when that will be.) I'm still waiting to hear if my renewal request goes through. My subscription expired in August, so I'm unable to forward the article to you. Best, Yoninah (talk) 16:31, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for answer.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:39, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
That's how I so easily spot the sfn and harvref corrections. The errors splash across the page in big red letters. — Maile (talk) 19:13, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
I think you have stumped me on this one. Is it under "Preferences" and then "Gadgets"? I don't know where to find my "javascript page".--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:28, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Can you put that in, so I can see where it went?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:41, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
You have to create your javascript page in your own userspace, just like you create additional sandboxes. It won't let me create your javascript page because it's your user space. So, what I did is create a redlink above. Click on the redlink, copy and paste the below script into the edit window, and then "Save page":
importScript('User:Ucucha/HarvErrors.js');
Now go back and click on User:Ucucha/HarvErrors and you will see the red errors I'm talking about. Once you have this, you'll see those on many pages on Wikipedia.
Let me know how this turned out for you. Most people don't know they can create a javascript page for themselves. Once that is created as "common.js" should work with whatever skin you use. And whenever you see some tool that says you can add it to your javascript, this page is where you add that. — Maile (talk) 20:04, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
I have added " importScript('User:Ucucha/HarvErrors.js'); " (without these quote marks) to User:Doug Coldwell/common.js - but still don't understand how to use this feature. Can you give me an example of an article that would show these "red errors" you are speaking of and when or where to click on User:Ucucha/HarvErrors to see those "red errors".--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:33, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Hold that thought. I might be onto something. I'll get back to you IF I need further help.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:09, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Robert E. Lee has those red errors in the notes and the bibliography. User:Ucucha/HarvErrors is nothing more than a page of explanation of the script and some examples. At the bottom of that page is a section on fixing problems. However, once you get in the rhythm of how the sfn (or harvb or whatever you use as a short footnote) talks to the bibliography, you'll instinctively know how to fix what shows up.
The notes and biblio are looking for coding to connect. Think of it this way:
The short footnotes are looking for something to point to in the bibliography, and info in the two places must match, and all the sfn piping should be in place
1) A common error I make is to forget a piping in the sfn, and it kicks out a red error message
If you have multiple authors in the bibliography, the short footnotes need all the names to match it
A typo in one place or the other, it's a no-match and error messages
If you have something in the bibliography that has nothing in the footnotes pointing to it, the item in the biblio will flag a red error
1) In the RELee article, the Eicher book has two authors named Eicher. In that instance, the last names should be something like Eisher1 and Eisher2. But there would still be a red error, because the inline citation does not use the short footnote template - it's configured manually, and only mentions one of the authors. The bibliography has no way of knowing that reference is there, so you see a red error.
2) In the RELee article, there are notes section error messages for Freeman 1997 and 1991, because the bibliography has nothing listed by that author in those years. It is possible to use multiple books by the same author in different years, but each one has to be listed separately in the bibliography.
I think I've covered the basics. Let me know if you need anything else. Just learn to think like those references - they're trying to send signals to each other to connect. — Maile (talk) 21:26, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Yes! Great explanation. Thanks for the help....--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:32, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Glad to be of help. See you around Wikipedia in one place or another. — Maile (talk) 21:37, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello
Hi Doug, this is Bigturtle. I see that you sent me an email on Saturday, December 7, but I did not get it. I currently have a security system that is filtering out a lot of email. If you remember what you were sending me, please post it on my talk page. Thanks! Bigturtle (talk) 00:32, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Virginia Mae Brown
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A barnstar for you!
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
You make Wikipedia better every day. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:49, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
this might not be the edit you intended to make. Maybe something got crossed there? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 15:14, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
I think maybe you are right. If User:7&6=thirteen wishes NOT to continue with this nomination, then he can tag it accordingly. If he wishes to continue, then perhaps he will make the necessary corrections. My mistake. Sorry.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:27, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
No problem. If he wants the page to go (which I personally don't have any problems with), speedy is not the way to go though, but MfD is. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 15:36, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
DYK for Elizabeth Burchenal
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Happy New Year, whether it be someone with whom you had disagreements in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Share the good feelings. - Vic/Roger
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Hi, great article! I had a question about her date of death. The bio sidebar says she died August 29th, but the external obits seem to claim she died April 14th. Do you know which one is correct? Thanks! -Yupik (talk) 09:08, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Death is April 14, 1991. Ref is Find-a-Grave. Thanks for finding that.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Welcome. There may be a few more of us. Time will tell.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:28, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Mass surveillance in China review
Doug,
Just thought I'd give you a heads up on an item you reviewed: The item was pulled from the prep area due to copyright concerns. It seems the source in question that was plagiarised was a pdf file. If it makes you feel any better, I missed it too, and promoted it to the prep area! -- Ohc ¡digame! 02:34, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for notifying me.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:38, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Editing
You've been rather quiet of late. Hope everything's OK, I miss your work here!♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:44, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Yes, everything is alright. I have been working on my own personal projects that have been taking up most of my time. I noticed in the last few days that you have been working on Cook Island articles. We have traveled to the Cook Islands as well as Tahiti, Fiji, and Western Somoa. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:28, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
I noticed the recent edit by User:173.240.232.45 to Conclusion of the American Civil War and your reversion of the edit. It may not matter much in the scheme of things but I think the edit was not experimental but rather was in good faith. It was wrong but the source, a New York Times article on the Times web site, could be confusing. It is dated May 9 (no year but obviously a recent year). In very small print, it states "Published May 10, 1865." I have left a note for the editor about the source of his/her confusion. Strange as it may sound, I hope the editor will be encouraged to know that his edit was in fact wrong and why. Donner60 (talk) 22:39, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Blab school
blab school which he walked to in his youth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Blab school. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
you can spam Bibles in hotel rooms but not in Wiki articles, please
There is a bible in a city's hotel rooms but that is not a good reason for linking the bible to the city article. Likewise Pony Express bible is linked wholesale in a spam-like operation tinged with a religious POV. It looks poor on Wikipedia. I wrote up a complaint to
Rjensen - Sorry about that! I thought one was suppose to link from other similar articles (e.g. bibles) - so I did as I thought appropriate. FYI, not religious at all - never been to church (Christian or otherwise). I do not believe in the "Jesus story" of the Bible. It doesn't make any difference to me rather or not other articles are linked to my newly created article of Pony Express bible. Others that might be interested in a variety of other bibles and why they were printed I thought might be interested. As you can see by my 300 Did You Knows that I have a wide range of subjects I write on and am somewhat experienced. In my experience of writing up so many articles, I though it the right thing to do = associate bibles and similar items to this article. For example I thought it would fit right in with Pony Express mochila as this is how the Pony Express riders carried the mail and other items (i.e. bible) = but you removed it. The original creator of that article with a 7 in 1 hook didn't find it offensive = only you did. I'll leave it the way you like it, censored and all.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:51, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
I noticed that publishers and printers are among some of your favorite subjects and thought you might appreciate
an article I created and built to near completion so time ago. Any thoughts, advice, criticism, etc would be welcomed. -- Gwillhickers (talk
) 16:35, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
Ha! Just noticed your name in its edit history! Small world. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 16:38, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hello! Doug Coldwell,
I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! LukeSurltc 01:32, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
