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WikiProject College football December 2007 Newsletter

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GNIS ref

Rats - I wanted to be the first here, oh well. ;-) I updated

Snyder Middleswarth Natural Area's GNIS template, will work on it for DYK and update others too. Ruhrfisch ><>°°
02:43, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

LOTD

I am surprised at the number of people who have nominated candidates and participated in feedback, but have not voted. If I had made voting mandatory, would it have kept you from nominating an article?--

WP:LOTD
) 17:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. Do you have a better formatting suggestion?--
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) 22:40, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Black Mo SP source and Salty Snacks NA

Thanks for the congratulations (this is my first edit as an admin - hopefully I don't accidentally delete your talk or block you!)(formal thank you to follow). Anyway I found a nice source on birds and animals at

Snyder Middleswarth Natural Area is up for DYK and I think I can get it at least to GA and possibly FA. Would you mind taking a look (VerruckteDan already added a ref, but otherwise it has just been me working on it). Ruhrfisch ><>°°
21:33, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

One of the nice things about DYK is the attention it brings - when I first write I tend to throw the kitchen sink in, then weed out later. Thankfully someone has now trimmed the bios for me (although I might add back a date for each, so readers have some idea of their time frames). I see you are plugging away at the state parks with GNIS and inline refs - keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:05, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
I am not sure when I will get to Black Mo SP - it is further than I thought. I will do my best to get there in January, not sure I can before Christmas. Will also send you the Cupper quotes - probably easier via email. I think the script takes out extra spaces, so it is at least neutral and probably good. Will look at the article tomorrow, Take care,Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:24, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Here is a nice ref for the CCC camp that built Black Mo SP [1] from the DCNR CCC archives. I think these pictures are PD (US Government work - taken for CCC) too. One seems to show construction of the dam [2] Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:51, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
I added the dam picture to the article. Here are more sources from the National Register of Historic Places: day use district, family cabin district, and maintenance district. The overall web site is http://www.arch.state.pa.us/display.asp, there are free B&W photos of the cabins etc there too (have to search for Black Moshannon State Park). Enjoy, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

(unindent) Sorry, I do not have any access to bots. I think there is a general bot task request page somewhere. As an admin I can (un)block users, (un)protect pages from being edited in various degrees, edit protected pages, (un)delete pages and images, and access a few pages not accessible to regular editors (the only one I know of so far is the unwatched pages). There is a School for New Admins, basically a series of test exercises. I want to run through all those before doing much other stuff. I think the rationale for the unwatched pages is that if anyone could view it, it would be a prime target for vandals. Apparently it is hard to make it available to editors with say 1000 edits and not everyone. Do you like the picture? It is grainy in the original too. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:25, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

I emailed you the info from Cupper's book on Black Mo - I typed out the shorter passages, summarized two longer ones about people in the Depression trying to make money there selling sandwiches and ice cream and giving airplane rides. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:36, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for supporting my RFA


<font=3> Thanks for your support, my request for adminship passed 62/0/0 yesterday!

I want to thank

Dincher
for nominating me, those who updated the RfA tally, and everyone for their support and many kind words. I will do my best to use the new tools carefully and responsibly (and since you are reading this, I haven't yet deleted your talk page by accident!). Please let me know if there is anything I can do to be of assistance, and keep an eye out for a little green fish with a mop on the road to an even better encyclopedia.

Thanks again and take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:29, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your conomination and for always being a good friend and collaborator. Keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:29, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

PS The road picture is of
Commonscat}} trick. I also have a full panorama of South White Deer Ridge I could upload (the current picture is just a part of it). Busy IRL, not too active here tonight Ruhrfisch ><>°°
02:12, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Actually it is heading south, just before the curve to the right that goes by the reservoir. If you look closely there is a white signboard on the right that is for the reservoir. I looked at {{Infobox road}} but there is no image parameter specified (though there is code for a map). I just don't think there is enough to add to get the article text big enough for three pictures Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:50, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Hummelstown

Good job, and thanks for adding the picture of the square. Makes the article look alot better. Did you take the picture? The Rypcord. 21:12, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

You are welcome. I don't think I have ever been to Hummelstown! Maybe but I am not sure. Anyway. I downloaded the pic from flickr. I have found quite a few good PA pics for use on wiki at flickr.
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Ryerson Station

Already emailed back - copied you on my original query and reply. Lake is gone until the dam is rebuilt in the next 3 years or so. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

I emailed them again. I think that the information is
reliable source and can't be cited. I would cite the park DCNR website for the lake draw down, and just leave the future plans uncited for now - hopefully they will add this to the website soon and then it can be cited. Ruhrfisch ><>°°
02:08, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

LOTD congratulations

Congratulations!!!

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) 06:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Darwinek wishes you a Merry Christmas!

Hi Dincher! I wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best in the new year. - Darwinek (talk) 11:44, 21 December 2007 (UTC)


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Dear Dincher, I wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year! Yours, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:16, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the greetings, I like the little groundhog and his Santa hat. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well. VerruckteDan (talk) 21:10, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

  • I also really like the Santa Groundhog - made me laugh out loud, Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Hey Dinch, all the best for 2008 and looking forward to many productive collaborations. I like the new Lyco Co pix too. Take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:03, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
      • Thanks - I also like the Tioga Co pix. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject North Carolina

Hello, I noticed that you have associated yourself with WikiProject North Carolina in one way or another and I wanted to say Hi. I have been doing a bit of work on the project and wanted to know if you were still interested. One of the major things that we need help with is article assessment. If you go to NC Article Grading and Ranking you will see that as of 12-25-2007 we have over 2,900 articles that are either unassessed and/or have not been tagged with importance. If you are interested in remaining a part of WikiProject North Carolina, please consider placing the userbox {{User WikiProject North Carolina}} if you have not already done so that others will know that you are a part of this Project as well as ensuring that you are listed on the WP North Carolina Participants. If you are no longer interested in participating in the project, please strike through your name on the WP North Carolina Participant list and/or remove the WikiProject NC Userbox! If you have any questions, please let me know!Rob110178 (talk) 22:54, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject College football January 2008 Newsletter

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Maps, maps, maps

Thanks for the compliment on the Priestley House maps. I will try to fix the Liberty map locator dot next. I also plan to add townships to Tioga County pics I have on Commons. I may have a decent one of Wellsboro somewhere - would that be useful?

I have not forgotten the Black Mo or Worlds End maps. Worlds End is started at least. BLack Mo will have to be drawn partly by hand - looks as if the borders on the DCNR and PennDOT maps and the Census differ. Sigh.

The PHMC bookstore sells a map of PA county border development over time in their online bookstore. Seems a bit pricey. I may get it anyway. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:58, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I fixed it - feel free to tweak the dot if you think it needs to be adjusted. I know that you will be shocked (shocked!) to learn that I think I have a picture of
Marsh Creek in Wellsboro. I think I have one of the diner too, and the Winken, Blinken and Nod fountain too. Ruhrfisch ><>°°
02:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Glad to help - hopefully Dan can figure out the problem. Still need to look for the Wellsboro pix. May travel today, so it might not be until later. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
You might like this Image:Winken, Blinken and Nod Statue in Wellsboro.JPG. The Marsh Creek pic is up too, but not anything special. Have to keep looking for the diner. If you get a chance, could you look at the new Priestley House map on its talk page - I tried combining the two existing maps, not sure it works. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 05:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Diner is up - exterior is not a great photo, but I like the interior shot. See Image:Wellsboro Diner exterior.jpg and Image:Wellsboro Diner interior.jpg. Also uploaded two more Pine Gorge pics from Leonard Harrison (both foggy / misty from May). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Black Mo pix

So glad you like it. I have a lot more pix to upload - will get some today, not sure if all will done before I call it a night. I am looking at the NRHP listing and the DCNR map to try and identify the various picnic shelters I have pictures of. I have pics of the dam, beach, beach house, various shelters and the former museum, plus lots of the lake and bog. Also plan on going back there in spring or summer to see the bog in bloom - very cool.

Thanks for weighing in on the map, version four, too. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

  • I got all the pix uploaded. Add at will, but I would keep the current green bog shot in as it is nice to see it not in January. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:41, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
    • I tried to make the captions on the uploaded images pretty detailed, but ask if you are not sure. Also busy IRL. Take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
      • I just tweaked one caption on the bog trail boardwalk. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
        • I think it is a worthy goal and certainly something to aim for. I have been pleased with how many state parks have had photos added since the FL (many thanks to you). Keep up the good work and I will try to add more too, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Heart's Content

Hey do you happen to know what the official name for

talk•contribs
03:53, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I moved it to
talk•contribs
23:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I saw some photos on the Forest Service site, but none were that great (except for the
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01:19, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Maybe I'll go sometime in summer when I'm back in Erie. Right now I'm in Lancaster. I've decided to move the article to "Hearts Content National Scenic Area" as a sentence on the Forest Service site seems to imply that recreation area is the campsite next to the forest. --
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Found it, I think

This [4] seems to be the same McClure (Snyder County). Is this waht you wanted or should I contact them? Ruhrfisch ><>°°

00:47, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad to help - wish they were all this easy ;-). Sometimes GNIS seems a bit funny - I have had searches return nothing or not work at all, then work when I tried again a bit later. Take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 00:54, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Selinsgrove Speedway

Hmmm. I thought I found it on Google Earth at these coordinates 40°47′14″N 76°52′13″W / 40.78722°N 76.87028°W / 40.78722; -76.87028 but the USGS map at TopoZone labels that as the County Fairgrounds (I just found the racetrack). What I planned to do was find it on Google Earth, add the coords to the article, then check back on Google Earth to make sure the coords were right, then go to TopoZone to see where it is (for the borough or Twp. question). This is how I found the Larrys Creek Fish and Game Club lodge and helipad to fix their twps (in descriptions on Commons). Does this approach make sense? So if you can find it on Google Earth, I think this will work. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:06, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Based on the Speedway's own web page, I'd say it is the former "County Fairgrounds". There's a detailed map of the borough here [5], with presumably up-to-date boundaries, so it appears the speedway is in Penn Twp. Choess (talk) 14:33, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Choess! I did not think to look at their own website. I guess looking for a racetrack near Selinsgrove was not such a bad idea after all ;-) Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Orphans and Gregg

I emailed you about the orphans. Here is one reference from Meginness about Gregg Twp: Ch. 39. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Favor request

I made Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad and nominated for DYK (started it Jan. 24).

"DYK ...that when the first portion of the

public transit line in the Wyoming Valley
?"

Would you mind looking it over? It was a redlink in Priestley House before. I rated it too - do those seem OK? One more red link to go. Thanks in advance, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:46, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Thanks - hope you are feeling better ASAP. No rush on the article, especially since it reads OK on a quick check. Appreciate it, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
    • I took out the duplicates and added a new map, thanks again, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 05:02, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
      • Thanks for the congrats and for weighing in on the FAC!
        Grove Township
        .

        Glad you like the Swedish article - I have a DYK nom in for it. I thought of trying something like ...that Carl Frederik von Breda, a Swedish potrait painter of Dutch ancestry who studied in England, has been compared to the Flemish van Dyck? (nationality soup) but I liked the other hook better. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

        • I would either put both twps on the label, or guess and say it is in Porter Twp - that is where the picnic area and houses are, so most likely where someone took the picture. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
          • Would you please take a look at Black Mo and Worlds End and let me know what things you think should be on their maps? Maybe look at the Presque Isle map I made too for ideas. Both have nice DCNR maps too, but I can't get that level of detail. I plan to work on Worlds End and then Black Mo maps next. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
            • Maybe put in the photo label that the Pond extends into the other twp? Thanks for the map suggestions, Worlds End is in progress. Enjoy the day off, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:05, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
              • The picture is great - double checked the map and the state forest is all around the lake in both twps. Google still has the page in its cache here. I checked the Internet Archive but it did not have the page - may add it in the next few months. I have to contact DEP about something else - do you want me to ask them about this page too? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
                • Wooohoooo! Thanks! I had not been on yet and just got your message, thanks! Now I can work on a certain set of state park maps ;-) Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:46, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

        Thanks again


        <font=3> Thanks for your support, comments and edits to the article -
        featured article today!
        Take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°°
        02:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

        Upper Pine Bottom State Park

        Thanks for the GNIS fix and good catch, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

        • ...and here I thought you were systematically checking all of the GNIS refs in PA state parks. I found some info on the history of the UPB region and could add some on the Run - it would be short still, but I sometimes think I could get UPB to GA (or at least try). The best would be GA for Allegheny Islands - now that would would be much ado about (almost) nothing (at least you can have a picnic or park or fish at UPB, AI is inaccessible except by boat). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 00:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
          • I will see what I can do to expand it - just reread it, there is not much there (in the article and in the park). Still, I do like a challenge. Also working on the Worlds End map still. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:43, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
            • Worlds End base map (no writing or trails yet) is here Talk:Worlds End State Park Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
              • I managed to make three mistakes updating DYK today (see my talk page). You might want to withdraw that support vote on my RfA. (weak smile) Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
                • I was in a hurry and uploaded two articles that then were taken off (did not meet the criteria) and I forgot to leave a note on a nominator's talk page. Sigh,
                  talk
                  ) 22:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

                  Park Maps

                  I figure I will make a map for any FA or GA Pennsylvania state park (or any that are trying to get there seriously). It would only be 119, one map would suffice for Leonard Harrison and Colton Point, and maybe you could get away with one map for the Hyners (118). Maybe Gouldsboro and Tobyhanna could be one map too (117). There are others - Jennings and Moraine maybe (116), Poe Valley and Poe Paddy perhaps (115). Not sure about RB Winter, Sand Bridge and McCalls Dam - all the tiny ones are hard maps in a way. As for the Black Mo link, DCNR did give me the info, but it was an old email - I had to check my archive and it took a while (back when we were working on the list they had said the URL would change). It was tickling my brain, took me a while to find it. Glad you like the map, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:46, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

                  Sullivan County List

                  Hi Dinch, I tweaked another list and made List of municipalities in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania and {{Sullivan County Pennsylvania Map}}. The list needs a fair amount of cleanup still, but I think the map is done - any feedback and edits appreciated as always, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

                  (unindent) I think I am done - I added more on population changes since founding and caught a few more errors (Hillsgrove had the wrong date and wrong formed from, Laporte was congressman and has an article, etc.). The only thing I am not sure about is if we should note in the "Formed from" category "while in Lycoming County" or "while part of Lycoming County" for the seven twps that is true of. Do you want me to nominate it at Peer Review next? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

                  • Glad you liked it - I also thought of putting (* = while part of Lycoming County) in the top column, then asterisks after the townships, but I think that would be confusing. I will nominate it for PR next unless you want to - will wait 30 minutes then nominate if I have not heard back from you. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 00:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
                    • Thanks, the peer review request is in at Wikipedia:Peer review/List of municipalities in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania/archive1. Godcharles' book said Laporte was a Congressman, so I figured he was notable and found the article. Then I read the link you added on Dushore's first settler and searched for Thouars (last part of name) as I figured he might be notable as a ship's captain. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
                      • What do you think of the gallery below the list instead of on top of it? I do not like it as much there. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:48, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
                        • If you use Windows, then my guess is it is Internet Explorer (IE). Is the icon on your desktop or toolbar that you click on to get the internet a blue "e" with a gold tilted halo / ring? If so, it is IE. Have to run IRL, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

                  DYK notification

                  Updated DYK query On
                  15 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of municipalities in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page
                  .

                  Good work!--Daniel Case (talk) 11:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

                  Woohoo! Pictured slot too! Thanks for all your work on it, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 12:28, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

                  Nominated

                  See Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of municipalities in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:40, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

                  • I was pleasantly surprised to have one support so fast, will keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for saying thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
                    • I was going to let you know it was FL when I got your message - woohoo! Congrats and thanks! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:45, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

                  David Shuster

                  I noticed you were trying to revert vandalism; I was doing the same at the same time. All the edits by Fritz56 were vandalism. Arosa (talk) 02:21, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

                  I noticed that you have edited David Shuster's bio and am wondering why no one has provided additional Internet related information about him. I have been reading a lot about him over the past two days and there is a lot of information circulating about his having made false statements about various issues. Is the Shuster page a vanity page? It certainly looks like it to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.18.66.59 (talk) 15:39, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

                  Francis Bok

                  The DYK rule now is expansion five-fold for an existing article (no longer have another restriction). Also, the hook has to be an inline citation / ref from a relaiable source. I pasted the text of the article into MS Word and got 658 characters with spaces, so get it to 3500 - 4000 charatcers of text and you are fine. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:51, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

                  Glad to help - the Sullivan Co list is looking good - thanks for all of your hard work and edits to it. I look forward to learning more about Mr. Bok. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:03, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
                  I like your version - here it is slightly tweaked: DYK ...that
                  abolitionist for the American Anti-Slavery Group? Ruhrfisch ><>°°
                  03:34, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
                  You started the expansion on the 13th, so I would go with that. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:30, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
                  The Main Page can only have free images - the hermit was fair use, so could not be on the Main Page. Francis is a free image and should be fine. Nice pic too, I got my first DYK nom only (Pine Creek Rail Trail) today Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
                  I added some to it - the hook info was mine and most of the pictures, but 90% of the article or more is not from me, so it was just the nom. The bridge pic did not make it, so now I wonder if one of the trail and creek would have been better in the DYK nom. Oh well, have a good one, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 05:07, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

                  I don't know what was going on, or if it was a problem on my side or yours, but there seemed to be a number of line breaks (in the wiki code) the entire length of the article which prevented links and templates from displaying properly, which I have now fixed. You seem to know what you're doing, but I'm wondering what could have caused this. Good article btw. -Oreo Priest 18:32, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

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