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Good to see you registered an account! I think you'll find it makes editing Wikipedia even easier. HollyAm 20:19, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

re. wisconsin rapids You need to be more familar with our area before you start deleting links. We do more for our community and provide a much better service than the Heart of Wisconsin has ever done. We motivaste people to stimulate our community and provide a search service that is unsurpassed in our area. Please leave our links alone or I'll turn Fr. Karoblis on ya :-)[(Goochs (talk) 01:38, 21 November 2008 (UTC))]

Thanks for leaving a note on my home page. . .So glad that you decided to join Wikepedia. . .I hope you keep contributing and ejoy your involvement! TMS63112 16:54, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I think I've fixed the external link the way you wanted. You had the right idea, but the link didn't work due to typos. Here you can see that there was a line break in the middle of the link (before the '.html'), and that caused it not to work. You may have hit the 'Enter' key while typing in the link? And then here your link would have been fine except there was a trailing slash (/) put at the end of the link when there should not have been. But it should work now. HollyAm 18:04, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome! Also, I looked at the

Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman into a Redirect page pointing to Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman. This way, you can wikilink to either spelling, though it is still preferable to wikilink to the version that avoids the redirection. The rest of the Burke article looked fine to me, but if I missed something, just let me know. HollyAm

23:43, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Dan Quayle

That's no problem at all. You don't have to be signed in to edit, after all. Really, asides from the "perks" like being able to talk to people more easily and getting credit for your edits, the only time it's "important" to sign in is for editing things in the [[wikipedia:]] and [[wikipedia talk:]] name spaces, since rightly or wrongly you may be ignored on some of those pages (

15:08, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Atatürk

Hi RFD, the birth day of Atatürk is not known. That's his word, when people asks him about his birth day, he said that i don't know.--Ugur Basak 15:25, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

15:27, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke article-

I replied to your msg on my talk page. — Kbh3^rdtalk 16:18, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

If you looked at my talk page and didn't see anything, it was temporarily vandalized this morning. — Kbh3^rdtalk 19:20, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Richard! Looks like a difficult situation over at the Burke article. Here is my advice; you're probably familiar with much of it already. What's going on is a NPOV dispute rather than vandalism (see Wikipedia:Vandalism#What_vandalism_is_not). It is good that you are striving toward neutral point of view with this article.

I see someone has created a page at

page, so it still needs to be dealt with there.

You could

for a how-to-revert). If no recent version is acceptable, then you'll have to write it yourself first.

However, someone or someones could disagree with your revert and revert it right back. This creates the

describes having the page temporarily protected and what the criteria must be.

You're doing great by keeping a cool head through what can be a stressful situation. Let me know if I can help or explain further. HollyAm 19:54, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I actually meant to let you know that I started the Diocese of Superior article and then forgot. Someone else created the Green Bay article, which I helped format, and then since the Superior article was the only one left to create, I figured I would go ahead and do so. Good catch on the date and info in the Madison article. I wikified the counties and also added the list of bishops. HollyAm 19:34, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Richard - Thanks for leaving a couple notes on my talk page. . .I took a look at the Abp. Dolan article - it's pretty good. I have fond memories of him when he was in St. Louis, but I'm afraid I don't have much to contribute to the article at this point. Happy New Year and keep up the good work with your contributions. And remember to

17:29, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I got your note about the RFT letters on the Archbishop Burke page. Right now they are available on the talk page, which is fine with me. The user you reference doesn't seem to have been active under that username since August. Thanks! TMS63112 16:58, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Richard - Good work on the articles. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. I made a couple minor edits. Please consider including something in each article explainign what Province V is. TMS63112 20:51, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

You left me a note a couple days ago about whether I thought Abp. Burk would be named a Cardinal. . .I don't really know, but I doubt it. St. Louis is one of those diocese (Baltimore is the other that comes to mind) that sometimes has a Cardinal, but not always. We have not had one as Abp. since Cardinal Carberry retired in the early 1980's (he died in about 1998). I think as the church becomes less a European and North American church we will see fewer cardinals from small and mid-sized diocese like STL and more from Africa, Asia, and South America. I also think the controversies over things like St. Stans make it less likely thatBurke would get picked for a red hat. TMS63112 04:29, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Done.

Hi Richard, thanks for the note! Nice job on the Episcopal dioceses and great idea to expand on religion in Wisconsin. Good job with the other articles, also. One of the many things on my "to do list" is to work on Congressmen without articles at

01:53, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for adding Angus Cameron; I added Joseph V. Quarles, so now only two to go! HollyAm 02:29, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for getting those articles about the Sinsinawa sisters and the town itself added to the site. If I come across any useful information I'll certainly add it to the articles, and if I remember the next time I'm out that way and I have my camera to get some pictures of the town.
JesseG 02:48, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Hello,

Thank you for leting us know about this article. I cleaned it up a little bit, by adding links to the existing articles, and making some corrections - he was a director at the Filarmonic orchestra in Arad, not in Bucharest. Also I added it to the list of Romania related new articles here. Mihai -^talk 18:21, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I haven't noticed the fact that there were two obituaries. I have corrected the link and added some information (link to Constantin Silvestri and rephrased a little bit the thing about his life in Romania). Mihai -^talk 21:24, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi, this is just to let you know that I (finally) read your note on my talk page, and that I appreciate your drive towards accuracy by involving "locals". However, to be perfectly honest, I never heard of the guy (not much into classical music myself), so I can't help in any meaningful way (of course I could Google out some data on him, but I expect you guys already did that.) But I did mean it when I thanked you, reaching out is commendable. --Gutza ^{T T+} 04:34, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi.. thanks for creating an article for the Cathedral, as I've been meaning to get around to it. I think its proper name is Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist though (see website), but wanted to get your imput instead of just arbitrarily moving the page. Take care! Sulfur 01:42, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi again! Given the opinion you gave at

00:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Blackhawk Museum

Hello, just wanted to let you know that the Blackhawk Museum article has been listed as a possible copyvio. Thanks. --Geopgeop 13:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

RFD, Charles Dierkop is one of my favorite character actors. It was an honor to expand the article. Take care! Schmiteye 04:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't know of any biographies of her. I've only seen her mentioned, briefly, in books on First Ladies, or on Benjamin Harrison. I agree that it sounds like an interesting story. - Nunh-huh 21:47, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

For a yet-more-interesting marital knot, see Daisy, Princess of Pless. She and her husband had three sons, then divorced and married other spouses. Her husband's second wife divorced him and married his son (who was also, obviously, the son of Daisy), and had two children by him. Thus Daisy's husband's second wife was the mother of Daisy's only grandchildren.... - Nunh-huh 21:53, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I only know of a few of Mary Harrison's descendants, and I don't know who married Mary Jane Walker (or if there's another granddaughter I don't know of.) But it seems a distant enough relationship to be comfortable. I guess things were different in those days! - 22:10, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info on Charles Calhoun's book. Is there any additional info there on relatives or ancestors? If so, I'd try to find a copy to look at. - Nunh-huh 14:33, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Richard, how are you? It's been a while since I've been to Wikipedia, but I plan to now be back. My time had been limited lately, as I have been caring for a family member; but I am doing well, just busy. I haven't checked out the Wisconsin-related updates yet, but it looks like there are many new pages. I'll try to catch up with what's new. Until later! HollyAm 02:40, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikiproject:Catholicism 101!

Hi, RFD. Someone vandalised my earlier Veronica Lueken entry. How do I go about complaining about edits that violate NPOV, contain unsubstantiated statements etc? [User: Calibanu]] 10.31, 5 July 2006

This is a reminder to go vote by June 7 for the Catholic Collaboration of the Week. Support or comment on the current nominations, or nominate an article for collaboration. Current nominations: Sacred Heart

Hi. Richard. I'd like to help with the Shrine of Our Lady of Guaedelupe entry, but to provide NPOV, I'll probably need some balancing stuff. Are there are any online references to the controversy about it that you've already referred to?

User Calibanu 10.16, 13 June 2006.

You showed support for the Catholic Collaboration Effort. Remember that voting to support an article implies a commitment to contribute to the article. This week Catholic social teaching was selected to be improved. We hope you can contribute!

Cool! thanks for letting me know.

Hi there, just wondering why you left the following message on my talk page:

"I got a request about the vandalizing of the Veronica Lueken article. First: I did ask the individual doing the vandalism to put any concerns, etc., on the discussion section and if the individual would please get a wikipedia account. Second: I told User:Caribeu (? not sure of the exact spelling of name) to get ahold of an administrator. I hope this helps. Thank you-RFD 11:29, 5 July 2006 (UTC)"

I've added the article to my watchlist and have done some work on it now, but I don't understand why I got the message in the first place. —

22:44, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi! You probably have more experience with vandalism and people who change articles without expressing their concerns, etc., then I have. You probably have more experience with handling vandalism then I have like blocking them. Thanks-RFD 22:54, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, thank you for your kind words. As I said, I will continue to monitor the page to make sure everything is okay. But I can't block people, you'll need an administrator for that. For anything else, though, please feel free to contact me. —

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02:51, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Catholicism Assessment

Hello, fellow

ra

07:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

There is a vote at Talk:Roman Catholic Church: A Vote on the Title of this Article on moving Roman Catholic Church to Catholic Church. You are invited to review it. --WikiCats 04:03, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

That's great to hear! I'm a senior this year and would really like to get a good page going for the school so future students can have something to see and work on themselves. I had noticed a few other central Ohio high schools had pages, and liked the idea. Thanks for the help! --DeathLoofah 01:50, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for working on this article. To clear up any misunderstanding, I want to point you to

) 23:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Vandalism

Done and done. Thank you for being on the lookout. If you wish, you may learn about undoing vandalism here: Help:Reverting -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 15:29, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I did major editing on the

17:51, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Diocesan Infobox

To the creators of Diocesan/Archdiocesan articles

I have proposed at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Catholicism an infobox for Catholic Dioceses. I have not gotten any feedback on this proposal, so I’m culling feedback, advice, corrections, etc. for this. If you have the time, would you check out User:SkierRMH/Diocese_Infobox and give me some feedback! Thanks much!!

Thanks for the pointer to

. Here are two New York Times articles you might be interested in:

New York Times, 11 February 1913

MRS. CLEVELAND AND PROF. PRESTON WED
President Hibben Officiates at Ceremony in the Princeton University Mansion.
ONLY FEW RELATIVES THERE
Date Advanced Because of Prof. Preston's illness—Her Daughter and His Brother Attend Them.
Special to The New York Times.

PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 10.-Surrounded only by members of their immediate families and three friends. Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland, widow of the late President Grover Cleveland. and Prof. Thomas Jex Preston, Jr., of Wells College, Aurora, N. Y., were married this morning in the executive mansion of Princeton University. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. John Grier Hibben, President of Princeton, and a longtime friend of the bride and bridegroom. After the wedding breakfast, at which President and Mrs. Hìbben were the hosts, the couple held an informal reception at Prospect.

Mr. and Mrs. Preston left President Hibben's home in a touring car shortly after 1 o'clock, and it was reported that they were on their way to Princeton Junction to board a train for Florida. To-night, however, they were still at the Cleveland home in Princeton, and declined to make public their plans.

The Preston-Cleveland nuptials came as a surprise to scores of the former Mrs. Cleveland's friends in Princeton. Although planned during the past three days in the very heart of Princeton University, not one of the students had any Intimation that the wedding was to occur to-day.

It was announced by Dean Andrew F. West, head of the Princeton graduate school, that the element of mystery which pervaded the preliminary plans for the wedding was due to an illness of Mr. Preston that had led his physician to prescribe a period of rest in Florida. That the date for the ceremony was rather hastily decided on is evident from the fact that only last Saturday Mrs. Henry Edward Perrine, the mother of the bride, who has lived at the Cleveland home for several years, left for Bermuda, to be gone for two months.

Mr. Preston reached Princeton from New York only half an hour before the ceremony this morning. He was accompanied by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jex Preston of Aurora, and his sisters, Mrs. Florence Preston Jones and Mrs. John Hoppen; Mr. Hoppen of South Orange and his brother, Harry Preston of New York City. They went directly to Prospect, the university executive mansion, where Mrs. Cleveland and Mr. Preston spent a few minutes receiving the servants of the Cleveland household In the hall.

At 10:30 o'clock the bride-elect walked to the main drawing room of the Princeton mansion on Mr. Preston's arm. Mrs. Cleveland was attired in an unadorned white silk gown cut along simple lines, and carried a bouquet of white Killarney roses. Mr. Preston wore the conventional black frock suit.

In performing the ceremony President Hibben used the Episcopal service. Those who were in the room aside from the relatives who accompanied Mr. Preston to Princeton were Miss Esther Cleveland, who was born in the White House and who made her début on Nov. 18, at which time Mrs. Cleveland made her first appearance since her husband's death attired in colors: Miss Marian Cleveland. Who is attending school at Bryn Mawr, Penn.; Francis Cleveland, the late President's youngest son: President and Mrs. Hibben, and Dean Andrew F. West of the Princeton Graduate School. Richard Cleveland, the third child of Mrs. Cleveland, is at school at Phillips Andover Academy, and although notified of the wedding was unable to attend. Miss Esther Cleveland and Harry Preston stood by the couple as the service was read.

The Prospect dining room was decorated for the wedding breakfast with narcissus and white Killarney roses, the latter being Mrs. Preston's favorite flower.

Shortly after noon several of Mrs. Cleveland's friends and neighbors called to offer their congratulations. Some of them also knew Mr. Preston, who only a few years ago took a Master of Arts degree at the university. Among these callers were President Francis Landey Patton of the Theological Seminary, a former President of Princeton University, with Mrs. Patton; George B. McClellan. ex-Mayor of New York City and now a Princeton Professor, and Mrs. McClellan, and Jesse Lynch Williams, the author, and Mrs. Williams.

The bride and groom were borne away through a shower of rice in the steel-gray touring car which has for a long time been known as the Cleveland automobile. The former bride of the White House, though 48 years old, looked little more than 30 as she waved a happy goodbye to friends on the Hibben lawn. Mr. Preston is 50 years old and a six-footer. His bearing as he stepped briskly into the waiting machine was not that of a man who needed to go to Florida for his health.

Despite Mr. and Mrs. Preston's refusal to divulge their plans, it is believed that they will soon leave for Florida. Mrs. Preston will not attend the inaugural ceremonies on March 4. It is said that Miss Esther Cleveland will join her grandmother, Mrs. Perrine, at Bermuda within the next week.

NYT: 26 December 1955

DR. T. J. PRESTON W JR., EDUCATOR, WAS 93
Special to The New York Times.

SOUTH ORANGE, N. J., Dec. 25-Dr. Thomas Jex Preston Jr., former Professor of Archeology at Princeton University and former president pro tem of Wells College, Aurora, N. Y., died today at his home, 151 Irving Avenue, after an illness of several months. He was 93 years old.

Dr. Preston's wife was Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, widow of President Grover Cleveland. Dr. Preston and Mrs. Cleveland were married in 1913, five years after the death of the late President. Mrs. Preston died in 1948.

Dr. Preston was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., and was graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1880. He studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, the University of Rome and the American School of Classical Studies in Rome before joining P. J. Preston & Co. in Newark, a linseed oil manufacturing concern founded by his father.

After the concern was sold in 1992, Dr. Preston enrolled at Princeton as the university's first "adult student." He received a bachelor of literature degree in 1906 at the age of 44, a masters degree the following year and a doctorate of philosophy in 1910. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Dr. Preston was a former trustee of the Westminster Choir School at Princeton and a life member of the Archeological Institute of America. He was professor of archeology at Princeton In 1911 and 1912, and was president pro tem of Wells College when he retired in 1912.

- Nunh-huh 16:00, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi, RFD, I don't know of an online version to link them to, but feel free to just move the text to the article's talk page, or to incorporate the facts from the clippings into the article. - Nunh-huh 23:21, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

I have awarded you my personal award. It is located on the bottom of your userpage. I don't want you to miss it. Royalbroil ^T : C 17:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

What was the deal with the image that you inserted on your message in my talk page? Someone has removed it. Royalbroil ^T : C 20:58, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I bet you accidentally clicked on the image button on the toolbar above the text entering section. No problem. Cheers! Royalbroil ^T : C 13:02, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

You do not understand, for sorting purposes Wikipedia requires that all names starting with Mc, for instance, be sorted as "Mac". See the below from Martin McGuinness' edit page:

Please use Macguiness, ie with an 'a' and a lowercase 'g', to assist category sorting

Also, names starting with O' (as in O'Neill would be sorted as Oneill, Ocallaghan, Obrien, etc).

.

Yours, Conrad Falk 14:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, btw, since you probably deal with a lot of people whose surnames start with "Mc" or "O'", please remember the above and spread the word. Thanks!! Conrad Falk 14:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I will go along with you relunctantly for the time being about the spelling-however, I will object if Bishop McGavick's surname, the spelling, is change in the actual article.RFD 16:17, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I was unaware I changed the spelling of his surname in the actual article page; that of course would have been wrong, and if I did so it was in error.Conrad Falk 16:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

My apologies- you did not changed the actual spelling in teh article. I mentioned I would object if the actual spelling of McGavick was changed.RFD 16:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice comments about the Mark Kellogg article and for helping to improve it. Best, --Alabamaboy 15:55, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

To RFD:

I appreciate all the past work that you have done for the

20:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I hope the surgery went well. Glad to know that the world is getting to know western Wisconsin better thanks to all of your contributions. Keep up the good work!  :-) --Crosscountrycpjon 01:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it is too bad to here about Maurice Graff, but nobody can say that he didn't live a full life. Living to the age of 99 years old was just his last of many great accomplishments. RIP Graff. --Crosscountrycpjon 21:28, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Richard:

Can you explain to me how Lund, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in it's own right, located some 8 miles north of Pepin, can be "in the town of Pepin"? That does not make sense. Township, maybe, yeah - but a town cannot be "in a town" eight miles south.

Regards,

Melos Antropon 13:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I can answer this one for I have traveled all the way across the state and visited the site. The replica house on the plot of land is on a road all by itself, so it's not located in EITHER Lund or Pepin. It's most likely in the Township of Pepin. It is located closer to Lund than Pepin. Royalbroil 03:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Lund and the LIW birthplace are both in the Town of Pepin. Wisconsin does not have civil townships at all, so there is no "Township of Pepin"; the Wisconsin version of such an entity is a "town". I see that RFD has changed the LIW article to say that she was born "near the village of Pepin", which is certainly correct. Her birthplace is in the Town of Pepin and also near the Village of Pepin, Wisconsin. Lund is also in the Town of Pepin. All unincorporated parts of Wisconsin are in a Town, and that's the one containing her birthplace. So - Pepin is the name of a Town and also the name of a Village, and both are distinct. Her mother was born in the Town of Brookfield, in what is today the City of Brookfield. Confusing, isn't it? Merenta 18:20, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

You are correct that St. Mary's deserves to be in that article, but what about the other churches? Maybe you could complete the section.

18:44, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello there, I believe from the talk page at

09:34, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I have spent several hours on the article about Holy Hill (near Milwaukee). I think this would be a nice article to feature on Did You Know for WikiProject Wisconsin. It is eligible since it was expanded starting from a few sentences. Do you have any sources that could help expand this article since you work a nearby diocese? I will qualify under the June 19th date (in international time), and it would need to be featured within 5 days. I would appreciate your help! Royalbroil 03:14, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I have nominated the article for DYK. I was actually hoping that you would collaborate with me and use your sources to expand the article. I have used inline citations, so I would appreciate if you would cite anything that could be contested too (use {{Cite book}} for the book). I have retitled the section from "Sources" to "Additional reading", which is accurate right now since it wasn't used as a source. Do you have the ISBN # on the book? I have asked you because I know you are knowledgable about Catholic things. I am Catholic too, but I am not familiar with Wikipedia's styles/methods on Catholic things since don't work on many Catholic articles. Would you please proofread the article for any spelling errors, poorly worded statements, or bad wikilinks? I appreciate your help. Royalbroil 16:25, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you provide a reference for that? I knew there was an affiliation with the PA program but was not aware of one with the medical school. Also, can you state the exact nature of the affiliation? The clinic itself has affiliations with hundreds of universities, but if its specific to the medical school it would be helpful to know exactly what it is. Thanks! Gtadoc 21:47, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for adding a reference, I'm wondering if it might be a good idea to create a seperate page for the medical school (which does not include the PA school) and the larger College of Medicine (which includes PA, PT, Dentists, and residency/fellowships. Gtadoc 17:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I suspected as much, which is why I tagged it instead of deleting it. Feel free to remove the tag if it's going to be referenced. Cheers,

00:33, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestions! I'm still working on improving the List of Governors (I'm hoping to get it up to

) 20:13, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Black Hawk War

Thanks for the thanks! I am glad you are enjoying them, I really have enjoyed working on them. Your comments could not have come at a better time, the wikistress level is through the roof. I am working on an improved version of

09:08, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Moved from your user page, during an apparent lapse of attention paying on my part, sorry. The new Bad Axe article is up btw. IvoShandor 06:55, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

As a member of WikiProject Catholicism I wanted to inform you that some members of Wikipedia believe that most Roman Catholic Bishops do not merit an article on Wikipedia. Since I am unaware of a position on Wikipedia on this matter I decided to bring this to your attention. The three articles on bishops are up for AfD, they are: :

20:42, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Working Man's Barnstar

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I hereby award you the Working Man's Barnstar for all that you do to ensure that Wisconsin locations are well-represented in Wikipedia. Your edits are always first class. Congratulations! Royalbroil 21:47, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

County templates?

From one geography-concentrated editor to another :-) Do you do any work with navigational templates? Of all states that have counties without navboxes, Wisconsin is the most complete: only ten counties lack them — Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washington, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, and Wood. Could you create and place these templates, or find a Wisconsin-centered editor who could? Thanks! And by the way: you can use my

02:17, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note about Richfield and the other communities; I've made the changes. Let me ask: do you know how properly to edit county templates? If not, I'd advise that you work with them in a sandbox; I don't know anything of coding, except what I've discovered from experience, and I've found it very easy to work with these ones. It would be easier for you if you could make the changes instead of having to wait until I was able to do it :-) Nyttend (talk) 20:04, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

You definitely didn't wait long to get working :-) One thing, however: since the point of a county navbox is to provide navigation from any of those places to any of those places, if you find a community that's not listed, would you be willing to add the template onto the community article? Nyttend (talk) 21:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Good job :-) I don't know much about other kinds of templates, so it might not be as easy to do those ones, but any US County Navbox-based template works the same way. Nyttend (talk) 19:11, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Nothing florid, nothing fancy. Just thanks: for the compliments, and for the support. I'll try to wield the Mop-and-Bucket with grace and humility. --Orange Mike 04:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

That editor is inexperienced and overenthusiastic, needs some help. & I explained to him on his talk page -- a number of us have been trying to offer assistance to him--dont take it personally. people do this to one or two towns a day, but usually not to such a substantial article. By the way, when you place a hangon, it is a good idea to give an explanation on the talk page as well just to make sure. -- (if you are wondering at the town I edited, a close relative lived there) DGG (talk) 22:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I definitely plan to remain active in WikiProject Wisconsin! I don't think that I'll ever move outside of Wisconsin. I vacation in different parts of the state several times each year, and it's easy for me to shoot pictures. I also go to races all over the Eastern half of the state during the summer. Royalbroil 15:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

What's your $0.02 about the new external link to the Economic Support in the Sun Prairie, Wisconsin article? I think delete it. Royalbroil 01:22, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

05:38, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Janesville

You left me a message about vandalism you reverted on the

vandalized. I just don't understand why you told me. Thanks in advance for clarifying. WeisheitSuchen 20:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

OK, fine, it´s a defunct school. You can add a category like "defunct jesuit educational institutions" from "jesuit education" (another case is Colegio Imperial de Madrid)...--Banderas (talk) 12:06, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Answered on my talk page. --Kbh3^rdtalk 20:00, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note: I've restored the bits that you spoke of. Nyttend (talk) 15:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

You know that I always appreciate what you do and what you've done. I took a one week Wikibreak once when things got to be too much. A Wikibreak of couple of days of course are no big deal. I'm going to be doing the 2008 Great Midwest Trivia Contest this weekend starting at 10:00 tonight and ending on midnight on Sunday night/Monday morning, so I won't be around here much except as a consumer. A good way to deal with stressful situations here in Wikipedia is to ask for a third party that you trust to review and comment. Enjoy your wikibreak and see you on the other side! Royalbroil 14:13, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi RFD, thanks for ur note of appreciation on List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin. I was happy to fill it out as far as it went. Your addition to the Hamlin Garland House is helpful already. As you see, many of the articles are very short now, the List itself is missing short text descriptions and pictures for most of the individual NHLs; if u are inspired to develop any of it further, please be bold and go ahead! I myself am focussed more on List of National Historic Landmarks in New York right now. Cheers, doncram (talk) 19:00, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Should I add a picture of the ice racing? I went there on Saturday. I took pictures of the cars racing and some poorer ones in the pits. Royalbroil 13:42, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Um, you mean ice racing, right? Should I use a great picture of a car(s) racing or one from the pits? I have another picture of an odd looking racecar that has a house in Tilleda in the background. Which of these sounds the most encyclopedic? Royalbroil 15:49, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Here's my flickr photostream [2] if you want to look at a few of the pictures. All are marked CC-SA. Royalbroil 15:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

The picture of the Waukau, Wisconsin mill could be used if anyone decides to write an article. I think I have a few pictures of the community, but it was a rainy day so they probably aren't very good. Royalbroil 18:02, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Would you look over the most recent edit to the article. I have been reverting the change as unsourced and controversial. Would you give your opinion? Should I recommend the article for semi-protection since this edit has happened by multiple anons? I probably shouldn't semi-protect it myself since I'm involved. Royalbroil 14:30, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your time. I have listed it at Requests for Page Protection, so we'll see what happens. The

Point Place article claims that the actors have a Midwestern accent. I don't hear it. Imagine that! Royalbroil

14:57, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Chilton

Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Chilton (town), Wisconsin. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. [[User: Garyskaff23(blab) 23:34, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I gave Garyskaff got a short block for violating

WP:3RR / disruption. The content dispute was over Garyskaff adding a list of restaurants in Chilton, which is definitely non-encyclopedic. Garyskaff was warning RFD for removing the non-encyclopedic list. Royalbroil

23:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

It's hard to believe that you've been around this long before you had vandalism to your userspace! You can add that infobox if you want. Royalbroil 00:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

RFD, you are sure on the ball! Thank you for your input. I hope other wiki folks will be able to add more notables on the Eagle River article--Pjt48 (talk)

With the Oconto County template, there was one small error that you made: you forgot to add the line "body4" to the template. Compare the current state of the template with your first edition. And don't think yourself stupid: it's an easy error to make, and I've done it plenty of times. Nyttend (talk) 19:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Interestingly, there are two Crestviews in Wisconsin: one in Rock County, just north of Beloit (details here U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: RFD/Archive/ 1) and the one you asked about (details here U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: RFD/Archive/ 1). There's no real reason to delete a placename — even if it doesn't deserve an article, it should remain as a redirect. I'd advise you to do five things:

1. Move Crestview to
   Crestview, Racine County, Wisconsin
2. Merge Crestview's verifiable contents into the village article, making the previously-existent article into a redirect
3. Create Crestview, Wisconsin as a disambiguation page
4. Create a small page for the other Crestview and add it to the county template (if it's not within a village or city) or a redirect (if it is)
5. Tell me when you're done, since "Crestview, Racine, WI" isn't a likely title, and no real reason to keep as a redirect, so I'll delete it.

Hope this is helpful! Nyttend (talk) 14:42, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

		The WikiProject Wisconsin Barnstar
		For all of your work creating new articles about Wisconsin, expanding existing articles, and defending them from vandalism, I hereby award you the WikiProject Wisconsin Barnstar. Wear it with pride! Royalbroil 19:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. You do so much to keep things honest and to improve articles! Would you consider giving a WikiProject Wisconsin barnstar to User:Dual Freq? He/she gave me one which got the ball rolling. I didn't give one back because I didn't want it to look like a mutual admiration society. Besides, I've already given them a barnstar. Royalbroil 02:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello RFD/Archive/ 1!

You are cordially invited to participate in WikiProject Christianity The goal of WikiProject Christianity is to improve the quality and quantity of information about Christianity available on Wikipedia. WP:X as a group does not prefer any particular tradition or denominination of Christianity, but prefers that all Christian traditions are fairly and accurately represented.

You are receiving this invitation because you are a member of one of the related Christianity Projects and I thought that you might be interested in this project also - Tinucherian (talk) 06:44, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey hey! Good to hear from you too. I will still be working on the Black Hawk War and related topics as well as Registered Historic Places, probably mostly in Illinois. I was in Galena, Illinois and the surrounding area on Saturday so I am working on some stuff related to that as well as still adding photos. I won't be as prolific but I am glad to be back around with a new outlook about things. IvoShandor (talk) 22:17, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I love the Galena area. It's so beautiful! Royalbroil 04:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

This was my first trip there, it's a couple of hours from DeKalb (where I live) and I am originally from Bloomington, Illinois so I never had the opportunity to visit before. Pretty much wanna live there now, I'm the artsy weirdo writer type so I think I would find it inspiring, a job at the Dubuque newspaper and I'd be set. :) The Washburne family is indeed quite interesting, the Elihu house wasn't open when I was there but I went through the Grant House and then drove to Elizabeth and went through the Apple River Fort, I went all over the county and I can't wait to get back there! Took a lot of pics and am working on the Galena Historic District (which unbelievably has no article) in my sandbox. IvoShandor (talk) 20:46, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I've been to Bloomington and DeKalb. Those downtown Galena images bring back some good memories, so thanks! Royalbroil 03:59, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

It's real easy! All that you have to do it start a section on their talk page and paste in the this: {{subst:Wisconsin Barnstar|message ~~~~}} , with replacing "message" with your message. That's it! If you can't think about what to say, just say thanks! Royalbroil 04:05, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar. I haven't done too much for the project recently, but thanks for noticing my past contributions. Thanks for all the work that you do for WikiProject Wisconsin. I've done some power plant stuff and lighthouse stubs in the past, I'll try to be more active in the project in the future. --Dual Freq (talk) 02:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi! I saw the additions you made into

) 04:27, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Many thanks for editing the article I submitted for Connie Clausen (from Neenah-Menasha!). I'm new to Wikipedia (as a contributor, that is) and I appreciate your help. Sangroncito Sangroncito (talk) 20:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I just noticed you added the co-ordinates for Fremont. If you can, go back and read the description. It says the village is in the town. Is that right??? Fremont is not that big. Is it a village or a town? Can it be both? Didn't want to edit tho...I wasn't sure.--Buster7 (talk) 23:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

RFD...Please read the article. It can't be both a town AND a village...or can it?--Buster7 (talk) 00:00, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I just fried up some White Bass fillets from our Mothers Day excursion......MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM good! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Buster7 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I replied on my talk page - the town article had been incorrectly redirected to the village in 2006 instead of being left as 2 articles since they are actually separate government units. I also left a message hoping to break up the two. When I think of Fremont, I think about the sturgeon spawning on the Wolf River in spring. Green Bay television used to show volunteers standing along the river banks making sure that people don't disturb the spawning. Royalbroil 01:12, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I see your reference to me :-) I'm sorry that I can't add the infobox; I really am inexpert at finding the necessary information for it. Nyttend (talk) 12:23, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi RFD. I think you may be either confusing

) 22:01, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Heh, we posted to each other's talk pages at the same time. If you don't think these articles require any links to them, please take up the matter on the talk page of the orphanage. Thanks. -- Avocado (talk) 22:03, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Just letting you know I posted a response to your latest message in the discussion on my talk page. ;-) -- Avocado (talk) 00:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Seeing those towns that you've added to templates that Avocado tagged: were they deleted from the county articles some time before the county templates were made? It would seem odd that they got left off somehow otherwise. Nyttend (talk) 01:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I do not know if they were deleted from the county article. That possibility exists.Thank you-RFD (talk) 10:15, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I think it's important to note a well-sourced proof since there has been considerable confusion with non-Wisconsinites lately on the topic. My proof is New Holstein, Wisconsin versus New Holstein (town), Wisconsin. I took a picture of the town's hall and garage. The photo clearly says Town of New Holstein Hall and Garage. This photo was taken almost one mile north of the city on Tecumseh Road about 0.1 miles east of Wisconsin Highway 57 [3]. I recently added a paragraph on the city article from a book source that talks about how the city was originally named Altona, but that the stop on the railroad was named New Holstein because their was a similarly named post office in Altoona, Wisconsin. The city became renamed after the town that surrounded it! So there's proof on both articles of the difference. I can take a picture of the city hall if someone wants more photographic proof. I drove by it that same day and I took a picture of a historic marker next to the city hall. Another clearly labeled photographic proof is the Chilton city hall versus Town of Chilton town hall. Point anyone to my current post if they are confused about the difference. Royalbroil 17:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad that you enjoy these photos! I have been taking pictures of some the town halls in towns as I have been driving by them. I took pictures of most of the cities last year. I do go to different places in my other travels/vacation. I get out a lot this time of year driving to racetracks. I have gone to 11 different racetracks so far this year from Wausau and ice races at Tilleda to Jefferson to Luxemburg. Racing season starts around May 1st. Royalbroil 18:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

In my mind, it would have been easier if WP:Wisconsin had decided to leave the city and village articles as "_____ (city), Wisconsin" or "_____ (village), Wisconsin"... I came here because I had a question: do you watch all of Wisconsin's town articles? I appreciate your tagging the RPC of Vernon; any local sources on the place? As you can see, I have plenty of information on the congregation, but virtually nothing on the building after the congregation disappeared. Nyttend (talk) 00:26, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the URL; I found that website, but because it's operated by just one person, I don't consider it a reliable source — especially because it somewhat contradicts what I know to be true about the church itself. Nyttend (talk) 13:01, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Template

Template problem is fixed. Just watch out for those | characters. Nyttend (talk) 21:03, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note: I made a few minor changes. I'm currently at a church conference with only minimal times for Internet access, and won't be back to regular Internet access for several days. Nyttend (talk) 00:38, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your nice note, RFD. Sometimes people take simple disagreements too far. I can see that you have the best interests of the articles at heart; it is a case of, like you said, simple disagreement. I am sure whether we do or don't merge (or, what I think is the best outcome, a merge guideline based on a case by case basis) we are still going to be able to find plenty of things we agree on. :) - Hexhand (talk) 19:36, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I request that sometime when you're in the beautiful city of La Crosse (wish I was), please take a picture of

04:52, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's hard for you to take a picture if you don't have a camera! Are you sure that

Young America, Minnesota. I haven't been through Van Dyne in many years. It's the only incorporated community in the area between Fond du Lac and Oshkosh by WIS 41 and Lake Winnebago. I hope and pray that things heal on your shoulder. Royalbroil

21:03, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Good job on your recent edits to Wisconsin articles. You catch everything that I do! (That's a good thing). I did upload a lot of photos recently, eh? I do agree that Wabeno does have the best water in the state! I took those pictures recently and I was easily convinced. I've definitely traveled the state enough to make a valid judgment. Did I ever tell you that I used a highlighter on a state road map when I turned 16 and highlighted every road that I had been on up until then, which consisted of driving down the Wisconsin River to Prairie du Chien, up the Mississippi to LaCrosse, and back home by Lake Winnebago? Since then, whenever I travel I highlight the road that I just took after I'm done traveling for the day. The highways on southern and eastern halves of the state are about 85% highlighted, and the northwest quarter is about 50% covered. Lots of county roads are highlighted too. I wish you could see it - it's a work of art. Royalbroil 00:04, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

"vandalism revert"?

Are you aware that the line I removed was duplicated in the article?

You should try thinking before you write.

That was an obvious change that anyone could have made.

Moving the reference tag ma have been mistaken...

...but deleting duplicate info isn't even a mistake, let alone vandalism.

I appreciate your retraction of such accusation. Vengeance is mine, saith the Prime 20:38, 4 Aug 2008 (UTC)

Re-evaluated and teaked so it is not as repetitive. Better now?

Vengeance is mine, saith the Prime 20:43, 4 Aug 2008 (UTC)

I understand. Moving the ref tag was an error (normal references follow the entire sentence usually).

Looking at other towns, I see that line is routinely duplicated. I don't like it, but it is pretty consistent.

(I generally don't like blind repetition.)

Anyway, I understand, "all is forgiven", "no hard feelings", etc., whatever.

Vengeance is mine, saith the Prime 20:57, 4 Aug 2008 (UTC)

I'd be happy to look at the article for you. The lighthouse, if memory serves, is a burnt-out ruin; there should be some info online. --

17:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

It was my understanding that La Pointe wasn't technically Wisconsin at the time of his birth. The reference actually says La Pointe, Minnesota. I'm willing to accept that I was completely wrong in that assumption, but just thought I'd drop a note explaining why I had piped the link. --Onorem♠Dil 23:52, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

The user had left "<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>" at the top of the page which looked like plain vanilla editing tests, so that's why I reverted it. I reinstated the good edits. RainbowOfLight ^Talk 20:37, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for informing me and for your politeness. RainbowOfLight ^Talk 20:39, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Didn't we talk about Roxbury Township not existing once? Do you remember where that discussion is at, and what the outcome was? --IvoShandor (talk) 22:52, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi RFD -- No, I haven't seen any more Wisconsin towns. User:Nyttend ended up going through the list that was bringing up all the orphaned town articles, and pulling out towns from all states to apply templates to. You could, I suppose, pick through the Orphaned Articles and Orphaned Articles about Places categories, but that sounds pretty tedious. Maybe a bot could do the search? -- Avocado (talk) 14:35, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note: I find it rather interesting. However, I'm confused: were you only notifying me, or were you wanting me to do something as well? Nyttend (talk) 14:22, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey there. I never did thank you for this, I did appreciate it. You know I love to work on the Black Hawk War stuff so the work on the WI stuff just kinda falls in place naturally.

There is an article that you or some other members of WP Wisconsin might want to develop. It's another Black Hawk War related article,

) 12:49, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Juda

Then what exactly is Juda? I feel it should be added somewhere. It has a ZIP code (53550) and a school district (Juda School District). -- Al™ 08:11, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on that article; I'm trying to sort through the conflicting stories from the Michigan and Wisconsin historical societies about who was right and what happened. Edward Vielmetti (talk) 02:29, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

) 15:08, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

I agree, you should be a bit more aggressive about giving out warnings. I love to give them the

WP:UTM templates when I see no good editing history. That way they are given progressively more severe warnings and it is traceable to the level 3 and 4 warnings. I would have given a level 3 "Introducing deliberate factual errors" warning for the recent vandalism on your userpage. Your warning comes across more like a level 1 or 2 slap on the wrist warning instead of a STOP NOW warning. Vandalism blocks and indefinitely blocks come after a progression of more severe warnings which go unheeded. If it's a well-established or at least somewhat constructive contributor, then you should give the personal messages like you did in that case. I agree with your reverts to the Fredonia, Wisconsin article, and the removal of the external link farm from the Lake Geneva, Wisconsin article. The only external links that I feel are appropriate for a city are the official city website and the chamber of commercial. Royalbroil

02:42, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Blue Mounds

Saw you're inquiry on Kranar's talk, last time I checked it, it was not ready, but all the sources you should need are probably there, I don't think Kranar's around as much so I thought I would give you some semblance of a response. --IvoShandor (talk) 12:40, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Just let me know if I can assist somewhere, I am not around as much as I once was but I check in everyday, even if I don't edit.--IvoShandor (talk) 12:47, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

You should just be able to move it to

Fort Blue Mounds without an admin. Make sure you create a redirect at Blue Mounds Fort. Kranar won't mind, and we don't really need his permission anyway, though I am certain he would give it. :-) --IvoShandor (talk

) 12:37, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

More on towns vs. unincorporated communities

Sigh, it's happening again. There's yet another thread, at least this time the contributor understands the difference between a town and an unincorporated community (I think). He/she wants proof from the Blue Book, a county or town website, etc. that there's some (any) unincorporated community inside a town where both have the same name. Do you know any examples from strong sources? I used google maps and my official 2001/2002 state highway map on Townsend (community) vs. Townsend (town). It's located in Oconto County on WIS 32 and County T. Royalbroil 02:54, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your clean-up on some of the new unincorporated Forest County communities. Excellent. Capitalismojo (talk) 21:49, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I need some help with the copyright for photos and placing a map of Wisconsin on the article page. Thanks wolfjshs You can also email me at [email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolfjshs (talk • contribs) 19:23, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Do you have email enabled? I'd like to email you about something. It looks like you don't to me. You could start a throwaway account on yahoo or something. Maybe you can contact me at my email address without setting your email account otherwise. Royalbroil 14:39, 10 November 2008 (UTC) DaveBurstein (talk) 05:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC) Thanks for working on the Montgomery page. I gave a presentation to the Wisconsin Telecom group (I'm a tech writer) and was very surprised by some of the things he said. I did my best to respect neutrality on this and well-sourced material, especially because I have strong personal opinions about things like raise basic phone rates. I think I stayed neutral, but please change if you see anything.

Hello, and thank you for your improvements to my Hancock Center for Dance/Movement Therapy page! I really appreciate it as it is my first page! Santamonicae (talk) 01:42, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

I replied on my talk page. How do you like the explosion remnants photograph that I took for Ellison Bay, Wisconsin? Talk about Johnny on the spot! I took it in my earlier days on Wikipedia. Royalbroil 13:38, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note: I tracked down several problematic edits by two IPs, reverting everything that wasn't acceptable, and placing notes on the talk pages of the two IPs. Don't feel hesitant about reverting once or twice: it's plainly against consensus, so an edit war in this case is restoring the standard format. If you think you're approaching 3RR, either blatantly or in spirit, ask me. And also, as Royalbroil noted before, don't hesitate to leave warning templates: as these two IPs have already been notified that they're going against the standard format, please ensure that they continue to be told if they continue to cause problems. Nyttend (talk) 17:24, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

The same person keeps coming back, reverting my edits and giving me a personal attack on my talk page, but with a different IP address. It's obvious that it's the same person: although I left one message on one IP talk page and another on another talk page, this third IP treats the messages that I left as if I'd left it for the third IP, and the third IP has blanked the talk pages of the other two. Please check up on the CDPs frequently: I don't want to get close to a 3RR situation myself. Moreover, since the person is obviously the same — apparently a dynamic IP — if you continue to see any IPs doing this, please issue warnings to any of them as if it were all the same IP or a single user. Nyttend (talk) 21:54, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

I wonder if perhaps I should use my alternate screenname here? The person has been following me around, too:

talk

) 23:38, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

• Misbehaving people eventually get in trouble
• Those people sometimes get better, but sometimes don't

For restoring the attack on this page, so soon after getting a final warning, I've blocked 69.120.182.161 for 24 hours and, because s/he tends to blank talk pages, I've prevented him/her from editing the talk page during that time. Now we'll see what the other IPs do. Nyttend (talk) 15:40, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Given your recent edit to the article

16:44, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

So to get it straight: you were reverting

Aecis·(away) ^talk

17:18, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppet

I've filed a sockpuppet case in regard to all these recent IPs with the CDPs. Could you look there and offer an opinion? Nyttend (talk) 21:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

When you get back

If you've logged out yet, you'll likely not get this until your leave is over; but I'd like you to know that attacks such as this have led me to give the IP a final warning: I'm going to block any and all IPs that I see this person using if any more attacks are made, perhaps for up to a week. Nyttend (talk) 22:13, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I understand - a wikibreak is a good idea for you right now to let everything cool down. Let me know if you'd like your userpage (but not talk page) semiprotected. If these edits introduce factual inaccuracies like stating that Jesuits aren't a Roman Catholic order, then they can be cleaned up when you return. There is no time limit for completing Wikipedia! Wordsmithing might need to be done to make everyone happy. And thanks for the update, Nyttend. This situation can't continue like it is because it's wasting too many people's time. Royalbroil 22:24, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

No one ever stated that Jesuits weren't a Roman Catholic order!!!!!! In fact, I stated that since they were a Roman Catholic order that "Roman Catholic Jesuit" was redundant. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!! READ MY EDITS; DON'T JUST RELY ON INNUENDO. All of my edits have been contributions: copyediting of sloppy, ungrammatical, awkward writing.

Which of these sounds better to you?

Kombo was ordained to the

Society of Jesus

.

Kombo was ordained a

Jesuit

priest.

Which of these sounds better to you?

On April 7. 1983, Pope John Paul II appointed Maggiolini Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Carpi, Italy, and he was ordained a bishop on May 29, 1983.

On April 7, 1983, Pope John Paul II appointed Maggiolini Bishop of the Diocese of Carpi, Italy, and he was consecrated a bishop on May 29, 1983.

RFD has trouble writing. I helped rephrase some of his work to reduce wordiness. Is that vandalism?

Nyttend has gotten into a tizzy because I've blanked my user pages (which is perfectly legitimate per WP talk page guidelines) and have expressed opinions he disagrees with. I've engaged in NO vandalism whatsoever. So stop harassing me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.76.154.120 (talk) 00:19, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi,
On the Cluebot Commons talk page, you gave full permission for someone to archive your talk page. I have done so for you. Any section untouched for seven days is automatically archived by Cluebot III, provided that at least ten sections remain here.
Thank you,
~-F.S-~(Talk,Contribs,Online?) 16:54, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I did it wrong, and it appears cluebot has destroyed your talk page. I have fixed this now, and will set about restoring your talk page to its former glory. Thank you, ~-F.S-~(Talk,Contribs,Online?) 16:14, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

In response to the message you left on my talk page, all the past archives are accessible at User_talk:RFD/Archive1, User_talk:RFD/Archive2, and so on. I am currently trying to make the box on the right of your talk page show this. ~-F.S-~(Talk,Contribs,Online?) 16:22, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

In response to your second message, please see the pages linked above. ~-F.S-~(Talk,Contribs,Online?) 16:24, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

In response to yet another message: I'm starting again. Cluebot created an index of the whole wikipedia. ~-F.S-~(Talk,Contribs,Online?) 16:43, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Hopefully fixed. Cluebot will fix the problematic index shortly - if not, I'll get an admin to delete this index. ~-F.S-~(Talk,Contribs,Online?) 16:50, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

It is now fixed. Your talk page has been archived. ~-F.S-~(Talk,Contribs,Online?) 17:42, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Have you ever actually written anything for Wikipedia that was longer than three words, or do you spend all your time adding and subtracting spaces from articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.76.132.189 (talk) 15:14, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

2 articles in the English Wikipedia WikiProject Catholicism: Ernest Kombo and Alessandro Maggiolini. Thank you-RFD (talk) 15:21, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Very creative! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.76.153.234 (talk) 16:39, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

• This is the most appalling comment I've seen on wiki so far. Power.corrupts (talk) 15:14, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments-RFD (talk) 16:43, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I do have one question for you-Have you consider signing up for an account with Wikipedia?Thank you-RFD (talk) 16:49, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the prayers — I definitely appreciate them. If you want to read about my progress, look at my blog: I've given RoyalBroil the URL. Nyttend (talk) 17:45, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help, this time with the Spivak page. You are truly good (and fast). Capitalismojo (talk) 21:46, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, It was kidney stones (unbelievable pain). I am feeling enormously better, thanks. I see you helped with Padus as well, excellent. Capitalismojo (talk) 22:10, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Check out the Montgomery County template to see it now: the problem was that you needed another }}. Nyttend (talk) 12:58, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your prayers and your concern: I'm now back home, but full recovery will take a few weeks. I don't think I'll be doing much wikiwork for a while, as looking at a computer screen for more than a few minutes strains my eyes a little bit. I hope to be able to resume activity by New Year. Nyttend (talk) 00:41, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm doing quite well: Christmas was good, as I could travel fine; I'm now back at college, starting at the same time as everyone else, and not expecting to face any difficulties with doing schoolwork :-D Nyttend (talk) 14:42, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Please review these reverts to my work and do whatever you think is appropriate. Royalbroil 01:58, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

You know Wikipedia seems to be loosing it's mind or something. I am right now being deluged with Orthodox articles about Orthodoxy not being sourced enough and here people are trying to create informative articles with clear sourcing and even information about the sourcing and wha-la! It gets deleted. Please come to either the

. So you can collect justification for the article since it would obviously need to be restored in it's relation as a source for these two articles. Let alone others. Richard can restore it. LoveMonkey (talk) 13:59, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Added Biblio!

LoveMonkey (talk) 15:44, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey your welcome. And Many thanks to you for excellent work as well.

LoveMonkey (talk) 20:28, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for making me aware of the problems on his article. You need to be more aggressive in clear cases of people violating

01:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Ubet

I don't have time now; but I'm thinking of putting the map up for deletion, as it's plainly placed wrongly. I can get other bits later. Nyttend (talk) 16:47, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me about the article on

) 17:20, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Arkensaw

I've upgraded the article somewhat. No worries about the map: this is one of the standard dot maps that was created several years ago, and this series is virtually always reliable. At any rate, it's the dotmap for the town of Waterville, used likewise on the Waterville page, so it's clearly showing the same place. Nyttend (talk) 15:41, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Do you want to be given the

02:47, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, good job :) - Kingpin13 (talk) 11:10, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for doing the article, I'm glad to see some of the important writers on the war getting articles. It was always my intention to stub the major writers, especially those from the 19th century, but I never got around to it. I read Wakefield's 1834 history of the Black Hawk War in my research for the topic improvement we did. Very interesting. I always found all the old histories interesting. It's fun to compare both interpretation and language to the modern day literature. Thanks again. You've been more than helpful on the Black Hawk War for awhile now. :-)--IvoShandor (talk) 01:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

		Chief Black Hawk Certificate of Alliance
		I Black Hawk for work relating to the periphery of the Black Hawk War. Your help has been irreplaceable. Thanks again. IvoShandor (talk ) 01:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Uh-huh. I think Black Hawk would be proud to see his legacy so accurately portrayed, you've been invaluable.--IvoShandor (talk) 01:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I guess you didn't do the article. Sorry, but you've been more than helpful. :-) thanks again. Sorry I am a bit off lately. Heh.--IvoShandor (talk) 14:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Looks good, I gave the article a once over just for good measure. I looked but I don't have any sources compiled on Gratiot's Grove. I have Kerry Trask's 2006 book on the Black Hawk War it has a little bit on the grove but not much. It might have some sourced mentions in some of the other Black Hawk War articles I've worked on, and then you could pour over those sources to see if there is anything further, that might be a good place to start. --IvoShandor (talk) 16:00, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Alright here's what Trask says (paraphrased). And a citation: Trask, Kerry A. Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America, Henry Holt: 2006, (

ISBN 0805077588

).

1. P. 62: Gratiot's Grove is one of eleven mining and smelting towns that sprang up in Wisconsin considered "most significant".
2. P. 104: Henry Gratiot had a large mining and smelting operation at Gratiot's Grove, which was located just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border. In March 1831, Gratiot was appointed sub-agent to the Winnebago for the region south of Prairie du Chien.

There's a bit more on pp. 229-231, mostly having to do with the town's involvement in the Black Hawk War. Dodge stopped there, along with others in the command structure, it role is important but peripheral. I'll see if I can dig up more, if you know the county it's in, most counties have old county histories, often available in full on Google Books, or at the local library. --IvoShandor (talk) 16:09, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

You probably know about this but I have a Black Hawk War "project" of sorts in my user space: User:IvoShandor/Black Hawk War, there is a template off to the right that you can navigate the various project pages and you can feel free to add your name amongst the participants on the page linked above. There's quite a bit compiled and you are free to use the space at will. You can add content to any of the pages, you may find the creations needed subpage helpful, as well as a good place to compile information. Don't worry too much about format of the pages where you add content, I can always come by and tweak it later. --IvoShandor (talk) 16:27, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Sounds good. I might also suggest Patrick Jung's newish book - "The Black Hawk War of 1832", I haven't read it yet but have been perusing it on Google Books, looks like a pretty decent account of the war. There is also available, full view on Google Books, the public domain 1881 History of Lafayette County, just search Gratiot's Grove on the right. Wasn't sure if you'd seen that yet, but it seems to have some useful information. Good luck. :-)--IvoShandor (talk) 17:38, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

You can probably add the WP WI template to the Abe article, I'm pretty sure he made his way into Wisconsin near the end of the war. The article is still missing some info, so it should become clearer as i progress.--IvoShandor (talk) 00:34, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Arbitrary section break

(unindent)Also, sorry, I didn't mean to upstage you but I had to revert your change on Paw Paw. Stacy's wasn't actually in Paw Paw, that was the only problem. I added that link way back just to provide a bit more historical context to the idea of a wayside stop along a stagecoach, which is what Paw Paw essentially began as. In addition, I hope you saw the photo I added to John Wakefield's article, I have one more that is public domain that I will add to Commons tonight, it is only slightly different though.--IvoShandor (talk) 00:55, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually, its only a slightly differently toned version of the one in the article, but hey, it is free use.--IvoShandor (talk) 00:56, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I also made a comment on this talk page about which red links still need to be filled on the template. If, for some reason, you wish to look at them in a list. :-)--IvoShandor (talk) 03:16, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Neither of the marshes are communities: see U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dewey Marsh, plainly a swamp, and the U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buena Vista Quarry Prairie State Natural Area, website here, which apparently includes the Buena Vista Marsh. Could you take care of the actual pages? Nyttend (talk) 19:50, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Just a note that when wikiproject tagging things, try to remember to add a classification if it is obvious, such as with categories like [4]. Thanks. MBisanz ^talk 00:50, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

You've switched the tag back to {{

) 17:27, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

The names were missing I do not know if it had something to do with your edit or something in the system itsellf. I do know at one point the names were missing and there was some bug in the system for shortly after that some message came on that the Wikipedia system was having protechnical problems. My aplogies for any problems-Thank you-RFD (talk) 18:01, 16 April 2009 (UTC) I revert to your edit-I do know there was no names on the list then something coming on about some techinical problems with the system-RFD (talk) 18:06, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

There is nothing that

intromissing}}. -- Whpq (talk

) 18:42, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Addendum: I see you've already reverted back to intromissing! -- Whpq (talk) 18:44, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I left an email message for you, please check and do immediately. This message is your proof. I saw you were online. Royalbroil 11:10, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

I did the test edit as you requested. Hope you are doing well-Thanks-RFD (talk) 11:17, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, it was helpful! I'm doing great. I hope you are too! The weather sure has turned nice, finally! I caught my first summer races last night at a motocross track, and I'm going to my first stock car races tonight at Shawano County. I'm planning to get some photos around Shawano, Wisconsin, including the county courthouse. I'm open to other photo requests around town. Royalbroil 11:20, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Are you asking what I think the proper name should be? I think it should be Minnesota: both are recognised by the GNIS, but Minnesota is the only one shown on the local USGS map that's provided through the GNIS. Nyttend (talk) 12:00, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

You are excellent!Capitalismojo (talk) 22:09, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

I've finished your request. Nyttend (talk) 02:37, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Georgia has towns (in the Illinois and Indiana sense, not in the Wisconsin sense), but this definitely wasn't it. Think of it this way — unless it's newly incorporated, any muncipality will have the basic Census Bureau geographic and demographic data on it. If it's not in the edit history, it's not incorporated. Nyttend (talk) 13:35, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I came across this article today and just thought I'd drop you a line. I've given it some TLC- copy edit, grammar and a little cleanup, though nothing major. I wonder if you might consider revisiting it and just expanding and referencing it a little. I believe it would certainly benefit the article particularly since, having an apparent knowledge of the subject, you would probably be better placed than I to make the improvements. That said, anything i can do to help, please feel free to leave me a message and I'll do what I can. Kind regards, HJ Mitchell Articulate 11:14, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello RDF! I added the article to my watchlist too. Thank you for the information. Cretanforever (talk) 07:24, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I uploaded images to Collins, Wisconsin on my way to races at Luxemburg, Wisconsin. Please review what I wrote and cleanup any problems that you find in the article.

I took a picture of the unincorporated community of Pilsen, Wisconsin in western Kewaunee County on Wisconsin Highway 29 as I got closer to Luxemburg. There already is a Pilsen, Wisconsin for a town in northern WI. How do we usually deal with a town and unincorporated community with the same name? Do we create disambiguous page, or do we give different names for each? I'm watching your page, so please respond here on your talk page. Royalbroil 04:14, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, and thanks Nyttend for your cleanup! You both were right on target. Royalbroil 12:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Pilsen, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin???And does the town of Pilsen in Bayfield County have a unincorporated community by that name?Pilsen, Bayfield County, Wisconsin for the town???Thanks-RFD (talk) 12:15, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Double check Wisconsin Historical Society-only 2 entries the town of Pilsen in Bayfield County and Pilsen in Kewaunee County.The Delorme Wisconsin atlas-only entry for Pilsen in Kewaunee County.Thanks-RFD (talk) 12:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

So do we agree to change Pilsen, Wisconsin to a disambiguation page? Royalbroil 22:58, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree there is also a city in Germany with the name that should be included somehow-Thanks-RFD (talk) Wrong Country!Pilsen is in the Czech Republic!I goof-RFD (talk) 23:04, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

More miscellaneous

So that's how you realised that two municipalities were missing? Pardon my confusion; I didn't quite get the point of what you were saying. Nyttend (talk) 12:20, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

East Ellsworth

I'd advise merging and redirecting; neighborhoods of municipalities don't typically get their own articles unless there are strong reasons, such as a clear and defined boundary or a former municipal status (for example, College Hill (Beaver Falls), where I'm sitting right now). Nyttend (talk) 01:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, you asked for my advice :-) Anything else? Nyttend (talk) 04:14, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Rats. I'd think, no matter how beaten-down the Democrats were in that era (there were so few votes in the Democratic primary that Bentley the Dem was technically not given the Democratic ballot line, but listed as "Independent"), that a nomination for Gov. would qualify for mention in an obit; so I guess they were different Arthur A. Bentleys. Hmmm... mayor of La Crosse and prominent photographer... perhaps the La Crosse AAB makes the notability standards. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:09, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Bentley, North Dakota is so tiny that I had to create a stub for it! --Orange Mike | Talk 17:25, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Are you coming to

20:30, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate your help, especially since you think I disagree with you. (I'm not sure I ever do.) --

19:33, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice! I've updated the Minnesota township article, along with the county article and the county template. I'm not entirely sure what to do with the village/town consolidation. Isn't there already one town/village consolidation? I'm strongly inclined to believe that there is, but I've not a clue what its name is or in what county it's located. A similar situation has occurred in New York, but again I don't remember name or county. In both situations, since it's both a village and a town, the template lists it on both lines. If you could find me the name of the Wisconsin village/town, or if you could prove that I'm mistaken, I'll be quite appreciative :-) Nyttend (talk) 00:34, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

So there's no town there at all anymore? Is it somewhat similar to a paper township in Ohio? Are you meaning that the situation is like Lordstown, Ohio? I'm yet a little confused, despite your explanation — not complaining about the explanation, just somewhat unfamiliar with Wisconsin law. Nyttend (talk) 13:57, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

That's not what I meant to ask; sorry for not explaining myself. Let me tell you what I think the situation is, and then please tell me where I'm wrong — the town decided to incorporate as a village, and by Wisconsin law, when all the area of a town is occupied by a village or city, the town ceases to exist. How does this sound? Nyttend (talk) 14:13, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

And one more thing — what do you think about what I've done just now? Sorry for asking so many questions; I don't want to make mistakes without someone knowing about them. Nyttend (talk) 14:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

By the way, I found the New York consolidation — see Harrison, New York. Nyttend (talk) 14:38, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks: I understand now. I had been confused by the term "consolidation", because this made me think that it was both a town and a village. Nyttend (talk) 22:52, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

By the way, seeing your comments at ThaddeusB's talk page (thanks for helping!), I wanted to note — most Ohio townships do have elections, etc., and the "paper townships" that don't are altogether nonexistent in effect. See Defunct townships of Cuyahoga County, Ohio for what I mean — for example, Parma Township officially exists, but nobody really knows that. However, anywhere where even a tiny bit of township remains (see Chagrin Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio), there's a standard township government, just as with the townships that have small bits or no bits incorporated as cities or villages. Nyttend (talk) 14:33, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the clean-up help with the community college!Capitalismojo -- (talk) 18:15, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

If you look at the Polk County template's history, you'll see that ThaddeusB isn't entirely familiar with Wisconsin community naming conventions. I left a note on his talk page, but because I'm not sure that I'm correct, would you please leave a note confirming what I've said or correcting my errors? Nyttend (talk) 03:59, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm a bit mystified by this edit. You removed the deadend tag with an edit summary of "removed tag added article link to different aerticles", but you didn't add any links to other Wikipedia articles. Care to clue me in?--Fabrictramp | talk to me 14:52, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Fabrictramp | talk to me 18:02, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks for the tip! - Packerfansam 13 June 2009

Thank you very much for your find! I changed the cite to the zoning map of Greenville. For some reason Greenville's boundaries don't show up on Yahoo Maps, making me think that the area was unincorporated.

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		for determining the true location of Air Wisconsin's headquarters WhisperToMe (talk) 02:31, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

BTW, if you are near the airport, would you want to photograph Air Wisconsin's headquarters for Wikipedia? WhisperToMe (talk) 02:32, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Whisper, I live MUCH closer. I'll eventually get there if someone doesn't beat me to it. I added it to my list. Royalbroil 03:44, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you :) WhisperToMe (talk) 08:48, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I just put up 3 new Wisconsin unincorporated community stubs for some photos that I took over the last few months. Would you do your copyedit magic and add towns on those that I missed? Thanks! Royalbroil 13:58, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, and thanks for catching the incorrect link to the Pilsen in Bayfield County. Pretty funny error, eh? It's easy to see why I made that incorrect assumption! Royalbroil 13:49, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

You're very welcome! I came across a Wisconsin town from another article, and made an effort to made any necessary fixes to other places in the said town's county. Acalamari 15:53, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Now that you got autoreviewer user rights, you see it doesn't affect you much. You should let me give you

02:26, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Elk

I've nominated

) 21:53, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

And thank your for that comment. It's kind feedback like that which keeps me on Wikipedia. As the original contributor of the article, please feel free to weigh in on the current request for an "expert" (whatever that means). Savidan 15:32, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

The Necedah Shrine article had a lot of problems with unsourced assertions, editorial commentary, and unclear writing, so I took the axe to it. Next week I'm going to look up more old newspaper articles to find more factual and reliably sourced information. If you think the

20:18, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I talked someone into licensing their images of the Shrine to Creative Commons - they are now able to be uploaded to Commons. I can do that part. Which images should we use? Can you identify what's on the images and let me know which ones we want? The set of 74 images is here and an image with a chapel is here. Royalbroil 00:42, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

It seems like the Diocese of La Crosse must have, at some time or other, issued some sort of public statement disavowing the Necedah Shrine or advising parishioners not to patronize it. Do you know of anything like that that could be added to the article? --

01:51, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I'll be working on the article more next week. --

Winnow

13:39, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Took a bit of work to find, but I found http://www.thegalenaterritory.com/download/historybook.pdf, their own account of their history. Appears to be a glorified housing development and nothing more. GNIS yields nothing relevant for "Galena" in Jo Daviess County, by the way. Nyttend (talk) 12:55, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the well-wishes; I was at a wedding, and all went great. I even got some Wikipedia-useful research: pictures of at least twenty buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pittsburgh. Nyttend (talk) 12:57, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

I've prodded the page, BTW. Nyttend (talk) 13:00, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Just want to thank you for promptly making improvments etc. to the batch of unincorporated Wisconsin communities that I am creating. Oh and by the way, What particular source are you using to find data on what town these communites are in as I am struggling to find that information? Thanks -Marcusmax(speak) 23:48, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

hi,
I noticed you just added an article I created to "wikipedia project: agriculture". FYI, I'm creating hundreds of articles on agriculture using content from a public-domain glossary published by a government research organization. You might want to look at the articles I've created to see whether any of these fit your project (or a related project). http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pages/index.php?name=Agradman&namespace=0

The thing that they all have in common is the following wiki text in the "references" section (i.e. maybe you can generate a bot to do this for you)

*Adapted from [http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05jun/97-905.pdf CRS Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition - Order Code 97-905], a document in the public domain.

cheers,

Agradman ^talk/_contribs 14:38, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I very much hope this was an unintentional HotCat error or something like that; you've been around here long enough that you don't need a lecture about BLP policy, and I'd like to think you wouldn't have added a category like this on purpose. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 19:42, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

No worries; happens to the best of us, I guess. I'll see what I can do to clarify that bit of the article. Thanks, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 19:46, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I noticed that you removed the history of the diocese because of copyright concerns. I'm glad you pay attention to that issue because it's an important one. However, if this is the material whose copyright you thought was violated, there seems to be some misunderstanding. That edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia was published 1907-1912, meaning that its copyright protection has expired. In fact, at one time the entire encyclopedia was a WP wikibook; I'm not sure if it still is. Basically, anything published in the U.S. before 1923 is in the public domain because of copyright expiration. A good place to look for information on copyright expiration dates is the Cornell Copyright Information Center. I'm adding the diocesan history back into the article, because I think it's safe to do so. Thanks for paying attention to copyright issues. --

00:39, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

"The article was copied from the Catholic Encyclopedia and put into the article with no effort on the anon editor's part to merge it with the rest of the article."

So what's more productive, deleting a substantial amount of (unedited) new information or editing it? --

Winnow

15:14, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for jumping in on your conversation, but I have something relevant. Please review Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Generating_articles_from_other_sources, especially a template from Category:Catholic Encyclopedia templates. Royalbroil 01:29, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Just curious why you tagged the Dunns Pond Mound as Start-class? Don't take me as complaining; I'm just surprised, since (in my mind) the article has sufficient sourcing and treats the topic without any significant omissions. Nyttend (talk) 01:52, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Problems? There aren't any problems on my part. Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 12:54, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you again for your support of the Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Preliminary statistics indicate that 129 new articles were created, 203 other articles were improved, and 183 images were uploaded. Additionally, 41 articles were nominated for DYK, of which at least 2 have already been promoted. There are currently also 8 articles up for GA status and 3 up for FA/FL status. Though the campaign is technically over, please continue to update the log page at

with any articles which you worked during the campaign, and also to note any that receive commendation, such as DYK, GA or FA status. You may find the following links helpful in nominating your work:

• T:TDYK
  for Did You Know nominations
• WP:GAC
  for Good Article nominations
• WP:FAC
  for Featured Article nominations
• WP:FLC
  for Featured List nominations
• WP:FPC
  for Featured Picture nominations

Again, thank you for making this event a success! --

02:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

I DIDN'T SAY HE WASN'T BORN IN DODGE COUNTY!!!! What I said was that the citation you inserted doesn't say he was born in Dodge County. AND IT DOESN'T! All it says is that he was born in "Woodland, Wisconsin". From that you CAN'T infer that it means Dodge County; it could just as well mean Sauk County. Fortunately, I found a source that does say he was born in Dodge County: the index to his birth record. I added it. (I even added it to the Addie Joss article.) Please read it. (By the way, you didn't cite any historical marker; you cited the Dictionary of Wisconsin History.) --

22:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

How did Friday go for you? Nyttend (talk) 01:33, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliments, glad you're enjoying the article. - Packerfansam (talk) 1 August 2009

Cool, thanks. Packerfansam (talk) 6 August 2009

Thanks; I'm in a wedding :-)

) 15:48, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks; I'm in a wedding :-)

) 15:48, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. Keeping track of communities with and without articles was the whole reason that I created these pages. In case you wonder — these lists are copied from the now-deleted List of ZIP Codes in Wisconsin and corresponding pages for other states. Nyttend (talk) 13:18, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

We moved that article into WikiProject Wisconsin space since it was a helpful for creating articles. It can be found Wikipedia:WikiProject Wisconsin/List of ZIP Codes in Wisconsin. Royalbroil 12:38, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning up my lists! Just wanted to check — are all the communities on their respective county templates? Nyttend (talk) 16:44, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

I talked with my cousin, an inactive Wikipedian, and he found the article about the chapel in the community http://www.iwantthenews.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=7140&SectionID=9&SubSectionID=11&S=1. Royalbroil 12:38, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to rate the article

) 19:36, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Would you object, then, if I were to remove the ratings from

Talk:Richard Henry Boyd (thus leaving it for someone else to rate)? --Orlady (talk

) 20:54, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

I saw this thread, I assessed as B (low end of B or at least the highest C). Royalbroil 13:22, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks bud for helping with the formatting on the NEW Zoo! glad to see others from wisconsin too! --Kamic A'kota (talk) 18:57, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments about Thomas Z. Morrow, and you are quite right about my having linked to the wrong article. I've corrected that now. Glad you enjoyed the article. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 13:46, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

You're entirely welcome. I was going through the list of the editor's contributions and reverting some of his more egregious examples of vandalism (of which there are many). It seems his is an account created to evade a block, so I do not imagine he'll be around much longer. Cheers! ---

16:55, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

Hello

If you are creating the cats for these people, at the moment some are being created as Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) not (United States).--Alchemist Jack (talk) 20:19, 17 September 2009 (UTC) Actually it might be Cydebot! --Alchemist Jack (talk) 20:29, 17 September 2009 (UTC) I left message on User:Packerfansam and User:cydebot. I think it is because they were not cat (United States) just Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (no country stated). [5]--Alchemist Jack (talk) 21:27, 17 September 2009 (UTC) FYI: I have moved US recipients out of UK list.--Alchemist Jack (talk) 16:36, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Citation template

Hi, RFD. It's sometimes a bit of a juggle deciding which citations-needed template to use. For example, I used to use 'unreferenced' on rare occasions, but then had to change it if I added references later in the day. I started using 'citations-missing' most of the time a few weeks ago because it makes it easier on all concerned. But my general feeling is that it's more important to call attention to a problem than to worry too much about how, because I'd rather spend the time solving one or two. Less about form and more about perform.
In the case of the Berrigan article (which I'm guessing elicited your comment), it's not so much that it needs *more* citations for verification than it needs *lots and lots of citations* because -there are very few-. And, IMHO, the subject deserves the best work. Twang (talk) 21:21, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Tommy Burnett

On DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page .

— Jake Wartenberg 04:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your work on this article. If you hadn't linked to it from Operation Rocky Top (which is on my watchlist), I wouldn't have noticed that the article had been created (although I had seen the news of his death). I agree with you that some state legislators are more colorful than their national counterparts... Interestingly, my work on this article finally resolved my longtime confusion between Tommy Burks and Tommy Burnett (similar names, both from the Cumberland Plateau area, and both with colorful stories, but very different stories). --Orlady (talk) 15:22, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Perry Park

Answer is that, two days ago, the article creator added PP to the cities line. I've fixed the error. Nyttend (talk) 13:57, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

re: University of Wisconsin alumni category

Gracias for the encouraging words... yes, I think I can put together those categories. Expect them shortly. Regards,

talk

) 13:56, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Done and done. Whitewater cat was already there.

talk

) 14:09, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

La Crosse, Wisconsin

I'm coming there this weekend. I'm not planning a photo shoot but I'm open for a list of places that I need photographs. I don't know where I'll go beside

Granddad Bluff and La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway. Please give me a list below of any places that you know needs photos. Royalbroil

23:34, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

• Print out National Register of Historic Places listings in La Crosse County, Wisconsin

RoyalBroil-Here is a list of places:

• Christ Episcopal Church (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
• Viterbo University Y Done
• UW-La Crosse
  - has lots of pictures
• Aquinas High School (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
• Logan High School (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
• La Crosse Central High School
• Riverside Park
• Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman Y Done
• St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
• La Crosse City Hall
• St. Rose of Viterbo Convent motherhouse of the FSPAs Y Done

Many thanks-RFD (talk) 23:41, 7 October 2009 (UTC) Royal Broil-There are existing articles for the Cathedral Parish and St. Elias Orthodox Church. There is one photo in the Cathedral Parish article-Thanks-RFD (talk) 11:54, 8 October 2009 (UTC)PS is it my imagination or is there a bug in the system? Yesterday I had some difficulty logging in-

I don't know about any login problems, but I'm not so active anymore - too much real life. Would you correct the wikilinks to those articles? Several of these items were maybes on our list of places to visit - hopefully I'll get some pictures. I'm taking off Friday and we're heading out first thing in the morning - heading to the Mississippi River south of La Crosse (maybe Prairie du Chien? or even south of there) and coming north into the city by evening. Royalbroil 12:12, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Wow, I did good! I got over 500 pictures of communites starting from Dodgeville, then west and up the Mississippi River from Prairie du Chien to Cochrane with a drive through Winona, Minnesota for some soda (one of my childhood jokes was getting soda in Minnesota). Then west from Fountain City, Wisconsin to Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. I don't know where to start with La Crosse because I got some many pictures there. I might need to email some to you so that you can identify some of the places. Too bad the Hixon house was closed, I was going to tour it. I got to speak with one of the actors during the history days downtown. The races at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway were good but too cold. I recognized a bunch of drivers from many other racetracks from this year. This, the 33th track of 2009, might be the last of the year. Fortunately I got a few okay pictures of Dick Trickle walking through the race cars before the Dick Trickle 99 race. The Swarthout was interesting, mass at the cathedral was special, but the best part was touring the Rose Chapel. One of those pictures is one of the best pictures that I've ever taken. Great pictures from Granddad Bluff, especially the overview of UW-La Crosse! I already spend several hours renaming and identifying pictures. I bet there'll be over 100 pictures to upload. Royalbroil 00:21, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Royalbroil-I am glad your trip went well. I wish it would had work out for us to meet. I am glad you got to St. Rose Convent and mass at my parish-Thanks-RFD (talk) 00:25, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

I would have loved meeting too, but the other people that I came with vetoed it. We improvised the mass time and almost everything else on the trip. I even went to the track on Friday night instead of Saturday night because on Friday it looked like Saturday would be washed or snowed out. Maybe we could meet if you ever come to the Fox Valley because then I could come on my own. Maybe I'll come to La Crosse's race weekend next year to catch the Saturday program and we could arrange something then. Royalbroil 01:16, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

I marked the photos that I took. I'll add a picture of Western Hall at UW-La Crosse and a view of UWL from Granddad Bluff. I have a poor photograph of the interior of the cathedral in La Crosse, but I don't think I can upload it because it's too new and might infringe on the architect's work. Royalbroil 02:06, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Wisconsin legislators

You do so much good work on Wisconsin stuff already, I hate to ask; but could you dedicate a bit of extra time to this one? I've been hacking away at the backlog, but there are a heck of a lot of incumbents and recent legislators who have no articles whatsoever, not even what could be harvested from Project Vote Smart and the like. I had to create

ob-comp kicking in). --Orange Mike | Talk

19:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Missing governors

Awesome job! Almost there on completing the list, thanks for the good work! Cheers!

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) 15:00, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

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You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Deletion for the school article

If the article is expanded with some reason why the school is notable, deserving of an article, then the issue will be brought down. However, none currently exists.

Cheers! --Reubzz (talk) 22:04, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Huebsch and Nerison

I can find no evidence that there was ever an article created about either of them. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:40, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Wisconsin Images

I have pictures from Ferryville, Wisconsin, De Soto, Wisconsin, Stoddard, Wisconsin, Onalaska, Wisconsin, Trempealeau, Wisconsin and Perrot State Park, Merrick State Park, Cochrane, Wisconsin, Alma Center, Wisconsin, and Merrillan, Wisconsin. Plus I still have some shots from La Crosse and Winona to figure out yet. I still have lots of pictures of unincorporated communities in Calumet and Fond du Lac Counties. So please don't create articles for the redlinks on the templates for those counties - I want to create them myself. You can create an article for Centerville (community), Wisconsin, the one in western Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 35. I know that you've been creating articles from red links. Royalbroil 01:48, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Yikes, I look forward to see what you name the article with so many communities and a town with that name. Thanks! Royalbroil 13:01, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Article request

I have a suggestion for an article, if you're talking them. Father Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan, the founder of the Roman Catholic Salvatorians Biography plus co-founder of the Sisters of the Divine Savior. I ask you because probably have access to WAY better sources than this with your help at the Cathedral. My internet still has consistently been down several evenings per week, and I've been working (often offline) on a rewrite for 3-time NASCAR champ David Pearson in my sandbox. A lot of the sources for that article are only available online which has really hurt me. I hope things are well with you! Royalbroil 13:26, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Notability

Hi RFD - Thanks for all your hard work patrolling articles of towns and cities. I've seen you make a couple of deletions of non-notable people who lack articles, most recently to Wausau. I totally agree. Think you could back me up with such a stand on [Cottage Grove, Minnesota]? There are two non-notables there, and an anonymous editor keeps undoing it because they think the people in question are quite notable. (and vandalized my talk page) If not, no biggie. Thanks! Iulus Ascanius (talk) 00:24, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Ed Gein

Thanks for the link to the articles online at the La Crosse Library! --

Winnow

19:18, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Archives

I use NewspaperArchive.com a lot. It's available free to Wisconsin library card holders through BadgerLink. --

Winnow

19:31, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

Why thank you *blush*. Now I shall have to visit the state to really make use of it. :-) (Never been - always wanted to, though. Perhaps someday soon.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:52, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

It does indeed - I quite agree. It's one of my favorite aspects of this project, the ability to create articles for people who would be ignored by all but the most specialized encyclopedias. State officials, lighthouse keepers, that sort of thing. Good luck to you, and keep up the good work! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 22:56, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:43, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

William B. Slaughter

I've approved the hook at DYK. Interesting little article! --Orlady (talk) 17:05, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

It looks to me like both the Alexander Field and Charles Dunn articles have the potential for significant expansion -- and additional DYKs, if you have the time and inclination to pursue that. --Orlady (talk) 17:30, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for William B. Slaughter

On DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page .

Materialscientist (talk) 18:07, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations! You could add {{User Did You Know2|1}} to your user page. You'll never guess who started the box [6]! Royalbroil 13:01, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Pulvermacher Edit

Why did you delete all my work? There was no reason for doing so... it had more information about the subject. I am restoring it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by True Catholic (talk • contribs) 18:53, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Homer Dopp

Thank you very much for the information RFD. It was not a name I knew. I will inform family members :). I did a check in google and that must be Homer Roger Dopp mentioned here [7] born in Wisconsin in 1875 to Amos Dopp&Mary Moyes. Apparently, there was a contemporaneous namesake living in or around Amsterdam, NY who lost a son in Belgium in Jan. 1945 [8]. Some more info on Wisconsin H. Dopp (combined with a Dopf branch, who kept the German language spelling) could be found at [9] I guess. I will search again. Regards. Cretanforever (talk) 07:09, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I'll check that. Thanks for the feedback. Cretanforever (talk) 17:03, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

That was very interesting RFD. I had the time to check it now and thank you very much and sincere congratulations. :) I gave the tip (and the links) to a lot of people. In all likelihood, contact between New England Dopps (my branch of the family) and those of Wisconsin was broken sometime across the 20th century but it's good to know that at least two people of the name made a name there.

Going into details over the name, my grandfather, R.D.Dopp, was a prominent name in Connecticut education (whole sections of the family seem to have gone into education, both in Wisconsin and New England:). Before that, he was in the military glider troops during World War II, flew in one of these (Waco CG-4), missed the D-Day because he had -luckily, one may say- broken an ankle twice slightly before, but kept on in it afterwards. Cretanforever (talk) 19:16, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

LaCrosse area images

I finally got around to uploading a bunch more from that trip. I still have probably 100 pictures to upload from various trips. I'm really happy with the pictures from Perrot State Park. Some day I may nominate that picture of Trempealeau Mountain for that Wisconsin State Parks calendar for their "Friends" association. I submitted a few in 2008 but didn't hear anything.

I took today as a vacation day - time to leave and tour the most famous Appleton historic home. I've never been inside even though I started the article about it (it appeared on the main page for DYK). Cheers!Royalbroil

I added everything from the LaCrosse trip - lots of very nice pictures. I still have 130 pictures queued to upload from various places and situations in Wisconsin. About 45 pictures need to be uploaded from the

LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway article and get it on the main page. It's Wisconsin's only NASCAR-sanctioned asphalt weekly track. There is a NASCAR-sanctioned dirt track in NW Wisconsin. Royalbroil

14:58, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

The Great Wikipedia Dramaout

Hi! As you have expressed an interest in the initial

talk

) 04:41, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Okee, Wisconsin

No, sorry, no pictures of that side of the river. I took that picture of the ferry back before I was in WP. If I'd known, I'd have been more complete. I always figured I'd take better pics the next time, but I haven't been back there. I've also been away from WP for several months. Anything happening? -Freekee (talk) 03:29, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I had been heavily involved in the Albums Project, but they annoyed me, and I got busy with other things. I'm kind of afraid to go back there. -Freekee (talk) 06:41, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

We're always glad to work with you, of course! Royalbroil 02:50, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

2 new Holyland articles

I started articles for Silica, Wisconsin and St. Peter, Wisconsin. I'm pretty sure that they're in the town of Taycheedah but couldn't verify in the source that BaronLarf found online. Please verify if you can. Royalbroil 02:50, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Legend Lake, Wisconsin

Nyttend is traveling and asked me to keep an eye on his talk page - just wanted to let you know he will not be on Wiki much (if at all) for the next several days. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:08, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Charles Dunn

It's been awhile, no problem. The useful title you wrote is totally unrelated to the deleted one. Cheers.—Sandahl (♀) 14:41, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism reversion?

What's up with this reversion? I think I'd make a couple of changes, but I certainly wouldn't call it vandalism. -Freekee (talk) 02:18, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

I'd make a lot of changes in tone and I'd challenge some of the content as being unsourced. I wouldn't call it vandalism, though. The anon does appear to be knowledgeable about Grafton (especially about village hall) and some of the editing is constructive. Vandalism is an ugly word that I try not to use too much - but it's hard not to some times. In my mind, if anything in the edit is usable, or done in good faith, then you shouldn't call it vandalism. I know that you can't undo the edit summary, so don't worry about it or let it cause you stress. I've had several edit summaries that I wish I could take back! That's what happens when you've been here as long as we have. Please chalk it up as a mulligan and don't worry about it. The best thing to do would be to edit some of the content back into the article, especially if you can verify it. Royalbroil 01:12, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Dennis Luginbill

An article that you have been involved in editing, Dennis Luginbill, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dennis Luginbill. Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. --BaronLarf 00:50, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

The Sioux editor

Our friend at 72.21.231.126 has also edited in the past at 66.41.56.19. I can't tell if he's a troll or if he really believes the agenda he's pushing. Magic♪piano 17:36, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

King vs. Chain O' Lakes-King

I'd love to get your opinion on this issue at Talk:Chain O' Lakes-King, Wisconsin. Cheers, --BaronLarf 05:32, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

WP:NODRAMA/2

Just a quick reminder that the Second Great Wikipedia Dramaout has begun. Please log any work you do at Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/2nd/Log. Good luck! --Jayron32 01:49, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Betty Cooper Hearnes

While I disagree with you about Jessica Doyle, I agree with you that Betty Cooper Hearnes deserves her own article. I've fixed redirects to link to the page that you created about her. Cheers--BaronLarf 19:34, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Wisconsin politicians

Ta da! We finished de-redlinking all of Wisconsin State Assembly (and 99th Wisconsin Legislature). Congrats! --BaronLarf 23:43, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah!-left a message at your talk page-RFD (talk) 23:46, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again for disambig help of Wisconsin politicians. Who would have thought there were two George Bundy Smith's?! --BaronLarf 01:26, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Krause Stone Barn

Thanks much! In case you didn't see — I didn't take the photo; I simply found it at Commons. I've only once been to Wisconsin, and I wasn't yet walking at that time, let alone taking pictures :-) Nyttend (talk) 00:43, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Ivan Prenđa

Hi, the article is now located under the title

Ivan Prendja. Is that OK? WWGB (talk

) 13:51, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Winterville, Mississippi

Hi. Thanks for fixing the Winterville article. I am not an expert on creating locales, communities, etc. but I couldn't leave it as it was. Thanks again. [email protected] (talk) 15:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Category:History of the Black Rock Desert and Category:Mountain ranges of the Black Rock Desert

I reverted your edits to Category:History of the Black Rock Desert and Category:Mountain ranges of the Black Rock Desert in order to restore the template usage instructions that you removed from those categories. Those instructions explain how a parameter to the {{Black Rock Desert}} template can be (and are) used to populate those categories. They are relevant. Ikluft (talk) 03:25, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Hans L. Trefousse

Thanks for the category help. Shadowjams (talk) 12:41, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Wisconsin legislature

There are two new legislative session articles: 96th Wisconsin Legislature and 97th Wisconsin Legislature. You've done a great job of proofreading and de-redlinking these before, so I thought you might be interested. Thanks--BaronLarf 09:23, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

St. Anthony's Catholic Church (Padua, Ohio)

Thanks for taking care of the wikiproject tags; would you be willing to rate the article? I have another DYK coming up tomorrow for another Catholic church in the same region (including the featured image), so would you be willing to help there as well? Nyttend (talk) 01:20, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the congrats :-) No complaints about ratings; I've only ever once rated an article myself, since the ratings (other than GA/FA) really don't mean that much to me. Nyttend (talk) 18:41, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway

The article is live! I nominated it for DYK. Enjoy! Royalbroil 05:43, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Winnebago Mental Health Institute location

Are you positive that it's located in Winnebago? The source doesn't support it, and I've always considered it part of Oshkosh. I've always heard that Winnebago, Wisconsin is a former community that is now part of Oshkosh and that it's former zip code is now used by Oshkosh for their PO Boxes. On this map you can see that it's located in 54901, which is the same zip code as UW-Oshkosh. The institute is the green dot near North Asylum Bay. Hearsay from me doesn't mean much. I'd appreciate if you would do some more research and see what you can dig up. Royalbroil 03:19, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Back again, the zip code is:54985 in Winnebago, Wisconsin.[10]. Also I look at the legal notices for 2009 about water and sewer matters they were to thw various real estate parcels of the Winnebago Mental Health Institute was being in the town of Oshkosh. Thanks-RFD (talk) 19:10, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't know what to say to you which is why I didn't say anything. I couldn't find proof that Winnebago is really annexed by Oshkosh. So I guess it should be left as is for now. If you find anything down the road, please update it... Cheers! Royalbroil 00:49, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

I've added some info at Talk:Winnebago Mental Health Institute. --BaronLarf 14:14, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Wisconsin recent changes list

Just to let you know, I'm currently in the process of cleaning up Wikipedia:WikiProject Wisconsin/Wisconsin recent changes. It used to be a list that only took about 20 minutes to update (using Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:WikiProject_Wisconsin), but it got messed up when Dual Freq added hundreds of articles (here and here) that had the word "Wisconsin" in them but did not have the template on the talk page. So when I tried to update the page in Nov. 2008 and Dec. 2009, these would all be removed. When I looked at some of these articles, many of them have nothing to do with Wisconsin; some have the word "Wisconsin" in their references, etc. So I've been going through each of the added articles (by first letter) and either adding the template to the talk page or removing the article from the "Wisconsin recent changes" list. I've gotten to R, and should be done in the next couple of days.

I say this because I don't want you to feel like you have go through the trouble of adding individual articles (like Dacada) to the list; if they have the template in the talk page, they will be added to the list when I re-run the update after finishing the cleanup. (Though you're welcome to, of course.) ((Also, my apologies for just deleting your entire user talk page.)) Cheers --BaronLarf 12:55, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Madison metro area template

If you start to edit the city article, you'll see that the name of the template is {{

Madison}}, and when you go there, you'll find that it's a redirect to {{Madison, Wisconsin}}. Someone coded the template with the following parameter

|name = Madison Metropolitan Area

and as you may know, this parameter sets the view, discuss, and edit links at the top. I've now fixed the problem. Nyttend (talk

) 14:34, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Bishops O'Connell and Gallegos articles

Hello, I see that you also built Bishop Eugene O'Connell's article. There is a nifty fact about him in this SacBee article, Supporters work to boost former Sacramento bishop closer to sainthood. The SacBee newspaper reprint on the Bishop Gallegos Maternity Home website, named for the deceased bishop, has a neat fact about O'Connell: (from the 14th paragraph near the Pope and Bishop photo) Bishop Eugene O'Connell, Sacramento's first bishop, was moved from Los Angeles to Sacramento after he died more than 100 years ago. I would like to incorporate this as the last statement in O'Connell's article but the sacbee.com website is down and I will be logging off soon. It might help to have another editor put this fact in as I just copyeditted O'Connell's article. If you have time, could you write and cite it? Also as per Gallegos' talkpage, that article has great info that can go into his (hint, hint). Thanks in advance.--Morenooso (talk) 05:32, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Wisconsin unincorporated communities request

I took a road trip this Sunday and took pictures of a bunch of unincorporated communities. Since you always find some great sources for the communities - I'm wondering if you'd take requests and start the following articles. I'll be uploading pictures of them sometime. I have about 50 pictures to upload from various trips to race tracks. Some have the same name as the town that they are in:

• Winnebago County
  • Pickett - Cty Hwy M & WIS 44
  • Waukau - WIS 91 & WIS 116

• Wausara County
  • Borth - Cty Hwy D
  • Poy Sippi - WIS 49 & Cty H
  • Pine River - Cty Hwys H & E
  • Mt. Morris - WIS 152 (east terminus), Cty Hwys G & W
  • Saxeville - Cty Hwy W & A

A few other misc. ones from other trips:

• Brown County
  • Hollandtown - 1 mile west & 1 mile north of Forest Junction - my WIS map says Holland but the signs and everyone else calls it Hollandtown

• Oconto County
  • Stiles - US 41

• Sheboygan County
  • Gooseville (photographed a historic mill that looked ready to fall down)

• 
  Sign
• 
  Gooseville Grist Mill, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
• 
  Gooseville Grist Mill

• Outagamie County
  • Dale WIS 96

No sweat if you don't have time or interest. Many thanks! Royalbroil 02:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

A few more, all in Dodge County

I caught these unincorporated communities because I attended ice races at Hustisford, Wisconsin. I heard that someone put their snowmobile in the water one week after I went to the ice races!

• Knowles, Wisconsin

• 
  Looking east at downtown Knowles
• 
  Looking north at downtown Knowles
• 
  Welcome sign

• LeRoy (unincorporated community), Wisconsin

• 
  Looking east at downtown LeRoy
• 
  Looking north at LeRoy and water tower
• 
  Looking north at LeRoy's welcome sign
• 
  St. Andrew's Chruch, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

• Woodland, Dodge County, Wisconsin

• 
  Downtown Woodland
• 
  Woodland's fire station
• 
  Looking north at Woodland's sign

Many thanks! -- Royalbroil 05:35, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind, I took care of all of them. The WP:WISCONSIN new articles list will be glowing! I finally caught up and have uploaded all of the images from my hard drive - first time since about last summer. I hope that you are doing well. My priest talked highly about that priest that you knew from the Fox Valley again this Easter. Royalbroil 03:02, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: Freistadt

I think that Freistadt should be brought back as a separate article seeing as it was and still is the location of the first Lutheran Church in Wisconsin. It was also the head quarters of a Lutheran Synod for 3 years. Loopygrumpkins (talk) 21:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I would not be opposed to this, if there was interest in bringing it back. It was originally merged as part of an effort to depopulate a rather empty category of "neighborhoods in Wisconsin", but I had second thoughts about the merger after I made it happen. --BaronLarf 09:48, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Alphonse Gallegos for Did you know on March 27, 2010

Hello, I believe this honor should go to you as the creator of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos' article. Today his body is being moved to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and on March 27, 2010 is scheduled to be re-interred.

March 27 is cited as a fact which is a requirement for DYK. Would you please nominate this article to Did you know using that wikilink? It would be nice if the article was picked up today.

Thanks in advance and for what you did in starting this article. Also, if it does get listed be prepared for the page to get defaced as vandals love to trash DYK articles. --Morenooso (talk) 12:20, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I recommend you ask Nyttend who is listed on your talkpage as the form/nomination confused me. He has had some successful articles nominated and accepted to DYK. I recommend you copy what is posted here on his talkpage and request he help you. He is way smarter than this average bear. Cheers! --Morenooso (talk) 12:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

BTW, in the DYK nomination, it should be noted that it is very unusual and rare that the Catholic faith moves a body like this. It is only done in special cases like his when being considered for sainthood. He would become the second Sacramento bishop (after Eugene O'Connell to be moved. --Morenooso (talk) 13:13, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, the article doesn't qualify: it wasn't created in the last five days (obviously!), and Morenooso's expansion in the last couple of days doesn't make the article at least five times its previous length. If that hadn't been the case, I would have nominated it. Nyttend (talk) 14:13, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

By the way, if you have an article that passes the DYK criteria (1500+ characters, created or at least 5x expanded in the last five days), just tell me and I'll be happy to nominate it. You can provide a hook (the statement that appears on the Main Page) or you can ask me to write one; it doesn't matter. Nyttend (talk) 22:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your compliments! I've enjoyed writing them (more are partially written; I'm waiting for a county history book via interlibrary loan), as well, of course, as visiting them. Most rural areas in this part of the country are predominately Methodist; driving through the Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches is quite interesting, with the little wooden Methodist churches being replaced by the huge brick Catholic churches that are the namesake of the region. There are some spots from which you can see five or six. Nyttend (talk) 00:42, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Alexandria, South Dakota Wiki

I need some help. I added the Pioneers of Alexandria picture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_South_Dakota

The picture is marked for removal due to insufficient copyright info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pioneers_of_Alexandria_South_Dakota_1880-82.jpg

How do I fix?

Martin Conlan is my great grandfather.

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjmorrison (talk • contribs) 16:38, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Adolph Walter Rich, thanks and questions

Thanks for your comments on Adolph Walter Rich. Now, if I want to see what is happening with a submission, for example if I want to follow Adolph Water Rich, exactly what do I do. I would appreciate it if you would keep it really simple, because I am really dense with this kind of thing.

Perhaps you can help with the following general sections:

1) If I am thinking of an article on a particular topic is there somewhere I can go and find out if the topic is appropriate. You understand that I am not asking for pre approval or anything like that. For example I have a vaguely formed idea about an article on "Illinois Barns." This a a serious article, not just pretty pictures. To do it I would put together a group of scholars, exchange, information, read drafts, etc. I am willing to do this, but I don't want to waste the time and efforts of these people if the topic in general is for some reason (to local perhaps). Is there a place I can ask in advance?

2) If I want to put pictures in an article can I just put them in as part of the file and send it in, or is it more complicated. I im thinking her of mechanics, not copyright etc, which I think I understand.

3)I find there is a little nub of a statement on Arpin. I may try to expand it some to deal with the Jewish colony there. Any problems with this.

Elkmilok (talk) 17:15, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Arpin, Wisconsin

The existing Wikipedia article on Arpin, Wisconsin, had no history attached. I have now edited it and added two paragraphs on the history of the Jewish colony associated with Adolph Walter Rich.

Elkmilok (talk) 03:15, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Wisconsin meetup

There's a discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wisconsin#Meetup that you might be interested in. --BaronLarf 09:49, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Your wish is my command - Norman McFarland

My friend, I owe you a couple. Here is a down payment. I gotta go. Please watch over and improve the article if you can. It still needs a lot of work to flesh it out as he probably had

Norman McFarland. --Morenooso (talk

) 16:46, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

His full formal name needs a redirect. I don't know how to do that. --Morenooso (talk) 17:07, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Saw your comment at Morenooso's talk; do you speak any of the languages in which these bishop articles are written? And if so, would you like me to import some foreign-language articles over here for you to translate? Nyttend (talk) 19:45, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

On this 20th day of April 2010

		The Christianity Barnstar
		For all the articles you have created and the inspiration provided me in creating my first article, Norman Francis McFarland, the Christianity Barnstar is awarded to RFD a Master builder. Keep the faith, always! Morenooso (talk) 22:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

What you can do to help

Do searches on the following:

• Bonaventure Broderick
• Bishop Bonaventure Broderick
• Bonaventure Broderick gas station
• Cardinal Spellman Bonaventure Broderick

using your normal search engine. Then use this one:

• Scroggle a Google hidden search engine

Scroggle somehow ties into Google's search engine but masks your tracks. However, it forces registered

available indexed. Searches will force indexing. --Morenooso (talk

) 21:38, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Here is the URL for Bonaventure's bio which is in Spanish:

• Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba

You saw the translated version I left on the talkpage. I erased it because while it is a loose translation, I did not want problems with it. I will post the URL on the article in my userspace. He still isn't getting Yhits which is troublesome. Your book might be the only way to flesh out his article. Posting now on his article. --Morenooso (talk) 00:29, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Bonaventure Broderick is just about ready to be pushed out to mainstream unless you still want to edit a couple of sections. The sections that need to be fleshed out from your book are: Resignation, Impact of resignation and a new section called Later life and death. Hopefully the book tells why he resigned, what the impact was and how he became a gas station attendant, editor of the diocesan column and what his later duties were under Spellman to include death details (although catholic-hierarchy could be used for a one liner death statement. Still, the present reference #2 that I used to cite the

WP:LEAD statement alludes to there was something more about his resignation and the impact on his life meaning that he chose to keep his vows in essence. If you could find a couple of one-liners in the library book and place them referenced in each section, I think it will be ready to pushed out. What do you think? BTW, Nyttend nominated Broderick's article using the hook I recommended. Hopefully, you will get a DYK out of it. --Morenooso (talk

) 07:41, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Did the Vatican or his superiors ask him to resign or was it voluntary? Then, what happened? How did he end up as a gas station attendant? How did he come to editting a newspaper column? --Morenooso (talk) 14:49, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Where did he die? Cath-Hier is not clear as it just says he died with a title. --Morenooso (talk) 14:50, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

BTW, Broderick was an author. I remembered seeing a partial list of his books in a visual listing which was his first Yhit. Here it the listing: Books › "Bonaventure Finnbarr Broderick". There are four books listed and unfortuantely are out of print with no ISBN number. Do you want to add them? Supposedly he became quite the scholar of early Roman history while a student there. --Morenooso (talk) 00:49, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Any input on this? --Morenooso (talk) 21:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

You've created a pupil

Two files created by me in one week. Heck, I might be nominated for Wikipedian of the Year! Please see Callistus Valentine Onaga. --Morenooso (talk) 04:16, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I think he's kicking back with his arms folded behind his head. He nominated my second article for a DYK but I don't think the hook was as great as it could be. I would have mentioned Callistus is the grandson of a Tribal chief. How are you doing? I may pump out Bishop Manogue in the few days. It's on my userpage and you are free to edit it. You have a great set of eyes and editting ability. --Morenooso (talk) 17:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

So I'm kicking back? Sorry, I just got back from mowing one of the fourteen lawns that I mow each week :-) Thanks, RFD, for the congrats; I just discovered a book with sources on nearly all of Ohio's National Register sites, so I've taken a break from writing about most of these large Catholic churches (but not all of them; St. John's Catholic Church (Delphos, Ohio) is up for DYK) so that I can improve overall coverage. I'm waiting for nomination forms for several other churches to come in the mail; once those arrive, you should see articles on this, this, this, this, and this church. Nyttend (talk) 18:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

You probably are (kicking back). I also mentioned smoking a cigar on your back, inquired about getting my pants pressed and if you do windows?

And here I'm sitting on article number three. Man, I really feel like a slacker compared to you dudes. I wonder if hari-kari is messy? --Morenooso (talk) 22:17, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Here is

User:Morenooso/Patrick Manogue. I want to work on it and get it out by Monday. --Morenooso (talk

) 22:33, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

I have recovered from my wiki burnout-reverting too much vandalism. In the recent deaths section there were three Roman Catholic bishops, a Russian Orthodox bishop and a German Roman Catholic theologians that needed stubs. I have noticed articles are being translated from other languages. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 23:17, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Now serving #4. Patrick Manogue, your order is ready for pickup!!! Morenooso (talk) 23:08, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

BTW, do you know how to do blockquotes? On the O'Connell talkpage, I documented a URL that has a long quote from him. He doesn't get many

Yhits. Plus, you would teach the pupil something I need to incorporate into my bag of tricks. Additionally I created User:Morenooso/Robert John Armstrong. He's the longest serving Sacramento bishop but yets does get many Yhits. --Morenooso (talk

) 14:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Nyttend offered to move interwiki articles over to the English version if there is a burning one you know about. I would colloborate if asked. I was really touched when you came to me about McFarland. I had never created an article before and really doubted not only myself but my time available to create the article. And, it was a tricky one if you know what I mean. Morenooso (talk) 14:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

It amazes me that other wikis have articles on American bishops which the :en does not. I showed Onaga's to a friend and he say that is one of the few African bishops to not only have an article but picture to boot. Not that the Vatican would come to Wikipedia to see a picture of him but's it fairly notable that Onaga is a young bishop with a picture on English Wikipedia. --Morenooso (talk) 14:40, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Here is the

Wikipedia:MOSQUOTE#Quotations block quote instructions. I have to leave in five minutes. --Morenooso (talk

) 14:44, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

BTW, I assume you know

Tajm? He puts out great bishop articles too! --Morenooso (talk

) 17:50, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

You're right, he does have a hook. It was a left one and I never saw it. Thus far,

WP:LEAD and barebones. --Morenooso (talk

) 21:17, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: this article - are you going to finish it off? Re: Barney's article, what years was he in Vermont's House? ----moreno oso (talk) 13:53, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Barney - who preceeded and followed him?

Who did this about Barney? ----moreno oso (talk) 01:28, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Thomas John McDonnell

Ya gotta let me know when you create an article, master. I've done some work on Thomas John McDonnell. I have some more citations but need to get dressed for an event later this morning. I believe I can get it over 5300 bytes which would a 500% improvement over what you started (not that your great work is being exceeded). When this is done, maybe you could get Nyttend to nominate it for a DYK. I think that he said more high masses than succeeding to a bishop's see is somewhat the hook.

BTW, that was me. Umm, I thought of a better hook and will place the first part of it in the citation's ref. Basically one of the masses with 3,000 people said by TJM was covered in the

NY Times sports section. The DYK hook: DYK, TJM said a mass for 3,000 people that was covered in the NY Times sport section? --Morenooso (talk

) 14:10, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm done. I have one or two more facts but have to go. I asked Nyttend to nominate my teacher for DYK. --Morenooso (talk) 15:28, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

You're good to go - see Template_talk:Did_you_know#Thomas_John_McDonnell. 'Night! --Morenooso (talk) 10:17, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

I just got my DYK announcement. I wonder why you didn't get one? Congratulations! ----moreno oso (talk) 06:06, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

DYKs

Thanks for the note :-) I've recently gotten access to a book with details on most of Ohio's NRHP sites, so I've been trying to expand the state's coverage on WP with it a good deal. These all came together because I decided to work on the Allen County listings first, and there's a second reference (online) that's usable for expanding many of them to DYK length or better. Nyttend (talk) 12:01, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Bishop McNabb

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take a look at Bishop McNabb. Farragutful (talk) 20:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas John McDonnell

DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Sorry that you didn't get credit for it before; I misunderstood and thought that Morenooso had done all of the work on it. Nyttend (talk