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Wikpedia: Public Art - DC Task Force!

Thanks for your interest in helping bring DC public art to Misplaced Pages! We have updated our Task Force page for DC, so please take a look and get started. We look forward to seeing your contributions and please let me know if I can help you with anything. Missvain (talk) 14:02, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

• Blake Gopnik (April 9, 2009). "Nationals' Sculptures: No Hits, Just Errors". Washington Post.

Nomination of Katherine Larson for deletion

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Importance levels for Misplaced Pages:Public Art

Hi! We have decided to pull the importance level aspect of the WP:Public Art talk page tag. We have decided that it's too hard to judge the importance, following along the lines of other art based projects like Wikiproject:Visual Arts. Thanks for the work you're doing though! :) Missvain (talk) 18:29, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi again! Just curious, I saw that you updated the tags for both the United States and African Diaspora tags I recently placed on the Here I Stand sculpture. I usually don't update the projects I'm not involved in, but, perhaps you are involved in both of those too. What could be LOW on one wikiproject could be a C, or what could be a start, could be a stub on another project. Just letting you know :) Missvain (talk) 20:15, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

you beat me to the photo of "Here I Stand"Slowking4 (talk) 17:21, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Thoughts on article assessment

keeping on mind Misplaced Pages:Version 1.0 Editorial Team; Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Council/Assessment FAQ: "In general, anyone can add or change an article's rating. However, the "GA" and "FA" labels should only be used on articles that have been reviewed..."

class is class across all projects. there is a B class checklist, and Good and Feature consensus, but for C and below, it seems to me something is better than nothing, and if start for one, start for all; there are some bots that do this. and upgrade from stub to start is fine = grade inflation. i tend to give more weight to references and section headers, than the examples, and will lazily copy an underassessment. most projects don't seem to care about non-members assessing, except for ownership ones like Milhist.

for importance, yes, they are different among projects; while some don't use because it's too "i don't like it", i can see the usefulness, if you tied it to pageviews, to get priorities for an article improvement drive. you could also sort by articles lacking photos (phototag). (some information is better than none). it's part of a divide and conquer strategy for big problems. i don't know if it's better than randomly sprinkling improvement dust, but some people like a to do list. Slowking4 (talk) 17:21, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

AFD Notice concerning William G. Scanlon

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Arlington dog mural

Hello! I saw your draft for an article about the Arlington dog mural. I live in the area, so let me know if you need in photos or any other help. BurtAlert (talk) 19:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

i was waiting for the court decision, to avoid the charge of one event. Slowking4 (talk) 19:45, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

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i took the photo, and if the kludgy licensing template would allow me to license i would. do you actually fix things or tag spam? Slowking4 (talk) 19:30, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

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Barnstar!!!

		The Misplaced Pages Saves Public Art Barnstar
		Thank you for all the work you're putting into creating public art pages and sharing your great photographs too! Missvain (talk) 04:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

No worries - thanks for the help. I've never been very good with those rationales...the picture dates to before I knew what "freedom of panorama" was all about. Ah, such innocent times...

Keep up the good work, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:55, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

threatening to delete images unless the phototaker fills out a checklist is demoralizing. how many perfectly good images are lost because of form over function? not to mention policy changing, and the same bullying over the rules. if they would fix stuff i would have more sympathy. Slowking4 (talk) 22:04, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

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i took a picture myself, use does not fail criterion. Slowking4 (talk) 19:29, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Alexander Pushkin (Bourganov)

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March 2011

Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Misplaced Pages, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Marino Marini (sculptor), did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. You were warned to not re-add non-free content to the article or else you would be issued this warning. Your comment to "warn someone who cares" shows a flagrant disregard for the policies as well. If you continue along this path you may be blocked.Soundvisions1 (talk) 23:35, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

actually you are being disruptive , no, not disregard for policy, disregard for your pomposity, warnings in edit comment space are precious: "Replacing this image will result in a vandalism warning." i've added more critical commentary, is it enough for you? is it worth taking to ANI? a block from you, would be a badge of honor. Slowking4 (talk) 16:46, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

hidebound ignorance.Slowking4 (talk) 16:08, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ivor Fox-Strangways Guest, 3rd Viscount Wimborne

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rationale was already provided in strict accordance with Misplaced Pages:Non-free_content#Policy, use of template does not address the 10 points; is not required, but you may use the template if you wish. Slowking4 (talk) 16:28, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

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Talkback

Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven

this redirects to 9th Earl which is wrong. Kittybrewster ☎ 09:37, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven

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Nice work on The Alarm (Boyle). BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:32, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. I'm glad you started the John J. Boyle page. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 01:42, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Would you have any objection to my changing the page title to John J. Boyle (sculptor)? I've never seen his name without the middle initial. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 15:21, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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I noticed that you changed the caption to the Clark Mills equestrian statue of Washington. I am not sure that to call it "Lieutenant General George Washington" is entirely correct. According to the research I was able to do at this time, this statue is supposed to be of Washington reviewing his troops at Princeton in 1777. It's my understanding that in 1777 Washington held the rank of Major General, the rank of Lt. General not being given until 1798. Maybe I'm mistaken on this? Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 16:10, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

good point, the name is confusing, i was adding a link to the sculpture article. i am going by the Smithsonian database for the work here , but they have been known to be wrong, and we may not necessarily follow their name convention, if you change, please retain the link. Slowking4 (talk) 16:14, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

You're correct, the SI reference does seem to be incorrect. Maybe you could help me out with something...I am having a hard time finding a citable reference that states what Washington's rank actually was in 1777 at Princeton. I mean, I know what's true, but I need a verifiable source and all that. If you come up with a source, please post it here. I'll take care of correcting the caption and any other pertinent links. -Shearonink (talk) 20:14, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

i wouldn't get too hung up on the name. couldn't find another source that calls it xyz, that's the one to go by? found a webpage that says: "General and Commander in Chief" (author is rev war roundtable dc member) i would suggest "George Washington (Mills)" for a rename. note that the uniform and hat don't correspond with trumbull, who was an eyewitness (so i wouldn't be surprised if artist conflated the rank as well). Slowking4 (talk) 20:24, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

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There's an extra "T" in there...don't know how it disappeared along the way. *sigh* I wish I could remember why I know her name... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:10, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

thanks for catch, i followed the misspelled red link from systemic bias. however the EC did bounce my edit, lost 2nd time (hate this old browser with no edit history recovery).Slowking4 (talk) 20:12, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

A quick Google search suggests that it may be an alternate spelling (see the Phillips Collection website...if anyone should know it would be they). No worries - I fixed it up. I suspect I have a copy of one of her paintings hanging on my bedroom wall, and I could have sworn that she's in the NMWA collection, though their database says otherwise. No matter - I'll look tonight. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:15, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

that is their oversight. betcha i saw her at the chase exhibition NGA 1987 Slowking4 (talk) 20:22, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Bit before my time, that one, I'm afraid. I'm well familiar with her sister-in-law's work, though...that self-portrait really is impressive. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:24, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

misspelling at Spanierman, title different spelling from body, maiden name. influencial summer school, en plein air. need pic of phillips art. Slowking4 (talk) 20:30, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm sure there must be a free image around somewhere... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:37, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Quite alright - I have a tendency to jump the gun from time to time. My own damn fault. Sorry about that. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:08, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

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Please do go ahead with the Philly public art list. I've been a bit under the weather and very slow on this (maybe I should be the "Slow King" :-P) Smallbones (talk) 23:56, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

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James A. Bailey's statue of George Washington

I'm not sure where if you saw this photo on Commons, but I recategorized this image of George Washington which was mistakenly categorized Baltimore. commons:File:George_Washington_-_by_Lester_Spence.jpg. GcSwRhIc (talk) 17:16, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

thanks, smallbones has a photo, and it's in the List of public art in Philadelphia, more stuff to do. Slowking4: 7@1|x 17:24, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Question. Would you think it an improvement to have the artists sort by last name? It's pretty simple for me to mark up. GcSwRhIc (talk) 17:40, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

yes, the smithsonian database has it last, first for that reason, but we change it so we can link to the artist article. if you had a way to link to artist article while displaying sorting by last that would be an improvement. Slowking4: 7@1|x 17:45, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Done. Template:Sort was the answer. GcSwRhIc (talk) 18:32, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

ooh that's pretty, gonna have to use it (you are the master coder) i take it you saw my excel partial thrash User:Slowking4/list of philadelphia public art. Slowking4: 7@1|x 18:38, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Artists were easy. It also can be used for artwork titles, but I probably wouldn't do it except for works starting with "The" or maybe "A" so:

{{sort|Washington Monument,The|]}}

GcSwRhIc (talk) 18:49, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

actually i found the {{sortname| Ike|Hay}} is better. Slowking4: 7@1|x 15:49, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Public Art data

So how bout that SI data? If you want to point me to the data you were talking about yesterday and let me know how it has to be processed, I'll see if I could meaningfully automate it.
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ok, what little i know about SIRIS: here's the database ; here's a query for philadelphia, limited by sculpture, sorted by sculpture name

i tend to grab this and dump into a spreadsheet, since i couldn't find an export function. the title has a url to each record.

hard to see how to sort by location, so did a keyword; don't need images since license unclear, will take pictures; urls are useful but need to format into a cite web.

i got part way through here: User:Slowking4/list of philadelphia public art.

any automation would be greatly appreciated, since Baltimore is a follow-on, and other cities. Slowking4: 7@1|x 19:43, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Ok yeah, this is definitely ripe for the picking. When I find time I'll write up something to pull out whatever data you want. Are there any other cities on the to do list aside from Philly?

--Qwerty0 (talk) 18:03, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

ok based on Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Public_art/Showcase#Lists_of_public_art:

List of public art in Philadelphia; more complete list = Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

List of public art in New York City more complete survey = "Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York"

List of public art in Baltimore given interest expressed at GLAM = "Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore"

List of public art in Los Angeles, stretch goal based on public art la website = "Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles"

those are the main ones. the column fields seem settled at: Title; Image; Artist; Year; Location; Coordinates; Material; Dimensions; Owner (references) Slowking4: 7@1|x 14:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

List of public art in Chicago, "Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago"

List of public art in Baltimore

Well, I started it, List of public art in Baltimore. More work than I thought. Thanks for the layout. GcSwRhIc (talk) 01:00, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

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NRHP list and Wikimania in DC next year

Dear Slowk,

In your travels around DC getting photos for the public art lists could you stay on the look-out for NRHP sites? There is even some overlap with DC Revolutionary Statuary and DC Civil War Statuary being listed as NRHP "sites."

Since Wikimania will be in Washington, DC next August, I'd like to get the List of RHPs in DC table completed by then, as a present to all the visitors. I made a general proposal/invitation at

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Please take a look and any help would be appreciated.

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count me in, pleasure to meet you at AAA. already did some overlap from List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C. i can fill in red links with stubs to start with. i note there are 588 listings on NHR DC. Slowking4: 7@1|x 17:41, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for the work on the DC NRHPs. I've finally got the new split of the lists (almost) done. Please don't burn yourself out on this - we've got 50 weeks left before Wikimania! and other folks will join in as we go.

Thanks again.

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Edit summaries

Hi, and thanks for all your Wikiwork. You do realize that you're supposed to enter a summary explanation of your edits each time? It makes it easier for us other editors to follow and update your work. Thanks, PRRfan (talk) 02:37, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

after this: Replacing this image will result in a vandalism warning ; and my response warn someone who cares , i can have no confidence in the WP:ES, edit summary "essay". Slowking4: 7@1|x 15:59, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, that's annoying. But it would still be nice to have your edit summaries. PRRfan (talk) 17:48, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

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It might take some imagination

but look at Nell's arm and Chuck's leg Google Street View blown up

And, yes, Kumioko wanted to include a contributing property into the main NRHP list. He also had a DC neighborhood question, which I am not qualified to answer, but I think he worked it out. Smallbones (talk) 15:15, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

You might want to check out File:Rhodes-tavern-south.jpg, I took a couple of extra steps on it. It's a bit hard to explain unless you have a Mac, but the basics are get the biggest (tif) version, import to iPhoto, trim the black edge (but just the black edge) then EXPORT the photo into another folder to upload, using the max quality, jpg setting. A couple of folks at WP:NRHP used to do this to me all the time. Black edges are a NRHP faux pas. Blame User:Nyttend. Smallbones (talk) 01:39, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Quick question for you

I was trying to understand what you meant by 'tagspam' in the discussion at AN/I about the guy who won't leave the other guy's Talkpage alone? Just wondering. -- Avanu (talk) 02:48, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

there are 44 semi-automatic and automatic messages above. this is disruptive. if the standard is two messages per six months is harrassment, then let the interaction bans go forth.

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Slowking4: 7@1|x 14:32, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I understand. I think the other editors aren't quite saying we should define harassment as 2 interactions, but that we should be willing to respect an editor's wishes if they ask to be left alone on their personal Talk page. Perhaps the page ban proposal was premature. -- Avanu (talk) 23:12, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

oh i understanding what they're saying: "buzz off you're bothering me". it cuts both ways, and i look forward to the frisson of the consequences of this decision. Slowking4: 7@1|x 15:26, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Cuban Friendship Urn

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September 2011

"please stop leaving wrongful notices on my talk page. it is disruptive." That applies to you not myself. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 15:11, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

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See Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Slowking4. --Dirk Beetstra 12:42, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Jacob Soll Bio

Melissasusan (talk) 02:24, 29 September 2011 (UTC) Regarding biography at Jacob Soll page, he's a professor of mine at Rutgers and he asked me to edit his Misplaced Pages page. He sent me that bio, which he wrote himself and is probably the same one he wrote for his page at Rutgers. He approved the page itself and its content. So I undid your revision. I appreciate your help, but in this case, he can't violate his own copyright. If you want, I'm sure I can do some sort of reference.

Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk/Interviews4

I'd think that Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk/Interviews4 will be in the SignPost tomorrow. It might cause some additional activity in DC NRHP and Public Art. Smallbones (talk) 17:40, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

One can hope, but we should be realistic! BTW, my prose at Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC could probably use some help. Smallbones (talk) 19:17, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

You've got mail, cowboy

I got a few photos in Philly today: 1 NRHP, some skyscrapers, and some public art. Obviously, I'mm getting mixed up cause I can't find my refs. I"ve seen the article before on the sculptor of this. Any idea who it is? Any help appreciated. Smallbones (talk) 00:45, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

this is "Mail Delivery (West -Cowboy - One of Four)" on List of public art in Philadelphia Slowking4: 7@1|x 13:24, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

• Over the Top in Elgin, IL
• Over the top at 2nd and Spring Garden, Philly

Roughly 200 of these, either by E. M. Viquesney or John Paulding (they had a copyright dispute). Smallbones (talk) 17:43, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Over the Top weaton, illinois ; jersey city new jersey ; colfax, nebraska ; chicago ; buffalo ; manitou springs colorado ; albany missouri ; richland north dakota ; ladysmith wisconsin ; elgin, illinois ; knoxville, tennessee original?; missoula, montana ; salem oregon ; astoria, oregon . there are two others different sculpture with same name.

Spirit of the American Doughboy list 149, some duplications Slowking4: 7@1|x 13:47, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest

You may be interested in the above WP:NRHP photo contest starting on Oct. 21. For example there is a challenge specifically for Washington, DC NRHP site photos. You might even want to put in your own challenge related to Public Art. A possibility might be:

"A barnstar will be awarded to the photographer who photographs the most examples of public art that are listed on the NRHP or are contributing objects in NRHP-listed historic districts. "Public art" includes statues or other artworks displayed outside. Names and dates of many of these artworks can be verified by searching for the city and state at Smithsonian art inventories. The photos should be included in an NRHP county list, or be included in any other article, e.g. an article you created yourself on a historic district or on a "List of public art in ..."

If you need any help on this, just ask. The only work involved would be verifying the contest winner, which means checking the diffs they provide to make sure they really uploaded the pix and included them in an article.

Thanks for any help.

Smallbones (talk) 16:11, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

hmm, did all the easy ones in dc already. Slowking4: 7@1|x 17:17, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

DC

I think the DC lists are ok now. User:Farragutful is going to town and we're down to 33 non-illustrated.

I put in a request at Misplaced Pages:Cut and paste move repair holding pen.

and got turned down flat for help. So I did a redirect from the old NW quadrant article to the main DC article, put "copied from tags" on the three new NW quadrant articles. History saved, sites all renumbered. Thanks. Smallbones (talk) 02:54, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Rock Creek Park

I noticed that you added links to the "main articles" for Peirce Mill and Montrose Park, but those links are just redirects right back to the Rock Creek Park article itself. Please be sure there's actually a separate article before you add links out! Thanks -- JohnInDC (talk) 17:27, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

done Slowking4: 7@1|x 18:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Ah, sorry - didn't mean to get in the middle of your project there! JohnInDC (talk) 20:36, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

no probs, i coulda got lost, but now we will recruit you for NRHP contest. Slowking4: 7@1|x 20:48, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Already on list

Not sure what you mean "Lothrop Mansion, not on the list. i will wait awhile before inserting in your nice table code." It's number 83 in National Register of Historic Places listings in the upper NW Quadrant of Washington, D. C.. I'll check the unillustrated list - that must be what you mean. BTW user:APK (gone, but not forgotten) really deserves several rounds of applause for his photo work.

Got another WWI doughboy, this time by "none of the above" aka anonymous For the time being he can go into an article on the house behind him, but I'm thinking

• He could go into a List of public art in Pennsylvania
• A system of public art articles could be set up similar to the system of NRHP listings
  • It couldn't include every listing in the country - only those with photos or articles
  • A better way of formatting the sources would have to be found
• But I don't have the time right now

Just something to think about.

All the best.

Smallbones (talk) 17:35, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

ugh, "doesn't come up to the standard" as "iron mike" indeed. Slowking4: 7@1|x 18:28, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

done World War I Memorial (Berwick, Pennsylvania), an orphan can stay there a while. but i didn't find your NRHP in the database. there are 3 others World War I Memorial Slowking4: 7@1|x 21:34, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

APK

I hadn't got round to removing this page from my watch list, so forgive the tangent - but whatever did happen to APK? I looked around a bit and couldn't figure it out. JohnInDC (talk) 17:43, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

I'd guess it was just Wiki-burnout, perhaps combined with the attentions of some of the Wiki-assholes (yes there are a few of these). Smallbones (talk) 18:16, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

this is a common cycle, prolific editor has life change, moves on. follow-on editors find trail already blazed. colaboration across time. Slowking4: 7@1|x 18:20, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

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Richard Jose

Thanks! Great to see it get created.--Milowent • 21:09, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

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Interview with Wikimedia Foundation

Hi Slowking, My name is Matthew Roth and I'm a Storyteller working on the 2011 fundraiser with the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco. In past years, we've relied on Jimbo to carry the bulk of the fundraising weight and he's done very well helping us hit our yearly funding targets. This year, however, we're broadening the scope and reach of the fundraiser by incorporating more voices and different people on the funding banners and appeals that will start running full-time on November 7th. We're testing new messages and finding some really great results with editors and staff members of the Foundation. You can see the current progress of the tests here. I'm curious if you would want to participate in an interview with me as part of this process? The interviews usually last 60 minutes and involve a number of questions about your personal editing experiences, as well as general questions about Misplaced Pages and its impact in the world. Please let me know by emailing mroth (at) wikimedia.org. Thanks! Matthew (WMF) 22:03, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Peter Guy Wolynes

I'm posting this message on your talk page because I noticed that you've recently created the new article Peter Guy Wolynes--The headings and sections seem appropriate. It would be great if you could also upload a picture for the related article Lawrence D. Bobo. Jipinghe (talk) 19:05, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

hmm, i note there are no images with the cc-by license such as: wolynes -; Bobo - , lots of images with unclear license. wolynes - ; Bobo - . maybe an email to UCSD; harvard is in order to follow wp:OTRS process. such is the punctilious wikipedia. Slowking4: 7@1|x 19:23, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

	Thank you
	Thank you for your work on the article Haleh Ghoreishi. Best Sadrang (talk) 23:57, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

NRHP in DC pix

thanks for the pix. You should join the contest at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_National_Register_of_Historic_Places/Fall_2011_Photo_Contest#Challenge_.233_Washington_DC. I just wanted to clean up the unillustrated list - no need to put the pix there, just remove them from that list. Yes, there are always messy photos with some sites. When shooting for fully illustrated lists, I figure the first 90% of the sites (usually the clean ones) are the "easiest half". But I think it's now about 5%, isn't it? Keep up the good work. Smallbones (talk) 03:24, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

19/523 = 3.6% BTW Farragutful is getting into the act as well. I suppose this means I better pick up my slack on the redlinks. Smallbones (talk) 03:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

I think

you just deleted my Standing Woman picture, which is fine. I thought it was better than picture # 2, but then I would since I took it. I ended up there by accident, made some dinky edit and decided to toss in a picture. Thanks for letting me know. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 21:53, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry for accusing you of doing what that bot did. And thanks for the Fair Use template to use in the future. There was a time a couple of years ago when I had many pictures removed and chose, in a fit of pouting, to remove a bunch myself. Now I have a more "Oh well" attitude. I believed that I had done the paperwork correctly on the Standing Woman shot, but appearently the bot thought (or what ever they do) otherwise. Life goes on. Carptrash (talk) 17:52, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Chatting with you is no bother. Seems to be time better spent than uploading pictures, for example. I did shoot one this morning for the vernacular (aka "folk) section of Territorial Revival architecture that I hope will be a nice shot. Since there is no date on the building I will proclaim it to be pre-1923 and avoid any botwork. I hope. Carptrash (talk) 18:03, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Better make that Territorial architecture, not Revival. Carptrash (talk) 18:27, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

lol, depends on the date. does it look old? oh and proclamations mean nothing, they will "doubt" your copyright, and put burden on you to prove it is PD or they will delete. Slowking4: 7@1|x 18:51, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

DNB cleanup

You are doing a sterling job at cleaning up the list at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography#Cite DNB. Today instead of working my way down the list I appear to have been jumping about but that is because I am going through some that have been moved from one name to another and the originals have been deleted. I wanted to make sure that they all were included in the list we are working on.

The most recent one I came across is now at James Dundas, Lord Arniston. When I looked at it I realised that it was one that you had been working on. Rich Farmbrough has an unique way to mark DNB included text, and it is necessary to do a little more editing to get it full cleaned up. You have done the difficult bits the other bits are just a bit of cut and past.

See here:

1. remove the {{Wikisource}} we don't need it.
2. add an attribution line ";Attribution" (the ";" at the start of the line makes it bold
3. CITE DNB need to be replaced with an DNB
4. replace |author={{DNB footer initials|James McMullen Rigg|J. M. R.}} with |first=James McMullen |last=Rigg
5. add ws before title= becomes wstitle=
6. remove (DNB00)|work=Dictionary of National Biography
7. remove |url=http://en.wikisource.org/Dundas,_James_(d.1679)_(DNB00)

What is left looks like this:

* {{DNB |first=James McMullen |last=Rigg |wstitle=Dundas, James (d.1679) |volume=16 |pages=191–192}} Endnotes:

Once that is done the volume=num will automatically set the date to the correct year of publication. This is the year you use in the inline citations, the name comes from the lase=name and then when you click on the citation it will jump to the {{DNB}} line. Try it on James Dundas, Lord Arniston#cite_note-FOOTNOTERigg1888191-0

If what I have said is not clear let me know and I'll discuss it further. I know its a chore and I am really happy that someone else is helping to fix these. Thanks. --PBS (talk) 13:10, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Please excuse me. I am using a small screen and had not see the stuff lower down with the attribution already set. If you want to do it that way then you should still strip out then ignore steps two and three and instead just present the line as:

* {{Cite DNB|ref=harv |first=James McMullen |last=Rigg |wstitle=Dundas, James (d.1679) |volume=16 |pages=191–192}} Endnotes:

You will need to add |ref=harv to {{cite DNB}} or the link between the footnotes and the long citation will not work (it is set automatically in {{DNB}}) -- PBS (talk) 13:21, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

thanks for the feedback, now that i have examples James Dundas, Lord Arniston, i will use that; dunno why you don't like cite DNB or wikisource though. Slowking4: †@1₭ 18:33, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Charles prefers to use both, I don't see the point myself as {{DNB}} takes the same parameters as {{Cite DNB}} and {{DNB}} has to be present when text is copied. I use {{Cite DNB}} for articles where information is used but text is not copied. Eg Ernest, Duke of York and Albany which had such a bad DNB article I replaced it with information from the ODNB (you could tell it was bad with the parting shot after a short paragraph "The fact of his existence was scarcely known to the majority of the British nation."!) -- PBS (talk) 12:20, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

AWESOME

ACCIDDDDDD!!!!! :) Great seeing you yesterday!! SarahStierch (talk) 17:47, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Hi, normally I would be annoyed by others editing my user space, but in this case, thank you for your help with User:Bearian/Sandbox#Barbette Spaeth! By the way, how did you find out I was working on this BLP? Bearian (talk) 14:54, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

oops sorry, should have left a note. i think i found it with a google. (i forgot) i wish guggenheim or rome prize would give her something, so we could write article. Slowking4: †@1₭ 15:55, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

User:DGG wrote on his talk page that she's "borderline" notable. Bearian (talk) 21:08, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

ah yes, regrettably i agree, but plenty of career time left to acquire baubles. Slowking4: †@1₭ 21:19, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Lincoln the Mystic

New at this so thanks for the tips....and for creating above article... and noticing time stamp. I'm really an amateur...Hudconja (talk) 21:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

It's baaackkk

The WW1 monument will reopen!! yay! SarahStierch (talk) 15:17, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

darn too late to make my social calender. is it open for mall assignations? Slowking4: †@1₭ 15:35, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Lbninternational

Hello,

I want you to know that I have opened a thread at WP:ANI about this user's edits. Given that Louis Bacon has sued the Wikimedia Foundation in a London court, special attention is required here, in my opinion. Best regards. Cullen Let's discuss it 16:29, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

i prefer the dgg method for name violations. given that they self identified, it's not anonymous. let the hedgie sue to his heart's content. Slowking4: †@1₭ 16:43, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

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Public art in LA

Hey thanks for the note! Send me email and let's keep the conversation going: andrew a_t andrewlih d_o_t com. We're working on a database of roughly 900-1000 rows, so it would be great to match up what we're doing with what you have. Also, has anyone in the WIkipedia-verse been working with the industry standards like VRA 4.0 which is used by some museums. -- Fuzheado | Talk 01:07, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of John Batty

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wrongful speedy. if you want to edit an article, do it; do not wipe away the history. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 12:09, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for teaching me about moving a page and preserving the edit history. Sorry I was going about developing the content in the wrong way. I think I have started a workflow for getting out of the mess I've created (by use the copy, paste, delete procedure). I have requested the speedy deletion of the Mike_Batty page (which only I had edited) after pasting back the content from this to the John_Batty page. I will now request the move which I don't think I am authorised to do. Once more, I do apologise for getting this wrong and thanks again for showing me a better way and for developing Misplaced Pages. Andy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agdturner (talk • contribs) 12:43, 22 November 2011 (UTC) Sorry, I came back to sign this thank you for your patients Agdturner (talk) 12:51, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of John Batty

A tag has been placed on John Batty, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done for the following reason:

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My main concern with not deleting John Batty (even though it is just a redirect) is that it gets linked to instead of Michael_Batty or Mike Batty. I suppose there can always be someone else come along with any of these same names and request things get moved... Clearly, I was thinking that rationalising at this stage was probably better, but I have no major objection either way. For links sake and because others might look for Mike as John, then you are probably right, I agree to keeping the page as a redirect. If Mike is really bothered about it and gets on to me, I'll suggest he gets to grips with the matter himself. What would be really useful is to have a function to change all links to a page to another. Maybe there is such a thing... Anyway, thanks for your help. It's been good interacting with you. Maybe our paths will cross again before too long. Bye 82.2.214.237 (talk) 02:21, 23 November 2011 (UTC) Agdturner (talk) 02:24, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

yes, there is, there is the "what links here", and i will scrub that. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 02:28, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Don't ask how I found this one...duuuddeeeee...

SarahStierch has passed you the WikiJoint! WikiJoints promote... uh... promote... help with... do... wiki... something... yeah... uh, what was I saying? WikiJoints help promote, uh, wiki stuff...and help with...huh?

"Do not interact with"

I don't know why you have created a section of Misplaced Pages users to "not interact with", but this is generally not acceptable use of the Misplaced Pages user space per Misplaced Pages:User pages: Material that can be viewed as attacking other editors, including the recording of perceived flaws. I don't know what your intent is with that, but similar kinds of lists on Misplaced Pages have generally been deleted from other editor's user space under the reason I said above. Instead of removing it myself, I am requesting that you remove it from your user space yourself as a sign of good faith. — Moe ε 15:43, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

i was waiting for the wiki-drama of the projected attack. no, this is merely a reminder to me not to interact with these people, per my self-imposed interaction ban. i will now add you to the list. i would ask you not to interact with me. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 16:04, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Slowking4, I saw the thread about this on ANI, and just wanted to pop in with a minor clarification and a question. While you can ask other editors to not post on your talk page (though they are still allowed to communicate with you here when necessary, say if they should need to leave appropriate notifications), you can't actually ask that they not interact with you anywhere on Misplaced Pages. For example, you can't say, "I'm now editing this article, so I don't want anyone on my 'interaction list' editing here either". You can, of course, choose to keep yourself away from any articles they edit on, though as your list grows that may cause more and more limitations for you. So, since this is really just a self-imposed list, would it be possible for you to keep it off of your userpage? That might help alleviate some of the expressed concerns. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:43, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

very well. WP:UP#POLEMIC: Very divisive or offensive material not related to encyclopedia editing it is quite a stretch, to view a bare list as an attack. it is not reasonable, and he had to engage in quite a spectacle of putting words into my mouth. i am offended by his ad hominem attack at ANI. I am requesting that he apologize "as a sign of good faith".

isn't it better to be forthright, so they people understand why i'm not interacting, so that they can spare themselves: "What worries me more at the moment is the lack of any reaction to this section,... but when a number of people raise some points they are concerned about, the least you can do is acknowledge the concern and indicate what you are going to do about it (or why you are not going to do anything about it)" this is an unproductive way of interacting. you noted the paradox of first mover in interaction bans. but what limitations? i am editing largely in article space; to the extent they do not, we are ships passing in the night. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 14:17, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

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here is the context: Proposed ban of User:Buffs from User talk:Hammersoft, where it was asserted that "It is within the remit of the community to ban a user from any page where there is the potential for disruption". quite a stretch, and stage-setting for drama. the consensus pulled back from the precipice. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 14:31, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

attrition of experienced editors

• User talk:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )
• User talk:Rich Farmbrough
• User talk:Epeefleche
• User talk:Merovingian:
  

one is an incident; four is a trend. an editor suggested i take my concerns off editor's talk, so i take them here. i have no brief for any of these four, but we need to consider the rampant incivility shown them, and drama. i have heard it expressed that editors are a dime a dozen, but i believe the 20-70-10 rule applies. if you run off the top 20%, then your average editor quality and productivity declines. we spend too much time mentoring new editors to shrug at their departure. when is it going to stop?. when will we have mandatory admin training? do you prefer to ride this bomb to the target point? the editor trends study is very clear. "Where are the leaders of the land? Where are the swells who run this show?" i'm sure there are admins who are leading teams to address problems, i don't see them, where are they? if you aren't one, then get the hell out of the way. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 00:11, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Agnes Martin changes

Thanks for you improvements to the article. However, our Manual of Style specifies that only dates, not places of birth and death, go in the parenthetical in the lead sentence. Also, per our external links policy, blog posts may not be included in the External links section. Yworo (talk) 21:38, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

sorry you're wrong, EL in accordance with policy. Misplaced Pages:External links:

• "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Misplaced Pages article due to copyright issues";
• "There is no blanket ban on linking to YouTube or other user-submitted video sites, as long as the links abide by the guidelines on this page ";
• avoid: "Links to blogs, personal web pages and most fansites, except those written by a recognized authority." Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 21:40, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
• and not specifies that only dates, not places of birth and death, go in the parenthetical in the lead sentence, rather "Birth and death places should be mentioned in the body if known, and in the lead if they are relevant to the person's notability." Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style/Biographies. this is contrary to a lot of articles, so good luck with that. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 18:49, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Musician's infoboxes

I am not certain what point you are trying to make. When I first began editing here in 2006-7 I recall vividly that the infobox for Elvis Presley was a model for those infoboxes when the person is a musician. Musician's biographies have been my specialty for some time- as well as finding, uploading, and placing photos in Commons for use in all language Wikipedias. With perhaps two issues with other editors here, I've worked on well over 3,000 separate articles here without complaint. Generally, I am the one who has to add the infoboxes and photos on the majority of them. So, which edit put this bee in your bonnet? --Leahtwosaints (talk) 18:14, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

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NRHP DC Barnstar

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Farmbrough list

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		Here is a barnstar for your work on the Farmbrough list -- PBS (talk) 00:43, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

I was going to wait until I had finished (in the next couple of days I hope) before awarding you, but on a tangent from my edits to that list, I came across this article (Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle ) and this edit.

Please do not use {{Wikisource1911Enc Citation}} in is depreciated, instead use either:

• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Henle, Friedrich Gustav Jakob}}

or

• {{1911|wstitle=Henle, Friedrich Gustav Jakob}}

The pair work just like {{Cite DNB}}} and {{DNB}} and take a similar range of parameters. Most 1911 do not have an author so to create a short citation, you can use the editor "Chisholm" {{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=269}}

Notes

1. Chisholm 1911.
2. Chisholm 1911, p. 269.

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Henle, Friedrich Gustav Jakob". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 269.

--PBS (talk) 00:43, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

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As a follow on to the last section. If you create a named reference tag eg<ref name="FOOTNOTESmith200626">Chisholm 1911 v. 13 p. 269</ref> and you want to use it again further down a page. Then do not fill out the body of the reference tag again but simply use the named reference tag with a forward slash at the end:<ref name="FOOTNOTESmith200626"/>. That will create one place in the {{reflist}} with the details as in the first name reference tag to which each same named reference tags will link (See WP:NAMEDREFERENCES) -- PBS (talk) 01:24, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

EB 1911

It was the reason for adding parameters to {{1911}}, and including the hidden categories: Category:Misplaced Pages articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

When I have been through the various backlogs, it is my intention to add a warning like I put into {{cite DGRG}}, then in all 10,000 articles there will be requesting that an article name is added. Hopefully many hands etc, will fix the problem more quickly than just a few editor working on them.

To help clear the decks ready for such an addition, I have recently been through the backlog removing all the {{Wikisource1911Enc Citation}} because it consisted of either no wstitle= parameter or no parameter at all. They have all been modified to {{cite EB1911}}. The problem was that may of them were replacements of {{1911}} before 1911 took parameters, or added to pages with an existing {{1911}} template. I fixed about 500 of the most blatant errors (where both existed side by side) but if you need something to do :-) you could do worse that start on the category Category:Misplaced Pages articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica that may need Attribution

Taking the second and third articles in that category (and without a through check:

• Rava (amora). No text, nothing to cite from the EB 1911 article, so just remove the parameter "|W1EC=1", (that will removed it from the category as it has been checked)
• John Abernethy (minister) this should be attributed. Remove |W1EC=1 add the other parameters to {{1911}} template and add inline citations were appropriate.

etc, etc. at the moment 907 of them a big job! -- PBS (talk) 02:49, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

eh, compared to the blp hysteria, it's a trifle. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:43, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

I see you've made a start. Thank you. Just a couple of points, when you have "fixed" a page please remove the parameter "|W1EC=1" and if the Misplaced Pages article is in part of wholly copied form EB1911 then replace the "{{Cite EB1911|..." with "{{1911|..." like this -- PBS (talk) 06:13, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Nice llama

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PA in PA

I see you ran into my Smith Memorial Arch photos. I'll add them to the List of public art in Philadelphia and probably get a few more PA pix in PA this week. I'm thinking that you, Farragutful and myself should meet at the Spring flower show in DC, and I'll buy you both dinner. In case any 1 or 2 of us breaks a leg, there will be at least one photographer there to snap the carousel. All the best. Smallbones (talk) 14:51, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

The carousel list looks good. There will be folks who want to add more, e.g. there's an old carousel from the famous Philadelphia maker in Memorial Hall (Philadelphia) (with the building on the NRHP) and probably many in historic districts as well. A note at WT:NRHP will help populate it. And people will want to add even non-historic carousels (I spent an hour snapping pix in town in Ohio only to find that the c was new). There may be other carousel lists already though. You might use List of Masonic buildings in the United States as a guide, some of this can get snippy as folks debate the limits of the list. I'd have columns in the table for coords, builder, dates, and maybe "animals and ...." All the best. Smallbones (talk) 15:27, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

when i get back to table building mood, i will revisit. would make a nice see also for carousel article. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 17:35, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

I never counted the DC pix but thought it was more or less tied. Nevertheless you were the only one who actually entered the contest: I always try to follow the rules precisely, so you won and it was well-deserved. I also feel free to go beyond the rules where necessary, so Farragutful also got a well-deserved barnstar. BTW, I kinda feel that I've manipulated you guys since I haven't taken too many DC pix or filled in many red links (yet). Please allow me to salve my conscience, by buying both of you dinner after we gang photograph the once a year carousel. Smallbones (talk) 18:47, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

let's do a meet up; can we invite sarah? she's on her own tab though (lush) Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 18:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Absolutely. I'll double check the date, invite the three of you, and might even buy Sarah a drink or three. You or Farragutful can pick the place (somewhere between tavern-style to not-so-fancy French). Smallbones (talk) 19:07, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

keep in mind that the cathedral is a little hike from the metro, all the good restaurants are in georgetown down the hill a mile. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 19:13, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

i forgot they have food vendors there, polish kielbasa? charging for the tower climb? wahts the would coming to. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 20:03, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Invitation

Your esteemed presence is requested at the Spring Flower Mart for a photography session of the NRHP-listed All Hallows Guild’s antique carousel sometime on May 4, 2012 10 AM - 6 PM or May 5th, 2012 10 AM - 5 PM (final date and time to be determined) at the National Cathedral. As long as we get the carousel photos, I'm buying dinner and a taxi to Georgetown. RSVP. Smallbones (talk) 19:51, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Alder Rock

Hi, arguing that something else is more notable does not lessen the notability of another place. Incorporated townships are almost always notable, and I am of the opinion that even underpopulated places can be notable. Bearian (talk) 16:05, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Stub tagging

Please make sure that you only tag sub articles as stubs. Holt House (Washington, D.C.) is not a stub. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:49, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

thanks for bringing that article to my attention, if you don;t believe it's a stub, you might want to assess it on the article talk page. While Holt House is one of the great country-style estates built during the early years of the new Federal City, it remains a mystery as to who built it and when. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 14:14, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Let the games begin

Another public artwork up for nomination. This time they want to do a mass deletion of all the rock creek pieces. I hate to be rude, but, I am getting very frustrated with folks who are unaware about art history and art notability doing this. Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Johnson Memorial. There are already lists for this material, and to say one wants to delete the Frederick Keep Memorial makes my heart hurt. SarahStierch (talk) 13:59, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

To-do list for Saturday

Feel free to add to it, these are artists who need articles or whose articles need work from the photo collection. There is a section at the bottom for "other subjects". Misplaced Pages:Meetup/DC 26/To-do list SarahStierch (talk) 14:34, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

got a stub for virginia dehn. moving from bottom to top of SI list. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 17:17, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

I added an outcomes section on that page, so please add there =) SarahStierch (talk) 17:33, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		Red Link Removal Barnstar
		I, SarahStierch, hereby award you, Slowking4, the Red Link Removal Barnstar for your awesome work at turning red links blue, including at tonight's edit-a-thon! Great work friend! SarahStierch (talk) 02:04, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

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you are wrong. i am the source and it is clearly tagged that way, please do not tag images if you do not understand derivative works. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 14:45, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

You were NOT identified as the source when it was tagged. Sfan00 IMG (talk)

you are correct, sorry about that. a shrug-able deletion. i see ronhjones changed the cc0 self to pd text here , better to fix than delete. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 19:18, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

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I've updated the licensing info here ] to reflect that although the PHOTO is {{CC-BY-3.0}}, it can only be provided under 'fair-use' terms because it's subject is a copyright artwork.

This was the wording/approach I was planning on using for simmilar cases from now on. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:43, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

ok, there are 1258 of the "non-free 3D", some with dual licenses. maybe some discussion at Template talk:Non-free 3D art, and wp:nfcc is in order. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 19:24, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

See {{Photo of art}}, the wording of that is what would need to be disscussed. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:14, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

this is all very new and innovative, is there consensus, and then standards of use so people know it's there? we definitely need an image license wizard, or drop down, or even style guide, of all the desired boxes. Category:Non-free Misplaced Pages file copyright tags; implementation team, how many thousands have the wrong tag, for example . Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 13:46, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

I created {{Photo_of_art}} myself to meet a particular issue, and re-worked it after some concerns were raised. As such it's a very new template, perhaps based on it's current usage, you'd like to document? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:42, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

this is worth an rfc, and if you don't want to, i'll get around to it. i try to comply with policy, not make it. less drama. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 16:28, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

If you wish to start an RFC on this , also have a word with User:Postdlf whose provided an even better wording for the template concerned, At present {{Photo of art}} makes the distinction between the photo and it's subject a lot clearer, which I hope you will agree is FAR better for contributors. The issue of these images showing up in 'free-media' categories is still unresolved, but that's a far more minor technical issue. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:36, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

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Jarrell

Heya - would you mind doing what you just did for Nevelson to the Wadsworth Jarrell article? It was merged recently and it went to hell and I removed the content added to it. Pretty please? :) SarahStierch (talk) 09:35, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

ok, what a mess. i see a better article on AfriCOBRA. i forgot what i did to nevelson; you wrote the thing; images? o see my one image got deleted, non free not critical commentary. i don't see any google images with right license; no flickr.

there's a fundamental problem of working with heritage material. when are we gonna get some editors rather than taggers. i sure hope the leaders aint us. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 13:56, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

You did something with "best version?" A template you added to the talk page. SarahStierch (talk) 17:06, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

ooh ok, yes i stole that from User_talk:Rich_Farmbrough/Archive/2011Dec#The_stable_version_template; this should be added to all good articles, may be a solution for quality rot. pick which project you were working for that assessed, is AAA ok? Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 17:38, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for barnstar, have you tried Zotero yet?

Hey, thanks for the barnstar. Next meetup let me show you Zotero, it makes webpage references way quicker. And thanks for getting all those articles going! Djembayz (talk) 03:31, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

ooh thanks, looks better than chrome. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 03:35, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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list of works not copyright vio. look to french wikipedia first. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:18, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Embassies of South Sudan and Vietnam

Hi. I saw you reverted my edits so I wanted to explain my reasoning. I am against linking back to the Embassy of Vietnam because the two countries having offices in the same building is an extremely tangential relationship. To link back to the article like that gives readers (including me) the impression that the South Sudanese Embassy is housed within the Embassy of Vietnam (as if it were a protecting power or had some other relationship). To let that reference stand, we might as well include the same information on the articles for the National Association for Business Economics, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, the College Board's D.C. office, etc. They're all located in the same office building as the South Sudanese and Vietnamese embassies.

As for the suite numbers, they are not included on any other entries and I am opposed to including them per WP:DIRECTORY, including the street addresses in pushing the policy enough as it is. Best, epicAdam 20:07, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

ok, the model would be something like House of Sweden, or Caribbean Chancery in Washington, D.C. so move / redirect the embassy vietnam to the new article generic office which happens to house 2 embassies. the suite number was an attempt to indicate they are not protecting. should have took the picture, but it is ugly. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 20:24, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

make that Lion Building, per

i dunno about the street addresses including suite. how else would you find it on the map, and check the gps. you could take it off the list and keep in articles, but what encyclopedic purpose would that serve. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 20:28, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

ok, done. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 19:48, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

File talk:Crazy Horse Memorial 2010-2.jpg

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i just put the white gloves on, didnt upload anything. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 20:26, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I just spammed everyone with this message since I wasn't sure who did what. :-) Dominic·t 20:29, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found = impossible if you delete, i will dispute and upload again. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 03:48, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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wrong tag, in strict accordance with NFCC. no freedom of panorama US. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:28, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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done. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:27, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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wrongful speedy. you do of course understand that there is no freedom of panorama in the US, and there can be no free alternative? Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 03:59, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Section of Painting and Sculpture

Hey Slow,

You probably know that one of my main hangups with the Public Art lists is the difficulty of finding "modern" works with free copyrights. I just ran into the Section of Painting and Sculpture and see that there were 1300 Post Office mural created under the program, perhaps more with other depression era WPA type projects. BTW my link was from my photos of File:WPA Dohanos CA PO USVI 1.JPG and File:WPA Dohanos CA PO USV! 2.JPG. As far as you know, are these freely-licensed, e.g. public domain? I think Sarah has done something along these lines, so I'll ask her too.

Happy New Year!

Smallbones (talk) 17:58, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

i believe they are, if the artist was on Federal salary. similar to Ansel Adams work at NARA, which has a {{self|PD-USGov-NPS}}. however, getting the photo with license is hard, and don't speak of the SI scans with NC, ND. now where did i put that "PD-USGov-FAP"? Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 18:39, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

ok i put "PD-USGov-WPA" on it, technically Section of Painting and Sculpture (post office) was different, but dont't see a FAP yet (maybe use treasury?). Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 18:49, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Smallbones (talk) 19:02, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

as you may know, there are some websites of lists of post office art, many thumbnails with bad photos. when you get tired of exteriors, try the interior. and there are some controversies, about the "Indians", and "violence". Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 19:20, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

You may want to check out Mail Delivery (Amateis). If you can find any references about racial profiling, please include them, but I might be more inclined to expect this type of thing as a minor distraction. Smallbones (talk) 17:12, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

that's pretty good. it might be a candidate for a combined image in infobox 4 way. hey i will take any controversy, or evolving standard of pc-ness, as a point towards notability Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 17:18, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

photos of post office murals, at low res, NC. tsk, tsk. ; contact in arlington.

• Miami High recovers ‘lost’ WPA mural
• Columbus Burkhart Murals
• 8 WPA Murals by Carl Peters
• WPA mural tour to launch June events WPA 2.0: a brand new deal
• Harlem Hospital Murals Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 18:20, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
• Norwalk's Collection of WPA Murals
• Restored WPA-era mural, painted over twice in the past "In one GSA account, the agency states that the murals were first painted over “after almost 20 years of complaints about the murals’ graphic images.”"
• `The Hana Brief' Leads To Lost Wpa Murals, "Just last week, parents at Hatch School in Oak Park demanded that two WPA murals, depicting blacks as slaves, be removed"
• controversy " The statement summarizes Mr. Dermody's rejection of the four designs in the following way: Too much Negro subject matter. Negroes may not form the greater part of the Community twenty-five years hence. The Negroes in the community would object to Negro subject matter in murals. His hospital is not a Negro Hospital therefore why should it be singled out for treatment with Negro subject matter?"
• wpa san fran "These murals caused a great deal of controversy and were the focus of a Congressional investigation for anti-American content. Refregier painted out several offensive parts of his panels to appease the US government and public."
• "I didn't think people should see a lynching as part of the court system," Schroeder said. "I thought the flags would cover them nicely, and they would not be the first things people saw."
• "Last week, LePage ordered a mural taken down from the lobby of the Department of Labor, arguing that it was hostile to businesses and showed just one side of the state's history."
• “Give us the Unity of an and we shall build a New World.” It was not popular. The school board felt it was “communistic in character” and “sinister” and wanted it painted over.
• “We run a very tight ship in terms of behavior,” said Damaris Rau, the principal of the Hamilton Avenue school. “How can I then have a mural that depicts guns and knives, when I don’t accept that from my own children?” ;
• List of WPA mural controversies. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 21:30, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for saving the photograph

Thanks also for the information about public art photos. I enjoyed reading your favorite quotes. Visitor7 (talk) 20:25, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

sure thing. the rules are arcane, and gamed a lot. i don't know about favorite, some go a bit too far; but i find them interesting, and of some import to the work here. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 00:16, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Sarah Austin (translator)

If you look at the opening of the third section, you will see that the paragraphs or the sections have got jumbled at some point. Try as I could, I couldn't see what book was being referred to or what to do next. HNY Bmcln1 (talk) 11:29, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

cut and paste from dnb, paragraphs breaks are different. added title, needs a rewrite. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 14:11, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Public art and copyrights in the US

Preliminary research posted by WMF legal team - this is not legal advice, but, it's helpful! Public art and copyrights in the US SarahStierch (talk) 16:03, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

excellent, now we can cease the amateur legal thrashing, and get to implementation. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 16:18, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

A quick reading of this suggests that all public art displayed outdoors (or otherwise openly) before 1978 is PD, unless you can see a copyright notice. The only quirk I can see is if a statue was moved, what could have been a visible copyright notice, might now not be visible. Note that SIRIS also notes copyright notices when they are visibly displayed.

Perhaps a workable rule would be that experienced editors who take their own photos need to check for a visible copyright notice and whether the statue has been moved, as well as the SIRIS database for a copyright. If all is ok, then they can upload photos of the work. Could we get input on this - perhaps at Commons or WP:Copyright questions, or a special tag? Smallbones (talk) 16:28, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

i happily drop my cavil, about public art no notice. i noticed that a siris without a copyright notice, is prevailing at deletion discussion. for example yes, we need to build a consensus of what the standard tagging should be. both non free don't migrate to commons, and free no notice. we can now point to legal team "guidance" in the tag.

missed you all at scanaganza yesterday, dominic got some good suffragettes, and i got some good girrrrl welders. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 16:38, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar. I was a bit disappointed myself in the photo - clearly the best place to snap the Cowboy would be from the middle of Kelly Drive (similar to Rock Creek Drive in DC) during the afternoon rush hour (statue faces west). Maybe I'll try again some Sunday. A little snow or greenery might also help. Perhaps this is worth a go at a DYK after I get about 10 other things done.

I am excited about being able to take photos of pre-1978 (with no visible copyright) statues. Sooner or later, I'll probably import your whole Philadelphia list, and figure out the "perfect" formatting. What about the order of the listings - maybe alphabetical on the subject's last name or otherwise on first major word (e.g. not "The")? BTW, I liked the nearby Jacques Lichitz sculpture "Enterprise" a lot better as well as the US Grant equestrian. Smallbones (talk) 17:00, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

i already put it in Sculpture of the United States. i kinda alphabetized by work name? (with siris names ugh) but made sortable so you could get artist also. i'm going to be sidetracked uploading all this nara scan stuff for a while. nice lipchitz, underappreciated modernist Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 17:15, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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Nice Article!

I noticed you created a page for my grandfather Allan Hay! Might I ask how you figured out his existence? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.67.125.100 (talk) 06:19, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Yeah sure, what did you have in mind? There are a few books I could pull some solid information from for the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.137.18.176 (talk) 02:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

well, i could incorporate some of the information in the oral history, but that only goes to 1986. anything after that would be nice. keep in mind you want to use references, not necessarily what you know. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 02:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Yeah that makes sense, it has to be credible. If you wanted to add some of the information from the oral history, that would be greatly appreciated. There are a few books on General Electric's history where he gets some moderate recognition, I was thinking of adding that if I can find the books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.137.18.176 (talk) 03:23, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

excellent. check out the Template:Cite book for reference format. (basically page number). signing up for an account would be helpful. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 03:27, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

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I had started a discussion about the Gettysburg monuments on this page here: Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Military history#Category:Gettysburg Battlefield memorials and monuments. I had waited a few days to see if anyone objected; since no one did, I had thought that it would have been fine. Sorry if I caused any problems. Perhaps you could add your view to the discussion there as well. Thanks. Wild Wolf (talk) 03:33, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

thanks for the notice will respond there. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 04:21, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Question about Title

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WP Poetry

Heya, someone has expressed interest in Women's History Month but is looking to brainstorm. Perhaps you'll have some ideas? Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Poetry#WikiWomen.27s_History_Month Thanks for looking :) SarahStierch (talk) 03:07, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

ok, made my list suggestions. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 03:58, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Removing copyvios

Please be more careful when removing the "copyvio" tag from articles. While the situation on Nathan Francis Mossell may be debatable, as it is close paraphrasing of a copyrighted source, the situation on Wallace House (Somerville, New Jersey) is a very clear copyright violation. You checked with the first link I provided, not with the corrected one. You could just have used the actual article and the duplication detector, instead of the one you put on the article talk page, which was the wrong one. Finally, on the Van Liew-Suydam House, it seems that you relied too much on the tool and not enough on actually comparing the sources. I have reinstated the three copyvio tags on these pages. Fram (talk) 08:15, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

i do not understand, if you want me to do your work you need to provide the proper links. why don't you blank half of the wiki since that's how prevalent the copyright vios are. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 13:46, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

I don't want you to do my work, I didn't create these copyvio's, I an noting those that I find from a very long and time-consuming copyright investigation. Furthermore, I did provide the correct link, and I don't get why you compared the page to another link I first gave in error, and not to the correct link I gave immediately afterwards and which was the "live" link at the time of your comparison. And the "wrong" link only counts for one of those three (or four, I reinstated another one as well). It's great that you want to help with cleaning up copyvios, but removing the warnings while the article is still a copyright violation is actually counterproductive, and doing this wrong on four of the five pages is rather alarming. Fram (talk) 13:53, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

it's not great any longer. have a nice time with your "work". Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 14:03, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Do you even check your edits? You have again removed the copyvio indication from Wallace House (Somerville, New Jersey), after rewriting some of it. Have you actually checked if that rewrite did remove the copyvio issues? Let's look at the first paragraph of the article in the state you left it:

Fram (talk) 14:34, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

since you don't provide the tools to preview, it's a crapshoot as to how far the paraphrasing limbo iteration goes. or should i say turkey shoot: you maintain the battleground atmosphere, because it suits you. you'll excuse me, while i get some real work done. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:00, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

I have exactly the same tools you have for this, nothing more. I just copy the "copyvio" template from the article into the new version of the article, hit preview, and hit "duplication detector" (if I am lazy), or read the article and the supposed source side by side. This isn't easy or fast work, but I don't use any tool you don't have. As for "battleground atmosphere", you are removing copyvio tags from articles, but they are still clear copyright violations. This can happen, but four times out of five, and then once again when you know that it gets checked and you had it wrong the first time already? It's not a crapshoot, it's just very crappy work you did, and if you don't plan to raise your standards it would indeed be a lot better if you left copyright violation cleanup well alone, since you are creating more work, not less. Fram (talk) 15:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

thank you for the feedback. since you're so good at it, i leave you to it. i can be more productive elsewhere. i submit to you that the copyright problem continues to grow, because you do not have a system to fix it; you prefer to play gotcha - very dysfunctional. it's unclear if the copyvios you found are from identifiable sources at higher or lower rate than that shot through the entire wiki randomly. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:28, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

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Calvin Albert

Hello Slowking4,

Thanks for your article on Calvin Albert. I've been trying to track down his estate for the Brooklyn Museum copyright project and the exact death date is a good clue. I'm curious how the "2007 deaths" pages work and thought you might be willing to point me to some information about those pages -- I'm hoping to track back to an obituary, but it's not clear to me where the bot gets the entries.

I've been in touch with some of his former colleagues at Pratt Institute and learned that he retired to Surfside, FL, but that would have to be verified before adding it to the article, correct?

Thanks! Dwythe (talk) 15:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

hi i responded on your talk, the "2007 deaths", is merely a category to allow sorts by dod, which is used sometimes for PD 70 years after. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 16:07, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

thanks Slowking4! Lots to learn on/about Misplaced Pages. I appreciate your help, here & on my talk page. Dwythe (talk) 00:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Pavel 183

I've added his name in Russian to the article you're starting, along with his birthdate and place. He claims to have a degree in design, but we'd need an outside source for that. He also says he hates being compared to Banksy. ;) I'll see what else I can find from Russian sources. INeverCry 03:57, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

thanks, marginal notability, if could find the bbc report, then there would be 2 reliable, so good to go. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭

This? INeverCry 04:17, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

found it, think i'll move over now, but needs work. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 04:19, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

The BBC piece says that Banksy's works sell for 100s of thousands of $, not Pavel 183's.

I'll put something together for this article soon.--INeverCry 05:21, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

L'Essor (artist group)

When you translate an article (or part of an article) from another Misplaced Pages language version, like you did at L'Essor (artist group), you should attribute it to that article, in an edit summary and at the talk page of the article. I have added the necessary template at Talk:L'Essor (artist group). See Misplaced Pages:Copying within Misplaced Pages#Translating from other language Wikimedia Projects for more info on this. (Note: I don't normally follow your edits, I noticed it through your change at Les XX, an article I largely expanded in 2009 and which is on my watchlist since). Fram (talk) 07:51, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

i prefer crediting references on the article page under external links just like any other wiki reference. this template on the talk page is not consistent with Misplaced Pages:Citing sources, nor is it consistently applied. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

An external link is not sufficient though, it is not even a reference. And citing sources isn't really relevant: you aren't citing it, you are plagiarizing it. If you don't believe me, please take it up at Misplaced Pages:Copyright problems or its talk page, or discuss it with some other editors experienced in our copyright and plagiarism rules. Fram (talk) 15:31, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

translating is not plagiarism. there are thousands of articles credited just as i did. i believe you; i don't believe "copyright problems" have changed to a transparent solution. when they changed to the current dogma, they failed to roll out the implementation. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Edward Matthew Ward

Snowking, this article does not contain any text from the 1911 EB, it just footnotes it as a source of information. That's a completely different matter. By adding the templates you are using you are creating the false impression that it is using the actual text of the out of copyright enclyclopedia. Sure, many articles do use passages from the 1911EB verbatim, but this one does not. Paul B (talk) 18:55, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

no, when it is a reference then i use {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= }}, when it is copypasted then i use {{1911|wstitle= }}. this is per Category:Misplaced Pages articles incorporating a citation from the 1911. if you find it confusing, take it up with Template talk:Cite EB1911. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 19:07, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

No, the code you are using incorporates into the article a passage which asserts "Attribution Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ward, Edward Matthew". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press". This implies that the text of the article itself is somehow to be attributed to the 1911EB. This is what is misleading. There is no reason to use a special code for this source, which is simply cited like any other source. One may as well have "Attribution...." for any other source that is quoted appended to the notes of the article as a whole. The code creates a misleading impression. Paul B (talk) 19:46, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

If you take the trouble to read the category description you link to you will see that it says "This category is for Misplaced Pages articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica which may not been properly attributed as required by the plagiarism guideline." As I stated above, this is not the case, so it is not appropriate to use it. If you find it confusing, take it up with Template talk:Cite EB1911. Paul B (talk) 19:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

OK, I should have read further, but I think it does need to be taken up as the code creastes a completely false impression. The confusion is what the instructions themselves involve. Paul B (talk) 20:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Please see talk:Edward Matthew Ward and this edit. -- PBS (talk) 22:55, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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BTW I prefer the style of citations you used in the article Edward Matthew Ward, but if another editor objects then to save time I suggest you go with whatever method they prefer. -- PBS (talk) 23:37, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Also I see you have had several other reasons to compare text between two articles I find duplicationdetector useful for doing this. See this link for an example. -- PBS (talk) 23:37, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

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NARA

Is there any chance you can do some scanning at the still pictures division at NARA? I have a rather large request at WP:GLAM/NARA/Requests that I'm attempting to work on through alternate venues (emailing around, sending letters to the generals, etc.) but I feel that NARA is the only option for find most of these names. Let me know if you are able to help. Thanks, – Connormah (talk) 04:35, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

i've been meaning to ping dominic about that, return to the generals bio folders. tends to be hit or miss though, it's an alphabetized jumble. the nara insider is on hold, so we may have to wait til next scanathon. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 05:31, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

I've got a slight idea of whe the images should be based on a couple that User:BcNARApix got a couple months ago. If I lived closer, I'd do it myself, but unfortunately I don't. Dominic IIRC left NARA in January, so I think we're on our own here. If you (or anyone) could go in and do these for me, (the list can be narrowed slightly) I'd seriously be eternally grateful (I've been trying to do this for a while). Like I said, I've taken baby steps through different venues, but some will just need to be from NARA. Shoot me an email if you are interested/have the time. – Connormah (talk) 06:05, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm guessing most of the photos I want should be in:

Record group: Record Group 342: Records of Airforce Commands, Activities and Organizations (ARC identifier: 654)

Series: Photographs of Air Force Officers and Officials, compiled 1960 - 1981

or

Record group: Record Group 342: Records of Airforce Commands, Activities and Organizations (ARC identifier: 654)

Series: KE: Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign, compiled ca. 1940 - ca. 1980

- you can watch User:Connormah/Generals list for updates to my list. Ping me is you are heading over, I can verify my priorities. – Connormah (talk) 18:35, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Merger of Joseph Wall (British Army officer) and Joseph Wall (colonial administrator)

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ok done. although when it's a cut and paste from dnb it doesn't add much information. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 13:00, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Beazley's paint job

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Congressional Cemetery

I cc'd you on an e-mail to the above regarding a possible GLAM project and QR codes. I don't know if anything will come from it, but it is a very interesting place.

I also tried to finish up the DC NRHP photos on Thursday, but didn't get all of them. The Gallinger Hospital should be easy, but I got the wrong building! There's a new listing which I hadn't noticed for a school. The SE 9 boundary marker would require some ropes or maybe mountain-climbing equipment (not to mention the 2 mile one way walk) to get under the I-295 bridge safely, but at least I found a 1907 photo. Consider that one done - or maybe hire a helicopter! I'll be going to get the Carousel early AM on May 4 to get shots without kids in them, and will take care of the odds and ends then. I know that I've put in a few photos under the rule "better some picture than nothing" - if you have anything that you think should be re-taken please note that at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/unillustrated DC

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BTW, there seems to be some progress at List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield Smallbones (talk) 02:14, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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	For your work on William Linnæus Gardner and all those other broken DNB sourced articles PBS (talk) 15:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

5pm Thursday May 3 at the National Cathedral

But 1st you might want to send an encouraging message to User:Ellin Beltz

I don't know if you are still interested, but I'll be meeting with the Spring Flower Show people at the All Hallows Guild Carousel at the above time and place. Please join if you can. Rain date is 9am the following morning, and I may go Friday evening as well to get the carousel in action, with indistinct pictures of kids. I don't like the potential hazards of photographing identifiable kids, so my main thrust will be on the animal figures while the kids aren't there (i.e. Thursday). I also promised you and a couple others dinner - how about that Friday at an old NRHP firehouse in Georgetown, the Vigilant Firehouse (Washington, D.C.)? Smallbones (talk) 15:04, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

The Beaz

He's so cool he now has his own category: Commons:Category:Uncle Beazley - SarahStierch (talk) 04:37, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Karen Russell for deletion

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Barnstar

		Smithsonian Institution Archives Barnstar
		I ,Digitaleffie, would like to thank you for helping newbie wiki editors during the GLAM/SIA project edit-a-thon. --Digitaleffie (talk) 17:35, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Caching issues

Just so you know, you're not going crazy. The site is experiencing caching issues, so that even after vandalism is removed, you might still see it. Viriditas (talk) 00:32, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Weird Smithson stuff for sorcers

Recipe for tooth powder anyone? Sarah (talk) 03:01, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Meetup

Misplaced Pages:Meetup/DC_32 Sarah (talk) 15:46, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Coordinator sought for the US National Archives WikiProject

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EduWiki Conference 5-6 September in Leicester, UK

I am writing to you as you have signed up to the Education Meetup at Wikimania 2012 and perhaps are interested in how Misplaced Pages links to education. Wikimedia UK is now running a education related event that may be of interest to you: the EduWiki Conference on 5-6 September in Leicester. This event will be looking at Misplaced Pages and related charitable projects in terms of educational practice, including good faith collaboration, open review, and global participation. It's a chance to talk about innovative work in your institution or online community, and shape the future of Wikimedia UK's work in this area!

The conference will be of interest to educators, scholarly societies members, contributors to Misplaced Pages and other open education projects, and students.

For details please visit the UK Chapter Wiki.

Please feel welcome to register or promote within your network.

Thank you, Daria Cybulska (talk) 16:21, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

I'll be at both, with maybe a little Congressional Cemetery to start with

I was looking for a sign-up sheet for the Baltimore event, but couldn't find it. The Museum page says "anybody can participate" so I think I will. Actually I'm interested in finishing off the some of the NRHP Baltimore sections, but I like public art too! Maybe I'll let somebody know that they could use some QR codes. Do you think the museum could get the city and other permissions needed to post them?

The museum's upload page is interesting - does it go directly to Commons? Do I have to use my real name (maybe first=Small, last=Bones?). The CC0 license is good.

Their map obviously has coords, but the spreadsheet doesn't seem to. If we could download the coords, the Baltimore list of pa would be much easier to construct.

Enough for now!

All the best,

Smallbones (talk) 03:47, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

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Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination)

Hi Slowking4. Because you participated in Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2011 June 5#User:Timeshift9, you may be interested in Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination). Cunard (talk) 06:04, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

See Penn Treaty Park

or more directly File:Penn at PTPark.JPG. Perhaps I'm cutting off his nose to spite his face?

On a more positive note, thanks for all the work on WLM-US and all the photos. I'm actually going to be able to go out today and shoot something! (pix that is) Then I might be able to come back and tell all the uploaders that they can't shoot Frank Gaylord's Korean Vets Memorial on the Mall. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 13:29, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Interesting history of how close you can get to 1927. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 20:45, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Sky-landscape-center.JPG

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A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	Thanks for giving me the brilliant idea at the Smithsonian Inistitue edit-a-thon. Geraldshields11 (talk) 17:01, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

A Barnstar for You

		Misplaced Pages Loves Libraries: Smithsonian 2012 Barnstar
		Thank you for your participation in Misplaced Pages Loves Libraries: Backstage at the Smithsonian Libraries 2012, and for sharing your advice and expertise with our new editors! We are so glad to have met you, and look forward to many more fun GLAM events! -Sarasays (talk) 13:44, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Kwak Pom Gi

Dear User:Slowking4, Please would you voice your opinion on Kwak Pom Gi talk page, wether positive or negative, about my attempt to create more articles about North Korea using actual libary sources instead of just Google? For now, the artices are stubs because the DPRK is a secertive state. My article of Kwak Pom Gi is one such article. I value your honest opinion. Geraldshields11 (talk) 17:12, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Real Life Barnstar
	You showed up, you gave the talk, you helped new and old(er) users with their editing, you sent everyone barnstars, and you even did a little editing. Thanks! groupuscule (talk) 22:58, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey Slowking, thanks for sending out all those barnstars to GWU editathon participants and for being an excellent teacher yourself. I hope everyone had a good time. I enjoyed scoping the articles people edited :) Lisa N Marrs (talk) 21:06, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

I appreciate your efforts to straighten up Charles Hanlon and improve the NFUR on his photo! -Pete (talk) 23:25, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

including a link to the inevitably grim google image results is useful during discussions. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 23:35, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Hello there!

Hello Slowking4! I'm planning our next edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and would love your help/guidance on what to do to make this a success. I see you are taking a break, but let me know if you are able to help (and no worries if not). It will be on Feb 15 and will be about the Civil War and American Art. Thanks much! bathlander (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:55, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Baltimore barnstar

		Baltimore Misplaced Pages Workshop 2012 Barnstar
		Thank you for your participation in the 2012 Baltimore Misplaced Pages Workshop! The event was very fruitful, with several people making new accounts and a lot of knowledge being shared. groupuscule (talk) 21:07, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Judy Chicago

Here's one for your watchlist Judy Chicago - a troublesome IP who has been making controversial on other articles, and now they're picking on Judy Chicago. I do have some minor ownership issues (I wrote my thesis on her afterall) so I'm hoping some folks can help me keep an eye on the weird comments and changes they're making so I'm not alone in this. SarahStierch (talk) 18:59, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

HABS White House

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:976:./temp/~ammem_yq6A::

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 21:39, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

ok, i see the first 3 are Albert S. Burns, 1 down 604 to go. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 01:06, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

File:Reykjavik's-church.jpg

You uploaded this. Photos of buildings in countries without freedom of panorama for buildings need a free licence combined with {{FoP-USonly|Iceland|2020}}. Do you think that you would be able to obtain a free licence for this photo? --Stefan2 (talk) 18:03, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

absolutely not. this was migrated from commons. deleted here go get the license there. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 20:52, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

So there's probably a free licence in the deleted revisions on Commons, then. Thanks, I'll try to find out. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:39, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Signature

What's up with the signature? Generally it's expected they identify, or relate to the editor using them per Wikipedia_talk:Signatures#Simplifying_signatures NE Ent 23:22, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

now that you mention it: "There is no consensus for altering the username"... inside comment only visible on talk pages. would you prefer: "Farmbrough's revenge by slowking" ? i'm over at source anyhow. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 23:39, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism

Please retract your claims of vandalism on Talk:Anita Sarkeesian. WP:VANDAL lays out exactly and only what vandalism is defined as. For example, you mention POV-pushing...well, WP:VANDAL explicitly says that POV pushing is not vandalism. Neither is any other edit that isn't intended to damage the encyclopedia. Calling edits vandalism when they are not is a form of personal attack, forbidden by WP:NPA. Please retract the statement (striking it out should suffice) and don't engage in further such attacks. Qwyrxian (talk) 22:48, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

i stand by my comment; i repudiate WP:VANDAL: "Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Misplaced Pages." Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content that compromises the quality of wikipedia. the caveat of "deliberate" is profoundly mistaken. i've had my fill of pure hearts and dirty hands. i simply don't believe he did not "intend" to take away content. actions are facts, and discoverable; motives are inscrutable and undiscoverable. when an experienced editor goes to a controversial BLP and takes away content and makes snarky comments in the edit summary, that's vandalism; if an ip did it, you would call it that. this is not an attack, this is a description of conduct. as far as attacks go, i calibrate my comments based upon the original comments and conduct of the other editor. i get along fine with editors who are doing productive work. i find bullies can dish it out, but they can't take it; (i.e. Wikipedians working towards even enforcement of civility); i will call them the way i see them. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 23:21, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome to define "vandalism" however you like in your own personal life, but here, like everything else, it's defined by the consensus listed in the guideline. So I'm just putting you on notice that if you continue to use the word inappropriately, you will be blocked for personal attacks. The thing you have to ask yourself is this: "Does the editor's edit have a logic to it, that makes sense, and shows an intent to 'improve' the encyclopedia?" In this case it is clearly obvious that Peter intended to improve the encyclopedia; he just happened to be wrong about how to do that. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:31, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

excellent, i look forward to your block, and an equitable enforcement of civility and consensus; start here with the Signpost: Large scale vandalism revealed to be "study" by university researcherFarmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 23:39, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Thanks for fixing my user page! ~ Missionedit (talk) 02:01, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Juan felipe herrera.JPG

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March 2013

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. You can post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection. Werieth (talk) 00:46, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

you started this edit war not me. i am working with consensus not you. you cannot enforce your false intrepretation of policy against consensus. i look forward to your block as a badge of honor. by deleting images you harm and disrupt the quality of wikipedia. i trust that is your intent. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 00:52, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

there are multiple editors familiar with NFC that say this is not acceptable. Werieth (talk) 00:57, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

there are multiple editors on the article talk that say it is acceptable. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 00:59, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

And just as many others including multiple admins that have stated that they are not acceptable (see other comments). Thus consensus for exception has not been met. Werieth (talk) 01:04, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

i don't see multiple admins on article talk, where are they? i don't see substantive arguments that deleting the images will add to the quality of wikipedia. i see argument that rules trump quality. that is not reasonable. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 01:09, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Both masem and black kite are admins. Werieth (talk) 01:10, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

excellent, and i see their arguments like yours are the same incompetent cant of "rules mean what i say they mean", out of any stretch of common sense. Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 01:13, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.  — foxj 01:26, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

thank you very much, but you shouldn't imagine that this will resolve the matter. why not make it 6 months? Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 01:29, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

ANI discussion notification

I started an ANI discussion that you would be considered an "involved party". - Penwhale | 01:56, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you!

Thank you for adding the ISBN to Beverly Guy-Sheftall page!

Moyazb (talk) 01:47, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Bathlander (talk) 15:30, 20 March 2013 (UTC)