User:Eoghanacht/user talk achive 3

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Request from User:Vaoverland edit

Hi! I have been busy working on Wikipedia: WikiProject Virginia and several other projects with User: No1lakersfan most of this past year, partially in preparation and supprt of the Jamestown 2007 event. He is now a high school senior hoping to gain admittance to one of Virginia's public university for the Fall 2007 semester. Following advice, he has done maintenance and reference adding work, as well spending time on articles. He is a good collaborator and I believe he would enhance our efforts with WP as an administrator and use the additional tools and powers wisely. Since you know me from our past communications, I wanted to request that you consider entering a vote, hopefully in support, if you agree with my judgment and recommendation at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/No1lakersfan 2.

Please feel free to communicate with me on my Talk page at User talk: Vaoverland if you have any questions or reservations. Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season. Thanks, Mark in Historic Triangle of Virginia Vaoverland 23:21, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Untagged image edit

An image you uploaded, Image:Benedictxvi-arms-camelaucum.jpg, was tagged with the {{coatofarms}} copyright tag. This tag was deleted because it does not actually specify the copyright status of the image. The image may need a more accurate copyright tag, or it may need to be deleted. If the image portrays a seal or emblem, it should be tagged as {{seal}}. If you have any questions, ask them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- 18:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

DYK edit

On 16 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sharps Island Light, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomangani ^talk 15:37, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Wedge edit

Your Wedge map at[[Image:Delaware-wedge.gif]] is great! I was wondering, though, if you could make a version where the wedge and Pennsylvania are different colors so as to prevent confusion; both being white makes one assume that the wedge is part of Pennsylvania, rather than Delaware. —Scouter Sig 16:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

User Category for Discussion edit

A category created by you or to which you have significantly contributed is being considered for deletion, rename, move or merge in accordance with Wikipedia's Categories for Discussion policies . This does not mean that any of the userpages in the category will be deleted. They may, however, be recategorized.
Please share your thoughts on the matter at this category's entry on the User categories for discussion page.
VegaDark 20:21, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:John_OConnor.jpg edit

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Fair use rationale for Image:John_OConnor.jpg edit

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Possibly unfree Image:Real-tennis-newcastle.jpg edit

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Image Tagging Image:Jesmond-Dene-tennis-court.jpg edit

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New Real Tennis Wikia edit

Wikipedia seems to be cracking down somewhat on articles that are not suitable for an encyclopaedia. For instance the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club article is marked for deletion. I've created a [Real Tennis Wikia] designed to be the font of all knowledge about real tennis. This is a good place to put information which may be not significant enough for Wikipedia's policies, not fully cited, and so forth. I wonder if you'd be able to give me a hand copying the information already on Wikipedia over there (lest it get deleted) and filling out more pages? You can catch me at: User_talk:JeremyHoward (15:58, 2007 July 9)

Could you take a look? edit

We are trying to find a source for this list: Talk:List_of_Skull_and_Bones_members#RfC_Summary. Could you take a look and see if you can help? ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 15:35, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania in Atlanta! edit

Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!

P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 09:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Windsor Hotel in Americus edit

Hi. I reverted your edits to the Windsor Hotel DAB page, but I wanted to let you know why and to explain that I think that the reference to the hotel in Americus could be added back. First, DAB pages (as you know) are really to distinguish between Wikipedia articles, not between all potential and existing uses of the name. We've already had a problem in the past with people adding non-notable, non-remarkable hotels with the Windsor name to the list. The DAB page is not a directory. But looking at the details/photos you added to the Americus, Georgia page, it strikes me that this particular hotel is notable, and should have its own article (even if it is a stub at first). With its own article, it should be reinserted in the DAB page. Second, I removed your photo from the DAB page, as WP:MOSDAB discourages the use of images on the DAB page. But your photos should certainly be used in article on the hotel itself. Hope that explanation helps. Skeezix1000 22:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Gold Coast Historic District edit

Thanks for asking - a lot of folks go about these processes like bulls in china shops. Personally, I don't really see the point of creating disambiguation pages for articles that don't exist. If there was a second article created I would readily concede, but at this point I just don't see the necessity. That's my thought; that much said, WP says to be bold. • Freechild'sup? 21:48, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Arbonne International edit

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Arbonne International, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 18:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Arbonne International edit

I have nominated Arbonne International, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arbonne International. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Dchall1 (talk) 15:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop edit

Hi. I have recently started the article Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop. Since you are listed in the category Yale Alumni, I thought you might be interesting in contributing to the article. Thanks. Yilloslime (t) 22:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

About Stephen Tyng Mather edit

Hello. I am a Japanese Wilipedian and interested in national parks in the United States. I have translated several articles from English to Japanese (ex.ja:ラッセン火山国立公園,ja:ビッグ・ベンド国立公園,ja:ビスケーン国立公園,ja:デナリ国立公園). I wonder if you could tell me how to pronounce "Stephen Mather" since you have edited the article several times. I guess it may be sti':vn meiðэr (cf.Help:Pronunciation) but I am not sure. Thank you in advance. --Takahashi J (talk) 15:26, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I have never attempted to use phonetic symbols before, but my best guess is that it should be: /'sti:vɪn ma:ðər/ , but the article Stephen claims that the first name is rendered as /ˈstiːvən/. I am not really sure how to pronounce "Tyng". — Eoghanacht ^talk 16:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I appreciate your promp response. --Takahashi J (talk) 16:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Enchanted-forest.jpg edit

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Re: Your edit on "Virgin Islands" - 08/10/2006 edit

Dear Eoghanacht,

Sorry, I'm still something of a novice Wikipedian, so I hope this is the proper forum to address my query, to wit:

An edit you made ([as of 14:25, 10 August 2006] to the Virgin Islands article struck me such to suggest a rewording. In your edit, the caption you left was, "(steering wheels on the left, Spanish V.I.s, reword unreferenced statement of Indian murder)," and I feel the proper term would be genocide, rather than murder.

Please let me know if this is the proper manner to raise such a question.

Best,

Caen (talk) 09:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

While the Indians were treated brutally, I doubt there was a deliberate system for eliminating them from the islands. If anything, the Spanish would have wanted to keep them around as a labor force. Therefore, although many were deliberately killed (i.e. "murder"), the term "genocide" is probably not technically correct. However, if you find reputable scholarship making such a statement, then simply add to the text in an appropriate place, and reference your source (remembering WP:NPOV). — Eoghanacht ^talk 17:09, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Christianity edit

Hello Eoghanacht/user talk achive 3!

You are cordially invited to participate in WikiProject Christianity

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

You are receiving this invitation because you are a member of one of the related Christianity Projects and I thought that you might be interested in this project also - Tinucherian (talk) 06:49, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:Map of USA Locator Wind Cave NP.PNG edit

A tag has been placed on Image:Map of USA Locator Wind Cave NP.PNG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:Image:Map of USA Locator Wind Cave NP.PNG|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Kelly ^hi! 15:20, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Source for Robinia neomexicana? edit

Hi. Do you remember what source(s) you based Robinia neomexicana on, some years ago? It could be combined with the sources that are cited there now. Also, there are some disagreements with the present sources that should be straightened out. Thanks. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 04:56, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, it was too long ago. I suppose I had a passing interest in other Robina species, after I planted an R. hispida in my yard. — Eoghanacht ^talk 12:24, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK edit

On 26 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 11:03, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Baltimorons edit