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Successful GAN

I just saw that John Day Fossil Beds National Monument passed its GA review. After your hard work last summer, I knew the article could easily become a GA if it had been nominated as such. Don't bother about Portal:Oregon/Good articles, I've already added it to that page, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon/Featured is bot-updated. Anyway, congratulations! Jsayre64 (talk) 01:20, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

My congratulations too! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:27, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to you both for the congrats, and thanks Jsayre64 for adding the article to the Oregon GA list. Finetooth (talk) 02:17, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Eliza Barchus

Well done! Hope you don't mind that a posted a short, complimentary message on the WikiWomen's History Month talk page. I thought project members might like to know that their efforts inspired the article. --Another Believer _(Talk) 04:41, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. I don't mind at all; it was good of you to let them know. Finetooth (talk) 06:31, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

SRI International

I've addressed a lot of the issues you raised at Wikipedia:Peer review/SRI International/archive1, and wanted to see if you had any other thoughts on the peer review or the article, particularly its coverage; is there some aspect of a company that performs research that isn't covered by the article? Of course, the biggest issue with the article now is WP:V, but that's going to take a lot of research time to fix. Anyway, thank you for your help :) Disavian (talk) 16:47, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Hutton FAC

As you reviewed Len Hutton at PR, you may be interested in the FAC at the moment, which is rather lonely. However, I see that you are busy at the moment and don't worry if you have neither the time nor the inclination to chip in. Your comments were, and always are, very helpful, so thank you either way. --Sarastro1 (talk) 23:53, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Not a problem at all, and thanks again. --Sarastro1 (talk) 20:44, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Dashes

Hi. I have a terribly important question about dashes ;-)

Is this change A. required B. helpful C. unhelpful or D. all of the above? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacques_Offenbach&diff=480742118&oldid=480583111

Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:09, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Either form produces exactly the same screen display. I see no gain in changing a dash to a code or a code to a dash. Finetooth (talk) 17:42, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:25, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Eliza Barchus

On 9 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eliza Barchus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Eliza Barchus (pictured), who was widely recognized for her paintings of the Cascade Range volcanoes, sold many postcards of her work to augment her income? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eliza Barchus.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Main page appearance: Ernest Shackleton

This is a note to let the main editors of Ernest Shackleton know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on March 17, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 17, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) was an Anglo-Irish polar explorer, one of the principal figures of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, from which he was sent home early on health grounds. Determined to make amends for this perceived personal failure, he returned to Antarctica in 1907 as leader of the Nimrod Expedition. In January 1909 he and three companions made a southern march which established a record Farthest South latitude at 88° 23′ S, 190 km from the South Pole. For this achievement, Shackleton was knighted by King Edward VII on his return home. After the race to the South Pole ended in 1912 with Roald Amundsen's conquest, Shackleton turned his attention to what he said was the one remaining great object of Antarctic journeying—the crossing of the continent from sea to sea, via the pole. To this end he made preparations for what became the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–17. Disaster struck this expedition when its ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and was slowly crushed before the shore parties could be landed. There followed a sequence of exploits, and an ultimate escape with no lives lost, that would eventually assure Shackleton's heroic status. (more...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Riffenburgh

Hi, please don't break harv links when updating citations. This edit broke the downlink from the footnote to the full citation because you combined the last and first names into a single 'editor' parameter. Harvard links require that the last name and first name be given as discrete values (or the ref field be explicitly set; n/a here). I've fixed it. Properly identifying the parts of a citation is proper database structure even absent harv's dependence on it. Alarbus (talk) 03:11, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix. I had not encountered that particular situation before. Finetooth (talk) 03:21, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome; I do this a lot ;->

You should install:

• importScript('User:Ucucha/HarvErrors.js');
• User:Ucucha/HarvErrors

very useful for these templates. Alarbus (talk) 04:53, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

I saw you reviewing the article here. I have a minor doubt, would be great if you just help me in it. The file File:Vtvfilm.jpg actually is a screenshot of a scene from the film. So changing the image use license, and moving it to plot section would solve the problem? -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 17:03, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

The main problem with the image is that it and File:A different love story.jpg don't seem necessary, simply decorative. You make three fair-use claims for images in the article. I think one can be justified but not three. The lead image in the infobox is the best, and the other two add nothing that can't be explained in the text alone. My advice is to delete the second two images and to re-think the layout. Finetooth (talk) 17:48, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Baker City, Oregon

Thanks for your work on this--it has been needed for a long time! Valfontis (talk) 19:00, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome. Hooray for NRHP nomination forms! Finetooth (talk) 20:51, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: Blue Book. I know that's the rule, and I zealously remove duplicates of city websites from el sections since they're in the infobox, but at some point for uniformity's sake I hope to make sure all 200+ cities have a Blue Book link. They're not all that useful on their own (we should link/reference directly the pages linked at the BB from whatever the state's economic development agency is called these days--that info is handy), but I like the idea of the uniformity. Some were removed for weird reasons (unlike your removal), and some were never there in the first place. Would it be a horrible breach of WP:IAR if I put it back at some point? Valfontis (talk) 00:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

No, it wouldn't. I certainly don't mind. Finetooth (talk) 02:25, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

In fact, I restored it myself after reading your note. Finetooth (talk) 19:26, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

OR-7

Thanks for your offer to construct a map, whether you choose to do so sooner or later. Any assistance with the article would be much appreciated. What a fun subject! --Another Believer _(Talk) 19:16, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Main page appearance: Tryon Creek

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Tryon Creek is a 4.85-mile (7.81 km) tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Part of the drainage basin of the Columbia River, its watershed covers about 6.5 square miles (16.8 km^2) in Multnomah and Clackamas counties. The stream flows southeast from the Tualatin Mountains (West Hills) through the Multnomah Village neighborhood of Portland and the Tryon Creek State Natural Area to the Willamette in the city of Lake Oswego. Parks and open spaces cover about 21 percent of the watershed, while single-family homes dominate most of the remainder. The largest of the parks is the state natural area, which straddles the border between the two cities and counties. The bedrock under the watershed includes part of the last exotic terrane, a chain of seamounts, acquired by the North American Plate as it moved west during the Eocene. Named for mid-19th century settler, Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon, Sr., the creek ran through forests of cedar and fir. Efforts to establish a large park in the watershed began in the 1950s and succeeded in 1975 when the state park was formally established. As of 2005, about 37 percent of the watershed was wooded and supported more than 60 species of birds as well as small mammals, amphibians, and fish. (more...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Congrats! Oregon streams FTW! Little Mountain 5 00:22, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

My congratulations too - I had forgotten what a pretty lead image that is until I saw it on the Main Page. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:34, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you both. Finetooth (talk) 03:47, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

What makes a copyeditor?

I have a question of a rather delicate nature to ask you, since you're one of the best copyeditors (or if you prefer, copy editors) I know. I've noticed well-meaning people try to copyedit something and remove the {{copyedit}} tag, perhaps because of a drive put on by the guild of copyeditors or some such, and...uh...well...in my humble opinion, they're just not very good at it.

It's a good problem to have, the problem of people who want to copyedit, because speaking for myself, I'm certainly too lazy to do more than tag articles most of the time, but has this been addressed anywhere? If one had to be qualified at a professional level, we'd never get any editing done around here, but it kind of bums me out. Is there a copyeditors' school to which I could point people? Valfontis (talk) 22:07, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Pringle Creek (Willamette River)

Went exploring from the mouth to about the "e" in Pringle today. This map (which you've already cited) is the best we've found so far. I'll upload the pics (good, bad, ugly) soon hopefully. We hope to check out the rest of the course soon, except the East Fork looks like an unlovely ditched mess. Valfontis (talk) 06:12, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

P.S. Looks like Pringle feeds Walling Pond and possibly Stone Quarry Lake/Webb Lake (fancy private lake name for old gravel pit). Also note Pringle Creek Community on the grounds of the former Fairview. At some point I'd like to expand upon PCC within the Fairview article--they are reusing some of the old Fairview infrastructure. They plan to do some creekside restoration. Valfontis (talk) 06:39, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Sounds good. I've enjoyed hiking, biking, and otherwise exploring the Portland-area streams I've written about. The course descriptions in the 2002 Pringle Creek document I cited are more complete than my summary. They mention specific places where the streams go underground, then resurface, split, and merge. It made my eyes twirl. Please add anything you like. I have no ownerish feelings about this article, and I know zilch about Salem history, parks, subdivisions, or conservation/restoration efforts. Finetooth (talk) 16:47, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah until yesterday I had no idea how confusing the thing is. No worries about being ownerish, I just know you're more likely to get around to expanding the article than I am, so I am feeding you useful information! I will be sure to make any WP:OR corrections I deem necessary though. :) Valfontis (talk) 01:43, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

	Ahalya says Thanks
	Thanks for helping the article improve to FA standards by your constructive comments on the PR ! --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Tichborne case

If you have a spare moment or two, you might like to look at this offbeat effort which deals with a rather curious legal case of c.140 years ago. Well outside my general orbit, currently under peer review. Do let me know if I can return review favours for you.

Briefly commenting on your earlier correspondent's concerns about copyediting, I agree that most of what passes for ce on Wikipedia is pretty low quality. I don't believe the grandly-named "Guild of Copyeditors" can do much to solve the problem. The ability to craft prose to a professional standard is a skill normally honed over many years that can't, alas, be picked up on the basis of a few tips. So we are dependent on the goodwill of our best writers who, unsurprisingly, are often among our busiest. Brianboulton (talk) 15:46, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Note: Tichborne now at FAC, belatedly after my involuntary short break, if you would like to comment there. Brianboulton (talk) 21:42, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Woahink Lake

On 28 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Woahink Lake, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the deepest lake dammed by sand dunes along the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon is Woahink Lake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Woahink Lake.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Yngvadottir (talk) 16:07, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome, Finetooth. Please be encouraged to nominate your next Fine wikiarticle for DYK. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 20:09, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Cricket cap in hand...

Another begging request I'm afraid! Arthur Mold is currently at PR here, and I've had a "cricket review" so to speak, and was hoping you could take a look from a non-cricketer's viewpoint. By my standards, it is extremely short, but involves something of a cricket technicality. I'm not sure how well I've explained the intricacies, or indeed if the intricacies can be explained to someone who is not overly familiar with cricket. If you have neither the time nor inclination, that is not a problem at all as I have most likely exhausted any cricket enthusiasm you may ever have possessed! But your comments are always both welcome and very helpful. --Sarastro1 (talk) 12:46, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Okey-dokey. How could I resist a cricketer named Mold? Finetooth (talk) 17:13, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the review; these were just the sort of issues that needed pointing out. As ever, a great help. I'm afraid I can't answer the "why did he switch to bowl at the other end" question as I simply don't know. Your idea about a different angle may be correct, but none of the sources say anything, and MacLaren's actions do not really make sense to be honest! Sarastro1 (talk) 19:10, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Check it out

Would you be so kind to give a quick look-over of the Spokane article. That's all really, it would be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.106.202.98 (talk) 05:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

This article generally read well when I reviewed it more than three years ago, and it still does. However, it did not pass FAC because of copyright violations and plagiarism spotted by other reviewers. Although I fixed a few minor problems in the article just now, I'd rather work on other things than to check Spokane, Washington, carefully for copyvios. Please make sure that the concerns raised at the last FAC (Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Spokane, Washington/archive2) have been addressed. Finetooth (talk) 18:07, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Clinton Street Theater

Thanks for your contributions! No doubt there have been many more special events, celebrity appearances, but the current form of the article represents about as much of the online content I could find using search engines. If I knew of other events and associated with the theater I would narrow down my search focus and update the article accordingly. Please feel free to update the article as much as you'd like, especially if you have access to other articles from The Oregonian archive, etc. I might nominate the article for Good status soon, unless you have concerns or suggest otherwise. --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:35, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Glad to help. No concerns. I added another sentence just now that confirms that the theater was open for business in early 1915 and was showing The Exploits of Elaine, a detective story. Finetooth (talk) 20:48, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Looks great! Much appreciated. Any other tidbits from the archive worth including? --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:49, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Nothing really interesting so far, but I'm still looking. Finetooth (talk) 23:41, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Ah, it was a porno theater for a while, then bought by a neighborhood collective that pretty much turned it into what it looks like now. Added a couple sentences to that effect. Finetooth (talk) 00:06, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Typical... Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 03:48, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Kvinneakt

Hi Finetooth! Any chance you might be able to log into the archives and see if there are any additional sources that could be used for the Kvinneakt article? I think I have obtained as much as possible through Googling. This article might be GAN ready with a good copyedit. --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:47, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Just searched through the "Historical Oregonian" archive online through the Multnomah County Library website for the first time. This is fantastic! (I feel like I was told this existed at one point but never got around to using the system as a research tool.) I will do additional exploration here for details. --Another Believer _(Talk) 15:52, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that's what I've been using. Glad you have access. JSTOR via the library research menu is also a great source for full-text articles in various fields. Finetooth (talk) 16:42, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I feel bad about uploading the sculpture images. Oh well, live and learn. Thanks for contributing to the discussion. --Another Believer _(Talk) 21:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Please don't feel bad. As I said on the article's talk page, I did exactly the same thing with the Vera Katz sculpture. That's how I learned about the restriction. Finetooth (talk) 22:32, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

I think you could use one photo of the statue (probably File:Kvinneakt in Portland, Oregon.jpg if it was transferred to the English Wikipedia) used under a WP:Fair Use rationale. See Cloud Gate and its lead image for an example from an FA. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:11, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. The link to Cloud Gate could be especially helpful because its lead image has a completed fair-use license page for a photo of a three-dimensional work of art. Maybe, Another Believer, you could use the fair-use image and your own photo of the plaque. Just an idea. Finetooth (talk) 03:39, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Request for Peer Review

Hi Finetooth:

I was wondering if I could get your feedback on the Alexa McDonough article? I've listed this article for peer review because the article is stable, seems to be stuck at B-level, and I would like to get it to at least a Good-level article, in preparation for a Feature-level article. Looking for comments on tone, style, and anything else that needs fixing. Thanks, Abebenjoe (talk) 20:08, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Sounds good to me, though it may be a month or two before I fix what's wrong with the article.--Abebenjoe (talk) 03:53, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

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Peer review/feedback request for a former FA

Hello. I found your name on Wikipedia:Peer review/volunteers and, if you are interested in helping out, I would like you to take a look at Cambodia. It is a former FA that was delisted in 2009 and I am trying to get it back to FA quality. It is a rather lengthy article and I'm sure I've missed some things. Although I've listed it for Peer Review, please don't feel obligated to take on the whole review; any help you feel comfortable with is appreciated. Thanks!--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 19:42, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi. This is something I'd normally be interested in, but I've been having eye trouble. My recent edits have been few, partly because it's less fun editing with only one good eye. As it happens, I have an eye surgery scheduled less than 48 hours from now, and it will probably fix the problem. Alas, it won't fix it immediately. Things will still be murky in that eye for a week or so, I'm told, and I may not get back to what I would consider normal for a month or so. So, I doubt that I will do any heavy editing until perhaps mid-July. If this is not a rush request, I'm pretty sure I can help out then. Finetooth (talk) 01:55, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

No worries. Eyes are definitely a priority. I hope everything goes well. Considering the current backlog, I'm sure there'll still be plenty to do when you're up to it. Best wishes and a speedy recovery!--William Thweatt ^Talk | ^Contribs 02:08, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Chronometers

Sorry to hear about your eye. If you feel up to it, would you mind taking a look at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of chronometers on HMS Beagle/archive1. You may remember Peer Reviewing this article at which you suggested changing to table format. Some aspects of the tables (entirely down to me rather than your suggestions) have come in for a lot of flack concerning accessibility. I thought you might like to comment on the general idea of moving away from tables again. Spinning Spark 14:24, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I think we have reached an acceptable compromise now. Spinning Spark 21:33, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

More Mold...

As requested at the PR, just to let you know that Arthur Mold is now up at FAC. Thanks! Sarastro1 (talk) 12:47, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the extremely kind words, and thanks for your help with the article. Sarastro1 (talk) 21:47, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Horse rings in Portland

Hi, FT, hope you had a nice weekend. Both Clinton Street Theatre and Kvinneakt were promoted to GA status recently--thanks so much for your contributions to both articles. I just wrapped up work on the "Horse rings in Portland" article. If you have a chance to look it over (it's quite short) or have any thoughts on whether or not this is the most appropriate title for the article, I'd appreciate any comments. If you are busy or uninterested, no worries! --Another Believer _(Talk) 04:35, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Sorry to hear about your eye. --Another Believer _(Talk) 17:52, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

eye surg

Best of luck following your eye surg- what did you have? (I've had two cornea transplants, same eye). tedder (talk) 19:10, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Dostoyevsky peer review

hello,

I invite you to participate in this peer review. Any help appreciated! Regards.--GoP_T^C_N 21:15, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Main page appearance: Petrified Forest National Park

This is a note to let the main editors of Petrified Forest National Park know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on June 22, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 22, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Petrified Forest National Park is a United States national park in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. The park's headquarters are about 26 miles (42 km) east of Holbrook along Interstate 40 (I-40), which parallels a railroad line, the Puerco River, and historic U.S. Route 66, all crossing the park roughly east–west. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about 146 square miles (380 km^2), encompassing semi-desert shrub steppe as well as highly eroded and colorful badlands. The site, the northern part of which extends into the Painted Desert, was declared a National Monument in 1906 and a national park in 1962. About 600,000 people visit the park each year and take part in activities including sightseeing, photography, hiking, and backpacking. The Petrified Forest is known for its fossils, especially fallen trees that lived in the Late Triassic, about 225 million years ago. The sediments containing the fossil logs are part of the widespread and colorful Chinle Formation, from which the Painted Desert gets its name. (more...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Congrats! Little Mountain 5 00:46, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm still approximately one-eyed as far as reading great blocks of text on a computer screen goes, but this news is welcome in the meantime. Finetooth (talk) 01:36, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi, and congratulations for nomination. Unfortunately, I've noticed that the Petrified Forest National Park page is damaged by someone, with a div block 9000x9000 pix placed over :the page, redirecting all clicks in this page (e.g. on links) to some "fluttershy" site. Please take a look, if you have time, and fix this. I'm not sure where to address this issue, it seems to be a security hole in wiki. 195.208.49.60 (talk) 15:17, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

It's fixed now. The Arizona Parks template was vandalized. Clever... Little Mountain 5 17:37, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks LM5 for fixing this and other bits of vandalism to the article. Finetooth (talk) 18:00, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Congrats on the TFA and thanks to LM5 for catching the problem, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:48, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Precious

	creeks, wilderness and people
	Thank you for raising our attention for Tryon Creek, Petrified Forest National Park and Ernest Shackleton, for your assistance in peer reviews, for your images, in other words: you are an awesome Wikipedian (said before on 28 August 2010), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:11, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for this gem. I appreciate it, and I'll add it to my collection, about which I have feelings dangerously close to those of Smaug the dragon, it does appear. Finetooth (talk) 17:18, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Horseshoe Curve

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Given with respect and admiration, for taking the time to copyedit and review Horseshoe Curve (Pennsylvania) at its FAC, before and after eye surgery. Niagara ^Don't give up the ship 17:48, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for this and for your continuing series of featured articles. Finetooth (talk) 19:41, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks

I was a bit surprised that it was going to be on the Main Page, but got the dead links cleaned up before it hit the spotlight. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Antelope Reservoir

On 30 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Antelope Reservoir, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although fishing for stocked trout is allowed in Oregon's Antelope Reservoir, eating the catch is not advisable? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Antelope Reservoir. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Missing My Baby at FAC

Since you commented on its first PR, would you mind submitting a comment? Thanks, Jona ^talk to me 15:25, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Adding NRHP pics

Hi Finetooth ... thanks for your fine photo of the Samuel F. Dale House. I have added it to National Register of Historic Places listings in Venango County, Pennsylvania. If you plan to add other photos of NRHP sites, please take a look at the county lists and add them there as well. Thanks!--Pubdog (talk) 20:53, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks for adding this one. Finetooth (talk) 12:49, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Finetooth,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:The PEFO Tepees.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on August 27, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-08-27. —howcheng {chat} 17:13, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I checked it just now, and it looks fine. Finetooth (talk) 18:29, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Berlin Peer Review

I've put Berlin up for peer review. Comments would be appreciated. Kingjeff (talk) 04:23, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Rhyolite, Nevada

I've nominated this for TFA at WP:TFAR. PumpkinSky talk 23:30, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. I noticed that you had done some citation fixing. Finetooth (talk) 11:03, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

You're Invited! Wikipedia Takes Portland 2012

<font=3> You're invited to participate in Wikipedia Takes Portland 2012, an annual event which occurs each September in Portland, Oregon as part of Wikipedia Takes America and Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States. Photographing sites in Portland listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the main focus of Wikipedia Takes Portland. This year the event will kick off at Saturday, September 22nd at noon at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Currently, there are no formal plans--this is simply an opportunity to meet fellow Wikipedians before trekking around PDX to photograph sites on the Register. Not interested in coming downtown? You can still upload your images as part of the international photo competition. Be sure to RSVP and share the results of your work HERE (number of images uploaded, links to galleries, successes, feedback, etc. Click here for more information about meetups in Portland! --Another Believer (Talk) 15:07, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

You're Invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012 (Portland, Oregon)!

WIKIPEDIA LOVES LIBRARIES: MULTNOMAH COUNTY EDIT-ATHON! You're invited to participate in Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012, an edit-athon hosted by Multnomah County Library for the purpose of improving stubs relating to Multnomah County. The event will take place on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 2:00-4:00pm at the Central Library in downtown Portland. You can view details about this Wiki Loves Libraries event here. Be sure to RSVP and share the results of your work HERE. Click here for more information about meetups in Portland! --Another Believer (Talk) 21:13, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Farrandsville pictures

When I took the pictures of the Farrandsville furnace it was dusk and pretty dark-most of the pictures were blurred as I had no tripod along (I took the one used by bracing the camera on the fence). I did get one of the furnace and house next to it and a slightly blurry one of the township municipal building in Farrandsville. Hope they are of some use. Farrandsville is in a narrow valley, so there is not much of a skyline -we missed the furnace altogether first time there. Please see

twp bldg

and

"skyline"

Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 22:17, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Glad you like the furnace pic so much. I looked at the DCNR CCC archive and Leetonia had a CCC camp from 1933 to 1941 - see here Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:17, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

De nada - I like the Leetonia "skyline". I have a pic with the same houses, but not as good an angle. I am pretty sure that Owlett's Seasons Along The Tiadaghton: An Environmental History of the Pine Creek Gorge has some information on Leetonia. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:57, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Revert

Thanks for that! Wading through all the vandalism must have been difficult. Cheers, Little Mountain 5 18:55, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article review/South Side, Chicago/archive1

Do you have any interest in helping with the copyedit needs at Wikipedia:Featured article review/South Side, Chicago/archive1?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:16, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thanks for jumping in and helping with the Multnomah County Library stubs! There remains work to be done, but hopefully we have successfully rescued all of them from deletion. Another Believer (Talk) 17:22, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

... and now pictures, too! You are on a roll--keep up the amazing work! --Another Believer _(Talk) 22:21, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks for your contributions to this wonderful project. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving! --Another Believer _(Talk) 19:58, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Re: Country Bill's

Thanks! I appreciate your contributions to the article as well. It can be satisfying working on articles for more obscure subjects. No doubt this restaurant would have been forgotten about in a few years, but now the subject is preserved forever on this fantastic project! :) --Another Believer _(Talk) 05:26, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Fossil Creek

Please stop introducing jokes into articles, such as those you created at Fossil Creek. Wikipedia is a serious encyclopedia, and contributions of this type are considered vandalism. Continuing to add jokes and other disruptive content into articles may lead to you being blocked from editing. 129.21.85.40 (talk) 21:45, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

I have blocked this IP (129.21.85.40) for vandalism. Thanks, BCorr|Брайен 21:53, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Finetooth (talk) 21:57, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Peer review

Hi. Since you give comments on music-related articles that are listed at WP:PR, I was wondering if you could give some helpful comments to Wikipedia:Peer review/Cher/archive1? Thanks, Lordelliott (talk) 05:29, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

FAC talkpage

Just to let you know that I have mentioned your username in a discussion which I started at Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates, about reviving WP:PR. Hope you are well. Brianboulton (talk) 14:49, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

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