User talk:Royalbroil/Archive9


Travis Kvapil

I just want to let you know that the re-vamping is about 75% done. However, I have two questions:

1. Currently, in his Early Career Section, there is one piece of info (that I can't find a source for) that reads: "He moved up to a Midwest regional touring series - the ARTGO series (now Midwest Challenge Series). He finished in the Top 10 in points every season from 1998 to 2000." However, on NASCAR.com, in Travis Kvapil's Bio, there is piece of info (from the same time period) that reads: "Finished fourth (2000) and 10th (1999) in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series and scored two wins at Pikes Peak International Raceway." So, should the info be replaced or added to? 2. Should a stat box (The one that sums-up each year by rank, wins, top-5s, top-10s, etc.) be placed inside the article?

So, please, as early as you can, respond to me on my talk page. By the way, could you also tell me how well you like the re-vamping? JediYoda1120 (talk) 00:48, 16 June 2008 (UTC) So, please, as early as you can, respond to me on my talk page. By the way, could you also tell me how well you like the re-vamping? JediYoda1120 (talk) 00:48, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Kvapil's #32 (right) in 2006

Thanks for helping me out! I should have this article complete by Wednesday, at the latest. However, one of your recent edits on Travil Kvapil's page had you adding in the picture that stated, "Kvapil's #32 (right) in 2006" (Right). Well, not to ruin your parade or anything, but if you were to take a closer look at the photo, you will realize that the picture is actually from 2005, not 2005, which means that would be Bobby Hamilton, Jr.'s Chevrolet, and not Kvapil's, since he drove the #77 Dodge in 2005. Also, if it was 2006, the FedEx Chevy would be solid black and not half-white, half-purple. Just wanted to let you know. JediYoda1120 (talk) 04:25, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Alright, here's my current situation: Travis Kvapil's article is about 95% done. However, before I can complete what needs to be done in order to finish, which is expanding the intro paragraph (Do You Agree?: I plan on writing a second paragraph that highlights his achievements, which includes his championship in the Truck Series during the 2003 Season.), adding some back-up references (For example, I have a source that states Kvapil drove for Bang! Racing in 2004, but it doesn't say the truck was sponsored by Line-X and Ebay.), and sourcing the info box, I need major, and I mean major, help with this, "< ref name = NAME > information </ref >". See, the problem was that I tried to follow your instructions, that you gave me, but with the set-up I had for citing (I use that formula because it is the one that is used more often now-a-days on Wikipedia.), every time, in red bold letters, a message, that said, "Invalid Cite," appeared. So, please, if you can, help me out. By the way, since the article is just about complete, could you re-read the article and tell me how well you like it? I believe I covered all of the major points in Kvapil's career and filled in the gaps with the info that makes the article flow smoothly and doesn't make a reader, that doesn't know much about NASCAR, take his hand, put it his head, scratch it, and ponder, "Huh?" JediYoda1120 (talk) 02:27, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

I didn't realize the fireflight image was not under the right license i clicked creative commons on flickr and it came up. I need to look at them more carefully next time. Thanks for the compliment. I am doing what I can and what I know how to help the Christian Music Wikiproject. I am glad to be here. ---Brian Alexander (talk) 04:18, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 16 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lake Delton, 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.

Thanks for helping out at DYK --Gatoclass (talk) 17:51, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

BTW, I didn't notify 75.73.209.32 because quite honestly I couldn't see too many contributions on the page for an IP starting with 75, but if you're sure you've got the right IP I will notify if you like. Gatoclass (talk) 17:58, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Rayquon Elliot

I was actually about to delete this article when you removed the speedy tag. I did read one of the VH1 articles that were referenced at the end of the article, and found this direct quote: "While he hadn't yet attained widespread popularity..." -- which seemed to me to be a classic definition of someone who didn't meet the notability guidelines. However, I thought I'd offer you the opportunity to perhaps fill in this article further, or give me the benefit of your thinking, if you cared to do that. I'll hold off until you reply, and thanks for your time in considering this. Accounting4Taste:talk 00:53, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment; I'm going to consider this further before/if I proceed. In the meantime, I certainly won't speedy it under any circumstances, given your objection. I may (very possibly, in fact) do nothing further; I have to go offline now. If there's anything further you wish to add, I'm at your service. Accounting4Taste:talk 01:01, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:PACKERS and WP:WPWI

I added our 4 featured lists and two dyk's that are related to Wisconsin. Feel free to change anything to the right formatting. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 01:11, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Trace Cyrus

OK with me if you create the article, although I don't think it says very much about him that's not covered by the article on his band. NawlinWiki (talk) 04:02, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

My user page

Thanks for the helpful suggestions :) In fact I was thinking of setting up my user page with some userboxes soon, and the {{Rollback}} template would be a nice addition. I'm surprised that my page still appears as a red link though, because I had set it to redirect to my talk page earlier today. Maybe it's because of some caches. Gail (talk) 15:52, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks again for the advice! Gail (talk) 16:43, 18 June 2008 (UTC)


Quick question

What would it take to have all of the articles I have written deleted from wiki? JG Race 1194 (talk) 01:12, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

What the deal is, is that I uploaded a video game cover, and I had the wrong copyright tag on it. I looked through wiki's copyright policy, and I noticed that album covers can be used, as long as you are talking about an album. Can the same be true for video game covers as well? JG Race 1194 (talk) 19:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I have totally no idea on how to change any of the pix I uploaded. Just delete all of them. That way, i won't have to release my pix to public domain...which I really didn't want to do anyway, but I couldn't get them on here any other way. JG Race 1194 20:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you.

As far as deleting all of the articles I've written, I would like to do that, since it could be construed as intellectual property, which is protected by copyright laws also. JG Race 1194 20:48, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually, the reason I ask is because I forgot to follow a philosophy I developed several years ago: "Don't help anyone, with anything, ever." No matter what I do (or don't do) I catch flack. BTW, Racing in Illinois was not the article I wrote that survived AfD. None of my articles slated for deletion have survived. Illinois race car drivers, and List of illinois race Drivers were my 2 articles that were deleted. Racing in Illinois was never nominated, or should I say has not yet been nominated? JG Race 1194 21:50, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks, I appreciate the barnstar. I'm glad that the images can be used here and I think they help tell part of the story of the flooding. I hope to find more, but it might take some time. Thanks for your creation and work on the Lake Delton article. I look forward to taking a picture of the lake once it is refilled. --Dual Freq (talk) 23:06, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

bringing something to an admin's attention

i don't mean to bother you with this, but an admin involved with the motorsports articles is probably the person to talk to...

while browsing wikipedia recently i stumbled across some strange edits made by user "Canadian Cup". at first glance, this all seems to be vandalism. the user has created a group of pages (and apparently one other user page, as an article) and edits pertaining to a "Canadian Cup" stock car racing series. it looks somewhat legit at first, until noticing a few drivers' full names are "biff", "salt", "fluffy", and "breakfast", not to mention a Canadian series claiming to compete at daytona during speedweeks... they've made a few pages for drivers, which contain nothing but an infobox, and use the "cup series" fields to provide the probably-bogus stats. the drivers are also claimed to drive for Sprint Cup teams, who obviously do not actually field cars for any type of series.

even if the series were to exist, typing it into a search engine brings up no results at all, so it would pretty much fail notability anyway. and as a side note, edits made by this user on some other articles has been vandalism.

again, sorry to bug you with this, but i figured nominating all the articles for deletion one by one would be pointless compared to bringing it to an admin's attention, given the amount of editing being done. thanks for your time. --MP 103 06 (talk) 23:38, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Image:Lotus77.jpg

I've deleted the Commons version and also replaced it here with Image:Lotus79.jpg pending the rename. (See my answer at my commonstalk if you haven't seen it...) Could you take care of the file locally here? Regards, Finn Rindahl (talk) 16:29, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Question

How do you get the different colored letters in your sig? I already know I have to create my page to get a blue link, but I'm wondering how you get green, yellow, etc.


Whoops...forgot to sign..... JLG 2701 02:06, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you. I didn't realize it was a hybridization of simple html and wiki code. JLG 2701 14:59, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

wow

Hi - thank you RB, I truly appreciate it - those barnstars are beautifully designed. It is a pleasing sense of achievement :) Vishnava talk 14:09, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Bot?

Hi! You probably remember me from the Indy 500 results table, but I am Meisfunny from Wikipedia:WikiProject American Open Wheel Racing and I was wondering if we could use your bot to do the introductions of minor 2007 IndyCar Series races. All it would have to be is Race Name was held on date. The race winner was winner and on the pole was polesitter. Users could add others on the way. I, however, have no clue how to use a bot. Let me know what we can do. Meisfunny Gab 17:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I was that user. (It was perfectly correct, what you did, by the way) I suppose you're right. I am about to take a long WikiBreak, but I am fully willing to start expanding all of those articles, starting with the one I created, the Kansas Lottery Indy 300. Meisfunny Gab 02:07, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Wiki projects

Rb, I was perusing Leadfoot (computer game), and I stumbled across the discussion page. It seems as though it has been stated that it is within the scope of WikiProject Video games. What all is entailed with joining that project, and/or nominating the other Ratbag PC game that does not have that tag on it's discussion page (Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars)?

Also, what would be entailed with starting a WikiProject Racing Video Games or something along those lines? I noticed there are quite a few wikiProjects with video games in their titles. JLG 2701 23:00, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Does the Admin nominate articles for inclusion in Wiki Projects, or can regular users cut, copy, paste the tag on a talk page? JLG 2701 03:33, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Can you go ahead and remove my requests for review? I seriously doubt any of them are good enough, and I don't have any sources other than those I listed for DTR:SC. Thanks. JLG 2701 18:31, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Same goes for the one I nominated on project motorsports. JLG 2701 18:31, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

I will delete them. I followed the directions there, but I guess I'm not bright enough to follow simple english directions. JLG 2701 19:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Eleventyseven

I am doing this because some sources, such as this one refer to them as pop punk, not 'Christian pop punk.' I'm not disputing that they are also 'Christian pop punk.' So when some say they are Christian pop punk and others pop punk what is wrong with having 'punk rock' in the lead? That is more neutral and accurately describes the band, all sources agree on the punk part. I just don't like seeing one genre plucked out of the infobox and put in the lead like that. I see this on wikipedia a lot, a lot of the articles have Christian in the lead directly beside their genre when the band isn't even in the Christian genre, but merely Christians in a band. You don't ever see 'atheist rock' or 'Jewish rock' in the lead just because the members are of that religion. Landon1980 (talk) 05:59, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello there, I just wanted to tell you thank you for expanding the "Barney Visser" article i created.... I couldn't find to much info on him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominic Edward Aragon (talk • contribs) 19:30, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

testing new status template

Hi RB - check it out - as per the discussion at WT:DYK#Solution for delays in DYK updates, I've created 3 test model template (albeit rudimentary; feel free to improve design): {{DYKUpdateRED}}, {{DYKUpdateGreen}}, {{DYKUpdateYellow}}.

Your idea of a 7 color scheme is also good, so feel free to adjust these templates to test it out. My only concern is maybe it will be too tedious to update. Vishnava talk 04:08, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
I've replied about your concerns. Vishnava talk 15:50, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Attributing photos

I'm writing a new article, and a few photos I would like to use to illustrate the article, are yours. I noticed that you stated that they could be used on wiki, provided they were attributed to you. What would you suggest I put as an attribute to credit you with the photos. If you would like to see the project before it hits wiki, the page is sitting in my Sandbox JLG 2701 16:57, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

BTW, I think those vintage racers are the same ones that come down to race at Macon Speedway once or twice a year.


I'm looking for some current pix of the UMP big block mods (formerly DIRT mods), if you know where I can find some, or if you have some...
About the vintage mods at Macon, I haven't gotten to see them in person, but I saw some pix on Macon's site. That #3 looks awfully familiar for some reason or another.
BTW...can you refresh my memory of what DIRT stands for.....I can't find them online anymore. All I can find is their new UMP pages. As far as references, I have a few copies of Circle Track here (for the ASA Mods section), and some online articles and/or websites to go off of for the rest. I like the paragraph you have on your mods pix page. JLG 2701 19:04, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Rb, I knew what you meant...LOL I searched for almost an hour on Macon's site trying to find the pix of the vintage racers that were there last year. I guess they must have taken them down. I posted some other comments on my project's page. Maybe you can help with that. I'm kind of at a loss for words....
When I get a chance, I'll do some other research online to see if I can find the facts I'm needing in regards to the Whelen series. JLG 2701 04:36, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Rb, How are you at asking permission to use photos? I've found a few that I'd like to use on the Mods project, but I have no idea on how to go about it (nor will I have the luck to secure fair-use of said pix either...LOL). Give me a shout, and let me know what you can/are willing to do. I will leave a link to the pix on my mods project page. JLG 2701 17:21, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Rb, I updated my list to include only flikr photos. A coupe of them said they were "Some rights reserved," but when I went to transfer the pix, it said they would be deleted since they were not mine. Can you see what you can do about getting those pix? Thanks!!!
BTW, thanks for the clean-ups on the article!!! JLG 2701 02:49, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Rb, I'm not really sure what to call our article. "Modified racing in the US" has a nice ring to it. JLG 2701 21:49, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm trying to get more pix for our project, but with a dial-up connection, it takes a while to search through them. BTW, why didn't you mention the "super modified" pix you had on flikr? I might have to add another section to the project!!

On the citations, the only place I'm lacking citations is in the history section. Everywhere else has at least 1 per paragraph (too bad most of the sections are only 1 paragraph).

What about the "How to identify" section, or would that be best incorporated that into every section? JLG 2701 20:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

You da' man!!!! Good job on getting that DIRT Mod pic!! I did a bit of creative editing, LMK what you think. JLG 2701 02:34, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Alan Kulwicki

I don't understand why you reverted the edit that removed Sprint Cup Series from the article and wikilinked Winston Cup Series directly to it. Could you explain please. Why does the "reader have to know" when Alan Kulwiki never had anything to do with the Sprint Cup Series; he competed in Winston Cup. To include Sprint Cup in this article causes more confusion, not less, especially among those who do not follow NASCAR as I have for the past 20 years. Truthanado (talk) 02:06, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

It would be interesting to see what comments the Wikimunnity would have if someone were to change the Manchester United article (and those of other English football teams) to change all occurrences of "Premier League" to "Premier League (now the Barclay's Premier League)". Just because the sponsor changes does not mean all of the pre-sponsor references to it have to change; that's one of the main purposes of wikilinks and redirects. I guess we will just have to agree that we disagree on this and leave it at that. Cheers. Truthanado (talk) 13:38, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism only IP

Will you take a look at this and take whatever action is appropriate? Landon1980 (talk) 04:54, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Landon1980 (talk) 05:10, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Category:Wikipedians who like the National Hot Rod Association

Usually bots are employed to empty categories, but I don't know which are used. Try contacting User:VegaDark; he's far more involved in UCfDs that I am. Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:39, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Royalbroil 05:13, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
The users that had (and still have) the userbox can be found here. Hope that helps! VegaDark (talk) 05:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Your ears must have been ringing! Thanks for answering. Royalbroil 05:20, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

April Fools' next year

Any way we can get "Wikipedia is a community, not a crazy den of pigs." in as a slogan for the April Fools' Main Page next year, do you suppose? See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#I am....confused. for context (will probably end up in this archive or this one if you come back to this conversation later). --tiny plastic Grey Knight ⊖ 14:28, 1 July 2008 (UTC) PS: Your talk page is the huge! :-o

Re: Matthew West DYK

Oh, thanks! I really appreciate that. :) After I recently learned more about the DYK process, I've been submitting a couple of DYKs and helping out with the updates, which I enjoy doing. As for the Matthew West (musician) DYK, I've found that it's certainly a lot easier to start ground-up with an article if it doesn't have much content to begin with, so there's not the initial organization and cleanup that needs to be done. And actually, I've decided to try and aim to get that one to GA level, which would be my first GA, however. There seems to be enough info and reliable sources online to do it, though, so I'm gonna give it a try. :) Jamie☆S93 18:20, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips and advice! Beforehand I had guessed that I might have to replace a few of my current refs, since some might seem pretty weak. And the peer review would be awesome, I'll let you know when I open it sometime. Cheers, Jamie☆S93 20:18, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Phew

thanks, 4 info, i will change my user name to SturrockNY21. Thats funny my name came up on watchlist, how did it get on it? lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by Braandpantiesmatch (talk • contribs) 04:53, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


Thanks, i have other pictuers of Gale, including some of him & Kertus Davis. If u need any pics from Nationwide seres i have many. Im just havin troble figuring out how to post them on each page. --Braandpantiesmatch (talk) 04:59, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok i noticed their is no picture of Bobby Hamilton Jr. or Mike Potter, so when i have time i will ad theirs, and i will when have time create page for NASCAR driver J C Stout, as he runs Nationwide & Craftsman Trucks --Braandpantiesmatch (talk) 05:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good! Royalbroil 05:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

How bogus is this?

Today was to be the 27th running of the Herald and Review 100. Both the H&R (online and in print) and Macon Speedway's site hyped the heck out of it, but there is no real information to use on the article. Oh well!! At least the rain-out gave me a chance to go in there, do a bit of editing, and do a whole bunch of citing!! Take a gander at it when you get a chance. I think you might like the changes!! JLG 2701 20:32, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

BTW......I wish I could be there to see the faces of the guys that know my dad when they stumble across the United Midwestern Promoters page......LOL!! I know I feel extremely privileged that one of my works (or is it 2, since I did the graphics on the car too?) is used to describe a national organization!! JLG 2701 20:34, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

"Your Barn"

I noticed that you made a grammatical error in writing out the award. "You are one the Wikipedians that have made..." You might want to look into that.Mustang6172 (talk) 05:31, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Photoreq in Wisconsin

Hi Royalbroil -- Thanks for the note about photos being available for RHPs and RHDs in Wisconsin. It's great that you have been collecting and posting photos for a while now. I think you must have been commenting about my putting photoreq on some of the Wisconsin's 39 sites in List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin, because i focus mostly on the RHPs that are NHLs.

I just quickly reviewed List of RHPs in WI and its related county-specific lists and found one pic, for North Hall at University of Wisconsin, to add to the List of NHLs in WI and to its own article, which i just did. Also, i went through the town articles linked from List of NHLs in WI, and found some photos of historic plaques available for Namur, but i am not really psyched about using any of those. I would prefer a picture of Namur's historic area, itself.

On that List of NHLs in WI, a list of 39 NHLs, could you identify for me any others for which photos are available? I would very much like to add them to their own articles, and to that list.

Also, about the List of RHPs in WI, i would be glad to help convert county sections into table format, as has been done for Barron, Burnett, Polk counties so far. That format is nice because it allows for, and effectively calls for, photos of each RHP. Also it provides latitude and longitude coordinates. I just added a Google map link to the top, so you can click on that and see the locations of all those having coordinates added already. There's a tool available which generates the table from NRIS data, with coordinates, for any specific county. doncram (talk) 16:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the followup. Oh, well, I thought you were setting a task for me, to go through my past articles, and i was just trying to go along gamely with that, rather than grumbling.... :) Actually i found one further pic, another one of the University of Wisconsin sites, so that makes 2 pics found in the exercise, well worth the effort, so i am glad you stirred me this way. Funny it turned out you were prompted by Main Street Commercial Historic District (Reedsburg, Wisconsin), which i created very stubbily, probably only in response to someone else who wanted to delete the disambiguation page Main Street Commercial Historic District. I have defended several such disambiguation pages listing NRHP sites which all were temporarily red-links from AFD attacks, by creating articles on the quick.
Anyhow, great that creating tables in the List of RHPs in WI would solve the problem and be an improvement that works for you. By the way, I personally really like the Google map link usage of site coordinates, i think it adds tremendously to list-articles of RHPs. For two rather well-elaborated examples to which i contributed, see new articles List of RHPs in Chicago and List of octagon houses. I'll do some more table-adding to List of RHPs in WI, then. Let's both "watch" that page and discuss on its Talk page. Cheers, doncram (talk) 05:40, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
By the way, would you like to join wp:NRHP? It's been a very productive and friendly wikiproject, and it would be great if you would choose to sign up. Many members do very much specialize in one state area, although some later find it interesting to branch out, too. I think even those that specialize do get useful tips from monitoring or participating in the general discussion there. Also, whether you are a member or not, you are welcome and invited to announce your new articles about NRHPs, or your additions of new photos, in the corresponding boxes at the wp:NRHP main page. Also feel free to post questions or comments in the talk page wt:NRHP. doncram (talk) 05:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Possible Vandalism

Can you take a look at Automobile Racing Club of America, and tell me if you think edits by users 65.7.162.18 and Philliesphan088 are vandalism?

Forgot to sign...... JLG 2701 03:50, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Vandalism is a strong word. I'd call all of their edits on the article "non-constructive" whether or not they are the same person. They might be new and don't know what goes on here. They don't have a good grasp on what belongs in an encyclopedia. Royalbroil 05:03, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

NTPA

Thanks for the rating on my NTPA article. Unfortunately, I'm not close to finishing it. I'm in the process of getting ahold of an NTPA rulebook from one of my neighbors, and searching like crazy for some more pix to complete the article. Once I get the rulebook, it shouldn't take me much more than an afternoon to complete the writing phase.

BTW, what is a "C" class. I haven't seen anything about "C" classes on any of the charts of ratings classes. They all go from "B" to "Start." Is "C" under "Start," or between "B" and "Start"? JLG 2701 16:17, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

"C" is a new class between "Start" and "B".--Appraiser (talk) 16:39, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Yea. The class was just added in the past few days. I opposed it because I was concerned that WikiProjects assessment scales would become out of date (like you indicated) and contributors would need to spend the time to reassess their articles in a time when WikiProject time has greatly diminished. Well, it passed, so we all need to start using it to be consistent. Que sera, sera. Royalbroil 03:25, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

C Class

The categories were automatically set up by a bot, so nothing needed to be done by us, but for some reason it wasn't showing D1NZ in the category list. It is now though, so all seems to be working. Readro (talk) 18:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Peer review opened

Hey RB, I've got a peer review open for the Matthew West (musician) article here. Besides a couple of little things that I'm basically done working on, it seems to me that this article is in decent shape for a GAN. Hope I'm not doing this prematurely and that the article is expanded enough and doesn't have any major issues. :) And I'm not sure if the quote box works well or not with the "Musical career" section, since I don't really know a lot about if that type of layout works good with the context, although it doesn't seem like a huge deal. Thanks so much for the help! Jamie☆S93 21:23, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

a little help from an admin, please?

I'm not sure what I've done to this person, considering they're a new user that I've not talked to, but evidently they have it out for me. "Pflipper73" reverted a relevant edit i made to the Kevin Lepage article, and has continued to undo it each time I've corrected it. Apparently by what they have on their user page (well, had, they blanked it while i was typing this), they intend to undo every edit i make no matter what it is, if it changes something they wrote... after i pointed out the "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly by others, do not submit it" rule to them, they started to remove content from the Lepage article. they've also started to threaten me, though not in any violent way. i would go through and leave the proper warning messages on their talk page, but it's pretty obvious they're not going to listen to anything i try to say to them. could you help out here? i don't know if they've done anything to be banned or suspended for, but just getting them to stop would be great. I'd appreciate it. also probably worth noting that they removed this section from this page here once as well, and is likely to do it again. --MP 103 06 00:12, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK ITN rule

Hi Royalbroil. This thread adopted a no DYK if ITN rule, but the DYK rules haven't been updated. This caused a brewhaha with the 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul July 7 DYK nomination. If you have the time, please modify the DYK rules accordingly. Thanks! GregManninLB (talk) 00:44, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the "Warning"

Sure, I'm a sockpuppet. Whatever. If I add any info to an article, it would have reliable source. MP 103 06 does not understand this. If you DID decide to block me- oooo no, not that! I think I would be able to continue on with my life without Wikipedia, but it would be so hard! You are incredibly lucky to hold such a great position in Wikipedia. I hope my sarcasm hasn't been too hard on you. Have a great July. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pflipper73 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh no, another warning?!

Big Brother has warned me again! Man, I'm really starting to worry now.Pflipper73 (talk) 20:24, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Matthew West move

Oh goodness, I'm so sorry about that. I must have been too hasty or not thinking straight because I actually forgot about the issue of the articles' edit histories. It might have been because the situation around me was distracting as I was editing. I'll be getting around to addressing all of the little issues with the article a bit later, by the way. I appreciate your fixing up my mistake, and thanks so much for the comments and peer review! Jamie☆S93 21:21, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I couldn't have done it anyway, but I guess that's why I casually did a cut-and-paste. :S Anyways, I honestly welcome the nitpicking. :) The article certainly needs some help (since I don't have experience with GAs), and I appreciate critiquing. There might be some outright typos that I've missed in the midst of tweaking the article, although I hope not. Thanks again, Jamie☆S93 21:38, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
I actually thoroughly researched this (or tried to do my best) before nominating the article for GA. Of course, Peer reviews shouldn't be open while nominating an article for FAC, but it doesn't seem to be the same with GA nominations – as far as I could tell, there's nothing in the rules that's against having a PR and GAN open simultaneously. I decided to list it at GAN yesterday just to go ahead and get it in queue, although in the meantime I'm still open to other editor's comments at the PR. Unless there's any issues with doing so, I plan on leaving the PR open for a little while (perhaps until the article receives a GA review), since, from the way I see it, there's no conflict with any of the GAN rules/guidelines.
By the way, Giggy left a comment about this on my talkpage. Thanks for the heads-up, though! :-) Jamie☆S93 16:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
No problem. :) And actually, after seeing a typical backlog and the suggestion at the top of WP:PR, I already gave someone else a peer review for their article – not a completely thorough review, but noting on several issues and comments of things I noticed. It actually looks like an interesting place to work :) I'm not yet comfortable giving a GA review/pass until I see a few more examples, not just until mine passes/gets a review.
Thanks for your help with this. :D I think the review/comments were also a good way of reminding me and getting used to what issues to look for in a potential GA. Cheers! Jamie☆S93 19:11, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Modifieds

Since you have been so helpful and instrumental in helping write the article, I will give you the honor of naming it. Do we want to go with Modified (racing), Modified racing, Modifieds, or what? LMK what you want to name it, and I'll move it tomorrow (July 14, 2008).

BTW, great info in the articles you provided, but I'm not quite sure where/how to incorperate the info, especially the info on the SK Mods. There wasn't any rules there for the SK Mods, so my techinal expertise in converting racing rules to everyday English is lost. I'd love to know more about them, like the chassis specs, tire specs, etc.

BTW, check out my new project....the ITPA. I found some info there that even I didn't know.....especially the split between them and the NTPA. Their website is a veritable treasure trove of info compared to the NTPA. JLG 2701 01:09, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

The article Modified racing has been published. I ended up using your links as Further reading. As long as the other editors stick to the format we started, this could really grow to an absolutely HUGE article!!
A note on the ITPA page, I Googled ITPA (not because I didn't know what their url was already), but the only links I got besides their site, was for International Truck Parts Association, some link about Independent telecommunications, a link for Idaho Technology Portfolio Assessment, and a bunch of other such nonsense. Sadly, the ITPA hold events in the downstate counties, most of them have newspapers that either do not have websites, or couldn't tell you what a motorsports event was. Heck, the Breeze-Courier (newspaper of my hometown) didn't start carrying NASCAR news items until 2007. The ONLY NASCAR news story that was carried in the B-C prior to 2007 was on the death of Dale Earnhardt. Even that was not much more than a mention. Even Taylorville's own favorite son, Randy Eller, didn't get mentions until 2007. Out of the 5 or so years that racing was held at the Christian County Fairgrounds, I don't think the results appeared in the B-C more than twice. It's really sad, that growing up, I had to get my fix of NASCAR, and other racing news, months removed from the event by means of racing magazines, because the local media couldn't tell you the difference between a "stock" car, and a "stock car". JLG 2701 16:09, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the rating on the article!! BTW, I probably should have read the post above (or maybe I did read it, and subconsciously did the same thing...), anyway, I did the same thing...a cut and paste on it. I realized I did the move wrong about 1/2 a second after I hit the Submit button (I think I did it that way so that the temporary reminders to myself would not show up on the new page). Sorry about that!!! JLG 2701 21:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

He's not the messiah!

Thanks for clearing that up. I wasn't sure if that article was the right place to put that kind of comment... but I can't edit the Main Page, and I couldn't find anywhere better... Where should I go next time? (if there is a next time) --Carbonrodney (talk) 14:20, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't know what you are talking about. Please give me a clue. Royalbroil 04:05, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Henry H. Huson House and Water Tower

Hi, i added a table to the List of RHPs in WI for Sheboygan County, to accomodate your new pics. Confusing for me was the "Hudson" label in 2 photos, of a house and water tower, probably relating to Henry H. Huson House and Water Tower in Plymouth. Not sure if it is NRIS misspelling or what. On google, I find there is a Gilbert Huson House in Plymouth, which is a bed&breakfast. Anyhow, i created the article to make a place for the pictures and to hold any discussion. Either the article name needs fixing or the pics need relabelling there now. Can you address this? I'll "watch" it, can discuss further there. Nice pics, esp. of the water tower i like that. doncram (talk) 00:25, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Yea, the water tower pic turned out great. I was able to work with the light. The house was hidden by those trees, so I wasn't happy with them. I opened a discussion on the talk page. The article is named correctly according to the sign at the water tower - Henry H. Huson was the homeowner. Royalbroil 05:32, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi!

I am going aroung taking a survey to see if users I know would support me in a campaign for adminship. If you could post your answer here that would be great. Looking around my userpage could also help make a decision if your having trouble. Thanks! Meisfunny Gab 16:21, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for your reply. I have decided not to run til January or March 09 if I get a nomination, but could you maybe post helpfuil links on becoming an admin on my talk page? Thanks! Meisfunny Gab 17:05, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
That's a sensible plan and even that might be too early. I don't have any links on becoming an admin. You need to make yourself so valuable and well-rounded that people will ask you to become an admin. Royalbroil 21:07, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I found a few anyway. Maybe I'll wait 'til next summer then. However I did get a compromise of that in getting rollback rights. Meisfunny Gab 22:50, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Invitation

Hi! maxsch created an RFC for myself User:Florentino floro - Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Florentino floro[1] I would appreciate it if you would take a look. Max created this upon message to my adopting parent User:Diligent Terrier here[2] vis-a-vis the pending User:Diligent Terrier/Florentino floro and Maxschmelling (created on 18:38, 18 May 2008 by Diligent Terrier) Thanks.--Florentino floro (talk) 05:32, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Towns

Hi! lately I had been changing some terminology concerning the towns of Wisconsin. Some users had been saying that a village cannot be located within a town- that they are surrounded by a town. I am trying to keep this terminology uniformed for the political subdivisions of Wisconsin.Otherwise, we would have to make a massive change with all the articles about Wisconsin towns, etc. Also I questioned the accuracy of saying an village is surrounded by a town instead of saying an village is located within a town or is partially located in 2 different towns.Thanks-RFD (talk) 20:39, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

That's a silly reason for an argument/discussion: it's just looking at the same thing 2 different ways. It's hard to come up with a uniform way to say it because sometimes a village/city is located completely within a town, sometimes it is on the border of two towns, and other times it is between 2+ villages/cities, etc. Royalbroil 21:13, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks- I will just dropped it> You are right it was silly.I will not revert any changes. Thanks-RFD (talk) 21:39, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
They also are silly for wanting to change it for no reason. Royalbroil 21:47, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Waukau, Wisconsin

Hi! I am back again. You mentioned you had a photo about Waukau, Wisconsin. Welll, I finally got around to starting an article.I don't know if you want to add the photo. Thanks-RFD (talk) 22:48, 20 July 2008 (UTC) Also Butte des Morts, Wisconsin is anoother article I started. My apologies I forgot my nameRFD (talk) 22:48, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for adding the photos to the Waukau, Wisconsin article. I also started articles on Paoli & Basco, Wisconsin. One quick note: would you please look at the Wonewoc, Wisconsin article? One of the editors took out the demographic/geographic sections- and they needed to be put back in without reversing the later revisions. Also I came acrosse an article about Glidden, Wisconsin- an editor made Glidden a city but it is an unincorpotaed community in Ashland County, Wisconsin. I check the Ashland County government and Glidden was not listed as a municipality of the county.Thanks-RFD (talk) 11:09, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the Wonewoc, Wisconsin article. I also started an article about the Mindoro Cut in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. The Mindoro Cut is one of the main landmarks in western Wisconsin. Thanks- RFD (talk) 11:33, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Hate to ask, but...

Could you please delete the page User:JLG 2701/itpa (it has been published to wiki), and move the history from User:JLG 2701/NTPA to National Tractor Pullers Association, then delete User:JLG 2701/NTPA? Thank-you in advance!!

Also....I asked for a pic of Justin Allgaier on Flikr, let's see how my luck holds. JLG 2701 00:41, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I guess I had it right before I changed it. The history that didn't get moved was Modified racing, originally found at User:JLG 2701/Sandbox. If you can't move it, could you ask another admin to move it? You don't have to delete my sandbox though. Thanks!!! JLG 2701 16:06, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
I got it done. It went better than I expected. I moved your sandbox because I needed its edit history. I replaced what was there with a generic blank sandbox. Royalbroil 22:13, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

James Cameron (activist)

On the July 15th submissions for DYK, James Cameron (activist) seemed to me like an idea for next year's April Fools Day hooks. Someone said to contact you about it, so that's what I'm doing. If you don't want to save it, I think I might go ahead and use it.--Bedford Pray 09:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I forgot to mark that I was on a 2 day vacation on my user page. It's a day late and a dollar short! Royalbroil 02:59, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Wisconsin Dells Parkway

Do you think this important road in the Dells should have its own page. Right now it redirects to U.S. Route 12 in Wisconsin. WisconsinCheeze (talk) 17:23, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I'd say yes. You should be able to find multiple independent resources that talk specifically about this major hub. U.S. Route 12 is a very poor redirect as it is one of the many state and U.S. highways that make up the parkway. I did take pictures of it, and there's at least one in the Wisconsin Dells article. Let me know if you have more needs, and I'll see what I have. What is the exact route of the Parkway? Royalbroil 03:17, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

RFA thankspam

Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers!

J.delanoygabsadds 20:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Trying to figure this out.

Hi Royalbroil. I'm responding to your comments earlier on the copyright issues regarding the images of Francis Prucha. Believe me I understand the importance of copyright. I was hoping that you could help me choose the appropriate copyright. Marquette University does retain the rights to the images, but they are not easily indexed online or accessible. Marquette does require that the photographs are attributed back to the archives, but that is all. I'm looking to contribute a good number of articles to Wikipedia, as I do have access to a vast amount of information in our archives so I was hoping for a few quick pointers, and if you could help me select the right copyrights. Thanks, feel free to respond on my wall if you have time. User:Lib-Archives

I'll respond on your talk page and let's hold the rest of the discussion there. I rarely get responses back in situations like this. Royalbroil 19:06, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Er, what do you mean?

I am not sure what you meant in your last post in WP:Wisconsin? - Hexhand (talk) 21:59, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Town of Hartford, Washington County, Wisconsin

Hi! I hope your summer is going well. Is it possible to bring the town of Hartford, Washington County, Wisconsin back? I assumed it go redirected to the Hartford, Wisconsin article in 2005 or so. The town of Hartford has its own website: [3]. The Hartford, Wisconsin article may have to be redone as a result. This is getting discouraging. People like to edit the various Wisconsin towns article because they are there and that most people would not pay too much attention. My apologies to you and anyone else for any problems concerning the Wisconsin towns merger issues. Please let me know so I can put a Washington County template on the article. Thank you-RFD (talk) 16:16, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

My summer is going well, except I still can't find a job after looking hard for the past year. That's been real frustrating, especially considering I did so well at FVTC and I have on-the-job experience in IT from most of the 1990s. I had a lot of fun going to the various racetracks in the eastern half of Wisconsin! I grabbed some pictures of Registered Historic Places en route. I undid the "merge" (which actually never happened) by reverting the article before the redirect and text changes which confused others. You definitely do not owe my an apology about the town mergers issues. Discussing things is part of being a Wikipedian! I added the town to the county template, added its official website and moved it to the current naming system(Hartford (town), Wisconsin), so hopefully everything should be done. Royalbroil 04:30, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. My summer is going okay despite some ongoing health problems but this is working itself out.RFD (talk) 11:52, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 3 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lloyd Seay, 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) 07:01, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Larsen,Winnebago&Van Dyne, Wisconsin

Hi! I started 3 articles:Larsen, Winnebago, & Van Dyne, Wisconsin. I do not know if you have photos or not. Concerning a photo about Morris Hall at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, I do not have a camera to take a photo. I am sorry for the delay in getting back to you on that one. Unfortunately, I have been spending more time at Franciscan Skemp Health with doctor appointments and physical therapy for a painful shoulder impingement.Thank you-RFD (talk) 20:02, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

According to the DeLorme Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer Winnebago, Wisconsin is in the atlas. Also it does have a zipcode- I believe the Oshkosh Mental Health Institute is listed as being in Winnebago, Wisconsin. As for my shoulder the impingement is a painful form of bursatis.

The website for the Winnebago Mental health Institute is:[4].54985 is the zipcode.The Winnebago Mental health Institute lists Winnebago, Wisconsin as its address.Thanks-RFD (talk) 21:24, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Sounds right. I bet they used to be separate communities that grew together. It reminds me of how Erdman has been gobbled up from the south by Sheboygan - Oshkosh is growing northward to gobble up Winnebago. There's still a small barely-noticeable gap between the two in each case. Royalbroil 21:26, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks for comment- I just added the Winnebago Mental Health Institute to the Winnebago, Wisconsin article as a citation. Someone will to do an article about it.Many thanks-RFD (talk) 21:34, 3 August 2008 (UTC) PS I do have the DeLorme Wisconsin Gazetteer & Atlas at home and it comes in handy! RFD (talk) 21:34, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Good idea. The citation should end any questions about the location down the road. I keep an older copy of their Wisconsin book in my car so that I won't get lost when driving to racetracks, or if their are road construction detours. We never go on a trip without the latest copy. We can take any back road no matter where we are in the state without getting lost. Checking out the back roads is a great way to see what an area is really like. Royalbroil 04:18, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Your comment about Erdman, Wisconsin was interesting. Lots of these unincorporated communities do get gobble up by bigger cities or villages. Also my paternal grandfather was born in Sheboygan but grew up in Aurora, Illinois-so I find Sheboygan to be an interesting city because of my family's connection.Many thanks-RFD (talk) 21:30, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
PS-I just check Erdman, Wisconsin in my DeLorme atlas. Erdman is still in the atlas. Many thanks-RFD (talk)

Thanks

for the clue. Noroton (talk) 02:54, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

unlock Trace Cyrus

It's been a month. Thx. 70.108.55.74 (talk) 08:08, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Even the talk page has been vandalized in the past few days, so I still think it's a strong vandalism target. I won't undo, get upset, or argue if you list it at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection for other admins to reconsider, but whoever unprotects better be responsible and available to undo the vandalism that I foresee. I thank you for asking me first. Royalbroil 11:50, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy Delete policy

Thanks for the explanation. Obviously I was confused. —  X  S  G  19:20, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry if it sounded bitchy. Royalbroil 19:24, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

National Dairy Shrine

Yeah, the redlink you followed was misspelled, so you got "National Diary Shrine." Which, I must admit, I liked picturing. Would it have the nation's most poetic diaries? The most scandalous ones? Just one big symbolic diary? Anyway, thanks for the moo juice! FreplySpang 23:30, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

The Roman Catholic Dioceses of Wisconsin-the bishops

Hi! I was able to start articles for most of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Madison, Superior, and Green Bay dioceses that had red links. I also did the article on Archbishop Kiley of the Milwaukee Archdiocese. The only bishop I have not done and I have some relunctance to do an article was that of Bishop Robert Banks of the Green Bay Diocese. Bishop Banks was auxiliary bishop in the Boston Archdiocese under Cardinal Bernard Law. And there was some serious allegations about the sexual abuse scandal concerning Bishop Banks and Cardinal Law. Therefore, I am content to let someone else do that article. One item-I have a pretty good knowledge about the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Wisconsin being Roman Catholic myself so this help alot.I am also part of the WikiProject Catholicism. I enjoy doing this. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 17:52, 10 August 2008 (UTC) One more comment:I would had gotten this done a long time if it was not some editors who objected to articles about Roman Catholic bishops not being notable. So I put it on the back burner for a while. Succession boxes needs to be done, but I do not know how to do that one. Thanks again-RFD (talk) 18:36, 10 August 2008 (UTC) PS-I decided to start article about Bishop Banks-I kept it as a stub. Thanks-RFD (talk) 22:31, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I am quite familiar with Bishop Banks, as I've been an active member of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay my whole life, including his whole tenure. There unfortunately does need to be something about his role in covering up the the Boston diocese sex abuse cases in his article to keep it balanced. It was a huge controversy here. Royalbroil 05:02, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks-for your comments. I have been an active member of the Diocese of La Crosse for years&Bishop Raymond Leo Burke has been very controversial especially with the the Guadalupe Shrine that was just dedicated in the last 2 weeks. I am very sympathetic about controversial Roman Catholic bishops.Thanks-RFD (talk) 10:15, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
I started 2 additional articles of Roman Catholic Bishops who were from Wisconsin but ended up elsewhere: Bishop Jerome J. Hastrich was auxiliary bishop of Madison and went to the Diocese of Gallup in New Mexico and Bishop Mark Francis Schmitt who was auxiliary bishop of the Green Bay Diocese who became Bishop of Marquette, Michigan. Archbishop Burke praised Bishop Hastrich in connection with the Guadalupe Shrine in La Crosse. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 18:27, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
I wouldn't worry about doing articles on Bishops, for you don't need inherent notability if you can provide multiple independent sources. That should be easy to find in almost all cases. Who would want to nominate an article for deletion when they are unlikely to succeed? Royalbroil 18:42, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
In October of 2007, one of the editors from WikiProject Catholicism of which I am also part of informed myself and others that someone wanted to delete some articles of 3 Roman Catholic bishops from Florida. All 3 were auxiliary bishops- 2 of them became Bishops of Dioceses in their own right.According to my talk page I believe this was around October 26-27, 2008. Fortunately, the deletions never took place. I hope this clarifies. Thanks-RFD (talk) 11:24, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
I did mean full bishops, not auxiliary bishops. Auxiliary bishops would be a lot harder to find reliable sources. Royalbroil 13:54, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks- Bishops Hastrich&Schmitt started out as auxiliary bishops but became Bishops in their own right with their own dioceses. Also there an article about a Polish born auxiliary bishop from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee of whom thw Vatican had to put in because of discontent within the Milwaukee Archdiocese because the Polish Catholics did not like the German Catholic Bishops of the Archdiocese. Archbishop Messmer was a good example.Thanks-RFD (talk) 14:16, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Peer review

Sure, I'd be glad to look over the article and leave some peer review comments. And I agree, it can be helpful to get an outside perspective to make sure that all readers can understand the subject, too – myself being one that really doesn't know anything about the sport of drag racing. ;-) Cheers, Jamie☆S93 15:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

I've read through the article and left a little review on the talkpage, although I may add to it a couple more notes. Congrats on your work, I'm always glad to see another GA on the rise to add to this growing number as well as the calculations here. :) Jamie☆S93 03:30, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

The Story of...well, you know

Hello! I can do an expansion closer to April Fool's Day. Check back with me in March and I will take care of that for you then. Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 10:25, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I can improve it, but not at the moment -- I am in the midst of offline chaos that will devour most of my free time. But since I wrote the article I've acquired some books that provide further details on this strange little movie. What is the deadline for making those improvements? Ecoleetage (talk) 12:24, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Did you ever see it? The film is on YouTube, so check it out -- it is (pardon the expression) bloody marvelous. I will circle back to the article shortly. Thanks for the heads up. Ecoleetage (talk) 12:32, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

School Hill, Wisconsin

One of the editors who is new started an article about School Hill, Wisconsin. The title in the article was originally Schoolhill but accordingly to the DeLorme Wisconsin Gazetter&Atlas, the correct spelling is:School Hill, Wisconsin, so I changed it. The editor tried to add a photo but had some problems. I wanted to alert you since this from Manitowoc County.Thanks-RFD (talk) 11:29, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I am quite familiar with School Hill. I probably have pictures or can get some. I drove through the School Hill to get pictures of town hall (offhand I think it's located in Eaton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin) at the east end of the community. Royalbroil 13:52, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks-for your comment- According to my helpful DeLorme Wisconsin atlas-School Hill is in the town of Meeme. The town of Eaton is just north in and around St. Nazianz according to the atlas.Many thanks as always-RFD (talk) 14:22, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK on Drexel

Thanks for the DYK nomination on the piece about Miss Drexel. I'll watch for a decision. Wikijsmak (talk) 03:10, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

I would just like to say thank you for your comment on the AfD in which I am involved [5]. You can imagine or probably know what being at AfD is like and it sometimes feels like you are being 'ganged up on' at the best of times, so what I perceive as your objectivity was refreshing to see. May the Lord be with you (whichever one you'd like to have around. :) ) Sticky Parkin 12:48, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

As to your comments about the ambiance at DYK being unpleasant, yes I agree with you. This is the first article I've submitted to DYK and the only interaction I've had with the DYK talk page, and doing so attracted unpleasant extreme picking at something on which I'd worked hard. I won't do it again except in the rare event that I'm writing about a stately home or something else sensible lol:) Sticky Parkin 13:58, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
I've been fortunate to have had few experiences at AfD because I'm very careful about only picking things that easily are notable and/or have lots of reliable sources. I do understand the "ganged up upon" comment.
I hope that you don't avoid DYK just because of the problems at its talk page, because that only discusses a small portion of the total nominations. The overwhelming majority of DYK hooks pass through easily and without discussion. There are lots of high-quality people associated with DYK and only a small number that aren't as good. Things would be excellent if they stopped fighting with each other and would concentrating on working together because everyone is good overall. Realize that it takes some time to understand DYK nominations and rules, but after that it's been a good experience. Royalbroil 15:48, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

US 491

FYI, Per your request I have moved the proposed blurb and discussion to Talk:U.S. Route 491/main page blurb. If there's any of your comments that were intended to be left on my talk page only, please delete and accept my apologies. Dave (talk) 02:30, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 23 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Constance Drexel, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Mailer Diablo 19:21, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the nomination! I had almost given up this time. Wikijsmak (talk) 03:32, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Schauer Arts & Activities Center

Hi! I came across an article Schauer Arts & Activities Center in Hartford, Wisconsin. There were some problems with the article Conflict of Interest, Copyright Violations.I left a message with the editor about COI. I reduced the article to a stub. Anyway-the article is going to be deleted in a few days. I tried to do the best I could. Thanks-RFD (talk) 22:21, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm on the fence with this article. I wouldn't argue to keep or delete it. On one hand, I believe that all art centers and concert venue should be notable, but I don't see reliable sources online. It can always be recreated later if anything more reliable shows up. Royalbroil 01:22, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks- I checked to see if the building was on the National Register of Historic Places-it was not.RFD (talk) 10:54, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Mario Andretti

Please, see here and here. I don't want an edit war, but the user is the same who canceled all the Italian historical names in the articles like Nino Benvenuti or Agostino Straulino. Thank you.--151.48.2.14 (talk) 16:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Thanks for the notification that Copper Inuit was selected for DYK. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:25, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Thanks for the notification that Copper Inuit was selected for DYK. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:25, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Future RfA

Hi RB, thanks a lot for the comments on my talkpage and the RFA, and for a future nom offer. :-) I'd be really glad to have you as a nominator since, as you were saying, you've known me and my contribs since November, and it's nice to know your noms pretty well. I plan on just be gaining some experience in different areas over the next couple of months, like AFDs, gingerly stepping into a couple dispute situations like at ANI, and more article-writing experience.

I've appreciated your help and support through my time here in general, too. :-) Thanks and cheers, Jamie☆S93 02:09, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

While perusing my watched pages, I came across an edit that was kind of hokey, so I checked the author. Low and behold this user had been busy vandalizing many pages over the last few days. Can you please check out User:76.112.193.18. He's been warned and blocked before (User_talk:76.112.193.18), but evidently hasn't learned his lesson. He really did a number on Joey Logano's page, several times, as well as Late model, and Ken Schrader's page. Thanks, JLG 2701 17:10, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing it up! I blocked the anon for 1 week for long-term vandalism after a shorter block and plenty of warnings. We can't have people vandalizing with nasty comments like that. Royalbroil 17:25, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Lockdown (2008)

Thank you for taking over the review. I have changed the sentence in the background. I've done my best with the pictures. Another guy who has helped me on the article this past week has informed a editor who uploaded most of the pictures that are in the article about you problems with his pictures. The references 56 and 57 are actually two different pages. They are the charts to billboard on July 12 and July 19. They just look a like. The only thing left is for the uploader of the images to fix the Joe picture and the Lethal picture. I've placed categories in the Cage picture and the Booker T picture on Commons. The Steiner picture I'm not sure what to do though.--WillC 04:19, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Okay, everything is fixed I believe you wanted fixed. For the Joe picture Mshake3 just uploaded it from Commons so that isn't his picture.--WillC 19:32, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
If you don't mind. Could you take a final look at it, since I've been working on it since May and this is the first article I've ever written. I've worked on it alot and because of that I've thought about taking it to FAC. Though I'm going to change a good amount of the article because a few other pro wrestling articles have went under FAC lately and had to have major changes and I'm going to fix those problems but I want to make sure it is well written since that isn't going to be damaged. Just a few minor things are going to be moved and renamed.--WillC 19:59, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I removed the Joe image since that is the only good image that there is at this moment and moved two.--WillC 02:48, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, and again thank you for reviewing it. I'm going to fix a few things brung up in the review of The Great American Bash (2005) and SummerSlam (2003) reviews. SummerSlam made it to FA and Lockdown and SummerSlam aren't that different. I'm already working on it in my sandbox. The main difference will come in the event section from what it is right now. Then I'll place it up for peer review like the editor who got SummerSlam to FA told me. I'm already replacing a few refs that were never really proven reliable with ones that are reliable. I believe after the peer review it will be FA material.--WillC 04:28, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

DYK notice

Updated DYK query On 4 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tesoro Iron Dog, 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.

Congratrulations and keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:43, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Illinois Territory talk page

Hi! Would you please take a look at the Illinois Territory talk page. I had added WikiProject template pages for Minnesota&Wisconsin and assessments were done on the article. Then some editor deleted possibly accidentally the Minnesota&Wisconsin wikiproject templates. The Wisconsin&Minnesota templates need to be reassess. Wisconin, Michigan, Illinois, and part of Minnesota were in the Illinois Territory. Thank you-RFD (talk) 12:50, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Done. All 4 WikiProjects definitely apply for the reasons that you have indicated. Royalbroil 12:56, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank you-RFD (talk) 14:55, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Plus One

RE: Moving the original article. Thanks for the tip. brob (talk) 22:44, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

HI (sorry 'bout the spammy note),

- DYK updates have been a bit slow and there's a bit of a shortage of admins actively involved. We are asking folks who listed themselves on Wikipedia:Did you know/Admins to update details on this page - User:Olaf Davis/DYKadmins, so we can grade everyone's involvement (and who, knows, someone may want to get involved more :) ).Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:27, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Marathon County, Wisconsin

Royalbroil-I went through each of the Wisconsin counties and change the heading from Cities and towns to Cities, villages, and towns where applicable. I did the same for Marathon County, Wisconsin but ran into problems with the format:the unincorporated communities are within the Cities, viilages, and towns section and they should be in their own section like the other Wisconsin counties.I try putting them within their own section and it did not work out well. Please take a look at the Marathon County, Wisconsin article and see what you can do. Many thanks-RFD (talk) 18:03, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for your comments. I enjoy editing pages especially with those concerning WikiProject Wisconsin. Also I like starting articles about the various Roman Catholic Bishops who had some connections with Wisconsin either by birth or residency. I am familiar with the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Wisconsin. Again, many thanks-RFD (talk) 13:07, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks for starting the article about the Holyland region in Wisconsin. It was well research and written.-RFD (talk) 11:18, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm glad you enjoyed reading it. I was surprised to find a research paper about it. I would have developed the article a long time ago had I known a solid reference existed. I'd like to find some more content and an unusual fact for getting the article included on the April Fool's Day Main Page Did You Know coverage. Something like Did You Know ... that the first settlers of The Holyland were German-speaking Prussian Roman Catholics? Royalbroil 14:13, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
The Wisconsin Historical Society might have something. I am a little amuse about "German-speaking Prussian Roman Catholics." I always associated Prussia with Martin Luther and the Lutheran Church. Although I am Roman Catholic, my ancestors came from Prussia and they were German Lutheran.Many thanks-RFD (talk) 15:45, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
The Holyland area is renowned even today for having extremely high percentage of German-descent Roman Catholics. I grew up on the edge and most people in that area are distant relatives of mine. There are almost no Lutherans except for people that came to the area from different locations. Most people spoke German, and any people didn't even learn English until around the 1930s. Thanks for the tip about the Wisconsin Historical Society - I didn't think to look there. Royalbroil 16:55, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
I repair a reference in the Marytown, Wisconsin article-it was aa article written by Kathryn Bartel about the history of Marytown. Kathryn Bartel mentioned Holyland. Maybe, you can use that article for the Holyland article. Thanks-RFD (talk) 12:08, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

NASCAR

Hi Mr. Royal Broil, can you help me with a situation? Well see, some guy named User:NoseNuggets keeps saying i vandalize pages, and if i keep it up i'll get blocked.... Is he even an administrator? Thank You - Dominic Edward Aragon (talk) 02:50, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Figis

I think that i clearly stated that I was still working on that page. Nervertheless if you would like to help me creat it i would appericate it. But first how much expirence do you have with creating pages?--Vanhalenjump (talk) 23:52, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok then lets get started first of all let me create the page once again then I will post a tag stating that the page not be deleted.ok--Vanhalenjump (talk) 00:02, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok then can you help me with the infobox?--Vanhalenjump (talk) 00:12, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok try this link tell me if its good query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage/html?res=9E03E1DB1F39F930A15757COA967948260--Vanhalenjump (talk) 00:20, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Just google figis new york times its the first link--Vanhalenjump (talk) 00:31, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok then so do you think that we should just let it go?--Vanhalenjump (talk) 00:45, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok then go ahead and delete it--Vanhalenjump (talk) 21:12, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (166/43/7). I appreciate your comments and in my actions as an administrator I will endeavor to maintain the trust you have placed in me. I am honored by your trust and your support. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 03:03, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Fringe Pilot AfD

Due to the seeming confusion over the AfD caused by the two different articles, and the merging of the two into one, I have withdrawn the original AfD and nominated the single article for AfD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilot (Fringe). As someone who commented on the original, I wanted to alert you to the new AfD so you can revisit and state your position on this single article. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 15:52, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Move tab

Am I blind? I do not see the "MOVE TAB." Motorrad-67 (talk) 00:58, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Oops. I found it. Thanks. Motorrad-67 (talk) 01:00, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

moving "List of Registered Historic Places in ___" to another name

You may not be aware, but there was considerable discussion and no consensus reached in a previous proposal to rename articles of the form "List of Registered Historic Places in ___", initiated by Motorrad-67. Please see new discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places#Naming discussion for "List of Registered Historic Places in ...". I don't have control over this, and what the decision should be although i have expressed my opinions. But in the meantime, I would appreciate that you refrain from further renamings. Sincerely, doncram (talk) 03:11, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I assumed that Motoradd-67 was moving with consensus. He had done a copy and paste job, so I had to fix it to comply with the GDFL. I don't have an opinion either way as what is the correct way to name the articles. Feel free to move the articles back because moving the main Wisconsin and Dane County articles back at least makes everything consistent. Moving against consensus or with no consensus is obviously wrong. Royalbroil 03:17, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for responding here and at wt:NRHP, and for moving back Wisconsin articles. I wonder, could you further help by moving back List of Registered Historic Places in Arizona, which was done by cut and paste (losing the edit history)? And although i further moved List of Registered Historic Places in New York to another name, i agree it should be moved back to the original name too, pending discussion. Perhaps another wp:NRHP admin could do this, but it would help if you could just take care of this. Thanks either way, for your help. doncram (talk) 05:37, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

County templates

Thanks for moving the sections of all the various templates! Nyttend (talk) 04:08, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

I saw that you had edited all of those Wisconsin county templates, but then I noticed that you edited something else on them. So I tried them manually, then found more speed and ease when I fired up the AWB. I just got done with all of them. I do wonder if CDPs should be listed before or after unincorporated communities. I don't understand CDPs very well but I do understand unincorporated communities. Royalbroil 04:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
A CDP is an unincorporated community with bounds set for statistical purposes by the Census Bureau, and recognised as such by the GNIS. Because it has a little more official recognition than other unincorporated communities, it rightly belongs above them; this is the method followed in almost every state. Nyttend (talk) 11:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Charles Tidwell photograph

I just wanted to let you know that as I was scanning in some of my father's old racing photos last night, I found a stamp on the back of several of them that is copyrighted to Drinnon Photography. I contacted the Drinnon family today and was told that it was sold to The Macon Telegraph and directed to contact them. I spoke to a Mr. Marshall, photo editor, there and he is giving me written permission to use the photos that I have both on my website and also to use the smaller one of my father here on the Wikipedia site. He said that the photos have all been turned over to the Washington Library in Macon, Georgia now anyways and are public record, so as long as I am not using them for monetary gain it won't be a problem. What do I need to do once I receive his written permission in order to upload the picture without having it removed or disputed again? Thanks! (Angela "Connie" Tidwell Frady (talk) 22:04, 25 September 2008 (UTC))

Comment on Wikipedia:Notability/RFC:compromise

Hey, I left a comment in response to yours at Wikipedia:Notability/RFC:compromise#Support A.1. Just letting you know! --Politizer (talk) 12:50, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Calumet County Parks and NRHP sites

Please do go ahead and revise how the NRHP site wording shows in the Calumet County Parks article. I believe you in your knowledge that this one park must be the one. But, the NRHP designation does not have to cover all of the park, and without documentation asserting that the park is itself listed on the NRHP is not right, either. It is possible that some parts of the NRHP designation are outside the park, too, to me, afar. So I was editing to back away from what i thought were unjustified assertions, and maybe went too far. How about you request the NRHP documentation? You would most likely receive a redacted version not showing exact locations, but it would still clarify for you, and would perhaps make it clear if the NRHP site is very small and cannot be the entire park, for example. Note, I also started a separate article about the NRHP site, which is wikipedia notable on its own, and can hold an NRHP infobox that doesn't seem proper for the park article. I was thinking that should be done for the harbor NRHP site too. doncram (talk) 06:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

DYK for James W. Cannon

Updated DYK query On 28 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James W. Cannon, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your nomination! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 11:42, 28 September 2008 (UTC)


joey lagano

It is there under the pretences of posably adding that he did fine when he was in good equiptment but when they add him to a poor car and crew his preformance slips but i wasent relly sure about how to put it without sounding like i was vandalising a page because im not one to vandalise pages --Cmedinger (talk) 17:21, 30 September 2008 (UTC)