User talk:Bedford/Archive2

Thanks

Thanks for catching the error in the newly added infobox on Charlestown State Park. I roll my eyes in gratitude. ;-) Ruhrfisch 21:44, 3 April 2007 (UTC) I had to pick my eyes up off the floor! Dincher 23:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Images query - Botcon

I am just making a light request which I hope isn't too hard. The next time you go to Botcon, you wouldn't mind taking photos of Simon Furman, Don Figueroa and Chris Ryall to benefit Wikipedia with freely licensed images, or are you not allowed to take photos at the Question panel? If the former, I'd be very thankful if you did. Alientraveller 09:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've only been to BotCon once, and that was because it was only 75 miles away from me. This year's is in Providence, Rhode Island, and it's doubtful I'll have the money to go.--Bedford 14:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jeffersonville Category

user:Jahnx -- The reason for the Jeffersonville category is because the actual Jeff Township does include Clarksville, IN and it just an easier way of including things listed within the actual city rather than just the town ship. Such as many areas considered to be Jeffersonville are only in the Township like Oak Park. however those places are in the works of being annexed into the actual city. Cities in the township of Jeffersonville include Cementville, Speed, Utica, parts of Clarksville, and stand alone subdivisions in Clark County such as Oak Park, Capital Hills, Fields of Lasscransage. Granted some of these places are in the work of Annex into Jeffersonville, they curently aren't and are only apart of the Township. April 20, 2007.

DYK

On 2 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Great Steamboat Race, 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.

--ALoan (Talk) 11:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.--Bedford 12:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NRHP infoboxes

I see you've been creating a good share of articles on places listed on the National Register of Historic Places. You might be interested in an infobox generator I put together, which you can find at http://www2.elkman.net/nrhp/infobox.php. I have a copy of the National Register database loaded on my web server, so you can use the infobox generator to create an infobox in Wiki markup. I also have a script that will query properties within a city at http://www2.elkman.net/nrhp/querybycity.php, and one that will query properties within a county at http://www2.elkman.net/nrhp/querybycounty.php. Using these, you should be able to put infoboxes on NRHP articles without too much effort. Happy editing! --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 21:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'll try using it next time I add more.--Bedford 21:31, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

32nd Indiana Monument

On 11 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 32nd Indiana Monument, 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.

--Wizardman 02:30, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 13 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Louisville Water Tower, 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.

--Carabinieri 14:06, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

100th article

I noticed that the edit summary for an article you just started said "(Start my 100th article. YAY.)" If so, congratulations!! [Mac Δαvιs] ❖ 10:39, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.--Bedford 16:17, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Districts

I took your advice and did some major merging work on Sycamore Historic District (though not into the main article as it would have likely become quite difficult to naviagate, check Houses in Sycamore Historic District, Commercial buildings in Sycamore Historic District and Churches in Sycamore Historic District I am currently reworking the main article in my user space at User:IvoShandor/Sycamore Historic District work page. I would say, however, that if a property is significant enough in a district it could well merit its own article, and most definitely merits its own article if it is actually listed on the National Register by itself, as the nomination forms are likely to contain not only useful info but also notes and references which could be obtained to further expand the articles. Take for example Oregon Commercial Historic District (which I haven't worked on any merging yet but may do some soon), two of its contributing properties are listed individually on the National Register, Ogle County Courthouse and Oregon Public Library, the first is a GA and the second easily could be with a bit more work on my part, so I do think you could find information. I wrote a significant article on the DeKalb County Courthouse (Illinois) which is a contributing property in the Sycamore Historic District, it is also GA, and, I think, a good example of a primary contributing member of a historic district that deserves its own article. Some properties in districts are much more significant than others, of course.

Sorry to be so long winded just wanted to make sure I covered everything I was thinking. Anyway thanks for the pushing me on this, I needed the impetus to do the work (which I had long put off). IvoShandor 08:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. If a house has enough history on its own, it should be its own article. Heck, I made the Lusk Home and Mill Site separate from Turkey Run State Park, and have absolutely no intention of condensing the Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site and the Grisamore House back into their respective Historic District articles. It's just that a stub that doesn't mention anything of note and is simply entitled "100 Main Street" needs to be avoided; there's quite a few 100 Main Streets in the United States. :) --Bedford 14:49, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I hear you. And I think the articles serve the reader much better combined as they now are.IvoShandor 12:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

8664.org

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article 8664.org, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. --Rrburke^(talk) 17:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, thanks for giving me to time to breathe when you slap that tag on it, not giving me time to put additional references or information to it. I guess next time I start an article, it better be as long as War and Peace before I start it.--Bedford 18:29, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You get a Bluegrass Barnstar!

		The Bluegrass Barnstar
		For all the great work you have done with Louisville and Kentucky articles, and for a really great start for Portal:Louisville, I hereby award one of Wikipedia's newest barnstars. Behold, the Bluegrass Barnstar! Enjoy. :)

Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 05:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ooooh, Gracias. :) --Bedford 05:10, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

William Goebel

The article on William Goebel that I spent a couple of months overhauling is getting hammered in FAR. It's my first-ever FAR, and I'm getting overwhelmed. Tony1 suggests "fresh eyes are required" to fix a purported multitude of problems in the prose. I know you have a strong record of improving Kentucky-related articles. Could you look over the article and see if you can identify and/or correct problem areas? Thanks. Acdixon 13:40, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Lieber

On 20 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Richard Lieber, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 17:45, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indiana DYK

Hey, thanks for adding the DYK to the portal. Fair warning tho, I won't update it, I really hate searching thru those. I do like the info they provide tho, so thanks. :) Joe I 17:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NP. I knew mine would fit, and then I did a simple search to find others, just looking for the word "Indiana". If I see others, I will, but I'm not working too hard for that either.--Bedford 18:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dyranged

I'm a photographer from Southern Indiana. Would like to talk to you sometime. I don't know much about wiki. (I had to research on how to do this) Anyways, contact me if interested. www.dyranged.com or dyranged@gmail.com 74.129.194.46 02:10, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing.--Bedford 02:36, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Louisville brainstorming about enhancing communication and coordination

See this project talk topic. Your views are very much welcome! Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 16:35, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On May 30, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article United States Marine Hospital of Louisville, 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 your hard work on Kentucky articles Bedford. You have the pictured slot for this DYK. Blnguyen (cranky admin anniversary) 02:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of parks in Louisville, Kentucky

Hiya Bedford. If you have any available time soon, please feel free to add info about Southern Indiana parks to the new list article. I'm concentrating on parks in Louisville Metro for now. Cheers! Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 19:31, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

History of slavery in Indiana

On 5 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article History of slavery in Indiana, 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.

--howcheng {chat} 16:23, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reagan Revisions

Hi. Can you please explain how you can revert so many edits without any explanation or talk, but if I try to go ahead and place those helpful and completely NPOV edits back, I'll get accused of an "edit war"? None of the edits I made changed anything substantial (except remove inappropriate POV), but did make an inappropriately long article a bit shorter. If you think there is something wrong with the edits I made, please discuss them on the Reagan article Talk page, instead of unilaterally deciding that just because you don't like something you can simply revert it. I'd like to be able to discuss this here and/or at the Talk page, instead of requesting assistance from others to resolve it. Thanks Info999 00:38, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was obvious you were throwing a hissy fit, deleting things just to delete things, so no further explanation of my edits were needed.--Bedford 01:07, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Funny. Of all the self-important people I've seen try to work out their personal stuff here on wiki, you take the cake. I only made factual changes that were necessary to remove conservative POV - you know, the kind of POV that appears to inform your edits. You read the edit summary, and you also seem not to be able to stand one of your heros being held to the scrutiny of fact and history. And you should know that wiki policy forbids the intentional undoing of another person's edits just for spite, which you not only did but just admitted to doing. Thanks for helping me make the case. Info999 01:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to look up the word "hypocrisy". You're the one deleting content to fit your views instead of reality.--Bedford 01:47, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's pretty clear that if you had even one example of my supposedly biased/non-factual edits to back up your bogus claim, you would have used it. The Reagan article is full of items contradicted by demonstrable facts, and is written in the most fawning and subjective way possible. I edited three or four sentences to make them factually correct, non-biased either way; you and your cohort get upset whenever facts that contradict your fantasy of Reagan are introduced into the article, or whenever the article is worded to be objective and fair. This isn't about politics, and it isn't about a power struggle. Shame should be, but is obviously not, present. Too bad. Info999 03:44, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]