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Carmel High School
Carmel High School
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Motto	Veritas Scientia Mores; (Truth Knowledge Character)
Established	1887

Fishers High School
Fishers High School
Address
	13000 Promise Road; Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana 46038; United States
Information
School district	Hamilton Southeastern Schools

Rhatsa26X
— Wikipedian —
Name	Michael Haworth
Born	1982; Warrington, Florida ; (Corry Station) (32507)
Current location	Owensville, Indiana ; Gibson County, Indiana ; Other Places I have lived ; Chula Vista, California (91921) ; Dec 1982 - Apr 1986 ; Fort Branch, Indiana (47648) ; Apr 1986 - Oct 1987 ; Atlantic Beach, Florida (32224) ; Oct 1987 - Dec 1987 ; Jacksonville, Florida ; (Mayport Naval Station) (32233) ; Dec 1987 - Apr 1992 ; Norfolk, Virginia (23521) ; Apr 1992 - Nov 1992 ; Virginia Beach, Virginia (23636) ; 23 Nov 1992 - Jul 1994 ; Owensville, Indiana ; (North) (47665) ; Jul 1994 - Dec 1998 ; Owensville, Indiana ; (East) (47665) ; Dec 1998-Present
Time zone	Central (-5/-6) ; Prefers all Indiana on Central. But does not believe Indianapolis will ever wake up and smell reality.
Height	appx 6'
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High school	Gibson Southern H.S. ; 2001
University	Vincennes University ; 2007
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Explanation of Current Project - Indiana High School Athletic Association Conferences

This Project involves the creation of stub pages for each conference in Indiana. In most cases, all of the information is coming from http://www.ihsaa.org. When finished, I intend to expand them to the depth of information found in the Pocket Athletic Conference or the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference. Each Conference will come complete with a map of the members counties in Indiana, A wikitable with the the member schools, their location, mascot, colors, county, and IHSAA Class, and sometimes even enrollment. In each case all information is coming from one of two sources and either is verifiable. One is found at http://www.ihsaa.org/school_rosters_frame.htm which contains membership for all of the conferences. The other is a PDA page located at http://www.ihsaa.org/school-directory/SchoolDirectory2.pdf. This is an Adobe Acrobat File which contains very detailed infromation on all of Indiana's almost 400 schools.

Please do not delete any of these pages as they are legit and very time consuming to replace.

Progress Can be tracked by the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Template

As of 08/04/08: 23 out of the IHSAA's 50 Conferences are completed or 45%
As of 08/07/08: 29 or 58%
As of 08/12/08: 34 or 68%
As of 08/21/08: 46 or 92%
As of 08/27/08: 50 or 100% of primary project completed. (Completed at 19:45 (CDT)
Now Concentrating on the IHSAA Independents as the 51st Conference page and making it the fourth IHSAA School Page.
Then Around Sept 1, phase II begins:
This will take me through each of the conference pages and adding the state finalist and runnerups for each school (if any).

Planned Completion: 09/20/08 (I HOPE)

It has come to my attention that the second page of my conference lists has disappeared. So, I feel I should explain the secondary project to the above project. I intend to finish the incomplete detailed list of Indiana's Conferences. Indiana has 50 conferences so I planned four pages, the first two with 17 conferences each, the third with 16, and the fourth being a detailed list of the IHSAA Independents with around 20 schools. All four pages will be uniform with backround shading based on the school's status; multi-county, private, military, not playing football or affiliated with one of the three football conferences. Like the conference pages themselves the conference list has at least two sources from the Authority in Indiana Sports, the IHSAA, and for Mount Carmel, the IHSA. Everything from the location, name, mascot, colors, enrollment, and county are found in the PDA directory file http://www.ihsaa.org/school-directory/SchoolDirectory2.pdf. I have even gotten into the habit of listing the school's ID # for that list. To comfirm the information is legit, all that you need to do is scroll down to the ID number listed by the name (example:Gibson Southern ID: 127). The ID number are not always determined by the school's name for example, Northwest High School (169) comes aphabetacally before Northwestern High School (262). This is because Northwest High School is ID as Indianapolis Northwest High School. Other Indy are schools are in their correct alphabetic place. Other example would be for Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Lafayette, Muncie, South Bend, and Terre Haute, all the way down to Vincennes, Washington, Jasper, and Madison.Rhatsa26X (talk) 01:16, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have made a minor adjustment to the conference rosters. After the pages were redirected, I changed them to include the ranges of the names on the roster. They are now Indiana High School Athletics Conferences: Adams County - Metropolitan, Indiana High School Athletics Conferences: Mid-Eastern - Northwestern, and Indiana High School Athletics Conferences: Ohio River Valley - White River. Please leave them that way.Rhatsa26X (talk) 21:31, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Commons

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State templates

Please stop adding nicknames to state templates: it's quite nonstandard, and it makes the templates display improperly. As well, altering the colors is a huge change (all county templates are colored according to the state template), so it is definitely not a change that should be made without extensive discussion. Nyttend (talk) 23:14, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Someone changed Indiana's colors as well. It was a dark blue with gold letters, similar to Nevada, and I did not do that. The Nicknames have yet to cause any inproper features aside from the nicknames showing up. The nicknames need to be added state template so they can displayed without showing up when they are collapsed. Most cases I just blended the nicknames in to the template. Two wikipedians have been "standardizing" the state templates and I only did five, which I'll eventually change back, if Indiana's is restored back to dark blue.

What do you mean? According to your contributions, you did over thirty state templates just in the last 1½ hours. Moreover, this and this edits were both your doing; the only recent changes to the color of {{Indiana}} have been by those restoring it to its normal color. Nyttend (talk) 23:38, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What I mean is that Indiana, like many states was the color of the flag, I will restore those well actually only 5 states which colors changed. Yes I added nicknames to 45 templates in an hour and a half, but I only changed five colors. As for the others I only added nicknames. The ones I did change were California, Michigan, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The others I left and Only added the Nicknames in Small Type even going through the trouble of making the font color the same as the rest of the template. Its really harmless and adds some pride to the states.

Basically what I am getting at is the State Template needs to modified to include their nicknames, preferably in a smaller type but bigger than the capital. Some nicknames identify the state better than the name. Several of them are older than their state is. Like for example what do you think of when the name "Hoosier" is used?: Indiana, right? or the Lone Star; Texas, a name which is older than the state, since the Lone Star Flag was adopted before statehood. Here's another; Old Dominion; Virginia, or "Land of Lincoln"; Illinois. Both State have used their nicknames on their plates for over twenty consecutive years. The only reason Indiana doesn't is because of Purdue University and Indiana University fierce rivalry, otherwise it would have as well.

Speedy deletion of Indiana Business College

A tag has been placed on Indiana Business College, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. KurtRaschke (talk) 00:39, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote it using the limited information available. I have added a hangon tag to this article and expect you to explain why you have nominated it for speedy deletion. Rather than deleting this page, I seriously implore you to consider improving it. This is at best a stub of an actual Indiana College and deleting it would be premature. Oh by the way, It adverstising IS your reason for this delete, than Wikipedia should consider deleting ALL College articles as most of them have some advertising point of view. Rhatsa26X (talk) 00:45, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

High School colors

Please stop adding colors to the names of high schools in the infoboxes. That is not standard and does not comply with WP:MOS. In many cases colors and enlargement of the name does not look very good at all. School colors are already listed below in the infobox and do not need to be applied to the title. Thanks for your work with the Athletic conferences; the articles look very nice. I however have moved the titles because it is against WP:NC to use "Page2", "Page 3" for a continued list. Reywas92 ^Talk 19:17, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A Compromise

I will finish removing the color, but in return, restore the medium text. This makes them similar to the Infobox_University format.Rhatsa26X (talk) 21:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wait! That might work, but rather than having < span > text making them all medium, I can simply edit the Template to do it everywhere. Reywas92 ^Talk 23:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That will work Rhatsa26X (talk) 04:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously, please don't add a span to the header of school infoboxes making the font medium. That is not standard. It doesn't matter if the infobox for universities has a larger header than the infobox for other schools; it doesn't achieve anything to add the span to just a few schools. And for some of the schools, you obviously don't know what "native name" in the infobox means. It's not to rearrange the school name with the city, it's for schools in other countries to show the school name in the native language was before being translated. Thank you. Reywas92 ^Talk 23:02, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The template header is still too small. As for the other, You may know that many schools in Indiana are known by two names, the Local Name like say Benjamin Bosse High School and the IHSAA designation used outside Evansville. To anybody in Gibson or any other county, the school is called Evanville Bosse. Its the same way with the schools in Indianapolis, even the ones outside of Indy but are in Marion county are often called Indianapolis ... High School. Indiana just has that peculiarity to it. Trust me, the so-called "Native Names" are nothing more that what the school is referred to by local residents whether it is english or not, while the larger bolder name is what the school is referred to by the region or the IHSAA. It may not be standard, but it is consistent. The IHSAA uses this system because there are at least 15 schools that if you did not add the city name to it, would have the exact same name and some even have the same namesake. Thank You for your concern. Rhatsa26X (talk) 04:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is in no way consistent to only list the name used colloquially for only some Indiana schools while there are thousands more schools that don't use the native names parameter incorrectly. At the very least they would definitely need to be swapped; the official school name (i.e. the article title, in this case Benjamin Bosse High School) should be listed in the name parameter, and the name using the city (Evansville Bosse) should go under native name. Thanks, Reywas92 ^Talk 20:47, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Time for the Missouri Approach!

This is getting nowhere fast. I have been making concessions on this issue, but it seems I will have to use the Missouri Approach and show you exactly what it is I am intending to do here in the long term.

Since you are from Fishers, Indiana, I am going to use two Hamilton County High Schools in my illustration.

This is Fishers High School's infobox using the standard Schools Template.

This is Carmel High School's infobox, notice that it uses the University Template

Gibson Southern High School
Address
3499 W County Road 800 S (3499 Coal Mine Road) Fort Branch , Indiana USA
Information
School district	South Gibson School Corporation

This is my high school alma-matter, Gibson Southern High School's template.
Fishers and Gibson Southern use the same template but now the heading is consistent with Carmel High School.
This is what I am trying to do here, now that I have figured out how to do it.
Do you get it now. I am simply trying to simalarize the heads of the university template which is used on Carmel High School's page with the schools template used on Fishers and Gibson Southern High Schools' pages.

I have just completed some research on how to make both head fonts appear the same size. Since the school and university templates are protected this is going to have to be manually done for the time being. I am not giving up on this, as the standardization of both templates is my every intention.

Using the span style font-size:10.5pt , the Carmel High School and the Gibson Southern High School templates now have the same font style and size. This should no longer be a problem now, is it. When it is done ALL High School Templates in Indiana will look the same and Gibson Southern's template will look like it did when I made it in October 2006 as part of my first article. It DID look like the Gibson Southern example, NOT like the Fishers example.

Rhatsa26X (talk)
02:52, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
20:52, 8 January 2009 (Indiana's CORRECT TIME)

I know what you are tyring to do; you don't have to show me; that's just not how you do it! You do not manually add this span to only Indiana articles. First, Carmel High School should not have the University infobox. If you want conformity in Indiana HS articles, try fixing that. The way to fix some things in a template is not to edit every article with the template, but to go straight to the source. I have requested an edit to Template talk:Infobox School to have this corrected in every article automatically. Thank you for your understanding. Reywas92 ^Talk 03:14, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of WRAY-FM/AM

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article WRAY-FM/AM, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Created individual articles for 2 different programmed radio stations

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent 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.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, 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. User:MrRadioGuy ^{What's that?/What I Do/Feed My Box} 01:43, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you do so, I expect you to re write the article to be in accordance with the rules. This Station DOES exist and all of the Information is correct. I will not have someone randomly deleting pages on actual radio stations without at least trying to correct them. Rhatsa26X (talk) 22:59, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Indiana Class AAAAA Football Membership

A tag has been placed on Indiana Class AAAAA Football Membership requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Radiant chains (talk) 13:15, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Indiana city templates

For every category you create, you should specify parent categories to which it belongs. In the case of a category like this one, parent categories are provided automatically when you include a {{Template category}} template. I've added the template.

I am a human being, not a bot, so you can contact me if you have questions about this. Best regards, --Stepheng3 (talk) 20:58, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Invite

Century Tower

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Florida, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of University of Florida. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!

Jccort (talk) 15:37, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of PAC Spring Titles

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article PAC Spring Titles, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

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All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent 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.

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It all depends on YOUR definition of indiscrinitate information. There are other such lists for other conferences in Indiana that are just like this one and several for Illinoian Conferences that look like a running gag. Why don't we just eliminate all local referent articles and say at local small town or rural area information isn't worth being written. It would, however, be more constructive to try to find the information and add to the information, not just write it off because it seems incomplete, which it is. I am working on adding to this area, provided that it still exists when I can get around to it. After all, I do happen to have a full time job and can't always be around to address every discrepancy that occurs. Unfortunately the IHSAA does not keep conference records or this list, as well as the fall and winter lists and even the same lists for the other area conferences would have been completed months ago. Instead it involves a very exausting search through seemingly vast enclaves of data parts of which are inaccessible. Rhatsa26X (talk) 02:54, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Templates for deletion nomination of Template:Ivy Tech Community College

Template:Ivy Tech Community College has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. 13² 01:03, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

USA Map and states visited/lived

I saw your profile and i wanted to add your map to my profile, with my states, of course...i was just curious as to how...any help would be appreciated... Kuzosake (talk) 22:09, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I used a blank .png map of the US, colored the visited stated maroon and my lived states gold. then uploaded the map. The map is public domain and it should be a .png and I don't mind it. .png maps, unlike jpegs can be altered easily and quickly with little or no fuss at all. Rhatsa26X (talk) 23:25, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An old article you created

I wonder if you might look over Mid-Indiana Football Conference, an article you created and has been largely edited by only you. I had a couple of attempts at editing it, but was uncertain what it is intending to say so did not save. Since you are more experienced than when you created it I am certain you could clean it up fairly quickly. Cheers, LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:02, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response to my talkpage. After reviewing your edits I had a go at cleaning up the article - as a Brit I have no knowledge of the particulars (what I call football you likely know as "soccer"), so I tried to make it understandable for an outsider. I trust my edits have kept the piece within the original intent. LessHeard vanU (talk) 23:31, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nameplate capacity

If you use a weird term such as nameplate capacity, you should create it as a link. You should also give units. "1,094 nameplate capacity" - do you really mean 1,094 MW? — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 02:43, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is a jargon term that indicates the total maximum output of all generators at full power. Also known as aggregate capacity. Rhatsa26X (talk) 02:47, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You don't tell me here or on my user talk page - you just go and edit the article!!! I have done it for you. You missed my point: "nameplate capacity" is a perfectly OK term to use here providing you make it into a wikilink. But omitting the units is unforgivable!

You are an Haworth and one who knows how to spell it! What a co-incidence. Can you trace your family history back to Lancashire and especially the Rossendale Valley? Welcome to Wikipedia. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 11:43, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original research on origin of name "Escambia"

The material you added to Escambia County, Florida and Escambia County, Alabama on the origin of the name "Escambia" was original research, which is not allowed in Wikipedia. The Escambia County, Alabama government web site, which was the 6th item in a Google search for "Escambia meaning", attributes the name to the Creek language (which was already in the article for Escambia County, Alabama). I have reverted your original research from the articles and cited the web site for the Creek language as the source of the name. Please do not add original research to Wikipedia. -- Donald Albury 12:06, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

University Parkway

In case someone tries to delete the page, consider that it is only a stub on a highway under costruction. Rhatsa26X (talk) 00:17, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiBirthday

I saw from here that it's been exactly three years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 11:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the Indiana roads template

We typically don't do templates like that since there's so many links off of it. See WP:USRD/P for other such templates that have been deleted. --Rschen7754 (T C) 06:45, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The template is a easy reference system for all of the state roads in the state so a user does not have to scroll all the way down the lengthy list. I can make this template smaller if that is the issue. Rhatsa26X (talk) 06:53, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus is to not use these templates at all in the WP:USRD project. --Rschen7754 (T C) 06:55, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:State Roads in Indiana

Template:State Roads in Indiana has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Rschen7754 (T C) 07:16, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of State Roads in Indiana

Good application of columns on this article! Omnedon (talk) 23:06, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Thanks. This was what I was aiming at when I made the template. Rhatsa26X (talk) 23:08, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ship articles

There are a few things I have observed you doing recently. One, removing {{fact}} without citing the disputed statements is against policy, do not do that again. Second, you have not been italicizing ship names, something which is proscribed in the MOS. Thirdly, you are mis-using the fields of the infoboxes and messing with the succeeded by fields needs to be discussed if there is something already there. -MBK₀₀₄ 05:13, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you're referring to the USS Forrestal article, I effortlessly found an article that confirms why the ship was called the FID and what it stands for. I put both in parenthesis beneath the FID entry. My dad served on board the the Forrestal for five years and I have heard the ship called each of the mentioned nicknames plus "The Hot Lady", "The Modern Powderkeg" and "The Fire on Water," a parody of the song "Smoke on the water" among quite a long list of other fire-referent names referring to the very many fires the ship has had in its operating history. My dad even got injured during one of them in 1989. Bottom Line is that this area is now cited.

Rhatsa26X (talk) 17:54, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Afd notification

This is a notification that an article you created, Gibson Southern Marching Titans, has been nominated for deletion. You are free to comment on this process at the article's deletion discussion. LonelyBeacon (talk) 05:08, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That article has been warped beyond the point of referring to it as My Article. Althought this was one of my earliest articles, what the article really needs is someone willing to rewrite it into a decent article. There is also the issue of the lack of electronic resources concerning the Marching Titans. I just now checked the status of the article, and there have been three attempts to delete it all resulting in a "keep" consensus. I don't have the time to deal with it right now, ass I am more concentrated on other things and I am also working a great deal of overtime at work until mid-May at the earliest. Rhatsa26X (talk) 05:31, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination of Category:Consolidated City and Counties in the United States

File copyright problem with File:Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area imposed over WTVW Viewing Area.png

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:48, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright Issue Resolved. I found out what the problem was. I forgot to select "public domain" on the copyright status. I ended up replacing it with another heading because the newer version would not accept the copyright addition. The new file is File:Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area imposed over WTVW Viewing Area Map-2.png This map was based on my original public domain map showing just the primary counties. Rhatsa26X (talk) 20:18, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hatnotes on county articles

I noticed you added a hatnote to Montgomery County, Maryland, and then saw that you've done this to a number of county articles. Please don't do that - the county article titles are already unambiguous, containing the county and the state name, thus per WP:NAMB, should not contain hatnotes. One, for instance, would not accidentally land on Montgomery County, Maryland when searching for Montgomery County, Virginia. SchuminWeb (Talk) 10:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a Reviewer

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County numbers

Greetings! I see you have been adding county numbers to the ledes of Indiana county articles. While I agree in general that this information is good for the article and should be added, I would suggest that it's really not important enough to appear in bold immediately after the name of the county. It seems like the kind of information that should go in the infobox. Would you agree? Omnedon (talk) 16:21, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, if I could, I would put it in the infobox. Rhatsa26X (talk) 16:42, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In Knox County, it was already mentioned in the infobox footnotes; so I've removed that from the lede. We can put this in the footnotes for all the other counties too. Omnedon (talk) 18:42, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I had thought of that after I posted the above statement. After all, I was the one responsible for creating Knox County's Footnotes, along with the other counties of Southwestern Indiana. I was waiting for responses to it before expanding that project to include all of Indiana's Counties. But it seems that using the footnotes like I did for those 11 counties may be accpeted for the other 81 as well. The footnotes can also be used in the same manner as Knox County to put other seemingly benign information such as order of creation like in the case of Pike County or order of size and population like Vanderburgh County.

Now that my rework of the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference title list is complete, I am going to make this project my next priority: the moving of all county numbers that I have done from the article to the Infobox, as well as expanding the Southwestern Indiana Footnote Project. This will probably take most of the rest of the day, but should be done at a bare minimum, (i.e. the county number and maybe area rank if it seems a little obvious) by this evening. This will be done by county order, so latter counties like Washington or Tippecanoe may be a while. If you or anybody else want to contribute to this effort to make it go faster, it may get done sooner. I am going to this project underway as of 1630 CDT/1730 EDT (4:30/5:30) Rhatsa26X (talk) 21:31, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also I am using the following phrase for the county number indication:

| footnotes = Notes on Adams County, IN

County 01 in Indiana's Alphanumeric System

This will direct the user to the list of Indiana Counties. as well as give the number, so the number can be verified, although I can pretty much give any county name to its number without even looking at it.Rhatsa26X (talk) 21:47, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Project Indiana Footnote Complete as of 1901 CDT/2001 EDT (7:01/8:01). All 92 Counties now have footnotes containing their respective county numbers, some have other miscellaneous information. Rhatsa26X (talk) 19:05 CDT 16 June 2010

Sorry, but I don't quite get your application of the term "Alphanumeric system". It's a numeric system -- each county has a number. Also, the list of counties is already linked in the Indiana navigation template. Omnedon (talk) 00:42, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A few suggestions... First, we may not need the text "Notes on X County", since that would be assumed in an article about "X County". Second, perhaps just the text "Indiana county number X" is all that's needed. Third, I am not sure that bold text is really needed in this case. What do you think? Adding these numbers to the articles is a good idea, though, IMO. Omnedon (talk) 00:50, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gibson County towns

Greetings! I was just looking at the Template:Gibson County, Indiana and had a couple of questions. You recently added a link for "Calamity, Indiana" to that template, but I can find no record of any such town in Gibson County (or any other Indiana county). Do you have a source for this? The same applies to Snake Run, Gibson County, Indiana, for which you created an article; in looking at the map at the coordinates specified in the article, I see no evidence of any settlement; and I see a "Snake Run" at the USGS but it's a stream, not a town. Omnedon (talk) 12:03, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is a collection of houses located northeast of Owensville along old Indiana 65 it manly consists of several closely grouped homes and a large trailer park. It is known as Calamity Junction. Why it is called this even I do not know. As for Snake Run, It also does appear on some maps including the state map. Snake run even has signs along its length on Indiana 168 saying "SNAKE RUN". I have lived in this county for almost 16 years, and I get around the county a lot. Besides, Warrick County's got a lot of towns on it template that I have never heard of as well. They're probably extinct towns, like Skelton, which now mostly lies at the bottom of Gibson Lake. Rhatsa26X (talk) 08:26, 23 June 2010 (CDT)

As for Warrick County, all of the unincorporated towns listed on that template do appear in USGS data. The USGS database is not perfect, but it does tend to include even the tiniest settlements, some of which no longer exist; so since neither Snake Run nor Calamity Junction appear in the USGS data, some other source(s) would need to be cited to show that they exist as recognized settlements. Omnedon (talk) 15:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Meetups coming up in DC!

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Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

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Coming up in February!

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Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.

If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.

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DC Meetups in March

Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:

Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.

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An exciting month of wiki events!

Hello there,

I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.

On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.

The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.

There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!

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Your edit on Russians

I've reverted your edits on Russians because of WP:OR. There are >8 million ethnic Russians living in Ukraine [and Crimea]. There are less than 2.35 million people living in Crimea with <60% of them being ethnic Russians. So where did this claim that the majority of Russians living Ukraine lived in Crimea? Khazar (talk) 20:15, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

recent infobox edits on Indiana settlements

Hi. I thought I would stop by and give you my 2 cents on this. To me, one of the most useful features of an infobox is its consistency. You can look at the infobox at any (insert subject here) article and you will find the same kind of info at the same place for every one of the articles. I think that it is possible that this may be good content, but given the fact that you are effectively creating new fields to put the info in, it may be worthy of a discussion at the TEMPLATE:Infobox settlement talk page. I think it looks good, although it will duplicate (at least in the highway info) well developed graphic content that is in hundreds if not thousands of articles. WP:USRD has put in a ton of work developing that content.

Admittedly, new style content has to start somewhere. I personally don't find it to be a good place for WP:BOLD however, due to the consistency issue mentioned above.

You do lots of good work on Indiana subjects (dear to me as it is the state of my birth). Thanks for that. I will certainly leave what to do about it up to you, deferring to your years here. There is a discussion taking place at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads#Some recent edits that might bear this project's attention about this subject that you may be interested in joining. If this is something you think we should be doing everywhere, I still feel that the best place to discuss it is the template's talk page. Happy editing, and feel free to answer here. I will follow your TP. John from Idegon (talk) 22:06, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Two edit-a-thons coming up!

Hello there!

I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:

This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.

We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.

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Meet up with us

Happy May!

There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:

On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
You are also invited to the Federal Register edit-a-thon at the National Archives later this month.

Come one, come all!

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Washington, DC meetups in June

Greetings!

Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:

On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
Saturday, June 14 is the Frederick County History Edit-a-Thon from 11 AM to 4 PM. Help improve local history on Wikipedia.
The following Saturday, June 21, is the June Meetup. Dinner and drinks with Wikipedians!
Come on Tuesday, June 24 for the Wikipedia in Your Library edit-a-thon at GWU on local and LGBT history.
Last but not least, on Sunday, June 29 we have the Phillips Collection Edit-a-Thon in honor of the Made in America exhibit.

Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

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Evansville Wiknic 2014

It's time to start planning our Wiknic! This year Evansville is hosting. Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:36, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Great American Wiknic and other events in July

I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!

July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.

What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.

We hope to see you at our upcoming events!

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Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon!

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Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!

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Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

Come one and come all. To a presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history.

Show the Internet who is the better editor.
Be the creator of culture that you know you are.
Spread the knowledge of noteworthy people who no one but you cares about.
Lead the charge to a better Wikipedia --- eventually.

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Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

See you at the Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street, Laurel, MD on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 7:00 PM EST. See http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205494212/ for more information. Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:13, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites revolutionaries, free thinkers, and other sundry editors to a DC WikiSalon

The WikiSalon is a special meetup usually held during the first and third full weeks of every month, from 7 PM to 9 PM. It's an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own.

If you're coming by Metro, the closest station is Dupont Circle (on the Red Line). If you're driving, a lot of parking opens up downtown after 6:30 PM, so finding a parking space (even a free one) should be easy. Once you've found the building, go to Cove on the second floor. We will be in the conference room.

When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: The Cove, Dupont Circle, 1730 Connecticut Avenue NW, 2nd floor, 20009, DC

For more information, see http://www.meetup.com/Wikimedia-DC/events/205500822/

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 02:25, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC's Wonderful meetups

Wikimedia DC's Upcoming meetups

Thursday, September 11: “Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet, One Article at a Time!”
A presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history. Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street in Laurel, MD. 7 PM.
Wednesday, September 17: WikiSalon
Come for the pizza, stay for the conversation. 7 PM – 9 PM
Saturday, September 20: September Meetup
Get dinner and drinks with fellow Wikipedians! 6 PM
Sunday, September 21: Laurel History Edit-a-Thon
Local history for Wikipedia! 10:15 AM – 4 PM
Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28: Please RSVP for the Open Government WikiHack at Eventbrite by clicking on the link. The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC are teaming up to come up with solutions that help integrate government data into Wikipedia. 10:30 AM – 5 PM each day

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:50, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The wonderful annual meeting! And more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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End-of-the-year meetups

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You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

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Museum hacks and museum edits

Hello there!

Upcoming events:

February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.harewikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!

Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

Regards,

James Hare

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Editing for Women's History in March

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I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM
Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM
An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.

More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)
Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM
In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM
Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM
Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

More information • RSVP on Meetup

Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Thanks,

James Hare

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Upcoming attractions in DC

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Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:

Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm
See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia
Friday, April 17: Women in Tech Edit-a-thon with Tech LadyMafia – 5-9pm
Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.
Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!
Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
An edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland

Hope to see you at these events! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

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it's sourced now Rhatsa26X (talk) 05:24, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

They won state title in class 5A, a class above their enrollment twice. Because of IHSAA's tournament success rule, they are now competing in class 6A. Rhatsa26X (talk) 05:29, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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no

it is a main throughfare like the Lloyd. May even become a spur of I-69.Rhatsa26X (talk) Rhatsa26X (talk) 02:41, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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