User:Gerry D/archive19

Vacation

Have a safe trip and have fun! We can wait on FAC until your return. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:58, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

The nom is in. Fingers crossed, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Soda Popinski

Ah, sorry; I intended to replace it, but couldn't find a good image to replace it with and got distracted from doing so.

Thanks for the approval of DIY for Glass Joe, but I don't know what you mean by Soda Popinski missing information for Punch-Out!! and Nintendo. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 06:25, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Pinckney State Recreation Area

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I believe you did update the credit, possible SNAFU when the hook was moved to the queue. Oh well what can do, mistakes happen. I hope the vacation was pleasant. ​​​​​​​​Niagara ​​^{Don't give up the ship} 01:20, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Neat! Waldameer could give it a run for its money, though ;-) ​​​​​​​​Niagara ​​^{Don't give up the ship} 01:41, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Camano Island State Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ricketts Glen State Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Amazing

Congrats on the continuing and amazing string of DYKs, including the one for Ricketts Glen. You even produce DYKs on your vacation! Finetooth (talk) 17:05, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

My congrats too! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 18:27, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Allegheny Islands

Yes, I had seen the discussion - fixed the refs in Ricketts Glen first and was going to comment on the article's talk page. I tried to upload a photo and got the error message too - then tried to use my TUSC account and that failed (it was one of Nicholas T's Hickory Run photos - here - not sure if the license is OK or not). My guess is the bot will be back working soon, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:21, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - not sure if it would be better to wait a day and see if the upload service comes back online. I will add the PA Manual acreage to the RGSP article. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Milan Paumer

Refs are sorted now - thanks for the advice. -- ChrisO (talk) 00:33, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Snake Den State Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Ricketts FA

Congratulations on the well-deserved star for Ricketts Glen State Park. Finetooth (talk) 01:40, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes indeed, success again! I will send out formal thank spam shortly. Thanks for all your work and patience, I have the feeling most other PA state parks won't be this detailed / require this much work. Will also work on the TN map, thanks for the heads up Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 12:08, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

I made the calibration template at Template:Geobox locator Tennessee, let me know ifthere are tweaks needed. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:23, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Glad it looks good - let me know if it needs to be tweaked, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:44, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

	<font=3> Thanks again for your patience and all your hard work making Ricketts Glen State Park a featured article today. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 13:25, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

	<font=3> Thanks again for your kind words, helpful comments, and support. Bull Run River made featured article today. Finetooth (talk) 03:18, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK request

Dincher, would you mind checking the Jeremy Bamber DYK that I suggested on August 11? The ones before it and after it have been checked, so I'm assuming it must have been missed. I added the source at the time, so it should be fairly easy to confirm, if you have the time. If not, no worries. Cheers, SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 10:36, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Re: Ohiopyle timelapse

Great find - thanks! The file has to be converted to ogv format, which I do not know how to do. I asked at the MediaLab help page before and Penubag did the conversion, but he is not very active now. I will ask there for help. Did you see Red Rock Job Corps Center? I nominated it at DYK. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:05, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

The request is in at Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Photography_workshop#Help_converting_a_video_on_Flickr_to_ogv_format. The RRJCC is my get rid ofa red link in the article for FAC article for RGSP. Do you think it would be worth writing an article on Lakes in Ricketts Glen State Park - talk about Mud Pond and Lake Jean, then the former Lakes Leigh and Rose. At one point I thought about including Mountain Springs Lake and the former Ice Dam No. 2 Lake, but they are not technically in the park. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:05, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Wow, that was fast. Thanks for adding it to the Ohiopyle article. I would be OK with adding the videos to the PA state parks list - which two images would we remove? I just realized we had talked about putting the Ganoga video into the RGSP article. I am not sure where we would put it though.

I had thought about trying for a R. Bruce Ricketts featured topic. Ricketts Glen State Park, Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park, Ganoga Lake, and Clemuel Ricketts Mansion are all already FAs. The Bruce article would have to be at least GA, and would probably have to get William Reynolds Ricketts to at least GA too. Lakes would fit in either topic. I think if we tried for a RGSP topic, Bruce, Benton Air Force Station and Red Rock Job Corps Center would have to be at least GA and I am not sure if Ganoga Lake and the Mansion would count for RGSP. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:58, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

I made Template:Geobox locator South Carolina and will do SD next. I forgot the village of Ricketts would need to be GA for a FT too (maybe not for the park). Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:06, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Template:Geobox locator South Dakota is done now too - please let me know if they need to be tweaked. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:19, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK

Template_talk:Did_you_know#Jeremy_Bamber See issue there. — Rlevse • Talk • 18:59, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Gerry D. You have new messages at Template talk:Did you know.
Message added 08:25, 22 August 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

DYK for Berman's Bakery

Hi, I wonder if you could help here. I've replied to my reviewer's concerns within hours, but she is taking days to respond to me. Yesterday, I think I satisfied her latest concerns. Could you help this nomination along? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 12:43, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Yoninah (talk) 19:34, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Undershaw at DYK

Hullo Dincher. As some good late suggestions have come in, I'd appreciate you taking a quick look at the Aug. 18 nomination you approved for Undershaw, built for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. As article creator and nominator, I have incorporated the best suggestions and would like you to examine ALT6 as the final makeover. Thanks for your time on this, I really want to get it right. Best wishes Jusdafax 00:52, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you kindly! Jusdafax 00:22, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Zekiah Swamp

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

100 DYK medal

		The 100 DYK Medal
		Given with respect and admiration to Dincher on the occasion of your 100th article appearing on the Main Page in the Did you know? section. Keep up the amazing work! Your friend, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 12:05, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Montgomery Bell State Park

Hello! Your submission of Montgomery Bell State Park at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Nsk92 (talk) 09:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I have replied to your last message at the DYK nominations page. The new refs are better, but I'd still like you to add this extra ref[1] which covers all aspects of the hook fact. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 07:34, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Happy Dincher's Day!

User:Dincher has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Dincher's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Dincher! Peace, Rlevse 01:43, 27 August 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:43, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

27 Aug for you. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:43, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations on a well-deserved honor! Glad ECU is going better, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:12, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Red Rock and plans

Thanks for the congrats on Red Rock - have you been getting many edits on your recent DYKs? It seems like they get fewer edits while they are on the Main Page now than they used to. I got some pictures of Hickory Run yesterday - it is a lovely park with lots of interesting places. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:31, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

That's interesting - I wonder if that is a general trend (seems like it may be) - might be worth asking at talk DYK. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:00, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

I deleted the material at Bladenboro, North Carolina - thanks for the heads up. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:27, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

OK, I will try to review some DYKs (I did review a double when my nom was up). I am not sure what BB and TCB are - you can email me if they are private. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 22:50, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanations. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:48, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - I am not going to delete it as it may be the mayor actually did die. Agree it was good to revert it now. I checked on Google but did not see any news on this. You OK with the hurricane coming? Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:49, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Glad to hear you are OK - knew you were some distance from the coast, but was not sure how far the threat was. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:22, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Turns out the mayor did die - someone added it already and it is here. :( Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:34, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

I am guessing it will eventually just be "...was the mayor from YEAR to 2010, followed by...". Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:59, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Some things in Freeland were named for him, sounds like he will be missed. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:18, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Montgomery Bell State Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:04, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:26, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK backlog

Ha, fat chance! Blessings on you though who help make DYK possible. Congrats, by the way, on becoming an Awesome Wikipedian. I already knew you were, but now it's official. Congrats also on reaching 100 (now 101) DYKs. That's awesome too. Finetooth (talk) 03:30, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Old Furnace State Park

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Scouter's Key Award

You looked at this at DYK noms, could you look at Scouter's Training Award at DYK too? It's very similar and someone has a different view. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:47, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:31, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I have one on Lawrence E. Roberts right now too..wink wink. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:33, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Newton Hills State Park

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations - saw this on the Main Page and knew who it had to be from ;-) Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:57, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Colton Point pic

I saw it on Flickr, went to the article to see how the one we had looking the same direction compared, and found you'd already swapped it out. That is some fats work, thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar!

Hi! Many thanks for the barnstar. On a recent visit to my hometown, I amused myself by roaming around taking photos. I took some in Erie County, also. I have some from Indiana (Pa.) and Mercer that I haven't yet uploaded. Some of these little burgs aren't particularly photogenic -- for instance, there is no way to make Wesleyville or Harrison City, Pa., look beautiful. On the other hand, Mercer and Indiana gave me more to work with in terms of quaintness. Canadian2006 (talk) 02:22, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Sachet (scented bag)

Can you take a look at Articles created/expanded on September 3 to see if this above article might qualify for a DYK. Apparently the previoulsy approved ALT1 is no longer approved. Perhaps ALT3 or ALT4 or ALT5 is better suited. Thanks.-Doug Coldwell ^talk 17:54, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Just changed from old article title of "perfume cushion" to the new one of Sachet in the Header. Do I have it correct as Sachet (scented bag) is the full and complete name? Thanks for help.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 18:06, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Have recently added ALT6 and ALT7. I lean towards ALT4 as a favorite.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 21:20, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I approved hook 7. It's not the most interesting hook, but it is certainly without question. Dincher (talk) 23:45, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I am very busy IRL. Will check the other hooks later. Dincher (talk) 23:47, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

ALT 4 passes the test too. Dincher (talk) 21:15, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for follow up.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 21:34, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for LeFleur's Bluff State Park

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations! I added more pictures on Commons for Hickory Run. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:08, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Glad you like the pix - it is a really cool park and there lots of places I have not been to there yet. Take care, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:49, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Working through my upload backlog slowly, I now have all my decent pictures (and of course some of my usual weird ones like latrines and recycling staions) for Hyner Run State Park on Commons. Also uploaded the Michael Ross portrait in the Williamsport cat (photographed it in the museum there). Little Pine pix are next - probably this weekend, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:47, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Glad you like them - I was looking at the official park map as I went through uploading the photos and I could trace the path I took through the park by the order of the pictures. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:31, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I got pictures of the CCC-built pavilions and latrine at Sand Bridge this weekend, including a panorama for the bottom of the article. Problem is there is not enough room for a panorama. What would you think of switching the picture column in the PA state parks check list to a list of numbers of photos on Commons, including panoramas? So Allegheny Islands would be 2, and Sand Bridge would be 12, 1P. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:39, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Sand Bridge is only 800 B of text with the page size tool, so if we expand it for the panorama, we could also try for a DYK. The Pennsylvania Manual list or the History of the State Parks book list it as smallest - perhaps DYK ...that Sand Bridge State Park, the smallest Pennsylvania state park at 3 acres (1.2 ha), has three CCC-built picnic pavilions from the 1930s? We could use one of the new pavilion pictures. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:03, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

SOunds good - I can add some stuff too. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 19:58, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

If you think we can expand it in 5 days, in the article is fine. Otherwise, user space. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:52, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

A history merge should be a new page - good find on the attendance figures. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:13, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Oliver Sacks?? Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:46, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

I have not looked in the Histories of the state parks or the one of the state forests I have yet. Busy IRL, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:02, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

My guess is that there is enough for Sand Bridge to be GA but probably not FA. I still need to get out my books. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:57, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I need to get a good history of Union County and see - a fair amount of UPBSP is about the run and township. My guess is there will be some stuff on the state forest in my SF history and I know the park is mentioned some in Cupper's SP history. Not sure about Forrey's SP History. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:29, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Good idea - I own the Indian Trails in Pennsylvania book too. Will check that. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 23:30, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Re: PA 192

Apologies. I've been busy with my 3rd semester at college. :) - Yeah I saw the message. Anyway, I can get it to you in a few days. I owe Rurfrisch anyway for a long PR. Mitch32^{(Transportation Historian)} 21:56, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

FL

	<font=3> Thanks again for your support and comments. List of longest streams of Oregon made featured list today. Finetooth (talk) 02:57, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Okmulgee and vandals

How about DYK... that Okmulgee State Park (pictured) in Oklahoma is one of only two places in the world where the fossil coral Gymnophyllum wardi is found? I like the image and would try it in the DYK hook. There is a journal article on the coral here.

I deleted two things from Joepa's article. Thanks for the heads up. Got some more Leonard Harrison pix today. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:45, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

• I am watching Joe now. I can only find one scientific ref on the fossil coral that is not snippet or first page only. I may be able to get some better refs at a local library. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:28, 26 September 2010 (UTC)