User talk:Josette/Archive1

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Your article, Emily Helen Butterfield, was selected for DYK!

On December 21, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Emily Helen Butterfield, which you created. 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 contributions! ++Lar: t/c 22:19, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK!

On December 26, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Madeline La Framboise, which you created. 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 contributions!! Nishkid 64 01:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, was selected for DYK!

On January 2, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, 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 contributions! ++Larbot - run by User:Lar - t/c 14:34, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK!

On 26 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ann Eliza Bleecker, 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.

--Savidan 18:20, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Anne Lynch Botta, was selected for DYK!

On February 22, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anne Lynch Botta, 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 contributions! Nishkid 64 23:57, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Vincenzo Botta

Not a problem, happy to help. :) Yonatan (contribs/talk) 09:17, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK - Anna Cora Mowatt

On 10 August, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anna Cora Mowatt, 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.

--Circeus 02:44, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

It's rare to get words of encouragement; unfortunately words of criticism come much more easily. Once again, thank you. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 23:14, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

I was just writing you a message when I got one from you! I just wanted to say thank you for your work on relatively obscure historical women, especially Anne Lynch Botta and Elizabeth Ellet. I'm mostly interested in their relationship with Edgar Poe so I may be adding to them further. But, really, thanks so much for dedicating the time to these figures!!! As for Poe's main article, I've been sort of intimidated by it and have avoided it for months. Mostly what I've been doing is creating forked articles like Edgar Allan Poe's literary influence and adding sources and citations to info that's already there. So, really, I've been taking away or supporting info that's on there, rather than expanding. Some day it will be featured! Let me know if there's any specific help you want on Botta, Ellet, or Osgood, by the way. --Midnightdreary 15:29, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I realize I didn't really answer your question: the answer is yes! Osgood should certainly play a strong role in Poe's article... I'm just not there yet myself. Feel free to work it in yourself if you are so inclined. :) --Midnightdreary 15:55, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Poor Anne Stephens could certainly use some work! I might make a few picks at it as I find sources. --Midnightdreary 21:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, there is a listing for "A Valentine" on the full list of poems by Poe. Jump to it here if you're interested in taking a look. --Midnightdreary 01:01, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In case you haven't seen this, I found this essay online: Friends and Enemies: Women in the Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Richard Benton. I've used it before but never knew it was online. Anyway, Osgood, Lynch-Botta, and Ellet are all mentioned in there, in case you think you can use any of it. --Midnightdreary 02:41, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK: Elizabeth F. Ellet

On 19 October, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Elizabeth F. Ellet, 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.

--PFHLai 10:34, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

pull!

Thanks for your help in getting the good ship SS Christopher Columbus to Good Article status. She would have been sunk without everyone's help, it's really swell how we all pulled together.

anchors aweigh!

++Lar: t/c 23:16, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Frances Dana Barker Gage

On 30 October, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frances Dana Barker Gage, 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.

--++Lar: t/c 02:13, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sojourner Truth

Hi. In order to highlight the quotes from Sojourner Truth, I'll switch from Blockquote to Cquote, which adds blue quotation marks to the format. In general, editing style directs that you don't use quotation marks when a quotation is indented.

I agree that the article has a lot of room for improvement. I'd like to find a good biography and learn more about her life.

PS - See Ain't I a Woman? for a copy of the speech as originally published and in modern English. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 20:48, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

I considered not spamming talk pages but not saying "thanks" just isn't me. The support was remarkable and appreciated - you do know I appreciate. I only hope that I am able to help a little on here. Please let me know if I can help you or equally if you find any of my actions questionable. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:49, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Condolences

What a wonderful relationship your family must have, to put so much effort into raising an 'adopted' creature with such love, and to pay tribute to her here with such fondness. I'm sorry your time with her was too short, and I hope you have thousands of good memories to give you comfort. Maralia 18:09, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I learned so much from her and I am truly grateful for every moment. - Epousesquecido 19:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks, that was a nice message and appreciated. He's a lucky man, I hope he knows that.;-) Giano (talk) 21:20, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes he is, and yes, he does... :) ++Lar: t/c 21:32, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But would de beeeyoootifulla lady like a leeetle olidai solo in Italia? Giano (talk) 21:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's tempting... very tempting! (I might be too much for you handle! :) - Epousesquecido (talk) 21:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think a once you tasta de spumanti and de spumoni you neva wanna return to dat cold pagan place with all the huriccanes and de Presidente Bushes. Giano (talk) 22:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well I do like spumoni and I don't like Bush...hmm, even more tempting - Epousesquecido (talk) 04:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Frances Sargent Osgood

Thanks. I enjoy researching as well. I especially enjoy creating useful links. I do not spend much time editing, etc. but I love the concept of Wikipedia and will continue to be as useful as possible. Daytrivia (talk) 02:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sara Jane Lippincott

Morning! I still have you watchlisted, so I saw you add Miss Sara Jane. I've given her a copyedit and added an infobox. Unfortunately, I'm largely ignorant about her body of work, so I would appreciate if you'd look over the infobox—especially the 'genres' and 'subjects' sections—and make sure I didn't totally mispresent her. Thanks! Maralia (talk) 16:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, especially for your copyedits, I was hoping someone would start cleaning up after me! :) The infobox looks fine too. I started reading about her and realized how important she was to our past, I felt compelled to add to her bio. Thanks for your interest. - Epousesquecido (talk) 17:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Little Pilgrim

Looking good so far, from a standing start! Can you get the body over 1500 chars and the total well over 2000? That's really just one or two good paragraphs of content more. Then it's DYKable :) It really is a nice little stub so far. I suggest some words on what sort of content the magazine had (did it have features, columns, activities for kids? Stories? Puzzles? Moral instruction?) would be good. Any other famous authors? Any info on circulation or what it sold for per copy or yearly? What was the bit about the subscriptions and when they started? That might be worth writing about too... Why did it get merged? Just some food for thought. ++Lar: t/c 18:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll need it. (it's not that interesting, I was just trying to get rid of the red link :) - Epousesquecido (talk) 22:02, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Good luck! I left you a message at Commons, I think you had a typo in the newer masthead name... ++Lar: t/c 22:13, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page blanking

I saw you warn an IP here ... It may be somewhat controversial, but accepted policy on en:wp is that it is OK to blank one's own talk page if one is a user. Doing so implies that one has read whatever warnings or admonitions were there (ignorance is not a defense then). But for an IP, there may be multiple users there so I think you did the right thing :) ++Lar: t/c 20:09, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Riana's request for bureaucratship

Dear Epousesquecido, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 12:43, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A little gift kissed by the sun!

I find myself overwhelmed and speechless (wordless?). I shall have to find a special place to keep such a lovely gift, as it will get in the way when I am cleaning stalls. - Epousesquecido (talk) 23:36, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We did it, SS Chris is a Featured Article!

yaay!

Thanks for your help in getting the good ship SS Christopher Columbus to Featured Article status. The nomination went swimmingly, it was clear sailing all the way, no one turned up to torpedo it, and she passed easily.

that's the ticket!

First to get my formal thanks... couldn't have done it without your support and encouragement. Thanks a million! You're the greatest. ++Lar: t/c 22:27, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA thanks

Thanks for your support in my RFA, that didn't quite make it and ended at 120/47/13. There was a ton of great advice there, that I'm going to go on. Maybe someday. If not, there are articles to write! Thanks for your support. Lawrence § t/e 17:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

:)

Found nice pictures did you? :) Thanks & take care --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:20, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gift book

Thanks for writing the gift book article! I was so excited to see it today and link to it from Mary Shelley. If you want any more sources for it, let me know. I came across a few while doing research for the Shelley article. Awadewit (talk) 16:40, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 21 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gift book, 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.

Cheers, Daniel (talk) 00:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A userbox...

You may wish to consider use of this userbox on your userpage: {{User wikipedia/Anti-Administrator}} ... (Meant to tell you before I left!) ++Lar: t/c 17:05, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. My husband had a good chuckle at your reason for supporting me – I guess it’s not quite a universal opinion. :-) I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 15:51, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

I just had the pleasure of reading about Ann Eliza Bleecker. Well done! Congratulations on bringing it to good article status. Seems to me there may be some others on your list that aren't all that far from achieving the same level - think about it. Risker (talk) 05:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed there are, I think. (I admit bias :) )... and maybe Ann can be an FA with a bit more spit and polish? ++Lar: t/c 05:11, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

The reason there was no topic ban suggested is because that user's misconduct was not confined to one article or topic; it's been all over the place. Please don't feel it is not appropriate for you to comment, as you are welcome to respond. Regards - Ncmvocalist (talk) 09:20, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I still feel it is not appropriate for me to comment on the C68-FM-SV arbitration case, as I personally have not had any interaction with anyone involved except Cla68, who has always been extremely kind and helpful to me. Plus, I have been leery of drawing the attention of some of the others involved in the case, as I have seen the way they appear to treat those that do not share their exact opinions. - Epousesquecido (talk) 20:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Just saw your reply) Yeah, I can understand that - tensions fly high after a while. It's sometimes beneficial avoid getting involved - it means that any frustration you do have does not come out, and you have no regrets getting involved in the first place. In any case, it's all an experience and we walk away learning something we didn't know. I expect to revise my proposals once more in the next few days. If you have any more ideas or questions, feel free to let me know. Regards - Ncmvocalist (talk) 06:47, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]