User talk:Kp57

Welcome!

Hello, Kp57! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking

if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! XLinkBot (talk) 21:54, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Getting started
A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard
Getting help
Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page
Policies and guidelines
Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability

The community
Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists
Writing articles
Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content
Miscellaneous
User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

August 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page West Coast Airlines Flight 956 has been reverted.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://wreckchasinginoregon.blogspot.com/. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, fansite, or similar site (see 'Links to avoid', #11), then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 21:54, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WCA 956

Your recent addition to West Coast Airlines Flight 956 adds instructions. Wikipedia is not a tutorial nor a how to manual. Instead of writing Copy N45 15.577 W121 59.714 to Google maps to see the treeless spot near the top of the ridge, such a thing would be better written N45 15.577 W121 59.714 is the treeless spot near the top of the ridge or some such in most cases. However, we have a template which causes coordinates to link to all known mapping resources. It is already provided in the infobox and appears at the top right of the article (for most skins). The coordinates you provide are at the west edge of Timberline Lodge's lower parking lot, so I've removed the whole thing. Also, note the unsuitability of original research.

Sorry for all the hassles. We do appreciate all attempts to improve Wikipedia and your efforts are appreciated. However, we have a base set of principles from which all other policies and guidelines are derived. In my early editing days, I ran afoul of many of them as well. Please don't be discouraged. If you have any questions, please ask on my talk page. Thanks, —EncMstr (talk) 02:59, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Type the lat and long in just like I said and then look at the GREEN arrow not the RED one. THat is why you were looking at Timberlines parking lot.Kp57 (talk) 02:24, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinates determination

Re the discussion going on at Talk:West_Coast_Airlines_Flight_956#Coordinate_error. How did you determine the coords? Did you use a GPS unit while you were at the site or did you find them using a map after you had visited the site? You can answer here, I'll watch this page. Best regards, TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK) 15:19, 9 December 2010 (UTC) I have been to the crash site. Marked by GPS. N45 15.577 W121 59.714 Type the lat and long in just like I said in Google Maps and then look at the GREEN arrow not the RED oneKp57 (talk) 22:41, 13 December 2010 (UTC). THat is why you were looking at Timberlines parking lot.Kp57 (talk) 02:24, 29 August 2010 (UTC) Write it up any way you want but please use the correct Lats and LKp57 (talk) 22:44, 13 December 2010 (UTC)ongs.[reply]

Thank you for the clarification. Regards, TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK) 14:25, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]