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Correction

Hello, whoever wrote this got the surname of the rival to the Putnam family wrong. It was the Porter family (not Preston) with whom Thomas Putnam famously battled wills. Salem was torn apart by the power struggle between the Putnam and Porter families. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.224.47.11 (talk) 03:40, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

From Karin Inga Helga Klyce

I've spent many a summer at Woodland Farm. My Grandmother is Karin Gertz Taylor, sister of Inga Billfinger. So excited to see this picture, and the memories that came flooding back. As I grow of age I continue to appreciate more and more the time spent there, especially after my visit with Grandmother last week. Very interested to know if you are of relation to my family. I can be contacted at karinklyce@yahoo.com. Hoffentlich ist alles gut! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.73.238.171 (talk) 04:51, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I have signed on to Wikipedia. Am still interested in your connection to 104 Woodland. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank You! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ingahelgaklyce (talk • contribs) 05:20, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Page review

Dear Magicpiano, I have seen some of the reviews that you did in the past for WP:COMPOSERS, and was wondering if you would mind taking a look at the article Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. I have worked a lot on it over the last several months, and feel it no longer is a "Start" class article. Thanks in advance! Toccata quarta (talk) 21:30, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

If you don't have time or interest, then just let me know; I won't have a problem with that. Toccata quarta (talk) 18:14, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

I'll try to get to it this weekend. Magic♪piano 21:38, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! Toccata quarta (talk) 19:45, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Bridge No. 1860, in Connecticut

Bridge No. 1860 pic by magicpiano, uploaded in 2012

Hi, i wonder if you could contribute information to help nip some budding disagreement at article Bridge No. 1860 about its proper name for its wikipedia article, as the NRHP listing name or as "Samson Occom Bridge". It's a bridge in CT, that was NRHP-nominated and listed in 1993. At that time apparently there was a wooden sign which was photographed and is linked from the article which mentioned a Samson Occum or Occom. Do you by any chance know if the sign is still there in 2012, or if it is prominent, or anything about the possible use of that alternative name? If the wooden sign is gone and there is no other support for that name, i think that should resolve the question in favor of use of the NRHP name as best-documented, common name. If the sign is prominent and/or there are other signs, other support for the Occum name, that would support it being considered the common name. If you have any real info, please share, perhaps at Talk:Bridge No. 1860? Thanks, --doncram 21:34, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Pulaski at Charleston

Since you seem to know much about that issue, perhaps you could clarify if something needs to be done at Talk:Casimir_Pulaski#Siege_of_Charleston. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 17:15, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Could you expand on this in the article? I will try to expand on the Polish chapter of his life, but the Polish sources are, unsurprisingly, less concerned with his American exploits. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 23:18, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Could you provide the ref for the end-of-para sentence "The episode, although of little military value, raised morale in the area."? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 19:39, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

List of colonial governors of Massachusetts

Hello, I am writing to you because you worked on the List of colonial governors of Massachusetts. In an article about William Pepperrell it is stated that "between March and August 1757, he was acting governor of Massachusetts." On the other hand, on the list from April 5 to August 3, 1757 the Massachusetts Governor's Council is shown, although some "acting governors" are listed before and after that date. Is there any contradiction? If William Pepperrell was the "acting governor" in 1757, should he be listed instead of the Council? Thanks, — Adavyd (talk) 20:18, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Pepperrell may have been the senior councillor, or the council's chair, at the time of that interregnum. This might lead some early biographers to characterize him has being an acting governor, when that was not the case de jure. link The statement in the Pepperrell article is also not cited. Magic♪piano 21:44, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Your Changes to 26th Continental Regiment

Read with interest the changes you made to this article that I authored. Some questions that came to mind as I read the article:

• Do you think the rewrite has now refocused the article on the final form of the unit, the 9th Massachusetts Regiment, rather than the 26th Continental Regiment?

- Are we certain we want to include the previous and follow on units in the infobox of the article? We already had treated that fairly well in the body of the article.

- Is the paragraph title change "1775 history" you made appropriate? The text of the paragraph deals with 1776.

• Your comment says "prepare to move"? Do you intend to move this article somewhere else under a different title? If so, what is you logic?

• The legacy paragraph about reenactors seems to be only about the 9th Regiment as well.

• Would not a separate article about the 9th MA Regt unit be more appropriate?

Thanks,

Dhpage (talk) 02:51, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

I was looking through all of the regiments in the Massachusetts Line, which have an exceptionally tangled history of numbering and naming. Those that have clear continuity across the various establishments of the Continental Army are, with the exception of the 26th Cont/9th Mass, named for the latest-established name, and also (when they are more than stubs) typically have history that covers all of the establishments, not just one. Given that the 26th is clearly a successor to Gerrish's Regiment and a predecessor to the 9th Mass, one article should be able to cover all of that history, and (for consistency's sake) it should be called "9th Massachusetts Regiment" rather than "26th Continental Regiment". Please discuss this further on the article talk page if you disagree. Magic♪piano 03:09, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Natchez Massacre

What's your preference, MP, would you like to see the nom try to finish this up during the current FAC, or would you rather run it through Milhist's A-class process first? (Reply at the FAC, please, if you have a preference.) - Dank (push to talk) 20:29, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

While I'm here ... I know you do more with Massachusetts, but ... any thoughts on whether Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Fort Dobbs (North Carolina) would do well at FAC? - Dank (push to talk) 13:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Noyes-Parris House

Good job finding the Noyes-Parris House and photographing it! I've been looking for it off and on for quite a while. I used to commute along Old Connecticut Path. Faolin42 (talk) 17:56, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

I had to look at the nomination papers and Google satellite images to figure out where it was. It's down at the end of a private road with a driveway of moderate length (I walked about halfway down the driveway to take that picture). Magic♪piano 19:08, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge and Middlesex County

Another good find on the Patrick_Slowey_House! Does that mean National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts and National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts are complete? Faolin42 (talk) 02:17, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

See my comment at WT:NRHP. The Cambridge list is complete, the Middlesex list also (I also hit the new Bedford VA listing) is as complete as it is likely to be. I've not been able to find anything out about McCune Site, even in archaeological literature searches. As far as I can tell, all of the NRHP listings in Middlesex that are still standing (i.e. have not been demolished) have some sort of image. I knew where the Slowey House was, but needed confirmation (found in the recent digitization of its inventory record at MACRIS) that the house's address had changed.

By the way, if you want another list to work on, look at 1767 Milestones. There's a ride/road trip out Rt 9 west of Worcester to find most of those. Magic♪piano 02:40, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Siege of St. John's article

I've edited the article a bit (mainly with citations) almost 7 weeks ago, but never got around to nominate it. I wanted to get your take on whether the article needed anymore editing before it becomes a GAN. Contact me as soon as you can, and thanks for reading! LeftAire (talk) 00:04, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

The first paragraph is not fully cited, and the nationality of St. John's defenders is not mentioned in the lead. The article also needs better imagery: the lead map should highlight places mentioned in the article, and there should be a reasonable period map of St. John's harbour and its defences. I've actually located a map of the latter (from 1798, but it shows the things that matter ), and have made a copy of the former to annotate in a graphics editor.

If I was to review this article (this applies equally to Battle of St. John's, by the way) I would ask if more modern sources are available to confirm things recorded by Prowse and Charlevoix. (This is not because I have a specific issue with Prowse, but a more generalized issue with the quality of 19th century sources. I shelved this article because I suspect there are 20th century sources on Newfoundland history that cover these events, but I don't have access to any. I'm planning a trip to NF this summer, and may actually pursue a visit to a suitable library while I'm there.) Magic♪piano 16:03, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Dublin pictures

Thanks for taking the pictures. I went there in April and wanted to document all the listings in the area, but I spent too much time in Vermont and in Keene, got in Dublin at the dusk, and found that most properties are not accessible (I could not even stop my car to take a picture through the fence), so I could only take two at the central square.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:26, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

I've estimated that doing all of the listings in Dublin and Harrisville would take several days to deal with. Some are likely inaccessible without permission (e.g. this one, which I had hopes of seeing from a distance), and geocoordinates have to be verified. (I got to Dublin center in late afternoon, my pics of the center are a bit better than yours...) Magic♪piano 21:38, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Monmouth Rebellion

Thanks for your advice on WP Military History about the Monmouth Rebellion article. I've followed your advice and wondered if you would be kind enough to take another look?— Rod ^talk 20:25, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

James Moore (Continental Army officer) GAN

Magic, I noticed that by a funny coincidence (or not, since we are generally in the same subject-matter orbit), you did a GAN review of James Moore (the Continental Army general) back in 2010 for the original author. As a part of my drive to make a Featured Topic out of "North Carolina's Continental Army Generals" (there were only 5), I basically did a complete re-write of the article with much more accurate refs. I have an extensive library of sources on North Carolina's role in the Revolution, as well as on the Continental Army as a whole, and while I think the prior author did a fine job with what he had available (online), it didn't cut it for quality purposes. That being said, and not to impose, but would you be willing to take a re-look at the new GAN nomination at Talk:James Moore (Continental Army officer)? If you don't have time/energy/interest to do so, I understand. I figured it may help to get someone with some familiarity of the subject to look at it. This is one of two (the other likely being Francis Nash) that I intend on taking the ACR-PR-FAC route, if at all possible. Thanks! Cdtew (talk) 15:08, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Picture

Dear Magicpiano,

how did you happen to choose this house to photograph? i think it is newly painted now. 173.162.132.245 (talk) 18:56, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I've taken a great many pictures of houses. You'll have to tell me which house you're talking about (please link to the article). Magic♪piano 19:00, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi,

Sorry to be vague. I asked about the Bennett Shattuck House in Groton and how you chose it and whether you knew it had been repainted.

Thanks, 173.162.132.245 (talk) 14:02, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

and here is the URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GrotonMA_BennettShattuckHouse.jpg 173.162.132.245 (talk) 14:03, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

As I said, I've taken pictures of many houses; this one was just another on the list. I only occasionally pass through Groton, and that house is somewhat remote from the main routes through town, so I'm unlikely to return to the location. If you think it looks better now that it's had a fresh coat of paint, by all means upload another picture. (See Wikipedia:Uploading images; you would have to set up an account.) Magic♪piano 15:38, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Moore's Creek

I have no doubt that your knowledge of Moore’s Creek far exceeds mine. I was wondering why you would attribute the Regulator movement to support for the Loyalist. Many of the leaders and supporters had fled North Carolina, and the movement had log ago disbanded. From what I can gather only ~200 individuals, that considered themselves Regulators, joined the British. Would it be better to say that former Regulators supported the British? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maflake66 (talk • contribs) 19:09, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, I typically try to summarize what my sources say. I suggest you read what David Russell has to say on the matter if you want a more nuanced view of the matter. You are probably correct that the article should use the word "former" in reference to the Regulators. Magic♪piano 20:19, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

A medal for you!

		The Good Article Medal of Merit
		Thanks for your many terrific contributions at WP:GAN, most recently William Eustis. I always know when I open an article from you that it's going to be of the highest quality. Keep up the good work! -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:31, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Maine boundary dispute

Hi, at File:MaineBoundaryDispute.jpg your colors are the reverse of what the legend in the map itself says. The legend says, "the blue line [shows] the extent of the original claim of the United States; and the red line, the claim of the British autorities", but you've used red to show the original claim of the U.S. and blue to show the claim of Britain. That's confusing! Angr (talk) 22:26, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Darned if you aren't right on that. I coulda sworn I checked that. Thanks for noticing! Magic♪piano 00:13, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

McGuinness Three-Decker

Hi MP ... The photo you uploaded to Commons that's identified as the Patrick McGuinness Three-Decker doesn't look at all like the one that's in the MACRIS database. I also looked it up in Google Maps Street View and the image they have is the same building as is in the MACRIS database. Are you sure you got the right building? (I posted this same message over on your Commons talk page, but thought I'd post it here as well.) --Sanfranman59 (talk) 22:25, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

That would be a disconnect between my notes and my pictures (with a helping of PEBKAC). I will upload the proper image. Magic♪piano 23:13, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I hear ya ... been there, done that. Thanks for all the work you do on the NRHP pages. You and your fellow Bay Staters have done a great job photographing NRHP sites. I wish I'd had this hobby 20-30 years ago when I lived in New England. --sanfranman59 (talk) 23:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Aha ... I've found your photo of the McGuinness Three-Decker. It's labeled as the Catharine Roynane Three-Decker. Alas, the one that's labeled as the McGuinness Three-Decker is not the Roynane Three-Decker. --sanfranman59 (talk) 23:34, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I will fix these in due course. Do please let me know if you find more... Magic♪piano 23:39, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I've already changed the photo of the McGuinness in both the eastern Worcester list and in the Patrick McGuinness Three-Decker article. --sanfranman59 (talk) 23:41, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I've uploaded the correct images to the correct filenames, so things should be looking better. The thumbnails generated on commons are taking their time getting updated, though. Magic♪piano 23:59, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

The plot thickens ... it looks like the NRIS has misspelled Catherine Ronayne (yes, both names). That's the spelling that the MACRIS database has and a Google search turns up a bunch of results for "Catherine Ronayne" in Worcester, Massachusetts and basically none for "Catharine Roynane" (other than all the Wikipedia clones). --sanfranman59 (talk) 00:09, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you. Magic♪piano 00:12, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

lol ... me too! --sanfranman59 (talk) 00:13, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Richard O'Brien Three-Decker & Arthur Provost Three-Decker

Hi again, MP ... This one doesn't look like the photo that MACRIS has either. --sanfranman59 (talk) 01:17, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Nor does this one (here's the MACRIS link). Although in this case, I suppose it could be the same building, but with major modifications. --sanfranman59 (talk) 01:21, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

I think that maybe the one you've titled the Provost Three-Decker is really the O'Brien Three-Decker? --sanfranman59 (talk) 01:36, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Could be. The O'Brien pic is the Roynane house. I'll have to check the alignment of my notes and my picture sequence tomorrow. Magic♪piano 01:44, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

These have been fixed. I had an off-by-one error (missed a picture) when I was processing them. (The Provost house has lost its upper level porches, but you can actually read the house number in the picture.) Magic♪piano 12:25, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Shays' Rebellion

Magic Piano, I am not sure if it is "Shays' Rebellion" or "Shays's Rebellion." But, I think Leonard Richards is an authority. He has a Ph.D. in history, he teaches at UMass-Amherst, he wrote the most recently scholarly book on the rebellion, and he lives near Springfield, Massachusetts. I'd say that he would know the name of the event. I did not change the name in Wikipedia, I merely added the alternative spelling. Why did you delete it? Do you know more about it than Dr. Richards? If so, I apologize. If not, you should at least recognize that he probably knows more about it than either of us. 24.9.74.139 (talk) 22:29, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

It's a question of grammar, not historical accuracy. The spelling difference is a relatively minor nitpick, and (in my opinion) is not worth the bother. It's even less necessary to cite an authority (I am well aware who Richards is) on such triviality. Magic♪piano 22:40, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

But, if it is a question of grammar, Richards is not wrong. I point you to Modern English in Action by Henry I. Christ. On page 311, in the section on "Plurals and Possessives of Nouns," Christ says, "Though nouns ending in s may take the apostrophe only (Iris' or Iris's), you will be right if you add 's." Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Thesis, and Dissertations (also referred to as "The Chicago Manual of Style") which is the style manual used by historians, agrees. On page 284, under Section 20.2 "Possessives," Subsection 20.2.1, Turabian writes, "Form the possessive of most singular common and proper nouns, including those that end in s, x, or z, by adding an apostrophe and s." Then, in the examples, she gives "Stevens's poems." So, Richards, whom you apparently know, and who spells the rebellion with 's is either not wrong, according to Christ, or absolutely correct, according to Turabian. Again, unless you have a Ph.D. in history, or have written a book on Shays'(s) Rebellion, or at least teach a college-level class on it, I think we should agree to include Richards' spelling as an alternate form, along with the spelling you prefer.

24.9.74.139 (talk) 23:09, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

I nowhere claimed that Richards was wrong about anything. Furthermore, you and I agree: neither form is wrong. On the other hand, because they say essentially the same thing, it seems to me to be hardly necessary to include both. (My credentials are neither here nor there -- this is an editorial question, not one of either historical or grammatical correctness.) On the other hand, rather than belabor the point further, I will add it in a form less verbose than you did. Magic♪piano 23:32, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Have a great day. 24.9.74.139 (talk) 23:48, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

William Trowbridge Forbes House

Me again, MP (hope I'm not being too much of a pest!) ... the photo you posted of the William Trowbridge Forbes House looks like it might be the house next door. The MACRIS photo looks to be a large Tudor-style house that's on a wooded lot and up on a hill, apparently well off the street. Based on Google Street View, I think it might be the house that's immediately south of the one you photographed, but I can't be sure. --sanfranman59 (talk) 22:49, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

I was uncertain about whether it was that house, because of the lack of Tudor styling, uncertain similarity of the roof line, and the street number being off. However, if it isn't, then I believe the house in question has been demolished, because the landscape immediately south is empty (and the only houses further down the hill have much lower street numbers). The MACRIS photo is taken from a position well off the street -- it is described as showing the south and west elevations, when the street is east of the house. The second picture in the nomination form shows the north elevation, while my picture is essentially showing the east elevation. Magic♪piano 23:03, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

If you look at Google's satellite view of the area, you'll see what might be a former foundation outline, which is south of the house I photographed. Link to foundation outline Magic♪piano 23:06, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

After reading your reply, I recalled that Google Earth has historical satellite images and there's one from 4/29/2011 that clearly shows a large building on the lot to the south of the house in your photo and the roof lines match those in the MACRIS photos. This prompted me to check the Proquest newspaper archives available on the San Francisco Public Library website and sure enough, it returned a Telegram and Gazette article dated March 9, 2003 indicating that it was slated for demolition, although apparently, preservationists were working to save it. But there's another T & G article later in the year that says the demolition went through. --sanfranman59 (talk) 23:45, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi MP ... Is it okay with you if I remove this photo from the NW Worcester list and the Forbes House article and remove the NRHP category from the photo over on Commons? Or do you want to do some more research on it first? --sanfranman59 (talk) 23:25, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

No, go ahead and do that. Also please add text to the article and list (citing what you looked up) concerning its demo. My ProQuest access doesn't seem to include the T&G, otherwise I'd do it. (I may just delete the image, but it should be de-catted to avoid confusion.) Magic♪piano 23:52, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Is there a prior sockpuppet case to which we an attach evidence like this?

1, 2. Seems like this fellow just keeps popping up. BusterD (talk) 03:35, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, there are way too many random and pseudo-random infobox-result trolls out there. I wouldn't immediately associate those particular edits with any specific editor. Magic♪piano 03:41, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Wiki Commons Images

Your photo of the Monadnock peak, framed by the trees and sky, is incredible! I'd like to incorporate it into a web re-design for a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Keene. Attribution? Even if just an acknowledgement of the Commons w/ a link back to it there?

Sure, no problem. Just leave me a link to the site here when you've done it. Magic♪piano 13:26, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Cool, will do. Not sure if I'll end up doing so, but wanted all my ducks in a row. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.122.212 (talk) 17:09, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Permission to use your photo in book

Hi, I am writing a book on a historic neighborhood in San Jose, California, the last place of residence for Townsend Nichols in 1926. I would like to use a photograph of the Nichols House in Iowa you have posted on Wikipedia for the book.

I thought my co-researcher had already resolved this but since he has not, I have very little time to confirm permission to proceed. Please contact me at "mail" at "palmhaven" dot "info" at your earliest convenience. Regards, Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.228.6.131 (talk) 03:12, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

Thanks for your consistently excellent contributions, most recently bringing Levi Lincoln, Jr. to Good Article status. It passed without any further action required. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:56, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Samuel Tenney House

Great Picture you added of the Samuel Tenney House. The picture that was removed for some reported Copyright infringement ruling was false. I'd obtained that photo from the public files with the Interior Department!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.248.167.97 (talk) 16:59, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

The photograph that was removed came from the National Register nomination form. It was taken by someone who was not a federal government employee, and was therefore copyrighted to that person. The fact that it was in a federal government file is off the mark. A great many people, you apparently among them, think that the photographs in National Register materials are public domain. Most of them are not (the exception is for photographs taken by actual federal government employees, and photographs that have lapsed into the public domain for reasons such as age). Magic♪piano 17:10, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

George S. Boutwell

Thanks Magicpiano for helping improve George S. Boutwell's Wikipedia article! Cmguy777 (talk) 15:24, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

James Moore haunting you again...

Magic, I appreciate your earlier help with James Moore (Continental Army officer); the article is at FAC now, and Nikkimaria has raised an excellent question about your image, File:NCMooresCreek1.png, which I loved enough to feature in my article. Did you use a specific source to develop the directional arrows and caption narrative, and if so, would you be so kind as to either provide it to me or cite to it on the image page itself? If it's been too long ago, I can probably come up with a source myself, but I hate messing with other peoples' work when I don't have to. Thanks again! Cdtew (talk) 00:32, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Charles-Valentin Alkan

Dear MP - I am hoping to get GA status for this article (and later on maybe FA status, in time for CVA's 200th birthday). If you have time, and might be interested in reviewing it for GA, do take a look. In any case I should be grateful for comments. Best,--Smerus (talk) 06:54, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm considering it; stay tuned. Magic♪piano 20:48, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Crane and Company Old Stone Mill Rag Room/GA1

Started, cheers.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 12:26, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Lack of source, and misspelling in your Magnolia, MA entry

"The population of Magnolia consists of drunken lunatics and the village itself is governed indepentdently from Gloucester by internal police forces known only to the residents of Magnolia."

"Independently" is misspelled.

What is the source of the statement that everyone in Magnolia is a drunken lunatic? This is a joke, right? Not very professional.

~ ~ ~ ~ awyn

Can I have some of what you're smoking? (Translation: I have no idea what you're talking about.) Magic♪piano 19:12, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Did you add the part about everyone in the village of Magnolia being a drunken lunatic?

Revision as of 20:30, 15 July 2012 (edit) Magicpiano (talk | contribs)

+ The population of Magnolia consists of drunken lunatics and the village itself is governed indepentdently from Gloucester by internal police forces known only to the residents of Magnolia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magnolia_%28Village%29,_Massachusetts&diff=560475736&oldid=502493624

So I was just questioning, where is the source for this statement? And to tell whoever added this in, that the word "indepentdently" is misspelled.

If you are not the correct person, my apologies. I'm not "smoking" anything. I don't smoke.

It's just that that statement seems more opinion than fact. And if it's a direct quote (about the lunatic population of Magnolia), then its author should be accredited.

Am just saying. It didn't seem professional. (Doesn't anyone at Wikipedia spellcheck anymoire?)

Thanks for responding by attacking me with an ad hominum.

Have a nice day.

184.162.216.169 (talk) 20:23, 30 June 2013 (UTC) awyn

Given that you did not link to the article in question ("Magnolia, Massachusetts" links to Gloucester, Massachusetts, not Magnolia (Village), Massachusetts), I've never edited the Gloucester article, and it doesn't contain the text you are questioning, you can perhaps understand why I might not take you seriously. I also have to deal with "new" editors who are little more than vandals on a somewhat regular basis; I apologize for any misunderstanding on my part.

As far as the offending text in the Magnolia article is concerned, it was added by an anonymous editor after my edit there, and should be treated as vandalism; I have removed it. (By the way, it is spelled ad hominem, and what I did was not an ad hominem argument. So no, no one knows how to spellcheck, present company (me too, btw) included.) Magic♪piano 21:20, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

mea culpa, magicpiano, but the thing is still there.

Hi again magicp, I'm a bit new at this, but if you google "Magnolia, Massachusetts", you're offered a link to "Magnolis (Village) Massachusetts", as well as one to Gloucester.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_%28Village%29,_Massachusetts

As you can see, the sentence (about the drunken Magnolians--and the misspelled 'indepentdently"--are still there.

The mea culpa's for the misspelling "ad hominum". (I see I also misspelled "moire". That was supposed to be "more.")

Ad hominem means attacking someone personally, rather than against their argument. You did not understand my comment, therefore I must have been smoking something. Water under the bridge, let's start again.  :)

"As far as the offending text in the Magnolia article is concerned, it was added by an anonymous editor after my edit there, and should be treated as vandalism; I have removed it." (you wrote) Except I just googled "Magnolia, Mass" & clicked on the linked article, and, er, ... the drunken Magnolians are still there. Also, the reference to Footnote #7 is not linkable to a URL like the other 6 footnotes, is in a different font, and looks tacked on and out of place.

This is only the second time I've entered a note on the "talk" section of Wikiped. I shall get the hang of this yet. :)

Thanks for replying. Here's to keeping Wiki free of vandals.

Awyn (talk) 23:49, 1 July 2013 (UTC) awyn

Hmm, I thought I had taken care of it. Better now. Cheers! Magic♪piano 11:51, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

File:QueenAnnesWarBefore.svg listed for deletion

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Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY

Hi, I'm writing The Encyclopedia Of Jerry Garcia Music Venues. I'm interested in using your photo of the Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY. I'd need it at least 1mb or larger than what's on Wikipedia. Please email me at slipnut01@gmail.com.

Thank you Harry Angus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.195.221.139 (talk) 22:45, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

It's doubtful I've kept a larger image. (I'm on the road right now, and it would be on a server back home.) If I have it, I'll let you know. Magic♪piano 22:37, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Permission to use photo in Bio channel Docu-Series

Hi,

I am a producer for a new Bio Channel show, Ghost Inside My Child. We are looking for old houses like the one you photographed here...

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArlingtonMA_ThomasSwadkinsHouse.jpg

May we use this in our series? And do you have any more like this?

Thank you! Steve DeeringSteveDeering (talk) 21:05, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

You're certainly free to use that image. As far as having "any more like this", you'd have to be more specific about what "like this" is referring to, since I've taken many pictures of houses more than 50 years old. If you mean houses with Gothic(-revival) features, try looking in commons:Category:Gothic revival architecture in the United States and its subcategories. You might also look at Wikipedia's listings of National Register of Historic Places entries, where such houses sometimes appear. Magic♪piano 09:44, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Unvisited Places

Now that we're getting short of pictures to take in Massachusetts, I've been writing an App to find places to photograph. (Also, my sister wanted to take pictures while on vacation) It finds articles with coordinates but that don't have pictures, and plans routes to get as many pictures as possible in a short time. You can default to your current location, or enter any location in the world. It's still kind of a beta version, so I welcome feedback from anyone. I can also generate and email itineraries if anyone needs one. If you're interested, here's a link to the app... Link to Unvisited and here's a link to generated itineraries for Springfield ... Generated itineraries for Springfield MA Faolin42 (talk) 00:23, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll have a look! Magic♪piano 12:11, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

If you're looking for things to take photos of in Massachusetts, I will happily oblige. Your photos of the John Harvard statue are very much appreciated, and there are several more things around Cambridge and Boston of which we need good photos. Would you like to hear about them? EEng (talk) 01:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

I get around Cambridge, Somerville, and northern parts of Boston with some regularity on bike rides. If there are things you want pictures of in that area, I can probably go for them. (You might also tag talk pages of articles wanting specific pictures with {{image requested|in=Massachusetts|of=detailed request}}, where others can see your requests.) Magic♪piano 03:03, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

<Rubs hands gleefully> Who needs that fussy template when there's you? If you could get the following at your leisure, several articles would be much improved. I hope you don't feel taken advantage of, and of course no hurry:

• Memorial_Hall_(Harvard_University):
  •  DoneShot inside Memorial Transept without old man with skinny legs and blue recycle bin -- and please identify whether North or South door.
  • Exterior shot without bicycles in foreground (it's a big building and you might have to circle it to find the best vantage point -- I'm assuming you love photography and that will be fun for you -- season and foliage may be issues too).
  • Maybe a closeup of one or more of the "great orators" below the roof of Sanders
  • A better interior shot of Sanders (but you may have trouble getting permission)
• John Harvard statue:
  • Shot of inscription on face -- long ago it was gilt but no longer, and I guess you have to get the shadowing right to make it legible.
  •  DoneEmmanuel seal on right and/or maybe a shot like this [1] -- how great those Life guys were!
  • {{N Not done and not likely to be done"Given by" on rear
  • As I recall there's a founder's mark / artist's signature somewhere around the base of the statue proper (i.e. the base of the bronze part, just above the granite -- and/or I think there's something on the rear of the backrest. (Maybe one of these can be combined with the "given by" in previous bullet)
• Sacred Cod:
  • Both photos in the article of the thing itself are pretty bad. Here's [2] a better idea of what it looks like (not from its bottom rear, or 100 feet away, like in the article now)

EEng (talk) 05:08, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

I photographed the Emmanuel seal; see commons:Category:John Harvard statue (where you will also find a head shot from the other side that I didn't add to the article). The inscriptions on the statue may be tricky to get, given it is often surrounded. I also don't have a lens suitable for close work: if the maker's mark or backrest inscription are at the back of the statue they may be difficult/impossible to get at in its current siting even with a macro lens.

I do get into Sanders on occasion (for concerts, I'm not affiliated with Harvard). Any picture I take there will probably include a crowd (not that this is necessarily a bad thing). I'll try to keep it in mind to bring my camera next time I go.

As far as the transept is concerned, I'm assuming you'd like something that's also an improvement on File:Interior of Memorial Hall.jpg? Given the normal dimness of that space, getting a decently-exposed non-grainy image (i.e. higher ISO) will be hard (especially if I were to hassled for bringing a tripod). If what you really want is good shots of the stained glass, I should be able to do that.

I peer-reviewed Sacred Cod, and also commented on the (poor) quality of the available images. Someday I will actually tour the state house; there are other things I want to check out there as well. Magic♪piano 13:25, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. The Mem Transept img you pointed to is plenty good and I've swapped it in. Didn't know about the Emmanuel seal img -- I find Commons categories (actually, categories in general) hopeless so I never know how to search them or what I'll get -- note the Harvard seal isn't in that category! I've make a little horizontal array in the JH statue article that works left to right from the visitor's vantage -- like it? I think you're right the "given by" may be hard to get, and it isn't that important. The founder's mark/artist's sig (I think they're both there somewhere) can be in closeup. Thanks for your continued efforts. EEng (talk) 16:23, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Hey, Mr. Magic - I took my nephew around Harvard the other day and, assuming I can get him to remember to send me the photos, I think we've got all we need now. Thanks. I hope I can get in touch for other Boston-area photos in the future. EEng (talk) 20:44, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh good. Feel free to ask again if you want other pictures in the area. Magic♪piano 12:06, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Historic Places of Canada

First, tanks to divide the list of historic places of Canada in English for Nova Scotia and NL. To respond to your question to Benoit Rochon in french (since he is in the other side of the world), the list of historic places in english and french (except in french for NB and QC) was created by two data dumping. The problem was that in the first dumping, all the place with the same name where merged togeder. And since many federal heritage buildings are name only by «lighhouse» and many heritage railway stations are name by the railway compagny name, a lot of data was lost. Note there I have a little different at the time with Benoit Rochon of how the list have to be done. Rochon beleived there is only tree possible ID for a gived place, but McAdam Railway Station have four (2 federal, one provincial and one municipal see on data). And it don't really take care of the variety of recognition, like the federal have 5 type of protections, Quebec 7, Alberta 4, NB 3, etc. The french dumping was made later and don't have this problem. For founding some place, you can always cross the data with federal directory. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland also have there own directories. --Fralambert (talk) 02:03, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Just like that, in French I divided Prince Edward Island only in three list. Chalottetown, Summerside and the rest. If you feel it's not a good division, let me know. --Fralambert (talk) 23:37, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

I'm wondering what the best way is to figure out what's missing from the lists. Can the tools used to create the dump be adapted to that purpose? Also, are updates published when listings are added? (I'll probably divide the PEI list the same way.) Magic♪piano 00:04, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

It's the main problem of the CRHP, we can't subdivise a province, or only see the inscriptions by a gived year. The best I found is to ask the total sites for a province (not really usefull founding one site in a 857 heritages properties of PEI) --Fralambert (talk) 16:15, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for the job you did on the historic places of Quebec province. I was very busy and had to put aside the split I had begun... I was coming back to complete the jhob but you had already done it... Thumbs up! --Ernest-Mtl (talk) 19:26, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

You may want to double-check my accuracy in doing the split. I try to be careful, but errors do creep in. Magic♪piano 12:07, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Powder Alarm

I appreciate your thoughts. I have seen your work on other articles and know how precise you have been over time. However, in the Powder Alarm article it appears that you reverted all of my edits within seven minutes after they appeared. Perhaps thinking over my original entry on talk, and going through the edits one by one, was a safer course.Closedthursday (talk) 14:49, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps. But as far as I can see, all of the characterizations you removed from the article were sourced, and not in my opinion particularly slanted. This is best kept on the article talk page. Magic♪piano 15:43, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

CA Sawyer House (Second)

Hi MP ... I think I've found another misidentified photo. This photo of the CA Sawyer House (second) isn't the same building as what MACRIS has. --sanfranman59 (talk) 22:18, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Well, you're certainly right that those bear no resemblance to one another. It's probably not due to sequence mixups unlike the fun we had with the Worcester pics. Magic♪piano 00:34, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

I believe this is because there is a Waban Street in both Newton Corner and in Waban; the house I photographed is in Newton Corner (which is where the list says the house is), not the one in Waban (which appears to be the correct house, although it doesn't show well in Google Street View). Magic♪piano 00:57, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

License

I didn't see where Jerry Dougherty provided a license for the images you recently uploaded, e.g. File:Capron-Phillips_House,_Coventry_CT.jpg. Can you point it out?--SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:53, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Each of his photo pages on Fokti has a symbol below "Uploaded", which is the license indicator (linking to the relevant CC page). Magic♪piano 17:58, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, not exactly obvious, but it is there. Thanks for bringing those three over.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 19:07, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Caleb Wiley House (Stoneham)

Hi MP ... I'm pretty sure that this photo is actually of the house next door (to the west) of the Caleb Wiley House in Stoneham. I'm going to remove it from the NRHP category on Wikimedia Commons and from the article and NRHP list on Wikipedia. --sanfranman59 (talk) 19:21, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookie! I seem to be weirdly attracted to tedious work. I just hope you don't find my notes tedious. I always feel as though I should notify folks if I make substantive changes to their photos on Commons. Thanks for all your efforts out here. --sanfranman59 (talk) 21:37, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Please tell me if my photos are wrong. If you don't, I can't know to fix them (as I did the house in Newton, in case you didn't notice). Magic♪piano 21:40, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Be careful what you ask for! Your photos of the two Franklin B. Jenkins Houses don't match those in MACRIS. In the case of the one that's listed in the NRIS at 35 Chestnut St., it appears that they've got the wrong address since it's listed in MACRIS as 37 Chestnut (although your photo doesn't look like the house that's at 35 Chestnut to me either). In fact, it may be that the address in the nomination form was wrong since the inventory document in MACRIS shows the 35 crossed out and 37 written in by hand. I don't know what to make of the Jenkins House that's listed at 2 Middle St. The photo in MACRIS kinda sorta looks like the house that's two doors to the east of the house in your photo. --sanfranman59 (talk) 22:07, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Heh. The 2 Middle Street house is neither of those. According to the map in the macris inventory (and confirmed by the description), the house is on the south side, facing north. Let's say I took a picture at the wrong end of the street, on the wrong side. In Google Street View, the house is near Pine Street, painted red, and appears to currently be numbered 15. Given that I didn't consult Macris (I didn't much back then), the confusion is somewhat understandable. Magic♪piano 02:21, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

In re the Chestnut Street house, the house I photographed is actually in that area, but it's down a narrow lane between the two houses, and backs on Poplar Street. It's pretty clear from the photograph in Macris which is the correct house, though. Magic♪piano 03:43, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Re the 2 Middle St. house, the red house at 15 Middle St. near Pine that I see in Google Maps doesn't look much like the one on MACRIS either (unless it's been very substantially altered). --sanfranman59 (talk) 16:56, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

The alterations visible in the Google Street View don't seem to me to be too bad. The main question is the position of the chimney (something that does not often move, but may disappear), and the character of the right-side ell, which is hard to discern.

Another candidate is #9, which has a number of features suggesting it might be the correct house, including chimney location and the shape of the chimney top, and similarity in what can be seen of the ell, garage, and front walk. It doesn't have the pilastered corners the pictured house sports, but none of them do. This will probably require a field visit to sort out (including trying to recreate the Macris photo). Magic♪piano 17:20, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Bogle-Walker House (Sudbury)

Me again, MP ... It looks like the Bogle-Walker House no longer exists. Google returned this report from June 2006 that says the house was in the process of being "dismantled" and replaced with "a very large new home". I've edited the photo on Commons and the articles here on Wikipedia accordingly. --sanfranman59 (talk) 20:47, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

S.B. White House (Winchester)

Hi MP ... Your photo of the S.B. White House in Winchester looks pretty different than the Gothic Revival house in the MACRIS photo. I looked around the area a bit in Google Map street view and didn't see anything that looks like your photo. Any thoughts? --sanfranman59 (talk) 22:27, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Aha! ... Your S.B. White House photo is a duplicate of your Amy B. Mitchell House photo and matches the MACRIS photo of the Mitchell House. Do you have a photo of the S.B. White House that you can upload to replace the one that's out there now? --sanfranman59 (talk) 00:35, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

I'll put it on the list of things to do next time I head up that way. Magic♪piano 13:52, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi again MP. I'm pretty sure that this is the S.B. White House. It definitely doesn't look like the photo MACRIS has of the James Mann House. --sanfranman59 (talk) 18:41, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Oh joy. Sounds like I got off from my notes while processing pics. Magic♪piano 23:31, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Believe me, I understand. I try to make liberal use of my camera's ability to attach a sound memo to photos. If your camera has that feature, I highly recommend it. I'd be lost without it. --sanfranman59 (talk) 16:49, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Template:HPC row/doc

I was just looking and saw this. If the latd and longd are deprecated then shouldn't latm, lats, longm and longs also be deprecated? You can't use them unless latd or longd are used anyway. On the other hand I see that the option to use degrees, minutes and seconds are coded into the template so should they be deprecated at all? Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 13:26, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

The problem with latd/longd is that whoever designed them made the (imho horrible) decision that the longitude should be expressed as a positive number, because all Canadian properties are in negative longitude, and the template would add the negative sign. These parameters came from the the "HPC rowt" template, which was a stopgap alternative to HPC row when the latter did not use {{coord}}. I marked them as deprecated to specifically discourage their use in new places, since it's confusing with respect to virtually all other uses of coordinates. I suppose under the circumstances the other dependent parameters should also be deprecated. Magic♪piano 13:36, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Monument Park Historic District

Not sure if anybody is watching this article and since it's in Mass, I thought of you. I added an external video of the Old Fitchburg Courthouse which I'm almost certain is in the district. The video itself is quite good for just pictures and mood, the page linked in the footnote is quite informative, but probably not an RS. Please revert if you don't think the ex vid helps. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 14:46, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Nantucket Historic District

I noticed that you recently redirected Nantucket Historic District to the Nantucket article for the whole town. While the Historic District does cover the entire island, the current format does not readily allow for a way to focus on the Historic District designation. I think it should be moved back to its own article so that information can be added, such as contributing properties, etc.--Marcbela (talk) 13:35, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Considering the old version of Nantucket Historic District had nothing of substance in it beyond the basic fact of its NRHP/NHL designations, the scope of the listing, and a regurgitation of the NRIS summary, the redirect is IMHO an improvement. If there was a History of Nantucket, that might be a more suitable redirect, but I didn't think the existing timeline article was appropriate. Someone with motivation could actually write a decent start-level article about the district, including the reason for the designation and contributing properties, and unredirect; I would have no objection to that. Magic♪piano 18:50, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year Magicpiano!

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Magicpiano: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, BusterD (talk) 06:52, 1 January 2014 (UTC) Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2014}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Pilgrim 100B Aircraft

Rather puzzled by this article, since it is titled as an aircraft article but the infobox is that of a place. There is already an article on the type (Fairchild 100#Variants. It seems peculiar to me that a preserved aircraft is a place, even if listed in a register as such, & imo the material would be better placed in the aircraft type article (it's not mentioned).TheLongTone (talk) 23:48, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

The article is not about a place, it is about a very specific piece of equipment; in the parlance of National Register listings, it is an object. The place identified in the infobox would be its "home base". Since the article is about a specific aircraft, I doubt it would be appropriate to include that aircraft's history in a general article about the aircraft type. (Read the National Register nomination -- it has plenty of detail to write a decent-sized article about this particular aircraft.) Magic♪piano 07:42, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

It just seemed curious that there wasn't even a link to the aircraft type. Having looked at the record, its history does not seem that remarkable, just another working airframe.TheLongTone (talk) 02:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

actually, I think allthis information could quite comfortably fit into the article on the type.TheLongTone (talk) 02:01, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Given that I don't have any immediate plan to further expand the article, I suppose that's fine. There should probably be a link from Pilgrim N709Y to the appropriate section. (I didn't immediately find what I thought were suitable aircraft-type links, which is why it was omitted. I don't think I saw "Fairchild" in the description.) Magic♪piano 07:36, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Redirect of Marconi Wireless Station Site to WCC (radio station)

Hello. Did you decide to redirect Marconi Wireless Station Site to WCC (radio station) as a result of a discussion? If not, I would appreciate your reverting that until a discussion can occur. There are legitimate reasons for keeping these pages separate, at least until the that part of South Wellfleet, the former site of the listening station at 41°54′50″N 69°58′20″W, completely falls into the ocean. As of now, the coordinates of WCC are incorrect. Thanks. - tucoxn\^talk 00:50, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Looking a bit more closely, I agree it was premature, and have reverted it. Magic♪piano 02:39, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I agree that there are a bunch of improvements that could be made to both articles and I would be happy to collaborate with you on them.  Thanks! - tucoxn\^talk 05:26, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Ridley Office

Hello Thank you kindly for submitting Ridley office Harbour Grace nl. I am the owner of Ridley Office and it was nice to see it on this site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.117.58.115 (talk) 20:48, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

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Manomet Mills

Thanks for creating the page for Manomet Mills. I have been wanting to for a while, but have been too busy. I have more info on this place, as it has been recently renovated. BTW - I am hosting a tour of the nearby former Nashawena Mills Weave Shed on April 11. More info is here -Regards.--Marcbela (talk) 22:30, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Hanover Town Library

Hello Magicpiano,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Hanover Town Library for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Ging287 (talk) 13:15, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Daniel Shays

Re: reverting my erroneous edits. Thanks for the catch! Safety Cap (talk) 13:13, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your continuing high quality, tireless contributions, it is time for you to receive this award again. Good work! Donner60 (talk) 05:32, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

I also am interested in history. Donner60 (talk) 05:32, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Paul Revere

fyi, you were mentioned at Social Dramas of Wikipedia, by Sara Marks. discussion at Wikipedia Weekly. [3]. cheers. 198.24.31.114 (talk) 19:53, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Precious again

American Revolutionary War
Thank you for quality articles as a member of the American Revolutionary War task force, such as Battle of Quebec (1775), for guiding to magic composer articles, and for a a DYK I might call hintersinnig, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:36, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 535th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:09, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Three years ago, you were recipient no. 535 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:50, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Town Hall and Courthouse listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Town Hall and Courthouse. Since you had some involvement with the Town Hall and Courthouse redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. AlexTiefling (talk) 15:51, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Watch Rock Camp

Hi - I'm not sure actually what the correct address of Watch Rock Camp in Holderness, NH is. Your article originally said US Route 113, which I changed to NH Route 113, but I overlooked the street address, which you recently corrected. The address might well have been 414 US Route 3 (Google Maps is not helping enough here). NH 113 runs along the northwest side of Squam Lake, and US 3 runs along the southwest side. Do you have any way of finding the geographic coordinates for the site? I tried looking the place up by reference number and by Grafton County on the NRIS but had no luck. --Ken Gallager (talk) 13:48, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

The US 3 address was given, IMHO incorrectly, in the weekly NR listing when this property was listed on the National Register; the feature page lists it as "Address Restricted". The source I used to stub the article says it is off NH 113 (US 113 was a fat-finger on my part, of course). The US 3 address (which I Googled when I noticed the discrepant addresses) is the address of the Squam Lakes Association, the organization that managed the NR nomination process, and is probably not the address of the camp, which is described in the source as still belonging to the family. I have been unable to locate further information about its whereabouts. Magic♪piano 14:41, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Oh, sure enough, I should have recognized the SLA address when I looked on Google Maps. Thanks for all your work! --Ken Gallager (talk) 13:01, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Nördliche Schutzhütte am Hasselborgsee

Zank you for ze new stub on ze Hasselborg Lake North Shelter Cabin. Now we just need a good photograph of the Nördliche Schutzhütte am Hasselborgsee. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 20:00, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Leider bin Ich nicht dieser Hütte (oder all den anderen) in der Nähe, sonst würde Ich sie fotografieren. :) Magic♪piano 20:09, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Moscow Methodist Church and Cemetery

Your recent edits to Moscow Methodist Church and Cemetery were based on the assertion that "most of the civil war material is not needed", however, there are specific references to this property having been directly involved in the Civil War:

• Interview of the Moscow United Methodist Church.
• The Battle of Prairie DeAnn
• A Bluecoat's Account Of the Camden Expedition
• Civil War Battlefields in the State of Arkansas
• A Preservation Plan for Three Battles of the Camden Campaign.

Also, your assertion that "there is a separate article for Moscow where it might be more relevant" is false. Such an article needs to be constructed.

Please revert your changes to this article, and/or please construct the article you specified. Please do so in such a way that both articles are properly aligned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.255.76.199 (talk) 19:27, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

None of these sources establish a direct connection between this property and the military actions in the area; the fourth citation is a dead link. The only one that is at all geographically specific is the second citation, on the Battle of Prarie d'Ane, which says "on the eastern edge of the prairie near the village of Moscow". None of them are specific in linking the military action to the church, which is why I reduced the amount of material related to the conflict.

I acknowledge that a proper article on this particular Moscow, Arkansas, does not exist; I only noticed after I made that edit that Moscow, Arkansas refers to a different location. However, if you feel that an article on this Moscow is needed now, feel free to create it. My only attention was to this particular article. Magic♪piano 23:48, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

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The first citation provides confirmation by verbal anecdote, and the source is enlisting 'common knowledge' from the local area. Her reflection bears additional credence since she "attended that church as a child." Being born in 9-5-1906,[4] Mrs. Adam's youth was not too far removed from the actual events, so it seems likely that her parents or grandparents would have been alive in 1864.

In the second citation, the volume of rounds that were exchanged at the battle is of interest, giving further credence to Mrs. Adam's recollections. (tree on church property hit by cannonball)

The fifth citation was indeed broken, and the link has been fixed. Being funded by the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program, this document should provide all the information needed by a researcher in regard to this matter.

Finally, I can understand and appreciate the accidental village listing, but it was your choice to adjust the original article now. That action resulted in the more immediate need for an article about Moscow itself. While I am not familiar with the procedure for creating new articles, I propose to expand upon the article if you will agree to it's initial setup . . . Moscow, Arkansas (Historic).

The anecdote in the first citation mentions a tree, but it does not say whether the tree is on church property, or somewhere else in the village: "when we moved here there was a big tree along the side of the road there by Moscow that had a big knot on it up high and the story was that during the Civil War there was a skirmish there close to Moscow and a cannonball had hit that tree and that's what made that big old knot on it. I remember that story that I heard when I was just a girl. But through the years the tree was cut down for some reason or other and it isn't there." The second citation does not mention this property, and neither do any of the others.

The things that I removed from the article are hardly critical to gaining a better understanding of this property; they were principally just a list of the major events of the Camden Expedition, and categories that are more properly suited toward articles on the actual military engagements. (For example, the list included the Battle of Poison Spring, which took place not at all near Moscow.) I removed none of the non-military history of Moscow. Magic♪piano 18:40, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

In order to understand the inclusion of Civil War references on this article, I suggest you read the Preservation Plan that was Funded By National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program; 'A Preservation Plan for Three Battles of the Camden Campaign: The Battle of Elkin’s Ferry, the Battle of Prairie D’Ane and the Battle of Moscow Church'.[5] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.255.76.199 (talk) 02:16, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Very good, that is an adequate source for discussing the role of Moscow in the events of the Camden Expedition. Now, did I remove something that somehow resulted in a diminished understanding of the same? The old version made no mention that Moscow was the site of a rear-guard action on April 13, 1864, beyond linking "Action at Moscow" as a pipe to Battle of Prairie D'Ane, a deficient article that makes no mention of Moscow, and only quickly mentions that there was a rear-guard action. I would take issue with the notion that that is somehow a better characterization of the place's role than what is present in the article now. If you want to improve the article, then do so; you seem to have the resources at your disposal, but don't blame me for removing something that wasn't there. (While you're at it, you might also cover the construction history of the church, a subject obviously relevant in this article, and also present in your sources. Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia.) Magic♪piano 18:27, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

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Actually, the deletions included this citation, Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Action at Moscow which specifically mentions the rear-gard action, and though my notes on your page have never been intended to criticize, I did have to mention the 'Plan For Preservation' several times before it was actually read. My only suggestions would be in regard to the use of discretion before deleting content. Before deletion, for example, one might fully read and understand the existing references. Afterwards, one might consider using - {{citation needed}} - or {{Multiple issues}}. Such options as these would provide specific and understandable requests without unnecessary loss of content.

It has been my hope that our conversation would help to inform and gather a consensus on this article. Toward that end, I remain hopeful. You have presented several good ideas and critiques that seem quite logical, so I thank you most kindly for that and for your continued interest in Wikipedia. Please feel free to edit your page as you see fit.

Thank you again.

PGW

"Home sweet home"

Hi, I noticed on "home sweet home" it was last updated 3 months ago, but I was actually looking for this movie called "home sweet home" that was made in 2013 by David Morlet. I wanted to know more about it but unfortunately it was not listed with the others. I would gladly appreciate it if you can add this particular movie on to the list. Thank you so much for your time(: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.185.92.65 (talk) 09:02, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

ships passing in the night

I am highly amused -- highly -- to see that you and I were on a photo hunt in the same parts of Franklin County and Cumberland County on the same weekend. I hope you don't mind that I replaced your photo of the Little Red Schoolhouse with mine -- your pictures of Lakeside Grange No. 63 and South Bridgton Congregational Church were better than mine, so I feel like it works out.

I'm just glad now I didn't spend a lot of time trying to locate Barn on Lot 8, Range G, which was also on my list. :-) —Tim Pierce (talk) 00:57, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

(: I concur your photo of the schoolhouse is vastly better than mine. You were somewhat unlikely to find the barn -- it is reasonably well screened from the road (and thus easy to drive by), and the geolocator was in the wrong place. I only found it on my second trip down the road, and after reading the nomination form. (You would also have been seriously stumped by John G. Coburn Farm, if it was on your list.) It helps that I've been up that way several times this summer (hiking in the mountains). Magic♪piano 01:17, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Just FYI

With some exceptions, the U.S. Roads WikiProject doesn't have city streets in its scope. There's WP:WikiProject U.S. Streets for articles about city streets. I updated the banner on Beech Street Brick Street accordingly. Imzadi 1979 → 00:30, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Battle of the Plains of Abraham

unexplained change of cited numbers

The numbers are inaccurate. It's that simple.

Sources:

http://www.amazon.com/Northern-Armageddon-Battle-Plains-Abraham/dp/1553653157 http://www.amazon.com/Montcalm-Wolfe-Francis-Parkman/dp/B003YJEM62 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.116.149 (talk) 18:31, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Then you should cite the source you use and leave a suitable comment explaining why you changed them. Do understand that numerical vandalism (especially by anonymous editors such as yourself) is quite common in Wikipedia. Magic♪piano 18:37, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Just so you know...

I noticed you started an article today on a NRHP-listed site in Maine and cited a nomination form that you requested from NPS. All of Maine's nomination forms are now online through NPS Focus; while Focus itself is down and Elkman's infobox generator hasn't been updated, you can still access the forms by manually entering the reference number into the URL, like so. (Vermont and Rhode Island are also in Focus now in case you want to progress further into New England.) TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 02:52, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I knew that from the discussion at WT:NRHP. I was just being lazy... Magic♪piano 12:42, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

National Register nominations, hard copies

Do you still have the forms for Fisherville Historic and Archeological District, Parris Brook Historic and Archeological District, and Sodom Mill Historic and Archeological District? If so, would you please provide a full citation, since the current ones aren't sufficient? Zimmerman Kame includes a full citation, if you don't feel like looking around for one. Nyttend (talk) 12:13, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Sure no problem. Magic♪piano 16:09, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

thanks for all the pictures

I'm getting the impression that you spent a pleasant day traipsing around Waltham taking pictures of all the historic buildings, and I feel like I've been following in your footsteps, because I've been cleaning up some of the geographical coordinates (which for NRHP locations are always a little off). But it's fun -- and very useful -- to match your pictures up with Google Street View imagery in the process of pinpointing a more precise location (all from my easy chair). Thanks for all the legwork! —Steve Summit (talk) 17:40, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Moving pages

Hi, in the future it would be better to use the built-in "move page" function rather than copying and pasting the article manually as you did with Former Gilead Railroad Station, as doing so preserves the page edit history. Thanks. vlad§inger ^tlk 18:31, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Normally I do, but Gilead Railroad Station, Former was not linked from places where I would have expected it to be, so I didn't notice it until after I had written (from scratch) a new article. Magic♪piano 18:35, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Fair enough. vlad§inger ^tlk 18:36, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

"Stuff"

So AdamDaley doesn't get it... please watch and see if he attempts to cite anything. The sniping at your Good Article is likely an overzealous attempt. It cannot be bad-faith because the usual factor is clearly in play, but I found editors making up citations or synthing them out of thin-air when they fail to understand. Oh, and your actions in NRHP for Massachusetts and Rhode Island have thrown me off-balance. It is of great help to have the stubs started or even not red-linked, but I feel bad when I run across a page to improve and found you improving in within a day or two of my arrival! Still, NRHP is moving along well with such dedicated and problem-free editing. I peeked back into the "culture war" area I came from and shudder a little, but alas in terms of aggegrate viewers - cultural subjects get thousands of times more views and still suck unless someone improves them! For Wikipedia having 4.6 million articles, sheer the number of academic GAs outweighs the numerous FAs on easy cultural topics. I think Wikipedia should be measured by the total of both GA and FA contributions in the media. Don't you? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 07:21, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

The Cornwallis articles are all on my watchlist, so I'm definitely aware of what's happening with them. I'm trying to stay out of the fray at WT:GAN; I don't now why he chose to pursue the citation issue there rather than the article talk page.

As far as NRHP improvement, it's not my intention to step on turf. I've finished with RI for the moment (and MA, except for new listings and occasionally checking for updates to the MA MACRIS database), although I'm starting to request noms from the NPS on the RI address-restricted sites that are sub-stubby or NRIS. I had the impression you were working mostly toward GA-ing articles, and my stub work wouldn't necessarily interfere. I've started poking cautiously at CT, where the stub articles need work. NRHP has been much less contentious since Doncram got topic-banned. Magic♪piano 14:59, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

There is no turf issues here, I just been picking CT and RI because they actually have usable databases whereas NY is a mess! I also like being able to have connected GAs, where the page you start on is a GA and the next page you jump to is a GA and so on and so forth. The four Avery homes, the Groton Monument, the parks they are located in and such. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:42, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Fun with Liberty Arming the Patriot, NRIS lists it as dating from 1896 when it was completed and dedicated in 1897. Small things, but I am glad you are tackling the NRIS-only stub issues. The more articles I work on, the more I see how NRIS listings can be inaccurate. Columbus (Providence, Rhode Island) is another Gorham work that I am glad to have completed. I still got 100+ Connecticut Civil War monuments to work on, but since they are not NRHP listed I doubt I have enough push to give them articles yet. Not enough GAs or FAs in NRHP as a whole to justify going for lower importance works still. NRHP is safe from AFD, but it doesn't mean we can slack off now does it! You've made a major dent and completed most of Massachusett's NRIS-only listings - if you get bored, can you fill in the Connecticut redlinked articles? Though I think the L.River Sites may need to be combined, but I'll see if I can ever get those archeological papers from the NRHP. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:48, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

The Massachusetts NRIS-only articles that remain are "problem" cases: there is inadequate documentation on them in MACRIS, and Massachusetts NR forms are unavailable from NPS (they are allegedly being digitized, was a response I received to a request). Quite a few are also districts, pretty much requiring the nom to get the bounds right. I periodically check MACRIS for updates that affect these articles. Although I'm looking at the CT articles now, progress on specifically NRIS-only articles is slow, becase there are also a large number of somewhat crappy articles (not always NRIS-only, not always sub-stub, but low in relevant content) that I'm also fixing along the way. (I wouldn't be surprised if more than 500 of the ~750 CT stubs are like this.) I may look at some of the CT redlinks after this pass. Magic♪piano 23:29, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, CT ones were a mess so I started with them, but quite a few digitizations have been made on the CT side whereas RI had a state site to back up the vast majority. I also got an answer that "they are being digitized", but I don't want to bug them too much. I think they know we Wikipedians are pretty ravenous in our pursuits and that we haven't really given them much reason to be "special" in a sense. After all, I still can't get enough to do Slater Mill right. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 03:15, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

• I finally decided to fix the American Thermos Bottle Company Laurel Hill Plant. I was confused for awhile on what to do, but just decided that a historic district is not a burden anymore. Though sparse in details, NRHP districts typically are, this plant is not given the same care as more modern additions. Since twenty five years have passed since its adaptation began, its also really unpleasant to research the adaptation and loss of the complex which also took out one of the developers. Also... the idea of cutting off the top of part of the building and making a gym is pretty novel and shows the intention of the designers. A shame that they lampooned it, it was decayed pretty bad. NRHP districts and those which include schools and such have long given me pause. The latter now is my issue because it is not enough to do just an article on the building and leave the actual school article entirely absent if you can help it. Don't suppose you have any tips for NRHP schools? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 08:02, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

I find that nominations (at least those written post-1995 or so) for residential, village center, and rural districts to be reasonably amenable to significant elaboration. One has to wonder if the NPS or state SHPO was consulted in the alterations made to that plant. The post-listing history of these sorts of industrial properties strike me as a real challenge to research. As far as schools are concerned, I can't say I've come across any that had a particularly complicated history. Multiple uses, certainly, but usually academic, civic, or community, with larger buildings sometimes converted to condos or other living facilities. It seems to me that schools are often listed as much for their architecture (C) as their role (A), but details on school population history (for example) are not always given, whereas architecture is. I'd look through the existing NHRP GA list for schools, see how they're written up. Magic♪piano 15:37, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

There are five GAs of the educational type. Oxford College of Emory University does not cover the NRHP part and Garden City High School (Kansas) glosses right over it. Chana School was disused then turned museum, so it is free from the normal school requirements. Old Bacon Academy was used, but the school has its own article and is housed in the new building. The old building is used as an alternative education facility of which is not like a "high school" with low attendance. With the Laurel Hill Plant I can get away with a mere summary, but the school page got redirected a month ago. Shea High School won't be so easy. Also this school seems to be grossly violating logo usage for its sports because it uses the Oakland Raiders symbols on their gear for sports. Thought it was mere vandalism when someone placed it as the logo, but the more I looked into the school and saw the sourcing and it was bleak. I worry about making it a Good Article because I cannot justify having a "building article" in this case. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:31, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Given that the school does not occupy the entire complex, I wouldn't deal with the school much beyond mentioning its role as a tenant and in its alteration the premises (i.e. more or less what you're doing now). The school as such seems to lack notability (just looking at edit history), which can be pointed out if raised at GAN. The Shea High School, when I saw that article in my pass through the Pawtucket list, immediately thought "this building needs a separate article". (I'd try to find what it is currently called and use that; failing, use "Old Pawtucket West High School".) Magic♪piano 23:10, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

The building still in use by the school. It is exactly why I can't do the "Old Pawtucket West High School" page. Doubt I could make a split for the architecture, especially with the lack of excellent survey and many many updates over the years. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:19, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

I think the fact that the Integrated Day School is the present occupant of a facility with a history much longer than its own organizational history does not impose on you the burden to go in any significant detail on the school's history beyond how it uses the facilities, and a brief mention of its purpose. I think you have a bigger challenge with the Pawtucket school if the building is still in use as part of the campus. (I pray you don't run into properties like this one: a modest house, where the MPS it is part of has two pages of generic architecture and significance, and its own form is essentially a sketchy one page local inventory form. This nom would probably not pass muster at NPS today, and provides less useful text than many GAs.) Magic♪piano 13:54, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Tough to do anything with forms like that, and no - they would not pass muster nowadays. I have yet to see anything that sparse and uninvolved out of hundreds of forms that I've reviewed. I have contacted the Narragansett Bay Commission in regards to six items on the register which seem to be absent according to aerial searches. If true, this makes the actual task of completing the articles easier, but I cannot find the multiple property sheet from Focus. Also, I made a few footnotes on an article I did on the Farmington Canal State Park Trail - normally I defer to Yale, but I had to correct my sources for this. NRHP is usually good because I can often just pull from the collected sources to fact check. Do you think these types of non-intrusive footnotes are good or do you prefer the "inline note" instead? ChrisGualtieri (talk) 05:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

I appreciate the work on de-stubbing the wardrooms and such, I fixed the William R. Walker & Son to William R. Walker issue for you. First Ward Wardroom and Fifth Ward Wardroom were spots I noticed so far, but I don't think there are many remaining issues (if any) of this nature. There is probably an issue with St. Charles Borromeo Church Complex (Woonsocket, Rhode Island) because it cites Patrick Keely and the MPS states as such, but that is for the complex and not the school. So I do not know what to do for now. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 06:04, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're saying with the St. Charles Borromeo. The infobox (based on NRIS) says Keely, but the text only explicitly credits him with the church. You'll probably need other sources than the Woonsocket MPS to identify architects for the other buildings in the complex. Magic♪piano 13:22, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

True, the first document I had only cited Keely as well, hence the concern. Without actually doing the article in full, I guess I cannot be too concerned with this issue at the present time. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 08:01, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Siege of St. John's

Hello! Don't know if you remember me (not offended if you don't), but I assisted you in gathering a source in order for the Charles Town expedition to reach GA status a couple years back, and you noted that you were aiming to get a large number of articles related to Queen Anne's War completed to attain Good Topic status at the time. I may have time to work on gathering more sources that you could use (my work schedule may permit it due to the shifts) in the upcoming weeks, if not months. Just contact me whenever you get the chance, and I'll try to respond (and gather sources as soon as Wednesday, as that will be my next day off. Thanks for reading!LeftAire (talk) 22:41, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

--Never mind. I found the old post that I left here, and I'll get around to finding more recent sources as soon as I can!LeftAire (talk) 22:45, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for creating the new International Vinegar Museum article and for expanding Wikipedia's coverage of notable historic places and food-related topics. NorthAmerica1000 04:29, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Refnums in new NRHP listings

First off, thank you for helping to add new listings to our lists as they are announced; without editors like yourself, we could never keep our lists as up to date as they are. If I might, though, put in a request for you to double check the entries when you add them, specifically the refnums attached to each. I just ran my bot [here] and found five separate instances where you added an item to a list with an incorrect reference number. This page is the basis for the duplication statistics on WP:NRHPPROGRESS, and any false duplicate like these five can throw off those statistics. I have corrected all five of these errors now, but this is not the first time I've come across this type of thing. If you could in the future, please be a little more careful with the reference numbers when adding new items to the lists. Thanks!--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 00:07, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

I try to be uniform in the sequence of editing steps involved in making those updates (especially in cut/paste of the refnum), but errors seem to creep in anyway. It's that darn human nature... Magic♪piano 13:08, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

¿1,500 works by Schubert?

Hi! I added the "citation needed" tag to the assertion that FZ composed oer 1,500 works. I googled for quite a while and couldn't find a source for that. The reference you mention is quite far below. Are you sure it mentions that? The official catalog lists only 998. I hope you can help me with that! --Jbaranao (talk) 19:03, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

I would assume the cited source makes the claim, given the summary nature and content of the paragraph. On the other hand, if you have a better source (the one given is a reprint of a 1937 work, which is also not a dedicated biography of Schubert), feel free to change the number with reference to more recent scholarship. Magic♪piano 19:12, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

I believe the figure 1,500 is wrong. I just can't find it in spanish or english. Perhaps in german, but I don't speak it. But it would be VERY remarkably if it was true, consideriing how young he died, and the fact that the official catalog lists only 998 and nowhere the article explains the discrepancy --Jbaranao (talk) 03:42, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Haverhill Street Milestone

Magicpiano -

I noticed that the Haverhill Street Milestone's location is given as 434 Hverhill St. - I can see a small marker there in the area stated. But, the photo supplied looks like the one on the property of the Smith Shoe Shop located at 273 Haverhill St. - take a look on google earth - what do you think?

- Jamie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.9.71.73 (talk) 22:52, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

I don't see anything matching the photo in the MACRIS description of this marker in Google Street View in the 434 Haverhill St. area. If you do, please supply a full URL to the Google view. You are correct that the marker I photographed is the one at 273 Haverhill; it matches the described marker, except that the painted marking appears to have worn off. Magic♪piano 00:45, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.53835,-71.087408,3a,75y,71.11h,77.11t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s6weIO1wgs52yzMcCxFuqIA!2e0

I hope one of these links work - the marker is to the right of the house at 273 Haverhill St.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/273+Haverhill+St,+Reading,+MA+01867/@42.5385801,-71.0874784,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e30c853cf8b241:0xfa7ee36f514d9e79 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.9.71.73 (talk) 01:12, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

It is highly likely that the street has been renumbered since 1985, when the location of the stone was given in the National Register nomination. The map in the nomination form (available via the "NR" button at the MACRIS link above) locates the marker pretty much at what is currently number 273 (east side of the road, just south of Wakefield Street). Magic♪piano 01:38, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

I agree, I was just pointing out that the wiki article still shows 434 Haverhill - can you update that article? Thanks for replying back so quickly tonight - I've never pointed anything out before!

The Haverhill Street Milestone is a historic milestone on Haverhill Street in Reading, Massachusetts. Located on the east side of the road near 434 Haverhill Street, it is a granite slab with a rounded top. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.9.71.73 (talk) 01:48, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, of course. Magic♪piano 01:50, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks - have a great night! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.9.71.73 (talk) 01:52, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

25 DYK Award

		The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		For all your contributions to DYK. Keep up the good work. Freikorp (talk) 06:44, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Carl Nielsen

Hi Magicpiano. Back in 2009, you completed a very useful assessment of Carl Nielsen. As several editors have since contributed to the article, you might like to look through it once more and allow us to benefit from any further suggestions you may have for its enhancement. We are trying to bring the article up to GA standard in connection with Nielsen's 150th anniversary on 9 June 2015.--Ipigott (talk) 09:31, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

I'll try to take a look in the next few days. Magic♪piano 14:29, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Rhodes Street

Argh! I go out today to get photos of the Rhodes Street HD in Providence, then come back to start uploading them and.... — Ipoellet (talk) 16:46, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Hopefully it wasn't your only target; it's not like there's a shortage of locations in South Providence. Magic♪piano 21:13, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

It wasn't, though I only had about an hour... :-) — Ipoellet (talk) 03:34, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Article assessment

I notice that you recently assessed Meades Ranch (Kansas) as Start-class. Could I ask you for a little more detail on this? I'm under no illusion that this is ready for GA status, but judging by the WikiProject NRHP standards, I'd be inclined to say that it's reached C level. Of course, my opinion is hardly unbiased, since I did the expansion that took it beyond stubhood. Could you suggest what would need to be done to bring it up to a C or better?

Thanks in advance for responding to this—and thanks, as well, for taking on what I'm sure sometimes seems like the unappreciated task of assessing articles. If you do it often, you probably get lots of irate notes from people who want to know why their two-paragraph stub didn't rate a C or better. I hope I'm not one of those people; and if you have suggestions as to how I might move it beyond Start, I'll do what I can to implement them. — Ammodramus (talk) 00:04, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

I don't, as a general rule, apply C-class (generally Start or B, as the case may be), and I was just skimming the article for size and general content. In this case, the article is mostly about the datum, and not the property itself, which is a problem (IMHO of course) with respect to a B assessment. If the article were actually named "Geodetic Center of the United States" or similar, that would be less of a problem. Magic♪piano 13:27, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Apologies for talk page stalking, but I looked over the article, and it looks like a C-class article to me based on the WikiProject NRHP standards (though I agree it's not B-class yet). It at least touches upon all the aspects of the property I'd expect to see, and it has detailed and sourced coverage of the property description and the history of the datum. Since I do use C-class in assessing articles, I'll go ahead and reassess it. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 16:51, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you for your responses to this. I'm not crazy about the current article name, but I think that "Geodetic Center of the US" wouldn't be accurate either, since it lost its special standing with the adoption of the NAD83 datum. I'll take this up at the article's talk page. Ammodramus (talk) 00:53, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Photo Inquiry

Good Afternoon,

I saw a photo that you took of the Robert Treat Paine House back in 2013 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PaineEstate_MainHouse.jpg).I work for a Retail Design Firm and am currently seeking a high resolution photograph of The Paine Estate to be used in a local bank in Waltham. I wanted to reach out to you to see if you happen to have a high resolution version of this photo and if you would be willing to grant us the rights to use it for a wall mural within this branch?

Any response would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your assistance in this matter.

MZell2015 (talk) 17:33, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the interest. Unfortunately, I do not seem to have kept the full-resolution photos for the Paine Estate. For modest compensation, I'd be happy to try to recreate that photo; I live in the area. Use the "Email this user" link to the left if you want to pursue that option. (The full resolution photo would be 4288x2848, assuming it isn't cropped.) Magic♪piano 23:37, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Cove Creek Tributary Bridge

On the Logan County listings, we seem to have a duplicate, but I'm not sure if that's all that's going on. I posted an image yesterday for the Cove Creek Bridge, and noticed it's the same bridge someone else had photographed for the Cove Creek Tributary Bridge. Arkansaspreservation.com lists the "Cove Creek Tributary Bridge" and has the same NRHP listing # as appears for that entry on the WP page. That site does not have a listing for "Cove Creek Bridge". The state highway identification sign at the bridge site itself identifies it as "Cove Creek Bridge". The Cove Creek Bridge listing on the WP page has a different NRHP listing #. Since you seem to have your finger on the pulse of this stuff, as it were, I thought you might do better at figuring it out than I would. Valis55 (talk) 17:55, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

After Arkansas Preservation redesigned their web site a few weeks ago, there are a number of issues with the NRHP part of the site. I have found at least two instances of listings that are missing from search results, and numerous PDFs of listings are also missing. If you find what seem to be missing entries, you can try to find them the NRIS mirror run by Elkman, which has all listings up to about April 2010 (i.e. it has no listings or delistings after then). If they show up in Elkman but not on the Arkansas Preservation site, contact them (info@arkansaspreservation.com), they're pretty good about responding. On the old web site, I would report errors or omissions that would be fixed within a business day. Sometimes the omission from their site is caused by an imminent delisting. For bridges, you can also see if Bridgehunter has images or other information (like better lat/lon, which these two listings need).

In this case, listings for "Cove Creek Bridge" and "Cove Creek Tributary Bridge" both show up in Elkman (Tributary=95000644, Creek=95000645), and are given separate resource identifiers (in the "Other Names" field in Elkman: Tributary=LO0051, Creek=LO0050). Unfortunately, Logan County appears to be one of the counties whose nomination forms are not currently available on the web site, but they can send copies by email. Bridgehunter has images of both bridges (look nearly identical), provided by the Arkansas Highway Dept. Magic♪piano 18:29, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

pleasant st school ayer ma

Pleasant st school later year.1980. I was there the last year. Wendy Rosko. Just fyi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.58.213 (talk) 07:06, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:John Harvard Statue Harvard Logo.jpg

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If it is determined that the file does not qualify under the non-free content policy, it might be deleted by an administrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:01, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

MP, thanks for taking care of this. I find this mindless templating more than a bit annoying -- e.g. Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2014_June_4#File:WugTest_NowThereIsAnotherOne_FairUseOnly.jpg. And thanks again for the images themselves. I think the little horizontal montage really makes the article, and it wouldn't be possible without your contributions. I only wish now (hint, hint) that we had a version of File:JohnHarvardShinyFoot24June07.jpg in which the inscription was visible -- perhaps by careful use of flash or shadowing? Apparently the lettering was originally gilt, now long gone of course. EEng (talk) 18:59, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

A long long time ago ( Ethan Allen )

This change from 2009 added:

"Vermont's government had also become more than a clique dominated by the Allen and Chittenden families due to the territory's rapid population growth."

Was that supposed to have been "... little more than a clique ..." ? Shenme (talk) 02:55, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

No. The point was that in the early years, the government was rather cliquish, and that it had since become less so. Magic♪piano 12:02, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Military career of George Washington

This article needs some help - I really don't have the time to fix it all up, am hoping someone like yourself who's in Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history & into American military history/American Revolution history can help. Thanks in advance, Shearonink (talk) 17:56, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

New section

Sorry to bother you, but as you might have noticed, User:Four Leaf Paladin is changing infobox results around Wikipedia without any criteria beyond what he vaguely assumes to be right. Do you have any advice? Bertdrunk (talk) 03:55, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

I don't have any specific advice. He's hit a few things on my watchlist, I'm waiting to see his response (if any) to being reverted. Magic♪piano 11:54, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Good day, gentleman. Well I would have to say that my response to clearly reasonable and sensible edits being erased without polite protestation, would be, at the risk of edit war, I will stand by my edits, for example, I will now edit Fort Donelson's info box as Ben Hur's author did in fact participate the battle. Again good day :) User Four Leaf Paladin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Four Leaf Paladin (talk • contribs) 21:07, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Obviously, there is disagreement over how reasonable and sensible your edits are. They might be considered reasonable and sensible by me if they were accompanied by documentation beyond your personal opinion. Magic♪piano 21:23, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

I understand how futile it'd seem being that this is Wikipedia, but my edits are not based off of opinion. Four Leaf Paladin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Four Leaf Paladin (talk • contribs) 22:59, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

If that is indeed the case, it should be a trivial matter for you to identify (via citation) what sources you used to arrive at your edits, when you make them. Magic♪piano 23:48, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

That, I do not yet know how to do, I've only the knowledge from the books I read and other Wikipedia information, I had hoped that it'd be enough and was for a while. Four Leaf Paladin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Four Leaf Paladin (talk • contribs) 04:01, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

See Help:Citations for how to add citations. Magic♪piano 12:27, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Brown-Hodgkinson House

Hi! My name is Mandy and I'm writing to you on the Brown-Hodgkinson house! Micheal Hodgkinson is my great-great grandfather and William is my great grandfather! I'm trying to get information on them for my mom! I was wondering if there is anything important you may know about them or property or even lead me to find out? My grandfather past away in 1992 and was to young to ask! If you can help that would be great! Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.74.65.243 (talk) 19:14, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Shays' Rebellion

I just noticed that there is Talk: Shays's Rebellion, different & separate from Talk:Shays' Rebellion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Shays%27s_Rebellion). Do you have any idea how to fix it? I know I could try to move/redirect it but the actual article talk page already exists so that wouldn't work. I think you have more WP-rights than I do so maybe you can figure it out what to do. Thanks & cheers, Shearonink (talk) 15:02, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Talk pages can be redirected, same as main-space pages. I have redirected that one (no special rights needed). Magic♪piano 15:40, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

history time lines

Do you know or do you know who I can ask - why wikipedia has deleted all the military campaign boxes with the different battles in them as well as history time line boxes on various wiki history articles. I thought those boxes were very convenient and offered significant clarity to the overall histories?--Hantsheroes (talk) 17:33, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're referring to. If you mean navigational tools like Template:Campaignbox Queen Anne's War, they're still around... Magic♪piano 19:55, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Portland Head Light and Fort Williams

I noticed that you've edited National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine. I'd like to thank you for your efforts, and mention a couple of difficulties I have with the National Register. First, all their documentation refers to Portland Head Light incorrectly as "Portland Headlight". Second, it's surprising to me that Fort Williams is not on the Register, while less significant places such as Fort Baldwin are. I guess it depends on who nominates a fort. Any idea on how to nominate Fort Williams? RobDuch (talk) 05:11, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

If you think "headlight" vs. "head light" is a problem, you've not had a good look at the National Register database; it is littered with misspellings and other problems. This sort of difference is unlikely to be corrected, although you are free to try (see links below). As far as nominating a site to the National Register, there is general guidance at the Park Service's National Register page. For specifics in Maine, including relevant contact information for getting started, see this page. (It may be that Fort Baldwin has more surviving historic integrity than Fort Williams, or that no one has yet bothered to evaluate Fort Williams. The folks at the Maine HPC may know.) Magic♪piano 12:20, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for new images, plus a suggested title change

Thanks for uploading some images. This one: File:UFFIELDBUILTBYGEORGEFULLER1829-vi.jpg

has a curious title. Is it missing an initial "S"?

Do you mind if I correct it and while doing so convert to the usual case:

Suffield Built By George Fuller 1829-vi.jpg?--S Philbrick(Talk) 21:47, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

I usually rename the files when uploading them, but that one slipped through. (The web site from which I pulled it used exactly that name.) Feel free to correct it (and any others I might have missed). Magic♪piano 22:46, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Barkhamsted 1821 Schoolhouse.jpg

You uploaded File:Barkhamsted 1821 Schoolhouse.jpg to commons, providing this as the source. I'm not familiar with fotki. Can you point me to where it says that this 2011 file has a free-compatible license? Thanks. Generic1139 (talk) 22:57, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

At the time I downloaded images from that website (there are quite a few, and I wasn't the only one to download Jerry's pictures), the image pages had a CC marker (File:Cc-by new white.svg) which linked to the CC-BY 2.5 license. It appears that Fotki has (recently, as I downloaded some just a few months ago) redesigned their pages, and license information is not obviously visible. See the 2011 archived page. Magic♪piano 01:46, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

California Powder Works

Re your edit: "California Powder Works' was the first American explosive powder manufacturing company west of the Rocky Mountains." Were there any non-American companies? WCCasey (talk) 04:50, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

I don't have any specific knowledge that speaks to it. The claim (phrased either with or without the qualifier) is unsourced. Magic♪piano 12:59, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

British companies come to mind (whether directly coming from London or from the future Canadian provinces), as do Russian ones. Nyttend (talk) 03:54, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Near Brattleboro?

Hey, I saw that you recently worked on Creamery Covered Bridge. Are you in Western Mass? If you are near, I would love to find a way to organize a WP:Meetup or Wiki Loves type outing: I found a few more people in central/Southern VT, and central NH , as well as the New England (Boston) user group. Let me know if you would be interested. With Wikipedia 15 coming up, we could do something fun in the area too :) Sadads (talk) 20:17, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog. Or where you live. I live a bit too far from the Pioneer Valley for meetups there (Boston-ish). I've been working on entries in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont, which is whence my Brattleboro edits originate. Magic♪piano 00:35, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Missed this: bummer, but thanks for the coverage! And the update of the Scott Covered Bridge Article :) Will reach out to you if I have any questions/need help updating anything: I typically write novels articles, so work like Whetstone Brook and the Scott Covered Bridge are a bit unfamiliar for me. Anything you can dig up on Brooks Memorial Library would be great. I have a couple contacts of people who work at the library, so I might do a bit of digging in their archive, if I ever get a weekend. Sadads (talk) 20:04, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

There is some information on the library in the nomination form for the Brattleboro Downtown Historic District. It's mostly historical, since the present building is non-contributing to the district, but it does identify its architects.Magic♪piano 20:35, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Juliette Gordon Low Historic District

Thank you for all of your contributions to national landmarks. Your link to the location of Juliette Gordon Low Historic District links to the country of Georgia, not the state. The coordinates are wrong too. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:42, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Well. I just copied the coordinates from List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state). That'll teach me to not double-check them. Magic♪piano 02:46, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

I've just finished working on the coordinates of all of the specific buildings on that page, except that there was one I couldn't find. I didn't work on HDs. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:48, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Actually, it was the map id that was wrong. The coordinates are in Savannah, but in the wrong place. I will correct. Magic♪piano 02:50, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Have you seen the NRHP nom form for it? 47 pages! (It was in the first year of the NRHP.) Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 18:12, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Rather than thanking you for each of the improvements you've made to National Landmarks, thank you for all of the improvements! Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I note that I will soon run out of Georgia NHLs... Magic♪piano 02:11, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Nominating Siege of St. John's

Hi!

Not sure if you remember me, but I helped you with a few citations with the Charles Town expedition article a few years back, and while I was in the process of accomplishing some long-standing goals I remembered wanting to assist you in getting the Good Topic listing for the Battles of the Queen Anne's War. I rewrote a portion of the first paragraph of the first section of the background section and added the book w/citations. I'm about to nominate it, and I'm here to assist you in the GA process for the article if needed (first thing I'll do is add the ISBN # to the David Marley book)! Respond when you get the chance, and thanks for reading! LeftAire (talk) 22:53, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Watson house

Thanks for updating the location of the Watson house at List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state). I went through all of those, and the old location was at the "watson-Brown Foundation", or something like that, so I assumed that it was correct. The actual house is significantly far from there. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:06, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

There is a a bit of a conundrum for you if you wish to pursue it in that listing. The old coordinates were for 312 Tom Watson Way (formerly called Lumpkin Street), the address given in the 1976 listing for "Thomas E. Watson House". The 1979 listing for "Hickory Hill" gives the generic location "Hickory Hill Dr. and N. Lee St.", which is a corner of the Hickory Hill property. The NPS returns the same nomination form for both of these listings in the online Focus database, which describes the Hickory Hill mansion and is dated 1976. The house at 312 Tom Watson Way was Thomas Watson's house before he acquired and renovated Hickory Hall, and appears now to be the main contact point for the properties owned by the Watson-Brown Foundation. If you find all of this confusing, so do I. Was the 1976 listing (and NHL designation) supposed to be for Hickory Hill, or for 312 Tom Watson Way/Lumpkin St. house? Why was Hickory Hill NR-listed (seemingly again) just three years later, if the 1976 form describes it?

I've asked the NPS if there is perhaps a second nomination form (dated 1979) that isn't online. Magic♪piano 01:28, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm hoping to make it there someday to get some photographs. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:42, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Image request

Hi there, I'm a photo researcher working on a commercial book project. They are curious about using your overlay showing the route of Henry Knox.

I see that it's under an attribution license that specifies no modifications. The editors do not like the green color used for the route. Is it possible you could make it a different color and license it to us for this purpose? Thank you!

Please write me back at eseramur {a} selectedshots.photos

Liz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Selectedshots (talk • contribs) 19:05, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

I assume you are referring to File:HenryKnoxTrail.jpg. This file is multi-licensed under GFDL, which allows modification (as long as you attribute and redistribute your modified version), or a by a Creative Commons license, which specifically allows "to remix" -- i.e. you can make modifications, as long as you attribute the work properly. I doubt I have an original layered version of this image, but it should not be hard for an experienced photoshopper to modify the green color. Magic♪piano 19:30, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the assessment of Engineer Cantonment. I've been eagerly awaiting its quality rating so that it'd show up on the start-plus map at the NRHP progress page. Now Washington County will be a slightly paler shade of blue...

I see that you gave it a C rating. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you suggest what might need improving? At some point in the future I'd like to try to push it up to GA, but I don't want to waste a reviewer's time, so won't nominate it until I'm fairly confident that it'll pass with only minor tweaks.

Don't know if you noticed this, but one source in particular is missing: the NRHP nom form. I suspect that we will never have one, since the site's AR, and neither the Nebraska State Historical Society nor the NPS has those forms online. (I was able to find the site with little trouble, but I'm reluctant to put up coords: it's close to a major city, and artifacts discovered include brass buttons; I suspect that this combination would make it highly susceptible to visits by metal-detector enthusiasts.) — Ammodramus (talk) 18:28, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

I'll take a slightly more detailed look at it later (I only skimmed it). Have you tried asking the NPS for the redacted nomination? (Given that it's a 2015 listing, they may not have redacted it yet. None of my recent requests for redacted forms have been answered, but that seems to be par for the course.) Magic♪piano 19:12, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. No need to re-examine it if your rating was based on a skim; I'm willing to nominate a C-rated article for GA, as long as I think it meets the standards. I just wanted to make sure that you hadn't spotted any major flaws that needed correcting. And thanks again for rating it; looking forward to seeing the county change color (by just a bit) on the progress maps. Ammodramus (talk) 20:54, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Listing issue

This listing looks to be in the wrong city. I went to the location in the City of Fond du Lac and didn't find it. This shows it in Rosendale, Wisconsin as does the Wisconsin Historical Society. Coordinates come up in the city of Fond du Lac (which is politically separate from the County of Fond du Lac). Would you please check into it? RoyalbroilAlt 16:19, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

The listing is indeed in Rosendale, my bad. Magic♪piano 16:25, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it and THANKS for all of your help updating the NRHP lists! To err is human. The updated location in Rosendale is right on one of the main east/west roads in the state so it should be a cinch for me to get sometime this year. I only had to go about 1 mile from the optimum path when I drove to the wrong spot in Fond du Lac. I'm surprised that both communities had a street named West Division. RoyalbroilAlt 18:32, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Siege of St. John's GA review

Hi, You haven't yet replied to or actioned all of my comments at Talk:Siege of St. John's/GA1. Will you be able to do so? Regards, Nick-D (talk) 10:35, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

I had expected the nominator to pick up at least some of the work, but I'll have another go at it. Magic♪piano 14:26, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, my mistake - I thought you were the nominator (who seems inactive at present). Please don't feel that you're under any obligation whatsoever to work on this article. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 07:26, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thank you for stepping in to respond to the Siege of St. John's GA review Nick-D (talk) 00:49, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Great photo in the article Solomon Grove Smith-Hughes Building! Michael Powerhouse (talk) 23:45, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		For all your help on getting WP:NRHP 75% Illustrated (spread it around!) Smallbones(smalltalk) 02:37, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Midtown Detroit, Michigan

Hi! Thanks for doing the yeoman's work of adding new Register listings to the appropriate lists. Could you, however, move the New Center Commercial Historic District entry from National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Midtown Detroit, Michigan to National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit, Michigan? The District is located in the New Center, which is outside of Midtown/Downtown. I wouldn't mind moving it myself, but I think you've got the auto-renumber tools that would make it less painful. Thanks! Andrew Jameson (talk) 10:40, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Sure no problem. Magic♪piano 17:02, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

NRHP / Maine HPC reference

HI Magicpiano -- Your nice new article Noble Block popped up on my alerts list because it linked to some page that I created. As have many of your articles over several years. I hope you don't mind my editing the article in this diff of 3 small edits to refine the main reference in a few ways. Including that I added the preparer's name and year of preparation (as author= and date= or year=), I added the corresponding photo link. I doubt many future local readers/editors would know how to get to the photo, so I think that at least is worthwhile. It's more subjective how the document should be titled and how the photo should be titled. Any which way, it's nice that you've created this and many other articles. Cheers, --doncram 19:10, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

Minor followup: I didn't have it straight myself how to enter a "MONTH, YEAR" type date of document preparation, and was getting errors when I tried, so I was just entering "date=YEAR" or "year=YEAR" for a while, which both work to show just the year. But I elsewhere found that "date=January 1986" works (where there is no comma), so I came back to further revise that Noble Block reference by this diff. Not that the day or month really need to be included.

By the way, I see from discussion further up this page that you systematically addressed Connecticut NRIS-only articles back in 2014, which probably included some by me. Thank you for that. There are other newer articles not started by me, but applying this Petscan search on NRIS-only articles created by November 2013 yields just 6 archeological sites (4 started by me) where NRHP documents were not, and presumably are still not, available, so it looks like you addressed all that could be addressed back then. I gather you also expanded a lot of other CT articles that were short stubs though not NRIS-only. When NRHP docs became available in 2009-2010, I had created a good number of HD articles in CT to find facts about overlap with topics of villages and towns, to avoid or settle disagreement about what to do when facts weren't known, then I later tried to complete out a city or two and a county or two. Most of those were very short with just one or two facts selected from the NRHP document; thank you for expanding them, like you did here. --doncram 19:33, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Samuel Penney House article removal

Please replace the 1902 historical article I transcribed on the Penney house. It offers more facts and information on my house than any other source.

Thank you, Joshua Armstrong — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.129.196.126 (talk) 07:10, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

If you learn how to properly format text in articles, you can add it back yourself. What you added was entirely unreadable due to lack of formatting. Magic♪piano 12:14, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Stone arch bridges

One of the Follett Stone Arch Bridge Historic District bridges

Thank you so much for contributing your photos and articles on bridges by James Otis Follett. It greatly enriches the Follett article, that was developed mostly by User:Cbl62, to have pics directly in the article (there were only pics in some of the linked sources, before). And I see you created all five of the bridges articles, too! I find my way to these now from a notice of link to the Follett article from your new Kendron Brook Bridge article (which has a reference error displayed right now, by the way). Regards, --doncram 18:39, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out the reference error. Just another day at the office... Magic♪piano 19:42, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

New London County

You're doing a fantastic job filling in the New London County images! It's my long ago homeland, so it's neat to see all these places I never knew existed. A warning if you haven't somehow got [Capt. Mark Stoddard Farmstead]] already; I tried to get it a few years ago but failed. It's down a long private driveway, and the homeowner is very insistent on now wanting photos of their house on the internet. We may have to settle for getting the local historical society to license an image, or something like that. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 02:08, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

I didn't get east of 395 on my travels through southern Connecticut. I've had plenty of encounters with large properties that are essentially unphotographable without permission -- that one certainly looks like another. I've got plenty of pictures of Middlesex and Litchfield County properties still to come... Magic♪piano 02:49, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

German state template

Hello, there's a tiny mistake in your template User:Magicpiano/Deutsche Länder besucht: it should read "Dieser Benutzer hat {{{1}}} von Deutschlands 16 Ländern besucht." Cheers, AxelBoldt (talk) 01:59, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing. I hate declension (:. Magic♪piano 12:12, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Eustis Estate article

Thanks for getting the Milton Eustis Estate article off to a good start, back in April!.-71.174.180.38 (talk) 16:46, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

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