User talk:Millbrooky/Archive 1

Archive 1

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Interstate 70

In regards to your edits to I-70, the table that MPD put on the table is more compliant with project standards. It doesn't matter if it looks better or not; your reversion to the old table is outdated and needs to be replaced. I have reverted back to MPD's table.  V60 ^{VTalk · VDemolitions} 00:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

STL uni to STL edu merger

Hi Millbrooky, I support merging Colleges and Universities of St. Louis, Missouri to Education in St. Louis, Missouri, it's redundant with no need that I can see for separate articles, and should be merged soon. Evolauxia 06:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Munich U-Bahn

Sadly my system can't read the pdfs that are on MVG's website so I can't check the source, but there were 3 new stations opened last October which might not be included in that particular source. Could you please check if that is the case. Agathoclea 08:20, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

The PDFs on MVG's website are dated 1 Jan 2007 (April 2007 edition). I've also count 93 stations on the network map included in the article. I found the PDF at this link here. --Millbrooky 17:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Strange, if the previous figures were wrong then the people who maintained the German article have had a serious lapse, and they are the ones that know every piece of track. Anyway I left a message with Flo to see if he can come up with an explanation for the discrepancy. Agathoclea 19:31, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I was refered to this where the MVG gives the other figures. In particular there they count three stations double, as they are seperate stations under the same name. (Junctions). Agathoclea 20:57, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Uta-med.jpg)

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Metrolink

Hi, I noticed your contributions to St. Louis Metrolink. The Light rail in North America has a section dedicated to St. Louis's light rail system but it is not written. What's needed is a 1-2 paragraph summary of the whole light rail system if you'd like to write it. Cheers.--Loodog (talk) 00:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

St. Louis WikiProjects

Hello, I noticed you've made edits to St. Louis articles or that you are in some way connected to metropolitan area. I thought you might want to become a member of the St. Louis WikiProject. We've recently built the project page and started a drive to improve St. Louis related articles. Please take a look to edit an article or add one of your own. Once an article's status has been agreed upon, feel free to stop by and lend a hand in getting it to featured article status. Hope you can participate!

Grey Wanderer | Talk 02:15, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Michigan lefts elsewhere

The example I included in the article may not appear exactly like the aerial photo at the top of the article. But it is considered to be a Michigan left. Area traffic planners have used that term to refer to this location, and therefore, I feel, it is appropriate in this article. I also wish to see other examples listed here in the future. I just know of this one because I used to live nearby.

The satellite view I inserted into article is not the most perfect picture. But it is the best illustration I could find online. Anyway, this location does fit the description named in the introductory paragraph - a prohibited left turn that is replaced by a U-turn followed by a right turn.Sebwite (talk) 17:51, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

stl neighborhoods

thanks for working on the neighborhood articles. I've created a to do list for them and linked it in all the article discussion pages. None of them are really outstanding right now. If you would like to collaborate with me, we could pick one and try to bring it up to a standard good enough for the other articles to look up to. If they can reach a satisfactory level of description and informative character, I would like to create articles for the historic neighborhoods too. The problem with the downtown article is that it is the historic neighborhood not the current neighborhoods as they are broken down by the government. I lived down there, and I think there's a huge character difference once you cross tucker. I'm unsure how to address that right now though, so I'll leave it. Hope this finds you well. DaronDierkes (talk) 00:26, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Education in St. Louis, Missouri

the article for education in st. louis includes universities that are outside the city limits, but the name at least limits them to Missouri so places like SIUE shouldn't be included. So the merger with the list of colleges and universities isn't appropriate. If however a Education in Greater St. Louis article is created, then there is home for that information. You're the only active person in the stl project as far as I can see. Do give me your thoughts. DaronDierkes (talk) 05:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

MetroLink

are you renaming the categories in order to capitalize the L in metrolink? What about the station articles? most of them are spelled with have (Metrolink Station) as part of their title... DaronDierkes (talk) 01:04, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

The station articles all have to be renamed and redirected to match the main article. --Millbrooky (talk) 15:16, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Wow, you've done a lot of work. I noticed you moved a category, and that there are three more categories still to go that use the Metrolink name instead of MetroLink. I'd like to put in a slight objection to the categorizing of Bi-state under MetroLink because it is already under public transit which also includes the metrolink. As Bi-state runs the buses, the call-a-ride program, and the metrolink, I think it is better not to group it so low or to redundantly categorize it, but of course, no articles currently exist for the other two programs... Anyway, I'm ok with however you want to go about it. If you have the time and energy I do hope that you can look over Wikipedia:WikiProject St. Louis/Transportation which is still in its nascent phase. Edit away, any direction that can be given to the working group would be most appreciated. I'd love to start a dialouge on the talk page there too. I'm always here, if you want to talk about something or need help with a st. louis related project. DaronDierkes (talk) 03:28, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I've been on a tear today, and it's probably today only. As for the cats, I'll leave that up to you. Just thought that since Bi-state runs MetroLink that it should be categorized with MetroLink.

Nice work

		The Missouri Barnstar of Merit
		For all the tagging you've done for WikiProject St. Louis as well as your work on transit related articles. Grey Wanderer | Talk 21:08, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Kansas City assessments

I've finally got the assessment categories working for WikiProject Kansas City and I've just run the Wikipedia 1.0 bot. I fixed the banner some time ago for assessments so everything should be in working order now. If you still feel inclined to tackle it then its all yours. You'll find the category structure at Category:Kansas City articles Grey Wanderer | Talk 23:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I see you've started. I created this page for myself, but I thought it might be useful to you as well. It is a compilation of all the assessment tables from WikiProject Missouri and its major sub-projects. Thanks Grey Wanderer | Talk 18:25, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

C-Class

Just wanted to let you know that per this consensus. C-Class is now an official article quality. Its between Start-Class and B-Class. WikiProject banners are slowly being updated, feel free to mess with any you want. I'll be creating some new categories and hopefully the 1.0 bot has already been updated. Grey Wanderer | Talk 22:38, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Uhhgg, I had a tough enough time distinguishing between many stubs and starts. I'll wait until the dust settles and the definitions set before I assess KC and reassess STL. --Millbrooky (talk) 23:02, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Kudos

		The Resilient Barnstar
		for your good-natured withdrawal from Tubular tyres AFD. Colonel Warden (talk) 17:17, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Compton Hill Reservoir Park

On 29 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Compton Hill Reservoir Park, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 03:15, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

SFS Technology

Well MillBrooky, how i can fix this problem, how i can increase the notability?
The page exists from about 2 months and i don't understand this notability lack.
Please help me to resolve this problem
Vincenzo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincenzodentamaro (talk • contribs) 09:53, 1 July 2008 (UTC) The SFS Technology is a new born software. How many time i have got to increase its notability? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincenzodentamaro (talk • contribs) 16:59, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 3 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arthur Barret, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 06:54, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

10 July DYK

On 10 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Daniel Page, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

-- Natalya 11:45, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Lambert Airport Edit

That info on the website you removed was good info. The site has many new things to make traveling easier and it is worth mentioning on the article. So Why Did you change it? Know you can find info on a lot more things such as flights, pilot info and up to date real time news. Preceding unsigned comment added by Moairgaurd2 (talk • contribs) 04:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Lambert's new website is little more than a makeover with some spit and polish. I felt that a website makeover was not newsworthy enough to warrant its inclusion within the article. I will admit I was a little over-zealous with my reversion and have restored the new web address for the airport. Also, the web address is not as important as the title of the website. --Millbrooky (talk) 03:58, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Thats fine, just keep the same url flystl because it is no longer called Lambert-st.louis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moairgaurd2 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Neighborhood tags

I tagged the neighborhood articles because the information isnt sourced. For the most part they lack content other than 'such and such is a neighborhood in ...'. If the areas/neighborhoods really do not have any real substance, there certainly isnt any reason to feature each and everyone in their own article. Wikipedia isnt a directory. It seems that a list of neighborhoods within the main article would suffice. However, if there is indeed relevant, sourced information for the neighborhoods it should be certainly added. --YngNorman (talk) 02:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I understand what you are saying in regards to steps that can be taken to address various concerns (ie. merging articles/ deleting non-notables/ unreferenced tag definitions etc.). I attempted not to tag articles that had a link provided but I could have mistakenly done so. I have no desire for any of the articles to be deleted or merged, so I guess my true intention was to make note of the fact that the articles require content and sourced information, and highlight the need for others to actively contribute. --YngNorman (talk) 22:42, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Templates

Sorry, and thanks for the help. I think they're all fixed now. NawlinWiki (talk) 21:13, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback can be used to revert vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback may be removed at any time.

If you no longer want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Happy editing! Tiptoety ^talk 01:17, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Maya Angelou

Hi Millbrooky,

I noticed that you tagged this article, suggesting that it be split into Work of Maya Angelou. I wondered why that is, when many other featured articles about authors don't have their bibliographies/list of works separated from the main article. Please understand that I'm not opposed to it, but just want to hear your reasoning behind the suggestion. Thanks. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 05:42, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Main page: Talk:Maya Angelou § Works of Maya Angelou

Burroughs bibliography split

I've responded to your suggestion regarding the splitting of the William Burroughs article on its talk page. In brief, I'm not against the idea, but having witnessed many occasions where similar articles have had to endure AFD challenges, I'd recommend caution. Cheers! 23skidoo (talk) 22:39, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

RE Metrolink Classification

medium-capacity system seems to be a relatively new term, St. Louis Metrolink much more resembles a MCS than a lightrail. Metrolink uses elevated platforms and none of the line operates along surface streets like most lightrails. But since the MCS seems to be a new concept and term I agree on keeping the Metrolink page a light rail.--Bhockey10 (talk) 20:15, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Double DYK

On 28 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James H. Britton, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

and

On 28 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Overstolz, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Help with creating an infobox

I am trying to create an infobox, and I am having difficulty with the process. It is very confusing. I see you have created at least one infobox, and I'm sure you may be able to help me with that.

The infobox I am trying to create would be called Infobox Bus line, and it would be used for articles on municipal, regional, or intercity bus lines. Currently, my construction of this infobox can be found at User:Sebwite/busline.

Any help would be sincerely appreciated. Sebwite (talk) 00:59, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't mean to ignore you. I'm currently busy doing some research for my Missouri-related articles. I'll try to help you out sometime this weekend when I get a chance. --Millbrooky (talk) 22:15, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

"As of" links

Please note that following some changes to Wikipedia:As of, "As of..." links are no longer used, and that the substitute template should be used instead. I have updated the link you made on List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri if you need an example. See Wikipedia:As of and the documentation for {{As of}} for more information. Thanks – Ikara ^{talk →} 23:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

WP:KCC assessment bot

Yeah, I'm not too good at that stuff. I was putting it off for a while until I learned some tricks. That would be great if you could help. Thanks! conman33 (. . .talk) 23:09, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I deleted the page thus for the bot to do the job. I think that is within your wishes. Regards SoWhy 07:21, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much for doing that. I wish I could have known how to do it, but also had the time to do so. I've been very busy and not really on WP a whole lot now. Thanks again! conman33 (. . .talk) 18:05, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

notable kirkwood residents

Actually what i was posting was correct, so feel free to stop reversing it. Ben Krueger runs kirkwood. So you can stop deleting it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.184.129.142 (talk) 22:01, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

So yeah, Ben Krueger runs Kirkwood, MO , so if you could add him under the notable residents, that would be great. Thank you 204.184.129.142 (talk) 22:16, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Arthur J. McDonnell is the mayor of Kirkwood. Meanwhile, Ben Krueger Kirkwood returns no reliable ghits. --Millbrooky (talk) 22:22, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

St. Louis mayor articles

Hi. Sorry about the oversight. Hope all okay now. Sardanaphalus (talk) 04:26, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

?!? Minor?

I could swear I did untick it... sorry. :( -- ₪ Amused Repose ^Converse! 17:11, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I know. We edit conflicted, when you put the tags on, and I forgot to untick it again. My mistake. -- ₪ Amused Repose ^Converse! 17:11, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Many thanks for the barnstar! Happy editing! -- Mwanner | Talk 23:32, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Ambox Warnings

The Super Granny 3 article was deleted but I wrote it again. Please find the deleter of Super Granny 3 and leave a message on my talk page. I want to talk to that user. Patches1998 | Talk 16:09, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

RE: MetroLink stations

I think that you don't really need to put the exact date on which it opened. If you look at my featured list nomination, List of Vancouver SkyTrain station, you'll see that I only put the year on. It's your choice, since I'm guessing you're trying to make the list into a featured list. Also, the column, "City", should be called, "Location", as some of them are suburbs. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24_[c] 02:34, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Planet of Ixchel revision in question

Hey;)! So here's the deal: I'm sort of confused at why you deleted many of my references and citations on the page "Planet of Ixchel". If you don't mind my asking, why did you delete many of my inline citations and reference links? I checked my page history and you said "wikipedia can't use itself as a reference". You took away many of my citations to Wikipedia articles, but you left one: the Wikipedia article regarding L'Engle's book A Wrinkle in Time. Why would you take away so many and leave one? I was unaware of the fact that I couldn't use these articles as references. Could you please provide the Wikipedia page link that deters this? A few questions to think about. In the mean time, I will try to revise the article adding back links. If I shouldn't do this, I prefer to know so. I know you are active online so I will look forward to your answers. Thanks so much! (And no hard feelings at all as long as I get where you're coming from.) By the way, in response to your post on my talk page about getting more information/confirmation on Chey. Clem. and her book Boogaliboo, I'm working on it and will try to post the results under your post ASAP. Thanks again. :O) Howdychicken (talk) 02:03, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Rembrandt in Southern California

{{helpme}} I was about to send the article Rembrandt in Southern California in AfD, but as I really didn't know what I was nominating it for, I was wondering if I could get somebody else's help to take a quick look and give a quick opinion of the article's... keepability/deletability. Or if there's a better place I should be asking such a question, please just forward me there. --Millbrooky (talk) 21:25, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Looks to me like what it needs is serious copyediting, not deletion. Seems to pass notability on a quick look. {{sofixit}} :) [ roux ] [x] 21:29, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to bother again, but I accidently left out my two concerns with the article. 1) The first paragraph and references mention a "virtual exhibition" that opened November 2008. 2) The images included may be copyrighted, but I am hardly an expert validator of image copyright issues. That's all and thanks! --Millbrooky (talk) 21:40, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't see a problem with the first one. As for the second, Stwalkerster says the images check out. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 21:46, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Then thanks to both of you and making me glad I didn't hit and XfD buttons. --Millbrooky (talk) 21:49, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Sesame Street sandbox

Millbrooky, thanks for catching my silly error. I will go right now and correct it--meaning that I'll create a new user page and then request that the old sandbox be deleted. I appreciate the feedback. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 16:36, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

No more misunderstandings... :)

Sorry to bother you again; hopefully this will be the last time we have to play computer tag. I blanked the Planet of Ixchel and wrote a small stub on the page instead. In the history of the page it's listed under one of my edits that I explain that I will try to rewrite/ revise the article, then publish later on; I'd rather do this without constant constructive scrutiny (no offense to anyone who edited the page Planet of Ixchel). I'm going a different route with it all. In creating the stub in the place of the article, I hoped the page itself wouldn't be deleted or merged but instead "save my spot" until I start editing again. Thanks for all u did. Peace out from Ixchel :)! Onward then. Howdychicken (talk) 23:04, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

How do I Create A Sandbox?

I don't really understand enough about Wikipedia to know about the ins and outs of sandboxes. I will try to figure out how to create a sub page on my non-existent user page and try to figure that all out. If it's not out of your way, would you consider sharing some of your sandbox secrets on my talk page? Much obliged :) Onward then! Howdychicken (talk) 23:54, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Elephant Parade AfD

As another user brought up in the AfD discussion, a duplicate article to the one in question exists. Perhaps you should link the two AfDs together to deal with both at once. Themfromspace (talk) 00:48, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

"Karri Rama Reddy" page

Respected Millbrooky I am not sure whether I can write it here. I am a novice. "Karri Rama Reddy" is my first article. Having no experience with wikipedia regulations and etiquette, i might not have fulfilled the requirements resulting in your Tagging up of the article. After seeing it, I tried to edit it by adding a couple of third party references. May I humbly request you to help me by guiding me how to improve the article further so that it would be tag-free. Thank you in anticipation Goodcharacter (talk) 16:16, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Edits for SWA page

Hello, I hope you are well Millbrooky. Thanks for your advice last week. Revised Steel Wire Armoured (SWA) Cable for you. Approached a museum and worked on it over the weekend to build up references. I have ordered a book on the history of cable and hope to be able to add things over time, but hope this is a suitable rewrite. I hope this meets with your approval and means the tags can be taken off. I look forward to your thoughts. Creativesoul8 (talk) 15:32, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for improving the article "karri Rama Reddy"

Respected Milbrooky
Thank you very much for improving the article. Limca Book of Records certificate describes him as a Lawyer, doctor, computer whiz, management guru, and writer. The word "writer" could mean, in the narrow sense, as you pointed out, the qualifications like M.A.(Litt), Diploma in creative writing in English and Diploma in Functional English. However, in broader sense, the facts of his writeups as columnist could have been considered. But the columns are true as I know being the witness for more than a decade. Those are run in Telugu, an indian language. Some of the articles are available on web . To make the article foolproof, if you suggest, I"ll remove the columns paragraph. Goodcharacter (talk) 19:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

WPTexas talk page template now supports C-class

Just thought you'd want to know. See Template talk:WikiProject Texas. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 14:30, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Bob F. Griffin

Hi Mill: I just started an article on former Missouri Speaker Bob F. Griffin. In doing a google I see an announcement that a Robert F. Griffin from Isle of Capris Casino is moving to head MTR Gaming. The announcement has this quote: "Mr. Griffin brings to MTR more than twenty-five years of experience in the gaming industry, most recently as Senior Vice President of Operations – Corporate for Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., where he was responsible for operations of sixteen casinos and racing facilities in the United States, Grand Bahamas and the United Kingdom." Since Capris is headquartered in St. Louis, it sure smacks of either being the speaker or perhaps his son. The time frame ironically catches the time when Griffin got in trouble for gambling ties. Since I'm not in Show Me anymore, it would be an amazing dot to connect if it is in fact the same person. Thanks. Americasroof (talk) 04:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I finally found [http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:eBI8Htr-efgJ:isleofcapricasinos.secfilings.com/KeyStatistics.aspx+%22Robert+F.+Griffin%22+Missouri&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=25&gl=us something that implies he is not the same guy. THat link has this quote: "Robert F. Griffin has been our Senior Vice President of Operations since November 2004. Prior to his promotion, Mr. Griffin served as Regional Vice President of Operations from March 2003 to November 2004. Mr. Griffin served as Vice President/General Manager at our Black Hawk property from August 2002 to April 2003, the Tunica property from May 2001 to August 2002, the Lake Charles property from May 2000 to May 2001, and at the Vicksburg property from May 1999 to May 2000. Mr. Griffin joined the company as Senior Director of Operations at the Isle of Capri Lake Charles in 1998. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Griffin held several senior management positions with Trump Marina from 1992 to 1998." Americasroof (talk) 11:30, 24 December 2008 (UTC)