User talk:Peterfitzgerald

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome Peter! From Peter! So that no one leaves you a hideously huge welcome boilerplate! --Peter ^Talk 11:34, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request

The neighborhood map of Washington DC needs a few corrections:

1. Swampoodle is a historic designation but no longer an identifiable neighborhood. It disappeared largely when the swamplands were filled and the railroad was built. It should be removed altogether.

2. NoMa is not a neighborhood but a commerical moniker. It was established by the NoMa Business Improvement District (BID), a collective of developers currently rebuilding the area. Some day it might be called a "neighborhood", but in mean time it should be labeled as Sursum Corda.

3. Atlas District is also a commercial moniker. It was established by the businessmen that revitalized the eastern end of H Street near the Atlas Theater. You won't find anyone except the aforementioned businessmen, restaurant critics, Georgetowners, and Virginians calling that section of the "Atlas District". It should be replaced with Near Northeast, the proper name of the neighborhood.

Thanks in advance for the revisions, I am a stickler for accuracy when it comes to my neighborhood!

Map of neighborhoods in DC

Thank you for creating the map of neighborhoods in DC! Quacks Like a Duck (talk) 21:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure ;) --Peter ^Talk 22:20, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Russian SVGs

Hey, Peter. I've amended the license on the image you mentioned, and have no issues with amending others. Have at it! --JFMorse (talk) 01:13, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DC neighborhood map?

Hi Peter, what was your source for the neighborhood boundaries and names for that map? --AW (talk) 17:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Andrew, good question. I checked across a number of sources for information on both boundaries and names, including Neighborhood Info DC and Washington DC HouseHunt. But the vast majority of information upon which I based the boundary and name information was from Wikipedia itself—from the individual articles linked at List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward as well as the maps on those articles.

Ultimately, though, most boundary info for DC neighborhoods is going to be borderline original research. There is no official way of dealing with neighborhoods, and there are no commonly agreed apon precise boundaries. I added the map here since I figured it would be helpful in illustrating the List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward article, rather than to define the boundaries definitively. But I also recognize the danger that, in the absence of official treatment, my map may start to shape the common understanding! And I suppose Wikipedia shouldn't be doing that.

In any rate, was anything sticking out in your mind as inaccurate or particularly contestable? --Peter ^Talk 19:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Iowa tourism regions

I can't really give you any suggestions on how to divide Iowa into tourism regions. The Iowa Department of Tourism actually divides the state into ten regions (see here). You may want to ask on WikiProject Iowa's talk page for any further help. --Iowahwyman (talk) 02:39, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DC neighborhood map

I love your map!!! Can we correct one thing? (I have exceptionally lousy Photoshop skills, or I would take your suggestion and do it myself.) The article on Randle Highlands, Washington, D.C., its boundary description, and its associated map show that Randle Highlands is about half the size depicted on your map. The western/southwestern border of Randle Highlands should be concurrent with Naylor Road SE. (In other words, run a line northwest to southeast through what's on your map, and it would be about right.) Fairlawn, Washington, D.C. is sort of L-shaped, and your map mistakenly assigns the foot of the "L" to Randle Highlands. See the description of Fairlawn's borders at the Fairlawn Citizens Association Web site. Fairlawn's western/southwestern border should be Good Hope Road SE (where I happen to live), from the intersection at Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE up to Fort Stanton Park. (The neighborhood map on the Fairlawn page is inaccurate as well, but I can't ask you to correct that.)

Also, someone has left a comment on the map's Talk page on WikiCommons. I can't speak to the accuracy of that comment, but wanted to make you aware of it. Thank you again a million times for doing this great map!! - Tim1965 (talk) 00:04, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the change you suggested—thanks for helping to refine the map! --Peter ^Talk 17:10, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Account on voy:en

Yep, I can now log in. Thanks. - dcljr (talk) 11:03, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Queens NYC street map...

...has an error. It's an easy error, but in File:Queens_neighborhoods_map.png, you put Interstate 295 on the alignment of the Cross Island Parkway. Might want to fix that. ;) Mitch32^{(It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.)} 03:30, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

295 goes over the bridge to the right (the Throggs Neck Bridge). Mitch32^{(It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.)} 03:30, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm, I must have forgotten to upload the SVG of this, and it looks to be on my old pc. I'll write a reminder to myself to try and take care of this tomorrow. Thanks for catching the error! --Peter ^Talk 05:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, one other thing has caught my eye. I am from Whitestone, Queens, and I have a problem with the size of Beechurst. Whitestone definitely goes further north of the Cross Island Parkway. Beechhurst is really just the eastern end of the Cross Island/Clearview/Whitestone cover. (See Google Maps for what really is Beechurst). Mitch32^{(It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.)} 02:57, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have made both changes per your suggestions (sorry it took so long). Thank you for taking a look at this with a critical eye! --Peter ^Talk 20:20, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]