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New talk page, older messages archived

Once again, as of 12/16/2006, older messages from my talk page have been moved to an archive. Vaoverland 09:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Message about my admin election are at Archive 1.

Messages prior to 4/2/2005 are located at Archive 2.

Messages 4/2/2005 to 8/1/2005 are located at Archive 3.

Messages 8/2/2005 to 11/1/2005 are located at Archive 4.

Messages 11/2/2005 to 9/24/2006 are located at Archive 5.

Archiving my discussion page

Could you give me some guidance as to what I need to do in order to archive my discussion page? I would like to archive what I have there now so I can start with a fresh page in October. I appreciate any help that you are able to give. --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 19:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at how I archived my discussion page. I think it worked out great. Thanks for the instructions! --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 04:06, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lost Virginia

I don't understand your message. I did not remove Willard; I simply linked to its article and changed the text from "town" to "community". --NE2 01:28, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I-864

I don't see anything on Scott's site about I-864, but there is an entry on Kurumi that doesn't have much information. I haven't found anything in the CTB archives about it, so it may have just been something that a local newspaper proposed. --NE2 01:34, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just found one proposal for an I-864, but not for the full beltway, on pages 53 and 62 of the May 1996 meeting minutes. It was option 4, taking I-64 along I-664 and SR 44 to the Virginia Beach oceanfront and adding I-864 along I-64 between Hampton and eastern Norfolk. Action was deferred for a month, and again for an unspecified amount of time in June 1996 (page 106). Obviously they never did anything. --NE2 01:48, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to state routes

In accordance with WP:USSH, please use the "State Route X (Virginia)" and "State Route X (foo County, Virginia)" formats for linking in conjuction with the pipe trick. Thank you. --NE2 01:12, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

James River Bridge

I'm expanding this article. Do you have sources for the shunpiking? How could they have used a "smaller and cheaper bridge", since there are no other bridges until Richmond? --NE2 19:12, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found the source, but I don't understand the other bridge. It may have been the Kings Highway Bridge (SR 125) for traffic towards the southeast, but they still would have had to use the James River Bridge to reach the peninsula. --NE2 19:24, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any reliable sources that describe the 1975-1982 reconstruction in detail? --NE2 11:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging for Image:James-river-bridge.jpg

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Note that I have started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags about this image. --NE2 11:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

my classmates where there

I was happy to find this! I was a student of Marian Heights Academy at the time of this accident. We had two buses also returning from Kings Island that where behind the bus that was hit. Personally, I was lucky. I was one of three that were to broke to go, but hearing the stories from my friends of watching children attempting to escape, but dying in the process still and always will continue something that I think about. We have a terrible intersection that is in our bus routes (divided highway). It's not a matter of if our buses will be in an accident at that intersection, but when. I am hoping that the reality of this story will help in getting people to see what tragic loss we could incur if something is not changed. Poor intersections and high speeds can be just as dangerous as drunk driving. The suggested speed limit is 45mph at the intersection, but in the state of missouri, they are not enforcable, therefore, most people drive through at 70mph (65mph is the posted, but 45mph is suggested). Thank you for posting information on the accident.

Thank you for sharing your memories. About the current traffic hazard you have indentified and have concerns, one thing about bureaucrats that works is accountability. I recommend that you take the time to write, express your concerns, and share the horror of the 1988 Kentucky incident. It will get some attention, thought, and even possibly, corrective action. No bureaucrat want to have had fore knowledge and have done nothing. Trust me, I was one. Even if not corrected, you will also have a bit of peace of mind that you did what you could instead of silently knowing the hazard and waiting for the "bad one". safety will always be a moving target. Mark Vaoverland 17:29, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Taichung City

I am new on WikiProject Cities. I have added considerable content to the first city I am working on, which happens to be the city of my residence, Taichung City. Would you mind taking a few minutes to look it over and leave comments on how you think I can make it better to bring it up to WikiProject Cities standards in a section of the discussion page for the city’s article page that I have set up.

Thank you. Ludahai 03:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Virginia Newsletter October 2006

The October 2006 issue of the Virginia WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. plange 03:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:1973 Ford with Wayne Lifeguard Body.jpg

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Peer review request - Gun violence in the United States

Lately, I have been working on criminology topics which is an area that Wikipedia sorely lacks. Last weekend, I discovered there was no article on "Gun violence", so started one. Most of the research literature pertains to the United States, so the article has become Gun violence in the United States. To try and rise above politics, I have only included the highest quality reliable sources (mainly peer reviewed, scholarly journals). Personally, I really don't have a POV on this topic, and am staying out of the gun politics article. The gun violence article presents current state of research on this topic. I think is close to featured status, though some folks have already come along and place a neutrality tag on the article. I could really use some peer review on the article, at this point. I have seen you editing the Beltway sniper attacks article and helped some a while back when I had created the Roper v. Simmons article. So, thought you may be able to lend a hand and take a look at the gun violence article. Any suggestions on making in more NPOV, and improving the article? are there aspects of the topic that are missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have filed a formal peer request here, though feel free to leave comments on the article talk page if you prefer. Thanks. --Aude (talk) 20:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Charlottesville-2-20-2005---1.jpg

Are you Ken Moss? If not, you should change the copyright tag and add details of exactly what be gave permission for. Thank you. --NE2 22:32, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BBRR

I have photos of all BB locomotives. You can look through all my BB photos at this site, let me know which one you want and I'll upload it to the Wikipedia database. Brakeman Billy 12:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I also have photos of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, they are currently on that page. Maybe you would like to use one to expand the SVRR article on the BBRR page? Brakeman Billy 12:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and added the ones I thought would best depicted the Buckingham Branch, what do you think? Brakeman Billy 14:00, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Buckroe Beach

Do you by chance know the name of the trolley line that once went to Buckroe Beach? If so this infromation should be included in the article. I think it was the Newport News & Old Point Ry & Electric Co., but it might of been Hampton & Langley Feilds Railway?

Thank you for your help. I will add Newport News & Hampton Ry Gas & Electric Co to the article some time soon, if some one hasn't done it first. Brakeman Billy 13:50, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User: Raspor

I am just starting on this. I am trying to get the jist of how it all works. I did a short article called 'Gravelles' and it was immediately deleted. Well everything I have done so far has been deleted without any explanation. I chose your name at random just to get started somewhere. thanks

- Did you read the message on this page? User talk:Raspor. Apparently, the Gravelles article you wrote was thought not to meet WP criteria. I would suggest working on the editing of existing articles first before creating new ones, and see how your work survives (or doesn't). You should also consider contacting the Wikipedian who deleted your Gravelles article at this link User talk:Gurch and ask for details about why and request guidance. Despite your frustration, I hope you will do that respectfully and thereby get some non-emotional specific answers I cannot provide. Good luck. It is always OK to contact me. Vaoverland 13:05, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for the quick response. i contacted gurch who deleted my article but have not heard from him. how long should i wait for a response. what amount of time is reasonable?

i was looking at the article on neurofeedback and went to this link

Common Applications Page

it seems to me to be an advertizment. should this be deleted?

thanks. really trying to understand all of this

- You are correct that usually an ad link would get deleted. There are a bunch of Wikipedians that concentrate on that. Most of us are reluctant to chop/delete/tamper with the work of others unless we feel strongly justified.

- BTW, I did a little research and the Gavelle story may be so much in the news and still a developing situation that it is a hard topic to write about at this time and meet WP editorial standards. I concentrate on history and transportation articles, and usually there are plenty to work on. If you are new with Wikipedia, I would limit myself to editing existing articles, mostly to add information I can verify.

- How long an answer from one of us might take is tough, since this thing is all volunteer, and there are so many different levels of participation. For example, I usually work on WP at night (here in Virginia), and will be going bed soon, and won't login again probably until at least tonight sometime.

- One last thing, if you end your messages with four tilde signs (the button is to the left of the number 1 and capitalized on my keyboard), your message will include your user names and the time and date like this: Vaoverland 14:29, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alexandria County redirection

Hi. I had changed the main article to be Alexandria County because there were many redirects for the same topic, and "Alexandria County" is inherently the most generic name for the topic, and the concept "Alexandria County, DC" is only part of the whole story that the article covers. The change you just made changes a simple redirection into a redirection to another redirection. I'll change it back. --Largo Plazo 14:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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