User talk:Woodlot

Dockside Casinos

I am afraid I have to respectfully disagree with your assumption that the term "Dockside Casinos" does not apply. I would agree that the casinos on the coast are not necessarily over water anymore but those exceptions to the rule that are on land are still required to be within and control 750 feet of contiguous land to the water, hence "dockside". Also, these casinos are still empowered by and regulated under all the laws that govern the other dockside casinos along the MS River and on the Coast and as such should be held separate from the other land-based casinos that are tribally owned. Perhaps the term "Waterfront Casinos" is more accurate, but if you where to Google "dockside gambling" or "dockside casino" you would find that it is an industry term for the many casinos that several states allow to operate, just not on their soil. MS has a few exceptions to that rule but I do not feel that strips the casinos of their identity.

Perhaps a note in the history that recognizes that some casinos came on-shore following Katrina would clear up any confusion.

On the other thing, I asked Bill, the webmaster of the Gulfport site if I could use his text as a jumping off point: he said it was cool.

Cheers Mikemiller10 (talk) 22:09, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Woodlot: Many thanks for deleting the vandalism from my user page on 7 May 2011. Regards, Pinethicket (talk) 15:19, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Nice work

Good job on Mississippi Armed Forces Museum and your other articles. --Pmsyyz (talk) 22:30, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Edmund Richardson

In your recent Richardson article, please clarify a point that I am a bit confused about. You state: “In 1868, Richardson exploited this abundance of labor by striking a deal with Federal authorities in Mississippi (still under the rule of postwar Reconstruction), to use ex-slaves to work his farms in the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta.[4] Richardson agreed to provide supervisory guards and to treat the convicts well by providing food and clothing.” Are these ex-slaves that were also convicts—ex-slave convicts? I guess the implication is that Richardson did not use white prisoners.

Thanks for your interesting and well-done article. Regards, Pinethicket (talk) 16:37, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Good point. The term "convicts" was, perhaps, too broad. I have replaced it with the term "ex-slaves". Woodlot (talk) 17:55, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

National Register Harrison County

Howdy. I noticed you changed the date for the delisting of the Brielmaier House due to Katrina destruction. This leads to a conundrum. The site is definitely on the delisting list back in 1995 as well, and I haven't yet found a relisting date for it. Do you know if the house was moved sometime in the early 90s? Thanks, 25or6to4 (talk) 01:30, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

I see what you mean. I thought I was just correcting a typo on the delisting date, which I found on this Mississippi Department of Archives and History website: http://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=9796&view=facts&y=738

You are correct, the house was moved: "...Constructed in 1895, the Brielmaier House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1984, as part of the Historic Resources of Biloxi multiple resource nomination. At that time, the house was located at 436 Main Street...In July 1986, the building was moved approximately three-and-one-half blocks south, at which time it was automatically delisted from the National Register..."

There is a National Register of Historic Places Registration Form dated May 22, 1995, but it was never signed by the National Park Service. http://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/prop/9796.pdf Woodlot (talk) 13:28, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

The following notation appears on page 14 of the 1995 Registration Form: "...An individual nomination was filed in 1995 and the (Brielmaier) house was listed individually on 9 Sept 1995...The house was destroyed on August 29, 2005 by Hurricane Katrina and should be delisted. Signed 5-19-2008." Woodlot (talk) 20:04, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the link! I went ahead and did some updates to the list. 25or6to4 (talk) 21:04, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

NRHP in Lauderdale County

Thanks for adding those pictures to the Lauderdale County, MS list. I had actually already seen them (and was about to upload a few), but I was unsure if they had been released under the correct license for use on Wikipedia. I am currently in the middle of an email conversation with a staffer at MDAH to find out if the images are useable, and it appears as if they will add a specific license to the pictures in the near future. Did you double check with MDAH to make sure these are in public domain, or did you just assume?--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 18:29, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

I relied on a statement in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Policy for Products, Services and Fees, which read in part: MDAH will produce digital images only from items held in the public domain or from copyrighted items for which permission to digitize has been obtained from the copyright owner(s). Since the NRHP Nomination Forms were digitized on the MDAH website, the use of the images seemed to fall within that policy statement. I would concur that a "specific license" from MDAH to use the photos would be more appropriate. Woodlot (talk) 20:36, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah ok I was not aware of that statement. I did see that the database of historic sites itself has a manner in which to cite the database (suggesting the pictures are available for use), but I didn't go to the MDAH homepage. I'll continue talking to the staffer there, and hopefully they'll put something up. It appears that these are fine, though, so I went ahead and uploaded File:Lacy Homestead.jpg from the database, which I put in the article I created earlier today about Lacy Homestead.

Just curious.. are you from Mississippi? I was born in the Meridian/Lauderdale County area.--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 20:55, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm in south MS. Thanks for pursuing confirmation with MDAH staff concerning use of their digital archives. You are to be commended for your NRHP efforts on Wikipedia, to include photographing a multitude of historical places. Woodlot (talk) 12:44, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Mississippi Department of Archives and History images

The copyright status of Mississippi Department of Archives and History has turned out to be a bit confusing. You might wish to read the text at commons:COM:ON#2010071210046496 since you have uploaded quite a lot of those images. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:44, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

File source problem with File:EBStapp.jpg

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Source information, My own work, was added to File:EBStapp.jpg. Woodlot (talk) 12:19, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Harrison County list

Yes, it's a rather blatant example of attempting to ignore WP:UNCENSORED. It tells the reader "We're doing our best to prevent this information from appearing on this list". Any rules that forbid members of a given organization, fraternity, or religion to show a name or image do not apply to Wikipedia because Wikipedia is not a member of those organizations, so the National Park Service rules that prohibit its employees from showing images of these sites are not applicable here. Nyttend backup (talk) 16:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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	Thanks for all of the work you have done for historic sites in Mississippi! Altairisfar (talk) 19:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

RAD MISSISSIPPI ARTICLE YO Swibe (talk) 17:15, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Nice work

I've been adding to some articles about Mississippi and keep coming across your excellent work. Thanks for doing this.

Richard Apple (talk) 14:05, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

White tailed deer

You know, I thought they may have been Mule Deer too, but I saw their white behinds and thought of the white tailed deer. They were far away so I couldnt get that great of a look at them, and I am not a hunter. So if you say that they are mule deer, you can go ahead and remove the image. I will upload a new one with the appropriate info. Thanks for letting me know.--The Old Pueblo (talk) 21:55, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Gulfport Army Air Field Hangar

Nice work. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 03:41, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Spelling, punctuation

Hi Woodlot, thank you for checking the spelling and punctuation of Uppspretta. English is not my maternal language, so I'm glad with any correction you can find. Have a nice day! Ymnes (talk) 12:37, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Mind have a look and fix some spelling mistakes in an article?

Hello, I spotted you few days ago and wanted to ask if you would mind to search for any spelling or grammer mistakes here: Draft:Palestinian workers in Israel? Thanks. --Bolter21 (talk to me) 22:17, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi @Bolter21: I went through your "draft" for spell errors and offered some edit suggestions. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 11:13, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Hi Woodlot! I've noticed you fixed a grammar error on the page I've created! Thank you so much! :)

L7starlight (talk) 17:31, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

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Clogs

Hi. Thanks for catching footware/wear. Pattens though is the correct term, not patterns. Have a look at Patten (shoe) were you'll see the derivation is probably from pate through patyns to the modern patten. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 17:03, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Merger discussion for List of grandsons of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud by seniority

An article that you have been involved in editing—List of grandsons of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud by seniority—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. 62.64.152.154 (talk) 14:23, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

French destroyer Surcouf (D621)

I am the person who (in "Major modification", October 30, 2016 at 4:12 p.m.) added the text:

"In order to install an Operations center and housings for an admiral and his staff, the forward 57mm mount was removed (extending forward the bridge) and the triple backward (long-)torpedo launchers were disembarked (replaced by housing)."

On November 4, 2016 (at 11:45 am) you request a clarification on this statement. Here it is: on the destroyers of this class, there were four banks of three 550-mm torpedo tubes capable of launching both anti-submarine homing torpedoes and anti-ship.

The "banks of three 550-mm torpedo tubes" were of two kinds: on forward, two banks of "short" tubes (for 4.50 meters torpedoes - anti-submarine); on rear two banks of "lengthy" tubes for 7.50 meters torpedoes against surface ships. All-caliber 550 mm. These banks for "lengthy" torpedoes are thoser which have been disembarked in order to install rear staff accommodations.

Perhaps this is a translation issue: confusion between "long" and "length / lengthy"?

To make it more clear ( "clarification"), it would be better to use the term "triple backward (length-)torpedo launchers" (or "triple backward (lengthy-)torpedo launchers" ?), and perhaps it would be more explicit in the "Design and Construction" section and in the Infobox ship characteristics?

--Fondudaviation (talk) 22:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

My response is posted on your Talk Page. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 11:04, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Woodlot, Thanks for your reply and your words "Nice article."

You now well understand the meaning of (long-) torpedo tube!

• For "triple backward" I maybe wrong (as you have discovered, English is not my native language);

I would want to talk at the same time/together :

• • about configuration Triple of the platforms (three tubes on each "bank" — but even "bank" seems a misnomer for "platform/rig (?)")
  • about Positioning of these platforms (on the back of the boat, behind the short tubes — those which are located towards the middle of the boat).

• How better to explain the "back" position of removed platforms? Is "Backward" not the right adverb?
• Other than that, I agree with your proposal. I make corrections (text and infobox).

• Regards - Fondudaviation (talk) 17:21, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Woodlot, I think you have fully understood my explanation.

The torpedo tubes are actually groups of three on a platform (= triple), located toward the back of the ship.

A single precision missing in my explanation: where were mounted residential areas, there were not one but two platforms of this model, one on each side (one on starboard and one on port side).

So the text for inclusion in the article would be:

"... The two aft torpedo platforms were removed so that housing quarters could be constructed."

Moreover, is it my description (in infobox) of this armement convening for you:

• 6 × 550-mm (22-inch) short tubes for anti-submarine torpedo (2 × 3)
• 6 × 550-mm (22-inch) long tubes for dual purpose: anti-ship and anti-submarine torpedo (2 × 3)

It is quite clear and explicit?

Regards - Fondudaviation (talk) 18:44, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!

Woodlot, Thanks for your article on the Finkbine Lumber Company, active in southern Mississippi in the early 20th century. My father grew up in the Inda Community, near Ten Mile (Perkinston/Wiggins MS), and he asked me to look this company up. We were so surprised to see such an extensive and well-written article on the topic, with old photos to boot. You made a nostalgic old man very happy. Romaniceloqui (talk) 01:18, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

		The Mississippi Barnstar
		Thank you for your great work on so many Mississippi articles. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:34, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Walthall School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

Nice job with the Walthall School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) article. I happened to be given notice of it because I must have created some article it links to. I see you included well-formatted reference for the NRHP document for the Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood District; i was just going to amend it to include the accompanying photos, as in:

References

Perhaps you considered that and chose not to, because there seems to be no photo of the Walthall School included. Perhaps if you're going on to create the historic district article, perhaps its a small help to have the full reference relevant there sorted out here. Anyhow, keep up your good work! --doncram 21:02, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. You make a good point about future articles, so go ahead and amend the reference, as noted.Woodlot (talk) 21:15, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Okay, done, as "21 photos from 1980", with other small expansion to the description, from my reading in the NRHP document (which is a bit cryptic). --doncram 21:39, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

National American Bank Building, and Louisiana NRHP docs

Hi again! Glad to see you fixed up National American Bank Building just now, about a New Orleans building, including removing it from "NRIS-only sourcing" status. It happens I have been plugging away on Louisiana NRHP articles at a slow rate, using the NRHP documents which are in fact available, for almost all Louisiana NRHP-listed places, at Louisiana search site.

The Louisiana document system is a bit weird, because they scanned the NRHP registration documents and just saved the text sections, discarding author and preparation date and other stuff. Only for a few very recent NRHP listings do they have a full PDF of the registration document. But it is enough to help, for sure. I generally adapt the following reference: <ref name=ladoc>{{cite web|url=http://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/____ |title=____ |publisher=State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation |author= |date=____ |accessdate=____ }} with [http://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=___ __ photos and __ maps]</ref>

Which for that building becomes this reference,

with date of preparation assumed to be the NRHP listing year, and with no identified author. I have these notes recorded into the "Louisiana" section of wp:NRHPhelp, by the way.

References

Perhaps you could now incorporate this reference for National American Bank Building into its article? Please do! I leave it to you. I don't know why that item pops up on my watchlist, but, again, I am really glad to see you contributing, and hope you'll keep doing so! cheers, --doncram 20:56, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

doncram, Thanks for the useful reference. Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation never turned up in any of my online searches. I have incorporated the reference into the updates on the National American Bank Building. Woodlot (talk) 10:26, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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		Thank you for creating Dunbar Rowland!Zigzig20s (talk) 14:27, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

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A Dobos torte for you!

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

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University of Sussex

Hi, I just had an edit conflict with you as it looks like we were both sorting out the references on this article. Thought I would recommend WP:reFill to you to fill out bare references, its automated and will attempt to solve the entire article. All the best Aloneinthewild (talk) 14:24, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

@Aloneinthewild: – Thanks for suggestion, but WP:reFill is a bit too automated for me. I am done with references for now. Just a few left for others to convert. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 14:43, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Hiding complex tables

My watchlist has been blowing up with your edits with the caption of "hide complex table", that you've been using to minimize the presidential election results. Cool! I Didn't know about that technique. Thanks.Jacona (talk) 12:11, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

@JaconaFrere: – Thanks, I would like to take credit, but it was user Sbmeirow that came up with hiding that political table as a way to 'clean up' the county articles. Woodlot (talk) 12:23, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

I also want to thank you for doing this work. It will greatly help the accessibility / navigability / readability of the articles. Thanks very much indeed. Brilliant. I can't thank you enough. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 22:39, 25 June 2018 (UTC).

Hiding complex tables (technical issue)

First I’d like to thank you for the work you’ve done with these hidden tables, Woodlot.

Unfortunately I have to bring up a rather serious technical problem with these edits. I have no idea why it’s happening, but here it is, simply stated:

On Webkit/Blink browsers (tested in Safari and Chrome and Mac OS X, and Chrome on Windows), if Template:Hidden begin and Template:Hidden end are on the page, all of the sortable column headers in other collapsible tables on the page disappear. For a comparison, see the Santa Barbara County voter registration tables before and after the {{Hidden...}} templates were added. The same thing happens on Contra Costa County [1][2], Sacramento County [3] [4], etc.

The tables render normally in Firefox on OSX and Edge on Windows (the only other browsers I tested). I’ve checked the diffs and nothing changes in the tables themselves. It’s also worth noting that this is not restricted to tables in the same section, and it affects tables both above and below the {{Hidden...}} templates. See the "Crime" sections of the linked comparisons for the same effect.

I’m certain this has nothing to with your edits per se, but rather some bug in either the {{Hidden...}} templates or the Webkit/Blink layout or JavaScript engines. Unfortunately, as I said, I have absolutely no clue why it’s happening, or how to fix it. I just thought you should be made aware of it, especially as some of these tables make very little sense without their column headers.

Lastly, and this is making no judgement on your edits, the description for Template:Hidden says this: "Do not use this template to hide content in articles. This violates the WP:Manual of Style § Scrolling lists and collapsible content and WP:Accessibility guidelines. This template is intended for use in pages in namespaces other than the article namespace." I’m not quite sure the extent of overlap between Template:Hidden and Template:Hidden begin/Template:Hidden end, but this probably applies. Again though, I’m not making a value judgement on this; it seems to me that the tables broken by the template are violating the MOS themselves, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

I hope this information is useful to you, and I hope someone can figure out how to fix the template to remedy this issue. 50.1.108.138 (talk) 03:38, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Argh, I spent so much time writing this up and then checked again in Chrome/OSX only for the tables in my comparisons to render properly. However, if I Shift-Reload, it’s still broken, so maybe Chrome is sharing caches across revisions. I recommend loading the after examples first to avoid the cache issue. The live pages still have the error though, as do the comparisons in Safari. If you can’t reproduce this issue, please feel free to ignore it. It is very fiddly and confusing. 50.1.108.138 (talk) 03:51, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi 50.1.108.138, thanks for the heads up. I did not realize the "hidden tables" were causing problems. As you point out, 'table headers' of other collapsible tables disappear in the Chrome browser, but not in the Firefox browser; and those are the only browsers I use. Since you appear to be well-schooled in the use of multiple browsers, I suggest you report these technical glitches at Village Pump (Technical), where there are experts in such matters. I admit to knowing little about the technical aspects of WP Templates. My only goal was an attempt to clean up the County pages that were becoming rather messy and clogged with tables of limited value IMHO, as noted by Admin Vsmith, who has also hidden several of those 'presidential tables'. My thinking is that the 'disappearance of headers' has to do with how the tables were originally formatted, i.e. using 'collapsible' and 'hidden' formats on the same page, but I really have no idea. The only solution I know of would be to revert the 'hidden presidential tables' in articles where collapsible tables occur. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 11:53, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply! I'll copy and paste this over there, I hope they can fix it somehow. 50.1.108.138 (talk) 20:45, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi again, I reported it there, but after receiving a reply and checking my examples again, I found that the problem seems to have resolved itself (for me at least). Perhaps there was some server caching issue that has since been resolved. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. 50.1.108.138 (talk) 22:07, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Join County WikiPage?

Having noticed your numerous improvements and corrections to WP's county articles, I suggest you include the following credential on your talk page:

Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. counties Thx for your assistance and consideration. --Spray787 (talk) 21:36, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Sotoyomo-class tugboat

I appreciate your revision on Sotoyomo-class tugboat. It was in my best effort to clean up the page by removing repeated information such as ships owned by Argentina for example. Most, if not all of those ships were built in the United States and later transferred there. In essence, the same information is repeated. For example, instead of two sections for the same ship, one section entitled United States could show a brief history of the vessel, including where it was transferred to, if at all. This, in my opinion, would greatly ease the reader by giving them a detailed box. Also, I admit it was my mistake to remove the links. My edits were done on a notepad app, and therefore I forgot to add them. If there were to be any edits such as this in the future, this mistake would be rectified. Hopefully none of the aforementioned means any offense.

Dallas S12345 (talk)

@Dallas S12345: Tabular data are often used for summarizing naval vessels, such as in the Cherokee-class tugboat article. Just be sure not to delete the references if you revise the article. Also, refer to WP:SIG for signing your user name on Talk Pages. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 16:19, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

John Albert Pittman SR.

You are removing information that has been added because you can't find the source. A private adoption is not going to have a source. I knew this man my entire life and the only child he has, is not his blood. He was adopted and he treated his adopted father like crap. At his funeral, he had to be nudged by someone just to put his arm around his adopted mother while she cried. Those are the facts. You didn't even know the man. You weren't there when the new station came to interview him. You weren't around when they wanted to do a movie about him and he said no because he did not feel like a hero, he thought any person would have done what he did. FactsAreFacts69 (talk) 22:33, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of One Night (2009 film) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article One Night (2009 film) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/One Night (2009 film) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Viztor (talk) 19:29, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

I have added this notice to your talk page as you have edited the article in the past and may want to contribute to the discussion. ZarhanFastfire (talk) 18:40, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Apologies. Apparently I'm not meant to let past editors know about this. ZarhanFastfire (talk) 01:26, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Invite to RfC (Request for Comment) at Reagan article on Iran-Contra

Hi,

You're invited to an RfC on the question of, "Within the section on the Iran-Contra affair, should we include the aspect of drug trafficking on the part of some Nicaraguan Contras?"

Talk:Ronald_Reagan#rfc_85A761C

Thanks,

FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 16:33, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Ora, Mississippi

This is also new if you're interested. Happy to have help. Great work!!! FloridaArmy (talk) 02:34, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Also Williamsburg, Mississippi which was a county seat. FloridaArmy (talk) 02:35, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Akane Yamaguchi

Hello. This article is too long, need to omit some unnecessary paragraphs, help summarize this article (and copy edit). Thanks you. Olascf (talk) 13:57, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

@Olascf: you have made this same request on dozens of User Talk pages today, which seems to border on WP:FORUMSHOP. Woodlot (talk) 14:34, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

BOYCE HOLLEMAN

Hello Woodlot. Please forgive and instruct me but I do not see another means of getting this information on JESSE BOYCE HOLLEMAN to you.

See obituary at: http://stc.stparchive.com/page_image.php?paper=STC&year=2003&month=12&day=3&page=3&mode=F&base=STC12032003P03&title=Stone%20County%20Enterprise

See obituary at: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22095290/jesse_boyce_holleman_obituary/

Also see: Enterprise Journal McComb,Ms

Jim Hall

List of hospitals in Mississippi

Woodlot, wanted to run something by you: I recently went through the List of hospitals in Alabama and updated the information on the listings. It looks like you have the largest number of recent edits (plus, you're active in Mississippi articles). Do you think it would be ok if I made all the entries into a table similar to the Alabama list, adding bed numbers and trauma center listings? I thought this would be easier to see the information and be more aesthetically pleasing. If you think I should just leave it as it currently is, no worries! Thanks! Dofftoubab (talk) 02:01, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Dofftoubab: I like your proposal because it would provide more information to readers, which is the point of an encyclopedia. I have two recommendations:

• Because of a major format change, you need to first make your proposal on the List of Mississippi Hospitals Talk Page and wait a few days for responses.
• Secondly, I prefer a table sorted by 'city name' rather than 'hospital name'. For example, in the Mississippi table, I can go to the city of Gulfport and find all the hospitals located there. But for Alabama, if I want to know which hospitals are in the city of Mobile, I have to tediously scroll through the entire table to find them.

Good luck. Woodlot (talk) 11:31, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I'll post on the talk page! It looks like most of the state "list of hospitals in ____" pages that are formatted by tables are all done by hospital name, but since they are sortable tables, you just have to press the "city" column heading to have all the ones in the same city listed alphabetically. You think this would work? I only say this because if someone wanted to sort by "trauma designation" or "bed number", they would have to look through the cities first since you would presumably have more than one hospital per city. That may not make sense, so let me know if I need to clarify. Once I make the table, I'll do it in a sandbox and give you a link for you to check out and see what you think. Thanks! Dofftoubab (talk) 01:20, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

I've reorganized the page and added entries and references. Let me know what you think and any suggestions you may have. Thanks! Dofftoubab (talk) 03:18, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Dofftoubab: The table looks good to me. I made a minor edit on one hospital I was familiar with. You put a lot of effort into reformatting the old list into a sortable table; excellent work. Woodlot (talk) 09:46, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that! I'm always open to any suggestions and/or help! Dofftoubab (talk) 02:32, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Rozaina Adam

Hi Woodlot, evening. Thanks for checking the article :-). Please comment on the work. (Existance Leesaaisath 12:26, 15 August 2020 (UTC))

Responded on Leesaaisath Talk page. Woodlot (talk) 14:12, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

September 2020

hi Woodlot

I'm a wiccan, and aware of the spiritual world and not a spoof.

why is wicca short hand and not wiccan firstly secondly why is wiccan represented through a simple version of the pentagram that's saintanism and wiccan is an ancient religion of the ancestors and not a devil worship culture like most mixed up kids have pretended. the ankh is the official symbol of wiccan.

I'm offended this was changed in the first place wiccan is a open religion due to all the ancient gods both good and bad.

brett blatherwick.

Replied on 82.4.201.102 Talk page. Woodlot (talk) 11:56, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

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@Doug Coldwell: Given your history of "Good Articles", I found very little to edit. Good work. Woodlot (talk) 20:56, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

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Red Creek Map

Woodlot, I was wondering how you made the map for Red Creek (Mississippi)? Did you have to manually go on the USGS map and highlight Red Creek, or is there a function that you can use that already highlights it? And once you do that, how do you make the image (ie screenshot, print function from the map, etc)? Thinking about possibly making some other maps. Let me know if I need to clarify something. Thanks! Dofftoubab (talk) 03:04, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Dofftoubab:, the process I used was very tedious, which explains why I never did another creek map. As you surmised, I manually drew in the highlighted creek's course over several hours using 'tools' that are built into the 'USGS viewer' and appear at the top of the website; there was a lot of trial-&-error involved in learning how to use the tools. The present URL seems to have changed since I used it 7 years ago; it appears to be located at: https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/. As for saving the completed map, seems like I used my browser's 'print screen' option and pasted it into free graphic software, such as 'IrfanView' or 'Picasa 3', for final cleanup and then saved the end result as a specific file name. I used the USGS viewer to avoid copyright issues that would arise from using google or some other commercial map service.

There may well be easier ways to accomplish your objective. For example, some editors on Wikipedia have mastered OpenStreetMap, but I was never able to figure out how to use it.

Hope that helps. Woodlot (talk) 13:50, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Wow. I thought there may be an easier way than that, but am not surprised since I'm sure it's not something a ton of people use. Thanks for the clarification on that. I may look into seeing if there's an easier way! Dofftoubab (talk) 02:10, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

@Dofftoubab:, you might try contacting Kmusser, a cartographer who has added a number of creek and river maps to Wikipedia. For examples, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kmusser/Images#Gulf_Coast

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TS edit

Woodlot, my most sincere apologies. My computer is in repair and I am stuck iPad editing, which is quite a miserable experience, and I did completely miss that. And my typing is hunt-and-peck from a flimsy bluetooth keyboard I purchased to tide me over until my computer returns from wherever FedEx is keeping it. I am so sorry! Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:30, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Territorial divison

Hi Woodlot, I noticed this addition, and have modified using the template. I see that there are hundreds of these article entries and have gone to the Polish website owner (Statistics Poland) to suggest they fix their typo. Maybe it will happen maybe not. Have a great day. - Neils51 (talk) 22:50, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Neils51: thanks for the information on "divison", pardon my laziness in not using templates. It appears that the spelling of "division" without the extra "i" is a common occurrence in European articles on Wikipedia. Best I can determine is that the Spanish and Catalan spelling is "divisón", but should incorporate the special character "ó". Perhaps editors have become lazy like me and simply dropped the special character when typing. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 12:57, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Degoodi page

You put link rot on Degoodi page can you tell me what links are rot, I copied all Degoodi information from Degodia (Clan) page an it was approved all the information but after month one administrator said your page Degodia (Clan) There was page who is same name so you have to copy all your information to Degoodi when I did that you put link rot so tell me what links are rot I will solve it as soon as possible. Anoums (talk) 17:51, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

I have responded on your Talk page. Woodlot (talk) 18:27, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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Hello! I added a few paragraphs to the the noun and verb sections in the article of the Proto-Baltic language. Could you check English there, please? Thank you in advance! --Ed1974LT (talk) 12:56, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Ed1974LT, my edits are generally limited to correction of commonly misspelled words in the English language. With that in mind, I found only one, millenium → millennium, which I corrected. For a more comprehensive evaluation of your edits in the Proto-Baltic language article, you should contact an editor who specializes in linguistics. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 11:54, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

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Question regarding one of your edits

Hello Woodlot,

I am writing to you regarding your edit from last february on the 2023 swiss federal council election. In the sentence " Daniel Jositsch who had previously announced to run in 2022, then had to retract his candidacy but nevertheless received a significant amount of protest votes. During that election, he did not publicly encourage the federal assembly to not vote for him, which been criticised by members of his party.", you are asking for clarification regarding the "which been criticised by members of his party." part. I have to admit I am confused as to why, care to elaborate ?

Have a nice day,

--21stCenturySloth (talk) 14:52, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I asked for clarification of this portion ("which been criticised by members of his party.") because it is an incomplete statement! For example, it should be restated as: "...which had been criticised by members of his party." OR "...which was criticised by members of his party." Or there may be some other meaning that was intended; and that's why it requires clarification. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 21:09, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

oooh, I did not even see that a word was missing, thank you for noticing that !

Have a great day,

--~~~~ 21stCenturySloth (talk) 12:15, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!

Just wanted to express my appreciation for Windsor Ruins, a well-written and comprehensive article on a fascinating piece of Americana I'd never encountered before. Thank you for your work!! jengod (talk) 16:18, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

@Jengod: Thanks for the kind words, but the Windsor Ruins article was up for more than 10 years before I added content. I too found the historical background of the mansion fascinating – it survived the American Civil War only to be destroyed by someone who was apparently too lazy to find an ashtray. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 19:32, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your persistance... persistence...

...in fixing this typo: [5]. Indeed, this is the 1242424242th edit on Wikipedia. :) Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 11:38, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

@Utopes: You're welcome. Woodlot (talk) 13:38, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

(Adding citation for CN tag: Diff ID is in URL: <ref name="source">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=1242424242&oldid=</ref>. Hopefully this bare URL is not susceptible to link rot 🙃) Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 14:08, 28 August 2024 (UTC)