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We're so glad you're here! Thank you for Inland Northern American English, btw! JackLumber. 22:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Continent

Hi there! I hope you're well. I don't think the notation regarding the Atlas of Canada is superfluous information -- far from it; if anything, it reinforces general statements made earlier in the article. Continents are, somewhat, a matter of interpretation with regional conventions and variations (e.g. Eurasia or Europe/Asia?). Take a glance at the continent article (which appears to be lacking in source matter and is in need of improvement anyway) and, frankly, any of the continental articles in Wikipedia and you may observe various perspectives about the topic. If we have an opportunity to cite a reputable, verifiable convention, which is actually required for all content in Wp, why shouldn't we? Actually, time permitting, I am going to investigate and add major sources to the table model, et al. Anyhow, I hope this helps. :) Cogito ergo sumo 17:15, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Agreed -- great! Thanks for coming out. :) Cogito ergo sumo 21:04, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Deletion request

I deleted the old version of the image. Thanks for starting the articles on the Mall and the fountain. I'll see if I can add to them, after I finish expanding 55 Public Square. - EurekaLott 21:21, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Converting an article title to end in "accent", not "Accent"

(By the way, thank you for creating this article. I was concerned that the distinctive speech of this region was being neglected.)

Per standard wikipedia policy, I would like to convert "Tidewater Accent"

to "Tidewater accent". How would I go about correcting the title in this manner? Dogru144 21:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply.

There already is an article for "Tidewater accent." By making the move operation at Tidewater Aceent,

am I just making a redirect move from the Accent page, or am I running the risk of erasing the article under the correct title, "Tidewater accent?" Dogru144 21:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re:Thanks

Your welcome, all part of my job :) — Moe 20:25, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 81.whatever.it.was

The real reason was kind of long for an edit summary, so I omitted it completely. If I'm recalling correctly, it was a combination of the user not having vandalised since the last warning and also having just been blocked for a short period (15 minutes) for vandalism. Cheers, JYolkowski // talk 01:30, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Oops, did I read the date wrong in the block log? My mistake. At any rate, it looks like he's stopped, so at least it didn't cause problems either way. JYolkowski // talk 02:33, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Stars & Stripes BarnStar

User:Confiteordeo is hear-by awarded the Stars & Stripes Barn Star for his diligent, and defiant defense of the American Language at John LaFarge, and probably other places too. Carptrash 15:56, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Although i'm more of a rules are made to be broken sort of the guy i have no problem recognizing good rule application when I see it. By the way, we are also intersecting at the Cleveland Fountain - Eternal Life? where i added some pictures that i'd just posted at Marshall Fredericks. I have a fair amount of Cleveland contect in my various edits, due to a past life in the general area. Carptrash 20:16, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On October 27, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Old Stone Church (Cleveland), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:34, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old Stone Church

Nice job on the article, congrats on the front page "Did you know?" feature. Robert K S 03:48, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Midwest Accent

I see that you are deleting my corrections regarding the General American accent, in the article "Midwest," which quite wrongly implies that General American is owned lock stock and barrel by that region. It's nonsense. The General American accent is spoken all over the north, from Seattle to Connecticut. You are going to have to come up with some citations which realistically and accurately show that the northern accent originated in or is unique to the Midwest, before I'll allow you to continue deleting my writings without a fight. It certainly is not unique to the Midwest, a region which was barely even settled by English speakers until 150 years ago, after the northern accent was known to exist in places like Pennsylvania and upstate NY, and Connecticut. It really bugs me to see the Midwest taking ownership of an accent which was originally the accent of most of the Northeast (discounting NYC, Boston, other parts of New England, etc). The original author blunders badly by lumping the accents of northeast together. Anybody from my region, the Syracuse, NY area, formerly Albany, NY, knows that our accent is typical of rural areas of the Northeast, and is totally indistinguishable from the accent of the Midwest. I challange anybody to put a group of Midwestern speakers side-by-side with upstate New Yorkers, and tell which is which. It's impossible, it's the same accent, utterly and completely the same. And we've been speaking this way since before the Midwest was even settled, so it's nonsense to say it's a Midwest accent.Morgan Wright 04:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

On 6 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Playhouse Square Center , which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 15:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

Sorry, thought the correct name is Ohio Theatre. Just realized it's a different theater, sorry about that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Morrad (talk • contribs) 20:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC).