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[edit] Coordinates

When you add coordinates, can you use {{coor dms}}? That way the coordinates will be linked. You should also probably keep it on the same line. For example:

*[[Foothill Freeway]] - [[Interstate 210 (California)|I-210]] in San Dimas ({{coor dms|34|07|12|N|117|49|27|W|}}) produces

• Foothill Freeway - I-210 in San Dimas (34°07′12″N, 117°49′27″W)

--SPUI (talk) 00:24, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Eagle Talon

Thank you for the Eagle Talon contributions! I went back and re-integrated the text that you had deleted, however. Please review my edits (I don't really know these cars) and make sure they're accurate. If you like, you should join Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles and contribute more! Welcome! --SFoskett 15:52, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] In-N-Out

I noticed that you made rather significant changes to In-N-Out. Thanks for the new information. These additions are making me think about improving it more so that we can eventually nominate it as a featured article. Thanks again. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 09:54, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Losangelesx.jpg and Image:INTERSTATE 210.jpg

Thank you for uploading Image:Losangelesx.jpg and Image:INTERSTATE 210.jpg. But I noticed that they currently don't each have an image copyright tag, so its copyright status is therefore unclear. Please add a tag to let us know its copyright status. (If you created/took the picture then you can use {{gfdl}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{fairuse}}.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know on their image description pages where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Otherwise, see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use. Thanks so much. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 18:05, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

• All you have to do is enter "{{PD}}" onto the page. It is one of the many image copyright tags that we use to keep track of the copyright status of each image. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 20:46, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Santa Catalina Island, California

You've been adding some very nice images to various Southern California articles, including Image:Santacatalinaisland.jpg, which you added to the Santa Catalina Island, California article. Although I like the picture, if it is easy to change it might be nice to add all the cities that have regularly scheduled ferry service to Avalon, California (Marina del Rey, San Pedro, Long Beach, Newport Beach and Dana Point).

Also, you may be interested in the Southern California WikiProject. Please take a look at the project and see if there is anything that interests you. If you have any comments or questions about the project, please contact me. BlankVerse ∅ 07:29, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Apple Valley, California

You said that Apple Valley was unincorporated, but if you look at the town's official website and you'll see that the town was in fact was incorporated in 1988. --Moreau36; 1312, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Venturafreeway101134.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Venturafreeway101134.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{fairusein|article name}} or {{fairuse}}. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of image pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you.feydey 03:13, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

N.B. It's ok to say that you created the image, but info is needed (since its a map) from which data (free, copyrighted etc.) it is compiled. Best, feydey 03:17, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Something like: "Underlying map (data) is (from) an aerial map obtained from the USGS [Http...]"? feydey 03:54, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

The images are ok as long as you don't make screengrabs in commercial software etc. And give some sources of underlying data. I hope this helps. Image:Venturafreeway101134.jpg looks ok now. feydey 03:59, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Sandiegofreeway4055.jpg map

Could You add some source infos? Thanks. feydey 00:02, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:DSC02432.0.jpg listed for deletion

[edit] Image:ARCTIC CIRCLE 021106.jpg listed for deletion

[edit] Image:TROPIC OF CANCER021106.jpg listed for deletion

[edit] Image:TROPIC OF CAPRICORN021106.jpg listed for deletion

[edit] Image:ANTARCTIC CIRCLE 021106.jpg listed for deletion

[edit] Image:800px-DSC024320X.JPG listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:800px-DSC024320X.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you.

[edit] Studio system

Hi, Mikeetc. I understand your edit was made with the best intentions, but I'm afraid you did introduce a number of factual errors.

• According to your new wording, MGM was ranked first from 1931 through 1941, "with the exception of 1932." This is incorrect. "With the exception of 1932" refers to the discussion of RKO, as is grammatically clear in my original wording.
• According to your new wording, Fox was ranked second from 1931 through 1941 (with the possible exception of 1932--it's not clear from your phrasing). This is incorrect. As I correctly stated, "Fox was number two for most of MGM's reign"; in 1941, for instance, MGM was #1, Paramount #2, and Fox #3.
• According to your new wording, Paramount experienced "a decade of steady recovery" preceding 1942. This is blatantly incorrect. Not only is it incorrect, it stands in direct contradiction to your new (and, I'm afraid, infelicitously phrased) description of the studio "languish[ing] in decline during the 30s."
• According to your new wording, "Warner Bros. and RKO were regularly switching rankings at fourth and fifth." This is incorrect. As I correctly stated, with the exception of 1932, RKO "was next to last or (usually) last every year," meaning fourth or (usually) fifth among the Big Five. This implies, correctly, that Warners was usually fourth.

Addressing a few other points:

• I'm not sure exactly what you're asking in your parenthetical query "it is Warner BROS., isn't it?" Yes, the official name of the company is Warner Bros., not Warner Brothers. The standard shorter version is Warners, rather than Warner or Warner's. Please do a Google Book Search if you wish to confirm this with authoritative sources.
• I'm afraid you're simply wrong about capitalizing "Federal government" in running text--that's just bad style according to current standards. Please do a Google Web search with "federal government" and "New York Times" and/or "Washington Post" and a Google Book Search on "federal government" if you wish to confirm this with authoritative sources.
• The only thing unencyclopedic about "big time" is that, using it as a noun, I should not have hyphenated it. The online version of the standard Merriam-Webster's Dictionary gives as definition 2 of "big time": "the top rank of an activity or enterprise" (conduct search here). It does not flag the term as "slang" or "colloquial." Definition 1 indicates the term's roots in the entertainment field (vaudeville, specifically), underscoring its appropriateness.

Best, Dan—DCGeist 01:20, 22 October 2006 (UTC)