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[edit] Pennsylvania State Parks
It looks like I am the first to talk on your new talk page. Thankfully the bad weather has passed us and Nathalie's family by. Thanks again for the thoughts. I created Salt Springs State Park this afternoon. It was a big project. It seems to be a wonderful place. I would really like to visit it someday. If you have time it will probably need a good bit of copy edit. I had lots of info to condense. Have a good one. I am done for the night. Dincher 22:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
I am pretty sure you are right about Salt Springs State Park not being the only one not run by PA-DCNR. I completey forgot about the "Hiawatha Parking Lot". The Friends of Salt Springs Park website made the claim and I just passed it along. I will make the change now. I will call my parents about the flooding in PA. I hope it isn't too bad. We are headed up there for Turkey Day. I hope to get some pictures of Milton State Park. Dincher 15:49, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I created S. B. Elliott State Park this afternoon. We are finally getting busy at Penney's. Dincher 19:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I created Parker Dam State Park too. I am going to take a look at White Deer Hole Creek right now. Dincher 22:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Ryerson Station State Park is up and running. I feel like it needs more info about the fort and dispute of the Virginia and PA claims on the land. Do you have much of this info. I know that you've fixed some of my Indian references in the past. This one may need to be fixed too. I don't know what specific tribes were in the area and leading raids that lead to the building of the fort. By the way my wife is Tuscarora they didn't all leave NC! Dincher 02:57, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Elkland
I have noticed that the Demographics for Elkland have to be way way off. Elkland is not big but there are way more than 7 people or whatever it says now. Dincher 18:57, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Native Americans
Does she speak any Iroquoian languages? To answer you question, no she doesn't but she is interested in learning. The problem is that very few people speak the Tuscarora language and most of them are in New York or Canada. Her ethnicity is very interesting. She is from Robeson County, North Carolina. This county has a very high population of people who identify themselves as Lumbee. She is adamant that she is not Lumbee. If you read the article you might understand why. The history of the Native Americans in North Carolina is pretty sad. Most people don't realize that many of them never left. Before I moved here I had no idea there was a significant population of Indians anywhere on the east coast. Dincher 01:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] More State Parks
Created four more today. Little Buffalo State Park, Ralph Stover State Park, R. B. Winter State Park, and McCalls Dam State Park. We are driving through the night tonight to PA. Hopefully we'll get some pictures at Milton and my parents have been travelling around Tioga and Potter County get photos from those parts. Dincher 01:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
I just created Prompton State Park and Lackawanna State Park. I looked at the map for White Deer Hole Creek. The colors for the lines are confusing. The blue and I think it's grey run together. I suggested orange for the county lines. Otherwise the article is great. We passed over White Deer Hole Creek twice on our journey. I am back in Fayetteville and back to work a Penney's. Black Friday has finally let up! Dincher
It's been a long and slow day at Penney's. I completed 4 more today. 2 expanded. Kettle Creek State Park and Sinnemahoning State Park. 2 new ones Marsh Creek State Park and Frances Slocum State Park. I wonder how much longer until they are all done? Dincher 00:48, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I know what you mean about being worried about dropping the camera in the river. If I took our camera out and dropped it in the water, my wife would kill me! The store is closing in ten minutes!! Woo-hoo! I thought about a picture from the bridge too. There is a walway over the bridge it should be pretty safe. Thanks for the help. Dincher 01:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I created Pine Grove Furnace State Park tonight. That will be it for me tonight. I read your article Pennsylvania Route 554. I had a severe accident on that road when I was in college. I was speeding up the south side of Bald Eagle Mountain, didn't make the turn at the top and woke up in Danville at Geisinger. It is a great road to drive, lots of fun fun turns. I have learned to slow it down. Dincher 01:44, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Holy crap! I just created Laurel Hill State Park, hit the wrong button and lost it! I did get Laurel Summit State Park and Laurel Mountain State Park finished. They were short and easy. I put lots of work into Laurel Hill State Park and now its gone. I will try to get back to it on the weekend. I feel like I just wasted a lot of my time. Aggravated as heck. Dincher 02:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- I already tried that. It happens on the computers here at Penney's. I usually stop and save, but for some reason it slipped my mind and I didn't tonight. I had been working steady on it for and hour! Dincher 02:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
What's up Fisch? I recreated Laurel Hill State Park tonight. I am off work this weekend! I will be busy painting our bathroom and putting a cap on the chimney. It will be nice to be home. Have a good one! Dincher 01:41, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] White Deer Hole Creek
About 15 years ago. The Williamsport Sun-Gazette ran either an article or a series of articles about "Alvira" and the Ordnance. I don't know if it will contribute to the White Deer Hole Creek article or not and they might be hard to find too, but they were very interesting, including interviews with people who actually had lived in Alvira. You could probably find them on microfilm at the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport. Dincher 02:58, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Regarding, White Deer Hole Creek - the colors show up much better on the large map than on the small map for the new version that is. The picture of the valley is a plus. It gives a picture of the size and beauty of the valley and shows the restoration of the forests. I expanded Varden Conservation Area today. I will get to Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area soon. We did not stop at Milton State Park. I thought that it was too grey and dreary on Wednesday and Friday to stop and take pictures, but the pictures that my parents took at Lyman Run State Park and Hills Creek State Park were also taken on grey days and they look pretty good. I guess I missed a chance. Oh well the park isn't going anywhere. Dincher 20:07, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
The map looks a lot better on my computer at home. Perhaps the monitor at work isn't set up quite right. I think that a picture taken from a kayak in the river would be a very good picture of the Milton State Park. This is a picture I just wouldn't be able to take. I probably won't be back in PA until the summer. I will also put my parents to work on other state parks. They like going to them. Dincher 05:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
I am gonna look at your updates on White Deer Hole Creek in a moment. I just finished Laurel Ridge State Park. The "Laurels" are done. My wife says that I have OCD. I think maybe she is right. I am starting to have dreams about Wikipedia! Dincher 18:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
The topographic/3D map is another plus. Did you add one to Larrys Creek? This would also be a good map for the West Branch Valley article to show the difference between the ridges to the south and the dessicated plateaus to the north. Dincher 18:18, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Congrats! You deserve it and worked hard to get it! Does this mean it is a canidate to be the main article on the main page now? Dincher 03:02, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Peer review/Belarus
Thanks for everything. I am making the changes now. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:44, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Demosthenes
Thanks for your cons.--Yannismarou 11:25, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bald Eagle Mountain
Thanks for the clean up on Bald Eagle Mountain and all the wikilinks. Have a look at Bald Eagle Valley and Nittany Valley, and please add any interesting content you may have. You may also want to check the older article on Mount Nittany as well. Dhaluza 15:48, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
60 miles is the approximate straight line distance along Bald Eagle Mountain. After that it becomes Brush Mountain which still needs an article. I would suggest that the information on the communities belongs in the article for the valley, with a link from the mountain page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dhaluza (talk • contribs) 17:05, 28 November 2006.
Yes, so much to do. I usually upload the picture, then write the caption, so I know that leaves the picture page blank. I should go back and clean up by cutting and pasting the captions back, but in the mean time, there is always "what links here". I'm not sure what to do about the other Bald Eagle Creek, but I was planning to just add it to the main article, rather than make another, because what would you call it? I think that means we need to expand the BEV article south as well. By all means, expand the BEMt article. My only point was that if you describe the socio-political aspects, that should go in the valley article, because almost nobody lives on the mountain. I added some to the WBSV article, and could use some help with it too.
[edit] Don't forget to subst: templates!
Hi,
When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.
Thanks! :)
Hbackman 01:29, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sheshequin Path
I read some of the Sheshequin Path tonight and found a possible mistake in your spelling of Shikellamy. You spelled it with a "ck" I have never seen it spelled that way. Is it a mistake or a spelling variance? Dincher 04:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Shickellamy, Shikellamy either way is pretty hard to type and spell without messing it up. I expanded Linn Run State Park tonight. That will be all for the evening. I hope Sheshequin Path makes DYK. Good luck! Dincher 01:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
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On December 8, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sheshequin Path, 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. |
Hello again Ruhrfisch - haven't crossed paths since Janx Jrotum vandalised all the Pennsylvania articles. Great work on Pennsylvania as usual. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Congrats on Sheshequin Path!Dincher 13:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Request
Dear Ruhrfisch,
I am writing to you because I wanted to solicit your opinion. I nominated the Ohio Wesleyan University article not too long ago and am looking for help with copyedit for the article. Do you know of any Wikipedia editors who will be willing to help out? Thank you for your time! WikiprojectOWU 00:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thank you
Dear Ruhrfisch,
Thank you so much for the quick response! I really greatly appreciate your willingness to help! I have been trying to work with a few people to improve the article and so any help goes a long way! My thinking was that two areas might warrant more immediate attention: (1) Tightening up the article, and (2) POV language.
Thank you again! I very much appreciate your help! WikiprojectOWU 07:30, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] White Deer Hole Creek
"In 1787, Caleb Farley settled on White Deer Hole Creek with his family (including his four year old son John), and built a mill on the creek by 1789."
- You usually "settle in" an area. Besides, should you call it by name if Caleb is supposed to be second possible source of the name as suggested in the first paragraph of the section? Also, I can't quite imagine a mill built on a creek. They float like a bunch of rocks :) Could you clarify how this paragraph about Caleb links to the previous one?
Also, perhaps you should say "two etymologies have been suggested" instead of "are given". - Mgm|(talk) 11:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- "Settled on" may be proper usage, but for me (non-American) it was confusing so I pointed it out. The connection between the two etymologies should be purely grammatical. You say there's two of them, but you didn't actually state that the story about Caleb is the second one. I'll read the article again tomorrow and see if I can support its FAC nomination. - Mgm|(talk) 21:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Sure, if you feel our conversation is important/relevant enough to the article, then go ahead and copy it over. - Mgm|(talk) 00:11, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re:
Thanks again! I will contact the user regarding help with POV bias. Hopefully, he/she will be able to devote some time. So, that leaves redudancy and tightening up the article as two key areas that we might need some help with. Thank you so much for agreeing to put some time into it! It will really make a difference in improving the article! :-) WikiprojectOWU 19:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you! Big time! WikiprojectOWU 20:05, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re:
Thanks for your cons about Demosthenes's appearance in the main page.--Yannismarou 07:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Warriors Path and Whipple Dam
I expanded Warriors Path State Park which might cause confusion with Warrior's Path State Park in Tennessee and Whipple Dam State Park tonight. I see you have been kept busy with White Deer Hole Creek. It looks really good. I hope it makes FA, but I don't know if I would want to do all that work to make an article FA. Doesn't seem like fun. Dincher 02:23, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Just expanded White Clay Creek Preserve this will probably cause confusion with White Clay Creek State Park in Delaware. Do you have plans to try to create another FA article? Dincher 22:54, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Article
That's fine, you are helping us anyway. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'm looking forward to your edits and comments. WikiprojectOWU 04:30, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Looks like I'm the first to congratulate you ...
White Deer Hole Creek has gotten the gold star. As I said, it couldn't have happened to a better article.
Now let's get it on the Main Page. Daniel Case 05:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- I see your point. (CTTOI, Larrys Creek has been in the pipeline for some time already ... why not wait until after it runs, because they'd want to wait anyway.)
- And, if it waits, you can get those other two photos. Plus it'll be nice to have that lush green photo on the main page in warmer weather. Daniel Case 18:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Actually, there's an even better thing to do
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The Original Barnstar | |
| For all your work making White Deer Hole Creek not only a featured article, but a standout featured article Daniel Case 14:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC) |
