User talk:ChrisRuvolo

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Contents 1 PNG crusade bot suggestion 2 Third opinion 3 Paulins Kill now a Featured Article 4 Image:Flag of California.svg colors changed 5 Nipo-brasileiro 6 Tunnel or underpass in NYC 7 Verona NJ Edit 8 Linux supports such and such architectures 9 Importance rating of Horace Mann School on WPNYC 10 U.S. County and maps 11 Histpop 11.1 It's done!! 12 Histpop and general thanks 13 Wyckoff, New Jersey and USCensusPop 14 Population oddity 15 USCensusPop in New Jersey 16 Titusville, New Jersey 17 Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act 18 Newark Basin 19 Help needed at Plymouth Colony

[edit] PNG crusade bot suggestion

Thanks for your suggestion. Most JPEGs have been compressed so far that a conversion to PNG would not decrease their file size, so the PNG crusade bot passes them by. Of the ones that do, because I am manually entering new file names, I usually review the image and add manually add the {{artifacts}} template where needed once the bot is done. But iould not be good to add this to all JPEGs without seeing if it is needed first, so the default is to leave it out. Thanks again for your suggestion! ---Remember the dot 19:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Third opinion

Quote or no quote box on the Robert Clarkson Clothier, can you take a peek in the history to see both versions? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 08:57, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paulins Kill now a Featured Article

As of a few moments ago, Paulins Kill was promoted to Featured Article status. I just wanted to thank you for your contributions to and suggestions for improving the article over these past few months and that I appreciate your help in bringing this article to notice as a Featured Article. Once again, thank you, and keep up the good work. —ExplorerCDT 22:55, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Flag of California.svg colors changed

The colors and font of the Flag of California.svg image on commons were recently changed by User:Zscout370. I didn't see any discussion anywhere, so I reverted it. Mike Dillon 17:42, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I was fine with the modifications. Either way is fine with me. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 23:55, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nipo-brasileiro

Hello, regarding Dan Nakagawa, I had retrieved the image from Wikipedia itself and assumed (incorrectly) there was no copyright violation when I compiled the gallery from the existing pictures. None of the images were uploaded by myself. The image had since been deleted. Also regarding the Eiffel Tower, it was a good faith mistake, it was an old file on the hard drive and was unaware it was available on the internet. Spanish is my first language, so sometimes I don't understand 100% the difference between the licenses. Thanks. Cäelevar 03:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Cäelevar, thanks for the clarification. Yes, it can be tricky dealing with these images. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 14:54, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Nice to meet someone who's also interested in Japanese culture. Cäelevar 07:29, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tunnel or underpass in NYC

Hi ChrisRuvolo, I'm currently trying to identify which tunnel or underpass in New York City this is. Is that the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive? (Sorry, I've no idea, I'm just trying to nail down a description of the United Nations Plaza, NYC...) Or in case you don't know that exit, could you recommend any other user for that question? Thanks a lot in advance, Ibn Battuta 20:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Yes, that is a portion of the FDR Drive. I'm not sure if the tunnel/underpass section is named. It is more like a half-tunnel. When you drive through it, you can see out to the East River. Hope this helps. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 20:28, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

This caught my eye on my watchlist, and if I can tell from the picture, it's the covered portion of First Avenue (Manhattan) in front of the United Nations called the First Avenue Underpass that runs from 42nd to 47th Streets. The cars turning right in the picture are turning on to the 48th Street ramp to the Northbound FDR Drive. Alansohn 00:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, okay. You are looking on the west side of the UN plaza. I was looking on the east side, sorry. The Google aerial map doesn't show the entrance at 42nd St. (blocked by a building), but Microsoft Local shows it: [1] --ChrisRuvolo (t) 05:14, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Verona NJ Edit

I saw your edit to the Verona, NJ article. Regarding the name change to just "Township of Verona", this should be discussed in the talk page. Note that the official name of verona is the "township of the borough of Verona" as of the 1970s. Soccera2g 06:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Linux supports such and such architectures

Hi. It bothers me that you did not explain your reasoning when you reverted my edit to Linux kernel article. I would appreciate if you did that at the article's talk page. Thanks. 80.233.255.7 21:14, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Importance rating of Horace Mann School on WPNYC

Hey Chris, not too much to debate over, but I rated Horace Mann based on the rating for Talk:Stuyvesant High School, which is High. HM and Stuyvesant are generally considered equal schools in real life, so I would suggest that they be kept equal in importance on Wikipedia too. Any thoughts? --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 02:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I rated Mann at mid-level for WPNYC due to the fact that it is a private school. IMO, Stuyvesant is more important to WPNYC since it is public, at top-tier ranking, and its original building is on the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission list of designated landmarks. [2] Both schools do rank high-importance on the WikiProject Schools grading scheme, and I would endorse that ranking as the one that should be equal. If you disagree with my reasoning, feel free to change it. Just consider what else is in the Category:High-importance New York City articles, and whether Mann fits with that level of importance to WPNYC. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 04:47, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

All righty, I can understand that. I suppose the Schools rating is more relevant than the NYC rating. See you around. --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 04:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. County and maps

I set the New Jersey images to a smaller size. Thanks for noticing. /Timneu22 22:57, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Histpop

I see you added a reference to the Histpop template on the U.S. County infobox template page. I like that histpop template much more than the "Population by decade" template, but it isn't very easy to maintain because of its variable usage, and also because there isn't a "pre" section on the Template page to make copying/pasting easier. Do you want to look at tweaking the "Population by decade" template to have the look and feel of Histpop? /Timneu22 11:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I think {{USCensusPop}} should meet those needs better. I'd suggest {{population by decade}} be deprecated and users encouraged to move to {{USCensusPop}}. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 15:55, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for adding estimate/estimateyear to USCensusPop. I updated the template even further to include those two variables in the "pre" section so people know about them. /Timneu22 17:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] It's done!!

There are no longer any U.S. articles that use {{Histpop}}! All articles have been switched to {{USCensusPop}}. /Timneu22 01:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Cool, good work. I've also added U.S. Census data for all of the New Jersey counties. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 05:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Histpop and general thanks

Chris, I apologize for not getting back to you earlier with my heartfelt appreciation for your kind comments at what was a very frustrating time for me. It was greatly appreciated and meant a great deal to me coming from you. After I started on Wikipedia, you were one of the people who I followed into the wonderful world of New Jersey, and it is truly remarkable how much has been accomplished on all fronts. I know you were away from Wikipedia for a while, and its great to see you back editing, cleaning up after vandals and making articles better. I had thought that the HistPop template was a great step forward, but the USCensusPop is even simpler. Thanks again for your comments, but most importantly for your great work! Alansohn 18:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wyckoff, New Jersey and USCensusPop

I don't know if "unsourced" is accurate, but the question is legitimate. Is Wyckoff a separate municipality from Franklin Township, or is it a new name for a township that has existed previously. The source I have uses "replaced" to describe Wyckoff succeeding Franklin Township, but on the same page states that Woodcliff Lake "replaced" Woodcliff in 1910. Any thoughts. At a minimum, I would say retain the 1920 data for Wyckoff and note that it was as Franklin Township. I've made it through all of Atlantic and Bergen counties so far with USCensuspop. Alansohn 19:37, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Part of the problem is that in 1920, Franklin Township also included the current territory of Franklin Lakes, which is not small. If there was no territory change, I would say keep it. Since there was a territory change, and there is no specification as to how the number was reached, I say it should not be listed. Also, unless I am mistaken, the source that is being used lists 1930-1990 population levels. I'm not sure where this 1920 number comes from, and it conflicts with the data from here [3] (article showed 1071, chart shows 1288). Note that I don't fully trust this PDF for older data. It shows records for years that municipalities did not exist yet. It is not clear how this is tabulated. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 20:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

There are issues with a number of municipalities that came into existence in the 20th century, especially Paramus, New Jersey (from Midland Township, now Rochelle Park, New Jersey) and Mahwah, New Jersey) where these quirks exist. The USCensuspop has a footnote function which has already been used in county data, when chunks were broken off to new counties. The underlying question is where did both sources get their data from at the Census Bureau? I've never been able to find that or see if they explain municipality changes in any meaningful way. Alansohn 20:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

For the county data, it was clear that it was based upon the county borders at the time of the census. Likewise for the 1930-1990 municipal data. We should use the footnote feature in those cases. For the Bergen County 1900-1920 data, that is not clear. IMO that data should only be included if there was no significant teritory change between that census year and 1930. Agreed, it would be good to go back to the Census bureau as the primary source, but I don't know where to get that historical data. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 21:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Population oddity

Many municipalities in New Jersey have a classic S-shaped growth curve; fast growth, followed by leveling off and then sometimes a small decline. See New Hanover Township, New Jersey for an example of a municipality where population soared in the 50s and 60s and then plummeted in the 80s and 90s. Wrightstown, New Jersey was created from New Hanover in 1918, and there were some transfers to Wrightstown in 1951 and 1957, but the population of Wrightstown wouldn't account for the changes. Any other sources we can check? Any thoughts? Alansohn 16:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• To answer my own question. I called the borough clerk and asked the question. Portions of Fort Dix are in the township and military personnel stationed on the base within New Hanover Township are counted as residents. Changes in personnel in the 70s and 80s account for the huge drop in the census data. An interesting case. Alansohn 16:35, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USCensusPop in New Jersey

I had started going through by county and adding details, I will finish Camden County in the next few minutes. I see you're going through Passaic. Do you want to divvy up the rest? Alansohn 22:19, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Lets work from opposite ends and meet in the middle. I think you are going down the counties alphabetically. I'll go up from Warren. BTW, already got Hudson and the top 31 municipalities at List of municipalities in New Jersey (by population). --ChrisRuvolo (t) 23:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Have we officially met in the middle yet? Alansohn 02:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I think so. Only thing left is the CDPs that are not on that list. For those, I only have 1990 and 2000 data from the Census Bureau FactFinder. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 02:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Titusville, New Jersey

The user who created it has a short and mildly curious history. I'd suggest contacting the user, but there's no recent edit history. The article was created in 2005, seemingly out of whole cloth. The ZIP Code 08560 ZCTA has a population of 3,468, so that's not it. It is part of Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey see this link for a great utility to confirm that, but it's definitely not a CDP, at least as of the 2000 Census. I'm inclined to say that we should remove all of the "census" data, and just leave it as an unincorporated area. Good catch! Alansohn 01:52, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

moved to Talk:Titusville, New Jersey

[edit] Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act

The state website had a more definitive last of municipalities included under the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act. See that page for the update, which removed over a dozen communities that are NOT under the Act's mandates. See the source provided for details. Thanks for the work on this task. We're making substantial progress on the New Jersey municipality articles! Alansohn 16:29, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

moved to Talk:Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act

[edit] Newark Basin

Hello, ChrisRuvolo. I've added a small section on the Newark Basin to the Geography of New Jersey article, as well as a link to the more geologically in-depth article on the Newark Basin. Thanks for the invite. Let me know if there's anything else. CrankyScorpion 09:01, 24 March, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help needed at Plymouth Colony

I noticed that you had done some work at History of New Jersey that had resulted in that article receiving featured status. I have been a principal editor at Plymouth Colony, and seeing as both articles are part of American History, I thought perhaps you might have some interest in hlping to improve that article. The article is up for featured article candidacy and several reviewers have requested that I recruit some other editors to look over the article and make additional changes. I would appreciate if, in your free time, you could look it over, make any changes as you see fit, and also make any comments you would like on the WP:FAC nomination. Thanks alot, and happy editing!--Jayron32|talk|contribs 16:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)