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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

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[edit] Two Turn Left founders named Tsee Lee

lol. well, they're not exactly the same. if you look at the names carefully, you'll see that the middle names are different. it's a Chinese naming convention for siblings, identical twins in this case. Xiner 18:40, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Haeger Pottery

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[edit] Pyramid and Bosnian "Pyramid"

I removed your reference the the Bosnian "pyramid" from the Pyramid article, since there is no proof yet that there are any pyramids anywhere in Bosnia. Maybe someday someone will actually find pyramids there. Maybe it's just a promotional gimmick like the Ukrainian pyramids. Until it's verifiable what is actually there, editors have repeatedly agreed to keep it out of the Pyramid article. --Ronz 17:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gilberts, Illinois

You added (I think it was you) a 2004 population number about triple the 2000 population number (to the box in the article). Could you take a look? It doesn't seem likely. Jd2718 19:10, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:AirForceMem.jpg)

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[edit] Illinois places

Hi - good to see you creating a few small articleson places in Illinois - a couple of suggestions, though - firstly, could you add {{Illinois-geo-stub}} to them, so that they're listed in amongst the other Illinois geography stubs? Also, some of the coordinates you've added are a bit like overkill - for instance, you listed Blackberry Township, Illinois as being at 88.445828000000006° W. The difference between 88.4455828 and 88.4455829 is only about five inches - that added .000000000000006 of a degree is about 7/10,000,000 of a millimetre - about the same as the thickness of 15 hydrogen atoms. I don't think Wikipedia needs to be quite that accurate! Grutness...wha? 00:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Templates

Please see this link Template Talk Page in reguards to Illinois Templates. Most of the information that is being presented on some of the Chicago area counties is unneeded info. The templates were getting WAY too big, and compared to other county templates around the US, the majority of those do not include that sort of information. You would find all that sort of info in the county write-up.--Kranar drogin 01:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I also noticed that you have started doing townships. Awesome! Glad to have another on board for that. What we will need you to do though is include an infobox with them. Here is what you would need to fill in. Any questions, let me know. I will make up the maps for you, so you won't need to include that. Here is an example of a township infobox in use Woodbine Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Also, all your townships are going to need the county name in the article, so they are all going to have to be moved. There are over 1,000 townships in Illinois, so there are going to be many, many doubles.
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|subdivision_type       = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
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|subdivision_type1      = [[Political divisions of the United States|State]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Illinois]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[List of counties in Illinois|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Carroll County, Illinois|Carroll]]
|leader_title           = Supervisor
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|population_as_of       = 2000
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[edit] Re:Kane County

That is great that you checked, but we are sticking to a system for the Illinois Project and that is to include the county in the title. Simply do a move, and make sure you update the links. They will have to be done sooner or later to be in line with all the other townships. Here is an example of Category:Townships in Ogle County, Illinois and the main page of Category:Townships in Illinois.--Kranar drogin 02:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

It is very simple, when I refer to Marion Township that is what I type there. If I just put in there Marion Township, that takes the person to a page to choose from all the different Marions in the US. Or if I put in there Marion Township, Illinois, it links to two different townships in the state. So, in order to stop confusion, it was set up that the county is included in the name. Check out how other states do it, and you will find that is how they also do it. Pennsylvania and Ohio were what we started basing this whole template and township idea off of.--Kranar drogin 04:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Removing Points of Interest on Kane County Template

In accordance with the discussions regarding standardizing Illinois county templates, and against my wishes, I removed them. I actually believe it is worth having points of interest on there, but it seems as if the rest of the group is against including points of interest on the county templates. If you would like to join in the discussion, please do so here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Illinois/Templates. Thanks. Abog 05:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diggstown

Adding the whole cast is a bit of a mess. Perhaps this can be cut to the top 10 or something? Most other movie articles don't list everybody - SimonLyall 09:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RRCA

Thanks much for starting the Road Runners Club of America article! Still too many red links for essential running articles (e.g., half a dozen on the new Track Town, USA article), but your contribution helps show headway is being made. If you are interested in a suggestion for an article to improve, the USA Track & Field article needs a lot of work (the Craig Masback redlink there is rather glaring), especially with the 2008 Summer Olympics track trials coming up. It's also about time to issue the first newsletter for the WikiProject Running, there are enough new members now... Ombudsman 05:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

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