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[edit] Jujiro Wada

That deleted picture of Wada that you said was ca. 1900 is actually dated to the winter of 1909-1910. The town is Seward, and there are copies of the photo in the McIlhenny archives. Joseph Svinth 08:48, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

You asked if I was sure that was Wada. I'd put money on it, but I can't guarantee it. There were other Japanese in Seward (and Alaska) at the time, and sometimes Wada traveled with them. That isn't C.K. Sunada, who was one of Wada's Japanese buddies in those days. To know for sure, probably we'd have to look in all the Seward and Seattle papers of the day, and unfortunately, those back issues aren't online yet. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joseph Svinth (talk • contribs) 00:56, 15 March 2007 (UTC).
Okay, after going through the history of the scanned image, I understand. You thought the man in the uploaded picture was Wada, and I was thinking that you meant the Japanese fellow off to the left, whose face you can't see, who was cropped out of the uploaded image. The odds are better than 1-in-5 that the Japanese fellow that was cropped out of the image is Wada. Why? Well, Wada had four Japanese with him in Seward on that trip, so it's almost certainly one of them. As for this gentleman, I'd guess Jack Baird, who was Wada's business partner. Joseph Svinth 09:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
PS. After reviewing my notes and clippings, I've also changed the date to ca. 1912-1913, as that's when Wada was ramrodding the expedition out of Seward for McIlhenny. But, it's definitely 1909-1914. See the upgraded article for details. Joseph Svinth 10:00, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cajun musicians and French wikipedia

I read your article on Rod Bernard, and wanted to suggest that you consider doing articles for the French Wikipedia at http://fr.wikipedia.org as well, particularly on Cajun music and Cajun musicians, if you are comfortable writing in French. TruthbringerToronto 07:14, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AMA request

I saw your request on WP:AMARQ. The best course of action is to warn the user (check out WP:UTM), then file a report at WP:AIV if they keep vandalising. Unfortunatly, the IP's are AOL, and they change IP ever few minutes/page loads. If you require any more help, or you don't need any more help, post a responce under your request at WP:AMARQ. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 22:48, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I've seen your request on my talk page for protection. I'd love to do it for you, but I'm not actually an admin. You can though post a request at WP:RFPP to get an admin's attention. Hope that helps. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 19:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:On "Coonass" Etymology

Thanks for letting me know. Seems I read the sentence too fast, I'll try to find some more time to reedit the article. Lucasbfr 15:57, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I read the article again, it appears my edit was unnecessary.. Thanks for the clarification. Lucasbfr 16:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Acadiana Missing?

Thanks for restoring the Acadiana article. I had no idea that it was missing. I keep it on my watch list, but have not noticed any recent activity. Aaron charles 17:27, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lew Walt

Thanks for adding the LIFE magazine information to the Lew Walt article. Do you have access to the article? In particular, could you expand on the focus of the article? — ERcheck (talk) 23:09, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Great add to the article! Thanks. I found references to the article, but did not find any online version, so it is great to know what was said. Is the 1945 Quantico photo public domain? If so, are you planning to scan it and add it? — ERcheck (talk) 23:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Lew Walt was promoted from Major to LtCol in 1942; promoted from LtCol to Col in 1951, so in the c. 1945 photo Walt would be a LtCol. — ERcheck (talk) 23:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Walter Stauffer McIlhenny

Great addition — Walter Stauffer McIlhenny!

Would you add a little more information about history with the McIlhenny company? I'd like to nominate this for WP:DYK, but I think it needs a little more company info. The DYK time-window is very short — 5 days from creation. I'll revisit it later today.

Thanks. — ERcheck (talk) 11:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

The article is coming around. The right-hand side "infobox" is from Template:Infobox_Military_Person, which is part of the Military History WikiProject infoboxes. (FYI: For USMC articles, we've adopted a guideline for awards to present them in order of precedence, down to and including the Purple Heart.) — ERcheck (talk)
Congratulations on the DYK (below). I'm glad to see your contribution recognized. — ERcheck (talk) 22:27, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 12 October 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Walter Stauffer McIlhenny, 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.

--Peta 22:23, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On November 13, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Maunsel White, 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.

Well done. You've earnt yourself top billing on the template and the pictured slot!Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:06, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carl A. Brasseaux

Great article. It has been needed. I made only slight changes, some AP style, some personal preferences. I added him to the List of UL people. I also notice he could be linked to 5 articles, one if which is a stub I started on the German Coast (I still need to develop that one). Nice to know someone out there with same interest in south Louisiana. I may hit you up for some advice/reviews later on. In the meantime, please see if I did French Louisiana justice. Thanks. All the best. Aaron charles 21:25, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] French Louisiana

Much improved by the strokes of your keys! Thank you. Aaron charles 15:34, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Anceletbook1.jpg

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Added book cover tag.--Skb8721 16:23, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Johnny Rebel

No problem. While I have a strong dislike for links to blogs, I have yet to find that story anywhere else. Still looking for a better source. As far as protecting an article, that is usually a last resort, a page has to be hit so often that editors can't keep up with it (many times per day or even hour). This looks like we can we stay on top of it. I'll ask that particular editor to explain the constant removal; if they have no reason we should start warning them. Cheers. L0b0t 16:39, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Belay my last. After going through their contributions, I see nothing but vandalism and linkspamming. If they vandalize again we should file a report. Cheers. L0b0t 16:43, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can

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[edit] Richard Tregaskis

I've added the Richard Tregaskis article to the USMC Portal New articles sections. I've also tagged it for the Military history WikiProject's Military historigraphy task force. If you have additional information to fill out the stub, that would be great. I'd like to be able to nominate it for WP:DYK... which only has a 5 day window from creation. — ERcheck (talk) 00:41, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

  • I've nominated the article in DYK at here. Feel free to make suggestion to modify the entry. — ERcheck (talk) 18:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
    • You're welcome. — ERcheck (talk) 19:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Vandalism Watch Template Request

FYI. I posted another response to your template request. It has been archived at Wikipedia:Requested templates/Other#Vandalism Watch Template Request. Mike Dillon 19:13, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 20 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Richard Tregaskis, 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.

— ERcheck (talk) 15:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adminstrator question

My apologies for taking some time to reply to your inquiry about being a Wikipedia administrator.

  1. "Do you think that I am qualified to serve as an administrator?"
  2. "...based on my record?"
  3. "I've been active on Wikipedia since May".

My responses also contain some advice:

  1. I think that have potential to make an excellent administrator. However,...
  2. your record at this point would probably be viewed as insufficient to become an administrator at this time. While there are no official prerequisites, the Wikipedia community and precedent have shown some basic criteria that you might strive to meet should you want to become an admin.
  3. You have sufficient time on Wikipedia, but your number of edits and range of contributions to Wikipedia are limited. In general, it seems that RFA's look for a minimum of 3000 edits in Main space and a range of other contributions that show an editor's familiarity with most aspects of Wikipedia (such as participation in the deletion process, vandal patrol, interaction with other editors, etc.)

Suggested reading:

Your current edit statistics:

Total edits        974
Distinct pages edited   257
Average edits/page      3.790
First edit 18:14, 30 May 2006

(main)          661
Talk             90
User             51
User talk        65
Image            54
Template talk     6
Category          2
Wikipedia        43
Wikipedia talk    1
Portal            1

You can check your edits (in more detail) here.

Hope this is of some help. Feel free to follow up with further questions. — ERcheck (talk) 00:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Lusitania Find

I think I remember this from a programme on British TV about the sinking and the exploration of the wreck by mini-submarine - sorry to be so vague. You could try Robert Ballard's book 'Exploring the Lusitania' but I don't have a copy myself and can't confirm the reference. Nonetheless, hope this is some help OhNoPeedyPeebles 14:13, 31 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:BellaBoudreaux1.jpg

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The image LewWaltLifeMag(26May1967)SMALL.JPG can be deleted; I replaced it months ago with another scan of the same image. --Skb8721 03:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

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The image LewWaltLife.JPG can be deleted; I replaced it months ago with another scan of the same image. --Skb8721 03:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Louisiana Wikipedians

Hi, my name is Cory, and I'm working on a story for the Advocate about people in Louisiana who create and maintain Wikipedia pages, particularly ones about the area and its inhabitants. If you would be willing to participate in an interview for it, could you reply by e-mail?

Thanks, Cory —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cbirdsong (talk • contribs) 17:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Tabasco History

Thanks for pointing my out mistake. I was referring to a very old publication. I should've realized that some of the stories regarding Edward Avery from his own words during his time were embelished such as when he claimed to have rescued author Jack London on an Alaskan expedition. My apologies --† Ðy§ep§ion † Speak your mind 17:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

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  • I have now added this information. --Skb8721 20:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

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  • I have now added this information (and will delete a duplicate message to this effect left by the same Wikipedian). --Skb8721 20:19, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 22 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Amru Sani, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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