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[edit] PSU:BK

We must collaborate to fix the Penn State Berks vs Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley stuff.

Skabat169 03:26, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grammatical Error

Greetings. On your user page you write: "An alumni of Penn State University, he is ...".

Having been steeped in Latin declensions and conjugations, this offends my grammatical sensibility. "Alumni" is plural. It sounds to me like this would to you: "A former students of PSU, he is ...". I beg you, change this to "alumnus".

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumnus/a

Thank you.

--Lambiam, 15:04, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Fixed, and may I say that you clearly have a lot of time on your hands. That was the most lavishly discussed typo I believe I have ever seen. --Thisisbossi, 20:24, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Middle-earth!

Hello, Thisisbossi!

Thank you for joining WikiProject Middle-earth and contributing to improve Tolkien-related articles. We are glad to have you join in the effort!

Here're some good links and subpages related to our WikiProject.

If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to ask on our talk page.

Thank you for your contributions and have fun editing! —Mirlen 04:52, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Piazza Cavour is not in Borgo

Hallo, I saw that you added a picture of Piazza Cavour in the Page about Borgo. Actually the Piazza belongs to the nearby rione of Prati, so I will move the picture there. alex2006 09:15, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Grazie! Mio errore. :) --Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 02:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minor Maryland routes and shields

Great job on the minor routes list, there are still some minor errors but I'm sure you'll fix them on your next edit. Anyway, you said on the talk page to get the shields ready, well... they're done! They've actually been done for a while now, all possible non-letter-suffixed routes 0-999, plus the signed 835A and blanks. They are all named MD Route X.svg by the way, except for the blanks which are named MD_blank.svg and MD_blank_wide.svg.-Jeff (talk) 04:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the shields! I've been procrastinating (to say the least) on getting the other highways up... nearly a year has since passed, but I'll see if I can at least wrap up PG County before summer. Then I'll see about making MoCo my summer project. --Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 02:43, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Final state highway naming conventions debate

Thisisbossi, your participation is welcome in the Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll. Please give your input as to the process by 23:59 UTC on August 8.

Regards, Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] For your work on transportation redirects

The Original Barnstar
I award Thisisbossi the orginal barnstar for his/her hard work on transportation articles. Ev@n Robidoux 21:27, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
A bit delayed for a response from me, but thank you very much! I'll try to keep at it. --Thisisbossi 04:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Attention Fellow Engineers

Thisisbossi While I understand the desire to remove and clean this note from the page by placing it into discussion, I still feel a very valid point is being made and the layman doesn't look at the discussion. What about the questions raised on the proper method for having this conversation? I'm new to the edit process, would it be possible for you to put a note declaring this open letter was moved to discussion on the main page. I think this is a conversation that is page one and shouldn't be buried on page 6 of metro.FOK SD OA 16:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


(moved this here from main article) --Thisisbossi 10:34, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to make a request to the greater Engineering community. Perhaps one of you with high level ASCE connections would be willing to pass this thru the proper channels and then on to ASME, IEEE, and hundreds of other great organizations. I'll be the first to admit that perhaps this isn't the best method to pass this message on, but come on; really folks, we are an iterative people. Help me find the correct solution/method, as this is a universal problem. And that problem is; we are silent.

Our highly educated voices, as a group, are far too silent. I would like to see every engineering group put experts forward as a bit of community service to fill in some of these technical pages. We may not be able to fix the Schools, but it would be a great gift to them. Perhaps if enough other industries pick up the idea maybe we could see our ASCE Infrastructure Report Card grade for the Schools go from D- to B-. If you want to claim the volunteer work as an individual, as an agency, or as a company as a service then please feel free to so with no shame. I for one am putting my shoulder behind RO Desalination. I would encourage everyone to pass this concept on to their friends, coworkers, students, bosses, and all kindred enginerds. We have a great opportunity before us. Please embrace it. If we could allow this statement or a good edit of it to be up on this page for 1 month (ie expiration date for this tag will be 9/24/06. This tag will be removed on 9/24/06). IF there is another medium for this that I’m unaware of I’m fine with it being in discussion. However, I think you might agree with me that saying it loudly and with easy access for a bit would be very help in getting the message heard. If we could place this or a similar message on the Engineering Portal I’d appreciate it.FOK SD OA 06:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Pennsylvania

There are four articles being threatened by a merge proposal. The details are listed here Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pennsylvania#Announcements. Would you mind weighing in (hopefully in support) of keeping the articles. --evrik 01:41, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, at this time, I do not know enough about any of the topics to provide a valuable opinion on any of the issues. --Thisisbossi 10:18, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question about Ephrata

I was wondering why you felt that it was necessary to remove information about the KKK and heroin problems from the Ephrata article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.145.73.181 (talk) 23:27, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

See the applicable discussion page and post any comments there that you may have regarding this issue. Also please remember to sign your posts. --Thisisbossi 03:36, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for help.

I am requesting your help in making the Northkill Amish Settlement page more encyclopedic. Reidhoch 15:31, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Photo Matching Service

Hi there,

I'm contacting you because you listed yourself at Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Photographers. You might be interested in a new wikiproject page that lists photographers and articles that need photos by location. The page is located at Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service or WP:PMS GabrielF 00:22, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! Note that I have photo info over at Wikimedia Commons (Upload Info). Feel free to ask me to upload any photos I have listed there; or feel free to request photos in the MD-PA-NJ-DC areas. --Thisisbossi 04:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Galleries

I have moved your galleries. Check "my contributions". -- RHaworth 07:11, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Good call -- it had completely slipped my mind to even think of adding "User:" in front of those. Thanks! --Thisisbossi 07:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article assessments

What? No class=A articles? :-) Thanks for doing those assessments. I see you also have Wikipedia:WikiProject_Disaster_management on your assessment list. That is an area I am interested in as well. I find Category:Disasters worryingly fascinating. If you spot any areas that need working on, let me know. I recently spotted that Wikipedia's coverage of historical earthquakes is not that good, though I did request a translation that prompted Basel earthquake. Carcharoth 05:51, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Heh, yeah the highest I'll go is a B since I never quite have the work ethic to go about starting a GA discussion. If I recall, the Disaster Management WP does not yet have a template up for assessment; but I'll definitely waste hours of potentially productive time doing assessments there as soon as they get that template up! :P My knowledge of earthquakes is slim to nil, though, other than the annual 4.0 that strikes the Mid-Atlantic. --Thisisbossi 20:16, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] St. Engracia in the Princeton Art Museum

Hello Thisisbossi, In the Dutch Language Wikipedia is an article about St. Encratia, aka St. Engracia. I know there's a splendid painting in the Princeton University Art Museum of Saint Engracia in a vivid red dress and a big golden nail in her forehead. I would greatly appreciate a picture of this painting on Commons with a GNU license (due to a strict copy right policy on the Dutch language Wikipedia). Any help possible on this? I like to hear from you! The quickest way to contact me is my Dutch talkpage.
I posted this question before in the Village Pump but I was kindly directed to Wikipedia:Photo Matching Service where I found your name. I've seen the picture in 2003 but had no camera on me then and no opportunity to return to the museum. They told me you're allowed to take pictures but you're not allowed to use flashlight. It would be great if you could oblige me by taking that picture! --Haarajot 20:32, 12 January 2007 (UTC) (CET) actually

Unfortunately, I am very rarely in the Princeton area. During my visits to New Jersey, I tend to be situated more within the southern portion -- particularly along the coastline. Good luck with your search! (note: this will also be posted to your Talk page) --Thisisbossi 23:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your response (partially in Dutch on my Talk page!). I'll try to find another photographer. If I'll (ever) succeed I'll let you know. --Haarajot 19:01, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome! I can manage to pull off a little bit of Dutch once in awhile :P --Thisisbossi 22:16, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archiving

I noticed your comment on my talk page about not blanking. I only blank the page because it gets long and unreadable. I notice that other users archive their pages but I have been unable to find out how to do this. If possible do you think you could explain how to archive my talk page properly. Thanks. Mobile 01 03:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Certainly! I have posted information to your talk page. Should you need any additional help, feel free to post here and I will be glad to assist. --Thisisbossi 03:49, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, I have restored all the history and then using your suggestions created a series of separate talks. I think User talk:Mobile 01 looks much tidier now and easier for people to follow the different threads. Let me know if what I did is correct. Thanks for your assistance. Mobile 01 05:41, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Looks good! --Thisisbossi 11:24, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bi-County Transitway

The use of the word like 'seems weak' is very UNencyclopedic, in my opinion. Other than that, I agree with your removal of the {fact} tag. Cornell Rockey 13:22, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Correction - added un infront of encyclopedic. My bad. Cornell Rockey 14:45, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

That phrasing was just a remnant which I preserved from the text that had been there previously. I concur with your opinion and have modified the article accordingly, hopefully for the better. Thanks! --Thisisbossi 17:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting Brighton High School (Utah) - I couldn't figure out where the last edit with the fixed template was. Sorry if I made a bigger mess of things. Hersfold (talk|work) 03:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

That's alright -- templates confuse quite often, too! --Thisisbossi 03:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


Thanks for the invitation and the warm welcome to Wikipedia. I have been contributing and editing anomously for a while and figured it was time to take the plunge. I am guessing I will have more credibility that way. I will let you know if I have any questions. Lasersnake 17:03, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Accokeek CFI

Regarding the Accokeek CFI: Not biased, a factual user review of the current conditions at the intersection. Rant, well edit don't erase. The before and after study, the intersection is better than before the CFI was installed but it would be far better still if traditional flyover ramps were used instead. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.250.171.177 (talk) 19:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC) (talk ;; contrib)

Thank you for your response. My primary reason for removing the edit by 132.250.22.4 (talk ;; contrib) was because it was posted in a highly unencyclopedic format. Some of the points raised, however, are indeed issues that must be addressed during the design of a Continuous flow intersection, and therefore I have added some mention of the concerns within the article.
It should be noted that the CFI in Accokeek, as one of the pilot test cases for such a configuration in America, was very thoroughly thought out through planning and design. Safety has improved dramatically over previous conditions. Interchanges, too, come with their risks, particularly in the turning radii associated with the divergence of a higher-speed roadway (i.e. MD 210) as well as the weaving conflicts between the ramps. With regards to the turning radii: off-road crashes are extremely frequent when a motorist attempts to take the offramp too quickly. In cases where another ramp is beyond a cloverleaf, there can be a potential for head-on and angled collisions with other vehicles. Weaving sections inherently introduce rear-end and side-swipe crashes.
Bear in mind that flyover ramps are extremely expensive for already cash-strapped agencies to construct and maintain. An interchange was indeed studied but was not found to be warranted for the junction of MD 210 and MD 228. By fitting a solution more appropriate for the conditions, the cost savings can allow for funds to be used elsewhere in the County and State on projects that carry just as much importance to those locals and commuters as the intersection of MD 210 and MD 228 does to Accokeek residents and MD 210 commuters.
While government agencies strive to provide the best solutions for everyone, the fact is that resources do not permit for such. Therefore, agencies attempt to strike a balance in how resources are spent. The additional delay for vehicles on northbound MD 210 or along MD 228 is offset by the delay saved by improvements made elsewhere. A full interchange would require other projects to be put on hold, and surely those residents and commuters would not be particularly pleased!
I hope this information has been helpful. Should you continue to have any questions, comments, or concerns, you are welcome to post them here and I will respond to them as soon as I can. --Thisisbossi 22:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for adding the info. However, it appears that the Accokeek CFI is a hybrid CFI in that it is a three way intersection not a four way intersection as per the CFI description. The wiki statement that "All traffic flow is controlled by traffic semaphores as at a regular intersection." is not true in this instance, my "rant" contains the info regarding which flows of traffic are controlled by signals. This leaves us with some traffic flowing at zero mph. and some flowing at highway speeds. Speed differential kills.
The statement that you added "Additionally, as the offset left-turn traffic reenters the main traffic stream, motorists sometimes cite discomfort due to the need to accelerate from a stop condition up to the mainline speed." appears to only apply to the Accokeek CFI. The four way CFI diagram that appears in the wiki with all traffic flow controlled by semaphores appears to have all traffic flowing at consistant speeds, and appears to be much safer than in Accokeek. I would still like to see another bad instance of an intersection with the merge from zero from the left scenario.
Also a traffic study of all of the Rte. 210 intersections North of Rte. 228 to Rte. 495 the capital Beltway has been completed. Almost all of the intersections within the study area are slated to have stoplights removed, traditional ramps installed and roadways elevated. The Rte. 210 Rte. 228 intersection has the highest crossflow of any of theese intersections. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.250.22.4 (talk) 00:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC) (talk ;; contrib)
Ahh, living and working around Accokeek has made me a tad biased. You are correct, my edit was specific to the Accokeek CFI -- I have modified the edit accordingly to state just that. Just let me know if there is still any confusion. Also, you are correct in that the MD 210 corridor study was recently completed, but the timeframe for completion of the interchange projects is still in the very long-term -- thus the reason that the 210/228 junction was treated in advance through the application of the CFI. --Thisisbossi 03:43, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HELP: Sockpuppetry & use of CheckUser

{helpme} I have strong reason to believe that multiple accounts are being used by a single user purely for vandalism, but due to the plethora of accounts I am unable to track down the first; and CheckUser's instructions are horrendous. Can anyone assist with checking the following handles?

If you look at the contributions for each handle, you should quickly understand my suspicions: similar replacements with the same copied text. --Thisisbossi 05:06, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser should only really be requested as a last resort, and I don't think it is necessary in this case - since it is simple vandalism. So, you could just list these users at WP:AIV (the place where admins block vandals), but don't worry about it, I'll take a look at the accounts you have listed.--Commander Keane 05:48, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! --Thisisbossi 21:55, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Thisisbossy, I have a question to ask. I am trying to learn how to make wikimaps and can't seem to find any instructions. Is there a help page or some other tutorial section that can teach me how to do it? Thanks Lasersnake 17:35, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

That is a fine question, and one that I am without an answer for. You may wish to peruse the article on Wikimaps at Meta-Wiki and its associated discussion page; or alternatively, you could try the {{helpme}} tag and hopefully someone with more knowledge of the subject will be able to assist you. Good luck! --Thisisbossi 22:04, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commons Picture of the Year 2006 Competition

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The arrangements for the Commons Picture of the Year 2006 competition are now complete, and voting will start tomorrow, Feb 1st. All Featured Pictures promoted last year are automatically nominated. As a past contributor to Featured Pictures, we invite you to participate in the competition (but please wait until tomorrow to vote). --MichaelMaggs 22:45, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! --Thisisbossi 23:01, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Sockpuppet?

Actually no, I am not a sockpuppet. I want to be an administrator and a bot. Invader Soap 01:28, 17 February 2007 (UTC) NOTE: the preceding comment was actually posted by Invader Poonchy (talk, contrib)

Thank you for responding through the use of a sockpuppet!  :P --Thisisbossi 21:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion on User:Invader Soap.

You might want to join in on this discussion about the user Invader Soap. - TexasAndroid 16:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Done and done. [1] Thanks for the heads up! --Thisisbossi 21:39, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] st joseph high school

hi,i had contributed only some marking templates and category for that article. but ofcourse i translate it all to english wikipedia for your demand. It may take a little time.i inform u when i finished. take careDelamorena 07:56, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Excellent -- thank you very much! --Thisisbossi 13:08, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to Lombard wikipedia

Hello, welcome to Lombard wikipedia! See you soon,[ --Clamengh 21:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)] --->lmo:user:Clamengh

Thanks! I have accounts with other Wikipedias more so that I can more easily communicate with editors of articles which have an equivalent but undeveloped article in English. Seeing as I know pretty much nothing about the Lombard language, I do not expect to be a frequent contributer :P --Thisisbossi 00:10, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St. Joseph High School (Istanbul)

I recently created St. Joseph High School (Istanbul) and noticed that you have contributed to its equivalent article on the Turkish Wikipedia. Should you have the time, I would greatly appreciate it if you might be able to translate some (or all, if you feel so inclined!) of the Turkish article over to the English Wikipedia. Thank you very much for any assistance you might be able to provide! --Thisisbossi 05:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry but my translation skills aren't all that well. -- Cat Chi? 22:12, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
That is OK. Sagolun, anyway! :) --Thisisbossi 03:48, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CERT

I noticed that you made some edit on the CERT page and just wondering if you were aware that some of the CERT programs are setup as 501's independent of the towns thus wikipedian's might want to leave some flexability in naming and discriptions of local groups.

Considering our the Citizen Corps Council which is in the Nation's Capital was just told that we are facing a cap of 30 percent of purchases of equipment and with future overall funding going to zero. There will be non profit citizen run organizations popping up here and else where as the top down budget centric juristiction hoping to maintain a fleeting control of dollars find no dollars.

What is left is that CERT will go back to what it was before 911. By the Citizen for the Citizens. Which is the point of CERT. Right? PS How is your CERT team set up locally? --NelsonJacobsen--

I could not quite understand much of the above, but to answer your last question: CERTs in my area are organised locally, but are connected through a county-wide Council of CERTs, which is overseen by the County's Office of Emergency Management (OEM). One of the counties in which I have joined CERT is among the best organised in the nation, but the other two are quite lacking. Those two lack any valuable leadership to organise, train, and direct CERT; and that leadership is lacking both on the local and county levels. I believe funding is primarily provided through the applicable county's OEM, whom I believe in turn receives contributions from the Department of Homeland Security. --Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 15:19, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible renaming of Wikipedia:WikiProject Saints

It has been suggested that the above named project be renamed Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian saints. Please express your opinion on this proposed renaming, and the accompanying re-definition of the scope of the project, here. John Carter 17:02, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up, but I would be fine with either name and do not really have an opinion on the discussion. --Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 15:19, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Active user verification

Hello, Thisisbossi. Due to the high number of inactive users at WP:USRD, we are asking that you verify that you are still an active contributor of the project. To do so, please add an asterisk (*) after your name on Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Newsletter/List. Users without one by the next issue in 2 weeks will be removed off the list and off the respective road projects as well. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 23:01, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spoiler warnings and WP:FF

Hi. I'm sorry if I seemed somewhat snappy in my response. The Final Fantasy WikiProject was united over the spoiler debates last year, and it's something its members feel rather passionate about. The debate has been reopened numerous times in the past, and it's lead to a lot of wasted time and stress as it constantly repeated. Certain WikiProjects have specific views about spoiler warnings, and people saw it best to let it stay that way and continue improving the project. That is why I was extremely alarmed by the reopening of the wound today, per se, since it's a horse that's been beaten dead. — Deckiller 23:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

That's alright, I'm always one for fanning the flames of whatever seizes my interest. --Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 02:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thoughts on essay Deny Recognition

Wandering through Recent Changes I came across your warnings at User talk:Liapor. No doubt up to no good, and I even wonder about that picture at Black tongue. But I wonder also about your ennumerating each of the offences. At one point I bumped into Wikipedia:Deny recognition, and have taken from that that I shouldn't call out each of the bad edits. Usually I warn on only the first I find, clean up all the bad edits I can find, and then only add warnings after I know they have read the latest and still gone ahead with more. (I keep browser tabs open with the latest 10 or so warned, so I can refresh on their contributions list). Anyway, I'd love to hear your views on that essay. Shenme 03:19, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up on that essay! You are correct: I am a fan of providing a warning for each vandal edit (provided such is feasible). I am also a fan of posting their IP info on their userpages (for IP vandals), and so far it seems to have been effective; though that could always be mere fortunate coincidence. I have posted to the discussion for WP:DENY, but I do not plan on keeping it in my watchlist; so feel free to post here on my talk page should you have any additional questions, comments, or concerns. Sláinte! --Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 03:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Centralia pic gallery location

I thought the pictures I took were relevant directly to the section "Centralia today". Can you tell me why you think they belong at the bottom of the page? Mredden 02:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree that they are relevant to its current situation, but image galleries are typically located at the bottom of a page, primarily for aesthetic reasons. It tends to provide too significant of a break if it is located within the middle of an article. To support the "Centralia today" section, it is typically recommended that individual images be used to complement the text rather than a gallery. If you feel that one of your photos is better-suited to this than a current image, feel free to be bold and replace it; though you may wish to discuss on the Talk page as to what improvements a new image may serve over the old one. Sláinte! --Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 03:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Six of the Best

Hi,

I'm new to editing at Wiki and would like to know why you removed some of my additions to this page? I did not offer my personal opinion (I wasn't at the show) just added some additional information (many citations) and the 'fan's eye view' was just put there to give a sense of the occassion and the status this show holds to Genesis fans.

Kind regards, Andrew —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Adw uk (talk • contribs) 11:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

Ahh, I did not realise you were new to Wikipedia. In that case, let me first welcome you aboard and apologise if my edits seemed harsh in anyway -- that can unfortunately be a common occurrence on Wikipedia; but just keep in mind that reverts happen to the best of us. The portion of information I had removed was unreferenced, rife with weasel words, and outright unencyclopedic. I understand your intent with providing an observer's viewpoint of the concert, but Wikipedia attempts to stick to the facts and tries not to align with any point-of-view or opinions. If there was information within that text that you felt was particularly valuable, feel free to add segments back in, but try to keep it in a more neutral tone and be sure to provide a reference.
As you had provided an observer's viewpoint but state that you were not the observer yourself, I am left to assume that this information came from some source, somewhere; and rarely do editors add any emotional language (i.e. emphasising "the" or the quote at the end), therefore it may appear that this information was directly copied from somewhere. Be sure that any information you provide is not copied directly from any copyrighted source, but rather paraphrased in your own words.
I hope that helps -- feel free to respond on my talk page should you have any further questions. Sláinte! --Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 11:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Roads Newsletters

[edit] U.S. Roads Newsletter Issue #1

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1 10 February 2007 About the Newsletter
Departments: Features:
Project News Notability of state highways is challenged
Important deletion debates
Featured subproject
Featured member
From the editor
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/N
Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 20:49, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Roads Newsletter Issue #2

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 2 24 February 2007 About the Newsletter
Departments: Features:
Project News Notability of state highways is upheld
Deletion debates Kansas Turnpike is now a Good Article
Featured subproject U.S. Roads IRC channel created
Featured member Infoboxes and Navigation subproject started
From the editors
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS
Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Don't want it subst'd next time? – It's all here.

Apologies for the late delivery. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:21, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 3

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 3 10 March 2007 About the Newsletter
Departments: Features:
Project news Inactivity?
Deletion debates Article Improvement Drive
Featured subproject Good and Featured Articles
Featured member
From the editors
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[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 4

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 4 24 March 2007 About the Newsletter
Departments: Features:
Project news March 16 IRC Meeting
Deletion debates Kentucky and Utah projects demoted
Featured subproject A quick look at the structural integrity of state highway WikiProjects
Featured member
From the editors
Archives  |  Newsroom   Shortcut : WP:USRD/NEWS
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