User talk:"Country" Bushrod Washington

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[edit] Re:Altoona, PA

Sorry about that, totaly missed it. Should be fixed now. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 20:53, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:

Click here. Cheers, Sam Spade 20:39, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jay and Silent Bob Template

I read through the movie section of your sandbox template (except J&SBSB as I keep meaning to see that movie, seen all the others). Looks good, although I would say the current entry for Clerks is a bit better. My only real advice is either you or an early editor overuses the comma a bit (I actually went through and copyeditted that before realizing I was on a sandbox template instead of the main article, d'oh). -Markeer 23:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimeet?

Since you indicated that you live in (or are originally from) Pittsburgh, you may be interested in a Wikimeet I'm trying to set up in Pittsburgh. You may join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Pittsburgh. So far, we have 4 interested people, and we're hoping to bring that number up to 5 or more. Once we have at least 5 people we can begin discussing the time and location. (Note: If for any reason you do not wish to participate, simply ignore this message.) Scobell302 22:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pennsylvania

You've made a number of edits recently to the Pennsylvania page, and I thought I'd stop by, introduce myself.

A couple of us have recently been making significant changes to the Pennsylvania article, trying to groom it for "Good Article" status, with "Featured Article" status in the back of our minds. We've tried to upgrade the references on most of the article, so that every fact stated is backed up by a reliable, summarized some of the content and moved it to its own pages, so that it can have the detail it deserves instead of being limited by being on the state page, etc.

Your edits have generally been intelligent and well-considered. You've caught a couple of goofs that I've introduced. Anyway, I mostly wanted to say "Thanks". ClairSamoht - Help make Wikipedia the most authoritative source of information in the world 04:19, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

The table in sports bothers me. The Wikipedia policy is to discourage lists and tables, and use text where possible, and that was a mammoth table, so I tried converting it to text form, but somebody put it back in. I reduced it in size so it wouldn't be so massive, but it can't go any higher because of that horizontal scenery, and it extends WAY below the sports section. So I moved the zoos and amusement parts into that section, and tried to come up with other text to keep that damn table from screwing up what follows.
Racing is a bigger sport than football, baseball, or basketball, and it seems fair that if you list obscure pro sports like the Lancaster Barnstormers (popular here in Lancaster, but nobody else has heard of them) and lacrosse, it's reasonable to list ALL pro sports in the state.
So it strikes me that we really ought to move all that data to a spinoff article named something like "Professional sports in Pennsylvania" where all the data could go that keeps the sports nuts happy, and in the state article, instead of having that table at all, we could just mention the major league baseball, football, baseball and basket teams, in text form.
What do you think? ClairSamoht - Help make Wikipedia the most authoritative source of information in the world 05:16, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
You must have sent me this while I was writing my long winded explanation on your talk page. Check it out. "Country" Bushrod Washington 05:29, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neil Fallon

This made me laugh my ass off. I reverted vandalism there, but evidently not far enough. Can't believe I missed that! Kafziel Talk 21:14, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, it is an awesome beard, so I could see how you could miss it. "Country" Bushrod Washington 01:21, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maker's Mark

If you will look at http://www.makersmark.com, you will see that they spell it whisky, not whiskey. --rogerd 04:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Challenge

I challenge you to find my hidden page on my user page. --Destructo 087 03:45, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Great work

The Running Man Barnstar
The Running Man Barnstar: given in appreciation for substantial contributions to existing articles about Pennsylvania's municipalities

Dincher 02:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate images uploaded

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[edit] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:

Thanks and I hope you join up! Cbrown1023 talk 02:27, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Pen Argyl Green Knight Logo.gif

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[edit] Please use the 'move' tab

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that recently you carried out a copy and paste page move. Please do not move articles by copying and pasting them because it splits the article's history, which is needed for attribution and is helpful in many other ways. In most cases, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. If there is an article that you cannot move yourself by this process, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Also, if there are any other articles that you copied and pasted, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you. -- But|seriously|folks  06:18, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Please excuse the template, but a lot of experienced editors don't know this GFDL nuance. Cheers! -- But|seriously|folks  06:19, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lehigh Valley Definition

I recently added comments to yours in the Talk:Lehigh Valley section regarding the definition of the Lehigh Valley. I also added comments to the Wiki L.V. project page on this subject. Like you, I have been unable to find any sources to support using the terms Lehigh Valley and A-B-E metropolitan statistical area (MSA) interchangeably. The U.S. Census Bureau does not recognize the term L.V., nor does any local agency define the Valley as including parts of Carbon, Berks or Bucks. Google searches of the terms "lehigh valley" and "allentown-bethlehem-easton" (used together) turn up no hits where L.V. and the MSA are defined as being the same entities, except those tied to the Wikipedia article.

It is my understanding that WP information must be sourced, yet the L.V. article has no sources addressing this and other key assertions. I have several ideas for re-writing the article's opening paragraphs and could cite numerous sources to limit the definition to Lehigh-Northampton counties plus the Phillipsburg area, yet I am hesitant to do so because I suspect it will meet with resistance. Also, I am relatively new to the process and don't want to overstep any bounds. Is there any feedback you could lend? Thanks. Allreet (talk) 21:07, 12 May 2008 (UTC)