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Contents 1 Hancock 2 my RFA 3 French Republican Calendar 4 Wikimedia Pennsylvania 5 July 2007 GAC backlog elimination drive 6 AfD nomination of Roosevelt Mall 7 Reagan FAC 8 Image:Nicaea.jpg 9 Thanks 10 "It should be noted that" 11 Calvin Coemgenus Commons 12 Rating ratings 13 Philly meetup #5 14 WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5 15 Stuarts 16 Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 5 17 WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for November 2007 18 Redirect of Mantua Junction 19 Thank you 20 Somewhat-Belated RfA Thanks :-) 21 Potential SPAM query 22 Jamess ii excellent article 23 WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for December 2007 24 Closed? 25 Admin 26 Thanks for supporting my RFA 27 Featured list nomination

[edit] Hancock

It is the normal practice on Wikipedia to respect the formatting conventions used by the previous authors of articles when it comes to footnotes, references, and other areas in which there are not strict formatting guidelines imposed by the Manual of Style. When you write your own articles, you get to choose the formats used. I have restored the original formatting that I used in creating the Hancock article. If you would like to reply, notwithstanding the orange box on your talk page, please either e-mail me or post it on my user page, because your talk page is not in my watchlist. Hal Jespersen 16:59, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate it that you are adding a lot of value to the article without riding roughshod on the formatting conventions I used. Thanks. I hope you are not TOO annoyed by the nitpicking corrections I have sprinkled in. Hal Jespersen 17:43, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment. I understand your citation preferences, and I'm just as nitpicky about changes to Calvin Coolidge, which I largely wrote. I'd like to expand the intro paragraph on Hancock a bit, and then submit it for Featured Article review. Is there anything else you think we should fix first? Coemgenus 18:03, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I just made a minor modification to the description of the Battle of Antietam (because I was recently a visitor at Antietam and paid a lot of attention to that part of the battlefield). If you would like to submit this article for FA review, you are welcome to do so, however, I make it a policy to not participate in such activities, either as a reviewer or a nominator. I derive my enjoyment from writing the articles, not defending the content, style, and format from anonymous reviewers. Someone recently nominated my Battle of Antietam article for FA status and it took quite a lot of my time arguing about issues that really made no difference to the article at all. Some of the reviewers think that by reading the article and writing a couple of paragraphs that they then have ascendancy in the decision-making process about the way the article is constructed and presented. But go ahead if you want. The only possible criticism that I can foresee is that the preponderance of the footnotes are from a single reference, which is something some reviewers object to. Hal Jespersen 21:56, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I understand your comment about Featured Articles, but I think the process does help a good article get wider exposure so, for me anyway, that makes it worth it. I agree with you about the problem of using a single source. The problem is that while Hancock's military exploits are well-chronicled, the rest of his life is covered in only one scholarly biography, as far as I can tell. Maybe I'll look around for some other works. Coemgenus 23:47, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] my RFA

Thank you for supporting my RFA. I hope I will live up to your expectation. Let me know if you need any help, or I make any mistake. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 00:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] French Republican Calendar

I award you a template for the most amaz(z^?)ing templatry ever seen. 68.39.174.238 07:41, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

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[edit] July 2007 GAC backlog elimination drive

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[edit] AfD nomination of Roosevelt Mall

Roosevelt Mall, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Roosevelt Mall satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roosevelt Mall and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Roosevelt Mall during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?)} 22:03, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reagan FAC

Hi there. I just wanted to thank you for registering the 10th support on Ronald Reagan's FAC page! Best, Happyme22 22:33, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Nicaea.jpg

Dear Coemgenus, what is the source and where is found this image of thw icon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nicaea.jpg you uploaded? Thank you. -- pvasiliadis  06:41, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

It's been a while since I uploaded it. I have no idea where I found it. Coemgenus 14:02, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hi Coemengus. Thnx for supporting my article. Without your comments it would be still languishing, unread, unsupported and unnoticed. It must have broke the record for the longest time spent in FAC without gaining any support hehe. ;) Raymond Palmer 12:58, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Glad I could help! I was perplexed by the lack of comments -- even an "oppose" would've made more sense than just ignoring it (although I can't really think of any reason to oppose). Congrats on the FA. Coemgenus 13:22, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "It should be noted that"

I'm sorry, I just realised that I did not reply to your kind message of support. Thank you. --John 16:44, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Calvin Coemgenus Commons

Hi Coemgenus,

I've come across the image:CoolidgeAmherst.png that you've uploaded in January. Two quick questions: First, do you know the source of the image? The description indicates you got it from some book... As I've now uploaded it to the Commons, it'd be great if the source information was complete. And the second question is just about Commons: Could you upload future images directly there? That saves us others quite some time of reuploading. Thanks in advance, Ibn Battuta 18:58, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't know the source of the image. I copied it from a book that did not give attribution. I believe the book was the Fuess monograph that I cite in the references of Calvin Coolidge. All I can say is that, by virtue of its age (before 1923,) it is in the public domain. I will upload directly to the Commons in the future. Coemgenus 18:27, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rating ratings

Hello Coemgenus, if I'm not mistaken you rated John Redmond with "Start" status?. Should it not be a "B" rating? I wonder what the bsis for the "Start" rating was, it had been considerably expanded from its original "Start" level. I notice ratings differ between articles quite considerably, where content and quality are fairly equal. Greetings Osioni 21:41, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

The article does seem quite expanded since I rated it seven months ago. I don't know if there's a procedure to change these things once they're assigned. Seems like a 'B-class' now, I guess, but anything under GA is pretty subjective. Coemgenus 23:11, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Philly meetup #5

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[edit] WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5

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[edit] Stuarts

I'll try to look at James II by the end of Friday. Funny you should write, because I was going to write to you to ask you to look at Charles II, which is going through FAR. I've not quite finished it yet, but it could do with a fresh set of eyes. DrKiernan 08:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it's great. I'll support. One thing: I think the sentence "In 1679, after the Popish Plot (see below), Charles sent James to Scotland to suppress an uprising and oversee royal government there." could be dropped, or moved down. Relating to the later event early on breaks up the narrative and introduces the reader to the Popish plot before being aware of any of its details. DrKiernan 12:28, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Images and Wikipedia:Image use policy#Displayed image size the default is generally preferred. I don't think it's a particularly big issue myself. I've only changed the images that were fairly close to 180px. I've left the double portraits and portraits of Belloc and Macaulay alone because they do look better at their current sizes. The only thing I would say if you decide to revert them, is remember that everyone will be looking at them on different monitors, different resolutions, and different settings, so what looks best on your monitor may not look good on someone else's. DrKiernan 06:53, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

W. A. Speck, "James II and VII (1633–1701)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept. 2004; online edn, May 2006, accessed 15 October 2007.

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[edit] WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for November 2007

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[edit] Redirect of Mantua Junction

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[edit] Thank you

[edit] Somewhat-Belated RfA Thanks :-)

[edit] Potential SPAM query

Hi Coemgenus. I want to respond to your question regarding my link to the Waddell painting in the White House Entrance Hall article. The work was commissioned by the White House Historical Association to recreate the vivid Louis Tiffany screen in color. Though Waddell is a living artist and accepts commissions, the image I've linked to is the only color image of the Tiffany screen. Waddell has been commissioned by several historic preservation organizations to recreate historic interiors. I have been unable to receive permission from the White House Historical Association to upload this (and other) images to wiki, or wiki commons, so this seemed quite worth it to me. I am not the artist, a friend, or associate of him. I read of his work in a White House Historical Association article on their website. 207.172.222.5 (talk) 03:33, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Whoop, forgot to sign in.CApitol3 (talk) 03:42, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jamess ii excellent article

Good job on James ii. Sorry I wasn't around when it was up for FA to chip in, but looks like you had things in good order. There's a colour piccy of Turrene here[1] if you're interested. Cheers for now. Raymond Palmer (talk) 20:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for December 2007

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[edit] Closed?

No, I'm not giving up that easy ;)

I no longer wanted to use my real name, (i wanted more anonymity) so I started a new account (I told Kirill, so it's all in the open).

I now go under the name Rebel Redcoat.

Bit of a misnomer really: I was never a redcoat nor a rebel, just a typical wikipedian who drinks too much, hehehe

Thanks for your words, signing off for the first time as the Rebel Redcoat 03:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC) :)

[edit] Admin

Hi. I just wondered if you'd consider letting me nominate you for adminship, as you seem experienced enough. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 00:44, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for supporting my RFA

	Thanks for your support, my request for adminship passed 62/0/0 yesterday! I want to thank Snowolf and Dincher for nominating me, those who updated the RfA tally, and everyone for their support and many kind words. I will do my best to use the new tools carefully and responsibly (and since you are reading this, I haven't yet deleted your talk page by accident!). Please let me know if there is anything I can do to be of assistance, and keep an eye out for a little green fish with a mop on the road to an even better encyclopedia. Thanks again and take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:49, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured list nomination

Thank you for the kind words regarding List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by time in office, but I must note that DLJessup actually added more justices than I did (although you are correct that I was the creator and did add a large number of justices). OCNative (talk) 12:56, 30 December 2007 (UTC)