User talk:E.ThomasWood

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello E.ThomasWood, welcome to Wikipedia!

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alphax τεχ 10:03, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] re: watchlist

The "/crap" subpage in my userspace is an area I created for the collection of bad edits to various prominent articles. A certain vandal originally known as "DickyRobert" had been using hundreds of sockpuppet accounts to post an administrator's alleged home telephone number into prominent articles, usually ones linked from the main page. I removed all the edits I can find and transferred them into a pile. Since then, the pile got moved to the "Abuse reports" page as evidence to be forwarded to the guy's ISP, in an effort to get the plug pulled.

If a page on your watchlist gets moved, both the old title and the new title remain on your watchlist. I had split apart the edit histories of various articles, one of which you must have had watchlisted, and moved the "bad" parts out of the article to reduce visibility. So, no, your account has not been hacked, and neither has mine, it's just an unintended side effect of the way watchlists react to page moves. — Jun. 25, '06 [20:43] <freak|talk>

[edit] E. Thomas Wood

My intention in adding the {{autobiography}} tag was not as an attack, but simply a means to attract other editors who would be better suited to write the article (as you yourself said that you wanted). Best, Irongargoyle 14:11, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey Thomas, unfortunately the artice that you created for yourself did not meet Wikipedia policies, so it had to be deleted. If someone does create an article about you, you are welcome to leave guidance on the article's talk page or correct any factual inaccuracies in the article itself. Personally, I would love to see an article about you created for Wikipedia. If you could give me more guidance about where specifically to find published information about yourself, I would be happy to put together a proper stub. Kaldari 16:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of Seigenthaler, I wrote a good portion of the current article for him that's up now, but I'm not really happy with the pictures. For example, the picture of him at the typewriter is a photo of a newspaper print of a photo. You don't have any connections at the Tennessean that could supply better pictures do you? P.S. I replied to your post about the Nashville Banner and changed the text. Kaldari 19:54, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overlapping interests

Saw this in your bio: "WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on police responses to anarchist violence in England and France in the 1890s". One of my minor interests is in anarchist assassins. For example, I wrote the articles on Gustave Bouvet and Gennaro Rubino. Do you know about the Labadie Collection in Michigan? It may be a useful resource for you. Kaldari 20:03, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:Riversidecentlogotrans 000.jpg)

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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Aksibot 06:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eric Etheridge

No problem. To change an article title, just use the "move" tab at the top of the page (next to the "history" tab). Happy editing! Cmprince 03:14, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Great Train Wreck

Nice article on the train wreck. That interview recording is great. Thanks for putting it up. Kaldari 05:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Ryan. By the way, I didn't see your note about anarchist interests for some months as I was slammed with work. But one of these days I'll get around to pitching in material from my dissertation on the "war on terror" against anarchism in the late 19th and early 20th century. A badly formatted version of it is available at http://www.the-wood-family.org/Tom/Teaching/DissertationPart1.htm.
Tom Wood 13:43, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Giarratana

Hi. Would you mind taking another look at Anthony D. "Tony" Giarratana?

One of the flags you added suggests that there is a notability issue and that the article ought to "reference published, third-party sources about the subject." I wonder whether that tag may have been added in haste, without taking into account the buildings that the guy has already put up -- leaving aside the one he wants to put up, Signature Tower, which has its own Wikipedia page and has been the subject of media coverage outside of Nashville.

Both that tag and another, stating that "this article does not cite any references or sources," do not appear to take into account the roughly 40 news articles on Giarratana available via the NashvillePost.com link given at the bottom of the article.

For the record, I have no connection to the subject of this article; I have never even met him. I'm adding a number of entries these days on topics that I consider significant to the current state of money and power in my hometown, Nashville. Our metro area is one of the 30 largest in the country, and so I tend to think that people making big news here are noteworthy enough to merit coverage in Wikipedia.

In this instance, the subject is well-known primarily for what he has done in this market, but those deeds have gained significant attention nationally. I would tend to believe, however, that a person or entity sufficiently important on a purely local basis in a city of our size may merit an entry. I'm not aware, though, of any Wikipedia guidance that would guide notability decisions based on local importance. Maybe there should be some.

I'd like to hear your thoughts before I do anything else with the Tony G. article. Thanks. Tom Wood 03:52, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Giarratana certainly seems notable enough. For biographies in Wikipedia the criterion is that the person must have been written about in third-party, peer-reviewed publications, such as newspapers, magazines, or books. The publicity should be obvious via citations of the facts in the article using the publications. An "External Links" section ought to be used for things like linking to the subject's web site, or perhaps to photographs that are not GFDL, not for verifying the facts of the article. Readers are skeptical of everything in Wikipedia, due to the ease of adding material, therefore everything should be cited by a reputable source, so the reader can quickly verify any part of it. I'll remove the notability tag, but you'll need to go through some of the newspaper articles and create citations for your article. (Use WP:CITE as a guide.) I don't have any issue with local-only notability; I just go through new articles each day looking mostly for vanity pages and unreferenced articles, and Giarratana's article probably piqued my tag-happiness by not having a "References" section. You might be surprised what a high percentage of new articles are pretty worthless.--Appraiser 13:06, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
You might be surprised what a high percentage of new articles are pretty worthless. I can readily imagine, and have seen a few examples. Thanks for getting back to me. I'll fold in citations as you suggest. I tend to screw up technically when I try to insert those, so I guess I have gotten into the habit of putting external links out there as a lazy man's way to contribute, but I'm going to try to master the arcane business of ref tags. Tom Wood 14:38, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania in Atlanta!

Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!

P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 07:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Frank Drowota

Fixed it. --SmashvilleBONK! 19:30, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anarchism: Nashville connection to Haymarket affair

Ryan, I have just found an item in an 1886 Nashville newspaper indicating that Adolph Fischer, an anarchist ultimately hanged for a supposed role in the Haymarket bombing that year, had spent time in Nashville and was the brother of a local printer.

Just asking because I know you have interests in both Nashville history and 19th-century anarchist movements: Do you know whether anyone has covered this connection in past historiography. I'm thinking of featuring it in my weekly history column at NashvillePost.com.

All best, Tom

Tom Wood (talk) 04:41, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow, that's interesting. I'm pretty sure no one in Nashville at least has uncovered this connection before. The only other connection between 19th-century anarchism and Nashville that I know of is Ross Winn (and that was only uncovered recently). I would love to help investigate if you have any leads. Kaldari (talk) 23:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Also, I wanted to pass along a tidbit I dug up recently: Apparently there was a newspaper published in Nashville around the turn of the century called The Labor Advocate that no one seems to know about. It was published at least from 1902-1905 although I haven't been able to dig up any good info about it yet. Kaldari (talk) 00:09, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Here's an article about Fischer's Nashville connection from The New York Times. Kaldari (talk) 00:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks much for the NYT piece, Ryan. I love the way they are putting more and more historical material out for free. I'm scanning in material from the 1886 Banner volume and will add to the Fischer entry.
I certainly haven't encountered The Labor Advocate and am fairly sure it's not among the microfilm holdings in the library's Nashville Room. I'll see Metro's archivist later this week and will try to remember to quiz him about that title. Tom Wood (talk) 16:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barry Stokes

Yeah, that'd probably be better; I misread the article (sorry!). If you want to move it to that, go ahead...I just didn't really think "fraud artist" was the most neutral dab method we could use. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 03:17, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Scott, I don't actually know how to change the title of a page. I have had to ask for help on that before. Do you mind making the change? Thanks.
Tom Wood (talk) 23:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)