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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)


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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

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[edit] License tagging for Image:FStark.jpg

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[edit] Swamp pop

OK. Yes, I went ahead and changed it to Medium rating. Thanks. Aaron charles 22:21, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Coonass1.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Fair Use images on User page

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[edit] CéU

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I will let the image in question be automatically deleted.--Skb8721 14:27, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject

WikiProject Texas A&M

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[edit] DYK

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[edit] Thanks!

Thanks very much for the barnstar!--Just James T/C 04:03, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:Bobby_charlesca1955.jpg

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[edit] Thanks for your comments. Have a barnstar!

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[edit] Picture problem

Hi,

could you please have a look at the discussion on my Commons userpage here. There's a problem with the license of the pictures you sent me a while ago. Thanks, --Carstor 20:30, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi again ... it's not possible to completely forbid any commercial use of the pictures, as every material on wikipedia has to at least fulfill the GFDL-terms. But as someone suggested on my discussion page at commons, it is possible to use a combined license (CC-NC and GFDL) which makes it very impractical to use these pictures in a commercial way. As far as I understand, one would have to provide a full copy of the GFDL-text as well as a reference to wikipedia and your name with the picture to use it. Maybe that's a solution you can live with? (BTW: You can also answer here, I'll check for new answers every now and then) --Carstor 16:23, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
"one would have to provide a full copy of the GFDL-text" -this may change in future Versions of the GFDL, so there will be no warenty ;) Sincerely, --C-M ?! 11:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm not familiar about intended new versions of the GFDL, but I think it wouldn't be a problem as the picture is licensed under the old version and I don't think there will be an automatical 'upgrade' for every GFDL-licensed content. In other words: As long as the author doesn't upgrade the license to the new version, the old version would still be valid. Or am I wrong here? --Carstor 12:31, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
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Carstor, the combined license sounds good. Can you tell me how to do this, or can you do it for me?
Also, what if I also replaced the current images with slightly smaller, lower-resolution versions of the same images, which would look no different on a computer screen, but would not reproduce well in a book or magazine?

Sincerely, --Skb8721 16:26, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I changed the licenses to {{Cc-by-nc-sa-2.0-dual}} on the pictures in question. Uploading smaller versions of the pictures wouldn't help as the old, larger pictures would still be available in the file history. There might be a chance to ask an administrator on commons to delete the current versions to upload a completely new file. But as I'm not so familiar with commons I can't help you any further on this. Maybe ask someone there. All the best, --Carstor 19:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi Skb8721, the pictures weren't deleted automatically. As far as I see it, one of the commons admins wasn't aware that this combination of the two licences is valid. I could either ask some other admin to undelete the files now, or you could use the chance of the moment and upload smaller versions of your pictures. What do you think, we should do? --Carstor 21:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I guess just using GFDL as the licence would have the same effect. As far as I understand the dual licence with cc-by-nc-sa just gave an alternative way to use the pictures for non commercial users. So for commercial uses the terms would be still the same if you just choose GFDL as a licencse and not GFDL and the Creative Commons licence. --Carstor 06:53, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi, it's me again ... sometimes I just don't understand what the people at commons are doing. I asked them to watch this discussion and wait for a result, but instead an administrator restored the old versions of the pictures. Do you still want to upload smaller pictures? If so, I would ask one of the german commons-adminstrators if it's possible to delete older versions of the pictures after uploading new versions. --Carstor 13:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I am the Commons adminstrator who undeleted your photos. The adminstrator who deleted them thought that it was a non-commercial only licence and therefore deleted them. I believe Cc-by-nc-sa-2.0-dual is a valid licence and would like you to consider keeping the original photos under that licence. Hope this clears things up. --Digon3 talk 14:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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

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Good one. I was concerned that this might be a WP:NFCC#1 violation, but the rationale seems solid. For future reference, you should remember to include a link to the article you're writing the rationale for, because WP:NFCC#10c requires it. Thank you. --Pekaje 18:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Destri.jpg)

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[edit] Image:0394818237.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

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[edit] Image:0451627954.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] DYK

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[edit] Johnny Rebel

OK, yeah, I guess that rationale will work. I'll put the image back. Corvus cornix 15:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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

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[edit] DYK

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--Carabinieri 13:28, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BarrellwarehouseSMALL.JPG discussion still open

Hi. I've suggested a possible resolution to a the licence dispute question Commons:Deletion requests/Image:BarrellwarehouseSMALL.JPG. Please comment there. Thanks, -- Infrogmation (talk) 00:36, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Tablogo2.jpg

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Corrected.--Skb8721 19:05, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Polycarp1967.jpg

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Corrected error.--Skb8721 19:06, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Warren Storm, was selected for DYK!

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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 23:41, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

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

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:BellaBoudreaux1.jpg

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[edit] T:DYK.

Updated DYK query On 4 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edward Avery McIlhenny, 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.

Congratulations! · AndonicO Hail! 09:57, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image tagging for Image:Smalltbad.jpg

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I have corrected this.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Jamcilhenny1.jpg

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I had tagged the image for speedy deletion, and it has now been deleted. --Skb8721 (talk) 15:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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--Wizardman 00:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Johnny Rebel

Some people just don't get the difference between actual neutral language and unspecified statements of opinion. In fairness, "anti-African American" is much better than "what some might consider to be racist".--Cúchullain t/c 17:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I totally agree, weasel words should almost never be used.--Cúchullain t/c 03:26, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:50587.jpg

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[edit] Maunsel White

Not sure if you want this for the Maunsel White article, but Maunsel White present "Map 1814-15 New Orleans" to Major John Reid on January 28, 1815. The map is a public domain image at hdl.loc.gov. There's probably an interesting story behind it that may add to the article. GregManninLB (talk) 01:40, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Acadiana

Thanks for the support! I knew you would come through. I was, in fact, going to e-mail you. I felt quite alone as all this broke last night. I am disappointed that Wikipedia allows a page that has been edited for years to be moved w/o discussion.

We have the facts on our side. I e-mailed the UL PR dept. last night and asked them to fix the erronous reference on their website that says Acadiana has 8 parishes and ndgp kept referencing. Aaron charles (talk) 20:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

  • We just wait a few days for the admins to intervene. I cannot see why they would not revert it. Aaron charles (talk) 23:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Vanwarmer.jpg

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Tablogo2.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Vanwarmer.jpg)

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[edit] Cajun Country

No problem. Sf46 (talk) 11:46, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Ahntrio.jpg)

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

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Charlierationad3.jpg

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