User talk:Acdixon/Archive Jan-Jun 2012

FYI

Hi,

A plagiarism query has been raised at DYK regarding Harry Toulmin (Unitarian minister).[1] MathewTownsend (talk) 20:50, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Talk:John Sherman Cooper/GA1

I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:19, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Good Article promotion

	You did it again!
	Another round of congratulations are in order for all the work you did in making John Sherman Cooper a certified "Good Article"! Thank you; your work is much appreciated. All the best, – Quadell (talk) 13:28, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects

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Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825–1866) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Kentucky and a Confederate States Senator. He represented Kentucky's 1st congressional district during the lead-up to the Civil War. This district contained the entire Jackson Purchase region of the state, which was more sympathetic to the Confederate cause than any other area of Kentucky. Burnett promised the voters of his district that he would have President Abraham Lincoln arraigned for treason. Besides championing the Southern cause in Congress, Burnett also worked within Kentucky to bolster the state's support of the Confederacy. He presided over a sovereignty convention in Russellville in 1861 that formed a Confederate government for the state. The delegates to this convention chose Burnett to travel to Richmond, Virginia to secure Kentucky's admission to the Confederacy. Burnett also raised a Confederate regiment at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and briefly served in the Confederate States Army. Burnett's actions were deemed treasonable by his colleagues in Congress, and he was expelled from the House in 1861. After the war, he was indicted for treason, but was never tried. He returned to the practice of law, but died of cholera in 1866 at the age of 40. (more...)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	You are an excellent collaborator and I'm proud to call you my Kentucky articles colleague. Spacini (talk) 18:17, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Hayes

Yes, I didn't realize it until I had made the edit that it was another of your articles. Hayes and Kentucky just aren't meant to be friends. If you get to renominate the one I deleted, I'll be glad to support, it looked like a fine article. I'd also love to see Simon Bolivar Buckner on the Main Page someday -- isn't that one of yours? --Coemgenus (talk) 16:35, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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MSU Interview

Dear Acdixon,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 18:04, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks . . .

. . . for fixing the citation template on Kentucky jam cake. How embarrassing! ^Bongo_matic 22:33, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Question about a user account

I just created my account and in the process of doing so found another account that looks a little dodgy, User:PappaSmurfPro. I asked User:Ed! about it and he suggested I talk to an administrator. I saw your name earlier today on a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States and I saw your name appears on the Administrator list. So not sure what else I need to do or if you have any questions but I'll let you decide if this user name violates any rules. Cheers! ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 18:55, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

While I wouldn't advise disclosing your email address on Wikipedia, it isn't explicitly forbidden. Per WP:EMAIL, "Users who have openly disclosed their email addresses can be emailed directly. However, Wikipedia doesn't encourage such open disclosure." The user page also suggests the potential for the user to violate WP:COI, since he is a promoter. On the other hand, making the disclosure up front is a good thing, and allows us to assume good faith. The editor has only a few edits, and none of them seem to run afoul of policy. Also, since the editor hasn't done anything since 2007, I think it is safe to assume he will not be a problem in the future.

If you have other concerns of this nature, you are welcome to contact me again, although I reserve the right to consult with a more experienced administrator before responding! :) Happy editing! Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:05, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

No biggie I just thought I would ask. I know less than nothing at the moment. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 19:27, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you again. If I had some more specific questions related to editing in general or suggestions where would a good place to start be? ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 20:28, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

I have a small group of experienced editors that I frequently bounce ideas off of. Depending on the nature of your question, you might try the various incarnations of the village pump. If your question is about a specific article, you might get feedback on that article's talk page. If it is about a broader subject area, you might check out one of our gazillion or so WikiProjects and ask around. There is also a formal mentorship project whereby an experience editor helps a new editor get his or her feet wet, although I've never really investigated it much. Anything specific I can help you with right now? Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 20:38, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I am compiling a list of notes about questions and comments I haev as I go on my userpage (not sure if thats appropriate so if not please let me know). I guess a good starting point would be a couple suggestions I had regarding the creation of user accounts. When I created my account there was an easy to follow process that was excellent to a point, but seems to abruptly end the process at suggesting articles to the new editor. Once you move on, theres no going back to it. I don't know what the protocal is for this sort of thing and I don't mean to step out of line but it doesn't seem particularly clear to a new user. Here are some things that I noticed as I went through the process.

1. It asks the user to select a topic and then suggests an article, but once you go on there is no way to go back to that.
2. I think it would be helpful to a new editor if it also suggested a couple projects related to the topic/article selected.
3. I think it would be helpful if there was a couple more steps that went into a userpage creation process like the account creation process/article creation process (I used that a couple times as an IP editor). Giving new users a basic user page with some standard things to help them would be very beneficial. That way at the end of the process they have an account, some tools and a place to go with questions and a means for them to focus their efforts related to their interests.
4. When I created my account I had to go searching for information on what to do. I think it would be helpful to new users if there was something on their userpage or talk page that says Welcome to Wikipedia, here are some things you should know. Anyway just a few things I think would be helpful to new folks like me. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 20:55, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the recording of questions on your user page, I think that is a good idea, and there is nothing forbidding that at all. In fact, that's one of the reasons it is there. You will notice several users who keep to-do lists and such in their user space. If you don't want other users to see your questions as soon as they click on your user page, you can create a subpage (e.g. User:ShmuckatellieJoe/Questions, or something like that). I use subpages to work on new articles or major revisions to articles before moving them to the main space.

Regarding the rest of your questions/suggestions, I'm afraid it's outside my ability to make any of them happen. Also, I first signed up in 2006, and I'm sure the process has changed a good deal since I went through it. Still, these are really good suggestions, and I think they could be really valuable for the people who can make them happen. You might try posting them at the village pump for technical issues. Someone there can probably get them in the right hands.

If you want to get suggestions about articles you might like to edit, you might try signing up with User:SuggestBot, an automated program that examines your edit history and suggests similar articles. Of course, until you have done some editing, it may not work too well. As mentioned, you could also drop by an interesting-looking WikiProject and see what's being kicked around there, although some are more active than others. The Military History WikiProject is robust and vibrant, with lots of editors. My primary project, WikiProject Kentucky, has a dismal number of editors and very limited activity.

I also noticed a note on your user page about the plethora of policies. It's a valid point, and represents the biggest barrier to editing by new users. You are going to learn most of them from experience. The most important to know up front are WP:V, WP:NPOV, and probably WP:GNG (the last one especially if you are planning to create new articles). If you do your best to adhere to those, pretty much everything else will be forgiven as a good faith attempt, and other editors will (hopefully) help you improve as an editor. I will, of course, be happy to answer any questions or review any edits or situations you want me to. Sorry I wasn't much help on the bulk of your questions this time! Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 21:34, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much you were a great help. I might move those to a subpage as you suggested and I may submit my suggestions at the Village pump as well once I get a little more experience. I have noticed in my reading that it seems quite a few users can be a little excitable so I think I should probably do some more looking around before I just start showing up to the more advanced places like that. I have been reading some discussions and it seems there are a few editors that can get rather nasty so I don't want to ask the wrong one a questions and get chewed in half (I need both halves for the moment) :-). I might go ahead and give it a shot though. I noticed the Military history project, I might sign up for that one later. What are the requirements for joining a project? Do I need to sign up for a specific task or something? A couple other projects caught my eye too, what about WikiProject United States, United States History and Aviation, those seem interesting though I admit from reading WikiProject US's talk page things seem to be a bit rocky over there right now. One last question, I notice your name shows up differently, as well as some other editors I have seen. How do I do that? Well thanks again for the help. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 21:51, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

(outdent for readability) These I can help with. First of all, you're right that some of our editors can be off-putting, ranging from arrogant and obnoxious to downright vulgar and mean. Don't let that discourage you; post away and ignore the idiots. If it gets too bad, point them to WP:BITE and WP:CIVIL. The helpful editors will most likely still find your post and try to help, and they might even slap back at the mean folks! hehe

There are no requirements for joining a WikiProject. You just show up and sign up! And, of course, you don't have to associate yourself with any WikiProject to work on articles in their scope. WikiProjects are just a way for editors with similar interests to get together and help each other make a better encyclopedia. (At least, that's how they are supposed to work. Some have an overriding sense of ownership of particular articles, which violates WP:OWN, but happens nonetheless.) I can't speak for the U.S. History and Aviation WikiProjects, but despite its huge scope, WikiProject United States is relatively dormant. You may find a few editors there to answer your questions, but it hasn't accomplished anything remotely resembling collaboration on anything of significance for a while. And yes, there was some nastiness there that ran off Kumioko (talk · contribs), which was a shame. Both sides escalated the rhetoric to unnecessary levels, and all over which WikiProject's banner got slapped on an article's talk page. Ridiculousness, I tell you. Again, ignore the crap and write good content. I've been doing that for years, and it's worked for me. Of course, I work mostly on articles that nobody reads, but I sure have gotten a lot of them to good and featured status, and so far, that's been enough to keep me doing this!

About your signature, you can change it by going to "My preferences" in the top right, then editing the "Signature" box. Good luck, and drop me a line any time. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 22:08, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you again for your help. I looked over WikiProject Kentucky earlier and noticed a couple little things I think I can edit. If I make a change that is overstepping my role as nick the new guy please let me know so I'll learn but feel free to revert it, delete it, or otherwise. I also left a note to User:Kumioko about copying the Medal of Honor lists. Not sure what the protocol is but it seemed the right thing to do. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 00:09, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Looks like you're off to a good start. Those to-do list things probably should have been done long ago. I did revert one edit where you replaced the {{tl}} template with nowiki tags. {{tl}} is kind of the accepted way of referring to templates inline, but no big deal. I checked out your conversation with Kumioko, and creating basic articles for Medal of Honor recipients seems like a really good way to get your feet wet. If you create a new one and it is at least 1,500 characters of readable prose (excludes citations, tables, images, headings, and stuff like that), it will qualify for WP:DYK. Basically, it's a chance to show off your shiny new article on the Wikipedia home page and get a neat little trinket on your talk page. (I have 59 such trinkets, if you want to see what one looks like.) I recommend creating the article in your user space, then transferring it to the main space when it's ready. This does two things. First, it preserves the article's "newness" for DYK. If you don't nominate within 5 days, it doesn't qualify anymore. Second, it keeps someone from deleting, tagging, bannering, or otherwise screwing around with it while it's still under construction. That can be a frustrating thing. Seems like almost everyone's first new article gets deleted. Mine did, although I later got it restored. If you want my feedback before you throw it to the sharks... er, move it to the main space, just drop me a note. :) Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:49, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

I just had something interesting happen and had to share, I hope you don't mind. So I mentioned earlier about giving new users a welcome message. A few minutes ago I saw a banner that said Wikipedia was being upgraded, clicked on a link and got whisked away to OZ (that's my perception of Media-wiki). Anyway as soon as I got there I got a welcome message here]. I think something like this would be very handy for here too. I didn't even know there was such a thing (and probably still wouldn't had it not been for the banner) and I assume most other users don't either and it seems if they can do that on their little known (I assume little known anyway) site then it would be even better here with many many more users. Just my simple minded opinion though. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 01:02, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Believe me, this issue of attracting and retaining editors is a big, BIG deal right now on Wikipedia, and people are looking for suggestions like this. That welcome notice at meta was dropped by a bot, I think, so that would be a pretty easy thing for a bot programmer (i.e. not me) to come up with. You could start a thread at Wikipedia:Bot requests and see if there is interest in coding such a thing. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:49, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments and I continue to appreciate the help, I didn't really do much with the To do lists I just copied another one that was more filled out and changed the name in a few places. I think before I start creating articles I am going to fill out some of the missing data on some of the Medal of Honor recipients already created. I did a couple edits to William McGonagle already. I have been reading a lot of discussions and I have to admit I am a little leary about going anywhere near something that looks like a community forum/blog. Every one of them seems to be a Soap opera in development but if you want to submit the idea go ahead. You can even take credit. I consider myself lucky I contacted the right person from the start that was willing to help. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 15:37, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Don't worry too much about the forums. All they can say is "no", even very rudely, but they can't take away your birthday or anything. Still, if you want to wait until you are a little more comfortable, that is cool. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 16:14, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Another edit question, I noticed when I added a Citation needed template to the William McGonagle article someone called AnomieBOT added a date to it but the date doesn't show up. Is there a reason why the dates for these templates are invisible? What purpose do they serve? Also, with the edits you reverted. Thanks for letting me know. I looked on a couple other project pages and I think I see where to do that with the tl template. Do you want me to go ahead and do that or just leave it as Kentucy? ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 15:49, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

AnomieBOT is, as the name suggests, a bot. It adds the date parameter because {{citation needed}} adds the article to a hidden category (Category:Articles with unsourced statements), and the date puts the article in a subcategory based on the date. In theory, editors interested in citing statements that need citation should work on articles that have needed cites the longest first (e.g. an article tagged since May 2006 vs. one tagged yesterday).

As for the WP:Kentucky templates, I completely missed the fact that you had changed them to {{WikiProject United States}}! I changed them back while still using {{tl}}. See, even those of us who have been around a while and have administrator status still screw up! (Some admins are loathe to admit that sometimes, but not me!) Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 16:14, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks again. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 18:01, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Questions/suggestions about the Kentucky projects

Sorry to keep bothering you with this stuff but your practically the only person I know here. I have been wandering around looking for articles to edit and its kinda funny but I am finding it easier to just bounce around and read than to pick an article and start editing. I am finding more things catching my eye in the non article places that need help. With that, and no offense intended, I am having trouble following along in many of the WikiProjects (not specifically Kentucky) layout and I think it might be beneficial to give Kentucky and the associated ones a revamp, although I am not sure I am technically capable of doing it. It seems like there are a few other projects out there that are easier to follow and a bit more eye catching and I think that might help get some more folks editing. Here are two possibile approaches if you think this is worth while.

1. WikiProject Boston and Missouri for example have a pretty good layout appearance wise and all the information essentially stays the same.
2. I also like the tabbed approach done by WikiProject's GLAM, United States, Texas and Ohio and others like Military history that seems to be pretty easy to follow. Here are a few tabs I thought might be useful if we go with that approach:
   1. Main page
   2. Assessment
   3. For creation
   4. Help
   5. Members
   6. To do
   7. Portal
   8. Recognized content
   9. Louisville
   10. KYOVA
   11. Coal fields Task force
3. The third was actually a user page I saw that I thought would also be excellent for this. I didn't see any other projects with this layout so it would stand out and it seems really organized but the coding is a lot more complex (at least thats how it seemed to me when I looked at it. The user was a member of WikiProject Military History, User:TomStar81.

What do you think about this idea? ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 21:32, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Speaking strictly about WikiProject Kentucky, I think the project could definitely use a facelift. Again, it's something you'd probably want to start in your user space and get some feedback before making drastic changes. Our project doesn't have enough active editors to collaborate on articles, much less keep the project space tidied up. That's why it is in such disrepair. I do my best to keep the Hall of Fame in decent shape, but that's because most of the articles there are ones I worked on. I, for one, would have no problem with you taking a shot at a redesign. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 21:44, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Ok thanks for the speedy reply. Do you have any suggestions for which of the three options would be better? ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 21:54, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

I personally feel like tabs are probably the cleanest way to go. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 22:24, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Works for me, I'll see what I can do. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 22:39, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Main page appearance: Martha Layne Collins

This is a note to let the main editors of Martha Layne Collins know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on March 8, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 8, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Martha Layne Collins (née Hall; born 1936) is a businesswoman and politician from Kentucky who was the state's 56th governor from 1983 to 1987. Prior to her election as governor, she was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, serving under John Y. Brown, Jr. She is the only woman to have been governor of Kentucky, and her election made her the highest-ranking Democratic woman in the U.S. at the time. She was considered as a possible running mate for Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential election, but Mondale chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. Her administration had two primary focuses: education and economic development. She secured an increase in education funding during a special legislative session in 1985 and successfully used economic incentives to bring a Toyota manufacturing plant to Georgetown, Kentucky, in 1986. After her term as governor, she became president of Saint Catharine College near Springfield, Kentucky. Her husband's conviction on charges of influence-peddling in 1993 damaged her hopes for a return to political life. She is currently an executive scholar in residence at Georgetown College. (more...)

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A great day for the Kentucky Wikipedia Project as well as you, Craig! Congrats on having Gov Collins' article as today's featured article! Thanks for all you do to help promote the Commonwealth and our great history. --Spacini (talk) 00:30, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Another WikiProject Kentucky related question

Greetings. I think I am starting to figure this place out, still a lot to learn though. I was poking around Category:Kentucky and found a couple of things that I don't think are needed anymore. Not sure though and not sure what to do about them if they aren't; Category:WikiProject Bluegrass Region, Category:WikiProject Bluegrass Region members, Template:WikiProject Bluegrass Region and Template:User BRWikiProject-Member seem to relate to a project that was deleted long ago. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 16:04, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that WikiProject died some time ago. As an admin, I can delete these. Thanks for pointing them out. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 16:06, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I noticed that a couple still link to things like articles and user pages. Should I go ahead and remove those? Also, the templates have a couple of "redirects" so should those be deleted as well? ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 16:20, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

I think a bot nuked the project banner from talk pages a long time ago. I went through and removed the user box from half a dozen or so user pages. If you find reference to them elsewhere, you can probably go ahead and safely delete them. If you'll point out the redirects, I'll tidy those up too. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 16:23, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

According to the What links here link there are these 2: Template:IBRWikiProject, Template:BRWikiProject. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 16:42, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Got 'em. Thanks. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 16:54, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem thank you. I'll let you know if I stumble onto anything else. For what its worth I also tagged a few articles for Kentucky and related projects pertaining to the tornado's. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 18:37, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Kentucky

I made some of the changes we talked about to the Kentucky project. I am having a little trouble with a red border showing up but other than that I got a lot of it figured out I think. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 23:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Looking pretty good. Every project needs a housekeeper. Unfortunately, we don't have one. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:11, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Your welcome. Frankly I don't know if I'll be here much longer either. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 14:46, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Problems? Anything I can help with? Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 15:00, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Nah its ok, just some user accusing me of being a sock of someone else. There's no reason to fight it cause frankly I don't really care that much. If they don't want me to edit and want to block me then thats fine but it does sorta lend some insight to why I saw so much drama and incivility when I started. Thanks though I'll just ride it out and see what happens. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 15:07, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

I've tracked down the conversation you are referencing. Unless the user makes a formal report at WP:SPI, I think he or she is just looking for a fight with Kumioko because they've obviously had their differences in the past which have been handled badly on both sides from what I can tell. If he or she files an SPI report, he or she will have to put up or shut up with some hard evidence of sockpuppetry. Although I'm not usually involved with all that, the community doesn't seem to take well to accusations of sockpuppetry that are proven false. I think the folks at SPI have some fancy tools that can look at the technical side of things, but from your edit history and interacting with you, I'd say any case based solely on that is weak as water. I think your misfortune of jumping into the middle of one of the most bitter controversies I've personally followed since I joined Wikipedia is coloring your impression of the place. I told you there would be some folks you'd have to ignore to get along here. I think you just found one. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 15:38, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Yeah like I said I don't feel strongly enough to fight the issue so whatever happens happens. I'm not quite sure why it was such a bitter controversy myself but I don't need to either. I do agree it seems to have been handled rather poorly all around but I am getting an understanding as to why Kumioko was getting so frustrated. ShmuckatellieJoe (talk) 15:55, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Jbfwildcat

Greetings, Acdixon. I was attracted to the John Calipari page by the notice you posted on the WP:CBBALL project talk page several days ago, and I've been following the Calipari goings-on since. I have also reverted several changes to the article when they have been contrary to WP:BIO, WP:CBBALL or WP:MOS guidelines. In the last 24 hours, I have encountered User:Jbfwildcat for the first time. Based on his talk page notes, he purports to have some semi-official relationship with the UK sports department---"a Uk basketball historian," or something to that effect. Apart from the usual anonymous IP detractors who hang around the Calipari page, most folks just want to see the bio done right. Jbf, on the other hand, apparently hasn't fully absorbed that these college basketball articles are subject to multiple rules and guidelines when it comes to content and formatting. Today, he has taken it upon himself to change the conference championship notes in Calipari's season records table. This is standard WP:CBBALL and WP:CFB formatting regarding color coding and championship notes, and I have reverted his changes on both the Calipari article and the Wildcats men's basketball main page. I have also left an explanatory note on his talk page. Given that you seem to share an interest in Kentucky-related subjects, could you please have a talk with our friend? At the rate he's going, there's a block in his near future if he doesn't learn the correct way to approach standard formatting and NPOV issues. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 22:21, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. As you can see from Jbf's talk page, my interactions with him haven't been a whole lot more fruitful than yours. In fact, I filed the first of two SPI reports on him. Your note on his talk page said everything I would have said to him. His user and talk pages, as well as Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, John Calipari, and other pages he frequents are all on my watchlist. If he persists, a block for edit warring is likely in his near future, and since it would be his third block, it will probably be non-trivial in length. I hold little if any sway with him, so he would probably see my comments as "piling on". If you do file any kind of formal complaint where you feel my input would be helpful, do drop me a line. It's a shame; a user like this could be very helpful if he would learn to abide by policy and consensus. As it is, I think at some point he'll either end up indef blocked or will leave the project because he doesn't like the rules. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:35, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Anthony Davis DYK

Historically, there was no requirement that a 5x expansion had to begin as a stub. I am unaware of any new rule that it must begin as a stub.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Must have dreamed it, then. Thanks. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 20:16, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

I posted at WP:RPP several hours ago.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Continued from FAC

I'm liking the Cats this year. I put myself through undergrad and grad school at Chapel Hill mostly by tutoring, and lived with and tutored the basketball team a couple of years. The stories I could tell (but won't ...) - Dank (push to talk) 14:53, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

I'll bet. Hard not to get excited about the Cats. Best team they've had since at least 1996. Unfortunately, the best team doesn't always win the tournament, but it would be a shame to be this good an lose it. I think I want it most of all for Darius Miller. Good kid, homegrown (Maysville), and been around four years. Will NEVER forget his reach-back throwdown on an alley-oop against St. John's, after which he just walked away like "This is just what I do." Class act. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:57, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Constitution Square State Historic Site

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Congratulations!

		The Military history A-Class medal
		On behalf of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the A-Class medal for your outstanding work on the articles James B. McCreary, John Sherman Cooper and Charles Scott (governor) which were promoted to A-class between June 2011 and March 2012. Keep up the great work! Nick-D (talk) 12:08, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

And I'm pleased to see that one of those articles is now an FA and John Sherman Cooper looks to be on track to also pass its nomination (albeit slowly due to a shortage of reviewers!). Nick-D (talk) 12:13, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

"Shortage of reviewers" is the story of my wiki-life. Can't tell you how many of my noms fail for lack of reviews. As soon as JSC is closed, Charles Scott will be next up at FAC, so hopefully, all three of these will be FA in short order. Thanks to you folks at MILHIST for giving me some valuable pre-FAC feedback. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 12:18, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it's a big problem at the moment. Feel free to drop me a note next time you're short on reviewers and I'll have a go. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 11:13, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Peer Review?

Hi Acdixon, I am looking for someone to do a peer review for William T. Anderson, a Civil War guerrilla from Kentucky, and I was wondering if you have time/are interested? He was born in Kentucky, but didn't spend much time there. I saw that you've been active on Civil War related articles, I actually don't know to much about the subject so I'm trying to find a knowledgeable editor to review the article. I have one lined up, but I thought I'd ask a couple people just to be sure. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:27, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Wow, that's a long article! That's not a bad thing; just means it would take me a while to do a review. I'll see what I can carve out time for, but no promises. If I am able to get to it in a reasonable amount of time, would you be interested in a reciprocal review for my current PR article, Louie B. Nunn? Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:18, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, it took me quite a while to read and research, and I don't have a very long attention span--but now I'm glad I didn't stop. I'll try to take a look at Nunn, got to keep those backlogs down! Mark Arsten (talk) 15:27, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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Beehive, Leatherwood and Typo Kentucky

Hello and thanks for the add to the Kentucky Wikipedia Project for these articles. I normally create WV articles. BUT I have family all over coal country, and it struck me as odd that Perry County has so few places in its initial template. unincorporated places in KY and WV hold a very special meaning to me. I have inviteed Shelby Lee Adams to provide his 2 cents on Beehive and Leatherwood. He is from there and is a Gugenheim fellow. Hope all of these places are documented and get the respect and dignity they deserve.Coal town guy (talk) 14:42, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm from an unincorporated place in western Kentucky, so I know where you are coming from. Muhlenberg County could have tons of such places added to its template, but I find reliable sources to be scarce on them, so I haven't spent much time creating them. We have a bot that tracks newly-created Kentucky-related articles, so I always try to at least tag them, even if the project is dismally understaffed. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 15:59, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

When I am able, I think GNIS has some GREAT data for places like the ones you are describing, of course, as you know sometimes you have to really try to define a place that has no entry in that database. I have started to do some template updates for KY. Specofocally Perry County, but WV has some things that need to be fixed as well. There are literally thousands of locations to be added. Let me know if you think its OK for me to do some county template upgrades for KY (adding unincorporated names)Coal town guy (talk) 18:15, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Hey, this is the encyclopedia anyone can edit; I'd be more than happy for you to add those places to any KY county template.

BTW, I visited Charleston, West Virginia, not long ago with my wife, who had some friends at the University of Charleston pharamacy school. Nice place. My wife also has some family in Pinch. Could you please fling some Tudor's Biscuit World franchisees out here in the western end of Kentucky? The Bluegrass State needs more of the Big Tater! :) Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:06, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

There is one in Beaver WV, or at least WAS...thats a hike fromn Charleston. HOWEVER, The King Tut Drive In at Beckley, serves a devastating chili slaw dog.Coal town guy (talk) 19:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Anthony Davis (basketball)

Move it all over to the GAC and lets work on things.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:53, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

With a long review like this, in the end it is easiest if you strike each concern as it is resolved so we don't have to look so closely to see which comments mean that issue is resolved and which mean the issue needs more work.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:40, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for such a diligent review. Your Kentucky interest and my Chicago interest intersected on that one. I don't know if you review non-KY stuff, but I am trying to get Juwan Howard prepped for an WP:FAC run. I have an ongoing WP:PR. It seems that most reviewers get worn out with this one. I could use some more eyes looking at it.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:50, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Calipari is watching Jabari Parker. If you read through his article you will see some Calipari mentions. As far as Howard goes, any attention is good even if you run out of steam. As you can tell, I do mostly Chicago area and University of Michigan guys. I may have 4 articles go in the first round this year (Davis, John Shurna, Quincy Miller and Royce White — a geographic exception),--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:20, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Did you see the Parker Sports Illustrated cover story? I have not had a chance to incorporate it into his WP bio yet, but it has a lot of details that are pretty interesting. It goes way beyond my over the top WP bio.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:13, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

DeAndre Liggins and Josh Harrellson

There is surely a lot I can do for that article. I would suggest starting with your Highbeam account. You can do a lot of what I can do from that. Just looking up his Frosh and Soph Chicago Public League years on highbeam, I have come across

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-822275011.html

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1016889061.html

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1614186.html

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-142594647.html

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1614342.html

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1615740.html

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:15, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Merge your userspace content into the article. That will beef it up a lot. Ping me once you get it merged and I will see where we are. However, add a work and a publication date for each citation so that each helps the reader in regards to WP:V.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:40, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Look at how I do the citations for Davis. You need to integrate your bibliography and citations.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:06, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Pro basketball players are mostly going to be sourced from the web. If they retire and are the type of athletes books are written about your style might be correct. Most basketball player FA and GAs are not sourced by books like historical figures such as a list of Governors of a state. I know Sakomoto is a Chicago journalist so I know all those things in the Liggins footnote should say Chicago Tribune with a date and a link if possible. I suspect a lot of these Harrellson citations should also have urls. The refs are not helpful compared to most GA basketball articles. Much of what is in Harrelson's bibliography is useless unless it is moved inline to source a specific fact. I would fail a GA cited like this. It really fails WP:V for the reader.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:26, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Fails WP:V might be a bit unclear, but the problem with your current citation is that the footnote states the article and the Bibliography states the date. However, it should either cite the web version with a link or the print version with a page number. You are currently doing neither in Liggins. If in the Bib section you gave a link or a page number for the reader it would be WP:V. The reason we have moved to inline citations is to link a specific fact to a specific source. Note that for most governors the bib section states a full book and the footnote cites a page in that book. If it doesn't it should be failed, IMO. We don't want readers to have to read whole books or whole newspapers, in your case, to verify a source.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:41, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

The governor articles probably use a full book in the Bib and specific pages in the footnotes. In this case, there is no reason to cite a full newspaper in the bib and a page or a link in the footnotes. That is only necessary when there are multiple page numbers from the same source. If all the citations of a source have the same page or link, there is no need to have the two step citation. Also, I think highbeam would be preferred to newsbank because at least a large number of your fellow editors have the same access. Also, most Sakomoto articles can be found online. Google a large portion of any sentence in quotes followed by site:chicagotribune.com. You can find links directly to most of his articles.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:00, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

I award thee...

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		The amount of effort and detail put forth in the Bacon ice cream peer review was amazing. Imagine how good all the articles on here could be if peer review was always done in this manner. Well done. Thegreatdr (talk) 21:25, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. This is a real encouragement for me to keep doing reviews, since I'm just now getting started with that. Create a good topic with 60 articles; no barnstars. Do one thorough peer review (on an admittedly cool topic), get a barnstar. Who'da thunk it? hehe. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 21:28, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Typical! Beaten to the barnstar... Ah well, you deserve two! Worm^TT · (talk) 07:20, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Acdixon, thank you so much for the review of Bacon Ice Cream, you went far above and beyond what I expected and in doing so have given it a very real chance of becoming featured one day. WormTT · (talk) 07:18, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

By the way, if you ever fancy having a look over Doom Bar and offering me any suggestions, I'd be very grateful! Worm^TT · (talk) 07:30, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for another barnstar. I may try to have a look at Doom Bar at some point – looks like a manageable length – but first, I told TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) I'd try to give Juwan Howard a pass through. It's a long one, but I'm going to give it a shot the next time I have a chance. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:11, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

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Kentucky, a very cool place

Hey- I have started to populate a fair numgber of towns for Kentucky. Most of my family on my Dads side were from Perry, others, all over the state. I will start to do some more locations, and just wanted to say thanks for your dedication in getting them added to the KY Wiki project. By the way, ever been to Beehive KY?Coal town guy (talk) 13:52, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I seldom get that far east. I was in Cumberland, Kentucky, for a meeting once. I stayed at Benham-Lynch State Resort Park and stopped in at Pine Mountain State Park and Colonel Sanders' original restaurant on the way back, but that's about it. Always wanted to get over to Cumberland Falls and see the moonbow. Maybe one day. There's a chance I could have a meeting in Hazard, Kentucky, and some point, but that would be my first visit to Perry County if it happens. Since you are working on these anyway, could you see what you could put together on Fallsburg, Kentucky (Lawrence County) and Park, Kentucky (Barren County)? I've been working for some time on Kentucky's governors, and Governors Patton and Nunn were from Fallsburg and Park, respectively. Would just like to turn the redlinks in their articles blue, if you are so inclined. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:15, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

They have been created. NOTE: These are just basic pages, and they are on their respective county templates. Each will have reference and GNIS data. From what I was able to briefly see, both communitites are unincorporated, thats waaaaaaay fine by me, but if you should know differently, please do accept my apologies for any error.Coal town guy (talk) 14:50, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't know anything about either place. Was just hoping to turn the red links blue. Cool deal. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 15:00, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

ANYtime...appalachia can be a lonely place in reality and on Wikipedia. Coal town guy (talk) 15:04, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Western Kentucky is the same way. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 15:10, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	My Co writer in Appalachia, good luck and carry on Coal town guy (talk) 13:44, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm not technically in Appalachia (I'm further west than that) but I do write about things in the Kentucky part of that region. Glad you find my contributions worthwhile. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:48, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Go to Beehive KY....THAT is ApplachiaCoal town guy (talk) 17:41, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

No doubt. I'll try to check it out if I ever get over that way. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 17:42, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Tyewhoppety KY, thats a cool place name...any idea as to its name origin??Coal town guy (talk) 16:33, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, no. But if I ever find out, now I have a place to put it! :) Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:42, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Penile, Kentucky

OK, need a little assistance. Penile, was a real place in Jefferson County KY. There are redirects to Louisville, but GNI has no such data. What am I missing here? Otherwise, its a real place name, and cant be any worse than Orgas, WV.Coal town guy (talk) 18:41, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

That's a new one on me. I'm not even sure where one would find such information. Might ask at WikiProject Louisville. It's been pretty dormant lately, but surely a few of the regulars are still around. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 18:52, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Merging, I do not how to do that as I have been a Wiki member for under 2 months.......Let me know how and I will proceedCoal town guy (talk) 14:11, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

OOOOPS, I see what you mean, my error. Let m,e know what to do as far as a redirect and I will. However, the page that it get redirected to needs some data like coordinates, GNIS and references, I can do that no problem. Sorry about thatCoal town guy (talk) 14:14, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Not a problem. Merging just means taking two articles and making one. Just move everything that is in "Penile, Jefferson County, Kentucky" to the "Penile, Louisville" article, making sure not to duplicate information or delete anything from the "Penile, Louisville" article. When you are done, replace the entire content of "Penile, Jefferson County, Kentucky" with #REDIRECT[[Penile, Louisville]]. Give it a shot. I can look over it when you're done to make sure it all got done right, if you want. It'll be a good experience for a new editor. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:36, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Joined KY Wikiproject

Hey I joined the KY Wikiproject. I can see that there is ALOT of articles that can be written for KY. Is there a specific county you think could use some "growth"? Thanks again for the welcomeCoal town guy (talk) 17:16, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I could name probably 20 unincorporated communities in my home county of Muhlenberg that don't have articles. (Weir, Bevier, Cleaton, Nonnell, Graham, Depoy, Luzerne, Midland, Beech Creek, Beechmont, Browder, Belton, Ennis, Earles, Nelson Creek, Ebenezer, Rosewood, Moorman... well, 18 off the top of my head, anyway!) I think pretty much all of our counties are that way. I don't think it matters much where you start. Residents of all these little places will be flattered that someone noticed. :) Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 17:26, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

I totally understand. At this rate I will have created over 1000 articles by June of 2012 here at Wikipedia, 99% of which are for smaller unincorporated communities in WV and KY alone and all of this in under 3 monthsCoal town guy (talk) 18:06, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

And I see you've already racked up a barnstar or two in the process. I was here a good long while before I got my first one of those. Your work is certainly appreciated. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 18:09, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

I am a bit, shall we say, driven. I watched my small unincorporated WV coal town, die, get disected for lumber and fade away. I believe 11 people live there now. It was not until, recently, that I was able to contribute to Wikipedia and divorce my emotions from this topic. At least in the sense of being "Encyclopedic". My hometown was here, albeit, fragmented. BUT I have edited it and it as some substance. BUT I gain comfort in its website I maintain outside of Wikipedia. HOWEVER Wikipedia, offeres a chance that I did NOT have for finding a coal town. It gives a great start, a location and thats far better than nothing. Ya know, I feel a Muhlenberg moment coming on, yes, lets start some entries. AFTER I get some sleep Coal town guy (talk) 00:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

A decidedly noble endeavor. Perhaps you are familiar with Paradise, Kentucky, from the John Prine song "Paradise". The song quite accurately tells how "Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away". That community was in Muhlenberg County, and pretty much all that is left of it is the Paradise Fossil Plant, operated by TVA. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 01:17, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Muhlenberg KY

I believe I have most of the communities set up for Muhlenberg you mentioned.. A few are still red, but that will certainly change. I was able to add an unincorporated category to the template as well. Let me know if you think these are OKCoal town guy (talk) 14:33, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Looks great! I'm surprised Nonnell, Bevier, and Ebenezer showed up in your data. Those are really small communities. You shouldn't have any trouble finding the other three. Graham even has a post office! Please accept my thanks, as well as those of the late Warren Oates (from Depoy) and the late Merle Travis (from Rosewood). Was there any data on Brownie, Kentucky, also in Muhlenberg County? That's where one of The Everly Brothers was born, but I don't know if it's still officially considered a community. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 15:11, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

I believe so. Believe it or not, 2 of the communities yet to be done are CDP's. SO, I will also need to asdd a CDP cataegory to the template. The tough call will be for communitites that have no geo spatial data in GNIS BUT they are listed. I have been usingh a few maps for WV and consulting with form,er residemnts to get a semi balls on accurate local of some places. LUCKILY, I have the postmarks of just over 1000 WV towns, SO, I can also provide a scanned postmark which pretty much seals the deal on the veracity of any community. Check out Eight WV in McDowell County. I was able to get my copy of their Last Day Post Office Cover and provide that on the page. MANY thanks for the Bluegrass Star. Cool thing is, there is a Blue Moon Kentucky, THATS a cool songCoal town guy (talk) 15:46, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

And written by Bill Monroe, a native of Butler County, Kentucky, just one county over from me! Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 16:20, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

I have seen him at the Gettysburg Bluegrass festival, and I have actually chatted with Ralph Stanley, nice guy. I have created the CDP catwegory in the Muhlenberg template, no Brownie KY in the GNIS. BUT I have a solution, do you have an old map that shows the location of Brownie relative to a another known locality??Coal town guy (talk) 13:53, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't have a map that I know of. I went back and added ZIP codes to the CDPs and unincorporated communities that have them in Muhlenberg. They all look great. I didn't realize Moorman was a CDP. My co-worker who lives there will be surprised, too, I'll bet. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:10, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Brownie KY

I believe I have a sound reference for geospatial data for Brownie. I need to know, do you recall if it was CLOSe to Central City? If So, here is the data I could find AND its source N 37.29228 W 87.11299 http://mapper.acme.com IS this close??Coal town guy (talk) 17:42, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it is absolutely close to Central City. In fact, Central City now claims to be the home of the Everly Brothers, since Brownie isn't referred to much anymore. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 17:44, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Thats very cool. I sent an e mail to the Muhlenberg County folks to confirm that Brownie was indeed near Central City. That way, we avoid original research and can verify that the coordinates I found are a good faith effort. I will note that within the creation page status..Coal town guy (talk) 17:55, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

GREAT NEWS, the Muhlenberg Courthouse folks replied to my e mail. They did indeed confirm that there was "a recollection" of a place named Brownie, in the area we discussed and it is indeed not referred to that way anymore. THUS, we can create the article.Coal town guy (talk) 12:19, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Sounds good. I'm impressed that they responded to your email. Many times, officials (mostly state agencies) tend to ignore mine. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:12, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I also called, turns out some of the kind folks there grew up near Chavies, my grandpas homestead. Funny how a few kind words change the whole world. When I was researching my hometown, my Mom actually went to school with one of the clerks. She was, Mom and the clerk, delightful to speak with and eventually, very helpfulCoal town guy (talk) 14:11, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

That's great! Glad my home county folks made a good impression. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:27, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I will create the article, please be ceratin to update it wirth the notable resident. That way, it can stand on its own and not get redirestec to Central CityCoal town guy (talk) 14:49, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Will do! Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:39, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Good news!! The page is created AND, one of us could also modify the Everly Brither page to be directed to the Brownie KY page as opposed to the Muhlenberg County Page, VERY COOL and thanks for your Help!!Coal town guy (talk) 12:57, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Always glad to help. It isn't often that my local knowledge comes in handy for anyone. I've created the links between Don Everly and Brownie. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:10, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Local knowledge saves the day and provides knowledge. There are MANY unincorporated towns in WV I played in as a kid that were upon my arrival here in Wikipedia totally mis documented and in some cases waaaaaay off base. I know it was not intentional, but wow, without local knowledge, you and I both know that places in KY and WV would go totally into the abyss. Coal town guy (talk) 13:58, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Pettit and Island City KY

Created Pettit, and redid Island City KY. You were not kidding about Island City, it now has a map. references and GNIS data. Glad I could helpCoal town guy (talk) 13:53, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Added the bit about Pettit's namesake. Thanks, as always. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:02, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Anytime, I enjoy KY places. WV places are also cool, but certain counties have well over 110 place names, its ALOT for certain countiesCoal town guy (talk) 14:30, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Wow! That is a lot! With 120 counties, I doubt Kentucky has any counties big enough to contain 110 places. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:32, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Check out Raleigh and Kanawha Counties in WV. I am still, doing Wood County, its worth noting that despite the size of some counties, the number of place names can be HUGE for small places. I have plans for Bell County KY, LOTS of place names thereCoal town guy (talk) 14:57, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

KY question

Hey, do you know what would be considered to be a "remote" county in KY? I want to get some articles started there if you know. WV has some places which I think I have covered to a decent degree, but if you can think of a place where locally, IN KY, people say, Yeah, thats remote, give me a hollerCoal town guy (talk) 17:45, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Over here in Western Kentucky, most everything is rural to one degree or another. The largest cities are Owensboro, Paducah, Henderson, and Hopkinsville, but basically everything else is rural, so nothing seems that "remote". I do remember someone talking about Edmonson County and saying that the county seat, Brownsville, has only one stop light, so you can imagine how rural the rest probably is. I've been there a time or two and saw nothing to contradict that notion. That might qualify as "remote".

Although I'm not in eastern Kentucky that often, my perception is that there are more areas over there that might be more what you are thinking about. You might check with Willking1979 (talk · contribs). He's out in that part of the state, I think. I had a meeting in Harlan County once; that's almost in Virginia. We stayed at the Benham Schoolhouse Inn, and when we tried to connect to the wireless Internet, the host said, "Internet? Do you know where you are? You're lucky to have a phone!" He was only half joking. So Harlan and surrounding counties might also be what you are looking for. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:45, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

COOLIO!! My Moms town never had a stop light, ALTHOUGH, we did know a person who got a COLOR TV. That was big time. We also helped out some Holler folks. I believe one of them had a batery radio. I used to help them out with reading. They only read the Bible, and they had a good idea who the President was, but that was about it. Sadly, those places are very difficult to document. Many thanks!Coal town guy (talk) 14:03, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Started some places in Edmonson County, ALOT of editing will be needed there as well. Otherwise, some very cool place names for certainCoal town guy (talk) 16:28, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

So that's where Pig is! I remember hearing about a place in Kentucky called "Pig", but I didn't catch where it was located. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 16:36, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Cool Kentucky thing

Just a FYI and you probably know this, BUT, The post offices at Krypton and Dwarf and Mouthcard are still open. I have received my Krypton Postmark addressed to Kal El.....Had to do it. I was however surprised, did you know that the Mounthcard Post Office is still open???Coal town guy (talk) 19:43, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

That's a great postmark! No, I'm not really familiar with those communities or their post offices, but I know we run some small ones over my way too. In fact, when one of the local post offices burned, they set up a replacement in a mobile home. One of my friends joked that he would love to take a pickup truck and "relocate" that post office to a very conspicuous or odd location in the middle of the night, but we figured it would be a pretty serious federal offense if he got caught. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:58, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Humphrey Marshall article reviewed

Hi; I've reviewed the subject article for GA status, and the review can be found at Talk:Humphrey Marshall (politician)/GA1, or on your talk page. Only minor comments.Sarnold17 (talk) 18:47, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Re:Bat'leth

Thank you for that. I'm going to be quite busy for a week so I might not have time to have a look at it right away but I'll get round to it in the future. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 17:09, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Juwan Howard review

Did you get your last set of strikes right. It seems like some strikes might not have been closed correctly.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:44, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Apparently, I had an "s" keystroke that didn't register. Should be fixed now. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:49, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Mouthcard KY

Good news, the Mouthcard Post Office is still open as you know. I will be adding some postmarks for KY and its communities as soon as I get my next pile of postmarks.......Yes, Stamping Ground and Hi Hat are in the bunch!Coal town guy (talk) 16:13, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

William T. Anderson

Hi Acdixon, just an FYI, but William T. Anderson (which you peer reviewed a while back) is at FAC now, if you'd be interested in reviewing. (P.S. I'll try to finish Scott tonight, only have a couple sections left). Mark Arsten (talk) 17:28, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Oz Kentucky

Yes, I said Oz. 2 letters. That means it aint gonna be in GNIS. BUT, I did get some coordinates and it was in LaRue. UI am awaiting word from anopther admin on how the 2 letter town name thing is going to happen as there are quite a few KY, 2 letter town names.....THIS is coolCoal town guy (talk) 20:39, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	MANY thanks for your support. Today I created my 1000th article, and be of good cheer, It was Chicken Bristle Kentucky........ Coal town guy (talk) 17:24, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Let people say what they will about Kentucky. We've got the market cornered on awesome place names! Congrats on the milestone, and thanks for the barnstar. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 17:26, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Constitution Square State Historic Site

The article Constitution Square State Historic Site you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Constitution Square State Historic Site for comments about the article. Well done! Pyrotec (talk) 13:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your review and for passing the article. Will review your feedback and probably list at WP:PR soon. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:31, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

User talk:TonyTheTiger#While I'm away

Could you take a quick look here? Tony's been blocked for a while, and has a message for you about Wikipedia:Peer review/Juwan Howard/archive3‎. Not being familiar with peer review, I don't understand the message, so I thought I'd point you to his comment instead of trying to copy it here and perhaps garbling it. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:31, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Much appreciated. I think I can handle it. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:45, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Ah, I see, the reason for it being between 00:00 and 03:00 was if you wanted to do it with just one edit. Now I understand his message. Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:55, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

That was the way I read it, yes. If it's required for some other reason, it isn't getting done. I don't think I've ever been on WP between those times. I like my sleep! Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:57, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Unless you're in the UK, that wouldn't really be midnight your time <.../snoops around on your talk page/...> Technically, it looks like that would be any time after 7pm or 8pm your time. Still, now I'm just wasting electrons. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:03, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't realize it was unadjusted GMT. I still probably won't be on-wiki at that time. Been going day and night all week teaching Vacation Bible School, so I'm looking forward to getting some belated rest Friday night. Thanks for the clarification, though. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 20:14, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Northland Pyrite Mine

Just wondering if you are interested in reviewing this article once I reorganize and expand it. From doing research on the mine it seems like this article could become quite extensive. Volcanoguy 19:49, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

It will probably depend on what I have going once you are done with your expansion. I certainly wouldn't be opposed if I have time. Ping me when you are done or almost done, and I'll let you know. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:54, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Lots of information collected so far. I luckly found a picture of the mine in 1907. Volcanoguy 22:17, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Review

So William T. Anderson has gone quite well, I've gotten a lot of good feedback at the FAC, thanks again for your help on that a couple months back. I was wondering if you'd be interested/available to read through an article I have at peer review now? The article is Clarence 13X, I've gotten a some comments on it already, so it should be in decent shape, I'm trying to get another set of eyes on it though before going further. A very different subject from Anderson, for sure. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 18:24, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

On first glance, it looks like a heavy read, in terms of subject matter. Will probably depend on how the week starts to shape up as to whether or not I can tackle it. I'm trying to finish my expansion of Wallace G. Wilkinson, which has to be done mostly by combing Newsbank and Highbeam for newspaper articles, and my wife got me some rare source material for Father's Day (Arndt M. Stickles' The Critical Court Struggle in Kentucky, published 1929) which should get me going again on Old Court-New Court controversy, Joseph Desha, John Adair, and John Rowan, among others. Still, Anderson was so well-written that I didn't have to leave many comments at PR, so I'll try to have a look at this one, too. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:30, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the thorough peer review, just what I hoped for. Hopefully I'll be able to nominate this at FAC once Anderson is promoted. I have someone lined up to copyedit it again later this week, so your comments were well timed. I'll try to take a look at that historic site you mentioned, looks like a good read. Tracking down source material can be tough, and it's always the one you need the most that's the toughest :) It was relatively easy with Clarence (that was part of the reason I started working on him). This was a new subject to me, I knew very little about it going in--I had worked on a few articles about white supremacy so I figured I ought to add a black supremacist for balance. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:00, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Glad you found my review helpful and well-timed. Also glad to know that you understand about the scarcity of sources for Constitution Square. WorldCat only listed one library worldwide that held one of the sources I needed, but my library is awesome and managed to get it for me on interlibrary loan. If there are too many questions raised at PR, I'll know the extant material isn't sufficient for the article to make FA, and I'll have to settle with GA status, which honestly, is more than I would have thought possible prior to my recent round of research. Now, though, the potential carrots of a four award and a TFAR appearance on October 15 (75th anniversary of the donation of the park to the state) have me greedy for FA status! Looking forward to your comments. And if you are writing about black and white supremacists, you have much more stomach for controversial GA and FA noms than I do! :) Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 19:13, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Good to hear about your library, I wish I lived near a good one. I've only gotten one four award, but that is a nice carrot. My only TFA thus far has been more of a headache than anything else, so that's not much of a motivation for me. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:48, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

TFA can be a pain, but I find that generally, enough folks watch whatever article is TFA that it usually comes out in pretty much the same form that it went in. Plus, some of the vandals are very creative, and their additions are a humorous read after they've been reverted! My first four award was garnered through pure dumb luck. I didn't even know there was such a thing until I had put the article (Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy) through all four steps of my own volition. Considering how many articles exist already, it is tough to get that "created the article" step in there. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 15:55, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, vandals really can be humorous sometimes, I just saw this, for example. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:45, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

I find the topic of that article to be almost as humorous as the vandalism! Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 17:49, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

• You just beat the delegate in your support for Anderson, he closed it 13 minutes after you posted :) Mark Arsten (talk) 18:19, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
  • Hehe. Well, as usual, my current FAC has sunk all the way to the end of the list while awaiting sufficient reviews for a month and half. A support was added earlier today, making 3, so maybe it will close in the next day or two. Are Kentucky politicians really THAT much less interesting than pretty much anything else at FAC, I wonder? Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 18:30, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Anthony Davis (basketball) GA

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to thank you for editorial efforts that helped Anthony Davis (basketball) become a WP:GA.

This user helped promote Anthony Davis (basketball) to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:46, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

A labor of love from a card-carrying member of the Big Blue Nation. Looking forward to Thursday night. "With the first pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, the New Orleans Hornets select Anthony Davis from the University of Kentucky!" Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:22, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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PR

I finished the PR, I didn't come up with much to mention other than some prose tweaks, it looked like it was in pretty good shape. Or maybe I'm just not very aware today. Oh well, hope it works out well. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:57, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. The prose adjustments were spot on. The big thing I was looking for was whether or not folks thought the content was sufficiently comprehensive for FA. That's a concern when there is so little source material available. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:40, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Ballard County KY, good news, I think

Hey- I think Ballard County is now fully documented on Wikipedia, you may want to double check, but I think thats all of the GNIS entries thus far. Of note, Lovelaceville is indeed a CDP, and I added that to the templateCoal town guy (talk) 14:31, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Not too familiar with the smaller communities of Ballard County, since it's a two-hour drive from me, but you got all the major ones that I have heard of including, importantly, Monkey's Eyebrow. It, along with Possum Trot, are the two examples most people use when talking about strange names for places in Kentucky, although certainly some are weirder than that. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 14:36, 28 June 2012 (UTC)