User talk:Bedford/Archive19

WikiBirthday

I saw from here that it's been exactly four years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 03:07, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 03:14, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XV

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DYK for William A. Bowles

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Dravecky (talk) 07:30, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Harrison H. Dodd

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Dravecky (talk) 07:30, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Lambdin P. Milligan

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Dravecky (talk) 07:31, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XVI

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DYK for Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard

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Shubinator (talk) 00:32, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Union Monument in Vanceburg

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Shubinator (talk) 15:05, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Confederate Monument in Augusta

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Davewild (talk) 21:54, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XVII

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Project tagging

In your opinion, should Beriah Magoffin be tagged for WP:MILHIST? I was about to request a peer review from that project for the Magoffin article and noticed it had not been tagged. If it should be, would you please do so, as I'm not really familiar with the project banner's parameters. If it shouldn't be, just let me know, and I'll list it for peer review elsewhere. Thanks. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 19:33, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Magoffin is another of those articles that would be in a Wikiproject ACW but doesn't belong in MILHIST. I'd love a separate WP, but between the stubborness of the coords to separate the subject out, plus the inability to weed out those that would derail the good work of the project if there was a separate ACW WP, I see nothing that can be done.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 08:20, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Template:KentuckyHistoricalRR

Are you aware how many railroads there have been in Kentucky? I don't have an exact number, but you can get a general idea from List of Missouri railroads, which I recently added all the railroads I could find to. --NE2 05:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure there are more, especially in the 19th century.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 05:57, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

My point is that there are way too many for a template... --NE2 06:12, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Looking at List of Kentucky railroads, if just those based in Kentucky, and not just passing thru, it isn't that bad. Might split up the template to just stations and just somethingorother.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 06:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

There were definitely many more than that. When I get done with Illinois, I'll do Kentucky next, and we'll see how many. --NE2 06:18, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Than we'll just wait to see what it appears like before we make a final decision on the template. Take care.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 06:19, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

There were more than 250: List of Kentucky railroads#Defunct railroads --NE2 12:27, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument

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Jamie^☆S93 20:22, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Confederate Mass Grave Monument in Somerset

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Jamie^☆S93 20:22, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup newsletter XVII.V

This is just a quick reminder that the round ends this Friday, May 29, 2009. I wanted to let you guys know the current standings. If you are very close, but not close enough, work as hard as possible these next two days. Pool leaders are listed as usual, and under the 10 wildcards, are competitors that are still fighting for a spot. Also, if you currently have any un-reviewed GAN's up and you'd like them to be reviewed and counted for this round, you must place them on the appropriate thread of the WikiCup talk page.

Pool A

1. Shoemaker's Holiday (647)

Pool B

1. ThinkBlue (247)

Pool C

1. Theleftorium (455)

Pool D

1. Candlewicke (539)

Pool E

1. Durova (479)

Pool F

1. Sasata (961)

Current Wildcards

1. Useight (393)
2. Scorpion0422 (372)
3. Rlevse (329)
4. Wrestlinglover (307)
5. Paxse (285)
6. Ottava Rima (248)
7. Mitchazenia (226)
8. Juliancolton (181)
9. the_ed17 (179)
10. J Milburn (168)
11. Bedford (156)
12. Gary King (147)
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16. Matthewedwards (98)

 GARDEN ,  iMatthew :  Chat  , and The Helpful One The Helpful Bot 00:44, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Minor edits

This is a minor edit and should be marked as such. It is considered cheating if you don't do so in the future. Sorry,  iMatthew :  Chat  22:23, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't sure if anyone would have problems with my assessment of what kind of stub it was, and anything somebody might have a problem with should be counted as a major. Thanks for the future knowledge.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 22:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Mary Millicent Miller

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Dravecky (talk) 08:22, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XVIII

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Indiana popular pages

You may be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Indiana/Popular pages, which will now be generated monthly by User:Mr.Z-bot. It lists the top 1000 articles belonging to WP:IN by their popularity of the last month, along with their quality rating. It can be a guide for the articles that are most important to bring to FA/FL/GA status. Cheers, Reywas92^Talk 20:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

NowCommons: File:Martyrs Monument in Midway 1.jpg

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Historical Indiana elections

Hey Bedford! I started a discussion on the WP:WPIN talk page about creating articles on historical elections going back a couple centuries. Any input would be appreciated. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 02:25, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter

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DYK for General Lew Wallace Study

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Royalbroil 03:56, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Images

Hey Bedford! I found a couple images recently you might have a use for.

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—Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 21:37, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 00:16, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Hi Bedford. You nominated Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial at WP:GAN a while ago, and I reviewed it on the 2nd. It had some problems with the content that have not been addressed. Mainly, it focuses too much on Lincoln in Indiana and not enough on the Memorial itself. Please come back and work on the article, or I will fail the GA nom. Thanks, Reywas92^Talk 16:00, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Go ahead and fail it; I have no reason to make it a GA until January anyways.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 17:51, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikicup? Haha I signed up to do that next year too! But that's no reason not to work on the article. Don't be dormant for the next six months. Reywas92^Talk 18:05, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll do the occasional DYK, and will try to make my other current GAN a GA due to extenuating circumstances, but otherwise there is nothing in it for me to do something beyond my immediate urges.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 18:32, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Prat

What a prat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.30.126.77 (talk) 17:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter

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Userboxes

I hope you don't mind, but I snagged a few of your userboxes for my userpage.--MahaPanta (talk) 09:32, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem whatsoever.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 14:00, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup participates in the Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout

Hello all, iMatthew here. I just wanted to let you know about "The Great Wikipedia Dramaout" which starts this Saturday. The goal of the Dramaout is to spend five days working on improving articles and abstaining from any of Wikipedia's drama. I don't think that any of you will have a problem focusing on articles for five days, because of course, any work you get done during the Dramaout will count towards your score in the WikiCup. Details are on the page; hope to see you all signing up! :) iMatthew ^talk at 00:27, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

The "Nobama" userbox

Hey there. We haven't spoken before, but I noticed that you use the anti-Barack Obama userbox I made some time ago, the one that says "This user thinks Barack Obama is unsuited to the presidency on a political and personal level" or whatever.

I'm planning to CSD the thing. It's not that I like the guy, but I don't really want to get involved in political articles on wikipedia, and I'm trying to scrub my userspace of politically oriented stuff. Since you and some other Conservative wikipedians are using it though, I thought I'd ask if you'd like to userfy it so it doesn't get lost.

I'll check back here, though you can hit my talk page with a talkback if you'd like. McJEFF ^(talk) 07:15, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:1702 ARB exp.jpg)

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Flood!

Hey Bedford! Are you underwater where you are? If you camera is dry, I was wondering if you got any photos. I started an article theyd look good on. :) 2009 Kentuckiana Flood. Thanks! —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 17:33, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

I knew nothing about it, as I slept until noon. Will go check it out.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 17:46, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

I been in Irvington all day, sun shined all day long. Good picks! Thansk —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 19:49, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Broken Coord

Hi. In order to clean up Category:Coord template needing repair, would you mind if I changed an instance of {{coord}} in User:Bedford/JeffersonNRHP? It needs to be rolled over to one more minute and zero seconds, from "{{38|14|60|N..." to "{{coord|38|15|0|N...".
—WWoods (talk) 18:33, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

You could just have the whole page deleted, as it is no longer needed.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 19:16, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm wondering if you'd care to collaborate on something

I've been giving serious thought to Portal:Confederate States of America. Not a Military History portal, but more of a society and culture portal, allowing non-native English wiki readers some insight into American culture. There are stacks of very good material, you should know, you've written some of it. There are several obvious FAs, and we could draw on an enormous body of works across the content spectrum. Mint julep, Dixie, Confederate government of Kentucky, Mississippi River, William Faulkner, so many really good pages, not to mention all the relevant biographies and military incidents. It would be a way of using knowledge of partisanship for encyclopedic purposes.

I'm aware we haven't always agreed, but I can't think of anyone (maybe User:Grayghost01) as interested and qualified to feature this sort of material. If you are busy elsewhere, please let it sink in. If you're not interested, no hard feelings. I know you're knowledgeable about FPs, and know you've personally written a bunch of stuff which would be immediately usable. We might even learn something ourselves.

In any event, my best to you and yours. BusterD (talk) 23:29, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Work with you? Ha!--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 23:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Is that a no? Do you agree it's a good concept? BusterD (talk) 23:55, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Hey

WOndered if you had seen this [1] ?--Die4Dixie (talk) 18:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Nope; thanks for sharing.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 19:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hi, I'm interested in contacting you about a project idea I have in mind for Wikipedia & the city of Indy. I'm interested in making some articles about outdoor sculptures in Indianapolis in Wikipedia, and I'd like to make sure the work is coordinated with the Wiki Project Indianapolis. I'm also interested in meeting some of the more active Wikipedians/editors in the city. I noticed that you had been instrumental in setting up the Wiki Project for Indianapolis and thought you might be able to direct me to some folks.

Care to chat some time? Thanks, -- --Richard McCoy (talk) 22:52, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 12 September!
Many thanks,  Roger Davies ^talk 04:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi

I saw you on a political page. If interested in donating, I will send you the address. Too bad Carolinians don´t cane anymore.--Die4Dixie (talk) 20:47, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Abbott-Holloway Farm

If you're in Clark County anytime in the future, could you try to get a new picture of the Abbott-Holloway Farm? Thanks. Nyttend (talk) 13:56, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I live in Clark County. Bethlehem, thro, is in the boondocks, so it is hard to get to.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 14:20, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I see; I had imagined that you were a Kentucky resident. By the way, why do you prefer to have your photos retained here, even if they're on Commons? Just curious, no complaints. Nyttend (talk) 16:01, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

I've had images moved to commons that were later deleted by some idiot, and I didn't become aware of the fact until too late. If they still remain on Eng. Wikipedia, I can keep an eye on them. Plus, it makes it easier to categorize them.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 17:01, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Are you sure? y/n

You wrote:

I think KillerChihuahua proved me right, as she accused me of edit-warring when I hadn't. Then again, she probably has hatred for me for counteracting a friend's abuse of admin powers a year ago.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 22:18, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

This looks like a pretty intense personal attack and assumption of bad faith. Are you sure you want to add it?

If you are sure, I won't remove it if you re-add it back, I'm a big believer that Wikipedia works best when people get to say what they want to say. But you might pause for a moment and rethink if it's actually a wise step. --Alecmconroy (talk) 22:24, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

I have learned that WP:AGF is not universally applied, and is just used a shield by some. As for the accusation, I have had to keep a list of actions people have done against me. Last year, KC got on me for letting people know that an admin (not KC) went beyond her authority and deleted various userboxes. Once KC went off on me and falsely accuse me of edit-warring, when in fact I urposely avoided doing so, shows that I would be a fool to AGF, especially since KC did not do the same for me.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 22:28, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Military history coordinator elections: voting has started!

Voting in the Military history WikiProject coordinator election has now started. The aim is to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of sixteen candidates. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on 26 September!
For the coordinators,  Roger Davies ^talk 22:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Persimmon regiment

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≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 01:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your support. Have you been feeling well? I tried to email you, but not sure if you got it.--Die4Dixie (talk) 00:55, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

I saw it this morning; as the filter takes it to the Wikipedia folder, and I didn't scroll down enough to see it. Glad you're back.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 02:09, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter

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Thanks

For taking care of that. I am trying to disengage.--Die4Dixie (talk) 21:26, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

No prob.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 22:53, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Userbox

Hey! since you were so awesome about my last userbox, I wondered if you could make another? I was thinking you could use this image: [2] with the side saying " This user respects ya´lls right to fisting, but doesn´t want to hear about it". Do you think it would be OK?--Die4Dixie (talk) 07:19, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Do we really want an userbox that mentions fisting?--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 07:50, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Prolly not. File it in the "too much time on his hands" category, and we can forget we had this conversation.--Die4Dixie (talk) 08:23, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Awards

		The 2009 WikiCup Participant Award
		This WikiCup Award is presented to Bedford for their participation in the 2009 WikiCup. Your contributions along the way have greatly improved the quality of many articles, pictures, and sounds on the English Wikipedia.

Congratulations! Hope to see you sign up for the 2010 WikiCup, here, if you haven't already! iMatthew ^talk at 22:54, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

File:Federal Correctional Complex Terre Haute.JPG listed for deletion

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Valued pictures and ITN in the WikiCup

Hi. I am contacting you on behalf of the WikiCup judges because you were involved in our previous points polling. Though most of the polls are now closed, we have restarted polls relating to the points value for both valued pictures and in the news entries. You are welcome to submit your votes here; the polls will be closing in a week's time. J Milburn (talk) 19:52, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

2010 WikiCup Signups Reconfirmation!

To ensure that everyone who signed up is still committed to participating in the 2010 WikiCup, it is required that you remove your name from this list! By removing your name, you are not removing yourself from the WikiCup. This is simply a way for the judges to take note of who has not yet reconfirmed their participation. If you have not removed your name from that list by December 30th, 2009 (by 23:59 (UTC)) then your name will be removed from the WikiCup.

It's worth noting the rules have changed, likely after you signed up. The changes made thus far are:

• Mainspace and/or portal edits will not be awarded points at all.
• Did you know? articles (which were worth 5 points last year) will now be worth 10 points.
• Good articles (which were worth 30 points last year) will now be worth 40 points.
• Valued pictures will be now awarded points, however the amount (5 or 10 points) is still being discussed.
• Featured lists (which were worth 30 points last year) will now be worth 40 points.
• Featured portals (which were worth 25 points last year) will now be worth 35 points.
• Featured articles (which were worth 50 points last year) will now be worth 100 points.
• Featured topics (which were worth 10 points per article last year) will now be worth 15 points per any article in the topic that you were a major contributor to.
• Good topics (which were worth 5 points per article last year) will now be worth 10 points per any article in the topic that you were a major contributor to.
• In the news will still be awarded points, however the amount (5 or 10 points) is still being discussed.

If you have any final concerns about the WikiCup's rules and regulations, please ask them now, before the Cup begins to avoid last minute problems. You may come to the WikiCup's talk page, or any of the judge's user talk pages. We're looking forwards to a great 2010 WikiCup! On behalf of the WikiCup judges, iMatthew ^talk at 03:40, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Have you considered another RFA run?

I'd be willing to nominate you. You probably wouldn't succeed, but it'd be another chance to demonstrate the illegitimate and invalid action taken against you. Kurt Weber (Go Colts!) 21:24, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, but why bother? Anyone who is intelligent knows I didn't deserve my gangrape, but the power of cliques is astounding, with each clique with a little power protects other empowered cliques to preserve their own. Look how the MilHist clique, who loved me in late 2007-08, were all too willing to be Judases toward me when another clique decided to gangrape me out of my sysop? Besides, now that I have been gangraped, I need not bother to do anything for the good of Wikipedia? If I see vandalism or pageblanking, I am no longer automatically changing it back?--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 23:54, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

You weren't gang raped, you were bitchslapped. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 02:29, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

The same way if I was slapped by a pirate I'd be pirateslapped, and if slapped by a penguin I'd be penguinslapped.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 04:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

The 2010 WikiCup begins tomorrow!

Welcome to the biggest WikiCup Wikipedia has yet seen! Round one will take place over two months, and finish on February 26. There is only one pool, and the top 64 will progress. The competition will be tough, as more than half of the current competitors will not make it to round 2. Details about scoring have been finalized and are explained at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Please make sure you're familiar with the scoring rules, because any submissions made that violate these rules will be removed. Like always, the judges can be reached through the WikiCup talk pages, on their talk page, or over IRC with any issues concerning anything tied to the Cup. We will keep in contact with you via weekly newsletters; if you do not want to receive them, please remove yourself from the list here. Conversely, if a non-WikiCup participant wishes to receive the newsletters, they may add themselves to that list. Well, enough talk- get writing! Your submission's page is located here. Details on how to submit your content is located here, so be sure to check that out! Once content has been recognized, it can be added to your submissions page, from which our bot will update the main score table. Remember that only articles worked on and nominated during the competition are eligible for points. Have fun, and good luck! Garden, iMatthew, J Milburn, and The ed17 19:15, 31 December 2009 (UTC)