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[edit] Nearby State Parks

Cool news - I added counties to Buchanan's Birthpalce and Caledonia without realizing it just now. I have been adding the sentence "The following state parks are within 30 miles (48 km) of X State Park:". I also have been making the links for counties consistent (link only first appearance of county in list, except for home county which is not linked at all). Glad to be your first post here after archiving. Take care, Ruhrfisch 02:11, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

• I am not done yet, only got as far as Fort Washington tonight, but will keep working on them until done. I thought putting the sentence about distance in would help avoid people removing or adding parks that didn't meet the criterion. Ruhrfisch 04:27, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Hillman and Laurel Ridge appear to be done but are missing the done comment - Hillman also had a self referential 38 mile comment, not sure to what (that might be my fault, I started in SW PA on distances). Could you please check them? Thanks, Ruhrfisch 13:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
    • If I find more I will let you know. Over half done with the distance statement and cleanup links in Nearby State Parks. Ruhrfisch 01:19, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
      • Pymatuning SP (PA) has no nearby SP section. I can put some in, but wanted to let you know. Do you want me to put making a MD locator map on my list of things to do? Glad I'm not the only nerd. When will the list be featured? Ruhrfisch 02:04, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
        • Congrats - just saw the edit summary that you are done with Nearby State Parks. I added myself to the List for {{maintained}}. Figured you might want to too. Did you see now I have been asked to make a clickable IL SP map? Ruhrfisch 03:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
          • Thanks, I eventually want to get a photo of every municipality in that county. Some will be two trees and a rock. I added you to maintained on the List (had to make a directory in your user space for it, hope that was OK, was a bit surprised it let me make it). My next state park project is to sort by counties in the list, then use that to and add maps and townships one county at a time. Take care, Ruhrfisch 20:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I have a few more pix to add here - Dunkard Church, Eagle Grange #1, a few creek shots - but I would love ideas / suggestions on more. I made the Illinois locator map and put it in Argyle Lake State Park with the infobox - let me know how it looks. IL is so tall, the box looks a bit odd. Have a good one, Ruhrfisch 04:00, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

• The infobox makes the map 288 pixels wide, and since Illinois is skinny, to get it that wide it is even taller. The NC and IL maps are the same scale (before the infobox squeezes the NC map a bit to get it to 288 px). I think I left a map link on Zanter's talk page - NC road map but parks were listed / shown (very big PDF though - might want to download it and keep it on your computer and open it there each time instead of via the net each time). I think I can get a DYK for Eagle Grange #1, found a good osurce and the picture is very nice too. You might be able to adjust the dot size - I made the List map dots smaller than the Infobox map dots (5 px vs 7 px). Take care, Ruhrfisch 04:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured!

CONGRATULATIONS! Did you see the list is now featured? They don't leave a talk page message, just put the star on the list and the FL notice on the talk page. Anyway, Thanks for writing / expanding all the park articles and all your hard work on the list and asking about Featured List status in the first place. I will leave thank yous for Peer Review and FLC feedback folks (unless you want to - I have an idea for the template similar to what I did for LC and WDHC thanks). Congrats again! Ruhrfisch 17:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

	Thanks again for your contributions, support, and comments - List of Pennsylvania state parks made featured list! Take care, Ruhrfisch 17:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

The star shows up for me. Did you try WP:BYC? Ruhrfisch 17:49, 25 March 2007 (UTC)