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[edit] Your DYK nomination for Gore (surveying) was successful

Did you know? was updated. On December 31, 2006, a fact from the article Gore (surveying), which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 02:34, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Would you sound off on this: Talk:DekiWiki, thanks. Oh and thanks for the MN Project invite too. ~ AaronF 00:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Prospect Park (Brooklyn) NHRP Info Box

Nice box, but where did the 1917 build/founded date come from? Corrected it, based on the Brooklyn Eagle coverage of the park's first day of operation, Saturday, October 19, 1867. What did occur in Prospect Park in 1917 was the unveiling of the monument to La Fayette, May, 1917 (Covered in the Sunday Supplement to the NY Times, May 20 1917. Available at Library of Congress Search on "Prospect Park, Brooklyn"). This is at the 9th Street and Prospect Park West entrance to the park. Is that a source of confusion? Gosgood 10:04, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I got your note, thank you for your quick reply, and thank you for the info box! 1865 was when Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted were engaged as architects, (February 4, 1865, to be insufferably exact). Vaux had been asked by the prime political mover behind the park, James S. T. Stranahan, to review and revise earlier plans that had been proposed and approved prior to the American Civil War, but were never enacted because of the impact of the war on the city manpower and budget. Once the revised plan was approved and Olmsted was engaged, work began in earnest in June 1866. It was opened to the public (still in a very incomplete state) in October, 1867, and was still being worked on in 1873, when the financial panic of 1873 sort of stopped everything for the next decade or so. During their seven year stewardship, Vaux tended to design the structures, while Olmsted managed the work force and sculpted the overall lay of the land, hence the notion that he is the 'founder' of American landscape architects. In light of that, I'd also like to add Olmsted to the list of park architects in the info box. If info box logic demands that it must be one, Vaux is the better choice, in my opinion, but there are Prospect Park fanatics who would dispute this. As for 1917, the year is not an especially significant for park architecture: the world war pretty much caused the NYC parks department to grind to a halt. The memorial to Lafayette was mainly politically significant. Henry Harteau, a French American and former City of Brooklyn park commissioner, had been a major fund raiser for the memorial, and in May 1917, British and French notables were in New York City to drum up American support for the war: a photo-op ensued. The next significant period of park reconstruction was when Robert Moses became New York City Park Commissioner in 1934. Moses was successful in getting a great deal of Works Progress Administration funding for playgrounds, band shells, and zoos, and "cleaning up" old stuff that was not old enough yet to be architecturally significant. Many of Calvert Vaux's best works were "cleaned up" out of existence in this era. I'm probably straying off topic now, so I'll end by saying, thanks again for the info box. Gosgood 15:54, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minnesota - List of people

Ah, I see it now, its little, and I need new glasses.  :) Thanks for the kind reply. Have a great day! Cricket02 20:23, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, White Castle Building No. 8, was selected for DYK!

On January 18, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article White Castle Building No. 8, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 15:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey, congrats. Nice article. Jonathunder 15:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion about Congress

Would you be so kind as to go here and weigh in on the discussion? Thanks --Appraiser 15:37, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conditioned Reinforcer

Is it all legal eagle now? conditioned reinforcer BPBomber 20:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks!!

[edit] Birmingham Bridge

Please be sure when adding information to articles that you are adding information about the article's subject and not something else with the same name. Thanks, Chris Griswold (☎☓) 22:06, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] mnclink template

Just an fyi - It would have been just as easy to use a pipe trick such as Bloomington - written out as

[[Bloomington (MN)|]]

(which would ideally redirect to Bloomington, Minnesota). I just thought I'd let you know for future reference :) • master_son^{Lets talk} 00:32, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Lumber Exchange Building, was selected for DYK!

On February 5, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lumber Exchange Building, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 21:12, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Good work. It's a nice article about a building I've always admired. Jonathunder 21:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Climate of Minnesota

Thanks for your addition of the In popular culture section. Based on one of the comments in the FA feedback I stared another paragraph about this topic in film on the talk page. Please improve this if you can, thanks! Gopher backer 16:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

That's a good question, I'm not really sure. If you search around for references, most of what you find on the film are reviews. Since movie reviews are usually people's opinions, I doubt that a FA reviewer would consider them legitimate references. I'll keep searching to see what I can find. Gopher backer 20:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bloomington rules!

Hey mate! I live in Bloomington, MN and I appreciate your contributions to MN related things! Oh, and White Castle is easily my favorite fast food chain. NIRVANA2764 22:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cadillac Hotel

Thanks for the pic! When'd you take it, datewise? I created that stub not too long ago, since it got added to the NRHP relatively recently. Might you have more such Florida images, perchance? :) --Ebyabe 17:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mountain Biking on Mount Tamalpais

Hello, An article that I created as a part of Wikiproject Cycling called Mountain Biking on Mount Tamalpais and linked to the Mount Tamalpais article, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mountain Biking on Mount Tamalpais. Thank you, Bob in Las Vegas - uriel8 (talk) 09:40, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for commenting and showing your Mountain biking in British Columbia article. I put up the mountain biking information on the Mount Tamalpais article a couple of months ago. It took me about 5 years to learn a lot about that sport and the thrilling rides even an intermediate can take. I used to do it every other day when I was in Marin Co. and finally got a cool bike that let me push the limits even tho I'm older.

Looks like the votes are coming up now a lot for the branch article. To me it seems like a good use for a content fork out of Mt. Tam to an article that tells you what you want to know, i.e., "where do we go this afternoon to recreate on Mt. Tam, and experience the mountain as what it is, not a lump of rock?" Also, people can contribute to the detailed article. That should be on Wikipedia: if you just want 2 dry paragraphs about the flora and fauna you'd buy Britannica or Encarta. Bob in vegas uriel8 (talk) 00:10, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History of Minnesota

I have posted a proposed revision of the introduction to your excellent article at Talk:History_of_Minnesota#Introduction. I did it in an effort to address a few of the recent comments on the FA nomination. I have not (yet) changed the article itself; I wanted feedback before doing that. Kablammo 20:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

The article is shaping up nicely. Do you think a mention of the Red River trail would be useful? Before the railroads it was the route from the head of navigation on the Mississippi to western Canada. Surprisingly it is not mentioned in Wikipedia that I can find, except in Red River ox cart. Kablammo 03:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I thought one area that could be mentioned more in the article was the state's historic role as a transportation center. The Twin Cities are the head of practical navigation on the Mississippi, and first the trail, and then the two railroads were the overland way to the Northwest. I don't think I'll do a separate article on the trail-- what little I know of it is in these messages. Kablammo 13:42, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the article-- it is both well-written and comprehensive. The trail was more important than I thought. If I ever get back to editing Transportation in Minnesota I'll use it. Most primary corridors have their origins in pioneer days and the trail seems to be one of the earliest, if not the earliest land routes. Kablammo 00:33, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for cleaning up my talk page.

Thank you for cleaning up the diatribe left by I AM THE FIRSTLORD GEKKO, a sad case. Wikipedia seems to attract such, however; they feel the need to make a mark somewhere. Thank you too, for compiling the list on the footprints left by Frederick Law Olmsted. Hopefully, I'll resume article writing soon, rather than administriva such as speedy delete recommendations of articles on oddball religions or eighteen year old star high school athletes. Take care and thank you again for watching my back yard. Gosgood 14:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Illinois Historic Places

I was told that you do a lot of editing of Illinois Registered Historic Places. We have just started a very rough list here Wikipedia:WikiProject Illinois/Historic Places, so if anytime you are wondering what is going on, there it is. Thanks for any help with Illinois articles!--Kranar drogin 03:19, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hudson12

Good catch. I spotted the other one I did too, guess I'm losing my marbles. --pgk 20:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Height of Land Portage

There appear to be two of these in Minnesota in the national register system. The article is on the one in Cook County. I have revised the infobox you added. Thanks. Kablammo 08:47, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Elkman, I am now finished with this article (famous last words). I see you have rated it as "Start class" and "Low importance"; I agree with the latter, but I think it is beyond "start" class now. As the contributor I'll leave the assessment to you and others.

An article on the St. Louis County portage would appropriate but there seems to be very little available on the web (except for a paragraph in a 700+ page .pdf from St. Louis County) so it may be a while before one is created. Thanks for the link to the NRHP submission; you see that I have used it. Kablammo 22:33, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CHICOTW

	Chicago Collaboration of the Week
Last week you helped edit the Chicago COTW, but did not vote. Thank you for your help! Your input in future selections would also be appreciated. This week Chicago Theatre has been chosen. Please help improve it towards the quality level of a Wikipedia featured article. See the To Do List to suggest a change or to see an open tasks list.
	Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago

TonyTheTiger 02:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your help

Thank you for adding the infobox and generally spiffing up the article on the Bardavon 1869 Opera House‎. I am so grateful. I grew up near Poughkeepsie and remember well the crisis period when it was nearly torn down. it's a fine old venue and I wanted to do it justice. Your edits were ever so helpful. Again, thanks. Lisapollison 23:12, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

THANK YOUF OR ALL OF YOU HELP WITH EMPREROS' NEW GROOVE SI DONT KNOW THAT THER E WAS ALREADY AND ATICLE BECAUSE WHEN WE I CHECKED IT WAS NOT THERE. GOOD JOB ON CREAITNG ONE SO QUICKLY THERE. AEWSOME JOB!!!!!! Smith Jones 01:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:MNLicensePlate2.jpg

Thank you for uploading Image:MNLicensePlate2.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. ccwaters 19:24, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know

On 10 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Portland Brownstone Quarries, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 01:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New NRHP Collaboration Division

Hey, saw you were a participant in the National Register of Historic Places WikiProject. I thought I would let you know that there is a new Collaboration Division up for the project. The goal of the division is to select an article or articles for improvement to Good article standard or higher. There is a simple nomination process, which you can check out on the division subpage, to make sure each candidate for collaboration has enough interested editors. This is a good way to get a lot of articles to a quality status quickly. Please consider participating. More details can be seen at the division subpage. IvoShandor 11:06, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eliza Winston

Eliza Winston is an orphan article. Can you think of someplace that could link to it?--Appraiser 11:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Recent change to {{AFC preload}}

Ack, my mistake. It should be fixed, now, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I've worked with a few preload templates, before, but unfortunately the experience wasn't as comprehensive as I apparently thought. This'll serve as a reminder for myself, to be more careful in the future. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Note about speedy delete

Okay, I'll remember that. Thanks! Jinxmchue 21:07, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thorneycroft

Hi! I saw your edit to Thorneycroft's user talk. As a follow-up I just wanted to notify you of his response, which was, well, overly hot-blooded. Punkmorten 13:02, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History of Minnesota

Congratulations on achieving FA status! Your knowledge and perseverance has paid off in an excellent article. Kablammo 17:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Grats indeed, no small feat! What's next? -Ravedave 19:13, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cities

Elkman-- I saw your changes here. I think Minnesota cities are charted by the state, so they are not subdivisions of counties, even though they are within and geographically part of one or more counties. I'm not sure that makes a difference, or if cities in other states are established or chartered by the counties rather than the state. Kablammo 01:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Appreciate your comment

I appreciate you welcoming me to Wikipedia; browsing around here is my favorite way to spend time I should be working. I've noticed a lot of the Minnesota highway related articles haven't been improved for a long time, so I thought I could help out a little. I think I've figured out how this works by looking at other articles, but the link to the style guide should be especially useful when figuring how to format things. I am the author of the North Star Highways site, but am not actively improving it right now since I am out of storage space Mdcastle 02:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Locating a landmark

Hello, Elkman. You seem to be the person most likely to know. Do you have any idea where to find Our Lady of Lourdes in a Web site that would establish that it is a National Historic Landmark? The Minnesota Historical Society lists it, but the federal databases that I checked don't find either First Universalist Church or the newer name. Nor does Wikipedia list show it. Could it be tied to the historic district? -Susanlesch 05:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey folks. It appears this is what's known as a contributing property to the St. Anthony Falls Historic District. Essentially, it's one of the buildings in the district that makes it an historic district. Sometimes individual properties within a district are listed separately on the National Register, but most aren't. It always bugs me when I see a plaque on a building saying it's listed on the Register when it's actually part of a district. Believe me, I've seen it more than once. Anyhoo, hope this info helps. :) --Ebyabe 14:37, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I think Ebyabe is right. The building itself isn't listed individually, so it must be a contributing property. (It's kind of a shame, because I think it could very easily qualify for National Register nomination on its own.) Here are a couple resources that could help:

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota, part of the National Historic Landmarks Program
• I think you already found the National Register Information System and the list of properties within the St. Anthony Falls Historic District.
• As far as books go, I want to buy the AIA Guide to the Twin Cities as soon as it comes out. I already have National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota, a listing of all the NRHP properties in Minnesota, and Minnesota Treasures, which has stories about 75 historic structures and places on the National Register.

I hope this helps. By the way, I'm planning to work on History of Minneapolis, Minnesota as my next project, so if you have any ideas as to what should be covered, let me know, or put them on the talk page of the article. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 15:26, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks a lot, yes I think the Minneapolis Public Library history says the church was a landmark on its own in 1934 (and the Dept. of the Interior survey drawings at the LOC are dated 1934). As it stands the CP designation is enough to justify the NRHP infobox it deserves, thanks very much. Elkman, that is fantastically good news that the Minneapolis History article is in your hands. Yessir I will let you know if I run into any topics for it. Best wishes. -Susanlesch 20:00, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Books

Since you are rapidly becoming the MN history guy around here... Have any books that mention Camp Coldwater? Right now the intro says its the oldest settlement in MN, but it should really have a ref to make suhc a bold claim. -Ravedave 04:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)