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And Bratton and Lanza as well - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 17:05, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Rossville, Staten Island

Citizen Dick

Nice edits. The new bit on Sandy Ground is what makes regional articles such a pleasure to read. With luck, our anonymous hotheaded friend will stay calm. I posted a title coordinate template that drops people on the corner of Rossville and Correll Avenues. If that misses the heart of the neighborhood, you're welcome to change, or drop me a note on my talk page if the template is too strange to deal with. Take care — Gosgood 14:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

The article has improved. Here's what I think:

• The historical bits have a great deal of charm, but I'm a sucker for regional history. These constitute the heart of the article presently, in my opinion.
• The article is beginning to read like a laundry list. Somebody mentions the church, then the fire house, then the new condos, then the neighborhood dog walker who has tended everybody's pooch for the last fifteen years. This is a common problem with city neighborhood articles. Take a look at my neighborhood, Park Slope, Brooklyn, which is growing lists and lists of things. At some point, somebody cleans up and restores some kind of narrative arc, and for their trouble they get yelled at by every neighborhood loving Wikipedian who wants their bit of fluff reinstated. This article is no where near that point, but the tendency is there.
• The last section on 'aggressive developers' is weak and a bit over the top. It's not Wikipedia's place to comment on the nature of developers. Nor should Wikipedia speculate on why people left the neighborhood. Probably safer to say that Rossville has experienced a demographic shift: from a rural, farming community in the 1940's to a suburban community today. Google pulls up some stuff on demographic shifts on Staten Island that can lead to references supporting a neutral observation on the trend. One of the web links that our anonymous friend was so adamant about ("My Father's House") pointed to a memory lane recollection that addresses the shift. I wouldn't think of reinstating that particular link, though, because AOL member pages come and go, and can say the most outlandish things in the meantime.
• Some pictures would be nice: not necessarily of the boatyard or graveyard, but maybe just a typical street in the neighborhood. Something that sets the tone. With the weather getting nice, I might prescribe a sea cruise for myself on the Staten Island Ferry and see what I can do with my digital camera. Drop me a note on my talk page if you want to do a wiki meetup. Take care — Gosgood 14:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia New York Meet-Up

Howdy! Please come to the First Annual New York Wikipedian Central Park Picnic. R.S.V.P. @ Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC --David Shankbone 22:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Co-Op City, Bronx, New York

Please address any discussion ONLY on article discussion page. Do not post nor talk to me in a harasing manner on my discussion page. --XLR8TION 14:52, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Read my comment again in case you didn't understand it the first time. I am not talking to you in a "harassing manner". Please respond to my question either here or on the article discussion page. Thank you. (now that wasn't "hassasing", was it?) Citizen Dick 15:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Do you understand English? Please post only on topic discussion page. --XLR8TION 16:10, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Knock it off with the nasty attitude, would you? And another thing amigo: I'd like to request that you stop contacting me, as I don't wish to be bothered by you anymore. Citizen Dick 16:18, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

William Brady (mayor)

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Stanley Jefferson

See Harry S. Truman#Truman's middle initial for a rebuttal of the no-period story, which is the reason for the change made to the Stanley Jefferson article. Furthermore, the name of the school includes the period after the "S". If you see changes you don't recognize, click on the History tab, which will allow you to see the changes made and the edit summaries, as available. Alansohn 03:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. Please read the comment which I just left on your talk page for an explanation. I went to Harry S Truman High School, and I distinctly remember that they never put a period after the "S" on any school signs or stationary, as it was explained that Harry Truman's middle name was "S"... the "S" stood for nothing! Citizen Dick 03:13, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

• Thank you for your work on the Stanley Jefferson article. I'm sorry if I reverted some of your edits. Please accept my apologies, as this was done inadvertently. I ran into a lot of editing conflicts while editing this article, as we were probably making edits simultaneously! I'd like to ask you to help me make sure that the photo of Mr. Jefferson which I added to the article is not deleted by Wikipedia for "copyright infringement". Any help that you might be able to provide to prevent it's possible deletion will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Citizen Dick 03:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  • I will monitor as best as I can, but the folks who monitor the image issues seem to be remarkably rigid about these issues. Alansohn 03:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Stanley_Jefferson.jpg

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Hey Rettetast, why are you tagging all of my uploaded images for removal?

Why have you tagged all of the images which I have recently uploaded to Wikipedia? I have been posting images (along with the required "fair use rationale") that are unfairly being deleted by you. I am especially upset that you have tagged Image:FarrellLion.gif for removal, as this image is a non-copyrighted illustration of a lion, which is the Monsignor Farrell High School mascot. If this is the way that overzealous/malicious editors like you operate here on Wikipedia, then I won't waste my time posting images or editing articles anymore. Citizen Dick 19:00, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

DYK

Hello. Thank you for creating Vincent Thomas. It's a great article. I have nominated it to appear on the DYK column of the Main Page. You will find the nominated hook at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created on October 6, where you may improve it if you see fit. Happy editing! --Agüeybaná 15:35, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for all of your assistance, Agüeybaná, and good luck on your request for administratorship! Citizen Dick 15:35, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

No prob, and thanks :-) Happy editing! --Agüeybaná 21:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 12 October, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vincent Thomas, 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.

--Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 04:28, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:VincentThomasBridge.jpg

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From the source page of this photograph:

"Copyright Notice: This picture may be used freely for private, academic or research purposes only as long as both the photographer and Structurae are credited properly. Publication (printed, online or otherwise) or commercial exploitation of the image requires the permission of the photographer and/or copyright owner. If granted permission for use on internet pages, you must include a link back to Structurae — either to this page, the respective data entry or a general link. Please contact Structurae in this case for further information."

This photo does not violate any copyrights because the photographer has released it for free use provided that he was notified and attributed as the author. I obtained permission from the author and properly attributed him as the photographer, therefore this photo should not be deleted! Citizen Dick 11:53, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Discussion is at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2007 October 12/Images#Image:VincentThomasBridge.jpg. —Wknight94 (talk) 12:39, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Image source problem with Image:Vincent Thomas.jpg

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Since any source or copyright information which I might add to the picture's description page will not be good enough for you, I'll save you the effort by removing the "copyright violation" photo from the article myself. This is the second photo which I have uploaded to the Vincent Thomas article which you have challenged. Do you have some kind of problem with me? Citizen Dick 15:50, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I came across your first image by chance. That led me to your second image. Everyone else - including me - has to account for where they acquired images so that Wikipedia does not get accused of stealing other people's images. That's all - no problem. Simply trying to adhere to Wikipedia's policies. If you just provide the source for the second image, it can be resolved. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:30, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Careful

Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:Sock puppetry. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 15:34, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I am in fact familiar with sock puppetry, so what's your point? I have done nothing to you or to anyone else on Wikipedia, so I don't understand why you have blocked me from editing. I'm not trying to be uncivil, but it seems to me that you may be an administrator who is a little overzealous. Please assume good faith when dealing with editors. Heavyhandedness by administrators tends to drive productive editors away from Wikipedia. Citizen Dick 15:19, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm referring to this, and, for that matter, another of your sockpuppets, User:CyberGhostfarce. Being productive does not justify abusing Wikipedia. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 15:49, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Maybe I misunderstood your statement above, but are you now threatening to block this account because you allege that I am a "sock puppetmaster"? I have made hundreds and hundreds of constructive edits to Wikipedia, and to be honest with you, I am getting tired of dealing with administrators who seem to get a kick out of holding the threat of blocking the accounts of editors who may have committed minor violations of Wikipedia's rules over their heads. If you do in fact decide to block me, you will just prove my assertion that you are an overzealous administrator. Citizen Dick 16:05, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Shrug. When someone is accused of being a sockpuppet, and I notice they are also impersonating another user (in this case, User:CyberGhostfarce was impersonating User:CyberGhostface), I run a checkuser as a matter of routine. A standard part of this is to examine the contributions of other possible sockpuppets on the IPs that turn up; your use of two different usernames in that deletion debate was quite obvious. Hardly required any zealousness at all; until you started abusing Wikipedia, I had no reason to know you existed. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 16:27, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Would you please knock off the condescending attitude? Does being an administrator mean that you can belittle the contributions (or the existence) of a lowly editor like myself? Please get over yourself! Citizen Dick 16:35, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Would you mind telling me who you are and what I did to cause you to impersonate me? I've never even heard of you before, let alone edit in conflict with you. Unless this is just some bizarre idea of humor?--CyberGhostface 01:11, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Fleinhausen

Sorry I am only interested ... why have you created an article for the small small village FLEINHAUSEN? That is so funny and strange, especially because it is made by an American in the English wikipedia...

Greetings —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.128.36.235 (talk) 09:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

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