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Talk to me! mcd51 18:00, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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Again, welcome! -Optigan13 (talk) 00:04, 30 August 2009 (UTC) Citations should be consistently formatted. The easiest way to do this is with citation templates, Magnus' makeref tool might help until you get the hang of doing them by hand.[reply]

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Old picture[edit]

Hi Mcd51, regarding this picture, do you have any idea what the caption at the top (within the actual picture) is referring to? It says 1795, but maybe that is a plate number or something other than a year. I ask because someone decided to make this edit (since changed). I noticed Tedder has wisely removed the reference to the date in the caption (the one that is editable) for now, as it could be confusing. It had read 'around 1910'. Thanks, Hamamelis (talk) 12:53, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Move request[edit]

I removed the template for the requested move List of mayors of San Diego → Mayor of San Diego because there is a {{db-move}} tag on the target page, and an admin will just move the page. RM is for discussion of potentially controversial moves, and this is non-controversial. There is a technical requests section of RM that could be used but adding db-move does the same thing. Apteva (talk) 19:14, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Barnstar of Diligence[edit]

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		To thank you for your hard work on all things related to San Diego politics. Please keep it up, and I'll help out as much as I can. MelanieN (talk) 16:37, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Interim mayor?[edit]

Hello! I noticed that you prepared the article Mayor of San Diego for the addition of Todd Gloria. You might want to hold off on that. Today's Union Tribune says "If Filner resigns, Gloria would supervise mayoral staff and have authority over city operations until voters select a replacement. Gloria's duties would expand but his title would remain council president rather than acting or interim mayor." That was in the dead-tree edition this morning; however, that paragraph is missing from the story online [1]. So I don't know if they are standing by it, or if they were wrong, or if it is just indeterminate right now. Anyhow, I would advise not to go listing Gloria as "interim mayor" or "acting mayor" until some official source refers to him that way. Thanks for being so on top of this story! --MelanieN (talk) 00:21, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like this is a more confusing issue than I thought [2]. To avoid any confusion, it might be better to limit the list to the 35 elected or appointed mayors recognized by the city. We'll still list the acting/interim/deputy mayor/council president/whatever in the notes. mcd51 (talk) 01:46, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, my impression is that the designation "acting mayor" was recognized and correct for people like Zucchet and Toni Atkins. At least, the press used it. I think things may have changed due to the changes in the rules that came in with the strong-mayor format and the nine-member council. I think we should not change any history (like not remove Zucchet and Atkins from the mayoral succession; I reverted Zucchet, but I won't revert any more until the situation is clarified), but we should not give any mayoral designation to Gloria until it is officially confirmed. Things may be different now from what they were before the new charter. --MelanieN (talk) 04:10, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The situation is kind of murky, but most Reliable Sources are using the term Acting Mayor. According to the UT [3], under the new city charter he will not actually have the full powers of an elected mayor; I'm pretty sure that previous acting mayors did. Anyhow it looks as if Acting Mayor is the way to go, unless some better term turns up after the transition. Meantime it looks as if somebody has restored the previous Acting Mayors to the Mayor of San Diego article, and that's probably appropriate. --MelanieN (talk) 16:35, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Since the consensus seems to be to keep the acting/interim mayors listed, I'll restore the acting/interim mayors on the succession boxes for the individual pages. mcd51 (talk) 22:37, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

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	... to thank you for your diligent research about the presidents of the Board of Trustees during San Diego's trusteeship period. Well done! MelanieN (talk) 02:18, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ed Harris[edit]

Hello, Mcd, and thanks for your swift action regarding the appointment of Ed Harris to the San Diego City Council - you were right on top of things as usual! I have been starting to work on an article about Ed Harris, but biographical information about him is pretty scarce. I've accumulated what I could find into a draft in my sandbox; IMO not enough for an article yet. Do you want to work together on such an article? You are welcome to work in my sandbox, or to copy what I have accumulated there into an article of your own. What do you think the article should be called - since there are multiple people named Ed or Edward Harris? --MelanieN (talk) 17:46, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Melanie. I'll see if I can find more sources and fill out your draft a little more on your page. As for article title, I'd probably go with Ed Harris (politician) since the impetus for him getting a page would be his appointment to city council and I've never really seen him referred to as "Edward". mcd51 (talk) 01:44, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good research! There is enough for an article now. I won't have time to work on it today; why don't you go ahead and create the article? (You can just use copy-and-paste; that's what I do to create articles, since my sandbox is such a mishmash of various projects.) I have asked Mr. Harris for additional information, but if I come up with anything more I can add it later. I agree about the title. --MelanieN (talk) 14:02, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Article created. mcd51 (talk) 03:40, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good job! --MelanieN (talk) 04:45, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

City Council elections[edit]

Hi, Mcd! Will you be creating an article for the San Diego City Council elections, 2014? I ask because you are so good at it and seem to have the format down pat. Now that the primary is over we need a place to update. Thanks! --MelanieN (talk) 21:06, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! I've been too busy lately, but I'll see what I can do once I have the time to spare. mcd51 (talk) 19:53, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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