User talk:Oldsanfelipe/Archive 6

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archive 1 ← Archive 4 Archive 5 Archive 6

Harrisburg, Houston

Regarding the Wikipedia article,"Harrisburg, Houston": The article states: "The location of Harrisburg, which had been platted by Harris in 1826, was the Allen Brothers' first choice. The brothers could not buy Harrisburg since Harris was dead, and no clear title to the land existed. The brothers founded Houston in an area which was the brothers' second choice."

Perhaps more accurately, Harrisburg was the third attempt to create a town site, and Houston represents the fourth attempt. Before making their agreement with Mrs. Harris for the Harrisburg site, the Allen Brothers had already invested in the Galveston Town Company and been rebuffed by Nicholas Clopper in an attempt to buy land at a place now called Morgan's Point. Offline reference: David G. McComb, Houston: A History, University of Texas Press (Austin:1981), pp 11-12 (Second printing, First printing - 1969)

The article states, "After the Civil War, the railroad expanded and changed its name to the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway."

It's probably more accurate to say that the original Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad failed, and its assets were purchased and reorganized under the name of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway after the Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston,_Harrisburg_and_San_Antonio_Railway

Oldsanfelipe (talk) 20:26, 12 June 2013 (UTC)oldsanfelipe

Your submission at Articles for creation

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit if you feel they have been resolved.

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! RadioFan (talk) 22:17, 7 July 2013 (UTC)


Teahouse logo
Hello! Oldsanfelipe, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there!

Your submission at Articles for creation

William J. Hutchins, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Rankersbo (talk) 06:19, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Oldsanfelipe, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome!

Rankersbo (talk) 07:24, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

Houston Plank Road Company, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Rankersbo (talk) 07:54, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Andrew Forest Muir's 1960 railway article

  • Muir, Andrew Forest (1960). "Railroads Come to Houston 1857-1861". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 64 (1). {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

Hello, I just accepted your article on William J. Hutchins. I notice you refer to the above article twice. I think for wikipedia purposes having a reference to the entire article will be fine, can you let me know which pages it is on, because I don't have access to that journal here. Rankersbo (talk) 07:31, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

The Muir article runs pages 42-63. Thanks for your assistance. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 08:18, 18 July 2013 (UTC)oldsanfelipe
That's OK. I've recently been watching a BBC documentary on the history of railways in the UK, so Hutchins seems a very familiar figure. That's sorted now, I think. Rankersbo (talk) 10:09, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit if you feel they have been resolved.

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 11:46, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/John Hunter Herndon concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/John Hunter Herndon, a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 02:08, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at AfC John Hunter Herndon was accepted

John Hunter Herndon, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

DGG ( talk ) 03:54, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

October 2014

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Post Rice Lofts may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:
  • Karen Hess (1999). The Cornerstone: the newsletter of the Rice Historical Society, Volume 5, No.1.]'', accessed October 29, 2014.</ref> In 1841, Mr. M. Norwood leased the building from the Allen

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 15:30, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for November 8

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

Alexander McGowan
added links pointing to Montgomery, William King and Glenwood Cemetery
Monclova
added a link pointing to Chihuahua
Samuel May Williams
added a link pointing to Providence

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 17:00, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Houston

Great to see someone working on so many Houston-related articles! On the off chance you are not already familiar, you might be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Houston or Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas. ---Another Believer (Talk) 16:21, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. I have made extensive edits to the Rice Lofts article, but I still see room for much improvement:

  • Needs photos of the interiors, old and new
  • Needs improved descriptions of the public parts of The Rice Hotel
  • Needs photos or illustrations of the previous buildings
  • Needs expansion of Post Lofts era
  • Needs more material about the cultural significance of the various buildings on the site
  • Maybe something about the Long Row (from the Republic Era), or perhaps that deserves a separate article
  • Cleanup some of the formatting

Maybe some collaboration is possible. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 08:35, 12 November 2014 (UTC)oldsanfelipe

Disambiguation link notification for November 18

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

Thomas F. McKinney
added links pointing to Unionist, League and Civil War
Samuel May Williams
added a link pointing to Santa Ana

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:29, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for November 25

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

Horace Baldwin Rice
added links pointing to Ben Campbell and Thomas Ball
Joseph Jay Pastoriza
added a link pointing to Ben Campbell
Natchitoches, Louisiana
added a link pointing to Sabine River

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:30, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

A Chicken Fried Steak for you

A small helping of Texas wiki-appreciation
Thank you for all your work on Samuel May Williams. I don't know any more about him than I wrote originally, but I was surprised he didn't have his own article. I truly appreciate all your improvements. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 01:40, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the Chicken Fried Steak and thanks for creating the article.Oldsanfelipe (talk) 03:22, 1 December 2014 (UTC)oldsanfelipe

Disambiguation link notification for December 16

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Main Street/Market Square Historic District, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Stuart and Ross Sterling. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:20, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 23

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

Albert Augustus Pope
added links pointing to Vicksburg and Fredericksburg
Pope Manufacturing Company
added links pointing to Buffalo and Incorporation

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:04, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 30

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited History of Houston, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page First National Bank Building. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:55, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Idea: Spanish speakers writing articles about Houston

Thank you so much for helping out with Houston-related articles!

Do you know any friends who speak Spanish? If you want you can invite them to the Spanish Wikipedia to write articles about Houston and/or to translate articles written in English.


WhisperToMe (talk) 19:37, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi WhisperToMe,

Yes, it would be great to translate some of these articles into Spanish, but I don't know anyone translating Wiki into Spanish.

--Oldsanfelipe (talk) 10:29, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

There are people on the Spanish Wikipedia who may be interested. es:Wikipedia:Embajada is one place to ask. See if any IRL friends of yours know Spanish and they can help out too WhisperToMe (talk) 10:52, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Salmon P. Chase

Thanks for your message. I don't have any particular interest in that article - I probably reverted the edit as a result of checking back the edits of an editor who had vandalised other articles that I have on my watchlist. As a general rule, if I am checking for copyright violations, I check back through the article history to see if any one editor has made major edits to the article at any one time, without giving appropriate sources. There may be some in that article, I haven't checked. But, another possibility is that the sites you have found may be WP:MIRROR sites, that simply copy all their information from articles here. If you do think there has been a serious copyright violation, the best thing to do would be to look through the guidance at WP:DCV, and raise the issue on the article talk page. Editors much more experienced in these matters than me will then be able to take a look. Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:59, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:01, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cite community builders

Template:Cite community builders has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 20:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cite death and life

Template:Cite death and life has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 20:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cite downtown

Template:Cite downtown has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 20:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cite dv herlihy

Template:Cite dv herlihy has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 20:24, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cite peddling bicycles

Template:Cite peddling bicycles has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 20:25, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Oldsanfelipe. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for October 6

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Alfred C. Finn, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Jesse Jones (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:08, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Category:Buildings of Downtown Houston has been nominated for discussion

Category:Buildings of Downtown Houston, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 14:56, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Your categorizing the buildings was apparently helpful. Result of CFD discussion was that the buildings were re-categorized into Category:Buildings and structures in Houston. --doncram 16:01, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Category:Buildings of Downtown Houston (demolished) has been nominated for discussion

Category:Buildings of Downtown Houston (demolished), which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Bearcat (talk) 23:10, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Your categorizing the demolished buildings was apparently helpful. Result of CFD discussion was that the buildings were re-categorized into Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Houston. --doncram 16:02, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

The Mexican Municipio

Reading many pages about cities in Mexico, I have seen the English pages render "municipio" into "municipality." The meaning of "municipio" may vary between different countries according to their administrative systems, just as the term "county" means something different in England relative to the United States. I am not certain about my understanding of the Mexican administrative system, but I am certain that a Mexican municipio is not a municipality, which in American English, refers to an incorporated city or town.

One example is Monclova, Mexico, which says Monclova, "is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila." Hence the confusion at least in American English. This looks to be analogous to Dallas, which refers to a city called "Dallas," which is in Dallas County. Dallas is the county seat within the county of the same name of the city. So the usage of "municipality" in the Monclova article maps out better in American English to "county." However, in the United States, counties are subdivisions of the states where they are nested, and not under the direct control of the federal government. State law defines powers of the counties. In England, a county is a subdivision of the national government. I am unsure of my reading of the Mexican administrative system, but I believe Mexican municipios are subdivisions with states, but established by and under some direct control of the federal government.

Would "county" be a better translation for a Mexican "municipio," or is this in some way wrong, or would it be confusing to non-American speakers of English? Oldsanfelipe (talk) 18:00, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

I don't know about Mexico in particular, but it happens that "counties" vs. "municipalities" came up for U.S. National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico. In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities (see Municipalities of Puerto Rico, which links in its intro to the term municipality) but nothing translated as counties in Wikipedia. For some purposes U.S. government agencies treat the municipalities as county-equivalents. This is similar to the boroughs and other areas in Alaska, which does not have counties, and to the parishes of Louisiana. In Virginia and Maryland and perhaps other U.S. states there are some cities which are separately incorporated and not part of any county. For the Wikipedia coverage of NRHP-listed sites (see National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico) we never introduced the word "county". I hope this is sort of helpful, somehow. To seek wider input, perhaps you could post a question at Talk:Municipality or Talk:County or some article about geography of Mexico or talk page of the WikiProject for Mexico, and post links at the others. cheers, --doncram 15:32, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
This is helpful. If I had only looked, there is a good article on Municipalities of Mexico and a good article on Counties of the United States. Maybe the solution is to link the individual articles on Mexican places to the article on Mexican municipalities.Oldsanfelipe (talk) 18:57, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
Ah, yes, that sounds like the solution, indeed. --doncram 14:45, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

RM process

You asked at Talk:James L. Autry House about the process for the requested move underway. wp:RM is, in my opinion, one of the better processes in Wikipedia, in that it runs along well usually without a lot of drama. It brings in uninvolved editors in a good way, usually. After a week, I think it is, the move decisions are made. Where there can be any reasonable chance of disagreement, I use the regular RM process. One can also request a "technical" RM if there is no possibility of any real discussion.

You mentioned having suggested move of Rice Lofts to Rice Hotel in the past, but I don't see anything about that at the article's Talk page. How about you open a requested move there, following instructions at wp:RM. On basis that Rice Hotel is the longer-running name for the place, how the place was known as when it was a significant place. And as you pointed out there are multiple other recent names, none having longstanding usage. cheers, --doncram 14:14, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. Perhaps my memory fails me on the Rice Hotel: talk, but it is also likely that I did not follow the right procedure even if I had raised it. In any case, I have discovered that article had been named the "Rice Hotel," but it first moved to "Rice Post Lofts" in 2008, about five years before I had been involved with Wikipedia: "Revision as of 03:05, 24 March 2008, WhisperToMe (moved Talk:Rice Hotel to Talk:Post Rice Lofts: current name - Only use past name if building no longer exists and the past name happens to be most common)." Then it was moved a second time, not long after I had started Wikipedia: "03:37, 6 November 2014‎ (EdJohnston moved page Talk:Post Rice Lofts to Talk:Rice Lofts: Requested at WP:RM as uncontroversial." This is relevant for requesting the move, and it will save an administrator some work.
I plan to raise the naming issue when I re-read and re-evaluate the page. In other words, after I look for any mistakes I may have made the last time I edited it. This will be a slog for me because I am not articulate with the Wikipedia meta-language. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 14:55, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
Ah, well, that was a "technical" move then, not allowing for a discussion. Since someone else must have thought that was sensible, while we are inclined to think "Rice Hotel" is a better name, that establishes a new move request should allow for being "controversial" or "potentially controversial". Though I doubt there will be any drama. EdJohnston is a long-standing active editor who is helpful, pretty straight-forward by the way. I wonder if "WhisperToMe" is associated with drama, i don't recall. Anyhow, to request the move, when you are ready, will be a good exercise for you. :) I happen to be quite experienced in Wikipedia meta-language stuff now, but not very literate in other stuff. Happen to be downloading an alternative to MicroSoft Word right now, and am hoping it will work out, knock on wood. cheers, --doncram 17:58, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for October 14

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Jesse H. Jones, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Welch (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:02, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Fixed. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 13:27, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi there

Hello. Hope you're doing well. I noticed that you created your sandbox in the article mainspace at Oldsanfelipe:Sandbox. I'm sure this must have been an inadvertent mistake. While I have nominated the same for deletion, your original sandbox at User:Oldsanfelipe/sandbox remains unaffected. Warmly, Lourdes 12:14, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Lourdes:,
You guessed it. I could not find my sandbox and I attempted to create a new one. Thanks, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 12:16, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Please don't duplicate existing categories

I've redirected Category:Businesses, Category:Businesses founded in the 19th century, and Category:Businesses founded in the 20th century to the already populated categories for those topics. Before you make new categories, please make sure they don't already exist with an equivalent name. —swpbT go beyond 21:06, 8 November 2017 (UTC)sw

swbp:
Thank you for your assistance.
I ran a few searches and I didn't see anything related. Another editor pointed out the redundancy. That's when I started depopulating these categories. I just started using HotCat. It seems to have a better search function for categories.
I will avoid creating categories in the future. Oldsanfelipe (talk) 21:58, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiProjects Ships

Hi @Brad101:

I noticed that you added the WikiProjects Ships template to a page I created, Verne Swain. For some reason, I thought that smaller vessels were outside of its purview. There are two somewhat-related articles which might fall into the project, or might not: Joseph "Diamond Jo" Reynolds and Streckfus Steamers. If it is not too much trouble, would you take a look at these? I am thinking of creating other articles for companies performing steamboat transportation. Thank you for your consideration, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 14:08, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Vandalism question

When an account is created just to make bad edits (has made or tried to make at least 3 intentionally bad edits) I usually report them to AIV as a vandalism only account. Note that you should avoid reporting well meaning but confused editors who make test edits, these editors just need to be directed to the sandbox. Tornado chaser (talk) 21:46, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Just thought of something to add, you mentioned an edit summary that said "Tag: possible vandalism" this was not typed by the user, but is an automated tag, meaning an anti-vandal algorithm has judged the edit to be suspect. Tornado chaser (talk) 21:55, 27 November 2017 (UTC) (Originally posted on Oldsanfelipe User page. Moved by Oldsanfelipe to talk page.) Oldsanfelipe (talk) 22:28, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. At least one of these was a vandalism account. I will also keep in mind there are new editors who are making test edits. cheers, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 22:43, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
You were right about the vandalism account, I gave them a final warning, so if the vandalize again the should be blocked. Tornado chaser (talk) 15:55, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Oldsanfelipe. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Pope

Are you trying to tell me that 1886 came before 1895? -AndrewDressel (talk) 19:36, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 7

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Charles Morgan (businessman), you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Chandler, Crescent City and Reconstruction (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 20:28, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Commuting by car percentage in New York Metropolitan Area

The details added regarding the low percentage of people commuting by car in the New York Metropolitan Area belong in that article, where you put it. I question this edit for Newark and the corresponding addition to Jersey City, as the source says nothing specific about either of those cities. Similarly, the details about the Ocean City, New Jersey may be relevant to the area, but not that city. For now, I will remove the New York metro details from the Jersey City and Newark articles, but will look for lower-level analysis about those two cities. Alansohn (talk) 15:00, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Alansohn:
Thanks for the heads up and the explanation. Data for a metro is very dilute and the results are difficult to apply to a constituent community. My own idea is to be extremely precise in distinguishing between cities and metros when citing the data. However, I will defer to your decision. In the future I will limit my edits on mode share data to citations which are specific to Newark and Jersey City. cheers, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 15:31, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Free State of Galveston

It is not I, but you who are confused about the meaning and proper usage of "infamous." There are degrees of badness in the world, and "infamy" is one of the greatest. I shouldn't have to do your homework for you, but here is what the Merriam-Webster online dictionary definition of "infamous":

1 : having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil - an infamous traitor
2 : causing or bringing infamy : disgraceful - an infamous crime
3 : convicted of an offense bringing infamy

And here is the same dictionary's definition of the noun "infamy":

1 : evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal
2 a : an extreme and publicly known criminal or evil act
b : the state of being infamous

What is illegal is not necessarily nortoriously evil or grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal. What is shocking is the utterly careless and ignorant use of the word "infamous" that has become oh-so-trendy in just the last few years among the young, despite the many billions of dollars spent on their supposed education. If words are totally interchangeable, and no distinctions possible, then why not burn all the dictionaries, and let every individual just make up his/her/their own meanings from moment to moment? And I could say much, much more here, but you should be able to figure it out with this cheat sheet - and if you can't, then I feel very sorry for you.Textorus (talk) 19:26, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

As much as people would like to romanticize organized crime in the early part of the 20th century, I would not. According to one article from the Texas Monthly, "In the days when the notorious Maceo crime syndicate controlled the rackets, the gun was the primary instrument of persuasion, bribery ranking a close second. Vic C. Maceo was the last surviving member of the syndicate, a minor functionary in the gang that was headed by his cousins Rosario “Papa Rose” Maceo and Salvatore “Big Sam” Maceo." https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/one-last-shot/
I will let you argue that the Maceo brothers were not notoriously bad. In the meantime, nobody used "infamous" incorrectly in the Galveston article.Oldsanfelipe (talk) 19:55, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
It's a bad, but not infamous, rhetorical trick, to change the subject when you haven't a leg to stand on. The article was not talking about specific persons in the sentence I edited. Furthermore "notorious" is not synonymous with "infamous." And I wasted my time trying to educate you, as you are obviously incapable of understanding the plain, simple dictionary definitions I copied for you to see. So we have nothing further to discuss here. Do as you please, write as you please, I can't stop you - it's Wikipedia, wheee! Textorus (talk) 20:11, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
"1 : having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil - an infamous traitor" You have no clue about how to evaluate an argument.Oldsanfelipe (talk) 20:19, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Joseph Jay Pastoriza

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Joseph Jay Pastoriza you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Barkeep49 -- Barkeep49 (talk) 17:01, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Joseph Jay Pastoriza

The article Joseph Jay Pastoriza you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Joseph Jay Pastoriza for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Barkeep49 -- Barkeep49 (talk) 23:01, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Joseph Jay Pastoriza

The article Joseph Jay Pastoriza you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Joseph Jay Pastoriza for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Barkeep49 -- Barkeep49 (talk) 15:21, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

The Streetcars of New Orleans

I give up. I'm trying to fix the references you have tagged, but it appears you are not finished with the article. I wrote most of it, and I'm trying to keep it to standards. Would you please let me know when you are done, so that I can work on it? Thank you. George Friedman HGFriedman (talk) 19:44, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

@HGFriedman:
I am re-reading a copy of Hannick and Charlton, and I am going page by page to make sure that I am getting the details correct. I can step away and do other things, or write my copy offline if you would like to work on it now.
Hopefully anyone who is editing the article is attempting to improve the article. The whole section "Beginnings", or so I am guessing because the citation was not up to standard, was cited by a single reference to a book with over 200 pages. I hope that's not the standard that you are trying to keep. Speaking of standards, there is quality control and there is WP:OWNERSHIP, and the latter is not a Wikipedia standard. Collaboration often results in the improvement in articles. I would like to collaborate in order to improve the article. Sound OK? Oldsanfelipe (talk) 20:19, 18 June 2018 (UTC)edited onceOldsanfelipe (talk) 20:20, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your note.
I don't feel the need to list a citation for each and every statement made. The point of the citation of Hennick & Charlton at the beginning of the History section was to obviate the need for dozens of individual citations. I think they would make the text very cumbersome to read, and I don't notice such voluminous citations in most Wikipedia articles I read. It would be different if the facts came from many different sources, but there exist very few sources other than Hennick & Charlton's book.
I think collaboration is great. Do you have something specific in mind? If so, I suggest we move our discussion to the Talk page of the article itself, because there are probably other Wikipedia authors who would be interested.
George HGFriedman (talk) 20:42, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Oldsanfelipe/Archive_6&oldid=1143397349"