User talk:Acdixon/Archive Jan-Jun 2011

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John L. Helm (1802-1867) was the 18th and 24th governor of Kentucky, although his service in that office totaled less than fourteen months. He also represented Hardin County in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly and was chosen Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives four times. In 1838 his sole bid for national office ended in defeat when his opponent, Willis Green, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After his service as governor Helm became president of the struggling Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Although he openly opposed secession during the American Civil War, federal military forces labeled Helm a Confederate sympathizer. In September, 1862, he was arrested for this alleged sympathy, but Governor James F. Robinson recognized him as he was being transported to a prison in Louisville and had him released. After the war Helm identified with the Democratic Party, and in 1865 Hardin County voters returned him to the state senate. In 1867 he was the state's Democratic candidate for governor. Despite his failing health, Helm made a vigorous canvass of the state and won the general election. He was too weak to travel to Frankfort for his inauguration, so state officials administered the oath of office at his home on September 3, 1867. He died five days later. (more...)

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Crittenden

I will be glad to take a look at it again, though it may take me a few days. Thanks for the heads up. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:26, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

I have started my comments there - I see that almost none of my peer review comments were addressed, so I have pasted that in complete as I feel all of those need to be addressed first. Once you have responded to those and a few additional comments I have made, I will finsih my FAC review. In future I strongly suggest you review all peer reviews before going to FAC. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:05, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Looking back, I forgot that you were expecting a child, which is a very good reason to forget lots of less important things like PRs. Hope all is well with you and yours, and sorry for my crankiness. I have struck the things you have addressed in the FAC (and by the way, feel free to disagree with me on comments I make). Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 18:39, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

I switched to support - would still like to see even a sentence or two on his legacy and his relation to slavery, but it meets the FA criteria. Thanks for all your work on this and nicely done, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:36, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Just supported your FAC - know you are busy with that, but did you see that you have more questions (from another user) at the Crittenden FAC? Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:21, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Just saw that John J. Crittenden is now a FA! Congrats! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:06, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Sure, drop me a line when Lenient Luke hits FAC. ;-) Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:08, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Frederick-M-Sackett.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Frederick-M-Sackett.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Kelly ^hi! 19:12, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Adminship (#2)

Hi Acdixon. I don't know if we have ever crossed paths, but I do want to say that I have enjoyed reading your articles on the Governors of Kentucky (Congratulations by the way on Wikipedia:Featured topics/Governors of Kentucky). I know that Juliancolton asked you this in mid-2009 and you turned him down then, but I was wondering if you would be willing to reconsider running for adminship. I have been an admin for about 16 months now, and I have generally found that the best admins have been quiet, uncontroversial editors like yourself who use the admin tools every once in a while to deal with the small things in editing. I (and probably a number of editors) would be happy to write you a nomination statement if you so desire. NW (Talk) 04:07, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

And what NW said!!. FloNight♥♥♥♥ 13:29, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

I would be willing to write up a co-nom if you were interested in adminship. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 20:19, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks to everyone for your very nice comments regarding my becoming an admin, and sorry about my tardiness in responding. As I told Juliancolton way back when, the vast bulk of my editing is non-admin-type content improvement on non-controversial articles that few people read (although I'm glad you enjoyed reading some of them, NW!) That said, there have been a few times where it would have been nice to have the ability to, say, move an article over a redirect or semi-protect an article from IP vandalism (curbing the phenomenon of changing Murray State University's president's name from "Dunn" to "Dunnker" – an allusion to the university's mascot – comes to mind.) That was never enough to motivate me to apply for adminship before because I'd heard the process is a pain. With so many respected editors requesting that I do so, however, I feel I should consider it. Could someone give me a little primer on the process before we get the ball rolling? Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 17:44, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Sure thing. A nominator or yourself writes up an opening statement, generally listing your qualifications and stating why the encyclopedia would benefit from having you as an administrator. There are three questions that most candidates choose to answer—where they plan to use the tools, what work they are most proud of, and any major conflicts they have had. The nomination is then transcluded at WP:RFA, and people go and "vote"—support or oppose as they choose; opposes are generally required to be more detailed and backed by evidence but carry more weight than a single support by the closing bureaucrat. Voters can choose to ask optional questions which the candidate is encouraged to reply to. That's really about it. NW (Talk) 18:13, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Well, that sounds relatively painless. I believe I will take you and Wizardman up on your offer to write up a nomination, though. Please let me know where and when I need to start answering questions. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 15:01, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

You may answer the questions at any time before transclusion, and you can put it on the RfA page once NuclearWarfare gets his co-nom in. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 04:49, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I added my co-nomination. Feel free to transclude it whenever you are ready. Good luck! NW (Talk) 18:34, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

You mind creating User:Acdixon/EditCounterOptIn.js with any content? It's the edit stats needed. --Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here 19:30, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Done. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 19:34, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations!!!

Hi :-) I'm thrilled to see the Governors of Kentucky promoted. Your work in this area has been superb both in the content and the way that you shepard the content through the review processes. Best regards, FloNight♥♥♥♥ 13:25, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations on the Governors of Kentucky Good Topic. That's an absolutely outstanding piece of work, and an example of what Wikipedia can produce when it has editors like you. It was a pleasure to participate in a couple of the reviews at FAC, and I look forward to seeing more of your work in future. Mike Christie (talk – library) 13:37, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

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A possible job for you

Hey. I was thinking about Kentucky-related articles, and to my surprise found out there's no Government of Kentucky article; it merely redirects to the state. We have ones on other states, i.e. Government of California, Government of Oklahoma, and from what I've learned reviewing your governors the government has a very intriguing history. There's a long-term project for you if governors ever start feeling boring. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 17:31, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi! I noticed your RfA, which seems to be going very well, and I wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If that sounds like you and you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors during the current term, which started in January and goes through early May. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 14:54, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your answer to my question at your RfA. Your answers looked too good and too coached (which I think was bothering others also) so I thought I should check. As expected, you just have a good head on your shoulders. Hobit (talk) 16:16, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Congrats!

It seems you passed your RFA, I'm sure a 'crat will be around to closing it soon, for now, early congrats! Have fun with your new buttons. Tofutwitch11 ^(TALK) 17:59, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Your support was appreciated! Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 18:07, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Just don't block me. Tofutwitch11 ^(TALK) 18:11, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Many congrats! Orphan Wiki 19:14, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

• Congratulations on your successful RFA. I'm running out of clever things to say after I promote people - so, please [insert a witty phrase here] =). Now go forth, and do good unto the wiki. –xeno^talk 19:16, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks to you all. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 19:23, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

• Another "congratulations." I enjoy supporting non-contentious RfA's like yours. At the same time, my condolences for your assumption of all the duties and crap that comes with being an admin. Don't cut me any slack if you run across me screwing up. --Quartermaster (talk) 19:32, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

• Thank you, and likewise, I ask no quarter should I be found to be abusing the tools! :) Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 19:43, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

• Congratulations, and well done! --j⚛e decker^{talk to me} 19:56, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Congratulations! If you need any mopping advice, drop me a line! GedUK  20:05, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
    • Thanks, GedUK. I'm always glad to have another person to whom I can turn! Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 20:09, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
• (edit conflict)Congrats on your successful RFA! :) Willking1979 (talk) 20:11, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Thanks, Will. Always nice to have you to turn to. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 20:13, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations! Good luck being a sysop! Reaper Eternal (talk) 03:33, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Here's a T-shirt to wear on Wiki in celebration of your new mop and bucket. I found the Wikipedia:New admin school very useful when I started out as an admin. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:08, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Thanks, Ruhrfisch! I wondered if there was anything out there like the New Admin School. I'll definitely check that out. I deleted a couple of pages in my userspace yesterday just to see what the process looked like! Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 16:15, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
    • It is very useful - to be honest I sometimes still look at it for something I have not done often or recently. Please ask if I can be of assistance, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 19:42, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

• Congratulation :-) FloNight♥♥♥♥ 23:17, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
• Hi, could you check the blurb? Tony (talk) 05:50, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
  • Ta, are you able to correct it? Tony (talk) 15:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism

A couple of your user pages were recently vandalized by User:74.162.84.241. I think I have fixed the damage. Thanks. Kiwi128 (talk) 23:46, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

kentucky education

Thanks for your feedback on my class project. I will look into adding information to the Kentucky education page. Of course, my project was to evaluate a page relevant to a larger project and not meant to suggest that this page was less detailed than other wiki pages. Some states don't even have education pages and those that do are much less than you have offered on yours. So, well done. Tmilfordhoyt (talk) 16:20, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Photo for Blackburn article

I found and uploaded File:Mississippi Boatman 1850 by George Caleb Bingham.jpg and thought it might be used in the Luke P. Blackburn article in the Early life and family section (probably left justified). Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 11:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

I also wondered if this image of a pardon from Blackburn might be used in the article - it is old enough to be PD. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 14:02, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

I made the category (as you know, since you fixed the Default sort, thanks!). Do you want me to upload the pardon too? I was wondering if a {{Vertical images list}} or {{Multiple image}} template might work (vertical stack of the pardon and prison)? Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:32, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

The pardon is at File:Blackburn pardon.jpg - I think I would have one caption across the bottom with Top and bottom identifiers (takes less space than two captions). Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:45, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - I tried it on the left side - feel free to revert if you prefer it on the right (I like alternating left-right images). Might want to ask the image reviewer to double check the new ones. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:20, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Re: Commons issue

Thanks for the heads up. I left a note on User talk:Royalbroil (who is a Commons admin) to move the image. I also fixed the file description and removed it from the German Wikipedia article it was being used in (and left a note there). Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:13, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

The file has been renamed on Commons to File:J. Proctor Knott.jpg. Congrats on your latest FA! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:38, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Photographs of (former) Congress members

Hi, I noticed you uploaded several photographs of US Congress members to Commons. Thanks for that. You marked them as to be "FlickrReviewed". As there is no relation to Flickr, that is quite useless. I don't think there is much doubt about the copyright status, so a review doesn't seem necessary. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 16:14, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Beriah Magoffin

I posted a discussion of some of what I found wrong with the article on the Talk page, per your request. The article may be "Good" in terms of its content, but in my judgment was poorly organized and badly written in places.

Rich Rostrom (Talk) 05:39, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

William H. Cox, etc.

Hi, anyway you can find a full death date for him? I haven't been able to find anything, though I'm sure there's something out there. As for the signatures you've requested, I'll try and get to them sooner than later, I've been procrastinating a bit much lately. Also, out of curiosity, did you mean to not transclude Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/John Y. Brown (1835–1904)/archive2 at FAC? Connormah (talk) 05:06, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Good job with the expansion. I see our death dates differ - if the 15 isn't a typo, please do change it - your source is probably more reliable than a death index. Connormah (talk) 00:06, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Also, BTW, found an image of Thomas E. Bramlette (recall you mentioning at a FAC or something that you'd had trouble finding one). Unfortunately, it is watermarked (rather excessively, IMO) - I'll try and get it removed. Connormah (talk) 00:21, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - I happen to know of a user who is great at removing watermarks - hopefully this one can be removed (strange, though some images on the site have smaller and larger watermarks than others...) Connormah (talk) 01:32, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

T:DYK

A question for you re: William Hopkinson Cox at T:DYK. Thanks, Khazar (talk) 05:04, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Good to go. Cheers, Khazar (talk) 19:38, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Invitation

Please accept this invite to join the Conservatism WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to conservatism. Simply click here to accept! Lionel (talk) 00:24, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Close

Please close the requested move discussion --Vinie007 11:35, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Collab?

Hey. I was wondering if you would like to collaborate on an article when you have some time over the next few months. Namely, the article I was thinking about is Happy Chandler. It's an earlier GA so there's things that can be added in, plus I figured I could handle the commissioner stuff while you tackle the Kentucky stuff, so it wouldn't be overwhelming. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 02:39, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Sounds great. It already looks pretty detailed so I may not need to add anything, but I'll take a look through nonetheless. If nothing else I'll try to order Moffi's book since that should have some good things to add. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 15:43, 28 June 2011 (UTC)