User talk:D Monack/Archive 2

DYK

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pic of georgetown

I noticed you wanted some pics of G-town. I go through there on a regulr basis - any particular picture or style you want? Should I try to get an older-stle house, or maybe focus on a whole block. Maybe the old stone house would be appropriate. Let me know what you're looking for and I'll just bring my camera with me next time I'm there. --Bachrach44 19:31, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. The dome is a good idea, and I honestly wouldn't have thought it if you hadn't mentioned it. I'll probably be down at that end of town on Sunday and snap some pics then. --Bachrach44 01:58, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

G'town pics

Sorry it took me so long to get around to uploading these, but I have a few pics I took of Georgetown. None of them are great since it was a bit overcast the day I went out, but you might be able to use some of them.

• the bank on M & Wisconsin
• stores on M St
• M St. NW in Washington DC

--Bachrach44 19:59, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

a "thanks", a question, and a bit more

Hi D: I stepped away from my computer at the request of my wife just after posting a large addition to National Building Museum and was surprised and delighted to discover your edits by the time I got back. That's the thanks. The question is this. i posted about the same section at Montgomery Meigs - the architect of the building, and at Caspar Buberl the sculptor. No, you don't have to edit all those too, but you can if you wish, but do you think that it is too redundant? The section fits in all three and if someone were to look up just that article, it should be there . . . .... but ? I was going to go looking for an Administrator to pose this question to, but you appeared, and really I'm looking for an opinion from someone that I can trust and having seen your editing of my writing, well I trust you. So, have an opinion? Carptrash 05:38, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

14th Street

The problem is that the article talks about both 14th Streets, when it should be split into separate articles about each. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 00:32, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

There is no change in 14th Street West as you cross the dividing line in the middle of the Mall. Why then should there be separate articles about 14th Street SW and NW? --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 00:44, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Talk:14th Street (Washington, D.C.)

16th Street

There is nothing wrong with linking to "pages that don't exist"; eventually someone will put an article there. I also have issues with moving the article to 16th Street Northwest. In this case, there is no 16th Street Southwest, but what would you do with an article about 16th Street Northeast and Southeast? These are both part of the same street, and so there is no sense in making two separate articles. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 00:35, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the red text lets you know that the article does not exist. Disambiguation pages often have red links. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 01:24, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Philadelphia Request

Hi,

I would appreciate you looking at this page and making some comments in favor of the merger.

Category talk:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thanks! evrik 16:56, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Metrobus Image

In the image of a Metrobus (Image:MetrobusDC.jpg) that you placed in the Washington Metro article, your caption reads as such: "Metro in recent years has been replacing diesel-powered buses with vehicles that run on natural gas to improve local air quality." Your image shows bus #9742, a Flxible Metro-D, which runs on diesel fuel. Did you intend to show a diesel bus while discussing buses running natural gas, or was this a mistake?

Please let me know what the case may be. BTW, the only natural gas buses in Metro's fleet are the New Flyer C40LF buses, and also the new Orion VII low-floor buses. SchuminWeb (Talk) 22:51, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Ten-Day War rewrite

I've completely rewritten and expanded the article on the Ten-Day War. Let me know what you think! -- ChrisO 23:44, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

DC streets

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Rangers

Yeah :), but I don't even watch hockey that much. The only real reason that I put that I am a Rangers fan is because my brother is a Devils fan and we have pretty much made this kind of unspoken deal between each other that we support rival teams.-Jersey Devil 04:07, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

DuctoMan16

Please stop editing my page. You have been added to my enemies list.

DuctoMan16

Don't worry, my enemies list was just a joke. I am restarting my talk page. By the way, how do you insert a new line in the editing window?

DuctoMan 17:49, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

DuctoMan16

I looked at the wiki editing article, I was talking about the `br`
command

Theodore Roosevelt Island

I mentioned your desire for a pic of the T.R. Island statue to a friend, and he was able to provide one (but not before someone else had added another nice image). One to take off of your list. I'll try to take care of some of the other D.C. pics from your wishlist as I can. --JohnPomeranz 04:12, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Nathaniel Hedge

Thanks for correction to article title Nathaniel Hedge. Davidbober 20:15, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

D.C. United Stadium capacity

I was actually a bit low (by 1000 seats accidentally) when putting in the number of seats D.C. plans to have in their new stadium. It'll be a 25,000 seater, not a 27,000 seater. Take a look at this fairly new Washington Post article. *D.C. United's new Home

Schiesse! Looks like I forgot to check the date on that source! Looks like you were right, although I have seen sources quoting everything from 24,000, to 25,000, to 27,000, and 30,000 seats. Based on the most recent source being 27,000 seats, I chose to correct the page to that level. Somebody put down the expected capacity at 30,000, which isn't supported by anything reliable I've read. I wish they'd (D.C. United) would put out a finalized announcement, because the sources I've seen are all over the board on everything from capacity to costs. Drakeguy 22:29, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

IUCN category and NPS Memorials

I just noticed the removal of the IUCN category for African American Civil War Memorial. In practice, for the few National Memorials categorized in the IUCN database, they all come up as "V". See: Wright Brothers National Memorial, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Fort Clatsop National Memorial (now Lewis & Clark NHP), and Coronado National Memorial. After looking up several dozen sites in the database, I have pretty much been treating "V" as the default category for any otherwise unset historic area (or even recreational area) that does not allow resource extraction. — Eoghanacht ^talk 21:05, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

No harm leaving it blank for now. But one way of looking at "over time", however, is the 140 years of cultural reflection inherent in a new Civil War memorial. On a side note, I have found sorting NPS historic areas in the District as particularly difficult -- which ones should be treated as sites on their own merits vs. which ones should be treated as features of another site? One could reasonably claim there are only 5 NPS parks in the D.C. area (Rock Creek, National Mall & Memorial Parks, National Capital - East, President's Park, and GW Memorial Parwkay). On the other hand, it is also reasonable to treat many of the units as parks in their own right, such as Ford's Theatre. Mostly I add an infobox if it has its own NPS website in this format (http://www.nps.gov/xxxx/). — Eoghanacht ^talk 13:10, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Judith Haspel

Hey D Monack,

A month ago you added that as of 2006, Judith Haspel lives in Hertzliyya; however, according to big newspapers, such as Yedioth Aharonot and Ha'aretz, she passed away in 2004.

Also, these sites call her "Judith Deutsch" and not "Haspel". ⌠Yellow up⌡ 23:33, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

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I've updated the image tag to fair use. --dm ^(talk) 17:12, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

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Alternative History as a Mode of Science Fiction

I was startled to see you removing the "science fiction" category tag from Roth's The Plot Against America. I realize it was not marketed as science fiction; but that doesn't change the fact that (as properly categorized) it is an alternative history, an old and honorable mode of science fiction. (I realize that there are other labels for alternative-history nowadays, such as "counterfactuals"; but those are just efforts to talk about alternative history without risking the taint of sci-fi cooties on their speculations.) Certainly the jury which granted it the Sidewise Award [indeed, it had no competition on the short-list that year] regard themselves as discussing science fiction! (I know most of them personally; science fiction fans, all.) I certainly don't want to get into a revert war, but I'd like to urge you to reconsider your abrupt and (in my opinion) unjustified change.--Orange Mike 18:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Columbus/Columbia in Washington, DC

It's basically the same thing, right? Maybe the link should go to historical Columbia rather than Columbus though. --Awiseman 20:07, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

well, check out the Washington, DC talk page, I started a topic on it. --Awiseman 21:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

United States Women's National Team page

Hey, I initially input the roster onto the page, and put "USA" for the club as I didn't have time to go through and look for all their current clubs, etc. Thanks for adding the two and i'm going to try to find out where(if) the rest of them play. Batman2005 15:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Bruford

Is there any way of making the c-quotes smaller and black? They look a little "Sesame Street" at the moment. andreasegde 10:57, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

I´ll cut it down a lot, and paraphrase the quotes. Thanks for letting me know. I got a reply from Bill Bruford himself after I asked him to check the article for innacuracies, and he said it was OK, but complained that it didn´t mention the other (not so famous) stuff he had done... andreasegde 11:42, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Double/treble

People do use these terms in those senses. How would you rewrite the section? Bill Oaf 21:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Also, there's no reason to remove all info on the Supporters' Shield. As regards the "double", the usual sense is that of winning the league in points and winning the Cup competition. Many would consider the MLS Cup to be a cup competition rather than a winning of the league. We should at least cover this debate rather than removing the section. Bill Oaf 21:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I've known a lot of people who argue that the MLS Cup is not a true league championship - and even more who'll claim that the "double" can now be considered the winning of the Cup and Shield. I tend to disagree with the former but agree with the latter. One way or the other, I think there is real disagreement on what constitutes the "double" in MLS. Can we agree that the "treble" is the winning of the Shield (which I don't see as irrelevant on the whole - many, many fans agree with me there), the USOC, and the MLSC? I think we should have a section on the double/treble (after all, the MLS Cup is involved in both concepts, no matter what), and that it should be written to reflect the ambiguity of the situation. The double/treble section as it was - that was just provisional, offered up in lieu of representing the full range of opinion on the matter, which I was too lazy to do. Bill Oaf 21:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Good point re: the CCC. I'll include that in writing the new section.

In general, our definition of the double and treble will always be unique and inconsistent with that of European countries; we just have a different format. As for the media, it depends - as the USOC declines in relevance (I don't like this, and it's not out of keeping with other national cup competitions, but it's true), and the Supporters' Shield gains recognition and acknowledgment every year (having gone from non-exisent to unofficial to semi-official to arguably-official in the last several years), there is wider support for the idea of the "double" as the Cup/Shield. At the very least, it's a concept that is out there and quite popular, and the league has no official opinion one way or the other (AFAIK). Instead of including incorrect info (which the original section admittedly was - although I didn't add the treble part myself), I think it's better to have a longer/fuller section which explains the entire situation to the reader. Bill Oaf 22:00, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

There are similar situations to ours - obviously we're not the only playoff format around (most of the football leagues I watch are playoff format - I'm not really a "big three" guy) but the emergence of the Shield as an acknowledged honor is changing common definitions of the "double" here. I'll get together some sourcing on this, do a full rewrite of the double/treble section to reflect various interpretations, explain the full situation to the reader, and so on - and then post the rewritten section on the MLSC talk page for comment before I put it back in the article. Bill Oaf 22:14, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Removal of links to photos

Why do you consider the links to photos at Outdoor sculpture in Washington, D.C. as spam? Shouldn't an article about art give readers an easy way to SEE the individual works? If the links had each been to the same page, I would agree. But each "Photos" link was to a page of photographs of that particular attraction. I read the page about wikispam & don't see how these links qualify as spam. Perhaps there are other guidelines you can direct me to. I'm new here & am operating on intuition. Mrmdog 09:53, 2 September 2006

Thanks for the reply. The difficulty of maintaining such links is a good argument. On a different note, I just noticed that back in August you flagged my photo of the Grant Memorial as a potential copyright violation. I followed the suggested link to the copyright problems page but couldn't find anything. I'm curious as to why you suspect this to be a copyright violation. I took the photo. 10 Sept 2006

Man, you're making this too hard. The photo has no copyright notice on it. Beneath the photo is the statement "I, the author of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:" followed by the GNU & CC boxes. Lacking pictures, an article about a work of art is of little interest. Consider the possibility that your zeal is throwing out the content (baby) w/ the spam (bathwater). Mrmdog 15 September 2006

Safelibraries RFC

I notice that a little while ago, you posted an RFC to discuss an content dispute you were having with Safelibraries. I and many other have had similar disputes with him, as I feel he has been actively promoting his beliefs on a variety of articles, in violation of "Wikipedia is not a soapbox". As such, I've gone ahead and asked the Wikipedia community to comment on Safelibraries edits, so people can help guide him to more productive editing habits. If you feel it would be helpful, you might want to comment on the RFC at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/SafeLibraries.org. --Alecmconroy 11:43, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Bow tie

Hi,

You may have an interest, since I saw your name in the history list of the Bow tie article: There's a separate article, List of bow tie wearers and an admin is suggesting deleting it. When I looked into the Bow tie page, I found there's already a list there. I don't have an opinion on which list should remain, but one really should go. I'd appreciate your advice on the Talk:Bow tie page, if you're interested and have the time.Noroton 00:58, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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Freddy Adu's number

This is really old news, but so that we don't have to keep reverting each other's edits, please either go to the Real Salt Lake wiki site (as the Real Salt Lake mls site is not yet updated ) to see that Chris Brown has given up his #11 for Freddy Adu and has taken #8. You can verify this by listening to the broadcast of the press conference on 12/12 (!) with Adu on the day of the trade (at the Real Salt Lake website) or go to one of the many press articles (e.g., http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4826619 ). Sammyj 03:25, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

The "a" is necessary

In the Holocaust article, I use it to avoid re-directs to the highest column. Hence, without them, if you edit the 200s section for documentaries, you are re-directed to 2000s features after an edit.--Dudeman5685 19:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I have used the method before. I'll add a small note to tell the readers why it is there. OK?--Dudeman5685 20:36, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Look, the reader can easily see the note and understand why a miniscule a had to be added, so that if he or any one else edits the page it would redirect to the right place. Its not that big a deal.--Dudeman5685 20:58, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Alright, how about this. To avoid any "typographical ugliness" we write the header in a more convetional for like this ==1950s(doc)==? Will that satisfy you?--Dudeman5685 21:07, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Georgetown article

I added Georgetown University's picture. I still believe that the public schools should get photos in there as well WhisperToMe 21:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Wolf's Head article

The general tone of your comments isn't illuminating. Other articles on like student groups appear without citation. Advise what points need citation. SLY111 18:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC)SLY111 dm: pardon my tone on the above message. The WHS article is now improved, and may be the best of its ilk, as a result of your editing. Every writer hates his editor, so forgive my tone, and Id love a review by you of the entry every month. I've research passively for 25 years much about student organizations and their alumni arms at private colleges and private secondary schools, and plan to share through Wikipedia what is interesting and verifiable. SLY111 19:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)SLY111 Thanks for suggestion. I'll follow it.SLY111 21:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)SLY111 Dear favored editor: I "killed" the footnotes for the Wolf's Head Society article when I changed my listing of notable alumni. Could you help me here? Thanks.SLY111 (talk) 14:39, 9 August 2008 (UTC)SLY111 THANKS, as always.SLY111 (talk) 16:49, 9 August 2008 (UTC)SLY111

photos

Yes, I know how to upload the photo (I have already uploaded a bunch although it still takes me forever, because there is always some bracket missing or a line in the wrong place)...Until now, I have been using the 2.5 license which means all you have to do is credit me. I'm not sure I want the Appelfeld to be used freely - is there a license that gives me more control over it? Also, I see you have a photo gallery on your user page. How do you do that? --Gilabrand 16:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: "last" Zuckerman novel

"last"? not even Roth can know that

Please do your research before making edits such as you made. The publisher (in the link I already put in the article no less) has said that it will be the last Zuckerman book, I'm guessing because Roth himself has told them. Why can't Roth know that this is the last Zuckerman book he'll be writing? Why is it so hard to conceive that he told his publisher it is so? Seriously, the title is Exit Ghost! As if more evidence is needed, see here, here, and here. Please, next time have some familiarity with the subject before you start making edits. Thanks. Inoculatedcities 14:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

On the Wolf's Head entry...

what must be done to make it a featured article? And thank you in advance for your suggestions.SLY111 17:09, 21 May 2007 (UTC)SLY111

Image:RCB sidewalk.jpg

Actually, the above image is not replaceable, as it was a stunt froma few years ago and the sign has long since been taken down and I have removed the tag as such. That being said, if you wanted to remove the picture from the article, wait a few days, and tag it as an orphan, I wouldn't object. I've never really thought that the picture did much for the article, personally. Cheers. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 14:25, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Shop Talk

It is indeed non-fiction; I thought that the other cats were sufficient to imply that, but I see now that they don't. I'll restore that and hope for a "category:books about writing" one day. Cheers, Her Pegship (tis herself) 23:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

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sports in washington Template

On the Sports in the Washington Area template, shouldn't the Washington "Metropolitan Stastical Area," as defined by the Census Bureau, be used instead of the 35-mile radius. The Metro. Stat. Area makes more sense to use (to me), discludes Baltimore, and includes Frederick. How about it?

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1967 Newark and Plainfield riots

They occurred at the same time and were very close geographically to one another; thus, there might be reason to suppose that the Newark and Plainfield riots were part of the same event (although the initial "triggers" were reported to be different, the Newark riots were presumably on the news when Plainfield erupted). Admittedly, not much of a case, but if the articles on both were longer, I wouldn't have put up the mergewiths. — Rickyrab | Talk 00:40, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Um, ok, fine, remove the mergewiths, and give the reason for doing so. — Rickyrab | Talk 01:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I notice that you include this edit summary

to one of your recent edits to Armed Freedom:

Saying what the statue is, is sufficient. No need to say what it isn't.

Although I don't have an issue with your removing what you did, I do feel that it is sometimes helpful to point out misconceptions about this, or any other work of art (and other things too) that pop up now and again. Debunking urban myths if you will. For example the story about Jeff Davis and the slave cap that is now in the discussion page is repeated on the Architect of the Capitol web page and in Gerts book American Neo-Classic Sculpture: The Marble Resurection, but I believe (opinion) that both of these sources, as unimpeachable as they might seem, are, in fact, in error. I've written to the Architect etc, to plead my case but have not heard back. This might require several emails and then two phone calls, but I will eventually get a reply. My point is . . ..... errrrrrr . . ... sometimes saying what isomething is NOT is the thing to do. (Another opinion) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carptrash (talk • contribs)

What you took out was fine. My house was hit by lightning last night and this morning after the power was back I discovered that my modum was trashed. Oh well. so i won't be here much. I'm at KLDK doing OMAR's Dance PArty without my glasses and trying to catch up on my wwwlife. I'll be back to the Architect in DC when the new modum arrives - - - whenever. OMAR, I mean 02:20, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Thumbs Up Award

You have earned the Not-so-highly-sought-after Thumbs Up Award for your good work at Statue of Freedom. Carptrash 02:27, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

footnotes

I add footnotes and the section has vanished when request "Save" for the footnoted text; how do I clear this hurdle? Footnotes added to the introduction did not disturb the article.SLY111 18:46, 15 September 2007 (UTC)SLY111

footnotes (correct, WHS page)

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by SLY111 (talk • contribs) 19:02, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

I THANKED YOU TOO QUICKLY. Same problem. 80% of entry has vanished. And this in the History section, where I added a footnote days ago. WTF! My patience has vanished.65.88.88.66 17:04, 17 September 2007 (UTC)SLY111

HI!!

Hi D Monack, my name is Oscar and I´m from Mexico. I´m doing an english high school project that consists on doing an essay of the main characteristics of a foreign university. First of all,I would like to know if you are able to help me with the information I could need in this project. By the way, I will really appreciate your help, read you later...ciao. Yacopop 01:26, 17 September 2007 (UTC)YacopopYacopop 01:26, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for helping me. Well, my project is about the main characteristics of a foreign university. I have to find out things like campus facilities, quality, support for foreign students, but mainly about student´s life. I will appreciate if you could tell me about how´s student´s environment, some university myths or about the teachers.

OK Yacopop 23:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)YacopopYacopop 23:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

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Renaming Category

Thanks. I wanted to rename the Category:Carnegie libraries, but I didn't know how to do it. Thank you.--Appraiser 16:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing my refs. I've studied them and I think I'll know how to do it right next time. I also noticed your excellent copyediting of the Roth article, bravo.--G-Dett (talk) 21:36, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. There's nothing formally wrong with the way you do refs except for some minor typos. I just find using the {{cite}} template makes for a consistent style and minimizes mistakes. --D. Monack | talk 21:40, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Victims of Communism Memorial

Hey. My username used to be "FitzCommunist", I've changed it now. Anyways, I found a source, as requested, that could be used in the article to support the other viewpoint (and that source is right here, two sides to every story, nothing's ever black and white, etc etc etc). The reason I'm specifically asking you is because you said that my idea for a Communist (or Socialist, Marxist, whatever) stance on the memorial would be "a good addition, as long as it's not original research", so frankly, you'd be the ideal user to work with on this, and to help build consensus with other users. As I say I have found a source to provide this critique, and I am confident I can cite others too, but we need everyone's "seal of approval" first...any thoughts? Thanks! Sporker (talk) 11:28, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

You again bother me, this time on the Schmoke entry.

Priceless is the material on Schmoke and the New Haven Black Panther trials, at least to those of us who know the story. I would say you're arrogant, but you could retort IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE.SLY111 (talk) 18:00, 8 January 2008 (UTC)SLY111

Charles L. Bartlett, Pulitzer winner

How might I add an entry on the "Subject"? Four entries exist accounting for gentlemen with exact or very similiar name.

You "undo" killed my editing on Schmoke, which angered me. Apologies, and thanks for your original entry on a gentleman worthy of a seat on the Supreme Court.65.88.88.66 (talk) 16:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)SLY111

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Thanks

Thanks for splitting the film and book articles on The Human Stain - I always have trouble with the "be bold" policy on wikipedia and am loathe to make larger changes like that without more confirmation that its the right thing to do. Thanks for being bold and doing it!  :) -Elizabennet | talk 18:22, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

DC secession and homeland

Would you mind looking at Talk:D.C. statehood movement, and helping me to understnad twhat in the world these people are talking about? Assuming good faith here, I think these people are confusing "retrocession" with "secession", and US "statehood" with "nationhood". Frankly, I've never heard of any talk about DC leaving the US, or becoming a "homeland" for African-Americans, but even if it's true, and a viable political movement, it doesn't belong in the article. Thanks, and you can resposnd here or on my talk page - I'm not askign you to get involved in the discussion there unless you want to. - BillCJ (talk) 02:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

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DC Meetup on May 17th

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Thierry Henry in Seattle

Oh why, oh why, did you have to remove the rumor about Henry playing for Seattle... couldn't you have just let me dream a little while longer? but I agree it isn't substantiated enough to post... yet. Oh Snap (talk) 23:54, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia meetup

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Removing year categories from albums

Unless I am mistaken in its meaning, it is requested here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/to do Fantailfan (talk) 20:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Closer reading of the "to do" list reveals the cryptic words, "Add a year of release category." My error. Thank you for pointing it out. Fantailfan (talk) 21:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Elderly Instruments

Hi there, I just wanted to drop a note to say that I'm taking your concerns about the article seriously. I don't have the resources today to investigate fixes (and I'm not sure it's wise to do so in the midst of all the vandalism the main page attracts) but I'd like to compile a worklist for future discussion. If you are interested, please let me know. --Laser brain (talk) 14:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Theodore Roosevelt Island

http://www.nps.gov/state/va/ - it's listed under "Arlington, VA". --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 21:13, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

In which case I shall remove it, then. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 21:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

McMillan Reservoir photo

Hi, I was just wondering whether the photo I uploaded of the McMillan Reservoir is close to what you were hoping for. I was going to use a shot with a more iconic pumphouse-type building in it, but I didn't know what it was and so I couldn't explain in the caption. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qwerty0 (talk • contribs) 01:41, June 3, 2008

Succasunna

I saw your revert of Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey and agree with it because the edit was sloppily done, but I agree with the "spirit" of the original editor in that the article should be at Succasunna, New Jersey, with the appropriate edits. See my prototype for the page at User:D_Monack/Succasunna and let me know what you think at Talk:Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey. --D. Monack | talk 22:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

I replied at the Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey. Based on the way the data is tracked, I'm not sure how it can be split. Alansohn (talk) 22:15, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Rand's Roark

Great editing/changes at The Fountainhead...it could use even more. But the mention of Roark as a prototype for Atlas Shrugged was referenced. I'll double check and, possibly, may revert.Thanks--Buster7 (talk) 12:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Please see http://www.liberalvalues.org.nz/index.php?action=view_author&author_id=15. However, upon reread, it is still unsourced, so I will not include. I know I saw it somewhere, but...o!well!--Buster7 (talk) 13:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Birthdays

Hi. I am not an expert on WP policy but I have seen it said that giving someone's exact birthday could promote identity theft. To me they "stand out like a sore thumb" and I remove them. Steve Dufour (talk) 18:34, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

The birthdays of public people like Phillip Anschutz are hardly secret and also not very useful in identity theft. Exact birth dates are standard on biographical articles, though secondary sources need to be cited. —D. Monack ^talk 19:11, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

I look at it more as a matter of taste than a real issue. I also know that a few minutes after I remove a birth date someone else puts it back. :-) Steve Dufour (talk) 19:18, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

City College of New York

Could you identify the source for the $260 million endowment for City College. Thanks. Iss246 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 03:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't the one who put that info in. You need to talk to anon User:208.120.214.114. —D. Monack ^talk 06:26, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Infobox Library

Hi, you made yesterday a minor edit to the above template. I'm not contesting it but I would be interested to know what consequences had (or could have had) the previous (wrong) coding. Thank you in advance for your help. Clpda (talk) 15:50, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

The template had superfluous extra lines at the end that was creating excessive white space in articles. —D. Monack ^talk 20:33, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation. Clpda (talk) 07:54, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

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David Wagoner

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Wikipedia Loves Art! (February 27) The Smithsonian American Art Museum will be holding a Wikipedia Loves Art! meetup on Friday, February 27 from 5-7 pm in the Kogod Courtyard. This is a photography event involving Wikipedians, along with Flickr users and others, to generate content for Wikipedia. Come share your experiences, meet the other teams, and take some photos! While RSVPing isn't necessary drop Jeff Gates an email if you're planning on attending so he can get a head count: gatesj (at) si.edu. There also is a signup list here, along with detailed information. The museum is conveniently located across from the Gallery Place-Chinatown metro station. DC 6th Meetup (March 7) The DC 6th meetup will take place on March 7th at Pizzeria Uno's at Union Station, one level up from the main floor. The meetup will start at 5pm, and people usually stick around there for several hours. You can RSVP at Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 6.

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PAL

If you remember my post at the WP:RD/S regarding palladium, just so you know, I bought $15,000 worth of PAL at $1.61 and sold it today for $1.86 (about a $2,300 profit). I appreciate the advice.—70.19.69.27 (talk) 04:54, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Glad it worked out. Where's my commission? ☺ —D. Monack ^talk 20:22, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Referencing and Downtown DC

I would like to discuss your removal of content at Downtown Washington DC

• In this one You said "Hundreds of companies have offices in downtown DC" without providing a source. That fails WP:RS and WP:V. You have to have reliable sources if you are going to make these edits. Also that wasn't a justifiable reason to remove the other companies; even if there are lots of businesses, it doesn't say anything about companies that pass V and N and have Wikipedia articles. It doesn't say anything about companies which have their HQs sourced on their websites.
• In this one You said "The PR Federal Affairs Admin is probably the least significant govt office located in downtown." - Every government office in Downtown DC, a geographically small and restricted area, is significant. Instead of taking something out, why not add something in? Get sources and references that prove the others are in Downtown DC. This applies to the company section too.

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I will respond on Talk:Downtown (Washington, D.C.) —D. Monack ^talk 21:08, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

D.C. statehood movement

When you say "your" arguments, you mean "his" arguments, eh? I'm with you on this one! JohnInDC (talk) 21:14, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Saw your fix, thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 21:15, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Change name of Wolf's Head (secret society) header...

to plain "Wolf's Head Society": how might I do it? And how have you been?SLY111 (talk) 22:16, 1 June 2009 (UTC)SLY111

I'm good. Thanks for asking. How are you?

Changing a page name is pretty easy. Just follow the instructions at Help:Moving a page.

Also, when adding to talk pages, always put your comments at the bottom of the page. This keeps things in order. I moved this section here for you.

Happy editing. —D. Monack ^talk 02:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

D.C. Meetup, Saturday, June 6, 2009

The 7th DC Meetup dinner will be held this Saturday, June 6th, starting at 5 p.m. The event will be at Bertucci's, near George Washington University and the Foggy Bottom metro station. It will follow the Apps for Democracy open source event at GWU. For details or to RSVP if you haven't already, see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 7. (You have received this announcement because your user page indicates that you live in Maryland, Virginia, or DC.)
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CT Sun citations

Hi, I understand your request for citations. I added the link for the information about players not being able to gamble. I removed the information about the arena being one of the best in the country.

The other bit though, about the arena having good acoustics and brightness, I do not think that needs a citation. Anyone who has been to Mohegan Sun Arena and any other arena, knows that MSA is brighter and the sound bounces off everything more.

Thanks, Nickv1025 (talk) 01:56, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the changes you made. I disagree about the acoustics & brightness claim. That's an opinion and violates WP:NPOV which is why I have now removed it. If you find someone that has said that in a reliable source, please add it to the article with attribution. —D. Monack ^talk 02:19, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

D.C. United

I know it needed a citation, but what other sports team in the Washington area uses "D.C." in its name?--Patrick «» 20:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

What about D.C. Armor or the D.C. Divas? —D. Monack ^talk 05:02, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I found those after I posted this. I'm not sure they really count, but I hate to try to differentiate between what's a "major" team and what's not. Many would not consider MLS teams major. You'd have to do something like "D.C. United is the most popular team to use D.C. in it name...", or something else ugly and uncitable. However, I'd like the article to explain that "D.C. = District of Columbia" up front, as opposed to some soccer term, such as "A.C." or "F.C." and I thought that was a nice way to explain that.--Patrick «» 02:19, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. If you go down the path of saying that DC Armor or the Divas aren't pro-teams, you open up DC United to criticism from NFL or baseball fans who would say MLS isn't really a major league (despite the name). The fact that the D.C. stands for District of Columbia may be too obvious to mention but I won't object if you want to add it to the article. —D. Monack ^talk 02:46, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

could i get you opinion

Just wondering if I could get you opinion on something Talk:Manchester mayoral election, 2009 (New Hampshire) is where the discussion is. So there is an disagreement between me and another editor on what the page should be I believe it should be the one posted above and he thinks it should be Manchester, New Hampshire mayoral election, 2009 just wondering if you could contribute thanks Gang14 (talk) 05:12, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Volunteer opportunity in Bethesda, Thursday, July 16

The Wikimedia Foundation will be conducting an all-day Academy at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday, July 16. The team that will be teaching at the Academy, a mix of paid staff and volunteers, is looking for four more volunteers to be teaching assistants, providing one-to-one assistance in workshops whenever a workshop participant has a problem following the instructional directions. (We currently have two editors signed up as teaching assistants, and are looking for a total of six.)

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D.C. Meetup, Saturday, September 26

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You are invited to the "All Things GW" editathon on Saturday, April 20

The "All Things GW" editathon on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. is a rare chance to go behind the scenes in the University Archives of the GW Libraries and use their unique resources to research and update Wikipedia pages related to The George Washington University and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. Did you miss our last D.C. history editathon? This is your is your chance to come edit with wiki-friends using different great collection! The event includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives and a show-and-tell of some of its most interesting treasures, snacks, and the editathon.

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