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Amazed that no one has welcomed you yet

In terms of the goals of Misplaced Pages and the concepts behind the use of hypertext for sorting political information, I would imagine that you would be sort of a legend around here. I would be curious to hear what you consider the advantages and disadvantages of Misplaced Pages in terms of organizing political data. The requirement of producing a coherent article often seems to preclude including some of the types of fascinating information you organize on your website. But in the long term, I'm not so sure this is necessarily the case. I would also imagine that I'm not the first to have wished that the Political Graveyard was a Wiki. Best, Tfine80 05:23, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

NonCommercial ShareAlike license

The logo on the wikipedia page on your site will/may be considered for deletion as mentioned in link in the template.

Older images should go through a process of VfD to eliminate them in an orderly fashion, taking due account of "fair use".

I'm sure fair use could be argued, but I'm no expert, and since it's your logo I figured I'd let you know since you might know more than me. :)

I came to your talk page via Tfine80's, who asked a question on the United States army rations talk page. I haven't visited The Political Graveyard before, but it's a cool, well-designed site on a niche topic.

And I'm finally consistently remembering to sign my name. --TransUtopian 16:23, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

1/1000th Common Ancestry

I'm glad you got a kick out of the article. You deserve continued kudos for your years of work, which is bound to outlast you (but I hope you last a while), and be a valuable tool to political junkies and genealogists for generations to come.

I've found a few more interesting kinships that I'll get my act together sometime and send your way. General/Ambassador James Longstreet married Ulysses S. Grant's 1st cousin. The Dudley-Winthrop Family has more connections, too. Were adding to this in a couple weeks, but it'll be 20-30 years before she's elected to anything :)

Kind regards, Dr U 05:56, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello

I saw that we have a difference of opinion over at 7 mile. Regardless of how that works out, I just wanted to drop you a note and thank you for all of your hard work on the political graveyard. It's a wonderful resource! TMS63112 16:28, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Jefferson

Thanks for chiming in -- always good to get a non-involved point of view.--SarekOfVulcan 18:17, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Michigan

Just discovered, joined. -William Allen Simpson 16:56, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Cabinet counties

Earlier (on the relevant talk page), I pointed out an error in the map with the article on the Cabinet counties of Michigan. There are ten "cabinet counties", but the map highlights eleven, by incorrectly including St. Joseph County, which is named for the St. Joseph River.

Sad to say, a correct map would show two somewhat separated clusters of counties rather than a single region.

I mention this small error here because you requested such notes, on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject U.S. counties. Kestenbaum 07:24, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, actually I wanted to know if there were any errors in my own maps. ;) Anyway, is the new map at Cabinet counties better? dbenbenn | talk 08:23, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Yup, looks good. Thanks! Kestenbaum 17:43, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Bath School Disaster

Thanks for your note. If you have anything that shopuld be included, let me know. I am also in contact with a number of folks from Bath who are helping me with the reseach and providing pictures for the article. If you need any contacts there, let me know. Jtmichcock 17:52, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Aaron Campbell

I'm surprised of that. Nobody of that age is involved in politics in Italy, as far as I know. Since you had some experience, can I ask you to take a quick look at William G. Pierce? This appears notable as a candidate for the Senate, but I am surprised he gets so few Google news hits . Could that be normal? - Liberatore(T) 12:29, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I'd say he's notable as a candidate in the primary. It's early yet. If he stays in the race, there will be an avalanche of news stories about him. I doubt he has much chance of winning the primary, much less the general election, but his candidacy demonstrates and gives voice to discontent with the incumbent within his own party.

Google is a great thing, but it's not everything. If you Google my full name, at first it looks like 1.3 million hits! But more than 99% of those are on Russian spam sites which have apparently copied random text, including my name, from the Political Graveyard page footer; the genuine search results fit on a single page, with the usual note that "we have omitted some entries very similar to those already displayed". Kestenbaum 13:10, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll keep an eye on the news about this one. - Liberatore(T) 14:50, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Kestenbaum/List of Republican celebrities of the past

I've moved the page into your userspace for you to work on. If you want it deleted later just tag it {{db|userfied page no longer required}} and it will be deleted. Please remember that the page is still subject to the GFDL, so that if you want to use text fr it elsewhere you'll need to make that clear in the edit summaries and link back to the page history. If course, if you re-write the info in your own words that will not apply. Let me know if I can help further. --Doc 13:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Ann Arbor External Links

Thanks for the kind word. Yes, external links are one of my personal little crusades.

Incidentally, and unrelatedly, I just got a letter "from you" (from your office, that is). I was just telling my wife last night how her elected offical also had a longtime online presence, and here you are! It's interesting how interwoven things can be. Cheers. · rodii · 16:45, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

There's a lot of people in Ann Arbor, but it's still a small town. — My online involvement has had sometimes unexpected impacts on my political life. — Am I calling you for jury duty? Kestenbaum 23:36, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Nah, I paid off a mortgage. :) · rodii · 01:26, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

WW Mayo

Hi. In this article, it is said that double W Mayo was born in Eccles, Lancashire, England whereas in this one it is stated that he emigrated from Salford, Manchester district, UK. Perhaps you know where double W was actually from ? Archie
Archibald Tuttle 19:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Why can't both of those be true? He was born in place A; later, he emigrated from place B, winding up at place C. Kestenbaum 00:12, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Sure. I was asking you because you mentioned in discussion that you read several bios (or that's one might guess reading your notes). So maybe you're able to fill the gap between A and B. To be more precise : did he start medical practice in Salford and if so what gave him the idea of leaving ? Cheers, Archie
Archibald Tuttle 14:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
...Since the above lines, I've found , I think the explanation of discrepancies : Eccles is a town belonging to the current metropolitan borough of Salford (it is located next but distinct from the municipality of Salford city). The metropolitan borough of Salford belongs to the greater Manchester Metropolitan County. This area was formerly included in the Lancashire county (i.e before the 1974 revision of administrative divisions). British geography is a delectation. Cheers : Archie
Archibald Tuttle 18:46, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

== Country subdivision ==

...IMO splitting the cats into a group of "Administatrive divisions of some countries" and "Political divisions of some other countries" is not useful.

could you maybe change your vote on Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_April_4#Category:Subdivisions_by_country_to_Category:Political_divisions_by_country

and let's discuss this on the project page

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Subnational_entities/Naming#Umbrella_terms

or Country subdivision page

first? It is really is mass rename, since it not only involves the cats and subcates but also lots of articles. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 01:06, 12 April 2006 (UTC)