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A brick building, reminiscent of a castle, slightly obscured by bare trees. There is a large central tower with the entrance at its base as well as smaller tower at each corner of the building, each with a varying design. |blurb= The Smithsonian museums are the most widely visible part of the United States' Smithsonian Institution (pictured) and consist of nineteen museums and galleries as well as the National Zoological Park. Eleven of these museums are located on the National Mall, while the remainder are located elsewhere in Washington D.C. as well as New York City and Chantilly, Virginia. The museums have roughly 137 million objects such as works of art, natural specimens, cultural artifacts, etc., in their collections, and are visited by over 25 million people every year. The birth of the Smithsonian Institution can be traced to the acceptance of James Smithson's legacy, willed to the United States in 1826. In 1838, this legacy, which totaled more than $500,000, was delivered to the US Mint and in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was established. The Institution grew slowly until 1964 when Sidney Dillon Ripley became secretary. Ripley managed, over a twenty year period, to expand the institution by eight museums and upped admission from 10.8 million to 30 million people a year. The newest Smithsonian museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is slated to open in 2015.

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Seeking consensus on when to edit File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg following new legislation/court-rulings

Hello, I have noticed you made edits on File talk:Samesex marriage in USA.svg and/or File talk:Samesex marriage in USA.svg/Archive 5, so I am contacting you to take part in a newly-formed discussion at File talk:Samesex marriage in USA.svg as for whether we should update the map directly when a new legislation or court-order hits the books or if we should wait until said action takes effect. Historically, we have been updating the map when the new legislation is signed (or veto overrode or won at the ballot box, etc.), and thus it can be inferred that the consensus is to update as soon as one of those occurs. A discussion has emerged in regards to whether we should begin updating from the effective date instead of from the date of signing/etc. If you have an opinion over this matter please post it at File_talk:Samesex_marriage_in_USA.svg#When_to_update_map.3F_Effective_date_or_signing.2Fruling_date

Thegreyanomaly (talk) 22:44, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for C&O desk

On 14 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article C&O desk, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the Oval office, George H. W. Bush used the C&O desk instead of the Resolute desk during his presidential term? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/C&O desk.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Eddie's House

On 1 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eddie's House, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Frank Lloyd Wright designed a dog house—and even its roof leaks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eddie's House.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Candy Desk

Roger. TexianPolitico (talk) 18:58, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

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Cod again

Left a few more notes, fairly small stuff, I think you're good to nominate it for GA when you're ready. Quite an amusing/interesting piece you've written there! Mark Arsten (talk) 18:35, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Glove Cycle

On 11 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Glove Cycle, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Porter subway station there are gloves attached to the escalator and embedded in the floor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Glove Cycle. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:04, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Discussion on when to update File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg

Hello, there is a discussion here concerning when we should update this map (when a new law/court order/etc. is made or when it goes into effect). You are being contacted because you participated in a similar discussion a few months back. If you are interested, please stop by and leave your opinion. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 00:52, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

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your GAN

Hi, I made a couple of copy edits to your article and I think it's read to pass, if you agree. Mostly I moved a paragraph and fixed a few editing issues. See my final comment at Talk:Burnside Fountain/GA1

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Photo of Gift of the Wind (Porter Square)

Hi Found5dollar, and thanks for your edit to the Porter Sq article. I found the photo of "Gift of the Wind" in the article for "Arts on the Line." I'm not entirely clear what the issue is with the license for the image. Would an original photo I upload be acceptable?--Vistawhite (talk) 04:23, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi Vistawhite. There is no problem with the actual photo, the problem is with the artwork. "Gift of the Wind" is still under copyright in the USA so pictures of it are not allowed on Misplaced Pages unless it is for an article directly about the work. This is explained at WP:NFCI.--Found5dollar (talk) 13:54, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

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Candy desk

Hi, I saw that you're on extended wikibreak here, but I'd like to work on improving this article towards GA and FA, and it won't take much. You did very good work. I will of course include you as a conom in any nomination.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:38, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much for letting me know about this. I got the article as far as i could a year or so ago and haven't really touched it since. I havejust recently been having a bit of a wiki breakdown over an article that another editor destroyed, and I just didn't have the time or energy to fight it. I may be back around these parts sooner than I planned. If you need any help feel free to ask.--Found5dollar (talk) 02:01, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, I'd be happy to work with you on it. I've been moving the references to the end to avoid cluttering the text and using cite templates, to which I hope you don't object. The article needs a little updating, some minor tweak to the prose, and there's some information that I'd like to see if it could be found, like who's filling it while Sen. Kirk is out sick.--Wehwalt (talk) 05:54, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for John Harvard statue

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Misplaced Pages Loves Libraries Seattle

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DYK for Rollstone Boulder

On 4 January 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rollstone Boulder, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in order to save the Rollstone Boulder (pictured) from being demolished, it was blown up? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rollstone Boulder. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for Rollstone Boulder. I really enjoyed the article. HuskyHuskie (talk) 02:26, 4 January 2013 (UTC)