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I think it is fine as is, removed the prod, and commented why at Talk:Grandma Gatewood. doncram (talk) 05:45, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

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Nice photos! I'm both impressed by, and envious of, your skill(s).

Re Oddfellows: I share your POV. I just haven't been able to think of an expression that captures the idea better than "the people in power" captures it. (I wish I could!!) It's about Power. The "elites" doesn't capture it - these people really couldn't care less about elitism. The "puppetmasters" is a bit obscure, and I'm not suggesting it, but it does capture it better than either "government" or "elites".
I'm not really happy with either "the establishment" or "the established", but it's the best I can come up with at the moment.
I will quickly and happily accept an expression that captures the essence of "the people in power".
What do you think of "the powerful"? (I'm not sold on that one, either, but if we're grasping at straws ... )
Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:25, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

P.S. Happy New Year!

Menopause

Thanks for your very nice note Mwanner. I do not have it on my watch list, but do try to look at that article every so often, and over the last 3 years I have done quite a lot of work on it, one way or the other. Three years ago it was totally a horrible mess, but the article has not yet ever been in really great shape. It is hard to find good reliable sources for the information, and plus the article has a history of getting radically changed and/or tinkered with fairly often by new editors, frequently in ways that are not constructive. It is tiresome to keep trying to fix it up in order to make it look decent, especially trying to get it to read well, but I do what I can when I am in the mood to tackle it. I wish a few more people who are really knowledgeable would take an interest in it. I may copy some of your comments onto the talk page, as I am not sure I can face working on it just right now, as I am rather tired. As for the possible plagiarized info, is there any chance that you can just revert that whole edit? Best, Invertzoo (talk) 21:46, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi again, As it happens, and despite what I said, I did end up doing a lot of work over the last few hours, attempting to removing many of the duplications, and trying to streamline the article a bit. I changed the order of some of the sections and made subheadings. I hope it is an improvement. Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 00:48, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hello there.

I have a copy of The Adventures of Wonk, as you report it is fragile in that the spine has broken so that the front cover is loose but otherwise the pages themselves are in pretty good condition. The book was published in 1945 with a second edition in 1946. If you'd like info about the book let me know. Could it be valuable? It was a pleasure to find someone else out there who knows about this book, a much treasured childhood memory for me.


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County Roads Proposed for Deletion, Daytona Beach, Volusia County

I don't know if you are interested in roads - These two roads in Daytona Beach have been proposed for deletion. Any assistance you can give to prevent their deletion would be appreciated. Gamweb (talk) 04:43, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

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Rewrite some text?

Hi Mwanner, you helped me a while back by rewriting some text on Daytona Beach Golf Course. I am in a similar dilemma now - I need some text on Jackie Robinson Ballpark rewritten to place on the Daytona Cubs page. I wonder if I can recruit you handle this task? I am a bit "too close" to the project to think clearly right now. The Ballpark belongs to the City of Daytona Beach, so their text is primary. I can tell that the Daytona Cubs copied their text from the City's web site - its very similar, but not exactly the same. Can you take a look?

City of Daytona Beach web site
Daytona Cubs web site

I have a sandbox area I am working in - you can look in and play there if you choose: w:User:Gamweb/sandbox1#Ballparks Thank you for your time. Gamweb (talk) 06:30, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Benjamin A Muncil

I am a Munsell/Munsil, etc Family Genealogist and am interested in any info you have about my distant relative, .

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New York Adirondack Park map

New York state and its counties

You think the New York state map I put on pages is plain? It shows county borders. It makes more sense to show places in relation to county borders than not. The Adirondack Park is nice but does not have the county borders. That is the only reason I removed the map from so many pages in Clinton, Lewis, Franklin, Essex, and Hamilton Counties. The Adirondack map does not have borders so it is impossible to tell any relationship other than at the state level. Plus, at least one place (in Onondaga County was far outside of the park boundaries. I believe there may be others like that. What makes you think the other New York state map is plain, and this one is good? Please explain in detail. NewYorkeruser (talk) 02:20, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

New York state with counties and Adirondack Park

How about having both the regular New York state map (the one with county borders that I like) and the Adirondack Park map for communities and towns within the park boundaries? Leave the Adirondack Park map out of all other pages as it would be irrevelent. NewYorkeruser (talk) 02:29, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

I can try to add the park to the New York map I made showing counties. Ruhrfisch ><>° 00:59, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
I switched the map above for the new one with the Adirondack Park shown in green. This took me about an hour, adding rivers would be even more work, so hope this suffices. Ruhrfisch ><>° 02:41, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
I am pretty low-tech - I resized the other map and then traced the park outline by hand then colored it (switched color twice too, which took longer). Unfortunately I am not able to do svg files - I've tried and it just does not work out. The Graphics Lab can do the conversion though. Ruhrfisch ><>° 01:26, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
PS The new map is the same size and latitude and longitude as the other map, so it can be easily calibrated for use in geobox or other such automatic dot infoboxes - that is pretty easy to do if you want me to, just let me know. Ruhrfisch ><>° 01:32, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
I made Template:Geobox locator New York Adirondack for using this map in Geoboxes. Ruhrfisch ><>° 12:34, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

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County Roads

Are you still around? I could use your help with two roads. 4050 has been proposed for "merger" and I'm sure that 4040 will be next. The Historic Districts were good enough to save them earlier, now they say its not good enough. Gamweb (talk) 12:31, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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I found another State Park that is missing from Misplaced Pages, Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park. I don't know if you are interested in working on it, but I found a good source on the net. Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park, Florida State Parks Gamweb (talk) 03:01, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

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While an overbuilt tl;dr version of Ezra Meeker recently ran on the main page, here is to your original version, which had a certain grace, class, and readability that the Manual of Style worshippers will never understand. Thanks for your ongoing work on the project. Carrite (talk) 01:24, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

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More info on Hotchkiss gun?

Hi, I see you are a contributor to the article about the Hotchkiss gun, am I reading the history of that article correctly?

I'm looking for more detail about the use of that weapon in the Indian Wars from 1877 to 1890. The article says it was used in the 1877 Nez Perce War, and in 1890 at the Wounded Knee massacre.

I am inexperienced at navigating article histories, and uncertain as to how I can learn who contributed that part of the article, so I can ask for more background or references.

If you have any guidance, I'd be most grateful.

Thank you.

Aronaya (talk) 19:47, 29 March 2014 (UTC)