User talk:LouI
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Current Work Working on an outline and history of the capture of New York in 1776. As I expand this, I'm working back and forth between doing necessary biographies and updating related articles and the main articles.
Also see remarks on the New York Campaign, American Revolution, and American Revolutionary War talk pages.
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Chicago
Because of your work with the WikiProject Cities I'd like you to take a look at the Chicago article if you have the time & desire. It is currently up for Peer Review (see Chicago Talk) and I would enjoy hearing your feedback to help guide the growth of this article. Jasenlee 01:12, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the help of:
- John Owens - BobCMU76 - FearÉIREANN - mav - RayKiddy
Older Discussion
You're welcome for the Joseph Brant article...I'll gladly help out with the invasion of Canada in the War of 1812, but I don't know much about the invasion during the American Revolution. I'm planning on going back to War of 1812 stuff once I'm finished working on some more Byzantine Empire articles. Adam Bishop 22:47 26 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Lou, I must admit, I don't really know anything about American history. I was just trying to creat stubs for the Floridas pages, based on my obviously loose grasp of some facts on another website. Please, edit them and make them more accurate. user:J.J.
Lou, a bit late reply to your query on my talk page re Alvin Toffler. As far as I know, I was combining two article about the same person to clean up Wikipedia. I don't know anything about the subject, so you can go ahead and edit all you want. Jeronimo
Lou, Marshman here, responding from message left on my page. Sounds like the concept of a Course Outline is one you have considered. Seems like a quicker way to get a "book" that can later be expanded into a complete text. Maybe I'll give it a shot for Botany on WikiBooks. On Wikipedia I'm slowly trying to bring the topics up to textbook quality - Marshman 21:47, 3 Sep 2003 (UTC)
No problem on Daniel Morgan. I was extremely glad when I found out there was a Charles Willson Peale of him, it doesn't get much better than that. :) - Hephaestos 02:54, 12 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Moved from User Page:
I think we should discuss this on Talk:ISO, rather than cluttering up our Talk pages, since it relates to the article and not to ourselves, but since you invited me, here I am. Am I right in saying that your objection is that ISO is funded by corporations and makes a profit, and that these things contradict our article on NGOs? If so, I agree with you, but where you want to change the ISO article, I would prefer to change the NGO article, because we have just found an example of an NGO that proves the NGO article wrong. I'm reluctant to edit NGO, because I don't feel competent to write on the subject, but I might be willing to change some bits to something uncontroversial like "Generally these are non-profit organizations, but some, like ISO, are international groups of representatives of private companies." and "They exist to further political/social/commercial goals of their members." -- Heron Oh, and please excuse me for defacing your User: page. I meant to write this on your Talk: page, but got lost. :-( -- Heron
- No problem, I'll move it when we're through. I'd like one more comment from you (see your talk page), then I'll put a summary on Talk for ISO. Thanks Lou I
You had suggested that Eric Berne be in the New Pages part, about 13 days ago. Did he ever get on that list? I'm a sysops, and if nobody has put him on yet, I will. - user:zanimum
Please start writing on American Revolution. We don't have to start with a polished and elaborate article all at once. Anything you could add would greatly improve that very needy article. Rmhermen 03:17, Nov 23, 2003 (UTC)
Actually, we do want a list of hundreds of brigadiers. Reference tables are very useful. Lirath Q. Pynnor
WRT the two James Wilkinsons, why not a disambiguation page? That is the Wikipedia policy, and there doesn't seem to be any reason to break from the policy on this occasion. --Robert Merkel 23:05, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Thank you! Those Indian pages are very interesting. Good luck on your adminship, you deserve it! greenmountainboy (talk) 18:30, 1 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- I think the information is probably credible. greenmountainboy (talk) 16:39, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for your very good contributions to the template on Ethnic Groups. Do you have any interest in signing up as a project participant? -- Jmabel 21:55, 6 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Hello Loul, on Fifteenth United States Congress you changed Schuyles from Federalist to Republican. http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp states he's Federalist, do you have any other sources? -- JeLuF 11:45, Jan 7, 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for clearing up the ambiguity re Thomas Johnson, I had noticed it and meant to fix it but had forgotten all about it subsequently. ping 08:23, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Hi, in case you don't see the message on the villag pump, Samuel Huntington and Talk:Samuel Huntington are now deleted. Angela. 23:31, Jan 15, 2004 (UTC)
Please see my responses to you at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethnic Groups/Pequot -- Jmabel 22:54, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for the note on Charles Carroll. I can see your point, but I do feel that standards should be kept to in this case. However, a redirect either way would serve the same purpose. Deb 13:24, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Hi! I definitely think colonial governors should get their own list on a separate page, unless, for some reason, the list is very, very short (like three), but even then, consistency is key. And then maybe we can just have a See also: List of colonial Pennsylvania govenors or however you want to phrase? Thanks for the good work! :) ~j (jengod 19:55, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC))
- OKAY I AM INSANE. I read your message backwards. Have I mentioned that dyslexia runs in my family? Do WHATEVER you want. I'm sorry--bottom line: I agree with you, whatever you do. *sigh*. jengod 22:16, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC)
I'd like to nominate Pequot War for featured articles, but I think people will claim it needs pictures--there are no photographs back then, but if there are any public domain graphics, paintings or maps that might work, I think it would be a great addition. jengod 20:01, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC)
Nice qualification on the congressional bioguide. I've come across a few instances where it was flat out wrong, and other times where it fudged matters with ambiguous phrasing. older ≠ wiser 19:21, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hey, I found a portrait of Gen. James Grant for you, but i'm not sure about copyright issues or whatnot, so i'll let you figure that out. it's at [1] (http://www.ballindallochcastle.co.uk/speyside/history.cfm?H=3)
Hello Loul, on Fifteenth United States Congress you changed Schuyles from Federalist to Republican. http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp states he's Federalist, do you have any other sources? -- JeLuF 11:45, Jan 7, 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for clearing up the ambiguity re Thomas Johnson, I had noticed it and meant to fix it but had forgotten all about it subsequently. ping 08:23, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Hi, in case you don't see the message on the villag pump, Samuel Huntington and Talk:Samuel Huntington are now deleted. Angela. 23:31, Jan 15, 2004 (UTC)
Please see my responses to you at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ethnic Groups/Pequot -- Jmabel 22:54, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for the note on Charles Carroll. I can see your point, but I do feel that standards should be kept to in this case. However, a redirect either way would serve the same purpose. Deb 13:24, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Hi! I definitely think colonial governors should get their own list on a separate page, unless, for some reason, the list is very, very short (like three), but even then, consistency is key. And then maybe we can just have a See also: List of colonial Pennsylvania govenors or however you want to phrase? Thanks for the good work! :) ~j (jengod 19:55, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC))
- OKAY I AM INSANE. I read your message backwards. Have I mentioned that dyslexia runs in my family? Do WHATEVER you want. I'm sorry--bottom line: I agree with you, whatever you do. *sigh*. jengod 22:16, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC)
I'd like to nominate Pequot War for featured articles, but I think people will claim it needs pictures--there are no photographs back then, but if there are any public domain graphics, paintings or maps that might work, I think it would be a great addition. jengod 20:01, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC)
Nice qualification on the congressional bioguide. I've come across a few instances where it was flat out wrong, and other times where it fudged matters with ambiguous phrasing. older ≠ wiser 19:21, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hey, I found a portrait of Gen. James Grant for you, but i'm not sure about copyright issues or whatnot, so i'll let you figure that out. it's at [2] (http://www.ballindallochcastle.co.uk/speyside/history.cfm?H=3)
I agree that there probably should be a seperate article on nasal cavity, since it is pretty seperate from nose. I'm not sure if I can write much, but I'll give it a try. This is a busy week, so I may not get to it until next week. Sayeth 18:12, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
Okay all done. Please look over it and make any corrections. Thanks. Sayeth 18:09, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
County categories
Thanks for the heads-up about the discussion. I hope you find the explanations I posted on the project page helpful in understanding why I think these are a good idea.
I noticed from your user page that you do a lot of work on colonial and early american history...well done. I've found the list of Continental Congress delegates especially helpful—I've been working on filling up Category:Continental Congressmen (as well as Category:Continental Army officers). I've done quite a bit with establishing the state governor categories too, but have balked at the task of categorizing the colonial governors—I'm not sure how best to do it, because often only two of them may have served before the colony changed names and then a few more, and so on. I don't know enough about the histories yet to see when the same essential political structure has continued to justify grouping a succession together, or under what single name. Any suggestions, or intentions to do this yourself? I think each grouping of a colony's governors should not only be categorized under a parent Category:Governors of the American Colonies, but also cross-linked to the categories for each successor state as well, probably in each state's history and politicians subcategories. Postdlf 20:40, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Joseph Trumbull
I see your disambiguation page, but I suspect you have misspelled it. The page is at Joseph Trumull, but you may be missing a 'b'. -gadfium 09:20, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Pella
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Thank you! For providing a remedy for the Pella mess through disambiguation. Etz Haim 19:59, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC) |
Pike County, Ohio
I'm wondering about the long list of "villages" you added to this Ohio county article—none of them seem to be listed on the census, we don't have articles on any of them, and you had listed all of the actual villages that we do have articles on as "cities." What was your source of information? Thanks! Postdlf 06:36, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Article Licensing
I removed Ramnot's boilerplate message, ( it was talk) 14:23, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC) and opted for public domain (see my user page)....Lou I 06:50, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Covedale, Ohio
Hello, I saw your reply on CDPs and what you did with Covedale, Ohio and Covedale (CDP), Ohio. Just wondering though -- it looks to me as though the CDP is entirely within Green Township. So, while it may be true that some remnant of the village reverted to Springfield Township, I don't think that portion is reflected in the current CDP. Here are the Census Bureau maps: Covedale CDP (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US3919008&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=4001&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en), Springfield Township (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=06000US3906174121&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=4001&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en), Green Township (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=06000US3906131752&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=4001&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en) older≠wiser 17:08, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks. That's pretty interesting. Seems rather odd, but stranger things have happened. There was like a two person difference reported for West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, 64,860, and West Bloomfield Township (CDP), Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=West_Bloomfield_Township_%28CDP%29%2C_Michigan&oldid=5568386), 64,862. The CDP is supposed to be identical to the township (as an urban Charter Township, it is similar to those towns in MA for which there are identical entries as both minor civil divisions and places). older≠wiser 21:47, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)
Township (United States)
Very nice expansion of this article. Thanks. I'd be more than happy to help with any additional info I might be able to provide. I'm fairly familiar about the situation with Michigan townships, and have at least a glancing familiarity with Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Strangely enough, I grew up in Ohio and lived for several years in both Indiana and Illinois and never really heard much of anything about townships until I moved to Michigan. Michigan does have a particularly robust township system of governance, but I guess that having lived primarily in urban centers until recently, the concept just never really registered before. I mean, I was vvaguely aware of places at the outskirts of the Cleveland area (where I grew up) such as Hinkley Township or Brunswick Township, but it never really registered just what exactly they were. In all the time I spent in Indiana and Illinois, I don't think I recall any mention of townships (and for at least part of the time, I was in fairly rural areas). So I find it interesting as I learn more about this form. older≠wiser 02:33, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
RFA thanks
Salve, LouI!
I wanted to drop you a line to thank you for your support in my successful RFA candidacy. It was very gratifying to see the kind remarks posted in the debate. Ave! PedanticallySpeaking 17:42, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
Thanksgiving again
Articles I have censored:
I removed the following text from Thanksgiving because.... Well just because!
"However, there are historians who contend that the first official Thanksgiving Day celebrated the massacre, in 1637, of some 700-900 Native American men, women and children during one of their religious ceremonies. The Native Americans were told to go out of the building they were in and were shot down as they came out. Those who remained were burned alive in the building. The following day, the governor declared a Thanksgiving Day, which continued to be celebrated for the next 100 years in honor of the bloody victory and to give God thanks. To these days, Native Americans gather in Plymouth to protest against the way that history has been misconstrued and commemorate the real events of that fateful day."
- This comment was left on my user page by an Anonymous poster. I have reverted the edit, and atttempted a dialogue on his/her talk page, but the range of IP addresses (all 80.58.20.17x) seems to preclude this. I'll try the Talk:Thanksgiving page as well. Lou I 20:59, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Polk
Pleased that the Ezekiel Polk article came together. I have also updated Polk County, where it all started.... Rich Farmbrough 11:23, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Calcutta -> Kolkata name change
Hi there. I noticed you voted in the Wikipedia:Naming policy poll to keep the Wikipedia policy of naming an article with the most familiar English name. You may not be aware that another attempt has begun to rename the Calcutta article to Kolkata, which is blatantly not the most common name of the city, whether it's official or not. If you want to vote on the issue you can do so at Talk:Calcutta. Cheers. -- Necrothesp 13:57, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Zürich to Zurich
Zürich has been nominated on Wikipedia:Requested moves for a page move to Zurich. Perhapse you might like to express your opinion about this proposed move on talk:Zürich. Philip Baird Shearer 10:11, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Tip o' the Hat
Seems like one out of every three articles I edit was originated by you. Thanks for all your good work, and keep it up! --Kevin Myers 05:17, May 15, 2005 (UTC)
James and Anthony Duane
Hello there. Can you give me any sources concerning James and Anthony Duane, their descendants (if any) and if any portraits of them exists? Thank you. Fergananim
Canada
In the Revolutionary War article, battles in the other colonies was listed by colony. Quebec was the relevent colony for those battles. "New England" was a concept used in discussion too, but that's not used. At that point, Quebec hadn't been split into the two Canadas either.
Henry Laurens
Perhaps you're right, it's hard to distinguish when "Holland" is used correctly and when it's not. In general, it's used incorrectly, and that might have been the case back then too. I admit that a "might have been the case" may not be sufficient reason for change so, feel free to revert. Fnorp 14:36, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)