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{{Omaha-NRHP-stub}}

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Re: School diva

Done. Adding the tag had nothing to do with past incidents w/Angie. Beemer69 06:25, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Clean-up on Omaha pages categories

You are amazing - it's great that you've gone back and cleaned that up. I feel that I've looked at a page a million times, and there is always something to be corrected. I've been working with a guy on some material for Raleigh, NC - what you've done here helps give me perspective on what is possible. Also have been working on a self-appointed project of adding more explicit post-Reconstruction history, especially data about the disfranchisement of African Americans by state constitutions from 1890-1908 in 10 of 11 Southern states - adding to every Southern state article, history of state article, and general articles (disfranchisement, voting rights). Just trying to bring them up to a factual standard. Am almost finished with one round - still have TX to do.--Parkwells (talk) 13:24, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Jefferson Square (Omaha)

Something about that article cannot be right, because it says it was bounded by 15th, 16th, Farnam and Douglas Streets. It also states it was razed to make way for construction of I-480. However, the path of 480 is west of 24th and then north of Dodge, which is immediately north of Douglas, which is itself immediately north of Farnam. Something doesn't add up. DandyDan2007 (talk) 09:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 31 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Great Platte River Road, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 21:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Message

Thanks for your message. I reported it on WP:ANI, and an Admin fully protected the article for a short while and also blocked the other user for a short while for edit warring. All I can suggest is putting your side of things again (as calmly as possible of course) on the articles talk page which was what I was trying to get S-MorrisVP to do but just got the vandalism accusations and personal attacks in edit summaries. I have no doubt that S-MorrisVP is acting out of good faith and just hope that once their block has expired that they will discuss it with you. In my opinion the article should have been reverted to the version I was trying to restore from 30th March, before this started, however it has been left as is for now. If of course discussion doesn't get to a compromise of any sort then all I can suggest is that it is taken to dispute resolution - Wikipedia:Requests for mediation to sort it out as a last resort. There is also the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard if you believe they have a COI. I am a little wary of getting involved further to be honest as given S-MorrisVP comments in edit summaries and talk pages this far it doesn't hold out much hope for them acting civilly and trying to resolve it without resorting to making accusations of vandalism and so on. Also anotther Admin who wasn't involved in the incident originally but who responded later on warned me about edit warring on the article despite my pointing out that I was trying to stop the edit war. I will keep an eye on the article though. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 00:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes I fully agree it is the least pleasant part of wikipedia. It has to be done though, but sometimes I find it best if I step back for a short while and then come back to it when things get "heated" and when someone makes accusations. I should probably have stepped back a bit before but it is difficult to deal with someone who rather than trying to discuss thing sout uses edit summaries to call me a vandal! Should be fun once the block expires! ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 00:26, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[[Template:Economic systems (sidebar)

Hi. The font-size for the links in this template may be on the small side, but it seems to be floating okay -- or do I need to check more places where it's used? Sardanaphalus (talk) 04:07, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Ahh okay. Would you or do you think anyone else mind if I boosted the links' font-size? Sardanaphalus (talk) 04:14, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On April 2, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Latenser, Sr., which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 06:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Glad to see your nomination (and 49+ others) was successful! That's pretty cool. A pleasure to run into you, as always. - BierHerr | Bier holen gehen 01:52, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:COIN#S-MorrisVP

Hey Freechild. I updated the link to User talk:DougsTech in your original complaint about S-MorrisVP, to eliminate a chance remark by some profane contributor to Doug's talk page. Take a look and please revert if incorrect. EdJohnston (talk) 20:13, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Athena Weston School District‎

Please see the talk page, I think you may have confused this with the Weston McEwen Pipes, Drums, and Military Band redirect? Katr67 (talk) 20:33, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

List of articles related to children's rights

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article List of articles related to children's rights, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of List of articles related to children's rights. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 01:14, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of List of articles related to children's rights

I have nominated List of articles related to children's rights, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of articles related to children's rights. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 05:55, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

"Fan mail"

Thanks for the kind words. I usually have a good laugh about the nasty messages. Posting anonymously on the internet often emboldens people to write things they would never say in public. Oh well. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 00:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Freechild.jpg)

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DYK

On 4 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dodge Street, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bobet 13:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

On 5 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peony Park, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Daniel Case (talk) 04:13, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Downtown Omaha

Looks like the kind of thing I could contribute to... I'm also trying to gather sources to complete the articles on the list of Founding Omahans -- albeit rather slowly. - BierHerr | Bier holen gehen 19:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Revert of Vzl3tn ellesmere port

Hi Sorry but Im rather new to this:-)

I am business manager in Vauxhall ellesmere port and as part of my current degree I am expected to update articles on Wikipedia, I made a contribution to the site on data that is currently incorrect on the site, could you please inform me on how you have determined that the previous information is correct? There are no plans to build the Vectra in Ellesmere port, it is already being built in Russelshiem germany by Adam Opel. Vauxhall also still builds vehicles in the uk they have a car plant in ellesmere port they have a van plant in Luton and they also have a test facility in millbrook. My information is correct I can only assume that I am not following some sort of protocol if you could please clarify it would be appretiated as I would really like to continue to contribute to this site to ensur that the information provided is accurate.

Many thanks in anticipation of a valid response.

VZL3TN Nick nickjames85@hotmail.com

DYK for Great Flood of 1881

On 7 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Great Flood of 1881, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bencherlite^Talk 08:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 8 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Economy of Omaha, Nebraska, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bobet 16:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Homeschooling Early April 2008 Newsletter

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T:DYK.

On 8 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Falstaff Brewing Corporation, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations! · AndonicO ^Hail! 23:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Stopping PAW's POV editing

PAW has grown increasingly zealous in their campaign to infect Wikipedia pages with bias and POV editing as of late. Some of us who oppose this corruption of Wikipedia need to get together and shield articles from POV editing from PAW. Agnapostate (talk) 18:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

No reference tag

Why would you tag an article with significant references as having none? If you object to having no inline citations, then that is a different issue and a different tag. Please be more careful, since tagging an article for not having references casuses scrutiny for purposes of AfD, and wastes people's time on non-issues. Cheers! --Kevin Murray (talk) 22:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 13 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cozzens House Hotel, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 14:33, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

again

On 15 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George L. Miller, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

-- Victuallers (talk) 09:40, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 16 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Cirt (talk) 12:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK: Credit Foncier of America

On 18 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Credit Foncier of America, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--PFHLai (talk) 02:06, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 18 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Burlington Headquarters Building, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bobet 11:38, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Good Categorization [[Omaha, Nebraska}}

Hi Freechild - Thanks for your note - I too really like the learning that goes along with getting involved with Wikipedia; you start somewhere and then have to keep going. Great place for people with curiosity. It's also given me a way to use my studies for the last 10 years in American history. Due to areas on Wikipedia, and then stuff I went off to learn, now have also become knowledgeable about late 19th c. disfranchisement in the South, a bunch of Supreme Court cases on voting rights (and finding the whole progression interesting), plus a lot about paramilitary groups in the Deep South in the 1870s. You never know. Just added two Census Regions as Categories -not exciting, but they weren't there and needed to be. Thanks for your offer, too. I'm trying to learn more about tables, so may ask for help.--Parkwells (talk) 17:20, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 21 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Reuben Gaylord, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel (talk) 00:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

AA

The article you asked about is from December of 1901, hence it's talking about 1902, the first season for what it calls the new American Association. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 08:30, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Apparently Omaha never actually fielded a team in the AA in 1902. They did have a club in the Western League around that time. The AA and the WL seem to have had a close business relationship. My source for teams is a 1993 book called Professional Baseball Franchises, by Peter Filichia. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 09:02, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar Award

Hi Freechild - thanks for the award and comments! You certainly know how to encourage people. It's been great learning with you. Your timeline does provide a larger view of events in Omaha, which is excellent. Stumbling across your articles on Omaha gave me a point of comparison to material on cities I was more familiar with, such as Chicago and New York, as well as to what I was learning about the South in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It's interesting for both similarities and differences. If you look behind the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, for instance, you see competition by Irish ethnics, who were most responsible for the violence, fires, etc. Young men in gangs, including the future mayor Richard J. Daley. They were the first major ethnic immigrant group in the 19th c., and weren't going to give up territory or jobs to anyone - not eastern Europeans or African Americans. The distinction was noted in reports after the riots, but later was all subsumed under white and black violence. It's important to look at the economics as well.--Parkwells (talk) 14:27, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 21 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Timeline of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Wizardman 21:32, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

4/28 DYK

On 28 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Timeline of riots and civil unrest in Calgary, Alberta, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford 05:16, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Yay, you got a DYK.

On 28 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Felony waiver, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 12:39, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Child life specialist article

Hello. I've been a nonuser on wikipedia for multiple years. I appreciate your work as I've benefited from some of your articles! Recently, I became a user and created a page about child life specialists, and I'm wondering if you could check out my page? Thanks for your help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carleyj (talk • contribs) 01:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

THANK YOU for your contribution to the Child life specialist page!! I appreciate it MUCH! 129.186.83.49 (talk) 16:19, 29 April 2008 (UTC)carleyj

4/29 DYK

On 29 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Camp Dump Strike, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 03:19, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

On 29 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George W. Woodbey , which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford 19:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Omaha amusement parks

This is a list of amusement parks that have been in the Omaha area:

Courtland Beach Capitol Beach Kings Park Krug Park Lakeview Park - Council Bluffs Peony Park Omaha Exposition

"specifically disenfranchised women"

On the Wiki page dealing with the 1832 Reform Actsee you have querried this sentence:-

The Act also specifically disenfranchised women, sparking the British suffrage movement

I have querried it too. I've removed it a few times as I think its best left unsaid. It gets put back on within 24 hours!

To say that one of the main purposes of the Reform Act was to disenfranchise woman I think is totally misleading. I doubt if anyone in 1832 thought woman were enfranchised.

I wish people maintaining woman voted before 1832 would come up with examples. I know of only one example for certain - Elizabeth Copley in 1554. Her husband had been Gatton's only elector when he died in 1549 his son was a minor - so she did the electing. No one challenged what she did - perhaps few knew about it. If her voting had been challenged it would probably have been made void. (Source "The Elizabethan House of Commons" by J. E. Neale page 177.)

It is a possibility that four woman voted in 1754 in Appleby. They lived in almshouses which occupied burgage plots. Four votes went with these burgage plots - and four votes were made in respect of these plots. But I'm unsure if the women voted or men voted on their behalf - I think this later case is probably what happened. These votes in any case were challenged - (they were only accepted because the returning officer was biased) but the case was never heard as the opposing sides agreed to have the election made void.

I suspect suffragettes in the later part of 19th century found the odd and very rare case were woman had voted prior to 1832 - like Elizabeth Copley - and having found such odd instances like to then claim it was the 1832 Reform Act and only that Act that disenfranchised them. This idea is now becoming gospel on wikipedia.

Paul Buttle

Cumbria

buttlekeswick@hotmail.com

217.155.193.205 (talk) 10:27, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 1 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Timeline of children's rights in the United States, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 15:10, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject: Omaha

Hey Freechild! Sure, I'll join up. I'm on a mini-wikileave at the moment as I am busy at work, but when my free time reappears, I'll be back on to Omaha-related articles. Just let me know if I need to do anything to get it kicked-off. (Might just be a few days lag time between my responses.) - BierHerr | Bier holen gehen 19:21, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I would agree to an "adjunct" membership like I have at WP:MESSIANIC. Most of my Omaha effort is going to be at the Omaha Wiki, but given my interest I suppose I can't help but be somewhat active in Omaha articles here too. ⇔ ChristTrekker 20:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Redick Mansion

On 3 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Redick Mansion, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 18:13, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

WP: Omaha Project

Hi Freechild - Thanks, sure, I'd be interested. You've practically already created a Wiki Project on Omaha. I'll have to read up on it to understand more of what it's about. I know your focus is Omaha, but I saw an interesting article a while ago about the migration of Latinos and African Americans to more rural counties because of the relocation of meatpacking industry jobs out there. There aren't really towns, and sometimes the industry builds housing. Sounds rather isolating. It may be something you want to look at.--Parkwells (talk) 19:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

{{Omaha-stub}}

Hi - a stub template or category which you created has been nominated for deletion or renaming at Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. The stub type, which was not proposed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, does not meet the standard requirements for a stub type, either through being incorrectly named, ambiguously scoped, or through failure to meet standards relating to the current stub hierarchy or likely size, as explained at Wikipedia:Stub. Please feel free to make any comments at WP:SFD regarding this stub type, and in future, please consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 23:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Award

Hi - Thanks for moving your award to my user page. I just hadn't gotten around to it.--Parkwells (talk) 00:02, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Omaha City Wiki

Hi Freechild - Thanks again for inviting me to WP:Project Omaha. If I hadn't been there, probably wouldn't have seen your reference to the Omaha City Wiki. That is so intriguing, and they are doing really well. Good for Creighton U and Omaha! It has implications for non-profits, too, I would think - at least ones that are comfortable enough with an open environment and who can have some managers. This is really intriguing. Is there a way to have your articles synced there, or do you have to copy them over manually?--Parkwells (talk) 15:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Omaha banner addition

FYI, [1]. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:38, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Aspects of Omaha Wiki

Ah, I was wondering about that - it would be too much work to contribute to both that way; they should find a way to "sync" articles. Still, I was intrigued by the concept; didn't really explore the site much. --Parkwells (talk) 18:04, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

WIkiproject Omaha

I would be delighted to join.AlexNebraska (talk) 23:19, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Music in Omaha

Long time, no see! I just started this project and would love to see your name on board - serious music-oriented editors in Omaha-related articles are hard to find.

Hi Freechild. I hope you're enjoying "the big smoke". Yes, it has been a while.

I don't think anyone has called me a "serious" anything (polite) for ages. Flattery (and politeness) will probably get you exactly what you want!

As you know, Omaha has never been my primary interest, but I'm happy to assist in the Category:Music in Omaha space if you would find that useful.

Let me know what you're up to sometime?!

I've mainly been concentrating on various closed Adelaide & South Australian railways, current Australian Defence Force general staff, Heart (band), and, for reasons I'm not sure of, Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Wells (a somewhat "unusual" pair of individuals).

Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:54, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

trains seem to be their own world of depth.

Indeed yes!! I'm not touching the trains! (Just the geographic location and history of closed stations and closed lines.)

Oh, and I live just south of Seattle;

Oh? I thought I'd read that you'd moved to the east coast? (Perhaps email's a better forum for that conversation.)

this proximity has given me a chance to meet people to knew the Wilsons or went to their concerts back in the old days or whatever. That crazy Heart mythology.

Yes indeed!! I came across a guy who insists (at length) that Mike Fisher and Mike Flicker are one-and-the-same-person, but does not have any evidence to support his claim, and seems not to answer the "hard" questions (like how was Fisher able to be in Seattle playing with The Army and White Heart/Hart when Flicker was in L.A. playing in The Zoo.) And what do I mean by "at length"? Have a look at A, B & C!!

Oh, and your interest in the Static couple? That perplexes me - but its fun.

It perplexes you? What do you think it does to me! (Somehow it reminds me of those old movies where someone says, "The devil made me do it!") It certainly exposes me to a world completely different to my own!

Hope alls well then - take good care.

And you. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 15:01, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Ta. Trying to work out Ken Gillespie's medals at the moment - will look in a mo'. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:59, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Interesting article, in that I've read half of it before somewhere else!

(What do journalists do these days, now that they no longer have to do their own research and write their own articles?)

I still have difficulty with Vaughn's chain of logic; I'm OK with: Former Omahan Vaughn Chatman brainstormed with local musicians and community leaders to come up with an idea to preserve their history through a hall of fame. and "I think Omaha, especially north Omaha, should know about the music influences they've had,". But then he jumps to: people who have inspired musicians or were north Omaha activists, such as the late Rev. J.C. Wade and the late Susan Buffett, will be recognized. And then: Chatman hopes schools can promote better role models, local ones, to young people.

All very laudable, but I fail to see what giving an award to Gabrielle Union has to do with a "Black Music Hall of Fame" ...

Ho hum. Pdfpdf (talk) 10:08, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Good points, and interesting reflections. I guess "we shall see". Pdfpdf (talk) 13:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Henry Doorly

On 5 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Doorly, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 14:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

The Did you know? hook based on a fact from the article you created or substantially expanded, Henry Doorly, has been added to the Wikipedia Portal, Portal:Journalism. Thank you for your contributions in this topic! If you know of another relevant fact from an article that has appeared at Did you know?, then please suggest it at the associated portal talk page.

--Cirt (talk) 18:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

OW Wiki response - syncing

Hi Freechild - Thanks for the update; that is great information. I'm intrigued by the possibilities for capturing people's enthusiasms. It is an amazing system and I'm a bigger fan every day.--Parkwells (talk) 11:02, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Henry Doorly

I happened to see his DYK on your page, so had to find out who he was. You really are following all the byways of Omaha! What an interesting life path - don't you have the sense of Omaha's having been open at the turn of the century? The chance that brought him there, his having the chance to find out he was good at business and figuring out a way to use his talents - great story.--Parkwells (talk) 11:21, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Leg up

These alliances always happen, though - every group looks out for its own, most often. In Chicago ethnic Irish built gangs and from there built political influence in the 20th c.--Parkwells (talk) 12:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Tom Dennison

Yes, he's definitely a figure!--Parkwells (talk) 16:05, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Freedom Park (Omaha)

Wow, good job getting Project banners and photo request up for Freedom Park (Omaha). First time I've ever received an edit conflict on a newly created page. :-) Should WP Nebraska be added too? Keep up the good work and best wishes. Civilengtiger (talk) 18:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Omaha

Certainly; I'll add it to the list of things I'll do in the next month or so. Cheers, Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 21:05, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

5/8 DYK

On 8 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tourism in Omaha, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford 19:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Warrington notable people

That edit's a bit brutal and I'm not sure why references are needed for such inconsequential detail (and many other towns' entries like this have no references). It takes a lot of effort to trace reliable references, even for stuff like George Formby having lived in Warrington, but surely "common knowledge" is reasonable - anyone passing the cemetery can see his grave from the road. In any case, anyone can supply a false reference, which might be worse than having no reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bloovee (talk • contribs) 06:29, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Max Yashirin

On 11 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Max Yashirin, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 08:40, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Removal of a phot link

I'd appreciate knowing why the link to the Mow Cop sunset photo isn't an acceptable link, and you've threatened to block me?

86.135.246.19 (talk) 16:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 12, May, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles 2008, and Poles in Omaha, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

PeterSymonds | talk 18:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK: Andrew J. Hanscom

On 13 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Andrew J. Hanscom, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--PFHLai (talk) 01:24, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Gottlieb Storz House

On 16 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gottlieb Storz House, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 18:51, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Astaires ballroom

You must have been the one to write an article about the hotel or room (I paid attention to the concept, but not details) where the Astaires danced in Omaha that was in "Did you know"? Congratulations!--Parkwells (talk) 03:07, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Did you know? page

Hi Freechild - Thanks for the suggestion and yes, I'll look at your new article. I hadn't been trying for DYK's because of working more in existing articles trying to add/integrate new info (but not 5x worth). I can see the appeal of a new article where you can create a hook - some might lend themselves to that, for instance, I discovered a lot of new sources on Chinese and Italian immigrants in the postwar MS and AR deltas - not the usual image of the area. Did you just create a separate page of Freechild User for your DYK list? How did you connect it to your user page? This isn't something I've looked at closely.--Parkwells (talk) 13:25, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

User DYK - zotero

Thanks, that's great; you were really helpful. I doubt if there will be a problem with storing too much in my area, but we'll see. With your graduate work and all this research, do you know about zotero? It's a web-based citation manager developed by the Dept for History and New Media at George Mason University outside Washington, DC. You can download it for free, and it works with Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. I'm really beginning to use it to better effect (never made it all the way through the explanatory video). You can download snapshots of pages, add tags and notes, collect URL, etc. It really is helpful. I'm finally beginning to get rid of all the scraps of notes I was making on paper around my computer - but not entirely! --Parkwells (talk) 15:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I think you'll really like it. In addition to helping you manage articles, images, etc. you come across online, you can enter books from your library or others you use for research, and of course you can take "notes" and make tags for books you can preview through Google books, or the e-Gutenberg resource (where I've found some great stuff for my 19th c. southern research).--Parkwells (talk) 16:08, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Homeschooling May 2008 Newsletter

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Irish in Omaha, Nebraska

On 18 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Irish in Omaha, Nebraska, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 17:29, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK: Ethnic groups in Omaha, Nebraska

On 18 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ethnic groups in Omaha, Nebraska, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--PFHLai (talk) 00:00, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday June 1st, Columbia University area Last: 3/16/2008

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, elect a board of directors, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wiki Week bonanza, being planned with Columbia University students for September or October.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

Also, check out our regional US Wikimedia chapters blog Wiki Northeast (and we're open to guest posts).
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Omaha Public Library

Thanks for your offer (you already figured out I'm new to this). Mostly I only made small changes dealing with the branch listings. I also wanted to place the logo up on the page, but figured out I can't do that yet (oh well). Hope you enjoy your vaction. Nice or in evil (talk) 21:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Inadvertent error has made some messages appear on your talk page which should have been on mine

Hi there. I'm sorry but it has just been pointed out to me that an error on a banner at the top of my talk page has meant some messages that should have gone to me have gone to you instead. I'll try to searc through and identify them. My apologies for this. I hope it doesn't cause you too many problems.  DDStretch  (talk) 15:36, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Omaha Star building

On 27 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Omaha Star building, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 13:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Mildred Brown and North 24th street

Thanks - I looked a little further at the articles scanned on that website, and they had some interesting details. Left a comment on the Talk Page at North 24th Street and may work on it later.--Parkwells (talk) 19:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Also added Mildred Brown to List of African-American firsts.--Parkwells (talk) 19:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Get OAH newsletter for May 2008

Since you seem to have access to a university library, you should look up the article by Turkiya L. Lowe in the May 2008 newsletter of the Organization of American Historians. She writes about as Assessment Study done by the National Park Svc, on how well the National Historic Landmarks (highest category) and National Register of Historic Places reflected recent scholarship about African American participation in American history. It is a strategic approach to identifying and documenting new properties, as well as possibly upgrading some on the NHRP. With a scholars' panel, they tentatively identified 200 they would like to get documented. It seems to be something you'd find fascinating, and I thought Omaha might be a place for reevaluation of properties. It's rather unique, so far west and with so few minorities elsewhere in the state. Sort of the furthest reach of the Great Migration, in a place where circumstances may have made it harder to succeed and/or to leave. You had noted in the history how many important black leaders went to Omaha. Let me know if you can get the article.--Parkwells (talk) 19:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

ArchOmaha

The source for the Arch Omaha parishes and missions was listed at the bottom of the parish table (I know not formal which might have been what annoyed someone). I noticed that only about 8 listed under parishes, but jumped into it not realizing the extent it would take (151 parishes/missions). http://www.archomaha.org/Pastoral/parishsearch.aspx http://schools.archomaha.org/schoollocator.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nice or in evil (talk • contribs) 22:21, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

North 24th Street

On 30 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North 24th Street, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 18:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Fear of Youth

Hi, I'm hoping to put together a loose 'history' of the movement for Children's Rights, as we approach the 30th Anniversary of the UN International Year of the Child, and I added a link to 'Fear of youth' there, since patently, no real progress has been made in those 30 years. You have significant knowledge of this area, and I wondered if you would be interested in contributing to such an article?

Alas, I am only a bystander, and the discussion re Fear of Youth is reminiscent of the bust-ups I endured on Wiki in the context of UK Juvenile Justice. I finally managed to get some stuff on to Wikia, but had to grind to a halt since. I do hope you might be able to help.SJB (talk) 19:59, 2 June 2008 (UTC)