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Missouri S&T Chancellor-designate Cheryl B. Schrader

Hello - I would like to suggest that you or another editor of the Missouri S&T wikipedia page consider creating a page for Chancellor-designate Cheryl B. Schrader. Her official university bio is at http://chancellor.mst.edu/meet/bio.html .

Since I am in charge of marketing and public relations for the university, I am reluctant to create such a page on behalf of my incoming boss, but wanted to offer this suggestion for your consideration.

Thank you also for your swift update to the S&T entry yesterday.

--Andrewcareaga (talk) 15:51, 20 January 2012 (UTC) Andrew Careaga

William C. Dodge

Hi. I'm a member of a bar association (Inn of Court) committee working on a historical reenactment of the trial of James Joseph Hines, at which William Copeland Dodge played a prominent role, and I see that you created and wrote most of our article about Dodge. If you happen to be aware of any additional sources of information about Dodge, Hines, or this trial, beyond the ones cited in the article, I'd appreciate your letting me know. Thanks very much, Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Brad. The information on him is surprisingly sparse. What I got was mostly from newspaper searches (e.g., New York Times archives). Good luck with your project it sounds interesting.Americasroof (talk) 11:26, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

File:Babylon-town-map.gif listed for deletion

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Upcoming Wikimedia events in Missouri and Kansas!

You're invited to 3 exciting events Wikipedians are planning in your region this June—a tour and meetup at the National Archives in Kansas City, and Wiknics in Wichita and St. Louis:

Kansas City: Saturday, June 16, starting at 9 a.m. — National Archives in Kansas City

This full-day event will include a tour of the facility; presentations from National Archives Wikipedian-in-Residence, Dominic McDevitt-Parks, and Exhibit Specialist, Dee Harris; and time in the research room to work on projects. The focus of the projects will be scanning, writing articles, transcribing, or categorizing images on Commons.

Wikipedians from St. Louis and elsewhere in the region are encouraged to make a day-trip of it and come to Kansas City for this special opportunity!

And two local editions of the Great American Wiknic, the "picnic anyone can edit." Come meet (and geek out with, if you want) your local Wikipedians in a laid-back atmosphere:

Wichita: Saturday, June 23, starting at 1 p.m. — Central Riverside Park

Join the 1st annual Wichita Wiknic: The Sunflower State blooms Free Knowledge!

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Message delivered by Dominic·t 19:31, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Your recent edit to Missouri University of Science and Technology

While it may or may not be the most useful data to put the rankings there (I personally would've said "hey, it's good so long as it's not prominent, like up in the beginning"), I just wanted to say I felt it was wrong to call that edit "vandalism". What was added was truthful, and almost certainly a good faith effort to add information; at worst it was adding a bit of puffery to the page. umrguy 42 19:48, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

The edit which had just been made by a new editor was unreferenced and said the school ranked 82nd in engineering schools. Throughout the article there are referenced claims it is among the top 5. I bet you can't name 82 engineering schools in the United States much less place Rolla at the bottom of the list. It was cleverly designed vandalism.Americasroof (talk) 00:19, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I just happened to see it the other week. A quick Google search would have easily led you here: [1]. Unreferenced, yes, and ok to be reverted (better to be referenced, however), but vandalism it wasn't. (As a side note, how Mizzou ranks ahead of my alma mater for engineering, I don't want to know, but anyway...) umrguy 42 12:57, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the follow up and being diplomatic. I was shocked to see the rankings. I've restored the rankings section with references.Americasroof (talk) 13:09, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

No problem. Looking at it further, that link was GRAD school rankings. Not sure where the undergrads were, looked to be behind a paywall. umrguy 42 20:00, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks again. The rankings for graduate level complicates things considerably. Rolla never really emphasized its post graduate program. So the rankings are misleading. I'm back to thinking of deleting the section unless we can get something more balanced.Americasroof (talk) 11:09, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Not sure if it needs to be totally deleted, but if there's a spot to tuck it away that de-emphasizes it a bit, would be better, unless we can find the full undergrad rankings. umrguy 42 20:43, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Photo Credit for Saratoga Monument

Hi Americasroof,

I plan to use the above photo for a Nat'l Park quarters book we're doing. I'd be happy to give you photo credit. Please give me your name at bporter@zyruspress.com

Thanks!

Bruce — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.177.28.163 (talk) 17:27, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

JVC Broadcasting

Hey there. Fyi, someone recently monkeyed with this article you created, I tried to revert and add only the relevant new info.--Neighborhoodpalmreader (talk) 04:47, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. It looks like you did a good job of fixing. Thanks again! Americasroof (talk) 12:35, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Architectural elements in: Template talk:Infobox museum

Would you comment, by any chance on Template talk:Infobox museum#Request for architect/architectural details, 3rd ed.? Architectural details in Infobox Museum or so lacking, I'm not sure the anemic museum infobox is worth using vs. the robust Template:Infobox building.

Clell Miller image

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A cookie for you!

Thanks for clarifying some things about Big Brutus! stillnotelf is invisible 21:25, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. That was very nice! It made my day! It's amazing that was never on the article!Americasroof (talk) 03:37, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

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Adam-Ondi-Ahman Wikipedia Image

Hello, My name is Duane Hurst and I recently made a free (non-commercial) English web site to share information with people. I added links to your Wikipedia/Wikimedia freeware picture. I also gave credit to you on my web pages for your work. Thank you for sharing with the public. My website is:

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I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm

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Email address: duanerhurst@freeenglishsite.com --75.169.8.9 (talk) 17:49, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Come to the First Topeka Meetup, January 15!

Come celebrate Wikipedia Day with other Kansas Wikipedians sponsored by Wikimedians Active in Local Regions in the United States (WALRUS) and hosted by the Topeka and Shawnee Public Library. Come chat, hang out and enjoy good company while find out more about Wikipedia in our regional community! RSVP at Wikipedia:Meetup/Topeka/Wikipedia_Day.

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Hope to see you there Sadads (talk) 20:02, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

An article you helped create up for deletion

Nomination of List of National Wildlife Refuges at risk from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Revision history for deletion

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Nomination of List of endangered species threatened by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Orient-Express Hotels

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THis article has been extensively edited by others and I haven't touched it since 2009. I reverted it back to a 2007 version by me that does not have the violations. Nuking the whole article of a noteworthy company because somebody copy and pasted one paragaph seems excessive.Americasroof (talk) 15:09, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it up, problem was that there was also issues in the opening paragraph coming from routers as well as the other paragraph. BO | Talk 11:05, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for making a good faith effort to clean it up. It's confusing when there were so many anonymous edits. The copyright template was a little scary because I was not entirely sure how to respond to it. Thanks for understanding on it.Americasroof (talk) 07:00, 31 December 2012 (UTC)