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Wisconsin Barnstar

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		Many thanks for starting articles about various members of the Wisconsin-RFD (talk) 12:38, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. I've been seeing your new articles in newpages and wanted to thank you for your efforts. Much appreciated. Happy editing! “” Zachlipton (talk) 07:49, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin History

I like reading about Wisconsin History!RFD (talk) 11:31, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I bought an (almost) complete collection of Wisconsin Blue Books, from 1887 to the present. I mostly got them to use as a reference when writing Wikipedia articles about Wisconsin History. I find Wisconsin History fascinating, too! Billertl (talk) 21:14, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Wisconsin Legislature

I started articles for members of the 96th and 97th Wisconsin Legislature that had redlinks. I think there were 15-16 articles. Again-my thanks for doing the articles of the present Wisconsin Legislature. This help myself to complete the others that had to get done, Thank you-RFD (talk) 22:13, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin State Assembly special election

Hi On May 3, 2011, there was a special election for 3 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly: Duey Stroebel and David Craig (Wisconsin politician) Republicans won and a Democrat Steve Doyle (Wisconsin politician) won. Are you willing to start articles for them? Many thanks-RFD (talk) 16:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The articles were started-the Craig/Stroebel articles vert short stubs. The Doyle article more detailed. Thanks-RFD (talk) 11:19, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Jewish cemetery

Hi Billertl. I am trying to categorise the image you uploaded at File:Bnai Israel Cemetery.jpg. Can you remember where this cemetery is? I presume that it's somewhere in the United States. Skinsmoke (talk) 11:27, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This cemetery is located in Ashland, Wisconsin. I uploaded this image to use as part of an article I was going to write, but never got around to. That so long ago, I forgot all about it. Thanks for helping to categorize things. Billertl (talk) 05:55, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Many thanks for your help: it was the last file in the category that could not be categorised by country! Skinsmoke (talk) 13:05, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another cemetery

Hi Billertl. Sorry to mither (a northern English word meaning pester) again, but can you remember where File:Lapointegreenwood.jpg was taken? I presume it is also in Wisconsin, but there appear to be several Greenwood Cemeteries in the state. I suspect it's the one in La Pointe. Nice photo, by the way! Skinsmoke (talk) 11:57, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you are correct. This cemetery is located at La Pointe, which is the town on Madeline Island, which is the largest of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior. Billertl (talk) 23:27, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help again. Must admit, I find there's something rather special about islands. Want to go there! Skinsmoke (talk) 11:49, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This island happens to have a very interesting history. It was one of the first places in Wisconsin to be settled by Europeans. There was a French fur trading post there in the 1600's. That was even before the United States became a country.

I actually spend a lot of time there, and I think it has a nice community. I've brought lots of people there to show them several points of interest. If you ever visit here, I highly recommend seeing the island.

There are actually several islands in this region with communities on them. If fact, I recently created a Wikipedia article about Populated islands of the Great Lakes. Billertl (talk) 20:59, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Documents at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum

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I work at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library and Museum, and we are uploading materials to Wikimedia Commons. We have a number of documents that might be of interest to you - they are located at Wikimedia, Category:Documents at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.

If you are interested in writing articles/stubs, I may be able to provide you with pictures from our archives as well. We have a limited number of artifacts, to also at Wikimedia, Category:Artifacts at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.

Let me know if I can help in any way, and please feel free to pass the word about these docs; I'd love to see some content generated around them....thanks! Bdcousineau (talk) 17:29, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Many thanks

Many thanks for starting articles about Wisconsin legislators. I have been starting articles about state and territorial legislators in Wisconsin and the other states. You have various family members who would served in the same state legislature and that is interesting. Again my thanks-RFD (talk) 17:44, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind words. Also thank you for the Wisconsin articles that you've been creating. I think that together, we can put a lot of good information about our state on Wikipedia.Billertl (talk) 04:49, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- This publication is your friend; it will keep you from putting in all those unnecessary question marks (and thanks for your efforts, by the way). http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf --Orange Mike | Talk 02:28, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks, Oragnemike. This will prove useful.

Airports in Wisconsin

I noticed that you worked up some nice looking articles on Wisconsin airports! If you're taking requests, there are images at Commons at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Airports_in_Wisconsin but no articles for 2 airports. Shiocton has 2 images and 1 image for Manitowish Waters. I photographed both of them in my travels. I occasionally take road trips / vacations and have photographed much of the eastern half of Wisconsin. Thanks! Royal broil 01:31, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I don't remember writing those articles. Do you maybe have me confused with someone else? Sorry. But thanks anyway, for your kind words. I hope no one hacked my account and wrote articles, maybe?? Billertl (talk) 04:34, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

James O'Neill

Hi-I found out there were two James O'Neill from Neillsville, Wisconsin. James O'Neill (Wisconsin settler) sawmill owner and Wisconsin legislator. He invited his nephew James O'Neill (jurist) to moved to Neillsville and practiced law. Both served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. The younger James O'Neill later served as Wisconsin Circit Court judge. It was a little confusing. Please look at the two articles and see what you think. You started the James O'Neill Wisconsin settler article. Thanks-RFD (talk) 23:08, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, very interesting. Yes, it's indeed confusing. It's alwaus hard when you're researching different people with the same name. I think we now have some good articles written about both of them now. Billertl (talk) 16:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Root beer

The template is really designed for specific brands, like Hires, Mug, Barq's etc. Jones isn't known so much as a root beer brand, but more as a whole-brand manufacturer that sells root beer as one of its flavors. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 04:52, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry but I disagree. Jones is very well known for their root beer, which makes up a signifigant portion of their sales volume. In fact, many retail locations that carry Jones Soda only carry their line of Root Beer, because it's so popular. Your argument that "they sell more than just root beer" can also be applied to many of the other brands in the template. For example, Fanta (which is also in the template) has over 100 flavors worldwide, according to it's article. Faygo also has many other flavors. So why not delete Fanta, or Faygo? I'm sorry, but I just don't understand your logic. Billertl (talk) 05:26, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spenser Milton Marsh

Hi-I just sent an e-mail to the Clark County, Wisconsin Historical Society to see if they had an obituary about Spenser Marsh. I expanded the article about him and found out that he and his wife moved to San Diego, California in 1914. He then served as district attorney for San Diego County and then as superior court judge. An very interesting man. Many thanks as always-RFD (talk) 22:11, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting. For most of the bios that I create or work on for Wikipedia, I usually find something interesting about each person. But this guy, yes - looks like he lived quite a life, and went pretty far. Thanks and keep up the good work.

La Pointe, Wisconsin

Hi-You made a mistake with the move from La Pointe (community), Wisconsin to La Pointe (township), Wisconsin. The La Pointe (town) and La Pointe (community) article should be kept separate. Also in Wisconsin there are no townships just towns. See Political subdivisions of Wisconsin. Finally the should had bee a discussion about the move before it took place. I let The Catalyst31 know of my concerns so you may want to respond at The Catalyst31's talk page. This is very serious; the move should had been made without imput of the community. Thank you-RFD (talk) 11:41, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I made some comments at the La Pointe, Wisconsin article talk page. Thank you-RFD (talk) 12:06, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I revert your move to the La Pointe (town), Wisconsin article. Please see my comments at the La Pointe, Wisconsin article. Thank you-RFD (talk) 16:39, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for correcting my terminology. I agree with you, and you are correct. The correct term is "town", and not "township". Thanks for the correction.

However, I never merged the articles (like you accused me of). Merging an article is a serious change, and I would NEVER do it without discussing it on the talk page. Please don't misunderstand what I did.

On the talk page, I discussed my reason for moving the article, and I hope this makes sense. If you want to discuss it further, please let me know if there is anything we can do to further improve the article.

But I just wanted to take the opportunity to apologize, for not discussing the move before I did it. I still believe it's a positive change, but I should have discussed it first, and I'm sorry. In the past, many editors (including myself) have moved many articles without discussing it first. And most of the time, nobody makes an issue of the matter. But maybe I shouldn't have assumed that would be the case here, and so from now on, I will discuss the topic before I ever move an article. At the time, I had taken all the other necessary steps, including the checking of other articles with links that may be affected by the move.

You seem to be protective of certain articles, and I never meant to upset you in any way. So please accept my apology for not discussing the move first. Billertl (talk) 21:10, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am not protective of articles I just get concern about accuracy. My apologies for any misunderstandings on my part. I was born and raised in Wisconsin and am familiar with state people, geography, government and politics, etc. You are a good editor also. I probably misunderstand of what you are trying to do. Also I am a male. Thank you and again my apologies-RFD (talk) 21:34, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad that you two worked it out. I didn't get a chance to comment, but I would have opposed too. The whole state is done this way from the beginning. In 2003 (the very early days of Wikipedia), a bot (Rambot) was used to create article on the communities of the United States. It was programmed with the 2000 census data and it created articles for all of the government units. A prime example is Green Bay, Wisconsin (for the city) and Green Bay (town), Wisconsin for the town of Green Bay. Royal broil 21:49, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, everyone seems to be in agreement that community articles should remain seperate from town articles. I agree with this now, also. But back in 2011, when I made the proposal to merge the two La Pointe articles, at the time I didn't realize having seperate articles for towns and communities is the standard Wikipedia method. We still have the seperate articles for the community of La Pointe and the town of La Pointe, and that's the way it will remain.

I've just been trying to improve these articles. I live in the northern part of Wisconsin, and I have a deep understanding of the local communities, the culture, people, government, etc. RFD and I are a lot alike, in the sense we're both from Wisconsin, and care about the Wisconsin articles on Wikipedia. And the more we cooperate, the better we can make the articles we're concerned about. So in the future, I'll try to make more of an attempt to discuss any major edits before I make any such big changes, because I value the input of other editors, like you guys. Thanks. Billertl (talk) 22:10, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As for the current state of the articles, there are still some things in the town article that should be in the community article and vice versa. For instance, the infoboxes need to be switched, and the census data in the community article is data for the town. Personally I wouldn't have switched the scope of the two articles, but at this point it's probably fine. (I also might want to move the community one back to La Pointe (community), Wisconsin and make La Pointe, Wisconsin a disambiguation page for the sake of consistency, but only if there's a consensus to.) TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 22:17, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have no problems with the changes you suggested-thanks-RFD (talk) 22:23, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have no problems with your suggestions, either. Great point, I agree. Please go ahead and switch the infoboxes and move any information as you see fit. Thanks for this. However, I just disagree on one small point. In my opinion, it's probably best not to turn La Pointe, Wisconsin into a disambiguation page. I believe it would be much better to leave the articles rest at their current locations. The reason is because there are only two articles in question. I could see if there were a longer list of articles that needed to be on the disambiguation page, but in this case there are only two. And both articles have a hatnote, which links to the other article. The hatnote on each article serves it's purpose the way it should, according to policies and suggestions found at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. I just don't see or understand the necessity for making La Pointe, Wisconsin a disambiguation page for only two articles, when the hatnote link at the top of the pages serve the purpose correctly and adequately, as it should. But as far as making the other necessary changes you mentioned, I say yes-absolutely. There were still a few things on both articles I wanted to tweak, but you seem to have a good eye for these details, and I have no problem with you doing what you suggested with the infoboxes and switching a few other details. Thank you.Billertl (talk) 23:08, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Is everything OK with the article? I hope it looks OK, and all is well. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billertl (talk • contribs)

On a second review I have also removed the rather dubious .exe file that you have linked to as a reference. --dsprc ^[talk] 07:58, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback on the article. I'm interested in addressing the things you tagged. As for any external links that may not follow guidelines, please let me know which specific link and the reason, and I will remove it. As for the article largely relying on a single sourse, I got most of the information from 3 sourses, although I know you deleted one reference that linked to an online database with relevant information about the building's organ. Please let me know what I can specifically do to fix things, and I will be happy to make the changes. And again, thank you.

I think I may have things corrected. I presume there are enough references now, so that it no longer relies on just a few sources. Please comment, or delete the tag. And again, thanks much for everything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billertl (talk • contribs)

Sign your posts. Article is OK for the most part. A few WP:PEACOCK words toward the beginning and end of the first paragraph; I will try to iron those out later on when I'm more inclined. As for the database thing, I deleted it because it didn't behave like an exe or DLL that gets executed on the server-side. Instead, my browser tried to download the thing to my machine as a normal file. I don't run Microsoft Windows so, maybe my browser/system mime types are all jacked up and that has something to do with it. Who knows. --dsprc ^[talk] 09:59, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Scott Krug for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Scott Krug is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Krug until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. BJackJS talk 19:15, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Lapointe, Wisconain" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Lapointe, Wisconain. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 26#Lapointe, Wisconain until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 19:26, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2021

WikiProject Scouting | May 2021

Notes for May:

Please go and "watch" this page: Article alerts. You will quickly see if any issues arise.

Here is a list of other pages to watch as well: Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Watch

Congratulations to our Barnstar awardees!
Interested in coordinating a zoom meeting? Please let us know.

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk) 20:45, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2021

WikiProject Scouting | July 2021

Things to watch for:

New: Newest articles
Alert: Article alerts
Continuing: To do

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk) 17:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: October 2021

WikiProject Scouting | October 2021

It is with sadness that we note the passing of Jim Howes. Throughout his life, Jim worked to make the world a better place. WikiProject Scouting now has no administrators listed as willing to help the WikiProject. If you are an administrator and are willing to help, please let us know here.

Things to watch for:

New: Newest articles
Alert: Article alerts
Continuing: To do

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk) 15:12, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2022

WikiProject Scouting | May 2022

Notes for May:

Please go and "watch" this page: Article alerts. You will quickly see if any issues arise.

Here is a list of other pages to watch as well: Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Watch

Congratulations to our Barnstar awardees!
We want to develop a featured portal, look here if you want to help.

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk)

Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:10, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2022

WikiProject Scouting | June 2022

Notes for June:

Hey! Hey! We have updated Portal:Scouting/Recognized content, go give it a look!
Congratulations to our Barnstar awardees!
We still want to develop a featured portal, look here if you want to help.

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk) 22:13, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: August 2022

WikiProject Scouting | August 2022

Notes for August:

Happy Scout Scarf Day! You wearing your neckerchief today?
We are working to develop a featured portal, look here if you want to help.
These three articles are our top candidates to work up into Good Articles.

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk) August 1, 2022

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:41, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: January 2023

WikiProject Scouting | January 2023

Notes for January:

We are working to develop a featured portal, look here if you want to help.
These three articles are our top candidates to work up into Good Articles.

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk) January 16, 2023

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:28, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: March 2023

WikiProject Scouting | March 2023

Notes for March:

The article on the The Scout Association was recently "delisted" from Good Article status. Help is requested.
We are working to develop a featured portal, look here if you want to help.
Looking for a new project? perhaps authoring an article on Aids to Scoutmastership

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk) March 16, 2023

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2023

WikiProject Scouting | July 2023

Notes for July

On our To do list, we need to prioritize some tasks for articles outside of the US or the UK.

The Scout Association has been nominated for a good article reassessment.
25th World Scout Jamboree, this may be a good time to improve this article. Anyone going?

We want to develop a featured portal, look here if you want to help.
Wood Badge, Brownsea Island Scout camp and Philmont Scout Ranch all need attention.

Announcements for the benefit of all

Please go and "watch" this page: Article alerts. You will quickly see if any issues arise.
Here is a list of other pages to watch as well: Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Watch

Other ways to participate

--evrik ^(talk)

Sent by Zippybonzo using MediaWiki message delivery at 16:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Public venues with a theatre organ has been nominated for deletion

Category:Public venues with a theatre organ has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:59, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Big butt disease" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Big butt disease has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 March 1 § Big butt disease until a consensus is reached. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe) 02:57, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2024

WikiProject Scouting | May 2024

Notes for May:

Looking for something to work on? Try looking at, Category:Scouting articles needing attention.

Some important articles that need help: The Scout Association, NAYLE, Philmont Training Center, BSA Leadership Training, COPE

We are working to develop a featured portal, look here if you want to help.
Looking for a new project? perhaps authoring an article on Aids to Scoutmastership

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk) May 22, 2024

Orphaned non-free image File:Ka'Niss Ma'Ingan Lodge.png

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Thanks for uploading File:Ka'Niss Ma'Ingan Lodge.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:27, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Ken Magazine.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Ken Magazine.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused duplicate or lower-quality copy of another file on Wikipedia having the same file format, and all inward links have been updated.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Yann (talk) 18:02, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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