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Barnstar for Work on U.S. Presidents

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Barnstar for Work on Ulysses S. Grant

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Million Award for Bringing Abraham Lincoln to Good Article Status

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Million Award for Bringing John Adams to Featured Article Status

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Barnstar for Work on Thomas Jefferson

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Editor of the Week

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		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: The week of November 22, 2015, you have been selected as Editor of the Week for your determination and dedication to help the encyclopedia grow. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

Editor Khazar2 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Hoppyh for steady, skilled work on US presidential articles. Few Wikipedians tackle articles of this magnitude; still fewer succeed in bringing them to Good Article or Featured Article status. Hoppyh has repeatedly done both; his contributions on presidents—from George Washington to Benjamin Harrison—have played a part in 5 Good Articles and 7 Featured Articles. Hoppyh is a pleasure to work with, with a friendly, drama-free approach to article improvement that's a good example to all of us.

One of the benefits of facilitating the Eddy award is that I get to meet quality editors like you. Too many veteran editors spend too much time at the various drama-laden pages of Wikipedia. They rarely take the time to see the hard working editors that fly under the radar of contention and strife and they begin to look at WP as one argument after another. Editors like you are the heartbeat of Wikipedia. Thanks for all you do. Happy New Year. Buster Seven Talk 17:09, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your intelligent and collegial work at Thomas Jefferson

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		For doing a lot of hard work yourself while being mindful of others. I really appreciate all the improvements you've made to the article and your humility in general.YoPienso (talk) 02:32, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

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Taking a break from the GW article

Wanted to pop in to let you know I am taking a break from editing the GW article (for various reasons). At this point I honestly don't think it will ever make it to FA status. I'll put it back on my Watchlist maybe sometime in January. At this point I kind of feel like "stick a fork in me...I'm done." Good luck, Shearonink (talk) 06:24, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

@Shearonink: I know your work there is appreciated. I have taken breaks several times and have come back, though not sure why. I enjoy the presidents—I’ve read bios for each one and now enjoy just copy editing. The colonial period is also a favorite. Hope your holidays are joyful and thanks again. Hoppyh (talk) 13:26, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Re: Dwight D. Eisenhower - Request for Semi-Protected Edit Posted

Hello Hoppyh: Just a quick note to thank you for your extensive contributions to the WikiProject: U. S. Presidents. Perhaps if you have some extra time you could take a look at the Semi-Protected Edit Request on the talk Page for Dwight D. Eisenhower (See Talk:Dwight D. Eisenhower). It includes a reference to Eisenhower's support for the use of cultural diplomacy during the onset of the cold war throughout Europe and in Germany in particular during the 1950s. It might constitute an interesting addition to the article. Perhaps you could share your thoughts on the talk page. Enjoy and thanks once again for your thoughtful and outstanding editorial assistance on Wikipedia. With best wishes 72.69.152.90 (talk) 14:07, 2 May 2019 (UTC)JJ72.69.152.90 (talk) 14:20, 2 May 2019 (UTC)JJ

Chopawamsic Harrisons

I'm not in a library right now and don't know when I'll have a chance to check this genealogy, given my other obligations, but I've recently added an article about West Virginia's William A. Harrison, as well as possibly incorrectly linked the articles for Congressmen Thomas W. Harrison and Burr Harrison to the Harrison family of Virginia article that you've nominated for Good Article status. All are descended from patriot Burr Harrison of Dumfries, Virginia, who doesn't seem to fit in either of your two Harrison family branches, since that family was in the Chopawamsic creek area (as well as participating in the House of Burgesses) in colonial days. Thanks for your attention in this matter.Jweaver28 (talk) 14:27, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jweaver28: Thanks for that—I haven’t focused on this particular connection, though it has interested me. I am a Harrison, and no relation to Thomas or Burr, but I grew up in Winchester—Burr P. lived across the street from my family there. Hopefully one day we’ll be able to address this with some certainty. Hoppyh (talk) 17:19, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jweaver28: I have checked J. Houston Harrison’s work, cited in the Virginia Harrisons article, and he provides some detail about this line of Harrisons—see pp. 287–289; he makes clear there is no connection to the James River or the Shenandoah Harrison families. They probably deserve some brief mention in the article which I will try to add.Hoppyh (talk) 18:33, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I unlinked Burr P. from the Harrison family of Virginia page (as well as corrected a bad typo I made this morning translating a computer-generated article into American). LOL.Jweaver28 (talk) 23:42, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Harrison family of Virginia

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Thanks so much. I will do my best to address your questions or suggestions. Hoppyh (talk) 19:57, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

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Great job with copyedits

Hi HoppyH, I was looking at the James Buchanan article and noticed that you put a lot of work into copy editing that page and many other presidential bios, several of which I have also worked on. I just wanted to quickly thank you for doing a great job copy editing (as well making other kinds of edits); I think that you have really improved a lot of articles. Orser67 (talk) 15:26, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

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Harrison family of Virginia has been nominated for Did You Know

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The Adventure of the Three Harrisons

Hey there.

Some time ago I skimmed part of the article Harrison family of Virginia, and saw that the lede claimed the family included "a Founding Father of the nation and three U.S presidents". This came as a surprise, since to my knowledge there were only two Harrison presidents (William Henry and Benjamin), so I changed it to two. It seemed like a rather glaring mistake, since the last sentence in that same lede listed the Harrisons as being one of multiple presidential dynasties, and there was even a subsection named ""The Signer" and two presidents".

Coming back to this article today, I see in the history that you removed the number altogether (seemingly by accident) about half an hour later and then re-added the number three about 48 hours later. I changed it to two again, and you reverted it as "per rs". After doing a closer reading of the article, I see that you are right that there are three presidents from the Harrison family. On my first go, I didn't read thoroughly enough or scroll far enough to see that there are two branches of the family, and that Abraham Lincoln, though not a bearer of the Harrison name, was part of the Shenandoah Valley branch. I would like to apologize for my careless reading of the article.

However, I have a point of criticism about the article that I think you are well suited to fix, given your work on the article.

This is where we get to the aforementioned last sentence of the lede: "The Harrisons are among four families to have two presidents in their number with the same surname; the others are the Adams, Roosevelt, and Bush families". I think that this sentence, though correct, is misleading. When I first came upon the article, I did not notice the "with the same surname" part of the sentence, and this is one of the things that reaffirmed my belief that there were two Harrison POTUSes. While the sentence is factually accurate, I think it is misleading, since the surname part is there to cut down the number of Harrison presidents to two so that it fits the same pattern as the Adamses, Roosevelts, and Bushes. People like me who skimmed the article, or for some other reason didn't catch the surname part and other clues, might be led to think that the first sentence is wrong in saying three, and that there are only the two Harrison-named Harrison presidents.

Though I may just have been an idiot for misreading, I think that the sentence is open to being misunderstood and that a less ambiguous phrasing would be a useful way of idiot-proofing. My suggestion would be twofold: In the first sentence, add all three Harrison presidents in parenthesis after "a Founding Father of the nation and three U.S presidents". In the last sentence, change "two" to "multiple" and remove the "with the same surname" part. I would like your input before going ahead with this. Was I just being an idiot in a way that no one else could possibly be, or do you think that it would improve the article to clarify that Lincoln was a Harrison by blood?

Kind regards (and another apology),

212.130.152.24 (talk) 22:38, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on this. I added the reference to the "two presidents with the same surname" in an attempt to clarify the problem you raised about being misleading. My thought is that this clarifies things–this assumes that the reader understands, as they should, that families have multiple surnames. I'll keep at it with your suggestions in mind. While I am at it, have you given any thought to registering? I would recommend it and I don't believe it will cause you any regret; quite the opposite really. Thanks again. Hoppyh (talk) 22:49, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm glad I could help. My thought with clarifying about Lincoln is that "presidents from the Harrison family" and "presidents with the name Harrison" are different but related categories. Though people of course should know that you can have different surnames and still be related, the thought might not occur to some people, and indeed it didn't occur to me in that moment, that those two notions are different. I personally don't like signing up for things, as I have a habit of forgetting which of a myriad different usernames and passwords I used. It's easier for me to just lurk on most sites, and here on Wikipedia to edit using IPs. I do see the many upsides, for me and for others, to me registering, but all those usernames are just more trouble than they're worth. Not that your recommendation isn't appreciated, but I prefer IP editing. And by the way, congrats on getting the article to GA status. I see that you're the one who nominated it, and it's nice that your good work is recognized. - 212.130.152.24 (talk) 23:55, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

I have provided some good clarification based on your suggestion. This will come in handy for the current DYK nom. I do understand your reluctance about registering. That said, your helpful contributions would only be more effective with a user name. I plead guilty to that discrimination. Hoppyh (talk) 00:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

BTW, you also have the convenient option to stay logged in. My last word. Hoppyh (talk) 00:53, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Gessner Harrison

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I think we worked together on Lincoln about 10 years ago

I am probably not going to try and make it an FA. And yet I dream sometimes lately. Peregrine Fisher (talk) 09:07, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

@Peregrine Fisher: So glad to hear from you. I have fond memories of our collaboration on Lincoln—it was my first at WP and you were a good mentor. That GA was a Herculean task wasn't it? An attempt at FA for him seems daunting to me now in my old age. I had a bit of a medical event a couple years ago, so I'm a mere shadow of my younger self. Of course, if a nom is made I will try to help as I can, pal. Let me know. The single FA which I can lay claim to (as the primary editor) is my ancestor George Tucker (politician), quite an interesting character. I am sure you would enjoy the read. It is tentatively scheduled to be up on the main page in August (another first for me), so if you do check it out of course let me know if you see any blemishes. Always good to hear from you and glad to help in your work. Cheers! Hoppyh (talk) 14:56, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

That is a damn good lead you wrote for Tucker! I think I have someone in my family generations past that was kinda like that (house of reps state or national, not a famous philosopher). I just sent my dad an email asking him. Anyways, you may want to keep an eye on Talk:Abraham_Lincoln#The_lead_section_is_not_well_balanced Peregrine Fisher (talk) 06:47, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

My dad responded. I guess my relative ain't that famous. [1] Peregrine Fisher (talk) 09:23, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Lincoln article suggestion

@Shearonink: See below from an unregistered user. What I’d like to do is get a ref for the time of death. If you have that handy, I’d appreciate it. Then I think I’ll put the smile business in a footnote with a couple other refs provided. What do you think? Hoppyh (talk) 20:49, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

The words "After death his face relaxed into a smile" are a bit clumsy and should be changed to something more simple like "According to some accounts, at his last drawn breath, on the morning after the assassination, he smiled broadly and then expired". It dosen't have to be the exact words I suggest, perhaps just use "smiled broadly". After all, there is no possible way for a person to smile "AFTER" death, so it should mean he smiled "WHEN" he died. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.23.220.227 (talk) 18:23, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Some sources I found that could be added for the "assassination" section on the Abraham Lincoln page. These have mentioned by some respected sources, and even a few historians. It is used on article.

“As he died his breathing grew quieter, his face more calm. According to some accounts, at his last drawn breath, on the morning after the assassination, he smiled broadly and then expired. Historians, most notably author Lee Davis have emphasized Lincoln's peaceful appearance when and after he died: "It was the first time in four years, probably, that a peaceful expression crossed his face." Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Lincoln Administration, Maunsell Bradhurst Field wrote, "I had never seen upon the President's face an expression more genial and pleasing." The President's secretary, John Hay, saw "a look of unspeakable peace came upon his worn features".

References

Hoppyh Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22am per

• American Heritage magazine
• History.com
• The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia, By Edward Steers, Jr., Page 3

"Assisted by Dr. Albert F. A. King, Abbott kept a record of Lincoln's pulse and respiration between the hours of 11:00 P.M . and 7:22 A.M., when Lincoln died."

• Lincoln's Body: A Cultural History, By Richard Wightman Fox, eBook - 7:22am
• The Madness of Mary Lincoln, By Jason Emerson, Page 7 "Lincoln finally breathed his last at 7:22 A.M."

Hope this helps, Shearonink (talk) 21:11, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Shearonink Changes made per my last comment. See Note "f" – it has 4 cites which I think is unnecessary. Can you pick two, maybe? Thanks again. Hoppyh (talk) 13:25, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) My week has just now gone insane. I was starting to take a look but won't be able to do any more editing on Lincoln until maybe sometime this next weekend. The refs in this article are kind of a mess, different forms etc. As 92.23.220.227 states below, Hays includes "the look of unspeakable peace" but nothing about the "smile". Will look in later, maybe Saturday or Sunday. Shearonink (talk) 14:38, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

The John Hay quote is sourced but the quote is not shown at all; it doesn’t describe a smile but "a look of unspeakable peace came upon his worn features". Don’t know if this can be included, but isn’t present either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.23.220.227 (talk) 14:04, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Gessner Harrison

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Your GA nomination of Mary Stuart Smith

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Abraham Lincoln References

Hi! To the best of my knowledge there's a push right now to try and get Lincoln to FA status. I'd love to help out, would I be in the way if I worked on the refs, sorting out the page numbers are making them all harv refs? I know that Lincoln has some great editors looking after it so I thought I'd check first to make sure that there's no reason it hasn't been done or if someone was already planning to do it. Thanks, Aza24 (talk) 08:07, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

@Aza24: You would be welcome—see discussions on talk about this and just advise what you plan to do and you’ll be fine. My own personal preference is to lose the page numbers in the in-line cites, as I believe it makes for difficult reading. Hoppyh (talk) 10:46, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

@Aza24: Check out Archive #29 for the talk page, go to section on Overuse of cites and you’ll see the above discussion. Hoppyh (talk) 18:06, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Awesome! I agree completely about the page numbers, I was planning to do it the same way as Warren G. Harding or Calvin Coolidge. Aza24 (talk) 20:30, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Hoppyh, I assume the reason some of the duplicate refs are there is because the preceeding sentence uses parts from both of them? Might it be better if I combine those refs into 1? Something like this "Morgan, pp. 46–47; Horner, pp. 181–82." Aza24 (talk) 22:20, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Sounds good. I now recall this method at Washington. I think the ones I have done are ok though. Hoppyh (talk) 22:34, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you

Thank you for your articles about our United States Presidents and their families. I did enjoy reading your articles; the Mary Stuart Smith article was very fascinating and interesting. I do know one of the descendants of Thomas Jefferson's and Sally Heming's family settled in Madison, Wisconsin and is one of the prominent families of Madison, Wisconsin. I was born and raised in Wisconsin and I enjoy reading and researching people, places, events, etc., about Wisconsin. Again my thanks-RFD (talk) 15:00, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

@RFD: I am very grateful for your comments. Mary Stuart was my gg grandmother. My favorite family article is George Tucker (politician)—he provided the material! Best wishes on your health issues—I have slowed as an editor too after a bit of a stroke a couple years ago. Cheers, pal. Hoppyh (talk) 15:35, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of J. Hartwell Harrison

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@Sainsf:Thanks so much for taking this up. I assume you will see the failed GA nom from 10 years ago. I have attempted to address some of the issues raised, though I feel my efforts are a bit hampered by the limited sources. In any case, the years, and some experience working at WP, have brought improvements I think. BTW, see DYK nom at talk page for Mary Stuart Smith—the reviewer caught some reference issues they felt we should have caught in our GA nom work. Thanks again for your time and effort. Hoppyh (talk) 14:07, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me Hoppyh :) I see how I missed these problems, thing is I am not really familiar with harv type referencing. Nvm, I have learnt something new and I will take care of this in my later reviews. Sainsf · (How ya doin'?) 00:48, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Better you than me doing those reviews—I see that Mary Stuart's DYK is in the queue for 5/15–5/16. Well done to you. Hoppyh (talk) 00:53, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Mary Stuart Smith

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George Tucker (politician) scheduled for TFA

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@Ealdgyth: Will do. Glad to help as needed. Hoppyh (talk) 14:23, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the article "about one of America's early educators and writers, whose life included some intriguing paradox, in addition to his publication of the first fiction of colonial Virginia life. Tucker's premier comprehensive biography of Thomas Jefferson, his History of the United States, and lastly, his writing of an early science fiction, also qualifies the article for consideration as a featured article. While Tucker's life could command but a singular in-depth biographer, Robert C. McLean, McLean's book is strengthened by its having resulted from his dissertation—prepared for, reviewed, and approved by a Washington University faculty committee. Publication was made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation. The work, 230 pages in length, is well sourced by a bibliography which spans 18 pages."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:29, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

@Ealdgyth: See problem raised with short links in the ref section. If you can show me how to fix I will. I found the fix and made all the repairs. Hoppyh (talk) 17:42, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Precious

U.S. politicians and educators

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GA review of Gessner Harrison

HI, I see you have reviewed the article for GA status, thought it had 2 major problems with references. I just fixed a ton of {{sfn}} errors -- the links need to link to the book cited (the year needs to be included in sfn template). I would suggest to install script (described at Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors) to highlight errors whenever the link breaks for any reason. Additionally, several books are cited but do not include page numbers which makes the cites unverifiable. I have tagged the citations with {{page needed}}. Please pay closer attention to references when reviewing articles in the future. Thanks! Renata (talk) 05:18, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

@Renata3: I appreciate your input, as the primary editor, though the reviewer was @Hog Farm:. I will try to incorporate your suggestions. I must confess that the reference protocols are not my strength. Thanks again. Hoppyh (talk) 11:34, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

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Albertis Harrison

Can you provide a reliable source for your statement that Albertis belonged to te Harrison family of Virginia? Cuase I found this one https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/01/24/albertis-s-harrison-dies-at-88/5a91ae11-94e6-4b84-9078-8977ffa1d19f/ which says that he was not related to the Presidents' family. Kowalmistrz (talk) 11:49, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@Kowalmistrz: I have used the obit you ref as supporting his connection to the family. The obit would not reference the family if he were not a member of it. The obit does not say he is unrelated to the family, only that his beginnings were a contrast to the earlier members of the family. I also have used a ref to N.Y Times obit which supports the connection. If you think it appropriate, please feel free to raise your concern on the talk page of the Harrison article. Thanks. Hoppyh (talk) 12:54, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

I have added a ref to the Baltimore Sun obit which appears unequivocal on the point. Hoppyh (talk) 18:40, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Coordinates for Wigwam

What's up with reverting the coordinates (and the capitalization of "Cape Cod", for that matter)? I checked several of the map services they link to; all of them point to a nondescript spot in the woods many hundreds of feet from the house itself, which is clearly visible on aerial photographs, directly under the spot that I painstakingly recalculated. --2603:6081:8004:DD5:497E:E054:AD55:9B4E (talk) 23:35, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Check the formatting error that resulted---->{{https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Wigwam_%28Chula%2C_Virginia%29&type=revision&diff=1055694235&oldid=1015157190}} Maybe you could try working on it some more to fix it? Hoppyh (talk) 02:22, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Most curious...I noticed no error message when I submitted my changes, although I may have missed it. Normally I am very careful to look for such, lest one of my changes be reverted on easy-to-avoid technical grounds. :-) The new coordinates are definitely accurate, but maybe too accurate; my guess is that the Wiki software doesn't like the decimal points, at least not in degree-minute-second format. Thanks for catching the problem. --2603:6081:8004:DD5:497E:E054:AD55:9B4E (talk) 03:39, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

No, that's not the problem after all. I have recently made similar refinements in the coordinates for a few other place-names in Amelia County, some having a NRHP box, some not. I just double-checked those articles; no glaring red error messages, which are hard to miss. --2603:6081:8004:DD5:497E:E054:AD55:9B4E (talk) 03:48, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Good luck with them–you are above my pay grade! Hoppyh (talk) 12:18, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, but I seriously doubt that. :-) --2603:6081:8004:DD5:497E:E054:AD55:9B4E (talk) 12:43, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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