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A US Work pre 1923 is Public domain.

Assuming that both works (statute and photo) are first published in the US , I don't see an issue.

Cite the sources used, and use the credit line the book gives for the indivdiaul photos (if any).

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hi[edit]

Hi! Things are pretty good, actually! Please email me when you get a chance! We have some thing to tend to, because Gordon woke up! --Lockley (talk) 21:21, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Carptrash my friend you may be interested in this happy dilemma. --Lockley (talk) 21:47, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Post Office Murals[edit]

Hey Carptrash. Nice to meet you. As you probably noticed I have been adding to the list of Post Office Murals artists. I noticed that you started the list back in Dec 2011. I'm getting most of my names from http://postalmuseum.si.edu/indiansatthepostoffice/mural12.html. I'm tempted to put a reference with each artist (at least for the ones I have added and the ones I will be adding). I don't know how long the list will get or if that is a problem. Please let me know what you think. I appreciate your efforts and wish to collaborate. Ed aka Buster Seven Talk 20:22, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Carptrash. User 32.218.34.24...is that you? Just curious. Seems pretty knowledgeable for someone just born today. ```Buster Seven Talk 23:43, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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List of Post Office Murals title[edit]

Thanks for starting this article. Would you consider a name change to "List of U.S. post office murals"? - "U.S." for obvious reasons, plus lowercase "post office murals" per WP:TITLE (see: United States post office murals). Just a thought. 32.218.34.24 (talk) 00:47, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have no problem, but will discuss it with my collaborator. Carptrash (talk) 01:40, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks![edit]

Thanks for starting the James Watrous article. I can work on it in a few days. 32.218.34.24 (talk) 02:26, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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```Buster Seven Talk 02:43, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BTW. It felt great to hear "let me check with my collaborator" Thanks. ```Buster Seven Talk 02:45, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures of public domain objects[edit]

Hi Carptrash. When uploading images of three-dimensional public domain objects such as statues, in addition to a copyright tag specifying the copyright status of the statue, please include a copyright tag for the photo as well. An example of how to do this is at File:1909 Indian Cent NGC MS65RD Obverse.png. Please add a copyright tag to File:William Coleman Memorial Fountain, Sacramento, California, USA, Ralph Stackpole, sculptor.jpg. Thanks, -- Diannaa (talk) 02:13, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Award we were discussing[edit]

SShhhh!! It's a secret. No one, especially the editor you have in mind, is supposed to know. If you go to the bottom of User:BlackCab's talk page you will see an example of what I have in mind. I'd leave a trail of bread crumbs but that might be too obvious. Ill leave it to you to figure out the rest. Good Luck! ```Buster Seven Talk 08:06, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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OOPPSS!! I meant to "thank" ...not revert....```Buster Seven Talk 17:41, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Somewhere...[edit]

I saw Puerto Rico too. Should have added it then but I get confused easily. ```Buster Seven Talk 18:23, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw it too. So, you are working down the alphabet and I am going up, let's race to it - though you'll have to get through Pannsylvania to get there. But then, I get New York. hmmmm? Carptrash (talk) 18:40, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Im still in California. They have 1688 WPA projects. Plus the take yer time.....stop and smell the roses vibe is intoxicating. Or maybe its the joint that the guy next to me keeps offering, ```Buster Seven Talk 19:13, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I gave up editing while drunk several years ago, we all get to make our ounecisions on this sort of thing. Carptrash (talk) 19:16, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Re:Thanks[edit]

...I did not see that you running for anything there, or elsewhere for that matter..."

Well it isn't like I didn't want to be in the running for military historian of the year, but the community hasn't nominated me for the award in years (like four or five to be precise) . I had hoped I would at least be nominated this year, but it didn't happen. I guess that's life, and its not the end of the world. At the end of the day it doesn't much change who I am or what I do here, the process merely demonstrates the barometer the project's contributors places on who has done what to warrant a nod and a shot at the year's top awards. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:00, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I took a glance,TomStar81, at your user page to see what would occur to me and what happened is that I'd find it difficult, if not impossible, to support anyone who feels that Pres. O is holding this nation hostage. Ideally this sort of thing should not make a difference, but I don't live in an ideal world.Carptrash (talk) 03:12, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Everyone be entitled to their opinion, and I grant that this may stop people from looking at me seriously, although you'd think that since Wikipedia operates mostly as a meritocracy there would be some room for forgiveness in people's hearts. Hell I know editors I hardly get along with on here at all and yet I ask them to help when I know that they know better than I do on a given matter. Still, though, you're probably right that it likely isn't doing me any favors. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:19, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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After[edit]

the hub-bub of the holidays we'll have to converse about how to gather Images, etc. I understand that because the artist's were government employees their Images are Public Domain I just don't know the "How to..." of moving them from where I find them on the Internet to WP:Commons. There is so much to do and I think useful info is getting lost (by me) in the process of creating the List. I'm collecting Artist Bio stuff at User talk:Buster7/sandbox for future work and, not always, but every now and then, when I go to an Existing Artist WP Article, I'll add info about the mural...but only sometimes. My way seems haphazard and sporadic. I guess I'm asking how you store and categorize all the gobs of info that comes in front of you when your doing a project like The List. I guess I know The List is a long term commitment and I want to start doing things the easiest way. Like I said...mid-January or so...```Buster Seven Talk 16:51, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Piping down the valleys wild[edit]

OK - I'll keep that in mind if/when I take another look. (If they haven't been fixed already, I can go ahead and fix the ones I did yesterday.)

Happy to be of help - it's an interesting subject. I like the way the list is coming along. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:18, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed 'em both. As to photos, there's not a lot I can do on that front. (I can try and get some shots of the murals in Arlington in situ...that's the only post office near at hand to me. I can eventually hit some of the ones in the valley - Strasburg, Luray - but that will take more time, and wherewithal that I don't have at the moment.)
What I can do is to add NRHP designations to the list, as I did with Arlington. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:16, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps add a NRHP in the notes? I suspect that most of these post offices will be there, so perhaps it needs another column? Carptrash (talk)
I set up a NRHP column in Alabama - both you check it out and see what you think.Carptrash (talk) 19:33, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
👍 Like ```Buster Seven Talk 19:56, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed - it looks great. Maybe a way to distinguish between listed buildings and buildings which are contributing properties to the historic district? Unless the column is for links to articles, in which case never mind. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:06, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What I am thinking, and this NEVER makes it so, is that a YES in that column, if it's a blue link could be a link to either an article about the building or the district that it is a part of. Make sense? Carptrash (talk) 20:18, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Carptrash: Enjoy your tea. I can get the NRHP column tomorrow for all while I'm at the Library....(for eight Hours!!!!!) ```Buster Seven Talk 22:33, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Mom and I are watching University of Colorado-Pueblo in some football bowl game. This is meaningful because the college was co-founded by her father [1]. Enjoy the library, Monday is my day. Carptrash (talk) 22:48, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When you get a minute...[edit]

take a peak @ User:Buster7/Post office mural artists and let me know what you think. It's a beginning. Let me know on the talk page of that "sandbox" TRA! ```Buster Seven Talk 17:49, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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My notes[edit]

show that only 4 states remain for city data to be completed in The List: Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota. TRA! ```Buster Seven Talk 16:49, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"City data?" Not sure what that is. You mean that there might be cities that are red links? We still have a ways to go before we do our version of the great meeting place. Mom is up, so I'm not sure what the next few hours hold in store for me. Carptrash (talk)

` By "city data" I just meant the basic framework (city and state), design and known data input for the list.....which is almost complete except for the four I mentioned. ```Buster Seven Talk 00:56, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Embarrassed. Turns out there are 18 sates that need data entry. So...as Gilda Radner used too say on SNL......"Nevermind!"```Buster Seven Talk 01:44, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas Eve[edit]

I spent this evening with extended family. My sister hosted 23 for dinner, and I met new cousins, aged 1-1/2 and 3. My siblings are in our 40s and 50s, and it's easy to forget what it's like to be around small children, and fascinating to watch them make sense of their world.
Merry Christmas, Einar. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 07:35, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Aloha[edit]

A wiki-friend from Hawaii just sent me greetings which I pass on to you. Aloha to you and yours. ```Buster Seven Talk 16:54, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Indeed. (By the by, I know where the footnote is coming from...I'm too lazy to do anything about it. And in about a week it will be consigned to the archive, so I'm not thinking about it much at all for now.) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:18, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ay, that 'tis. And 'tis so, indeed. Believe me. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:23, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Ive created....[edit]

a new box to put notes into and to work out of. I know you would like to increase the # of article about women and I 100% agree. Anyway, its just an idea to help us stay on track. See User:Buster7/The List - Women Artists. ```Buster Seven Talk 17:21, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And now, Introducing.....User:Buster7/The List - Men Artists for your enjoyment. ```Buster Seven Talk 00:27, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • another shoe box which is available for any info you might uncover on the topic. User:Buster7/The List - Indian Murals.```Buster Seven Talk 19:22, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • also today I started to create an article about Ida Abelman, the first Women on the Women Muralits List and a redlink soon to be a bluelink. Its at Draft:Ida Abelman. Ive only created a few articles in my time, maybe 6, and have never used the "Articles for Creation" pages before. I thought, "What the Heck!", it might be a good idea to learn what a new editor goes thru to get his/her article into WP. I wonder if you (and any friendlies) could swing by there and take a look and tell me what it needs. If you add something, do it in small bites so I can see how it gets done and I can mimic it in the future for other articles. If you could add an "Infobox for artist"...that would be great. I don't know how to do that. I'm gonna add another Reference or two 'cause Ive heard that the more references the better as far as passing the submission process. Thanks! Buster Seven Talk 01:45, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have...[edit]

the same vanity. I think our work on The List will vault us right to the top. By the way...just the other day WP had 4,567,890 articles. (notice the sequence). I think the odd part is that I noticed that. TRA! ```Buster Seven Talk 15:57, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The top is a long way off, but then so is the end of this total project. I am a date watcher too, recently caught 10/12/14 and 12/13/14, for example. So nice catch on the wikipedia articles number. Carptrash (talk) 16:02, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/Stripped Classicism[edit]

Comments. Needs your input and help. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:02, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You may be interested[edit]

in this discovery I just found a few minutes ago. I haven't the time to investigate it right now but it sure looks interesting. Maybe you already know about it???. Collaborating with you is the most interesting and stimulating thing I have done on WP. Thanks for that! TRA!```Buster Seven Talk 18:50, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, to quote Sargent Schultz, "I know nothing!" about that interesting site. Another goldmine? Meanwhile, having 3,000 articles on my watch list, I have been enticed into creating a new article, New Formalism (architecture) - out of a discussion at Stripped Classicism. And then Mom woke up in the middle of everything, so it has been a wild morning so far. And yes, our, "little" project has been immensely satisfying and is bordering on a life long venture. I have a binder somewhere of my mural slides, but have not been able to locate it since my move. My guru was fond of saying. "Life is supposed to be interesting. This is how the universe expands." Carptrash (talk) 19:00, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I agree. There is no foreseeable end to this project and it already has expanded my life...WP and real. My wife and I have even started to write a rough draft for a novel, The Muralist, about a multi-personality serial killer that is as charming as can be until someone criticizes his work. Love, Sex and great tunes from the '30s and '40s (for the Movie adaptation). He goes from town to town over the life of "the Section of Fine Arts" assuming different names (there are so many interesting ones to choose from) and wardrobes and interesting "peccadilloes---->(busterism). Johnny Depp would be perfect for the part. TRA! ```Buster Seven Talk 20:30, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, this does explain who some of these artists are and why I can find nothing on them. Meanwhle I'll be looking for music too. MCarptrash (talk) 21:32, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year![edit]

I see you're still "going postal," and I'm imbibing too much "Pabst." Whatever floats your/our boat(s). Happy New Year! == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 18:51, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers. This early it's milk and kalua for me. Mom's back to sleeping so I want to finish Ohio. Big place. Carptrash (talk) 18:57, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Heres a 6 pack for your evenings pleasure. Enjoy! You'd better drink fast. I'm sure some bot will swoop by and steal them because of copyright infringement. Yappy New Hear! ```Buster Seven Talk 22:46, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks all, I am drinking as fast as I can, so will probably beat the copyright folks. Carptrash (talk) 02:06, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year Carptrash![edit]

Happy New Year!

Carptrash,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:57, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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And one from me as well - happy editing in 2015! --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:57, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

in recognition[edit]

The Barnstar of High Culture
For the creation of New Formalism (architecture), for your more general patient efforts to document architectural styles on wikipedia, and for keeping your smiling good humor, common sense and constructive attitude against occasional ill forward winds, Citizen Carptrash you are hereby awarded the Barnstar of High Culture! --Lockley (talk) 22:00, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Me again[edit]

A new year's present: I created Category:American sculptors by century and three daughter categories this afternoon. There is much yet to do on the subject, but this is a good start, I think. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 22:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That came as something of a surprise to me, too, actually. Happy to be of help. I've been doing some more manual categorization, but there's still a lot that needs doing, I think. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:47, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I know. It keeps me awake at night. (Well...it doesn't really. But it comes close sometimes.) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:54, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(artist)[edit]

This morning the disam bot told me about 5 or 6 which I took care of. But it reminded me to let you know why I am adding (artist) and letting it "show up" on The List. In a week or two we will be done with the basic Info and we will {individually) "wander" around the List, fixing things, filling in gaps, researching for NRHP listings (two of the PO disams from this morning are NRHP but I didn't take the time to add them to The List, etc. etc. We will continue our collaboration and chop away at the many options available as to "what to do first". For me, it changes everyday. So...I thought that by letting {artist) show up on The List I would create article for those artists first...gotta start somewhere. Feel free to let me know if one task is more important than another. I'm In Plano, IL today. TRA!```Buster Seven Talk

So here's what I just ran into, updating an artist (Edward Laning). The New York Times. in his obit, has him painting murals for the Works Progress Administration. Since his PO mural was not under the WPA but the Federal Art Project should I remove a NYT reference as being unreliable? I think not. I will just add my own. But you are right, we have a ton of cleanup to do and then . . . ... let the (stub) games begin. Carptrash (talk) 15:50, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You will have to go into teacher mode when the stub games begin....I'll just watch what you do and repeat.```Buster Seven Talk 22:29, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Half-way thru NY[edit]

Unless I'm mistaken (which has/does/will happen) as soon as I finish New York (which should happen Tomorrow) I think we have all the 50 states + DC. Then the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Finito-Stage One. Agreed??? ```Buster Seven Talk 01:04, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
After That my plan is to go thru, from top to bottom, and check for any little editing fixes or mis-directed Blue links or whatever I find. I don't think there are many at all since we both seemed to clean-up each state once we finished it. ```Buster Seven Talk 01:14, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Proposition[edit]

Dear Carptrash, I think I like you. From MI? moved to OR? me too. Detroit & Port sanilac. I see you wrote over 100 WikiP articles. your name pops up on the history of many of the articles I browsed. Good. I'm looking for someone to write (enter) an article. people tell me That I need a wikipedia article and I believe them because I'm broke and they arent. Someone said I cant write my own article. its against the rules. Is said,"Well, Duh~!) Im ana rtist. artists cant appear to blow their own horns. its against the rules. they have to get others to blow them. (That doesnt sound the way I meant.) So, if its not against the rules or insulting or some other infraction of the WikiP world, would you consider authoring my article? i will compensate you with.... wait for it.....ART!! i will give you a work Im selling for $100. http://www.jpallas.com/EPU/EPU.HTM Furthermore, I will give you enough material that will make writing the entry a breeze. I hope you find none of this offensive. Please let me know if you're at all interested. thanks. Jim Pallas oregon City Jpallas (talk) 05:21, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Einar[edit]

I have had intermittent Internet serviced for a few days. A 'Tech" is coming today. Before I lose connection, I noticed that some of the states in the List do not have references. I forget which one of us did them so I'm reluctant to just plug in the one I used most...Living New Deal. The states are SoDakota, SoCarolina, Road Island, Port-o-rico, Penn., and Oreegone. Can you ref the ones you did? I'll assume the ones you leave un-done will be the ones I did. TRA! Buster Seven Talk 15:43, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. Some day (over a beer or two is best) I'll tell you about the Duffeeland Dog Park Club, but it is taking a lot of time now, hopefully that ends soon. I don't mind putting my reference on everything unreferenced because it is pretty much the same info as you have. I also need to reference the NRHP info with I am getting from one web site. A very good one. Carptrash (talk) 01:40, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
tech is gone. He plugged in a new modem and every thing is fine. BTW...I believe you are in Albuquerque. My daughter attended U of New Mexico for her Masters in Education. So....we visited her a few times and loved the desert. I have a petrified log in our back yard...they wanted like $1o-15 dollars for small chunks and I figured "why not pay a little more and get one BIG chunk". Anyway...Beer sounds good....in the middle somewhere. Buster Seven Talk 01:51, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was in Dixon, New Mexico for most of my editing career, but am now with Mom in Sun City, Arizona. My wife is a UNM graduate and my daughter briefly attended but did her really school work elsewhere. i often pine for NM, AZ is not really a very good fit for me. Carptrash (talk) 04:15, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Ida Abelman[edit]

I took the Draft:Ida Abelman articles live just a minute ago and within seconds a BOT clamped onto it. I could use some of your expertise and maybe a re-write. Thanks. Buster Seven Talk 14:36, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help w/ Ida above. How do YOU create a new bio article? Do you create it off-WP and then cut-n-paste it here? In order to forego all the potential problems that a new article experiences, I've started another new mural artist article at User talk:Buster7/Sandbox-Rosa's law. I figure this way I can work on the article trouble free, you can help me understand better than the other (more formal) way, and when its ready, I'll just Cut-n-paste it into mainspace. Good Idea? or is there a better way? Buster Seven Talk 15:11, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I moved User talk:Buster7/Sandbox-Rosa's law. I will now create asst "User:B7/I.Ema.Artist" type pages. Buster Seven Talk
I saw that you have created a "Works in Progress (WiP)" section on your User Page. Great Idea! I have done the same on mine. This way we can check each others work so we don't duplicate efforts. Ive also added a mention of the "WiP" pages at the Mens List and at the Womens List. My problem is that I forget where I put stuff...I need a note to remind me where the note that reminds me is.... I know I started a "WiP" page on Frances Ankrom somewhere but I can't remember where. Did Edith Barry go live? TRA!Buster Seven Talk 15:50, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

People are being very nice to me ...[edit]

... which is gratifying, but also a little strange. I'm used to just being a lone wolf. Hope you're well and happy. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 23:28, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So I now see that you're behind a good deal of this. Thank you. Your nomination was exceptionally kind and humbling. I'll try to live up to it. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 21:02, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Edith Barry[edit]

The book Wall-to-Wall America says that she was from Kennebunk----"Edith Barry was a local girl." (Pg. 272)....not from nearby Kennebunkport. I'll await your confirmation before changing the article and the List#Maine entry which states the mural is in Kennebunkport.Buster Seven Talk 08:58, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have two copies, hard cover and paperback, of Wall to Wall America and can't find either. Go ahead and add that info and reference. I believe that she was a KKennebunk "woman" and to a girl, having moved there after she was married. But it is a nice quote, so belongs. Carptrash (talk) 15:28, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also, this [[2]] is a sort of amusing bit about trying to move the article. Carptrash (talk) 15:34, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
So...I guess the message is that That way of creating an article is fraught with problems and should be avoided. Drat! Buster Seven Talk 19:48, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A way around it[edit]

  1. . you create a draft...like this...User:Buster7/Joseph Fleck,
  2. . when its ready, you cut and paste the whole thing,
  3. . put "Joseph Fleck" in the search box which will bring up the "There is no-such article" page,
  4. . create the new page...and bingo...Bob's your uncle. Buster Seven Talk 19:58, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. . you put {-{db-user}-} on the draft...and in seconds it disappears.
Joseph Fleck has gone "live". ...User:Buster7/Joseph Fleck has been terminated. Buster Seven Talk 23:20, 15 January 2015 (UTC),[reply]

Looks as if you solved the "going live" issues that plagued Edith Barry. Well done. Carptrash (talk) 18:48, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

askart.com[edit]

What do you think of this site as a reference? Ive come across it a bunch of times today as I look for information to add to the Women/Men Lists in preparation of creating articles. If it doesn't "pass muster" as a ref, how about just as a verifier of fact? Buster Seven Talk 23:25, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is fine, just be sure and footnote it. Carptrash (talk) 00
24, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Half Barnstar[edit]

The Half Barnstar
My half-brother, Buster7, suggested I give you this barnstar. He is almost always half right. I usually only do half of what he tells me to. Lucky for you, I can only leave half a message. Buster Three-point-five Talk 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Talk[edit]

Thanks for the advice! I'm relatively new but will start to clean up the article more and integrate. Hoping to add a few more artists as well. Weiwillwang (talk) 01:56, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Belle Baranceanu[edit]

I spent a little time this morning at Belle Baranceanu and I have a general "Should I make a change" question. I think the Sections are miss-labeled. What is called "Notes" should be called "References" and what is called "References" should be called "See also". Wouldn't that be more consistent with most other WP "bios"??? Buster Seven Talk 14:41, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I just replaced the "Notes" heading with "References". 2 of the 3 previous "references" were included in the notes section already. One got left off. Carptrash (talk) 16:52, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
So...making changes like that are more in line with the accepted Method of Style for these bios. Thanks! Buster Seven Talk 17:00, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the Carptrash Manual of Everything. I am not a big reader of rules and procedures. If I screw up there are lots out there willing to point it out.Carptrash (talk) 17:07, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User:LadyofShalott/Frank Fleming (sculptor)[edit]

Want to work on that together? Maybe it could actually make it out of the sandbox! LadyofShalott 17:54, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I will continue to feel free to edit it. I am mostly working on a monstrous project after which (or even during) Buster7 and I are writing stubs of mostly women artists that we have discovered in the process. The list is between 50 and 75 (I was never good at math) names, as it stands. But I will keep an eye open on/for Frank too. Thanks for the invite. Carptrash (talk) 18:00, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dead White men[edit]

Responding to your question on my talk page, When the prior editor wrote that "Sculptor Janet Scudder had DWM's roles as subjects for sculpture in mind when ........." they were presuming to summarize what was thereafter quoted. However neither the actual term used "DWM"[sic], nor the term 'deceased white men' were actually used by the author quoted, thus effectively making the quote the opinion of the editor/quoter, not the person quoted. Thank you for not reverting my edit. QuintBy (talk) 04:33, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Warhol[edit]

This autograph and sketch by Andy Warhol that you uploaded - File:Warhol autograph.jpg - did you get that from him personally? Could you tell us approximately when and where? What year, at least? DS (talk) 15:54, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My late father-in-law got it from him personally in a book published in 1970, so it probably was about then. Carptrash (talk) 16:11, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ethel Edwards[edit]

Great - thanks for letting me know. I've added a little bit to it to flesh it out a bit more. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:28, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On Sabbatical[edit]

Due to some recent events @ WP:WER I will be relatively inactive as far as WP editing for a few days. I will be reading and harvesting info for our collaboration...I just won't be adding it or doing any article creation. Maybe I will work on the draft for my novel The Muralist: Tales of Murals and Murder in the Great Depression. You wikifriendship and our List and the subordinate work surrounding it has become a haven for me. Its good to have a comfortable spot to rest in. Buster Seven Talk 14:23, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Carptrash regarding this photo[edit]

Hello, My grandfather has just passed away and he is pictured to the left. We have the negative and can name the other individuals for he has them labeled in his photo. I am wondering if you are a relative of any of the others for I would like more information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.179.204.215 (talk) 15:32, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am guessing that you are referring to this picture? I am not a relative of anyone but would very much like to correspond with you about my interest in the shot and about any information that you might have. Over in the TOOLS section to the right there is an Email this User tab. Please send me an email and we can continue our discussion. Carptrash (talk) 18:37, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You tried to help me with my Edward Mahon article. I was hoping to take another crack at it, but I cannot get the messed up template out of my sandbox to start again. Why is there not a simple way to clear it out for beginners like me who will make mistakes and want to bail out for a new start? Have you a way of doing it. The account is Otmarpub. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Otmarpub (talk • contribs) 05:22, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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howard robert robbins kentucky florida[edit]

I believe this site has received some inaccurate information on how my father was killed.He was not crossing a road.All reports ,so far, show he was walking along side of the road.

I am sorry about your loss. I removed "while crossing the road" because it was not found in the reference given. If you have other sources that offer more information please send me the links to them. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:59, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jimmy Emerson[edit]

Does that name ring a bell? You and I see it all over the place. He is a photographer that has taken many, many, photos of murals all around the country. He especially seems to like post office murals. I wonder if we could contact him some how and ask if he would like his images prominently displayed in one of the most special and ground-breaking lists in the history of Wikipedia. Just thinking out loud. . Buster Seven Talk 16:50, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have found a number of people on flickr (I have an account there myself) that take mural pictures, but so far have not gotten an answer from any of the ones I've tried to contact. Might as well keep trying. Carptrash (talk) 19:27, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stone carving image[edit]

I was able to check and confirm that the Bas-Relief dates back to late 19th century CE. It is a revival piece that was made at a moment when Iranians were really excited about celebrating their ancient heritage. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. AM (talk) 17:49, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strange pairing[edit]

What a bizarre juxtaposition it is to build a fountain featuring centaurs and mythical creatures alongside a sculpture group depicting a historical event. Certainly, Saint-Gaudens loved to insert his goddesses, but they represented the goals/ideals/accomplishments of the sculpture's subject. I'm sure there are other examples of strange pairings, but this strikes me as particularly odd. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 18:26, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

these two groups were done a very different times and were only paired here for reasons that line in someone else's brain. And yes, it is a bit disconcerting where you are there. Carptrash (talk) 19:34, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your application at WP:SLR[edit]

Hello Carptrash, I saw your application, but I'm sorry that the project is now defunct. I tried to close it when the Sri Lanka Civil War ended, but some people felt it was better to keep it open, but de facto nobody was watching it, so your application got overlooked. I just saw it now that I'm writing a comment about it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention#where else would an exclusive, member-restricted WikiProject help? . — Sebastian 10:26, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for getting back to me about the WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation. Sri Lanka and what happened there has always been a difficult thing for me. I lived in Sri Lanka - then Ceylon. from 1952 until 1965 and found the Civli war to be a very distressing topic. but on that I would on occasion want to engage in. Anyway, thai you for the update. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 19:40, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
That must have been an interesting time, during the first steps of a newly independent country. Since you have a serious interest, I will approve your application, and since I believe it very unlikely that there will be objections, you would be a member just in time for the project to close. When I wrote my message to you, I felt ambivalent about using the word "sorry". On one hand, I am sorry that it ended, because for me it was a very meaningful and rewarding time. On the other hand, the reason that it ended is that the civil war ended, which is even more than I dared to dream when we started the project. — Sebastian 20:25, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It always amazes me how small the circle of collaborating editors can be. I am a coordinator at WP:WER and saw your note there this morning. And then, this afternoon, here you are at my friend Einars page sharing memories. This place is better than Facebook!!!!. Buster Seven Talk 21:35, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Buster7, WP:WER seems like a very worthwhile endeavour; thanks for participating there.
Take a look at Einar's application; isn't this a nice poem? I am sad that the application got overlooked for so long; there was still a little bit of action going on on the talk page, where Carptrash would have fit in nicely. I am now going to drink to you and your friend's health with a cup of Dilmah tea from Nilagama! — Sebastian 17:41, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Carptrash, I herewith notify you that your application has been unanimously accepted. (Well, since nobody else is active anymore, there was only one vote, mine. But since you were curious about our process, I wanted to give you our traditional wording.) I am happy to add you to our member list before I close the project down. In the hopefully unlikely event that the project would become needed again, you participation would be much appreciated. — Sebastian 03:23, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander Stirling Calder[edit]

Stirling Calder died January 7, 1945, which is now more than 70 years ago, so are images of his works now free at last? == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:14, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When he died is not important. Though an interesting thing to take note of. Any of his works created prior to 1923 are copyright free. The ones that he did between than and his death are still under copyright IF they were renewed after 27 years (or something like that). Very few sculptors, in my experience, did the renewal thing. However to be sure one need to figure out the year that a work need to be renewed in and then check the records for that year. I have a process for which to do that, it is a bit cumbersome and not exactly available for another month or two. Until after my eye surgery is done and I have glasses that work. Likely you can figure this stuff out yourself faster. Carptrash (talk) 18:49, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editor of the Week[edit]

Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for sterling work on postal articles, and helping another editor develop a "niche". Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Buster7 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Einar aka Carptrash as Editor of the Week. In early Dec I contacted him about editing the Post Office Murals article which he had started back in Dec 2011. As is the way of things here at WP we began to collaborate on a new artcle, the List of United States post office murals. We both immersed ourselves into creating the article and had a wonderful time. I learned many new things from "Carp" and know I will learn many more as we both expand articles related to "The List". I was searching for something more formidable and long-lasting to do as an editor and, with his sharing and input and mentoring, I have found my "niche". Thank you, Einar, for the 285 articles you have created.

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Carptrash
The Carptrash Award
 
Editor of the Week
for the week beginning February 15, 2015
A great collaborator and Wikipedia Veteran that does all of his work in the article mainspace, where it should be done. 10 years ago he edited Corrado Parducci. He still watches over it with care.
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Notable work(s)
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Thanks again for your efforts! Go Phightins! 18:07, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

hard at work
Thank you everyone and all who stumble across this. It will eventually make its way over to my User Page. First tho, I have cataract and glaucoma surgery in a few weeks to get through. Buster, in his generous note, mentions our list. For me that project was a god send because I could do a lot of work using a magnifying glass - since what I was engaged in was essentially data entry from one or two sources to wikipedia. However more complex editing is sort of out-of-reach for a bit and so receiving this very meaningful award is a very gratifying way to slip into semi-retirement until surgery, recovery and then new glasses have done what they are going to do. Few of us (wikipedia editors) do what we do for the recognition involved so when something like this comes along it is - for me at least - doubly or triply - significant. I did recently order and receive a dictionary of American Women artists of the twentieth century, and have discovered perhaps 7 of the 70 or so muralists that Buster and have lined up for articles, a disappointing number, but some movement forward and something to look forward to in the foreseeable future. An much as such a thing exists. Carptrash (talk) 19:16, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Congratulations. Well-earned; well-deserved. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:36, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • All the very best of luck with your upcoming surgeries. I had no idea of your situation. You did so much of the work. I'll fill in for you but it won't be the same till you return. TRA! . Buster Seven Talk 19:57, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Congratulations on your accolade. My Chinese doctor said he thought perhaps I had a cataract. I told him it was a Yincoln. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:48, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Congratulations! --L235 (t / c / ping in reply) 00:20, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Congrats! my friend, I wish to work with you when you return after surgeries. Best, Jim Carter 09:49, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Forgive my quoting Tony-the-Tiger: GRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!!! == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:29, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Increasing my Library[edit]

Garage sale find. American Women Artists, From Early Indian Times to the Present by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein. It is also worth noting that the author of this wonderful book does not have an article. Challenge: "Red to Blue, by next Tue". Buster Seven Talk 17:21, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have that - a pretty beat up copy, and emailed with her years ago about about her next book, the amazing American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions. (1990 and my project to identify the 70 Sculptors. An article would be a good thing. Carptrash (talk) 15:01, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
See User:Buster7/Sandbox-Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein. The edit summary OYM, GS, go = On Your Mark, Get Set, "GO". We might as well have fun while we work. Best, . Buster Seven Talk 15:35, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
See Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein. Does it require that Default:Steifer Rubinstein, Charlotte that we do with the new artist articles. How about Catagories?? Will Ser Amantio do that? . Buster Seven Talk 15:16, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ha-ha. Within seconds it is up for deletion 'cause it has no references. What a load of crap. How do new editors deal with this insulting way of informing them that something is a miss. There has to be a better way. . Buster Seven Talk 15:20, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Carp. That should do the trick. Who do they think they are "toying" with? A couple of "Noobs"???. Buster Seven Talk 15:37, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"They" are doing what they always do, look for articles that don't belong. it is nice when they take the trouble to research both the subject and the article authors, but if they are doing many of these a day,ime becomes an issue. here Violet left this morning, heading back to NM and she should be about at Winslow, Arizona (home of the "standing on a corner" statue) about now. Mostly if we give these folks what they are asking for they will go away. And yes, she needs a default sort because WE need to add some categories. Carptrash (talk) 15:42, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Violet is the Mrs, I assume. My Mrs of 30 years+ is Cathy. If you spell it with a "K" or even say it with a hard C sound, you will suffer unimaginable misfortune. The Library where I work has started a renovation project {one year, $4 mill). So the little book store in the basement that sells donations has to move out for the duration...and they are selling books "10 cents on the dollar". Got two good ones yesterday...African-American Artists and another that is still in the car (1999 Volvo 600, love it!) . I get that WE need to ad cats. In terms meant for a high-schooler , what does the default do? . Buster Seven Talk 15:57, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The default sort is what allows the persons name to show up on in the category, alphabetized by the last name. Carptrash (talk) 16:46, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In conclusion;

I just found this reminder that I made to myself in my sanbbox : Here is a neat trick to avoid a reprise: never put up a new article unless you have all of your independently confirmable sources in place. The problem is that these appear to be works in progress -- that will open you to tagging. I never put up a new article unless I have my references and links in place. Ecoleetage July 2008. I guess those are not just cat turds in my sandbox and I should check them for truth every know and then. TRA!. Buster Seven Talk 03:30, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2008? Ahh the wisdom of youth. Carptrash (talk) 14:46, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Stripped Classicism[edit]

Allen3 talk 12:28, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Precious[edit]

Sculpture art
Thank you, Einar, for quality articles about sculpture as part of architecture and its people, beginning with Corrado Parducci and not ending with Stripped Classicism, done in collaboration, for excellent images including Phallic architecture, for your indisputable collection of POV phrases, for missing, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Best Wishes[edit]

Good Luck, dear friend. I have questions to ask but they all can wait. . Buster Seven Talk 15:38, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I had surgery on Monday and my eye is almost back to where it was before the proceedure, which is to say, translucent but not transparent. Typing is still a pain in the ass, which is better than a pain in the eye. I cancelled by today and tomorrow's drumming, but am inclined to do it Friday. And so it goes. Nice to hear from you, what's up? Carptrash (talk) 18:44, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing at all urgent. Give your new eyes and ass a break!! No pain should exist in either. Next week is fine. your recovery is most important. Ive been busy with so much else plus RL. Next week...week after...no rush. . Buster Seven Talk 22:15, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Glad the pro-SEE-dure is going well and recovery continues. I was thumbing thru my new Directory of Native American Painters (DNAP) by Lester and found myself creating 3 new articles on the same day. I used an existing article (of course I forgot which one) as a template. I copied the whole article, created a sandbox, pasted and transposed and replaced info and data and prose, etc. Moments after they went "live" an editor showed up and tinkered with the refs which was fine....a learning moment for me. And I owe it all to a chance meeting with you. I used to get caught up in the daily drama which is easy to find for a wanderer like me. I still defend myself from criticism but it's different. I feel stronger and more confident as an active, working, participating member of WP. TRA!. Buster Seven Talk 12:55, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am one of those folks who does not really believe in "a chance meeting's", believing instead that there are other forces at work - a sort of gravity that pulls people who need or should be together, together. In any case I am very happy if I was a catalyst in your development as an editor.My "new" eye still is not that focused but I can tell that colors are going to be much brighter. I am putzing away at User:Carptrash/Earl Palmer's hits, a process that I fine tuned on our murals, so that's a tip of the hat to you. Carptrash (talk) 17:02, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to see you back on Wikipedia! == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:53, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Pull up a rock and have a seat[edit]

Take a look at User:Ched/50. This may get interesting. It may also turn into a nice place to take a nap. . Buster Seven Talk 22:56, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Friendly page stalkers over 50 years of age are also welcome. In fact, editors of all ages are welcome as long as you don't bring up Punk Rock, Heavy Metal or any members of the Kardashian family. . Buster Seven Talk 14:02, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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When you have a free moment....[edit]

can you take a look at T. C. Cannon, an article I worked on this A.M. instead of sleeping-In. (:~) I'm not happy with the other references (called Frederick I think) and feel the "Notes" should be "references" and vice-a-versa and the Frederick ref should be displayed and used like the "Lester" ref. If you decide to make the changes I can "look over your shoulder" and learn how to make the changes. I have been conferring (slightly) with editor User talk:Unbuttered Parsnip about increasing my knowledge about refs but he uses a different way (Harvard) and I think I'm just getting confused which seems to be my normal state when dealing with making changes and adding new references to existing articles. I don't want to mess up someone elses work or come across as a novice. . Buster Seven Talk 13:58, 11 March 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Another editor (with limited experience) has now changed my reference to coincide with the previous references which I think were not properly in accordance with the MoS in the first place. I'd change it back but I don't want to edit war and I'm not actually sure which way is best. . Buster Seven Talk 22:54, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Fortune Cookie instead of a T-shirt Barnstar[edit]

The Fortune Cookie Barnstar
Last night the following message was in my fortune cookie: You have a natural grace and great consideration for others. Lucky #'s 22, 6, 34, 56, 11, 10 . I think it was meant for you. So sorry about the T-shirt. . Buster Seven Talk 22:50, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Likely that fortune fits you as well, and in fact, I am not showing a lot of grace in this tee-shirt debacle. Nor am I likely to. But thanks for the munch, it will go well with the dinner that I hope I am not burning. Carptrash (talk) 00:34, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am more than willing to carry this a bit further (if its all right with you). Is User:JMatthews of the WMF the person that denied your $10 T-shirt? . Buster Seven Talk 05:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Well yes, but I emailed her/him and don't wish to beat a dead horse. Actually, I feel like the dead horse today, up late with mom, up early with , . . ..., and am not looking for a fight with anyone. You, my friend have better things to do with your energy than go off charging windmills. Carptrash (talk) 16:42, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
She is a Her. I guess I can take off my Karate gear then. I'd send you my shirt but I've been using it as a washrag to clean the old '99 Volvo. Lots of work-time at the Library lately. Big renovation project starting and lots of shelves/books/etc need to be moved, etc. . Buster Seven Talk 17:00, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SO my plan is to get some of those iron-on decals and make my own wikipedia tee-shirt that will reflect my wikiexperience. Carptrash (talk) 17:28, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am working on[edit]

my own "I Edit Wikipedia" tee shirt. So far it looks like this. Carptrash (talk) 17:48, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization - you're right[edit]

Hi, feel free to revert my changes in Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. Though capitalization is common in titles and headers, I've found enough sources that capitalize the phrase inline. Thank you.--Darius (talk) 21:58, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman by judithappelbaum[edit]

I am the author of the proposed article on Joanne Leedom-Ackerman. I am not sure how to communicate with you. Please let me know if you receive this. Judithappelbaum (talk) 14:07, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Sigurdur Nordal[edit]

Hi there, Im hoping you can give me the names of Sigurdur Nordals parents? His first cousin Sigridur Guthrun Nordal Helgason is my great great amma. Thank you

jessica — Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.20.53.182 (talk) 00:52, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is what I've located so far:

Sigurdur Nordal's father was Jóhannes Guðmundsson Nordal (8. apríl 1850 - 8. október 1946) whose parents were Guðmundar Ólafssonar og Margrétar Jónsdóttur,

I found nothing on his mother. Carptrash (talk) 19:04, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I'll be back[edit]

Hope all is going good. I'm stuck in traffic elsewhere. A festering 7 year conundrum is coming to a head. My attention is impaired. I hope your eyesight is constantly improving. I will return to the pleasure of our mural project soon. TRA!. Buster Seven Talk 12:42, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mademoiselle O[edit]

Hello, I'm from Russia, so please excuse my rusty English. I found, that Miss Hilda Ward helped to translate Nabokov's essay Mademoiselle O from French to English. It was one of Nabokov's first English publications. But it's not clear, is Hilda Ward from you article the same person who helped Nabokov? Nabokov's biographer Brian Boyd wrote that Hilda Ward, a translator, was introduced to Nabokov by Elena Mogilat, a teacher of Russian in Colombia. May be it could help to find the answer. If you would like to have fast answer please answer me Russian Wiki ru:Обсуждение участника:Hunu, I have no registration on enWiki. Or you could answer here and I will check this page from time to time. With best wishes, 37.190.50.157 (talk) 16:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your English is fine, I shudder to think what our discussion would be like if we did it in Russian. So far (the past 20 minutes or so) I have not been able to answer your question, but I believe that they are different people. However I will continue to pursue it. PS, the link to your Russia address just went red, so it will not help much. Carptrash (talk) 17:09, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for fast answer. I do not know, how to make blue my Russian page of discussion here. If You need communicate with me fast - go to Russian Wiki, loook for the page Обсуждение участника:Hunu Cordially 37.190.50.157 (talk) 17:32, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
P. S. I think that this is the same person because Nabokov wrote "late Miss Hilda Ward" in 1951. 37.190.50.157 (talk) 17:35, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I like your clue best of all. What does he say in it? Carptrash (talk) 18:24, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I was wrong, Nabokov wrote nothing about Hilda Ward in 1951. But in 1966 he wrote "In America, whither I migrated on May 28, 1940, "Mademoisele O" was translated by late Hilda Ward into English, revised by me, and published by Edward Weeks in the Janaury , 1943, issue of The Atlantic Monthly..." 37.190.50.157 (talk) 07:48, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is, as they say (The King and I) a puzzlement. Carptrash (talk) 17:02, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A gift for you...[edit]

...which I shall upload upon my return home from my travels. I was in Williamston, North Carolina this morning, and managed to snag a photo of the mural in the post office there. (Also the post office building, which is part of the local historic district.) It's by someone called Philip von Saltza, who as yet lacks an article (not surprising, given its quality, I weep to say)...if you want to try and work something up I'll be happy to contribute the illustration in a couple of weeks If I come across more murals in my travels (which to be honest seems rather unlikely) I shall point them your way. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 03:50, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

there is a spot for the picture already at List of United States post office murals and I'll look and see what, if anything, I have on Saltza. As you might or might not know, I tend to do articles that I can source out of my home library and murals of North Carolina is a weak spot. One of . . . . ........ several. But thanks and do consider stashing your shot, and any others, at the list. Carptrash (talk) 04:58, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I went looking for a book and found one on line, so created a miserable little stub that needs help. HELP!. Carptrash (talk) 14:53, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work - I've added a few categories.
North Carolina appears to be a weak spot in numerous ways - I got a few photos in Williamston to flesh out National Register of Historic Places listings in Martin County, North Carolina. Most are on my camera, so I won't be able to do anything with 'em until I get home. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:22, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Post office murals[edit]

I wish the images were in color. I do have one orphan (right), "Bill of Rights," but with no location. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:14, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We use what we have and then when /if something better shows up, we upgrade. I am surprised that there are not more images available given that there are editors all over the country. Perhaps we heed to get onto one of those "Pictures needed" places that I know are around here. Somewhere. Carptrash (talk) 19:19, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oh yes, your orphan might not be in a post office. Courthouses, for example are a whole other thing. Carptrash (talk) 19:20, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Understood. These images are part of an upload from the FDR Library. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:23, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Meanwhile, I am working on a new category, List of teachers who married their students, and you are invited to loin in on the fun.Carptrash (talk) 19:26, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"loin in" — typo or Freudian slip? == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:30, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, I put in a reference at the beginning of the Michigan section "Michigan New Deal Art". WPAmurals.com. Retrieved April 1, 2015. that has a list of all (and links to most) of the Michigan PO murals. Putting in all of them and the individual references will take some time. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:09, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It also has a link to all of the individual states, so this is a real gold mine. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:12, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I went looking for this once:
Ann Arbor At the Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor – “Legend of Paul Bunyan” (original title) in the Children’s Waiting Room, by Francis E. Danovich (WPA) in 1939. (link contributed by Shannon O’Dell, Curator, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry
And it seems to have been painted over. I did locate some other stuff and somewhere have a ca. 1940 article about WPA art in AA. I did a tour of East Lansing years ago and still have the flier for that. Somewhere. The Carpchives are somewhat in a state if disrepair these days. Carptrash (talk) 20:20, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I added good references to all the states. has complete listings for each state. good links to many of the individual art works are there, but those should be put in individually as to the work of art.Only place I missed was Virgin Islands, if they have anything. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:02, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
One word----WOW!!! . Buster Seven Talk 01:09, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See User:Buster7/Sandbox-48 States Competition[edit]

Alaska picture[edit]

Anchorage AK Mural If there were cropped it would be a good addition. It is a picture of a public work, although the photographer's permission presumably would be required. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:41, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

At this point we are only doing post office murals, though a courthouse list is probably worth looking into. Those murals are (opinion) not as well researched as the PO ones, but by now every WPA era mural has been found by someone. Carptrash (talk) 16:51, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
This one is in a joint post office/courthouse. It happens to be in the courtroom. And I've sourced it well. But if it insults your sense of order, feel free to remove it. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:55, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am an anarchist, so "sense of order" is not very important to me. Thanks, Carptrash (talk) 18:40, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You are an antichrist? At Easter and Passover yet? Oyvey!. {:>{)> 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:16, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alaska picture[edit]

Anchorage AK Mural If there were cropped it would be a good addition. It is a picture of a public work, although the photographer's permission presumably would be required. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:41, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

At this point we are only doing post office murals, though a courthouse list is probably worth looking into. Those murals are (opinion) not as well researched as the PO ones, but by now every WPA era mural has been found by someone. Carptrash (talk) 16:51, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
This one is in a joint post office/courthouse. It happens to be in the courtroom. And I've sourced it well. But if it insults your sense of order, feel free to remove it. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:55, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am an anarchist, so "sense of order" is not very important to me. Thanks, Carptrash (talk) 18:40, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You are an antichrist? At Easter and Passover yet? Oyvey!. {:>{)> 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:16, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Piccirilli Brothers[edit]

Thanks for your message. Yes, I also noticed that what I added, and then later removed had some new info. Yes, I am interested, and would be happy to help if possible. Philantonia (talk) 18:18, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Teachers who married their students[edit]

+I'm really thinking that this is not a category that Wikipedia needs. It could be problematic when applied to living people. Skyerise (talk) 19:32, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As an art historian this is something that I have stumbled across many times over the years and finally decided to collect this information, so created this category. If it applies to living people, so be it. However I do appreciate that you contacted me rather than slash and burning it. Would you think that a List would be a better approach to collecting this information? Carptrash (talk) 19:37, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, a list is less likely to be abused, since the lack of citations is obvious in a list article. But is this just for artists? I mean, would List of art teachers who married their students suffice? Not sure how big a general list might get... Skyerise (talk) 19:43, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have not thought much beyond the art world, but I see no reason to limit a list as long as the "teacher" is someone notable, as defined by "having wikipedia article about them." Yes, the reference thing was concerning me a bit, esp. where this detail was not mentioned in our article. And you? Carptrash (talk) 19:58, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I've got no problem with List of teachers who married their students - as long as the criteria is they have to have a Wikipedia article and should have a citation for the fact in the list article. Can't trust things to stay in the article itself.... Skyerise (talk) 20:30, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alaska picture[edit]

Anchorage AK Mural If there were cropped it would be a good addition. It is a picture of a public work, although the photographer's permission presumably would be required. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:41, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

At this point we are only doing post office murals, though a courthouse list is probably worth looking into. Those murals are (opinion) not as well researched as the PO ones, but by now every WPA era mural has been found by someone. Carptrash (talk) 16:51, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
This one is in a joint post office/courthouse. It happens to be in the courtroom. And I've sourced it well. But if it insults your sense of order, feel free to remove it. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:55, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am an anarchist, so "sense of order" is not very important to me. Thanks, Carptrash (talk) 18:40, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You are an antichrist? At Easter and Passover yet? Oyvey!. {:>{)> 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:16, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
My father-in-law once had a birthday on Easter so I made him a birthday card of the Easter bunny getting crucified. Might be considered to be antichrist material. Or not. Carptrash (talk) 03:17, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Teachers who married their students[edit]

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List of teachers who married their students[edit]

Added three. Should be home in a couple of days, with a nice boatload of uploads to play with, though still only the one mural.

And thanks for the compliment - 'tis much appreciated. :-) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:11, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed - it'll be nice to get back and really tuck into editing again... --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:18, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Speaking of which...I picked up a couple of books on the subject of art in the southern United States, including a nice little volume on women artists. I expect to make some good headway using those, and I'll let you know what I'm working on when I start it up. Speaking of which...do you have any interest in colonial artists at all? --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:34, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I know very little about colonial artists, though might have some info on some if I have a name to go by. One theory of American art (which I sort of buy into, but am always willing to change) is that there was not such thing as colonial art if you leave out folk art. I have some stuff on early tombstones but . . . ... tell me more, tell me more. I am interested in women artists and recently picked up a (used) Women artists of the West, so let's do it. 04:42, 9 April 2015 (UTC)Carptrash (talk)

Right - I'm home now. Let me get sorted and see what I can start doing, hopefully in the next day or so.
Regarding colonial artists, I've been doing some work in that arena of late - have a look at John Mare (painter), for instance. I take your point, about folk art, but I don't entirely agree with it; there was some work of very high quality being done in a couple of the urban centers, especially Boston, for at least a couple of decades before the Revolution. I have an excellent resource which I am using to close some of the gap I see around here. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:25, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The mural picture has been added to Philip von Saltza. Turned out worse than I'd hoped, but it's there, at least. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:57, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Eight Southern Women[edit]

OK, I've liberated the book from my packing, though I won't have time to delve into it in any detail in the next few days. It's the catalog of an exhibit titled Eight Southern Women which was shown at the Greenville County Museum of Art sometime in the 1980s. If you'd like to do some research, here are the artists profiled:

I see we already have articles on four...perhaps I can add some stuff to those when I have time.

I'm also looking at a couple of other books I bought, mainly on Southern art...there should be some nice goodies there. (I can already see myself expanding my old article on William D. Washington, for instance.) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:25, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Two more, if you're interested:

Also from Greenville, but from another exhibit they did, on American Impressionists and the South. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:15, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Most of my editing since my eye operation (cataract & glaucoma} has been nitpicky sort of stuff rather than research. However I will look around and see if we can't squeeze out a stub or two. Carptrash (talk) 16:42, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'll see what I can whip up, then, when I get a chance. Got a lot on the docket for the weekend. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:58, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
We are eternal beings, which, by definition means that we will never get it all done. Carptrash (talk) 23:53, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Man, that Sisyphus fellow had it easy... --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:49, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Mary Tannahill[edit]

Wonderful - I'll begin adding some stuff from my book today. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:52, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent - I'll work on them both. (Turner's in both books - the only one.) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:48, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Tannahill's done for now - I think I've found about all I can about her. I'll work on Helen Turner some after dinner. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 21:18, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Funky-junky? Pssh - hardly. Your stubs are always well-crafted and well-written; I'm merely expanding on them. And you manage to come up with plenty of artists I've never encountered, which is the most fun. Thanks for the award - I shall display it with pride. :-) --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:21, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Helen Turner has been filled out, too - that's enough for now, though I suspect there's enough on her to warrant even further fleshing out. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:15, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Forget that "Less is More" crap. "More is More." Carptrash (talk) 17:20, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, lovely...she's an interesting one, from all I've read. I'm heading out, but I'll look at expanding her when I get home. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:58, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yeesh, $63? I bought my copy in the museum store for ten bucks - primarily as a Wiki source. (I must confess that in perusing it I didn't find much that I cared for, though there are a couple of pieces I wouldn't mind hanging on my walls.) If you're interested you can try writing them and see if they'll sell you one by mail - their shop prices were quite reasonable. (I bought another book, also as a source, titled Impressionism and the South - two dollars. Also a third catalog, which I intend to use for articles but which is also a memento of a lovely little exhibit I saw there, for ten bucks again.)
Greenville is an interesting museum - it specializes in art of the South, about which I don't know very much. There was an exhibit of paintings from the Johnson Collection (http://thejohnsoncollection.org/) on display, and another of work by a fellow named Sidney Dickinson. No article (yet - ha), and I'd never heard of him before, but his works are most fascinating. And quite disturbing, some of them. If you ever go to the Carolinas, it's well worth a visit. I'd love to get them involved in an edit-a-thon based on their collection.
Actually, Greenville is worth it for the museum and gallery at Bob Jones University, too, which has a fine collection of Old Master religious works. There's also the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh - we hit all four on that trip I just came back from. I'm told there's also an excellent collection of Southern art at the Morris Museum in Augusta, GA, which I'm going to put on my list for a future visit. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 02:35, 13 April 2015 (UTC)\[reply]
Josephine Crawford's done. More tomorrow, when I have time...probably not until later in the evening. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 05:58, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestion[edit]

Thank you for the suggestion. I've created my page and I plan to add more.The Oaked Ridge (talk) 01:57, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kit Carson photo dating[edit]

Did you ever get this resolved? From the photo, you can see his rank as lieutenant colonel which he became in 1861. Hal may be able to be more specific.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 04:29, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the follow up. I think it was worked out okay but while at that article I seemed (another word for "my opinion") to be in-between two editors who had a lot of ownership issues about the article so I sleazed out. But I do appreciate your follow up - in the best wikipedia tradition. Carptrash (talk) 17:17, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I read some of the fun stuff last night to get the back story. :) Glad the status quo is currently stable.
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Edit-a-thon at U of C[edit]

Yesterday I attended above at the University of Chicago Regenstein Library with a few other editors. The Special Collection section was open for our use and the staff had selected some Women that were historic to U of C for editor developing. I got lucky with Maude Hutchins. Her article was pretty much a stub, only mentioning her later years as an author. But her early life, as an artist, was completely missing. Right away I found a great article from 1928, The Chicago Sunday Tribune, from which I gathered loads of wonderful info. It was a treat to handle the actual document, in this case a weathered copy of the article and other notices and ads for shows, and little blurbs from the Chicago Maroon, the school paper. Not all of it was usable but it was a gas to read, and, I say this with a straight face, fondle. Also, I JethroBT pointed out the "Named references clipboard" which I never knew about. It was like hearing the Beetles for the first time. Hope all is well. The ANI case I was focussed on is over and we await the ARBCom proposals. TRA!. Buster Seven Talk 01:13, 17 April 2015 (UTC) In case you wanted to know what I looked like, I'm the guy in the back, diligently working on Maude's article while "the kids' are smiling for the camera. . Buster Seven Talk 21:09, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a good time. You are serious looking - at least compared to the 20 year olds. Well a couple of years editing wikipedia will add a couple of decades to their looks. I am fine, still not quite up to full scale editing, but I just picked up "The Women Artist in the American West
1860-1960" and hope to get a few stubs from that. Carptrash (talk) 22:09, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review & document improvement request about "(Indian) Copyright Act, 1957" at en wikisource[edit]

In last couple of days, at english language wikisource project, I have worked quite a bit on (Indian) Copyright Act, 1957 to update the same to include changes of copyright amendment act 2012. Please note on most of internet as of now Copyright Act, 1957 may not be uptodate with 2012 amendments, and en wikisource would be one of those few (and also free) places where people can refer the updated document, Provided that it is peer reviewed for accuracy.

I am seeking your kind help in peer review and improvement of this document at en wikisource.


I am making this request believing you have made some edits previously to (Indian) Copyright Act, 1957 this article at en wikisource.

Thanks and warm regards

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Ellin & Kitson NYC Architectural sculptors[edit]

Dear Sir, . Yes I am the family archivist, mostly because no one else is very interested in the "dead people" in my family. Because of that disinterest, I secured a pretty good library of papers relating to many of the successful members of the family. . What is it you would like to discuss? As it turns out I will be traveling through New Mexico mid May 2015. Perhaps we might exchange information as to where it is you are verses where it is I will be traveling. . Carmeldesigner (talk) 21:18, 25 April 2015 (UTC) Carmeldesigner[reply]

Couple more for you[edit]

Created Catharine Carter Critcher today - funny thing, she's buried not too far from where I live now. (I ought to go down to Ivy Hill and do some grave photography now the weather's turning.) Also James Hamilton Shegogue. Speaking of which latter, here's a source that might be of interest to you: Art and Artists in Connecticut. Anyhow, on to more artistry... --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 23:39, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

After more time than I care to admit, at last I've expanded Kate Freeman Clark as well. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:53, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Alice Ravenel Huger Smith is also done, if you'd care to have a look. --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 16:34, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Women of the Hudson River School[edit]

Had you seen this article? I just discovered it when looking at the article for Mary Blood Mellen. Possible fodder for some articles there?

In a semi-related story, I've gone and bought myself a catalog of the collections of the National Academy of Design. Judging by what I've been able to preview on Google Books that's going to be a great source for some new articles when it comes... --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 17:45, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

More fodder indeed. I am, unfortunately, over knee deep in fodder already and my wikitempo is way down,
so any more
and I might drown.
Carptrash (talk) 18:06, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agree[edit]

Sad to hear your tempo's down
but I understand (with an inward frown)
Back in gear I soon will click
if only I can find the trick
Some good hard work would get me high
perhaps I'll give Female Mural Artists a try!!!
. Buster Seven Talk 18:54, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I feel, sometimes, like Alice's rabbit
Getting further and further behind;
Though editing well is a habit
Not un-easy to pick up, I find,
I've a problem that's more elemental,
For no matter how much I may write,
How well-crafted my text, how essential
To draft articles, night after night,
O my task becomes more Sisyphean
As the world's store of knowledge yet grows,
And my labors turn more Herculean
As I hammer away at my prose.
Though my work it gets ever more tricky,
To my chores I must fly, it is true,
For, though much I may yet AutoWiki,
There is always, ah! much more to do!

--Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 00:55, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's an old piano
And they play it hot behind the green door;
Don't know what they're doing
But they laugh a lot behind the green door.
Wish they'd let me in
So I could find out what's behind the green door.

Carptrash (talk) 02:00, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes - Issue 11[edit]

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 11, March-April 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)

  • New donations - MIT Press Journals, Sage Stats, Hein Online and more
  • New TWL coordinators, conference news, and new reference projects
  • Spotlight: Two metadata librarians talk about how library professionals can work with Wikipedia

Read the full newsletter



MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:20, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Tannahill has been nominated for Did You Know[edit]

DYK for Mary Tannahill[edit]

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 07:24, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue CX, May 2015[edit]

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Peer review and document improvement request[edit]

This is a Peer review request to seek broader input to improve page: meta:Help:Form I & Affidavit (Customised for relinquishment of copyright as per 'free cultural work' definition) an option available under (Indian) Copyright act 1957 rules. Rgds. Mahitgar (talk) 02:10, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have never done peer reviews and am not inclined to start now. Carptrash (talk) 15:09, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue CXI, June 2015[edit]

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