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Carlsbad, California

hi Rosie This is Susan from the Carlsbad Historical Society. We made some edits after yours, as cbadhistorical. You could email us at cbadhistory@yahoo.com Bye

Hi Susan! Great to hear from you!!Rosiestephenson 19:49, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! Dreadstar † 02:17, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deepak Chopra

Hi Rosie, thanks for your contribution to the Deepak Chopra article, it was good information. I had to revert it because it was virtually identical to the source from which it was taken. We need to do our very best to avoid copyright violations and plagiarism. It's excellent that you cited your sources!. Thanks! Dreadstar † 02:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dreadstar. Just realized I can respond to entries on my talk page. Thanks for your comments during my WP newby stage.Rosiestephenson 19:49, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

July 2007

Please do not post copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to Middletown, California. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. The text you added to this article on July 3rd was taken verbatim from the source. Please don't do this again. If you have added verbatim text to other articles - please go back and either remove it or paraphrase it so as not to violate the source's copyright. Thanks. Versageek 04:02, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Versageek. Sorry for the way I handled the article and citation while a WP newby.Rosiestephenson 19:49, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Kenneth Wapnick Article Discussion

Hi Rosie,
In case you might be interesrted, there is some discussion going on about whether or not Wikipedia should include an article about Kenneth Wapnick at: Requesting your opinion re reinstating the Kenneth Wapnick article... and at Request to rescind your decision to delete the Kenneth Wapnick article on July 6, 2006. Your input at the Admin's page would be most appreciated.

Thanks,
-Scott P. 17:23, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Scott. Thanks for soliciting my opinion. I went ahead and remarked on the Wapnick Discussion page.Rosiestephenson 19:49, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pierre Rossier & Felice Beato

Hi, I reverted your changes to these two articles out of regard to WP:Dates. Ordinarily it is only full dates (e.g. 16 August 2007) that need to wikilinked, and stand-alone days, months or years should only be wikilinked if such links would enrich the reader's understanding of the article. As for the bulleted list in the Beato article, I used uncommon layout formatting so that the descriptive titles would be more closely associated (visually) with their 19th century counterparts - in the form you used, the modern and original titles are spread evenly and therefore more dificult to read. Hope this explanation makes sense. Ciao! Pinkville 01:48, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Pinkville. I understand your thoughts on these two articles; no problem with the reverts you made.Rosiestephenson 19:49, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quang Tri Province

I've reverted your additions to the article Quang Tri Province regarding the Bru language being the most spoken language since Vietnamese is the main language in every Vietnamese province. DHN 01:24, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply re. Dura language

In reply to your comment, you are quite right, and I made the move, and took the opportunity to add a bit more info. Thanks for flagging it. - Reaverdrop (talk/nl) 08:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Temecula Valley

Hello. I saw you created the page Temecula Valley. WP:Wine has settled on naming designated American Viticultural Areas using the style "(name) AVA" Would you have an objection to renaming the article to Temecula Valley AVA? Thanks. VirginiaProp 17:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. I've renamed the article; moved it.Rosiestephenson 21:38, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know

On 24 September, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kallawaya people, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 14:50, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Callahuaya

The original language (Callahuaya/Kollyawaya) is extinct. What the herb doctors now speaks is a Quechua based jargon consisting of 10-20% Kallahuaya words. Well ... it seems all 3 are same.Axxn 10:38, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nunamiut & Nunatamiut

Is there a relationship between the two groups? They are both inland caribou hunters. Also I noticed that the reference I used for the second was using John Bockstoce and Vilhjalmur Stefansson as sources. It's possible that Stefansson didn't quite get the name right. I suspect that both are the same group but I don't have a source for it. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:38, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Nunavummiut is a newer name, around 1999, from when the territory was created. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:05, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Columbia Reservation

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Did you know

On 6 October, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tikigaq , which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 11:15, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pear

You should add those Thai ethnic groups to Template:Ethnic groups in Thailand as well. Ethnologue says the Pear just live in Cambodia; how do you know they also live in Thailand? They're not in the lists of ethnic groups of Thailand I used when I created the article. Badagnani 23:58, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks--it's great to have more ethnic groups in List of ethnic groups in Thailand. It was very hard to create that article because there's no single list that lists all of them. There are so many ethnic groups that the Thai government treats as "guests" or else wishes weren't living there... That includes a lot of refugees from Burma and elsewhere. Badagnani 02:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't forget to add those groups to Template:Ethnic groups in Thailand so we can keep both the article and template consistent, listing the same groups. Badagnani 02:06, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Society of the Song Dynasty

I like your recent addition of a further reading section and journal articles to the Society of the Song Dynasty article. It looks very nice, thank you for contributing.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 19:59, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kugluktuk, Nunavut

I noticed this earlier. I was wondering if you had seen anymore information on "Lena Pedersen"? Red Pedersen had a wife called "Lena" (no source) but there is also an article on Lena Pederson. if you look at her article there is the sentence that she was "...a drug and alcohol program coordiantor for Kugluktuk." This pdf file which I found based on your edit says that she "...is Program Coordinator for the Kugluktuk Awareness Centre..." so I trying to figure out if they are the same person. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 20:45, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick reply. I had forgot to mention that I asked a Yellowknife based editor if he knew the correct spelling of the boarding home. It turns out that the GNWT isn't sure either see here and here. I was also able to find that the GN has both Pederson and Peterson (confused with Keith Peterson?) in the same Hansard. I'm going to be in Yellowknife at the end of the week so I'll see if I can get a picture of the name of the boarding home. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:05, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as if they are the same person. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:28, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Feeling a bit silly this morning. I can't believe that I never noticed this before. Their site needs better linking and a search function. Did you see C. T. Pedersen? Looks more like a coincidence than anything else. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I got a bit of it in earlier but not much. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 17:14, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well I checked to see what was written outside the boarding home in Yellowknife and all it said was "Kitikmeot Boarding Home". However, the van they use has "Lena Pedersen" on it but I wasn't able to get a picture. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 18:55, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good research. In addition to Pedersen on the van, the book author is Pedersen (not Pederson). So, maybe a discussion on the Lena Talk page regarding moving the article from Lena Pederson to Lena Pedersen? Rosiestephenson 21:58, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I started a discussion at Talk:Lena Pederson. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 18:20, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for doing that. I just contributed to the Lena Pederson Talk page following your comment. Rosiestephenson 18:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alumni

Lots of good work adding alumni to Morningside High School. I wonder if I could persuade you to start adding them as refs using the ref tag, for example you currently have something that says [http://www.foo.com] but if you could add it as <ref>[http://www.foo.com Article name] by john smith at MSNBC, January 1, 2001</ref>. Just something to think about, it would have two affects - 1 it would put all the links you're using as sources in the "References" section automatically with numbers and footnotes. 2 it would make it easier to understand what the links represent without clicking on them. If you have question, problems, etc, let me know. Just a thought. Thanks. Arthur 20:55, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Arthur. And you're right. I meant to convert the URLS to citations from Day1 but each time I added an entry, I procrastinated some more. Will move this up on my TODO list. Rosiestephenson 21:30, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. I thought about starting the process myself, but the size of the list put me off. ;-) Arthur 21:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've started on it, but any assistance is ok by me. :) Rosiestephenson 22:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

October 2007 California wildfires

I appreciate your work, turning this from an ongoing event into a piece of history. I've been doing a little of the same myself -- and I think there's more to do yet. El Ingles 01:12, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comment, Stu. Yes, the article needs more copyedit. I figured once the Poomacha was contained, I'd give more attention to the article as a whole. As it reads now, I think it's both fragmented, certain editors concentrating on a particular region, and overly detail laden in certain subsections. Rosiestephenson 16:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kallawaya language

Hi, I recently made some edits for grammar to this page which you created. Since I am not familiar with the subject matter, it is possible I have inadvertently changed the meaning. Perhaps you might like to give it the once-over and check I didn't change anything substantial. Regards, — BillC ^talk 17:51, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bill. Thanks for improving the article! Rosiestephenson 18:17, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 11 November, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Smith Sound, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel 00:58, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Daniel. I appreciate it! Rosiestephenson 03:59, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Corelle patterns

Hello Rosie. I came across this new article while doing New Page patrol. This kind of a list is one that tends to be frowned upon in Wikipedia, per WIkipedia is not a directory. I was going to mark it for speedy deletion as A7 but thought I would ask you first if you have some kind of a long-term plan that would expand this article or make it more significant. As it stands now, it is bound to be viewed by some editors as trivial info. After all, we have no articles on the individual Corelle patterns, so this list is not needed for navigation. Let me know if you have any comments on this issue. EdJohnston (talk) 00:25, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ed. The pattern list was originally in the Corelle article, but got deleted last month by another editor. While I didn't plan on creating an article on any of the patterns, other collectors/wikieditors might. Or would it be better to return the list to the article? Rosiestephenson (talk) 00:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to write any well-sourced text on one or two individual patterns that you would consider notable? Or just say 'this was a successful product because 24 patterns were eventually sold?' Something that summarizes and highlights, rather than merely lists. Another trick might be to find somewhere on the maker's web site where the patterns are listed, and you could link to that. I sympathize that the info was previously kicked out of the article, but that could mean that it doesn't belong at all. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, and all that. EdJohnston (talk) 00:46, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From User_talk:Slashme: Hello. On June 1, 2007, I added a list of Corelle pattern names to the Corelle article since Corelleware patterns are collectibles. In September, an anonymous user augmented the list. On October 30th, surprisingly, you deleted the list with the Comment: "No sense in a meaningless list of model names." IMHO, while the list might be meaningless to you, it's not meaningless to millions of users and collectors. So I created a new page, List of Corelle patterns, and moved the list there. That's probably a better location for it anyway. Rosiestephenson (talk) 23:32, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rosie. I can't see the general applicability of a list of Corelle model names: Knowing that Corelle brought out a pattern that they marketed under the name "china blossom" isn't really useful to anyone except a collector of dinnerware, and can't be usefully tied in to any other information on Wikipedia. Depending on copyright issues, an illustrated list might or might not be acceptable, though. It might still seem to be information more suitable to a company catalogue than a general encyclopedia, though. See Wikipedia:Listcruft.--Slashme (talk) 06:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ed and Slashme: OK. Fyi, I made the appropriate updates to the Corelle page, anticipating that an Admin will delete the List of Corelle patterns page. Rosiestephenson (talk) 06:54, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Copenhagen 2010 plaquettes

To is to advise you that I am intending to remove the trivia entries about the Royal Copenhagen 2010 plaquettes that you have added to almost every single article that is about a topic which the company depicts on their plaquettes. The reason is that I consider this type of "product placement" on Wikipedia harmful to the project's integrity as it could lead to hundreds of spammy entries by various companies, such as an entry on every single botanical article page that is about a flower depicted on for example Joy Jow Enterprises' porcelain coffee cups, etc., etc. I consider this type of editing practice spamming. Looking at your previous contributions, I noticed that you are mainly adding books to "Further reading" sections. Please note that this could also be considered marginally questionable if the only aim is to advertise certain authors, sites or publishers. Afv2006 (talk) 00:54, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Afv, I am NOT a spammer. I thought linking Danish scenes on Danish-made plaquettes to Danish articles was adding value, and I thought "In popular culture" was an appropriate section within the articles. I understand your point, however, about product placement, something I had not considered. As for adding books to articles' "Further reading", my aim is to add value, not to advertise any particular author, or site, or publisher. I am careful to not duplicate authors, subject, or publishers within an article, unless, rarely, someone is a stand-out authority, and then I might include a second book by the same person. Rosiestephenson (talk) 02:45, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 == Royal Copenhagen 2010 plaquettes ==
 To is to advise you that I am intending to remove the trivia entries about the Royal Copenhagen 2010 plaquettes that you have added to almost every single article that is about a topic which the company depicts on their plaquettes. The reason is that I consider this type of "product placement" on Wikipedia harmful to the project's integrity as it could lead to hundreds of spammy entries by various companies, such as an entry on every single botanical article page that is about a flower depicted on for example Joy Jow Enterprises' porcelain coffee cups, etc., etc. I consider this type of editing practice spamming. Looking at your previous contributions, I noticed that you are mainly adding books to "Further reading" sections. Please note that this could also be considered marginally questionable if the only aim is to advertise certain authors, sites or publishers. [[User:Afv2006|Afv2006]] ([[User talk:Afv2006|talk]]) 00:54, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
+::Afv, I am NOT a spammer. I thought linking Danish scenes on Danish-made plaquettes to Danish articles was adding value, and I thought "In popular culture" was an appropriate section within the articles.  I understand your point, however, about product placement, something I had not considered. As for adding books to articles' "Further reading", my aim is to add value, not to advertise any particular author, or site, or publisher. I am careful to not duplicate authors, subject, or publishers within an article, unless, rarely, someone is a stand-out authority, and then I might include a second book by the same person. [[User:Rosiestephenson|Rosiestephenson]] ([[User talk:Rosiestephenson|talk]]) 02:45, 22 November 2007 (UTC)