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I'm using your pic of the US Supreme Court building as a still in a documentary I'm making. While I will be giving the 45 minute movie away for free online, since the rights to some of the other materials i used are retained by others, i can't actually release the whole thing under a creative commons license without violating their rights and trust. I will credit you in the credits as UpstateNYer. Hope that's all okay with you. Please let me know if not. |
I'm using your pic of the US Supreme Court building as a still in a documentary I'm making. While I will be giving the 45 minute movie away for free online, since the rights to some of the other materials i used are retained by others, i can't actually release the whole thing under a creative commons license without violating their rights and trust. I will credit you in the credits as Wikipedia user UpstateNYer. Hope that's all okay with you. Please let me know if not. |
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This is a good source I'll be using for Cohoes; it has some interesting information on Rensselaerswyck and early Dutch settlement as well that you may be interested in. Page 14 can be used as a reference for the current Manor Avenue in Cohoes being along the same line as the original patroonship border (which I've always believed based on old maps but never had a written reference that stated it until now).
pittstown ny
I made some changes to Pittstown,_New_York. I thought you might want to review the changes and maybe suggest some possible goals for the article.
Sandeylife (talk) 15:06, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- Seams reasonable, though adding unsourced information can sometimes lead to reverts. If you're interested in the history of the town, you should look at Landmarks of Rensselaer County and History of the Seventeen Towns of Rensselaer County. Both books are listed in the further reading section and have links to free, full versions of them online. upstateNYer 23:28, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
DYKs for CD portal
No problem. Where should I put them? Right in the list section at the portal template?
Also, I saw that you had a group of selected pictures, namely your own, for perfectly understandable reasons. May I nominate this one of mine, which I think is my best CD image? Daniel Case (talk) 16:08, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Put the DYKs on the talk page of the portal under the labeled section. You can use any images you want! I was just going through my category and finding images that represented the area well. But since there's 20 now, which represent most of the generally representative places in the area, more specific images are more than welcome! upstateNYer 19:50, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
is shaping up nicely. Looks just about done for the most part? Nice work. –Juliancolton | Talk 19:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- We need DYKs and then I want to put more panos in (and select bios, if you know of any). Featured portal status possibly. upstateNYer 19:51, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
trival residents of Troy?
Sorry about reverting your complete blanking of the entire "notable residents" section of Troy, but they can't all be trivial, because they've passed notablity standards enough to have wikipedia articles. Unless someone doesn't have an article, please leave them in as notable residents of Troy. Chrisrus (talk) 06:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- My opinion- Anybody who is mentioned in a "notable residents" category that isnt "trivial" will be able to be mentioned in another section (probably history) just fine. It is not the individuals that Upstater is saying is trivial, it is the section itself that is trivia. If an individual's name can not be easily put into another section of relevance then it isnt relevant at all to mention that individual's name in the city's article (not everyone who is famous who just happened to have lived in a city should get mentioned).Camelbinky (talk) 23:46, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
- I don't agree. If an article about East Someplace doesn't mention that Shfamous McNotable lived there, whether it figures into the history of the place or not, it belongs in the article. Besides, since when has the fact that a piece of infromation is trivia, ever kept something out of Wikipedia? If there's a notable piece of trivia that isn't on Wikipedia anywhere, that's a situation that needs fixing. Chrisrus (talk) 05:26, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- For a small place, yes mentioning a person famous throughout the US or world or whatever country the place is; may in fact be good for the article. However for a place like Troy with a 300+ year history and a quite important one for the state, nation, and world mentioning everyone who comes from Troy becomes trivial. There are many who believe as you do that EVERYTHING should be mentioned in articles, but generally that view has been rejected at various discussions at the village pump regarding notable people sections, "in popular culture" sections, and other "trivia" sections. WP:Trivia and the essay WP:Handling trivia is worth reading about why such lists arent very encyclopedic though it doesnt mention notable people itself. On various articles, such as Glens Falls, New York it has been decided that one of the most famous of the people born there- Rachel Ray is not to be put in it's famous resident section for the reason she was only born there, never lived there. That is one of the problems that occurs from that section existing in articles, the problem of what constitutes "resident". Your view on Wikipedia is valid and legitimate, it just isnt what the consensus tends to be.Camelbinky (talk) 17:27, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- Agreed. Once I rewrite the article, that section will not be kept. Plus there are a number of people on that list that only lived there while attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Mr. Ferris, for one). I went to school in Washington DC. If I'm ever famous, I don't think I would ever count as a famous resident of Washington. There are a number of locally important individuals that are not mentioned, but are important to the city's history. They will be included, but in the prose of its history, not as a bulleted list. upstateNYer 20:29, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- I see your point. I have reverted my action, thereby blanking the whole section. I do want to note, however, that I didn't mean to say "that EVERYTHING should be mentioned in articles" depending on what you mean by "articles". I think everything NOTABLE should be SOMEWHERE on Wikipedia. I agree that it would be bad to have in the middle of an article on NYC a list of every notable person ever to have lived there. Everything in it's proper place. Chrisrus (talk) 01:11, 7 May 2010 (UTC) Clarified, expanded Chrisrus (talk) 14:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
- Eh - I don't see the harm. For example, Boston, a very old, much larger, and more important city has List_of_Bostonians as a separate article. On the other hand, Lowell, Massachusetts, while younger than Troy, is larger and probably on reasonably equivalent historical footing, has an extremely long notable residents section which nobody has really heavily contested. Then again, what do I know, I'm one of those RPI'ers. CSZero (talk) 12:53, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
- Take a look at Youngstown, Ohio, a featured article. That article's section on notable residents is about the furthest that is appropriate. If someone someday makes a list of notable Troy residents, then sure, we can include it, but until then, in the main article, it is essentially equivalent to a trivia section. upstateNYer 21:28, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
- Eh - I don't see the harm. For example, Boston, a very old, much larger, and more important city has List_of_Bostonians as a separate article. On the other hand, Lowell, Massachusetts, while younger than Troy, is larger and probably on reasonably equivalent historical footing, has an extremely long notable residents section which nobody has really heavily contested. Then again, what do I know, I'm one of those RPI'ers. CSZero (talk) 12:53, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
- I see your point. I have reverted my action, thereby blanking the whole section. I do want to note, however, that I didn't mean to say "that EVERYTHING should be mentioned in articles" depending on what you mean by "articles". I think everything NOTABLE should be SOMEWHERE on Wikipedia. I agree that it would be bad to have in the middle of an article on NYC a list of every notable person ever to have lived there. Everything in it's proper place. Chrisrus (talk) 01:11, 7 May 2010 (UTC) Clarified, expanded Chrisrus (talk) 14:26, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
- Agreed. Once I rewrite the article, that section will not be kept. Plus there are a number of people on that list that only lived there while attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Mr. Ferris, for one). I went to school in Washington DC. If I'm ever famous, I don't think I would ever count as a famous resident of Washington. There are a number of locally important individuals that are not mentioned, but are important to the city's history. They will be included, but in the prose of its history, not as a bulleted list. upstateNYer 20:29, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- For a small place, yes mentioning a person famous throughout the US or world or whatever country the place is; may in fact be good for the article. However for a place like Troy with a 300+ year history and a quite important one for the state, nation, and world mentioning everyone who comes from Troy becomes trivial. There are many who believe as you do that EVERYTHING should be mentioned in articles, but generally that view has been rejected at various discussions at the village pump regarding notable people sections, "in popular culture" sections, and other "trivia" sections. WP:Trivia and the essay WP:Handling trivia is worth reading about why such lists arent very encyclopedic though it doesnt mention notable people itself. On various articles, such as Glens Falls, New York it has been decided that one of the most famous of the people born there- Rachel Ray is not to be put in it's famous resident section for the reason she was only born there, never lived there. That is one of the problems that occurs from that section existing in articles, the problem of what constitutes "resident". Your view on Wikipedia is valid and legitimate, it just isnt what the consensus tends to be.Camelbinky (talk) 17:27, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- I don't agree. If an article about East Someplace doesn't mention that Shfamous McNotable lived there, whether it figures into the history of the place or not, it belongs in the article. Besides, since when has the fact that a piece of infromation is trivia, ever kept something out of Wikipedia? If there's a notable piece of trivia that isn't on Wikipedia anywhere, that's a situation that needs fixing. Chrisrus (talk) 05:26, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
ARRA photo
We plan to use your photo for the Summer 2010 issue of the Local Government Auditors Quarterly. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.195.188.253 (talk) 23:41, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
- Which photo is this? Can you copy+paste me a link? Thanks for letting me know. upstateNYer 00:02, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, do you mean the one I posted to the right? upstateNYer 00:05, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
New map
Check out File:Troy, New York Map.png and let me know if you see any errors there. Kmusser (talk) 19:24, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
- I got Albany done as well, File:Albany, New York Map.png - Albany has a more complicated road network; I included anything the National Atlas was calling a highway, but if I missed any important links in there I could draw them in. Kmusser (talk) 21:01, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
- For the Albany map I would extend 85 the rest of its route to the edge of the map and 155 the rest of its route past the Northway to Watervliet. Also I would add NY443 which is mostly concurrent with NY32 and US 9W but would fill in an important part of Delaware Avenue not currently showing on the map. NY5 is shown stopping at 9W, I would extend it along Washington Ave east and along State Street to its terminus at I-787. Those are some suggestions I think might help.Camelbinky (talk) 22:22, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
- I don't disagree with that assessment. Since it's such a spider web, though, could you also upload a version without roads? upstateNYer 22:51, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
- Great, thanks, I should have revised one plus roadless version tomorrow. Kmusser (talk) 00:11, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- Map revised, check it out, should be ready to go I think, I also noticed a chunk of 32 was missing so added that in as well. Kmusser (talk) 15:34, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- Roadless version uploaded at File:Albany, New York Map plain.png. Kmusser (talk) 14:48, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
- For the Albany map I would extend 85 the rest of its route to the edge of the map and 155 the rest of its route past the Northway to Watervliet. Also I would add NY443 which is mostly concurrent with NY32 and US 9W but would fill in an important part of Delaware Avenue not currently showing on the map. NY5 is shown stopping at 9W, I would extend it along Washington Ave east and along State Street to its terminus at I-787. Those are some suggestions I think might help.Camelbinky (talk) 22:22, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Photo Use
Hello UpstateNYer,
My name is Erin and I am with the production team who will be hosting the Actors' Equity Association 100 year anniversary event. I wanted to inform you that we will be using your beautiful image (File:Times Square 1-2.JPG) in our printed sponsorship presentation. This will be used as a charity outreach to gain sponsorship for Actors' Equity, an organization that promotes the theater arts. We will certainly credit your work appropriately. Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erineq (talk • contribs) 19:46, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Thanks for the heads up! upstateNYer 20:42, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Supreme Court pic
Howdy, I'm using your pic of the US Supreme Court building as a still in a documentary I'm making. While I will be giving the 45 minute movie away for free online, since the rights to some of the other materials i used are retained by others, i can't actually release the whole thing under a creative commons license without violating their rights and trust. I will credit you in the credits as Wikipedia user UpstateNYer. Hope that's all okay with you. Please let me know if not. Best, Ogbn (talk) 12:33, 15 May 2010 (UTC)