User talk:Hike395

Giant Sequoias

Hey, was wondering which giant sequoias you have seen out of the top 40 from wendalls book? Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradluke22 (talk • contribs) 20:11, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I was wondering which you have visited?? thank you Boole22 (talk) 11:30, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Dave McCoy

Thanks for recreating the article. I began it as a stub so that there would be something to build upon but it kept getting deleted. I'm glad you were able to do the work to make it a proper article. Do you ski or snowboard at mammoth by any chance?- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 18:28, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I live in Newport Beach but I have a season pass at mammoth and try to get in about 10 snowboarding days there a year. I think its the best resort I've been to.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk

I did all the time when I was a kid but I haven't in a long time. I remember rainbow falls and devil's postpile pretty well though.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 05:37, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Biome Template

Check on Biome for the 14 Terrestrial Biomes, 12 Aquatic Biomes, and the Coastal/Shelf Marine Biomes of Global 200 WWF. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 15:30, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

File:Mount Wilson from south.jpg

File:Mount Wilson from south.jpg appears to show Mount Harvard (or another foothill), rather than Mount Wilson. If I'm not mistaken, Wilson is left (west) of the photo, and is not really visible in this photo. The shape of Wilson is characteristic - it's an east-west ridge.   Will Beback  talk  22:07, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Empty Category: Montane?

"You added a couple of articles to this empty category, but never created it". Sorry, I thought the Bot does it automatically. I'm trying to sort out how to create the category. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 07:04, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Mountains category has Climbing; Hills; Mountain ranges; Mountaineering. Montane would have the interactions between montane grasslands and shrublands, Temperate coniferous forest and people, this interaction repeats itself in the Himalaya, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Andes and Rift Valley. So: Alpine tundra, sub-alpine meadow, alpine climate, climate of the Alps, climate zones by altitude, altitudinal zonation, mountain climate, Tierra templada or temperate land, Tierra fria or cold land, Tierra helada or frozen land, tierra nevada, firn line, snow line, tree line, krummholz, Glacier. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 07:15, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

"I think the best thing to do is to create Category:Montane ecology (analogous to Category:Aquatic ecology), and make it be a child of both Category:Ecology and Category:Mountains". Sounds ok for me, thx. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 07:45, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

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Thank you

Thanks for fixing those elevation numbers on Freel Peak, and I need to ask you if you know of any information concerning the Freel Roadless Area. I'm working on an article about the Dardanelles and Freel Roadless Areas ( I've combined these two into a single article since they are only separated by highway corridor 89.) I always get at least a second source of information for a subject and can find ZERO on Freel-now Dardanelles is called Meiss Country-no problem there-the Lake Tahoe Management Unit's website has stuff on it, but no Freel.Can you help with this by chance (fingers crossed)???? Regards, Marcia Marcia Wright (talk) 15:19, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

re: Citation needed tag in Marble Mountain Wilderness article

Just a note on this- I had a citation there but it was removed when MKauffman edited it. Here is the original section w/ footnotes also:
Also unique to the Marble Mountain Wilderness is the number of different coniferous tree species growing in close proximity. There are seventeen species in all, more than in any other place in the world outside arboreta and gardens.[4] The subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), which is rare in California (although common in the Pacific Northwest region), grows along the granite moraines at the head of watersheds above 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in open areas surrounding lakes and meadows.[5]

Citation Footnotes: 4 ^ Brewer's spruce, Engelmann spruce, dwarf juniper, incense ceder, Shasta red fir, white fir, subalpine fir, foxtail pine, sugar pine, Ponderosa pine, whitebark pine, knobcone pine, lodgepole pine, Western white pine, Western hemlock, Pacific yew, Jeffrey pine. List and statement are from USFS map Klamath National Forest dated 1994.

5 ^ California Native Plant Society-Rare and Endemic Conifers of Northwest California Accessed December 19, 2008 Also:

• • My writing is atrocious, but the reworded sentence currently in place is even worse. I will not, repeat, not, get into an edit war with anyone, period. I just wanted you to know that the "footnote fetish" editor, Marcia Wright, did indeed place a citation after the sentence in her version.

Regards, Marcia Wright (talk) 07:48, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for responding. I was not aware that editors could cite their own "personal experiences"... so if I was a published non-fiction author on a subject, I could cite my own book then, or is that different from a personal recollection? Marcia Wright (talk) 08:10, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

PS Also note that this external link([1] returns a 404-page not found. Marcia Wright

Hiker395, Thanks for your thoughts/response. As for the map, I have (and the citation is from) the actual paper map of Klamath NF, you know, the impossible-to-refold again forest map type? I will research some of the books that are cited by MKauffmann, if thay are valid, all is well and can be kept in the articles.

Have you tried the above URL? Did it work? Let me know okay? Dead links are not tolerated either.

Cheers, Marcia Wright (talk) 14:19, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia commons

Could you help me? What is the standard procedure to get a language GNU image listed in commons? I rememnber I saw something, but my searching was unfruitful :( --Chris.urs-o (talk) 11:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello Hike. No, u did not really answer it so. I want to use an image on pl.wikipedia and one on de.wikipedia on en.wikipedia, but they are not on commons wikimedia. I thought I can add {commons}, but I might be wrong. So I decided to ask. Any short cut? --Chris.urs-o (talk) 17:53, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Image tagging for File:Yosemite Falls Cropped.jpg

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Y Done OrphanBot did not understand a derived image. Everything fixed. —hike395 (talk) 11:02, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Comments from Jsaltz

Pics

Hi Hike395, I really like the pictures you added under Ecology of the North Cascades. ;) Jsaltz (talk) 03:35, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Citation

Hi Hike395. Here is the web address from Dr. Warren Gold at the University of WA that cites the ecosystems in the Subalpine Fir Ecoregion for the Ecology of the North Cascades page: http://faculty.washington.edu/wgold/bis358/012808.pdf

Is that a sufficient source to reference? Thanks Jsaltz (talk) 05:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Species List

Hi Hike395. The list is very long, took forever to type but it is specific to ALW. Although I'm sure many of the species exist north of there. I had to cross reference that list with the Fish & Wildlife's Species of Concern list to compile the list already posted. It's up to you. I'll be glad to post it wherever you like. Any ideas on how to copy and paste into the Wiki edit page without losing my italics. I've already started going through my list so that the scientific names will come up italicized in the edit page because when I copied over the other list they lost the italics. Great job on all that cleaning up. Thank you Jsaltz (talk) 04:29, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

ALW Species

Hi Hike, I have an entire list of ALW vertebrates including scientific names which is cited, of course. Do you think I should add it to the ALW site or just leave as is? Thanks Jsaltz (talk) 17:54, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

ALW Edit

Good morning Hike395. I worked through the night adding more of my research to the ALW site. I have a 9am deadline for my work. However, I need to go back through like you did and create links and fix the duplicate references. I just wanted you to know that I plan to do that and I didn't want to create work for you. You have already been very helpful. As always, I welcome your input (and help). Thank you so much. Jsaltz (talk) 14:11, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Hike395, I just wanted to thank you again. You don't know how much I appreciate your help. The site looks awesome, I love how you organized it. Best Jsaltz (talk) 07:24, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Wow

Awesome, thanks for all of the links. It probably would have taken me forever to do that. I will work on that. Jsaltz (talk) 04:55, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

ALW

Hi Hike395, I'm sorry if this isn't the best place (I'm still trying to figure this all out) to respond to the message you posted for me. I have tried very hard to make sure that nothing is taken verbatim except for what is quoted from the Wilderness Act itself which is in quotes. I have gave credit where credit is due, absolutely. I'm very glad that this site has people like you to make sure it contains credible material that isn't plagiarized. But I have taken a lot of pride in my work and have spent a lot of nights sleepless working on it. Please feel free to give advice, I appreciate it. Thank you. Jsaltz (talk) 04:01, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

ALW EDIT

Hi Hike395. I have just spent an entire quarter researching the ALW. For a project I am to edit the ALW Wikipedia. I am just getting familiar with editing on the Wik, this is my first time. Perhaps I did not enter correctly my sources but my material is very well referenced. Could you please help me to understand what I missed leading you to undo some of my work I have posted to the ALW Wik and perhaps suggest how I can make it right? Thank you. j —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsaltz (talk • contribs) 03:02, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

California Water Wars

The economic analysis I added was for an assignment for class. I am a student at UCLA and currently taking an economic class. Our assignment was to add something new to a topic on wikipedia related to our class. The material I added was something we learned in class. 76.91.53.200 (talk) 02:37, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Mount Rainier

Hi Hike395; May I ask your opinion of {{commons-inline}}, please? [2] Also, I uploaded some high-resolution stitched mosaics of Mount Rainier; I like the resolution of the new image but the composition of the current Mount Rainier infobox image is appealing. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 19:31, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

I've used {{commons-inline}} when the commons box looks odd or cannot be nicely placed. If you wish to use it for Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, I don't mind.

I think I like the new stitched version better, because it shows more detail of The Mountain.

Also: I just finished a first draft of Ecology of the North Cascades --- feel free to add more pictures. I went through your pictures, looking for relevant photos taken near 47.5 degrees N, but I certainly don't know your pictures as well as you do.

Thanks! —hike395 (talk) 04:05, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your opinion on {{commons-inline}}.

Nice work on Ecology of the North Cascades! I'm pleased that you were able to use my photos and your selection looks good to me. I wonder if I might call your attention to File:SubalpineLarch_7717l.jpg, a photo that I like, that I have not been able to find a use for. Even better is File:Glacier-Lyman-Tamarack.jpg, but it is at 48.17°,-120.88°, in Glacier Peak Wilderness.

I agree regarding the Mount Rainier photo. Thank you, Walter Siegmund (talk) 23:55, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for all of your help on the article on Theodore Solomons. I am still new to contributing to Wikipedia and still learning. Thanks again! Dranster (talk)

Thanks for helping with the sierra national forest article, just like the dranster I'm new to this and was trying to create a more informative article. but i think i put in to much info :) so thank you for your help. P.S. I work for the sierra in fire and could provide lots more info. also could you look at the US Forest Service I added lots of info but again i think it could use some condensing I'm trying but have found it hard to figure out shat should stay or what should go. --Vlarian559 (talk) 07:02, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Mount Baker; "Mount Tehama"

Talk395- Hannegan here. I think the Baker article is finished, for now. While cruising around wikipedia to read what has been said about Cascade calderas, I came across a "Mount Tehama" webpage. I don't know who uses this term, but the original name alluded to in the article, 'Brokeoff Mountain',is the accepted term in the geologic literature. There is a LOT of uncited and unfounded information on that page. I'd like to take this on, but first thought I'd consult with you [or with...whom?] about such a major revamping and how it might be done. Hannegan (talk) 01:43, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

thanks for getting back to me about this. Will take it on, and check out the other issues you raise. I think I better steer clear of the Geology of North Cascades subject, my plate is full.Hannegan (talk) 18:12, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

New Baker photo

Talk395- I figured out how to upload a photo; there is a new one I took showing a large steam plume from Sherman Crater, midway down the page.Hannegan (talk) 02:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Adding section on race to counties/cities

Hay, you live in my area. Do you live in Kern County like i do? Well its nice to meet you!!!! > I just read the WP:NOTDIR. I seen it on the Bishop, CA Talk page. Thank you for the Information on this. --Michael (talk) 06:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Climate chart template

It's been ages since I've edited that template, so I'm not sure I have the skills to do it either! I could give it a try. Would you prefer that the box itself expands, or that the bars are scaled down? (The latter would make it more difficult to compare among different cities.) 12:04, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

RE: {{Include-USGov}}

Well, it is used on over 5,000 pages which is usually when we fully protect them. Requested edits can be made via {{editprotected}}. You can see WP:HRT for more information. - Rjd0060 (talk) 15:03, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Done. - Rjd0060 (talk) 15:19, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Meta-template Include-USGov

Hi, I noticed that you rewrote a lot of the U.S. government attribution templates to incorporate {{Include-USGov}}. That's all well and good as far as organization goes, but is there any way to incorporate different icons/emblems for each template instead of the standard "no copyright" logo? As it stands now, all the templates look the same, and I feel this makes them more confusing than they need to be. --Eastlaw ^talk ⁄ _contribs 06:44, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

After fooling around with the sandbox, I think there might be one way to do it: If we can add a variable so that the "no copyright" logo doesn't display, we can then add an icon for each individual template. --Eastlaw ^talk ⁄ _contribs 07:15, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Certain individual agencies prohibit the use of their logos in a commercial context, or where its use would be misleading. For example, 50 U.S.C. § 403m forbids the use of the Central Intelligence Agency's name or seal in such a manner. Beyond that, each agency usually has its own statute or regulation regarding the use of its insignia, but I know of no policy which would prevent the use of agency logos in a non-commercial context such as Wikipedia. I have never seen any logos removed for such reasons, and I actually created a bunch of the original attribution templates. --Eastlaw ^talk ⁄ _contribs 05:51, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, the multiplicity of differing policies on use of insignia might actually be a good reason not to use them. I doubt Wikipedia would get in any real trouble for using them (images of government seals and logos are on the pages of the respective agencies anyway), but perhaps you are correct to play it safe. Perhaps you should ask the admins or bureaucrats? --Eastlaw ^talk ⁄ _contribs 06:09, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

About the "Madrean Sky Islands" image from the Univ. Ariz.

When I first started Wikipedia, (and knew Nothing!), I used that image quite a bit.(I lived in Tucson, went to U of A, loved the Mountains.) See Mule Mountains. I talked to you possibly, (on your talkpage:?, and the history log for Mule Mountains shows how you verified the Image. Actually, (the talk is not on MY talkpage), but I remember that someone, I assume you, e-mailed the person involved. (It could have been User:RHaworth that verified?). I don't know a lot of people, and I have seen your name a lot, but never talked with you that I remember...(oh well). But I remember that somebody e-mailed and got e-mail verification about the madrean sky island.jpg photo. Could you at least look at the history log of Mule Mountains? Thanx...(And I never saw the discussion on the photo till just now!).. (from the HotSonoran DesertARIZ,USA.. Mmcannis (talk) 03:47, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Now I remember the name of Mr Radulovich. Thanx much. That sky island map is nice. Now that graphics have come such a long way, future user-composed maps could have all sorts of local variations to highlight Elevation(ally)-important-Areas.... Maybe the Tepuis of south ameerica for example. Anyway, user made maps is what I'm referring to.... And thanx, again. (I find it hard to believe I started what I've been doing in 2006(late 2005). If you want to see someKool stuff i've been doing, look at the commons sections linked to the Egyptian hieroglyphs (it was a 5-month effort)(plus I then continued into the cuneiform: "Category:Cuneiforn on media") check out the "Utcheb-" entries on the hieroglyphs(latest 2-(it answered the question about both, especially the Festival-parade Routes-(Rosetta Stone))). Link it from the hieroglyph page: Harpoon (hieroglyph)... Michael (the HotSonoran DesertUSA-(it's gonna be Hot this year))(and thanx again)... Mmcannis (talk) 05:16, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

US Forest Service

Thank you for all your work. I have a question was there a reason why you removed the section on the The Northeastern Area Office for State and Private Forestry? under the org section?? please see link go to page 33 please and thank you

[US Forest Service FY 09 budget http://www.fs.fed.us/publications/budget-2009/fy2009-forest-service-budget-justification.pdf] --Vlarian559 (talk) 06:54, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

That is kinda what I thought but I wanted to be sure it was not overlooked. Thank you for your help you more then I created a nice article, much better then what was there before both you and me. Again thank you --Vlarian559 (talk) 21:59, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Meet-up in early July?

Hi Hike - I'll be driving through Yosemite and then down 395 to Death Valley the week of Monday 6 July to Friday 10 July, camping and hiking along the way. I plan to take photos and gather info that I'll use to upgrade Geology of the Yosemite area, Mono Lake, Mono-Inyo Craters, Long Valley Caldera, Mammoth Mountain and Devil's Postpile National Monument. Would you like to join me for part of that trip or at least have some pointers on some good easy to moderate (no longer than a day round trip) hikes? Any ideas on other people who might be interested as well? Either way, I hope you are doing well. :) --mav (talk) 17:36, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Bodie

Hiya. I just initiated a thread about the population figures on Bodie, California, because you reverted SimMoonXP (talk · contribs)'s addition, and then he reverted your edit. Anyways, the thread is located here if you'd like to participate. Killiondude (talk) 04:39, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Dunderberg Mill

While I can assume good faith, so far, you didn't even try to find further sources. Before you undertake to remove any further material from Wikipedia, you should assure yourself that it doesn't exist. Your actions could be construed as vandalism - and any further actions on your part will be so treated, consider yourself warned. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 04:29, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I see now that you reverted all the changes, do you content that all those places "don't exist" as your words? It seems that you do, and now the assumption of good faith no longer holds. Consider this a final warning about vandalism, which is what your revert was. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 04:31, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I've been civil. You have made an inappropriate edit with a false edit summary, reflect on that fact. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 04:49, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I have provided initial sources, GNIS. There is no requirement to find sources to your personal liking. However, as you could read at Dunderberg Mill a second source was easily found. As will no doubt for the others. Have you even tried? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 05:01, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I have added a second source to each of the ones you have cried wolf on. Cheers, Carlossuarez46 (talk) 05:11, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

As I wrote on the template talk, if you have reliable sources (not satellite photos that you interpret) that any of the unincorporated communities belongs in the former category, edit the article and move it into the proper category in the template. The sources I have at hand are gnis which is of variable date, and Durham's book which is dated 1998 - for all any of them know the place could have been nuked and occupied by green-eyed monkeys from Mars since then. So if you have something reliable that says what state they're in now, be WP:BOLD in adding it. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 05:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Like I said, if the place has ceased to be a community, it is a former settlement. If you have reliable sources - go and edit. Using your personal observations is not a substitute. See WP:V - "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—that is, whether readers are able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether we think it is true." If you have reliable sources that contradicts the published material which I cite, use it. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 05:26, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

We can discuss it there. If you have census data that show that current residents is now zero, then placing the article in former settlements is correct. Since you have that data at hand, feel free to make the additions to the articles as appropriate and changes to the template by moving the articles from the one group to the other. Currently, all the USGS says is that they are populated places, as distinct from historical places which it deems as formerly inhabited places. If since USGS the population has gone to zilch as shown by reliable sources, then they can be changed. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 05:32, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I considered that, but www.ghosttowns.com is not a reliable source; it has no authority behind it; it's not official (i.e., governmental) and it's not peer reviewed either. It is just someone's website. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 05:43, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Just a point: now we are debating the current status of these various places, but your original contention is that they didn't exist has been conclusively shot down. As I said - if you have reliable sources (which ghosttowns.com isn't) that update the USGS info, edit with it. Can't you do that? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 05:45, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

The USGS has consistently been considered a reliable source. If it is outdated, you are free to update articles. Again, you are only quibbling about whether these are still extant, which if you find to be the case by a reliable source, which you still haven't shown me, you can edit appropriately. As you should realize, former settlements meet notability as well - and nearly every place in the prior counties I have done has at least one non-USGS source as well. I am currently adding these to Modoc County - Mono will be next. Why can't you edit with the sources you have rather than continuing to talk about removing things we know were there, and you just debate what their current status is. Like you want to delete all the articles in Category:Possibly living people because we don't know their current status (population =1 or zero)? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 06:15, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Go for it. I'll probably chime in tomorrow - it's getting late. Cheers, Carlossuarez46 (talk) 06:27, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Minaret Summit

I think the previous picture was better -- not many people go there to look back at the side of Mammoth Mountain -- they want to look at the Minarets. Plus I liked seeing the old-time Rangers in front of the sceneFordpinto77 (talk) 15:14, 16 June 2009 (UTC)