User talk:Donald Albury

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Dunedin, FL[edit]

I represent the Dunedin History Museum and the city historian. The reference link(s) to the first land grant and the incorporation of the city is from an old incorrect city of Dunedin page. The dates 1852 and 1925 are incorrect for the first land grant and the founding of the city.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.96.115.241 (talk • contribs) 15:10 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Arecaceae[edit]

In fact that editor has repeatedly refused to advise me of what the problem is. I'm surprised to hear that editor is an experienced editor as I had not seen need to check. Right off attempting to inject FRINGE political bias and going on to repeatedly demand I debate positions I don't hold is strange for an experienced editor. I have said several times that we can remove and change any parts of my added text and asked how he wants to do that: He still refuses to reply instead insisting on these debates. Invasive Spices (talk) 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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Elephant[edit]

Any ideas? Can't we prune, not wholesale revert? Zenon.Lach (talk) 19:41, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image galleries[edit]

Could you please comment on User_talk:4throck#Image_galleries about the reverts to Lunar Prospector and Diogo Cão ? Cheers, 4throck (talk) 08:19, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair Assessment[edit]

Donald, would you take a look at this draft and see if it's ready to publish. Just need a fair assessment and I've seen you an the River Wikiproject. --ARose Wolf 13:56, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ARoseWolf: Well, I certainly have published articles about rivers that were shorter and less well sourced (several were sourced to a single book). I will recommend putting the second source in {{Cite web}}, but that's a gnomish thing. I appreciate how hard it can be to find reliable sources about lesser-known rivers, and have often relied on government reports. So, yeah, I'll say it is ready. Donald Albury 16:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the assessment. It was very hard for this one in particular. I know so much personally about the river, I'll leave it at that, but I had to suppress what I know about it and only summarize what could be found in the sources. I truly am mesmerized by the editors that create GA's and FA's. Such hard work and dedication should be admired. --ARose Wolf 16:51, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keeping personal knowledge out of articles can be hard. I have slipped up a few times, although, I hope, not recently. I have occasionally though about trying to take an article to FA, but my attention span on a particular article falters after a week or two, and there are always so many other topics that need attention. Donald Albury 17:14, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I modified the source right. If you are busy you don't have to look. I appreciate your perspective on it. I have made countless mistakes in editing. My attention span is very short. It's funny because when I do a task around the house I get super focused and can complete it but there is so much eye candy on Wikipedia. I swear I look a child on its first birthday sinking teeth into icing covered cake. We all have seen those videos. lol Thanks again, and anytime you need help or some encouragement to get that FA off the ground I think I give great pep talks. :) --ARose Wolf 17:26, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks fine to me. Donald Albury 17:55, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, now I'm off to finish Haines State Forest and The Mescalero Sands of New Mexico which I promised to get done years ago. I hate research. lol <<Deep Breath>> Wish me luck. --ARose Wolf 18:00, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck! Donald Albury 18:18, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coosa Chiefdom Rewrite[edit]

@Donald Albury: Given the general structural and citation issues in the article for the Coosa chiefdom, I have been working on a rewrite. At this point, I don't think its complete, but I wanted to ask you to take a look. Thank you for your time. --KiwiNova (talk) 19:41, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that looks pretty good. An article with a topic adjacent to yours that I worked on is Apalachicola Province. I think there is a lot of room in WP for improvements to coverage of the proto-historical/early historic period in the southeastern U.S. I previously kept myself busy sticking mainly to topics related to Florida, but that area spills over into the wider souteast. I have been disappointed in how limited much coverage of Native Americans in the southeastern U.S. is in WP. Something I don't see much coverage is how Mississippian chiefdoms evolved into local confederacies, and then merged into the Muscogee Confederacy. Oh, yeah, take a look at Tribal town if you haven't seen it. Donald Albury 23:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]