User talk:Merenta/Archive 3

Michigan highway articles

Previously, WP:MISH, Michigan State Highways, was added as a subproject of the Michigan Wikiproject because of the 200+ plus articles, tagging was VERY erratic, and it was judged easier to just tag all of the highway articles under MISH as a subproject of both US Roads and Michigan. I see that you've retagged less than a dozen articles. Do you plan on going through and tagging the other 200 at a later date? If not, please untag them. Imzadi1979 (talk) 22:51, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Since that project is indeed listed as being a child project of WikiProject Michigan, my tagging them was an error. I'll correct it today; thanks for the note. Merenta (talk) 22:54, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Missouri state parks

Doh! I had meant to tag with WikiProject Missouri all those stubs I created , but I guess I forgot that step. Thanks! --Kbh3^rdtalk 06:03, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Iowa talk pages

Having placed county templates on almost every Iowa community, I know that there are lots of them, but it's always amazing to see how many talk pages show up on my watchlist. Good job on keeping track of them all :-) Nyttend (talk) 15:24, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Groves High School

A tag has been placed on Groves High School (Georgia), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Well, that's fine with me. I haven't edited that page so I'm not sure why this is on my talk page, but regardless, happy editing. Merenta (talk) 18:34, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Oops. How did that happen? Sorry. GeorgeLouis (talk) 01:35, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Outdated external links - Please help to update the link

Could you please help me to update the link or give me the instruction on how I can do it?

On the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Hill,_Brooklyn in the References paragraph last link to Jeff Grandis realty should be updated

[edit] References ^ Brooklyn Community Boards, New York City. Accessed December 31, 2007. ^ Patrolmen's Belovent Association [1] ^ Corcoran Real Estate Group, Inc.[2], Accessed December 10, 2007. ^ Jeff Grandis Realty [3] Accessed December 10, 2007

FROM: http://www.jeffgrandis.com/n-bedford.php

TO: http://www.jeffgrandis.com/brooklyn-neighborhoods/bedford-stuyvesant

Thank you Akhouses Akhouses (talk) 16:54, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

All you have to do is to edit that page, and then find the current link text ("http://www.jeffgrandis.com/n-bedford.php") and replace it with the new link text ("http://www.jeffgrandis.com/brooklyn-neighborhoods/bedford-stuyvesant"). Then be sure to add an appropriate edit summary (something like "link updating" is probably sufficient) and then save your changes with the "Save Page" button. If you still need help just reply here again and I'll try to teach you what you need to know. I can just do this myself, but I'd prefer to teach you to edit this sort of stuff yourself. Cheerio and happy editing! Merenta (talk) 21:32, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

AWB WP Cities

I see that you're using AWB to add the WP Cities template to the townships in Pennsylvania. While you're at it could you add {{WikiProject Pennsylvania}} to the articles that need it? Or does this slow down the AWB process for you? Most of the township talk pages already of the PA wiki project template. Dincher (talk) 21:52, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll probably do that later in a seperate sweep. I'll probably assess most of these articles that need it at the same time. Thanks for the note! Merenta (talk) 21:59, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. Dincher (talk) 01:05, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Offer

There's been some discussion about putting you through an RfA. You interested? DS (talk) 21:22, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the thought, but I'm not interested. Merenta (talk) 03:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Laurel Mills

You did a great job with the edit on Laurel Mills, Virginia. I'm curious how you found all of that information. Very fascinating stuff! Max —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxschellinger (talk • contribs) 01:49, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Service awards proposal

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Service award update

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How are you doing?

Hope you are doing OK-RFD (talk) 19:11, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the hope - I'm doing OK but struggling under an ever-increasing workload. I may be back to hardcore editing someday. Merenta (talk) 18:34, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Welcome back even if it for a little editing here and there-Thanks-RFD (talk) 15:07, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

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Actually, I didn't edit your userpage as you display them all in a line and I didn't want to break or mess with your formatting. But: you are entitled to two new levels, whizzing right through Labutnum of the Encyclopedia and becoming an actual Illustrious Looshpah.

Which certainly sounds as if you are entitled to rule a small South Asian nation, or at least be carried about on a litter to receive the admiration of adoring crowds for the rest of your days. Alas, I cannot help you realize either of these goals, but I can offer you my congratulations for your many contributions to the Wikipedia. Thank you! Herostratus (talk) 15:48, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm looking into the small Southeast Asian nation option now! Merenta (talk) 21:50, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Help

I noticed that you've used AWB by making new articles in namespace talk. I want to make such talk pages in my home wiki. If you can tell me where to find such instructions.--CER@ (??ask??) 08:49, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure I ever found instructions for that, but here's how I do it: I load the pages into AWB (usually starting from a category), delete any ones that I don't want to mess with (usually by deleting anything that isn't in the main article space) and then convert the article list into a talk space list. Each of these are commands you can run from AWB by right-clicking on the page list. Then I make sure that the box for skipping a page if it doesn't already exist is not checked, and start. I usually have a template set up to automagically insert what I want into the talk page (usually a template marking the page as being part of a project or the like) but that's not needed unless that's what you want to do with the talk-space pages; whatever you do, AWB will open the nonexistent talk pages for you to edit; when you're done it saves them for you, just as if you're editing an existing page. If this wasn't helpful, reply again and I'll try to help you using other words. Cheerio and happy editing! Merenta (talk) 20:27, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Good tutorial. Key words was convert the article list into a talk space list ;-)) Thank you very much. Your experience is a valuable asset.--CER@ (??ask??) 09:14, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm glad I could help, and thanks for the kind words. Merenta (talk) 18:32, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello,

 I was wondering if you could add to the Sececa State Forest page please?   There is hint of CCC construction on that forest with a still standing usable fire tower on Thorny Mountain.   It would be nice to read more historical information about the forest.   Thank you for your time. (69.19.14.18 (talk) 14:57, 19 June 2010 (UTC))

Hello, not sure I am in the right place. I need some help from an editor, would you be able to help me? I was trying to fix the Bunny Yeager page, there is so much information missing, then someone removed it, can you help me out please? Speakeasyandsoft (talk) 00:33, 10 June 2011 (UTC) I dont really understand this signing thing??

Atara (genus)

Hi, I have nominated the article for deletion. Seems to be misspelled. --Pevos (talk) 14:13, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

See new chem project proposal

See new chem project proposal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Chemistry/Participants#Proposal_for_project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meduban (talk • contribs) 22:11, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

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	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your contribution to the Rollinsford, NH wiki page! It is my hometown and I love seeing the great history and coverage! Thanks! Dodier.k (talk) 13:55, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

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a queery, he asked

Hi thoroughly busy editor ! Out of idle curiosity, I wondered how you became interested enough in Port Leyden to create the article about it ? It's not exactly a booming metropolis or a tourism center with thousands of visitors :D 210.22.142.82 (talk) 13:02, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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