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Matador Ranch DYK

FYI, please see this diff. It may be helpful for you and the reviewers if you used a template (e.g. this one) for nominating your DYK articles. Alt text for the image is yet to be added. Schwede 66 23:19, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of O'Donnell Heritage Museum

Hello! Your submission of O'Donnell Heritage Museum at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Racepacket (talk) 18:58, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for OS Museum

On 4 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article OS Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the OS Museum in Post, Texas, contains a hybrid of exhibits on both the American West and Asia, which are changed three times per year? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for John Wesley Snyder (Texas)

On 4 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Wesley Snyder (Texas), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that before they owned large ranches in Texas, John Wesley Snyder and his brother operated an apple orchard and horse-trading business in Williamson County near Austin? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Comeback Story

On 6 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Comeback Story, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that George Jessel and Arlene Francis hosted a 1953–54 ABC reality show, The Comeback Story, in which guests discuss how they overcame great adversity in their lives? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Matador Ranch

On 8 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Matador Ranch, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at its peak in the early 20th century, the Matador Ranch had 90,000 head of cattle on nearly 900,000 acres in parts of four West Texas counties? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Motley County Historical Museum

On 9 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Motley County Historical Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Motley County Historical Museum in Matador, Texas, was formerly a hospital equipped with an iron lung, once used to treat polio? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for this article Victuallers (talk) 18:04, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for O'Donnell Heritage Museum

On 10 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article O'Donnell Heritage Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the O'Donnell Heritage Museum contains a Dan Blocker display dedicated to the Bonanza star who was reared in rural O'Donnell in West Texas? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:13, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Pride of the Family

On 11 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Pride of the Family, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Fay Wray played the mother of Natalie Wood in a forgotten sitcom, The Pride of the Family, which aired on ABC from 1953 to 1954? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Tulanelink references

The Tulanelink website which you have referenced in multiple articles is a flawed source of biographical information. It is unabashedly the creation of a professor who unsuccessfully sued the university for wrongful dismissal, and a means of defaming the university and many people connected with it or his case. It contains information about certain pre-internet age minor politicians that is hard to find elsewhere, so I understand how as a bibliography it may be valuable to you. But the text on the site is woven with speculation, guilt by association and other tactics that Wikipedia doesn't find suitable for biographic sources, and neglects most of the positive contributions of these people. Might it be better to reference the newspaper articles that are his sources, rather than promoting the unbalanced Tulanelink site? I respect your work and your sense of balance, and am just asking for informal reconsideration, to consider that the history you preserve should be from the best authorities possible and not give undue weight to the negative.

I have a relationship, both professionally and socially with one family that has been a target of that website. This presents a potential conflict of interest. Unfortunately, other than a few political history mavens with strong regional specialties, such as yourself, I'm not sure anyone without some sort of relationship to some of these people really cares about the quality of these articles or balance. I invite you to watch carefully over my shoulder to see whether any edits I make are sound.

Articles including Tulanelink as a source (just search "Tulanelink"): Frank Burton Ellis, Ronald Bodenheimer, Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., Allen C. Gremillion, Confederate Memorial Hall, Charles Foti, Gaston Gerald, Anthony Spilotro, Unethical human experimentation in the United States, Tom Stagg, Ken Hollis, Steve Theriot, Thomas J. Maloney (judge), Jimmy Dimos, J. Skelly Wright, Kernan "Skip" Hand, Robert Frederick Collins, Operation Greylord, Jim Donelon, Sidney Barthelemy.

Not all of these are your work, and I haven't scrutinized them all individually yet; as I started reviewing I became self conscious about my COI and wanted to put a more experienced editor in the loop, and lots of these articles had benefitted by your contributions. I recently edited Victoria Reggie Kennedy and Allen Gremillion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GregVaughan (talk • contribs) 16:53, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

GregVaughan (talk) 21:43, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Please advise which artice(s) uses Tulanelink. Billy Hathorn (talk) 15:58, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

What makes you think the information on Tulanelink is wrong just because a professor who wrote the material had a quarrel with Tulane University? Billy Hathorn (talk) 17:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Whether a particular citation is wrong, or gives undue weight to specific events, would have to be weighed individually. However the site's tagline is "HOW A POWERFUL UNIVERSITY PROMOTES JUDICIAL AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND PREVAILS IN THE COURTS OF LAW." The quarrel and the material are one and the same. Many events it chronicles are laboriously sourced. However the sources are curated and the passages selected to support a point of view, and are woven with inferences of conspiracy and guilt by association. The wide net he casts readily includes family members outside the power structure and collegues of his adversaries with no connection to Tulane. Individually there are probably more credible sources to cite; collectively the citations to that site from Wikipedia help make it appear strongly authoritative in web searches for people who Wikipedia does not find notable and don't get the benefit of its balance.

GregVaughan (talk) 19:36, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for W. D. Twichell

On 12 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article W. D. Twichell, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that W. D. Twichell surveyed more than 40 towns and 165 of the 254 counties in Texas and even launched the concert band in Amarillo? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Steve Scully

On 14 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Steve Scully, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that for eight years Steve Scully, host of C-SPAN's Washington Journal, taught a cable TV distance learning class on media and politics through the University of Denver? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for W. Darrell Overdyke

On 17 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article W. Darrell Overdyke, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that historian W. Darrell Overdyke spent more than three decades researching the colonial and antebellum plantation homes in his adopted state of Louisiana? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Shed Road mural in Bossier City, LA IMG 0925.JPG

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Shed Road mural in Bossier City, LA IMG 0925.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:55, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Henry L. Bridges

On 28 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry L. Bridges, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mayor Henry L. Bridges of Minden, Louisiana, succeeded a future governor in 1928 and defeated a subsequent lieutenant governor in 1930? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Troy Yocum

Thanks for the review and copyedits!--v/r - T P 02:16, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

File:Nathan's Famous at Coney Island, NY IMG 1264.JPG listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Nathan's Famous at Coney Island, NY IMG 1264.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. SchuminWeb (Talk) 12:45, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Harmon Caldwell Drew

Hi, I just approved the DYK for Harmon Caldwell Drew. The only issue that I noticed was that Reference 3 (as of this revision) simply reads: "Statement of Judge Harmon Drew, Jr., 2006". Could you clarify how the statement was published? Thanks, Qrsdogg (talk) 23:08, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

The judge sent me an email telling me the way his family acquired the house where he still lives. Billy Hathorn (talk) 23:15, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Connell Fort

On 8 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Connell Fort, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during his tenure as mayor of Minden, Louisiana, Connell Fort worked to rid his city of mosquitoes, laid natural gas lines, and built the municipal sewerage system? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:03, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK response

Hi Billy,

Thanks for the comment over at Byron Barrera. I've responded there. Cheers, Khazar (talk) 16:39, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK concern re: Richard Maxwell Drew

Could you view and respond at T:DYK? Cheers, Khazar (talk) 15:24, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Carl M. Kuttler, Jr.

Hi, thanks for reviewing my hook. The rewrite seems stilted to me. Please consider ALT1. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 08:55, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK Faith and Freedom Coalition

At the T:TDYK entry for Faith and Freedom Coalition, you made some comments but did not rate the entry. Can you revisit it? Binksternet (talk) 09:14, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of George B. Mowad

Hello! Your submission of George B. Mowad at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 10:42, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Wayne Greenhaw

Thanks. Those were very useful edits. Drmies (talk) 23:54, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Harmon Caldwell Drew

On 15 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harmon Caldwell Drew, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1933, Harmon Caldwell Drew, a Louisiana circuit court judge, got into a confrontation with then U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr., after Long had sullied Drew's reputation? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

George B. Jackson

My goodness, what did you do to the folks at the West Texas Historical Association? And what the heck is so special about this George B. Jackson that a simple, short bio is seen as a threat to... um, academic integrity, good scholarship, and life as we know it? - Dravecky (talk) 23:48, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

I don't know what the fuss is about. I was a participant in the WTHA section in which George B. Jackson was presented in a public lecture. I had never heard of him before, but he was the wealthiest African American in Texas prior to 1900. That has been verified in the San Angelo Standard. After about two months, Ms. Campbell contacted me by email and asked that the article be deleted. She said that she is writing a book on the subject; she did not say she had been researching this individual for fifteen years. She said that I didn't have permission to publish anything about her lecture. I didn't know I needed "permission", as it is public information and the second time she has presented this lecture, having done so earlier in San Angelo at a genealogical meeting. I marked the article for possible deletion to honor her request. At the time, she made no mention of any errors. Now she says half of the article is erroneous but won't take the time to offer corrections. Everything checks out with the notes I took, and I remember much of the lecture, as it was only on April 2, 2011. I also did some other articles based on historical association meetings, but none has brought attention before. It would seem that this article, if correct, would help her sell any book she might present, but she told me in the original email that she didn't "want to give away thing." It seems to me that when she gave a lecture, she was releasing the information to others, and it is no longer her private domain. Billy Hathorn (talk) 00:59, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Please use edit summaries

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Before saving your changes to an article, please provide an edit summary for your edits. Doing so helps everyone understand the intention of your edit (and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism). It is also helpful to users reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. Novaseminary (talk) 02:40, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Drew article

Hi, please note that dates should not be linked, as they are in this article nominated for DYK. The dash at the top should be spaced (please see WP:MOSDASH). The year ranges need a dash, not a hyphen. there are scripts that can perform these fixes. Tony (talk) 08:17, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations

		100000 Edits
		Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that very few editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work!

Buster Seven Talk 14:20, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Who Said That?

Hello! Your submission of Who Said That? at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! –Dream out loud (talk) 18:07, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Elton Bomer

On 18 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Elton Bomer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1999, Texas Secretary of State Elton Bomer assisted then Governor George W. Bush in the acquisition of the Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for George B. Mowad

On 19 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George B. Mowad, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that as the mayor of Oakdale, Louisiana, George B. Mowad in 1985 secured the establishment of the largest U.S. federal correctional institute of its time in his city? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Richard Cleveland Drew

Hello! Your submission of Richard Cleveland Drew at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Dravecky (talk) 10:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Enoch T. Nix

On 20 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Enoch T. Nix, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1972, Enoch T. Nix, president of the Louisiana State Board of Education, proposed the closing of historically black Southern University at New Orleans, an issue revived in 2011 by Governor Bobby Jindal? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Calmer Waters 12:03, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Answers for Americans

On 20 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Answers for Americans, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1953–1954 ABC public affairs program Answers for Americans was among the first to offer conservative political ideology to viewers? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Judge for Yourself

On 22 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Judge for Yourself, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that comedian Fred Allen was the MC of NBC variety and game show Judge for Yourself from 1953 to 1954 before joining the cast of CBS's What's My Line?' You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK

Hello! Your submission of Robert C. Snyder at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Parrot of Doom 06:41, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Dan Kubiak

On 23 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dan Kubiak, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when he was an educator, Texas State Representative Dan Kubiak published Ten Tall Texans, biographical sketches of, among others, Stephen F. Austin, Jim Bowie, and Sam Houston? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Who Said That?

On 23 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Who Said That?, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Kitty Carlisle, H. V. Kaltenborn, Boris Karloff, June Lockhart, and Robert Trout were among the participants in Who Said That?, the 1948–55 television game show based on quotations in the news? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Your edit to Wendell Willkie

Hi Billy -- Just curious as to why you felt the need to randomly place "New York City" at the end of a subsection in the Wendell Willkie Wiki. Was this an incomplete attempt at an edit? I don't see a big history of you vandalizing, so I'm assuming good faith. Still, I reverted the edit since just having New York City hanging out there at the end of a paragraph just looked strange. Have a great Wiki kinda day! Sector001 (talk) 17:24, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

I was adding information, and it disappeared from the screen before I could save it. I haven't yet retyped the info. Billy Hathorn (talk) 19:11, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Info now retype into the Willkie article. Billy Hathorn (talk) 00:45, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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DYK for L. B. Kubiak

On 27 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article L. B. Kubiak, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that L. B. Kubiak's tenure in the Texas House of Representatives was both preceded and succeeded by that of his older brother? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bourke B. Hickenlooper

On 29 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bourke B. Hickenlooper, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 23:23, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Helen Derr

On 30 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Helen Derr, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the religion editor Helen Derr was the first female deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of Alexandria, Louisiana? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:04, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Robert H. Johnson

On 1 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert H. Johnson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during World War II, Wyoming State Senator Robert H. Johnson flew bombing missions in support of the French Resistance against the Nazis? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 16:03, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Forest Shely DYK

Hi there. I left a few comments for you under your article's DYK entry. Thanks, Ruby2010 comment! 23:56, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Robert C. Snyder

On 4 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert C. Snyder, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Louisiana Tech University English professor Robert C. Snyder worked on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during World War II? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Calmer Waters 00:04, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bill Noël

On 4 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bill Noël, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Odessa, Texas oil industialist and banker Bill Noël also raised pecans for commercial food production on a ranch in Sutton County? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mayhew Foster

On 5 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mayhew Foster, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that U.S. Army pilot Mayhew Foster in 1945 transported Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring from Austria to Germany, where Göring stood trial for war crimes at Nuremberg? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Calmer Waters 00:03, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

He is now featured on Portal:Germany! If you have another fact related to Germany - however distantly - please feel free to place it there yourself, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:11, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Forest Shely

On 7 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Forest Shely, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Kentucky physician and Yale alumnus Forest Shely was for 56 years a trustee of the Baptist institution Campbellsville University? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Franklin Hildebrand

On 7 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Franklin Hildebrand, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that American journalist Charles Franklin Hildebrand earned the Purple Heart and Silver Star for his World War I service in the battles of the Marne River and Argonne Forest? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones

Hello! Your submission of Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Jim Sweeney (talk) 07:37, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Mureybet DYK

Hi! Thanks for reviewing my hook on Template talk:Did you know#Mureybet. However, I saw that you changed the wording of the hook and you forgot to notify me about that. Can you tell me on the DYK page why you think your wording is better than mine? Thanks! --Zoeperkoe (talk) 23:53, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Images at E.S. Richardson Elementary School

Hi there. A number of images at E.S. Richardson Elementary School were uploaded by you with the text "I own the photo". I'd like for you to clarify that. Are you the photographer of those photos themselves, or do you own a copy of a document where those photos were printed, or did you photograph a photograph? Thank you for your time. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:10, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I own the photo from a elementary school booklet. The photographer, Stanley Quade, is deceased. I scanned the photos and uploaded them. Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:43, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Err... owning a copy of a photo does not mean you own the photo itself. Quade would have to be decased several decades before the work exited copyright, 70 to 100 years depending on the jurisdiction. Sven Manguard Wha? 03:18, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

File:Southwest Collection, Lubbock, TX IMG 0015.JPG listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Southwest Collection, Lubbock, TX IMG 0015.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:37, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

It is a poster in the front entrance to the Southwest Collection Library. Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Howard K. Smith of Ferriday, LA IMG 1222.JPG

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Howard K. Smith of Ferriday, LA IMG 1222.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:44, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

There are two dozen images at that discussion link, you really need to come over and help explain this. Please head over to Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2011 July 9 as soon as possible. Thank you, Sven Manguard Wha? 03:20, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

File:Ann B. Warner IMG 1211.JPG listed for deletion

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It is a picture of a photo at the Delta Music Museum in Ferriday, LA, taken three years ago. Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:47, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

So? What does that have to do with the copyright of the original photo and whether or not you are the actual creator and sole copyright holder? If you didn't take the original photo, why on earth did you license it as your own work? Infrogmation (talk) 21:41, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Grant Speed

On 10 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Grant Speed, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that before he began shaping sculptures of the American West, Grant Speed of Utah had been a ranch-hand, horse breaker, and rodeo performer? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:06, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Images again

Hi. Have you looked at Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2011_July_9#About_two_dozen_of_User:Billy_Hathorn.27s_uploads yet? You might wish to do so and comment there.

I thought this has been explained to you, both here and on Commons, more than once. None the less, I'll try to do so once again: If you take a photo of a photo which someone else took, from a legal and copyright perspective, it is NOT your photo. It is a copy of the photo someone else took. From a legal and copyright standpoint, you have zero rights to claim it as your own work. You have no right to license it. Claiming such photos of someone else's photos are your own work is a falsehood.

Is that clear? If any of it is not, PLEASE ask for an explanation of any part that you don't fully understand. If you wish to read more on the subject, I suggest Wikipedia:Copyrights, Derivative work, and Commons:Derivative works.

Having multiple cases of such images in your uploads is a problem both for Wikimedia and for you. For Wikimedia, it opens up the possibility of legal actions for copyright infringement as well as hurting Wikimedia's reputation for accuracy and reliability. It hurts you by giving you a reputation for making false claims, and casts doubt on all your contributions as someone who doesn't care about getting things anywhere close to right. I therefore ask you most sincerely to PLEASE take this matter seriously. I would urge you take action: hunt down as well as you can any and all images which are derivative or potential copyright problems (meaning photos you took of some photo which was taken by someone else, but which you claim or license as your "own work"). Tag them for speedy deletion.

I am an admin both here on Wikipedia and on Wikimedia Commons. If I can be of any assistance, please let me know. Thanks for your attention, Infrogmation (talk) 22:00, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I wrote the comments under each photo Friday night. These were posted three years ago.Billy Hathorn (talk) 22:15, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Your comments on the photo pages don't really address the problem: they are still tagged as your original work with you as the sole copyright holder. I suggest you reply on the deletion request page, and add your vote for deletion of any and all "photos of someone else's photo" listed there. (Feel free to add a comment, eg "oops, sorry I didn't understand about derivative photos back in 2008", or whatever is the case.) If any of the images listed actually are your own original work (no photo taken by anyone else seen anywhere in what you photographed), note that they are exceptions and can be kept. Hope this helps. Cheers, Infrogmation (talk) 00:25, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

I went into each photo under edit and explained the situation. Three, Tommy Spinks, Bill Dodd, and W.E. Whetstone can be saved because they are from a university annual prior to 1978 and not under copyright. When I said "I own the photo" I meant it was in my yearbook that I had purchased. I did not understand about derivative photos then. I thought the RCA logo photo from the museum predates the 70-year cutoff on copyright. Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:19, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Some of those should come under "fair use" too, but I don't recall which ones off hand. Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:24, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for George T. Walker

Hi Billy, I just have a quick comment that I left at your nomination at T:TDYK. Could you give me some feedback so I can approve your hook? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:48, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Robert W. Glover

On 12 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert W. Glover, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Arkansas State Representative Robert W. Glover of Sheridan introduced the resolution in 1909 which led to the establishment of the future Arkansas State University in Jonesboro? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit conflict at DYK

THanks for approving Pole Creek Wilderness, but we edit conflicted when you did so. You see, the next article I worked is North Fork Owyhee Wilderness and they are geographically very close and what the references say about them is almost identical. Can you indicate you approve both or have a concern with the newest one, and also pick which photo you feel is best? Personally I like the North Fork one better. thanks. PumpkinSky talk 01:28, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Welcome sign at Maid of the Mist IMG 1360.JPG

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Welcome sign at Maid of the Mist IMG 1360.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. –Drilnoth (T/C) 22:10, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

I'll be listing a number of additional files of yours there shortly. Consider this notification for all the nominations. –Drilnoth (T/C) 22:12, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

File:Purple Heart Trail on I-35 IMG 1065.JPG listed for deletion

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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Forest Hill Community High School alumni

Category:Forest Hill Community High School alumni, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Bobherry (talk) 20:29, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for George T. Walker

On 15 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George T. Walker, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that enrollment at the University of Louisiana at Monroe grew nearly fivefold between 1958 and 1976 during the tenure of its president, George T. Walker? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

John K. Snyder

Hey, I see that the John K. Snyder article says that he went to Georgia Tech and left (presumably around 1947). Do you have a reference I could use to cite that? —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 17:07, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't recall the source; the article was written before in-line citations were required for Wikipedia articles. It should be in some of the citations at the bottom of the article unless it came from a telephone conversation with John K. Snyder, Jr. Billy Hathorn (talk)

This could be the source: "Snyder Dies", Alexandria Daily Town Talk, January 12, 1993. Billy Hathorn (talk) 17:12, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK

Hello! Your submission of Article at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Truthkeeper88 (talk) 02:55, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK Eddie J Lambert

Hello! Your submission of Eddie J. Lambert at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! NickDupree (talk) 19:05, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones

On 18 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that from 1936 to 1977, Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones was both president and head baseball coach of historically black Grambling State University in Louisiana? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

July 2011

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Before saving your changes to an article, please provide an edit summary, which you forgot to do before saving your recent edit to Alan Seabaugh. Doing so helps everyone understand the intention of your edit (and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism). It is also helpful to users reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. Cognate247 (talk) 01:16, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Wayne Christian

On 21 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wayne Christian, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Texas State Representative Wayne Christian obtained passage of an amendment in 2009 that allowed him to rebuild his own beachfront property damaged by Hurricane Ike? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

You may want to see this: Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Daily_DYK_scandal.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 03:22, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
- I hope you're now aware that we don't do this sort of thing on Wikipedia-- well, at least we're not supposed to-- I don't know how or why it got through DYK, but please take greater care in the future. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:29, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for John E. Guinn

On 21 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John E. Guinn, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Louisiana State Representative John E. Guinn, a father of ten children, earns his livelihood as an auctioneer? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bodi White

On 22 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bodi White, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Louisiana State Representative Bodi White has pushed for full financial disclosure and mandatory governmental ethics training for legislative officials? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

EncycloPetey (talk) 08:03, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hunter Greene

Hello! Your submission of Hunter Greene at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! cmadler (talk) 13:14, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Hollis Downs

On 21 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hollis Downs, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that retiring Louisiana State Rep. Hollis Downs broke with his party to support an anti-bullying bill? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 16:24, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I see the problem continues-- some POV tags on these articles might be useful. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:38, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

FWIW, I don't see the POV issues here at all. (Given that Sandy hasn't actually added a tag or made any changes to the article, I don't know that he/she really does either.) But I do agree with Sandy more broadly that your articles, especially DYK noms, need work on including more reliable sourcing; you and I discussed this issue on a previous nom if I recall. I do hope you'll continue to contribute to expanding this area though, just with these concerns in mind. Thanks for your work, and cheers, -- Khazar (talk) 04:12, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Gordon Dove (Louisiana politician)

Hello! Your submission of Gordon Dove (Louisiana politician) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:29, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Brett Geymann

On 22 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Brett Geymann, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Louisiana State Rep. Brett Geymann once sought a legislative remedy for crawfish being pushed into neighboring ditches because of rising waters? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

EncycloPetey (talk) 16:02, 22 July 2011 (UTC)