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DYK for Brierfield Furnace

On February 6, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Brierfield Furnace, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your 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) 06:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Revamped University of West Alabama page

Hi Altairisfair, I read what you wrote on the UWA talk page, so I have been busy revamping the University of West Alabama page here on Wikipedia. I corrected all of the subheadings to meet manual of style standards. I condensed some of the sections as well and most importantly, I added citations!  :) The infobox has been updated too. When you get a chance, please take a look at it for me. I would greatly appreciate the feedback you have for me. I look forward to hearing back from you. I really hope that we can get this up to Wikipedia standards also. Thanks!

UWAFanatic05 (talk) 19:32, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

• Hey, there's the fanatic again! What a coincidence. Good to see you again. Hey Altair, did you have a nice Mardi Gras? My neighbor went and she managed to catch a pack of ramen noodles--what is up down there that y'all be throwing ramen noodles around? Drmies (talk) 21:24, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

LOL. They must have spent all of their money on booze!!! I had a nice Carnival season, but I was just plum worn out by the time Fat Tuesday got here. Altairisfar 21:30, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Hey Altairisfar, I hope you are doing well. Can you please let me know what you think of the progress thus far of the West Alabama Tigers page? I just noticed that it was a class B article. I've been working really hard on it, and there are a ton of references. LOL I'd be grateful to get your feedback on the page. I still have more to go, but I look forward to hearing from you regarding the page. Take care! UWAFanatic05 (talk) 03:52, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Altairisfar, do you think the main University of West Alabama page can be classified as a B article yet? We've made sure to follow the guidelines you told us about. Also, we're looking to improve on it even more with some more images eventually. I just wondered. I hope to hear from you soon. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 20:54, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

• Hey Altairisfar, I took your advice about backing up statements without a citation. I've been working on this for a while today and just thought I would get your feedback of what I've done thus far. Can you please take a look at it and see what you think? I really appreciate you classifying the article as B status too.  :) I hope you're doing well, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts about the citations I've added. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 02:08, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
• Hi Altairisfar, it's been a while since I've heard from you. I hope all is well and you're doing fine. I just wanted to let you know that I've added even more citations to the UWA page and just got done submitting it for a peer review. Hopefully, we hear something pretty soon. I'm still working on looking into more citations and hopefully more images in the future. I hope the page is finally starting to take shape because it'd be really nice to get the article past the B stage even higher.  :) Well, take care, and please let me know what you think and if you see any problems with the peer review I added. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 02:25, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey Altairisfar, I did get his peer review and am looking into that. I have been so busy with work that I haven't had time to sit down and make the changes. I wrote him a big thank you on his talk page for doing that for us. I'm going to try to find some time soon hopefully to get working on that. In the meantime, if you would like to go ahead and begin, you're more than welcome to.  :) Please let me know if you can or can't. His comments were really good, and we'll get the article looking even better as the time goes on. All is well with me, and I hope the same is with you. Take care, and I hope to hear back from you soon. UWAFanatic05 (talk) 19:16, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Is this the right barnstar?

		The PRC Barnstar
		No, but it's as close as I could find: A barnstar for your important contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of historic sites in Alabama. Well done, and thank you. Drmies (talk) 21:27, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
		this WikiAward was given to Altairisfar by Drmies (talk) on 21:27, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Don't they own us these days? Its good enough for me. Thank you! Altairisfar 21:30, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

• Hey, do you mind turning on your email? Or maybe email me? I got a question or two to ask of you. Nothing that will cost you money or grief. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 04:02, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

NRHP in Montgomery County

Sorry, didn't know that you were wanting a reply immediately. Contrary to your assumption, I did look before changing back the position of the site, although I misunderstood your meaning. As far as the officer quarters — since the list said "officer's", I assumed that "officer's" was the NRIS name. Your text of "It includes 150 contributing buildings, most of them houses for Air Force senior officers" is a very good argument for keeping it at the current title: surely the quarters would be expected to be used by multiple officers. Nyttend (talk) 06:19, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Patrick Henry Brittan House

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Ucucha 18:06, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Chapel of the Cross (Mannsdale, Mississippi)

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

• Congrats, you've been busy! Hey, thanks again for those links you supplied me with. Listen, I was wondering if your sharp eye sees something I don't--there seems to be something wrong with the infobox on Don Haskins Center, which one of my students is working on: look at how "tenants" is aligned. I can't figure it out--can you? Thanks! Dr Aaij (talk) 18:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Hey thanks--so, "Tenants" is supposed to be centered? I guess I should look at the template's page first. Dr Aaij (talk) 13:36, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Malbis church

I noticed the Mobile Register has a lengthy article about the church in today's religion section. I updated the Malbis article just a bit but thought you might want to take a look and perhaps add somethings to the article you created on the Malbis Memorial Church. Great work by the way. Let me know the next time you are offer and I'll buy coffee.I live about a mile from the church. JodyB _talk 17:21, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey thanks! I only read the online edition and would have missed it if you hadn't let me know. Thanks for the compliment and for the use of your photo. :) It's great to see you active around these parts again. I'll be in touch. Altairisfar 22:13, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

plurality

Hi, pleasure working with you at Azalea Trail Maids. In this edit you changed "the Azalea Maids' trips" to "the Azalea Maids' trip". "Trip" belong to the "Maids'" (apostrophe indicates plural). Thus, I believe it should be "Maids' trips"... no? //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 02:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

...for your excellent work on Morgan Creek Vineyards. Drmies (talk) 20:39, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

• Right on! Drmies (talk) 04:43, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Birmingham Americans

Thanks for looking over Birmingham Americans while I was still expanding it. I'm not sure which was more shocking to me—that somebody slapped a prod tag on several WFL team articles or the woeful state of most of them. While I probably won't be pouring quite so many days into the rest of the WFL, I'll be giving the Birmingham Vulcans article a significant overhaul and expansion sooner rather than later. I've put the Ams article up for DYK and have a notion of having this certified as a Good Article. Could you look it over again, now that I've "finished", and tell me what you think before I submit it to a random stranger at peer review? Thanks. - Dravecky (talk) 03:27, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Burnt Corn's county

I changed your addition to Burnt Corn, Alabama, which placed the town in both Monroe and Conecuh counties. I've clarified that Burnt Corn is in Monroe, but on the border with Conecuh. If you have info that the town is divided by the county line, I'd like to learn about it. — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 17:37, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

It came from here under the "INFORMATION ABOUT THE BURNT CORN COMMUNITY" heading, but I have no idea why I didn't add a cite to it when I added it. I think I must have been assuming that this is the "official site" for Burnt Corn, but you know what they say when you assume... Altairisfar 17:44, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I’m not sure what to do with that. Tempted to leave the article as-is for now. But I wouldn’t fuss if it’s changed with a cite.

Glad someone else in the wide world is interested in Burnt Corn. — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 20:31, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

I've passed through there a few times as a curiosity seeker. ;) Altairisfar 20:56, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

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Prod declines

Altairisfar, I noticed that you declined three of the PRODs I placed today. Would you care to use the talk pages to offer your reasons for doing so. Thank you greatly.Griswaldo (talk) 23:49, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Historic homes in Springhill (Mobile) AL

This message is directed to the photographer who took the photo of the historic COLLINS-MARSTON House at 4703 Old Shell Road in Springhill area of Mobile AL. Notes indicate the house was built in 1832.

I am trying to determine the original owner of this home. I believe it may have been Christopher C. Collins, my 3g-grandfather.

In 1828, Christopher's brother, Joshua Collins, built a home at 56 Oakland Avenue in Springhill. This home is also on the historic register.

Christopher and Joshua Collins and two other brothers (Jacob and Stacy) came from South Carolina to Wayne Co MS when the Mississippi Territory opened in the early 1800s. Jacob stayed in Wayne Co -- Stacy moved to Texas -- and Joshua and Christopher moved on down into Mobile County.

If you can advise (or tell me where I could find the information) the identity of the original owner and builder of the COLLINS-MARSTON home at 4703 Old Shell Road was, I would be extremely grateful.

75.64.231.247 (talk) 13:27, 1 September 2010 (UTC) B.J. McNamara

Sorry, I don't know. The info in the article came from the National Register of Historic Places database. Sometimes, if the builder is known it is included but not in this case. Altairisfar 13:57, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Alabama post offices, and Marengo County fully illustrated

Jefferson Methodist Church pic by Altairisfar

Hey, great work to have completely illustrated National Register of Historic Places listings in Marengo County, Alabama!

For reasons given at Talk:U.S. Post Office, I've started articles for the remaining 6 post offices NRHP-listed in Alabama that were listed in U.S. Post Office dab. These are:

1. U.S. Post Office Building (Selma, Alabama)
2. U.S. Post Office (Opelika, Alabama)
3. U.S. Courthouse and Post Office (Huntsville, Alabama)
4. Post Office Historic District
5. U.S. Post Office (Gadsden, Alabama)
6. U.S. Post Office (Fairhope, Alabama)

Could you please perhaps take a look at them? I noticed 3 have MPS/TR documents and I tried to revise their URLs so that they should connect to actual documents, though i did not then check those. I tried adding/refining categories, too, but you may be able to refine them further.

Again, great on the Marengo! --doncram (talk) 22:23, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Don! Although a long-time resident of Mobile, Marengo was special for me because its where I grew up. Hopefully I'll be able to get some of the surrounding counties in southwestern Alabama completed soon too. Getting images for those last three plantations/former plantation houses was an exercise in frustration, but I guess that the images of the entrance gates was the best that could be accomplished in this case. I've been researching them off and on for the last two years and came up with next to nothing other than what I initially got from the Marengo heritage book and a few sweet little ole ladies from the Marengo Historical Society. I hope that the non-free fair use photo that I added for Cedar Haven will fly. I used a new one of mine of the former site for the main list, but thought that the only one known to ever have been published just had to be used to illustrate the article. I've never done a fair use for a historic photo before.

I've been spending more time creating categories and uploading images on Commons lately and have been somewhat "semi-retired" from our NRHP project for a while. But now I feel re-energized. I'll see if I can expand some of the articles, I hate how everything seems to turn into a contentious issue around here!!! I really would rather see short stub articles with one source than nothing at all. I really do appreciate all the work that you do for the project. See ya around! - Jeff Altairisfar 23:04, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Franklin Potts Glass, Sr. (1854-1934)

Hi-I came across a newspaper publisher from Alabama:Franklin Potts Glass, Sr.(1858-1934) [1] What made this interesting was that an United States Senator from Alabama died in office in 1913. The Governor appointed Glass to the seat. However, in March 1914, the United States Senate refused to seat him by one vote because Alabama state law required the Governor of Alabama to call a special election to fill the Senate seat. The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was just ratified allowing popular vote of the United States Senate instead of the state legislatures electing the senators. I thought you might be interested. Thanks-RFD (talk) 22:03, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

Hey, ahem, well, almost two years after it was promoted--congrats! My wife and I just looked at the list to get some ideas for paper assignments for her seventh-graders. Excellent list! How far are you in getting National Register of Historic Places listings in Alabama the same status? That's a tough and time-consuming article... (poor people in Geneva County!) Drmies (talk) 03:25, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

• I just noticed a URL change--the National Register of Historic Places is now at http://www.nps.gov/nr/. I've done a few of them in articles listed in National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Alabama--do you know anyone with a bot which could make those changes automatically? Drmies (talk) 03:31, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
• Hey Altair, what is with that website? The "Database/Research" link is dead, and searching for one of the subjects on the list (Jere Shine Site) delivers this. After I saw this, Muklassa, I got excited--but Jere Shine and Harrington Archaeological Site have no such coordinates. Anyway, I find it strange that I cannot find articles on Jere Shine, Muklassa, and Harrington on the NPS website. Can you give the feds a call and tell 'em to straighten it out? ;) Drmies (talk) 04:06, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Hey, yeah the website has been moved and is in the process of being revamped, we've started changing the old references to read "<ref name="nris">U.S. National Park Service, National Register Information System, March 13, 2009 version.</ref>" or directing them to the new website "<ref name="nris">{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2009-03-13|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>" The new NPS Focus website currently doesn't confirm all of the info that was available on the old website, however. Which can cause issues... Anyway, thanks on the NHL list. I hope all is well with you and yours! Altairisfar 06:42, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Ackerville Baptist Church of Christ for deletion

A discussion has begun about whether the article Ackerville Baptist Church of Christ, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.

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Ports WikiProject

To WikiProject Ports members:

I've proposed that WP:PORTS be rebadged as a task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject Transport. I think this would increase the pool of ports editors and help us expand our article range and quality. But that's just my view - please feel free to offer yours. The discussion is here, comments or criticisms welcomed. Euryalus (talk) 12:16, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Twin Oaks Plantation

Your unilateral changes to Twin Oaks, a NRHP page are in conflict with the NRHP and are now disruptive. Please move the page back and discuss. Toddst1 (talk) 19:44, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

I created the article with limited information, I recently obtained a new book that enlightened me as to the current name (the third new source that I just added). I have updated it accordingly and really don't see how you see it as disruptive. I am, as are you, a member of WikiProject National Register of Historic Places and have been very active in discussions and guideline formulation there. I've created a few hundred NRHP articles, so I'm very aware of the project's and Wikipedia's guidelines. I'm opening a discussion at the project to ascertain if others feel that my changes are disruptive. Altairisfar 22:12, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

The aforementioned discussion can be found at: Request for comment on NRHP article now listed as Everhope Plantation. Altairisfar 23:35, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Article looks fine to me, tho I haven't really studied it. Altairisfar has indeed done a lot of very good work. If there's an issue about the article name, I suggest it be discussed at the article's Talk page. --Doncram (talk) 23:48, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Magnolia Hall - 805 Otts Street, Greensboro

Hi...I really, really enjoy looking at your photos as I used to live in the area 20 years ago. If you get to Greensboro, I think this house is probably one of most fantastic homes I've ever seen and your photographic skills would show it well in modern day condition instead of the 1930s pic currently. It was recently restored about 20 years ago and was in great shape then. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.176.101.235 (talk) 23:13, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I plan to get back up that way in the spring, thanks for the tip! Altairisfar 13:23, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Creole

Thank you for your willingness to change the sentence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cpred 06 (talk • contribs) 01:34, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception photos

one pic mentioned

Here is a link to some photos at the Library of Congress taken at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=cathedral%20of%20the%20immaculate%20conception%2C%20mobile%2C%20alabama

They are part of this collection, some of which have already been uploaded to Wiki Commons, here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_by_Carol_M._Highsmith

Coat of arms of Edward Patrick Allen: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/highsm.05200/

I thought we could use a photo, or two, on the cathedral wiki site. Maybe a photo of a stained glass window would be appropriate in the section on the windows. The coat of arms could be used on Bishop Allen’s site.

I don’t know how to get them from the Library of Congress site to the appropriate Wiki Commons site. Wiki has made things too complicated for me, and I was wondering if you had the skills to do it.

This window depicts the Immaculate Conception and would be appropriate: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/highsm.05196/

Thanks! Rlm0710 (talk) 21:27, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Hey, I've uploaded many of the Highsmith images to Commons, but didn't realize that she photographed the cathedral. It may be tomorrow before I get to it, but I'll be sure to get them uploaded. I'll let you know once they're done. Thanks for letting me know! Altairisfar 23:47, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Rlm0710 (talk) 15:29, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Altairisfar 21:00, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

nice article, great use of pics, at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, from a bystander.... --doncram 12:26, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Lustron houses

An AL Lustron house pic by Altairisfar

Hi, i'd like to develop out List of Lustron houses, and note a good number of the NRHP-listed ones are in Alabama. Got any more pics? There's a pretty interesting story about the idealism behind them, in one or more good long NRHP nom docs describing them all.... --doncram 14:54, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Hey, I agree. Although they never caught on, the story behind them is very interesting. I enjoyed learning about them prior to writing the articles for the ones in Jackson. Most of the other ones in Alabama are a little too far north of me to be able get pics anytime soon, however. I'm still in architecture mode though, I started Plantation complexes in the Southeastern United States since nothing had been written about the plantation complex itself on wiki. Also did Central-passage house. Anyway, about the photos, if I make it up to Tuscaloosa or B'ham sometime I'll try to get those. Altairisfar 18:54, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Ah, great about your doing the Central-passage house article. I've noticed a number of Tennessee houses of that type, including William W. Johnson House, from which i just now redirected a couple redlinks to go to your new article. Thanks! What is the suitable name for a category to add to that house and others of this type? (Like Category:I-house architecture in the United States). Currently Category:Central passage plan architecture is a redlink. Some version is needed!

Also I'll look at your new Plantation complex stuff soon.

I think the Albany NRHP article was the one i read about Lustron Houses, not long ago, which is very interesting stuff. Not yet fully developed in the Lustron house article. Would you be agreeable to our starting articles for the NRHP ones in AL now? --doncram 19:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Hey, following the I-house model sounds good to me. I didn't think to do one, so it would be great if you did. I'm certainly agreeable to starting articles on the Alabama Lustron houses, I'll help to expand them if you want to start them, or I can start them if you don't have time. As always, happy to help! Altairisfar 19:25, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

I love taking pictures of historic houses in the Birmingham area, so if you need help photographing the Lustron Houses in this area, let me know. All I need is an area or address. Cougar6 (talk) 20:51, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Drove over to 430 Columbiana road this morning and found.. nothing. An address with 430 would be on the west side of Columbiana Road and, unfortunately, there is nothing there - no houses at all. My guess is they were all demolished to make room for the shopping mall that sits between the the west side of Columbiana Road and Green Springs Avenue. You can take a look at the map on this link to see what I mean (http://classic.mapquest.com/maps?city=Birmingham&state=AL&address=430+Columbiana+Rd&zipcode=35209-6128&country=US&latitude=33.464788&longitude=-86.818656&geocode=ADDRESS). Switch to the "Aerial" view, zoom in, and you'll see what I mean. Cougar6 (talk) 13:21, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

I bet you're right. It was added to the register on February 24, 2000, so it may have been listed in an attempt to keep it from being destroyed. It probably never had a chance of remaining residential if it was wedged between Columbiana Road and Green Springs. Thanks for trying! Altairisfar (talk) 14:10, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

It looks like there might be three Lustron houses on Cahaba Road in Birmingham. The 2420 and 2424 houses sandwiched a house at 2422 that looked like the other two. I took pics of all three. What would you like me to do with the images? I can email them too you. If they are all three Lustron houses you can post them on Wiki. Cougar6 (talk) 22:44, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Done - I loaded the two images of the Lustron houses in Birmingham to Wiki Commons. The file names are File:Lustron Prefabricated House Bimingham AL.jpg. There are a lot of images of Lustron houses on Flickr. Lot of people have been taking care of their Lustron's. Cougar6 (talk) 12:15, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Mentioned in discussion

You may wish to comment in a discussion in which you were mentioned at WT:NRHP#Comment on Straw Polls, "decisions" and consensus. Thanks. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:07, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Altairisfar

I just saw your message to me and I'll read it when I leave here.

Just wanted to thank you for adding the "box" to my initial posting on the Meadowlawn Plantation. To be honest, it should be familiar to you since I attempted to copy the format you did for Lyons Hall. I liked the "History" and "Description" layout, along with the gallery of pictures.

I've recently added a page for Mt. Ida Plantation. If you can take a look and it and make it corrections or modifications like you did with Meadowlawn, I would be grateful. Thanks again!

PS. Love your pics on Flickr! I'm Cougar_6 on Flickr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cougar6 (talk • contribs) 19:58, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, yeah I thought you must be the same person. I hope you find the info I put on your talk-page helpful, its good to see someone else who is interested in the state's historic places too. There's only about three of us, including you, actively writing articles right now. Places on the NRHP are most of what I do around here, other than the historic settlements/communities in Alabama. I enjoyed reading your articles, you did an awesome job for someone getting used to Wikipedia's formatting methods. I hope you enjoy yourself around here! Altairisfar (talk) 20:11, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Plantations of Alabama

Have you ever heard of the King Plantation in Talladega? Its photographed as part of the HABS project (http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/AL0760/). The HABS project is the one that give it the "plantation" designation. The 1860 census doesn't show a King family owning any slaves, so I'm puzzled about a plantation that didn't have slaves. Perhaps, the HABS guys misnamed it. I grew up in Talladega, but never heard of it until I stumbled across it while browsing Talladega-area houses photographed for HABS. I drove out to it and took a couple of modern pictures (see my Flickr set of Talladega). Fortunately, its still standing. Unfortunately, this grand lady has suffered some indignant "modernizatoins", to include vinyl siding (least from the road it looks like siding). Cougar6 (talk) 16:06, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

The HABS stuff is all that I have seen, but it is listed in Robert Gamble's (he's with the Alabama Historical Commission) The Alabama Catalog: A Guide to the Early Architecture of the State, 1987. He calls it the "King House" and says it was "built circa 1860; renovated and restored circa 1965 including grading of lot and construction of new foundation, ell widened approx. 3'6", rear porch removed, sunroom added to north end of house." Although he does mention the builders of many of the entries, this one isn't one of them. Maybe the King family bought it after the war? I didn't find anything under its alternate name of Cedarwood. Altairisfar (talk) 16:42, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Advice on "Moving" a Page

I created a page, but when I went to "Move" it ("Finished? Move the page"), a page opened to say that I was either too new or blocked. Any advice on what to do next? Wiki seems content to let me edit a page or create one from a link that is already created (as in the Plantations of Alabama page), but not create something from scratch. Its a little confusing. Cougar6 (talk) 18:26, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks again for your "clean up" work on my recent pages! I'm learning a lot from those. There are many aspects of Wiki that are a little confusing to me, so it helps when you give an assist. I guess as I go along and learn the 'logic' they use in Wiki-World, things will make sense and start to come together.

On thing I wanted to mention about Mt. Ida - there is a stone retaining wall running around both sides and the rear of the lot where the house sits. You can see it in the picture of the side view of Mt. Ida. The height of the wall is anywhere from one foot to 12 feet high. Mt. Ida was built on a noll overlooking a wide valley and the builders obviously built the wall, filled in the noll to make it level and then built the house. The point of this story is that the stone wall is amazing (at least to me). Its obviously the work of a master stone mason. The square stones are roughly 8x8 inches square and 12 to 24 inches long. The wall is constructed without any mortar an the stones fit perfectly together with no gaps. I don't know what kind of stone they are. If I had to guess I would say limestone - they are very hard. I wanted to mention the construction of the wall, but don't have any expert sources. Lastly, I'm amazed that no one has purchased the land and either re=built the original house or built another house. The view of the valley from Mt. Ida is amazing. I can imagine Walker Reynolds sitting on the front porch at daylight with a cup of coffee and taking in that view! Have you ever seen pics of the Walker Family Cemetery that sits on the hill behind the house? Its a cool family cemetery. Especially, when you walk into the woods next to it and see all the marked and unmarked slave graves (sad). Reynolds owned a lot of slaves. Over 180 at the time of the 1860 Census. I'll stop now - sorry to fill up your talk page! Cougar6 (talk) 00:31, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Silk Stocking District (Talladega, Alabama)

I saw the page for the Silk Stocking District, with Miss Willie's House as an illustration. I would like to add to this page - pictures and brief bio's of the houses. Would it be best to add them as paragraphs to this page or do you want to start a "chart", similar to what you have don for "Plantations of Alabama", with each house having its own page? Most of my pictures on Flickr of Talladega are of houses in the SSD. Cougar6 (talk) 19:26, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

I agree with you - I think a table would be the best way to list the houses in the Silk Stocking District (never understood what Silk Stocking refers to). If you can help me set it up, I would appreciate it. Still learning, here. Cougar6 (talk) 00:10, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for moving the table. I'll add more pics as I find time. Cougar6 (talk) 14:16, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Dr. John R. Drish House

Hello! Your submission of Dr. John R. Drish House 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! Drmies (talk) 03:32, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Dr. John R. Drish House

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

		The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Congratulations! You have passed the milestone of having 25 articles that you created or expanded mentioned on the main page in the "did you know" section. Your articles, primarily about Alabama heritage and the Deep South, are a credit to yourself and Wikipedia. Thank you for helping to expand the best online encyclopedia in the world! Binksternet (talk) 18:54, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Cloverdale-Idlewild

Hey Altair, I'm having no luck whatsoever finding stuff to beef up this meager, meager little stub. Do you have anything on the shelf, or can you plunder some archive somewhere? I'd appreciate it--and keep in mind that the very, very, very famous Wayne Greenhaw lived there! Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:52, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm looking, but nothing so far other than it is a part of the Cloverdale Historic District, which is NRHP-listed. It isn't on the Alabama Register. Altairisfar (talk) 20:41, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Wait--so it isn't a historic district in its own right? Drmies (talk) 20:47, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Now that I don't know, but if it is designated as one on its own then it is city-designated only. Altairisfar (talk) 20:53, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Aduston Hall

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Alpine (plantation)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Choctaw Corner

Perhaps you're already satisfied with the answers two other people made on my talk page (I normally don't get responses from anyone; it's quite odd to get two of them on the same question), but if not, read on. Generally, places like this are included in the ghost towns section, since that's a catch-all for everything that was once a community but doesn't exist anymore. However, our standard practice nationwide is only to include municipalities and communities in unincorporated areas: formerly populated places that are now parts of municipalities, including Choctaw Corner, don't get included. Nyttend (talk) 04:08, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Elkman and passwords

Thank you for suggesting that Elkman make the generator password-accessible only. He's just taken down the website entirely, thanks to Doncram's continued behavior; as a result, I've taken up your suggestion and asked him to restore it with password-only access. Nyttend (talk) 16:37, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I just left a note with yours and Acroterion's. Altairisfar (talk) 16:53, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

.mil

You nominated Air University Press for speedy deletion as a copyvio of [2] But .mil is a US government internet domain, and material there unless specified otherwise is US-public domain. (I rewrote the article anyway, to change the style from a web p. to an encyclopedia article.). DGG ( talk ) 06:35, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Okay, good to know. Thanks! Altairisfar (talk) 06:37, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Belle Mina

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

NRHP discussion

Hi, I noticed that you are active in the NRHP WikiProject, and I was hoping that you would like to make a comment on a discussion going on there. You don't have to, but it would be greatly appreciated. The discussion is at WT:NRHP#Numbers in NRHP county lists. Thank you. Theking17825 16:09, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

WP NRHP in the Signpost

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Interview for the 2011 Wikipedia Fundraiser

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Survey for new page patrollers

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NRHP table system change

There is a table formatting system change being discussed at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Register_of_Historic_Places#New_system_for_tables and your input has been requested. Any help appreciated. Smallbones (talk) 04:17, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

LSU game

By sheer bad luck I'm having to be in Mobile Saturday. Where are you watching? Drmies (talk) 04:10, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

I won't be, will be working. I would probably bite all of my nails off anyway. Heroes on Dauphin is a great public place to watch, although I personally prefer one of the Mellow Mushrooms. Altairisfar (talk) 14:15, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey, Tide rolls mentioned Heroes as well. They seem to have an obscenely big hamburger. You'll be working? We'll revoke your Alabamian citizenship, and then you'll be in real trouble. Drmies (talk) 18:04, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

The Hero Burger, one of their "Big Ass" burgers, is really good. I may have to rethink it all if they're gonna take away my citizenship. But then again, Mexico is really warm and much less expensive! If they'll take me...  :) Altairisfar (talk) 21:00, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

File:Seal of Mobile Alabama.png

Thanks, If you think the image at Commons is wrongly licensed, you are requested to nominate it's version for deletion. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Architectural Floorplans

Hi, I don't know if you are the original author of this article; Plantation complexes in the Southeastern United States, but you seem to at least be maintaining it. This article refers to a number of architectural base designs; hall and parlor, central passage, etc. I don't have an architectural degree and none of the descriptive sub-page are very clear on the concepts. I believe that the understanding of the article would significantly increase with some simple floor plans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.66.151.49 (talk) 04:23, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Hey, yeah it is one of mine. It definitely could use some expanding. I'll check HABS and see what I can come up with. Altairisfar (talk) 19:25, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

I had to create them myself, but there are now floor plans for Dogtrot house, Hall and parlor house, and Central-passage house on their respective article pages. Hope this helps! Altairisfar (talk) 22:10, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the note about the fire station in Mobile and for re-directing the article. I would not have created the stub had I known an article already existed. Much appreciated! --Another Believer _(Talk) 17:54, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Alabama State Capitol

Hi, thanks for the invite; yes, it was good to work with you. I'll try to get to your article this week; agree that it's important that the civil rights era be covered. A while ago another editor was working on U of Mississippi, where areas have recently been designated historically significant because of the events of that time. Might have some ideas.Parkwells (talk) 02:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Altairisfar (talk) 22:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

User:Twomorerun

Hi. I wanted to point you to this page in my user space, where I'm accumulating information about this user. I still have to add diffs and clean it up, but feel feel to contribute if you're interested. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:18, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I've filed at AN/I: [3] Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:32, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

New Alabama Judicial Building article

		The Original Barnstar
		Thanks for creating the new Alabama Judicial Building article. Your efforts to improve Wikipedia are appreciated Northamerica1000(talk) 09:23, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Altairisfar (talk) 14:53, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Alabama Judicial Building

The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Question

I have a non-Wiki question for you; do you have an email address I can send to, or maybe enable the Wiki email temporarily? Spyder_Monkey (Talk) 00:02, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey, sure. My Wiki email is enabled, or rather my preferences say that it is. If it isn't working let me know. Altairisfar (talk) 02:34, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Ahh, I had to confirm my email before I could see it. You've got mail. Spyder_Monkey (Talk) 04:27, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

New Page Triage engagement strategy released

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I'm dropping you a note because you filled out the New Page Patrol survey, and indicated you'd be interested in being contacted about follow-up work. This is to notify you that we've finally released both the initial documentation about the project and also the engagement strategy, which sets out how we plan to work with the community on this. Please give both a read, and leave any comments or suggestions you have on the talkpage, on my talkpage, or in my inbox - okeyeswikimedia.org.

It's awesome to finally get to start work on this! :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 02:11, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Alabma tags

No problem I'm happy to help. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:48, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Octavia Walton Le Vert

The DYK project (nominate) 16:01, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

WikiThanks

WikiThanks

You are among the top 5% of most active Wikipedians this past month! 66.87.7.149 (talk) 21:53, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Modest Barnstar
		In recognition of all the work you’ve done lately! 66.87.2.96 (talk) 20:20, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! Altairisfar (talk) 21:56, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Alabama Women's Hall of Fame

Thank you for the valuable work you've done creating the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame. Do you think you could make the table sortable? If someone is looking for a specific person, it would be useful to be able to sort that column, as well as the column on year inducted. It would be a little work but Template:Sortname would be helpful on the individual names. As more names get added to the hall of fame, it would be much easier. Maile66 (talk) 18:43, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I would be happy to. It was my original intent to eventually make it sortable, but I just haven't gotten around to it. It will be a good chance to do some minor clean up as well. Altairisfar (talk) 19:52, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Oh, great. I look forward to that. This is a very good list to have.Maile66 (talk) 19:57, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Got your message and had a look at it. No typos or other that I can see. You did a really excellent job on this. Looks terrific! Thanks for the list. Maile66 (talk) 19:32, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Science lovers wanted!

Hi! I'm serving as the wikipedian-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution Archives until June! One of my goals as resident, is to work with Wikipedians and staff to improve content on Wikipedia about people who have collections held in the Archives - most of these are scientists who held roles within the Smithsonian and/or federal government. I thought you might like to participate since you are interested in the sciences! Sign up to participate here and dive into articles needing expansion and creation on our to-do list. Feel free to make a request for images or materials at the request page, and of course, if you share your successes at the outcomes page you will receive the SIA barnstar! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to your participation! Sarah (talk) 01:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Alabama Historical Commission logo

The AHC logo at http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Alabama_Historical_Commission.png has not been used by the agency for years. I am director of Historic Sites for AHC and can supply a current logo to replace this old one. How can I do that? MarkAHC (talk) 15:59, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Mark, since it is a non-free logo, probably the easiest way would be to upload the new version over the old one. Go to File:Alabama Historical Commission.png and scroll down to the "File history" section near the bottom of the page. Just beneath that you will see a link that says "Upload a new version of this file." Click on it; it will take you to the upload page. Then all you should have to do is:

1. Under the "Source filename:" section, browse for your new version of the logo on your computer and then
2. Under the "File changes:" section, type something like "Uploaded updated/current version" and then
3. Click the "Upload file" button at the very bottom of the page.

If you have any trouble or would like me to do it for you, just let me know here and I'll send you my private email address so that you can send the image to me for upload. If I can be of any other assistance please let me know. Altairisfar (talk) 20:05, 8 June 2012 (UTC) (Jeff)

Jeff, I don't see an upload link, only one that says "Edit this file using an external application." Guess you'd better make the change. Please send me your email address to mark.driscoll@preserveala.org. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarkAHC (talk • contribs) 13:32, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your continued efforts to put our state on the Wikipedia map. Well done. Drmies (talk) 13:30, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Gee, thanks doc! Altairisfar (talk) 13:41, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)

Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:

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It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.

At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).

Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.

If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 17:06, 11 July 2012 (UTC)