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Sorry

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Sorry for the rollback of Draft:Stentorians I thought someone vandlaized by blanking, when I see it was a draft, I changed back again.

best greeetings, Dan Koehl (talk) 22:11, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Does that mean it's back as a draft?

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Still struggling with the markup... CaptJayRuffins (talk) 22:13, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

now just go back and totally blank your draft.
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Hello,

Thank you for working on categorizing the organizational categories. I've worked mostly with women's groups but it's nice to see you taking up the fire fighting organizations.

One tip with categories, they don't usually contain actual information other than the articles in the category. Some contain a little header explaining what should go in the category but that's all. So you don't lose the work of your list I'm copying it here per WP:G6. (I was going to put in on your sandbox page but that's a redirect so I wasn't sure if you would get it.) Good luck. RevelationDirect (talk) 15:03, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Valiant Society, NJ -
  • Austin African-American Firefighters Assoc, Austin TX (AAAFA) -
  • Vulcan Society Inc., New York, N.Y., -
  • Phoenix Society Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, -
  • Vulcan Pioneers of New Jersey Inc., Newark, N.J., -
  • Vulcan Pioneers of Hudson County Inc., Jersey City, N.J., -
  • Valiants Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
  • Lexington Fraternal Order of Black Firefighters - Start Year : 1990 orig. formed in the 1980s, Brothers Loving Others and Opposing Destruction (BLOOD) was reorganized and the name was changed in 1990. -
  • Santa Clara County Black Firefighters Association (SCCBFA) -
  • Omaha Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters -[1]
  • Black Chief Officers Committee of the IABPFF (BCOC)-[2][3]

I moved your draft into a page in your own user space where you can work on it before someone deletes it while it is still in process. It is here: User:CaptJayRuffins/draft/List of African-American professional organizations

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Another editor writing about African-American firefighters

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I know this is crazy, but there is another brand new editor writing about African American firefighters. She is: User:BeeCeePhoto

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Hi! I just noticed your addition of WERD—owned by Jesse B. Blayton, Sr.—to List of African-American firsts was reverted for lack of a citation. WERD and Blayton were already in the list at the year 1949. There is also an article in in Wikipedia for the station at WERD (historic radio station). No article for Blayton yet. — Neonorange (Phil) — 03:43, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Increase Carpenter

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Abbreviating political subdivisions

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Thanks for adding a relevant picture and caption to Windmill. I want to point you to English Wikipedia's style guide section: MOS:POSTABBR. Generally, using postal abbreviations—such as CA for California, or WA for Washington or Western Australia—is discouraged as they're less likely to be widely understood by our global audience, or could be interpreted as two or more political subdivisions. I went ahead and expanded NY to New York in the caption you added. →‎ GS →‎ 06:50, 22 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pantigo Windmill

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Hey, your new article Pantigo windmill (Easthampton, New York) popped up on my watchlist, i suppose it must have linked to something i created long ago.

It looks like it is a valid topic for an article, but I don't think it is a separately listed place on the National Register, because I think we have most of those covered already, at least in New York State. I don't see it mentioned in National Register of Historic Places listings in East Hampton (town), New York. Is it included in the Pantigo Road Historic District, perhaps? What is your evidence that it is NRHP listed? Perhaps it has an NRHP plaque on it, which a contributing building in an NRHP historic district can carry, without being separately listed. Or i worry if it is an alternate name for an NRHP-listed windmill already having an article.

I would like to help you get it described and connected in, properly. I mostly edit NRHP articles, myself. Either way, I am sure this can get sorted out eventually, and I thank you for contributing. Cheers, --Doncram (talk) 23:26, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, i see from the NRHP reference number that you provided in the article, which is for the East Hampton Village District, that it must be a contributing resource in that district. Hmm, the East Hampton Village District article is pretty weak. Unfortunately the New York State copies of NRHP nomination documents were all moved, so I don't see how to read the NRHP document for the district. --Doncram (talk) 23:30, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
as I pointed out on your talk, it's in the backyard of HSH, next door is Mulford then Tuthill house is next to that and the church on the other side, the village green, the cemetery, the pond the old church, Gardiner mill, the rebuilt saltbox(not recognized, they tore down the orig saltbox) Rev Thomas James marker are all in the NRHP. I could use help with the NRHP infobox coordinates, i just lost the one in Mulford Farmhouse CaptJayRuffins (talk) 23:50, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I got your note at my talk page, great. I am happy to "watchlist" here and have just a single discussion here, not split, but please do feel free to contact me at my Talk page, especially if I seem to have missed something here. Feel free also to join wp:NRHP and, whether or not you join, to post at its Talk page wt:NRHP.
Hmm, I am not sure they all need separate articles, perhaps they could be covered together in the village historic district article, each with a separate section? But if there is separate documentation available, as you have found to be the case for the windmill, it is also okay to have separate, split-out articles about the more major contributing resources in a district. It's a judgment call to split out or not.
Hmm, the HAER documentation which you included in the windmill article states "This is one of the mills built by Nathaniel Dominy V", contrary to the name you assert as builder, presumably based on a different source. It is okay if there exists contradictory sources, we just probably should note the disagreement. Oh, hmm the HAER documentation goes on in its text to say Samuel Schellinger was the builder. --Doncram (talk) 00:09, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I think the name of the article should probably be Pantigo Windmill. The parenthetical mention of town/village is not needed, assuming that there is no other place named "Pantigo Windmill". You could move it to that name, yourself, by selecting "move" from the tabs available at top of page (perhaps hidden under "More"). --Doncram (talk) 23:55, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I debated the naming, but after finding that every last one of these windmills were moved, it make sense to add the town. If you look at the list, every windmill deserves its own entry due to the importance to the community at some point in their lives. The village green can be expanded, but the museums all deserve their own articles. The village green article will have the poles, the stones, the seats, the arbors, the churches and the graves, but the windmills of the east end each get their story told. I just working on the ones in the NRHP first, the hayground was an outlier, googlemaps mis-directed me and it was a doozy to find, just getting google to fix that mess will take some doing. Gardiner Mill is incorrectly placed over in amagansett, where that mill burnt to the ground in 1924. It really is on James lane across from his grave.CaptJayRuffins (talk) 00:20, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New appropriation of landmarked village site

Here's the thing, I need help with the articles like the village green. The windmills is a start, see Category= Windmills in New York (state) and I plan to expand on the ones on the east end. but there is the problem of the underlying districts. I shot Quogue, now I have to write the Quogue Historical district article. But I'm still in windmills, and fleshing out the village. If I send pics, can you help? (talk) 00:30, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Updated the East Hampton Village District, will return to it later.. I think I can do the same with a stub like this for the Quogue Historical district, (not to tell the story in pictures, but to get a starting point for a full article... (talk) 01:30, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

In partial response:
  • About your having taken and/or being able to take more photos, that is hugely helpful. Please do upload those to Commons (commons.wikimedia.org), which holds photos that display in Wikipedia (in the English language wikipedia and all other language wikipedias, too). There is an "upload file" link to click which brings you to here, and I see a "help" service mentioned there if you have any difficulty. If by "sending a photo to me" you mean literally emailing one to me, that wouldn't help directly, because I would not be able to upload it to Commons myself, not being able to assert copyright ownership myself.
  • Yes getting Google maps to fix anything sounds tedious. For coordinates corrections within Wikipedia, we can just do that directly. I often use coordinates that I obtain from Google maps satellite view, then right-click to see "what's here" in order to see a copy-paste-able set of coordinates, in order to get better coordinates to use in articles.
  • About categories, there is Category:Mill museums in New York (state) as well as Category:Windmills in New York (state) to add to some of these articles.
  • I am surprised there is not a List of windmills in New York or other explicit list-article to cover the historic windmills, both the ones having articles and those which do not (to be shown either as redlinks calling for articles, or to be shown as "blacklinks" not suggesting articles). To cover places like the one you mentioned being destroyed in 1924. A list-article can cover stuff which a category cannot. [Yay, there is such a list-article, "List of windmills in New York". By all means add to it, including adding multiple sentences to the notes column wherever needed to explain something adequately.--Doncram (talk) 14:37, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Improved the list of windmills in NY, still a work in progress.. CaptJayRuffins (talk) 17:10, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

--Doncram (talk) 14:06, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I already covered the points you mentioned, see above. I've added a couple of hundred images to the commons this month, maybe you can use some. I was sending you the link to the NRHP ones to help with the article. Here it is anyhoo.... https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/CaptJayRuffins&ilshowall=1 CaptJayRuffins (talk) 14:28, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The only comment I have is that {{Infobox Windmill}} could be used, but that is up to you. Mjroots (talk) 18:20, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Aside from naming convention issues and excessive and unnecessary categorization of the images, I can't see that much wrong with the article or images. I'm going to consider adding categories that Doncram suggested, if they haven't been added already. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 19:24, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I Got to the water wheel, Water Mill (Water Mill, New York) needs a review... CaptJayRuffins (talk) 15:15, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

QHD

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I could use some help cleaning up Quogue Historic District CaptJayRuffins (talk) 01:37, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I added a few descriptions to your gallery. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 20:47, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Quogue Historic District , Hayground Windmill , United States Post Office (Westhampton Beach, New York), Windmill at Water Mill, John Lyon Gardiner Mill Cottage and a wiki voyage , https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Westhampton_Beach Thanks to all the editors who pitched in to help with these sept NRHP projects!CaptJayRuffins (talk) 01:54, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

NRHP

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The Weeping Beech was just added as completed, it was a stub under Kingsland Homestead#weeping_Beech. Should it have a NRHP infobox?

The Weeping Beech
NYC Landmark No. LP-0142
Location37th St. and Parsons Blvd., New York, New York
Coordinates40°45′49″N 73°49′27″W / 40.76361°N 73.82417°W / 40.76361; -73.82417 (Kingsland Homestead)
Arealess than one acre
Built1847 (1847)
NRHP reference No.72000905[1]
NYCL No.LP-0142
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 31, 1972
Designated NYCLApril 19, 1966

CaptJayRuffins (talk) 00:32, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

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I must profess a little concern about creating articles on assistant professors. There are 2 to 6 million professors in the world, most of whom are of little note. The few articles on assistant profs that I have seen survive AfD are about people who were notable novelists, poets, musicians, artists, etc first, then obtained a position at a university. Abductive (reasoning) 21:25, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the article is about a Social worker who speaks a (dead) language due to the genocide perpetrated on her people by colonizers. That she is involved in a renaissance of the language, and had achieved the highest level of education, a doctorate in anthropology, to be able to overcome the obstacles placed on her people, make me have to say, please,
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Sure, sure, but that doesn't necessarily make a person notable. I'm just letting you know that in the absence of secondary sources, assistant professors are not notable, should you consider making another article on one. Abductive (reasoning) 01:32, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking of creating a list of Guggenheim Fellows names as the recipents are automatically notable as per WP:NACADEMIC Criteria #2. Some, I'm sure, are very fine assistant professors...

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Sorry to be a bother, Alberta Odell Jones was brought to my attention by a Professor who is also an Attorney, who I'm sure is a very fine person. But is she notable? ... CaptJayRuffins (talk) 23:24, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I've done some cleanup on Renee V. H. Simons. You might find User:Nick Moyes/Easier Referencing for Beginners helpful. (Also, I removed the bit about Chase being a great place to work; I know you're trying to save the article, but irrelevant puffery isn't the way to go.) Happy editing! Schazjmd (talk) 01:00, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I saw your 2018 note on your talk page. Did anyone ever give you a link to c:Commons:OTRS#Licensing images: when do I contact OTRS? I understand that if you go through their e-mail system, they'll make a note that you're you, etc., and you'll end up with fewer problems (and a quick un-delete process if someone makes a mistake). WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:29, 12 February 2021 (UTC) Thanks, I'll look into that... CaptJayRuffins (talk) 13:30, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This edit to the article for Jamaica, Queens added Debra Wilson as a notable, with no source. Her article places her as being from Ozone Park, Queens and makes no mention of Jamaica. If you have a source for as being from Jamaica, why didn't you add the source? If you don't have a source connecting her to Jamaica, why did you add her as a notable? Alansohn (talk) 20:01, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jamaica is below the grand Central, Flushing is to the north. From Wikipedia.. Jamaica is a middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is mainly composed of a large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is home to large African American and Caribbean populations. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis to the east; St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Rochdale Village to the southeast; South Jamaica to the south; Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park to the west; Briarwood to the northwest; and Kew Gardens Hills, Jamaica Hills, and Jamaica Estates to the north.CaptJayRuffins (talk) 20:44, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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its not a draft.. pardon, that was to remenber the link, thanks.CaptJayRuffins (talk) 20:17, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks in profusion. You have helped fix many of my articles and I am forever grateful. Hopefully some editor will spend some time and hopefully generate a G.A. From my humble beginnings. 20:25, 11 April 2023 (UTC) CaptJayRuffins (talk) 20:25, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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@SunDawn: Thanks for your kind attention. Found 3 windmills on that jaunt to the North Fork, a windpump, a wind turbine and the Dix windmill and you completed my day with your review!CaptJayRuffins (talk) 11:40, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi CaptJayRuffins,

Thank you for starting the Elaine de Kooning House Wikipedia page. I help manage the website and social media for the house, and we were really pleased when we discovered the page. We have one minor revision that we are hoping you can make.

Can you please change the title of the page from "The Elaine de Kooning house" to "Elaine de Kooning House"?

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission, as you did at List of tide mills on Long Island. Please take this opportunity to ensure that you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.   — Diannaa (talk) 23:56, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have reviewed the violation and found the errors referenced to have been generated by my use of a code replication robot. The errors were let in as I used the <copy text> link to format the entry, which only showed a synopsis of the code that was generated, hence I did not catch or read the text portion in full. In creating 'Tide mills on LI' I had only tried to generate a list, and immediately was confounded by edits like these: <Tag: Disambiguation links added, orphan tag & {{Lead missing}} and {{More citations needed}} tags>, which I took to responding to by adding <ref> tags- which then led to more info being left in the descriptions, and a <copy of the lede> from tile mills which I failed to attribute as from another wikipedia page. As the day led on I saw the list as a whole and did not catch the description copy vio before moving on to a new article. I am unable to find our previous interactions where you reference prior warnings, could you assist in my finding those as my talk page doesn't show any messages from you. I am still trying to appeal the block, but I am unable to post the appeal to my talk page beyond your block. The article I wrote after tide mills had no copy vio nor did the 15-20 articles before, it was an unforced error on my part and wont be repeated. CaptJayRuffins (talk) 15:40, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Request reason:

Unintentioned error on my part, the pamphlet that I used to locate the tide mill was published in 1914, which I dated as beyond the 70 years as allowed. The other error was using the lede from the 'Tide mills' article as it was preceded by a disambigulation link for clarif, which was later removed by another editor. I've re-read the Wikipedia:Copyrights and may have violated Wikipedia policy by uploading copyrighted material without authorization, specifically not attributing text to that page in the edit notes. CaptJayRuffins (talk) 15:53, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The content was found here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Long_Island_-_its_early_days_and_development_%28IA_longislanditsear00arm%29.pdf on the commons. CaptJayRuffins (talk) 16:06, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CaptJayRuffins (talk) 15:53, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, you asked for a recap of the warnings you have received regarding copyright. I find eight warnings visible on your talk page. Here they are:

I will do some more investigating later when I get back from visiting my mother at the hospital. — Diannaa (talk) 17:50, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have restored content I removed that was copied from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Long_Island_-_its_early_days_and_development_%28IA_longislanditsear00arm%29.pdf, because that document is in the public domain. There's other material though, that was copied from other documents, that for copyright reasons cannot be restored. — Diannaa (talk) 21:12, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We need to provide attribution when copying from public domain sources. This can be done by including the template {{source-attribution}} as part of the citation. This is done so that our readers will be aware that prose was copied from the source, and that it's okay to copy verbatim. — Diannaa (talk) 21:18, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I don't need anything replaced, now that I can see the text I can fix the entries. I entered details to get the ownership and locations, it added the descriptions verbatim and I didn't catch it immediately. It wasn't intentional. I see the notes for the earlier errors, it's that they were not from you. I have no beef with removing the content and correcting, I just need to be made aware of it. There's no rush and can wait while you attend to family matters.. CaptJayRuffins (talk) 02:07, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I have checked my work and restored as much as possible. There's nothing further for me to investigate. There's still copyright content that I removed that is now hidden from you due to revision deletion of the edits in question. You won't be able to perform further fixes until you get unblocked, and that won't happen unless you take full responsibility for having added copyright content to Wikipedia (one of your posts above indicates that you believe it was the fault of a "code replication robot"?). Perhaps you could also explain why you did not notice over the course of two days of editing List of tide mills on Long Island that you had copypasted a bunch of prose from your sources into the article? Did you not even read the completed work and realize that you had not written it yourself? Also, I'm not sure why you think it matters who notified you about the previous violations of our copyright policy. (It does not.)
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Your answers will enable us to establish whether or not you should be unblocked. — Diannaa (talk) 03:51, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You, the editor that blocked me, in the notice I saw, stated unequivocatively that you notified me 7 times previously of copy vios. The other admins told what I did needed correction, you apparently, took great offense and in furious anger have vented and let me know you are the lord! (copy vio-some movie ...) & let me have a thunderbolt of enlightenment from the great god, and banned me to the netherworld to supplicate for forgiveness. Should I ever wish to be in your good graces then explain what is the five pillars of Wikipedia. I would - a few years ago,- get right back at the teacher who chastized me thusly and it's probably why I only have a high school diploma to show for such reactions. Banned to special ed for talking back, forever marked as unteachable. As I am now old and feeble, going blind in one eye and hobbled to a wheelchair with bum feet and unsteady left leg, you ask why I didn't see what the robot was doing. --Becuz' I did not see it is the only answer I can give. (-: The robot...
You
create code for The Roslyn Grist Mill which is located along Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn, New York, United States. It was built sometime before the mid-18th century and is one of the few surviving Dutch colonial commercial frame buildings in the U.S. A gristmill has existed on the site since the first decade of the 18th century, when John Robeson built on it. He in turn sold it to Jeremiah Williams, who is believed to have built the current mill sometime between 1715 and 1741.[3] After another owner, it became the property of Hendrick Onderdonk, who already operated two paper mills in the settlement then known as Hempstead Harbor, in 1758.
wikitext
| Roslyn, New York | Roslyn Grist Mill | Gristmill | Before mid-18th century (Exact date unknown) | The Roslyn Grist Mill is located along Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn, New York, United States. It is one of the few surviving Dutch colonial commercial frame buildings in the U.S. A gristmill has existed on the site since the first decade of the 18th century when John Robeson built on it. He sold it to Jeremiah Williams, who is believed to have constructed the current mill sometime between 1715 and 1741. After Williams, the mill became the property of Hendrick Onderdonk in 1758. Onderdonk, who already operated two paper mills in the settlement then known as Hempstead Harbor, took over the operation of the Roslyn Grist Mill. |
What I saw on my screen:-
| Roslyn, New York | Roslyn Grist Mill | Gristmill | Before mid-18th century (Exact date unknown) | The Roslyn Grist Mill is located along Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn, New York, |
I tested it in my sandbox, and it worked! Now I don't have to do each individual entry, just give it the info and copy the wikitext. Clik the button, (copy wikitext). This repeated for 10 entries. The wiki lede for some is where I copied the info and where there was no wiki I searched for the mills on google. That how I found the Huntington tidemills -on the state government website. (yes, the copy vio-- only federal is public domain, not state or city pages) I copied this:
You
write the codes for the three tide mills in Huntington: 1752, Zophar Platt built a mill harnessing the power—and predictability—of the tides. The town’s first tide mill stood on the west shore of Huntington Harbor. Today’s Mill Dam Road runs along the embankment built to capture the tide. A second tide mill was built in Centerport. The third built further up Huntington Harbor still stands in Lloyd Harbor.
Here are the codes for the three tide mills in Huntington:
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| Huntington Harbor | Zophar Platt's Tide Mill (1752) | Tide mill | 1752 | Zophar Platt built a tide mill harnessing the power—and predictability—of the tides. The town’s first tide mill stood on the west shore of Huntington Harbor. Today’s Mill Dam Road runs along the embankment built to capture the tide. | |- | Centerport | Centerport Tide Mill | Tide mill | Date unknown | A second tide mill was built in Centerport. | |- | Lloyd Harbor | Lloyd Harbor Tide Mill | Tide mill | Date unknown | The third tide mill built further up Huntington Harbor still stands in Lloyd Harbor. |
It looked good, it was progress, three at once, I posted it and moved on. Intrigued by the discovery of a new mill, one that was black owned, I entered this:-
write the code for the Crippen Mill: The Crippen House was originally constructed, circa 1658, as a grist mill. The mill remained in use through 1672, when it was closed due to concerns about the unhealthfulness of its mill pond. The mill building was sold, and around 1674 moved about 525 yards north to its current location close to the head of Huntington Harbor where it was converted to residential use. Preliminary analysis of the building confirms its construction as an industrial building rather than as a residence. Its heavy timber framing, dimensions, and sturdy proportions are reflective of industrial Dutch framing of the period. The building is a rare, early surviving example of this building type.
Here's the code for the Crippen Mill:
| Huntington Harbor
| Crippen Mill (circa 1658)
| Grist mill
| Circa 1658
| The Crippen House was originally constructed around 1658 as a grist mill. It remained in use as a mill until 1672 when concerns about the unhealthfulness of its mill pond led to its closure. The mill building was then sold and moved about 525 yards north to its current location close to the head of Huntington Harbor around 1674, where it was converted to residential use. Preliminary analysis of the building confirms its construction as an industrial building rather than as a residence. Its heavy timber framing, dimensions, and sturdy proportions reflect industrial Dutch framing of the period. The building is a rare, early surviving example of this building type.
|
There is the text that you flagged. What I saw...
| Huntington Harbor | Crippen Mill (circa 1658) | Grist mill | Circa 1658 | The Crippen House was originally constructed around 1658 as a grist mill. |
I posted the entry to the list, and went on to write the article for the Peter Crippen Mill House, which did not get flagged for any copy vios even though I used the same cited sources for that article. All in one afternoon.
No barnstar for 'good find'. No atta-boy for loong and tedious, pedantic writing.
Just a striking down in furious anger as I,, the GODDESS, lay my VENGEANCE UPON YOU!! (copy vio- movie ref).
Whats to fight for. I copied the entry and posted it. No malice intended, no vandalism, just a correctable error. The article was long, the lede was terrible, but tired, I went and had lunch, not considering any ramification of my overt actions and napped the afternoon away, having discovered a new mill that might make the NRHP and a long island place for me to go take pictures of.
Now I'm tired. I don't want to copy and paste answers to what I think copyright is. Maybe later. My body is telling me to go do something by prodding me with pain. Will respond later. I will get screen shots for this later. Even after you flagged info found on wiki's and a public domain phamplet, you seem to have a bug for me. CaptJayRuffins (talk) 14:27, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm tired too. But I have to point out that I found quite a few geographic errors in this article. Maybe the source material also had these errors, but I felt the need to correct many of them. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 06:38, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
CaptJayRuffins (talk) 14:52, 28 March 2024 (UTC)DanTD I find the creation of the list to be adjunct to finding the mills and clarifying the locations. I feel the pressure to conform the list to article status (tags for lede msg, Refs) belies the purpose, a list to mark where they once stood, as many are removed from the landscape. I did get them from the commons article which Diannaa first removed as copy vio and subsequently replaced, so forgive if the locations are not proper in respect to Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau or Suffolk. Those would have been corrected in time. Thanks to @SunDawn:, Marshall586 (talk), Reading Beans (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Doncram (talk), TheSandDoctor (talk), Bfpage |leave a message, Ajpolino (talk), Epicgenius talk contribs‎, DanTD talk contribs‎, Rosiestep talk contribs‎, Rhododendrites talk, Transpoman talk contribs, Onel5969 talk contribs and all the other editors who helped my articles to be more readable and for pointing me the way forward. 190 articles, some fails, some wins. I think the last 30 or so articles showed me trying to not violate any copyrights or impede the function or purpose of 4.0 usage rights (CC BY-SA) to the Wikimedia mission and Barnstars to all who helped me to find the way. By the way, 780mil views on Google maps as I visit and photograph every site I've added to wikipedia. CaptJayRuffins (talk) 14:52, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have taken responsibility for the errors in the tide mills list and you have not released my account, which amounts to punishment. I did not intentionally copy the text and was using the robot to ease creating the list for the first time. You may have been watching for this type of thing as mere hours elasped before you immediately blocked my account, falsely claiming you notified me 7 times over the last 10 years for such conduct. The article I wrote the very same day from the same research has been reviewed, and no violation was reported in the article Peter Crippen Mill House. You also reversed course when informed that the research was from a 1914 phamphlet found on the commons and restored much of the content to the list. You have punished me for 60 plus days for a error I did not catch in creating the list. This cannot be placed on any other editor as you are the instigator of this punishment. I have gotten better, at identifying copyright violations and think this punishment was excessive. I took responsibility 3 months ago, but let me repeat: "Unintentioned error on my part, the pamphlet that I used to locate the tide mill was published in 1914, which I dated as beyond the 70 years as allowed. The other error was using the lede from the 'Tide mills' article as it was preceded by a disambigulation link for clarif, which was later removed by another editor. I've re-read the Wikipedia:Copyrights and may have violated Wikipedia policy by uploading copyrighted material without authorization, specifically not attributing text to that page in the edit notes. CaptJayRuffins (talk) 15:53, 2 March 2024 (UTC)" Since you do not appear to be changing course, I wish to APPEAL for an intervention by our shared community and a different moderator.CaptJayRuffins (talk) 16:22, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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restore content copied from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Long_Island_-_its_early_days_and_development_%28IA_longislanditsear00arm%29.pdf ; document is public domain. It's been over 90days after Admin21:10, 2 March 2024‎ Diannaa talk contribs‎ indefinitely blocked my account and subsequently reposted the data to the List of tide mills on LI as it was from a public domain article. I have admitted to wrongfully not attributing the lede as taken from an article on the site and re-read the articles on copy-vio, no vandalism was intended and the article is substantially the same as written, yet the suspension still stands. This is punishment, nothing was shown as a way to prevent me from making disruptive edits, either in good faith or as vandalism - it's only reason for continuation appears as punishment. I was still correcting and editing the list/article when blocked, hardly hours had passed and the article - written between the intervening time and the blocking - has already been reviewed. I have reviewed the government site the vios were taken from and the reasons why it was a copyvio to use the material, and as a defense stated previously; I did not see the entirety of the content as it was hidden (truncated) in my window and when I selected the text more than I intended was copied to the list. In my hurry to move on to type up an actual article before it got lost to my faulty attention span (I am recovering from LONG COVID symptoms); I did not properly review the list. I was also distracted by notes being added which was the cause of the lede being taken from an existing article to explain what the list was for. This is no excuse, I did not intend to cause disruption to the site and over the years have come to understand why the copyright has to be meticulusly paid attention to in article curation. I will in future adhere to the policies and not create any future disruption when creating articles. CaptJayRuffins (talk) 9:11 am, 20 June 2024, Thursday (3 months, 28 days ago) (UTC−4)

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From reading through the above discussion with Diannaa and DanTD, it seems that you've focused on responding to questions about List of tide mills on Long Island and public domain sources. Diannaa also alluded more general, significant issues with copyright, which is why she posed the following questions to you, which still need to be answered in your own words in order to be successfully unblocked:

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Hello, CaptJayRuffins

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username Dclemens1971, and I thank you for your contributions.

I wanted to let you know, however, that I've proposed an article that you started, Aquebogue Windmill, for deletion because it meets one or more of our deletion criteria, and I don't think that it is suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia. The particular issue can be found in the notice that is now visible at the top of the article.

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Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:56, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the proposed deletion; I do not think the deletion is uncontroversal. WP:AFD would be more appropriate. BTW, CaptJayRuffins is currently blocked due to copyvios. --Cyfal (talk) 20:44, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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While your contributions are appreciated, I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Aquebogue Windmill, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aquebogue Windmill.

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Nomination of Peter Crippen Mill House for deletion

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September 2024 at Women in Red

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Women in Red | September 2024, Volume 10, Issue 9, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 316, 317


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Women in Red October 2024

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Women in Red November 2024

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