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Kardashev Scale

Thanks for checking and fixing my grammar, I need all the help I can get. Thx! Thx! hope the article interests you.--Sparkygravity (talk) 03:18, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Edit dispute on Kardashev scale

In the last month or so there's been a edit dispute on the article, about what it is, who it was meant for, where the article needs to go, whether it needs to be split. Not of lot of people work on it, so there's very few people deciding these issues. I was wondering if you could take a look at the article, it's history, and talk page and put your two cents in at the bottom of the Talk:Kardashev scale page. If you could, it'd be really helpful. THX--Sparkygravity (talk) 22:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Peer review St. Barnabas Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

I was wondering if you could take some time out of your schedule to head over to the St. Barnabas Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland and give us an honest peer review. The page has evolved quite a bit in the last few months, and it would be fantastic if a prominent editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give us at Wikipedia:WikiProject Maryland some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the page. Several of us have worked very hard at improving the page, and we need great outside, reliable and trustworthy users to come over and help us improve. If you are interested in joining the peer review discussion with other prominent users/contributors, much like yourself, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help and your continued effort to improve Wikipedia and its quality! Wikipedia:Peer review/St. Barnabas Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland/archive1 Toddst1 (talk) 19:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Edgewood High School (Edgewood, Maryland)

Thanks for including Edgewood's wikipage in WikiProject Maryland and listing it for assessment. I've been working hard to try to get the page updated and formatted properly and I'm continuing to gather info at the school every day. I appreciate your help and the support of your WikiProject. Killervogel5 (talk) 13:58, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hampton National Historic Site

I see you've assessed its importance as "Low", but what about the article's quality assessment? It is still listed as "Stub" when it passed GA back on February 11. JGHowes ^talk - 04:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC) Response: My error, when added an article to a project I normally will not change a current rating & Hampton National had a current stub rating - missed the top banner GA rating. Thanks for the quick note on this. Deanlaw (talk) 00:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you. Marylandstater (talk) 01:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!! 2k Edits!!

Your Edit number 2000 came on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:54:57.

• Edit summary /* Critical response */ typo in reference
• Page title Bell v. Maryland
• Minor edit No

I hereby award you a new user box:

2,000+This user has made more than 2,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

If you want to see other wiki edit counters click here. Again, congrats on reaching the 2K milestone. Marylandstater (talk) 13:13, 24 June 2008 (UTC) * Thanks for recognizing my typo correction Deanlaw (talk) 19:30, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Use of New Template

I have created a template {{WikiProject Maryland/flag/animated}} using a commons image that could be used on the front page of the Maryland project. As you can see, I have configured it to fly behind the wiki-puzzle-world logo in the upper left portion of the screen. I will leave it there for a couple of days and invite your comments as to whether we should use it on our front page, or not.--«Marylandstater» ^«reply» 16:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Please leave Support or Oppose comments here:

You Are Entitled

Just so you know, you are entitled to display this JourneyMan's medal for all your hard work. Your next medal comes at 4000 edits and one full year of service.
--«Marylandstater» ^«reply» 17:18, 1 September 2008 (UTC) /*/ Thanks Deanlaw (talk) 22:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Jones v. Flowers

Your expansion of the citation for one of the cases in the decision's prior history is missing the volume # for the S.W. cite—would you be able to fill that in? Thanks! Postdlf (talk) 19:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Was actually typo with the Ark. reporter citation; corrected. Deanlaw (talk) 22:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

One year comparison Wikipedia:WikiProject Maryland

• At the end of November last year there were 1300 articles in the Md. Project
• At the end of November this year there were 4000 articles in the Md. Project
  

An increase of 2700 articles.

• At the end of November last year there were 7 featured articles in the Md. Project
• At the end of November this year there were 10 featured articles in the Md. Project
  

An increase of 3 articles.

• At the end of November last year there was 1 (one) A-class article in the Md. Project
• At the end of November this year there was 1 (one) A-class article in the Md. Project
  

An increase of 0 articles.

Just put that out there for the project's consideration.
--«Marylandstater» ^«reply» 03:02, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!! 3k Edits!!

Just think, it was only 7 months ago when you passed 2000 edits. Now a new milestone!

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If you want to see other wiki edit counters click here. Again, congrats on reaching the 3K milestone.--«Marylandstater» ^«reply» 22:23, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks and Sorry

Thanks very much for the editorial clean up on the NRHP Maryland stubs I've been creating. Sorry for not doing a better job myself in the first place. I'm learning from your edits and hope to do a better job in the future.--Pubdog (talk) 01:47, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

MA & PA Heritage Trail, Inc.

Good Day:

I am the secretary of the [MA & PA Heritage Trail, Inc.] [1]. I also do community outreach for the organization. I am interested in updating the MA & PA Heritage Trail Wiki entry and see that it is part of a larger project about MD.

I am new to Wiki and want to make sure that I follow the correct procedure and respect the work of the person who took the time to start the entry about the trail.

Can you help me out or direct me to someone who can provide me with the procedures? I have tried following the links in the Maryland Project and am having difficulty understanding what to do.

Should I simply submit my revised article for assessment?

Kmsbelair (talk) 19:43, 3 May 2009 (UTC) kmsbelair

New Plateau

You have reached another level of wiki editing and now can display the Yeoman's medal for all your hard work. Your next medal comes at 8000 edits and two full years of service.
--«Marylandstater» ^«reply» 13:42, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Eyrarland Thor

Nice Thor picture! Great to finally have that. Haukur (talk) 22:46, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I myself was happy to have found the proper replacement of the statue photo for the article Deanlaw (talk) 17:56, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

R1a article

Hi. Saw your recent edit to R1a. As a recent editor on the article your perspective on the talk page discussions right now would be appreciated. Things are slightly messy, but a few outside views might work wonders. I am writing to all recent editors of the article.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 21:04, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree it looks hard to get into but that is just because of the failed discussions on the talkpage. I have tried to make it easy with a diff, so that you can compare two proposed versions of the R1a article. Most differences of opinion have been to do with wording, and the question of what is encyclopedic. For example, is the word haplogroup jargon that should be removed from this article about a haplogroup? See [2].--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 16:06, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Reginnaglar

Thanks for the great addition to the article! Verkhovensky (talk) 22:03, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I happened to be reviewing the saga when I noted the reference to the Gods' nails Deanlaw (talk) 22:59, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Fyrby Runestone

Fact was ... that the Fyrby Runestone claims two brothers were the most skilled in runes in Middle Earth?

On March 1, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fyrby Runestone, 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) 06:09, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I just loved the Middle Earth reference on the runestone. Deanlaw (talk) 18:24, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Lund 1 Runestone

Fact was ... that the Lund 1 Runestone depicts two wolves that have a sword and shield strapped to their bodies?

Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

The Lund 1 runestone is one of my favorites.

DYK for Sønder Kirkeby Runestone

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:05, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Södermanland Runic Inscription Fv1948;295

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Östergötland Runic Inscription MÖLM1960;230

Greetings, Deanlaw! Just wanted to let you know I've nominated your article for DYK. Cheers! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 01:08, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I was holding off as I was wondering if I had been doing too many DYK runestone entries, but it was accepted per below // Mike

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, Deanlaw! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 04:09, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Never joined the US group as topic too large for any focus, but worked on subgroups like US films, Maryland, etc. Deanlaw (talk) 17:28, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive invitation

Guoguo12--Talk--  21:34, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Arizona v. New Mexico

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:03, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Multiple-arch dams

Hello, Deanlaw. I noticed you're edit to Arch dam and am having trouble making sense of what the book's author wrote (pg. 115). After Gleno Dam, there was more than one multiple arch (buttress) dam built to include some big ones like the Daniel-Johnson Dam, Itaipu Dam and the Bartlett Dam. More here as well. I think the author was referring to specific designs as they changed over the years. I am still doing some research because I don't think the wording is too accurate. Multiple-arch isn't a terribly popular design but it was still applied after Gleno. I figured maybe you had some thoughts.--NortyNort (Holla) 09:43, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

When the author used "rare exception" I was a bit thrown-off but I think we are on the same page. Thanks for the edits to Gleno Dam by the way. I used a translated Italian source for much of the background and the translation was really fuzzy on the part about the dam builders getting permits.--NortyNort (Holla) 08:11, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Dacian Draco

Thanks a lot from WP:DACIA for the help on the Dacian Draco. Best regards. --Codrin.B (talk) 19:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Barnstars

		The Special Barnstar
		For all the articles you have created. Thank you for your contributions. Oddbodz (talk) 22:10, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Last Supper in Christian art

Please DON'T change the citation style of an article - see WP:CITEVAR. Johnbod (talk) 20:27, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Revised citations to add links to references; thanks for the reminder // Deanlaw

Thanks - that is helpful! Johnbod (talk) 01:40, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

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Woops, my error! I actually had the correct link, but just put in the link brackets when I did the edit without the full link. Corrected the page this morning. This comment is being saved as a reminder to myself to carefully edit pages. Deanlaw (talk) 16:32, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Constance Worth Image

Hi Deanlaw. Its great you found an image of Jocelyn Howarth (Constance Worth). I have a better image of her from the courtroom scene in The Wages of Sin, but am not confident about the copyright. As I understand it from your note on the photo - this film is no longer copyrighted so I could upload it? NB: Jocelyn Howarth's sister Gwendolyn lived in Hagerstown, Maryland for many years. She had provided Australian newspaper readers with the only sensible accounts of the Brent divorce. Cheers Nickm57 (talk) 23:43, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

I assume you mean a copy of this image. The Wages of Sin itself does not appear to be available on-line, although a copy of its film trailer is posted YouTube (posted by Something Weird) but that does not include a courtroom scene. I did a preliminary check on films in the U.S. copyright record through 1969 which should list The Wages of Sin, since as a 1938 work it should have had its U.S. copyright renewed in 1966, but found no entry. The lack of an entry of the renewal of the copyright would be consistent with other films from Willis Kent Productions, which failed to renew nearly all of its film catalog. As such, I think you could post your copy of the courtroom scene with the "not renewed" license. Deanlaw (talk) 13:26, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

It's here [3]. Do you mind looking at the licence attribution? Only ever put my own photos on Commons. ThanksNickm57 (talk) 00:10, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

done Deanlaw (talk) 12:24, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Edith Day

Hi. Do you have a WP:Reliable source for her middle name? Thanks! -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:52, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

I have not seen any mention of her middle name, but will keep an eye out for one. Deanlaw (talk) 13:06, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Commons photos

Hi Deanlaw, a couple of Commons photos are listed with the incorrect persons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slaves_of_Pride_(1920)_-_Joyce_%26_Marmont_1.jpg

the man is Gustav von Seyffertitz, rather than Percy Marmont

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Barrymore_-_July_1921_Photoplay.jpg

this is Lionel Barrymore, not his brother John

hope I helped, cheersKoplimek (talk) 01:59, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Corrections made Deanlaw (talk) 16:39, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Film plots

Thanks for adding all the film plots to articles you've worked on. Note that in the infobox, flags should not be added, and just the name of the country should be included. WP:INFOBOXFLAG has more info. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 14:32, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Removed film infobox flags that I had entered, also from other film articles that I saw. Deanlaw (talk) 11:44, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

George Fitzmaurice

Hi Deanlaw, at the George Fitzmaurice wiki commons, the man with his head in his hand is not George Fitzmaurice. That's William C. deMille. I made the change to Fitzmaurice's entry with one of the other photos which are correct. See http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:George_Fitzmaurice - So you may want to reassign this portrait to deMille. Great work from you. All My Best Koplimek (talk) 19:29, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for notice. Foolish error on my part, uploaded wrong photo on page after conducting review on George Fitzmaurice, who did not have portrait on article page. Submitted correction for file name, also uploaded copy of correct image from source document dated Dec. 23, 1923, published almost last day allowed currently under U.S. copyright law (which may have contributed to my original error, being excited at finding this image). Note to self: Keeping this message as reminder of need to double-check prior to upload, minimize chance of errors. Deanlaw (talk) 12:15, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Here Comes the Bride 1919; photo correction

This file photo (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Here_Comes_the_Bride_%281919%29_-_1.jpg) in the wiki commons of Here Comes the Bride is incorrect. The still is from a D. W. Griffith movie Romance of Happy Valley. The players are Kate Bruce, George Fawcett, and Robert Harron. Koplimek (talk) 22:33, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Cause for this error was a source document (January 25, 1919 Moving Picture World) had two adjacent images from different films with captions reversed. I enjoyed watching the A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) film to verify this. Not sure how to avoid this type of error for most images from old magazines, prior to uploading I search Google images for matches but often for silent films there are none or few; in this case the incorrect caption resulted in no matches and resulting error in title. Correction to file submitted. Deanlaw (talk) 12:53, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

I had to do similar searching in order to identify the still. George Fawcett and Kate Bruce appeared in many Griffith films. I almost thought Harron was Richard Barthelmess until examining the photo carefully. I narrowed it down to The Girl Who Stayed at Home (a city slicker movie), Scarlet Days (a Western), and Hearts of the World (takes place in France on the WW1 Battlefields. The still was of a rural setting and Romance of Happy Valley was the only Griffith film with all three actors that had a rural setting. Thanks much. Koplimek (talk) 18:42, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Disraeli 1921 film:

The photo uploaded to Commons is labeled incorrectly. The lady with George Arliss is his wife Florence, rather than Margaret Dale. Thanks Koplimek (talk) 18:42, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Checked with Disraeli (1921) at Arliss Archives; assumed this is correct so correction made. Deanlaw (talk) 18:55, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

James O. Barrows

Hi Dean: I removed the advert for Down Home (1920), the Leatrice Joy film. James is not represented in the advert as it is Leatrice and an unnamed performer much younger than Barrows would have been in 1920. Below is a portrait of Mr. Barrows: portrait ..and he appears in this clip, his last role, from The Sea Beast with John Barrymore and Dolores Costello: The Sea Beast (1926) Thanks Koplimek (talk) 19:19, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Rechecked the source for the image, page 10 of the Jan. 8, 1921 Duluth Herald, which lists James O. Barrows in the caption of the image. Although I disagree, since I cannot verify the accuracy of the identification I will not challenge your good faith edit. Thanks Deanlaw (talk) 20:18, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Film articles with images

Hello! Thank you for all your help in removing image requests, from articles about films that have images. However, when updating talk pages, please consider just removing the parameter that is no longer needed. Redundant parameters such as |small=no, |needs-image=no, |needs-infobox=no, etc. place the article in Category:Film banners with redundant parameters, and don't actually do anything except take up unnecessary space. Thanks! Fortdj33 (talk) 20:40, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Went back through August 2014 and corrected article talk pages for my edits to remove redundant parameters per the above comment. Deanlaw (talk) 18:04, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Templar Saxe

Hi Deanlaw, the image you included at the Templar Saxe article from the film The Teeth of the Tiger has David Powell, Marguerite Courtot and <Templar Saxe>. Rather than Saxe that player is Charles K. Gerrard. Koplimek (talk) 20:36, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Silent Film Censorship

Thanks for all your work/research into some of the incredible State Censorhip edits that were taken out on many silent films. They seem laughable almost petty when reading them today. And this before Will Hays and Joseph Breen. It must have been frustrating and maddening to directors to have their films cut to ribbons by crazy edits. Again thanks, I love this feature that you've added to the articles and I hope they are educational to reader viewing them today. Best! Koplimek (talk) 15:13, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I keep wondering how the audience experienced a film like a western with a gunfight with all the shooting scenes removed. One magazine noted where, after a state cut inappropriate scenes, left a drama film where a baby suddenly appeared without any explanation! Deanlaw (talk) 12:02, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

He's good company and can help out on early censorship. Koplimek (talk) 15:15, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Deanlaw (talk) 17:28, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Raquel Torres image

Hi Deanlaw, the image you uploaded to White Shadows in the South Seas is not from the film. It is a still of Charles Bickford and Raquel Torres from The Sea Bat(1930). I relocated the still to The Sea Bat article.Koplimek (talk) 21:20, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction. Deanlaw (talk) 18:06, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

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Wrong image in Larry Kent article

The image you added to the article on December 22, 2017 that identifies the male figure at the left as Larry Kent is incorrect. It is actually Allan Forrest, who also appears in The Lovelorn. I'll let you make the correction. Perhaps you have a different image that you meant to add? ShelbyMarion (talk) 15:46, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Not able to verify if this is correct from checking other sources; the IMDb list this lobby card as having Kent.

Found a different film lobby card for Kent.

Catharine Carter Critcher

Thanks very much for the addition of the photograph into the article. It's been damn near impossible for me to find a portrait of her - this is only the second I've seen, and the other is a low-resolution shot in which she's also standing, working, at the easel. Now if I could only find a painting I was sure met the copyright requirements... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:48, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

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Had to opt out in 2022 as I have no background or information and was not able to make any useful contributions to this project. Deanlaw (talk) 20:59, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

The Wild Olive poster

I am looking to use this poster for the lost film "The Wild Olive" now a public domain film. How do you to submit to Commons to take the watermark out. http://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-wild-olive-of-nitrate.html any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Koplimek (talk) 18:29, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Provided a response on his talk page, looks like a difficult task but suggested asking some of the silent films or other graphics task forces for assistance.

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"Proud Boys"

Referring to Peter Pan's Lost Boys as "Proud Boys"[4] is the kind of revisionist garbage that has no place in Wikipedia, and calls into question the the rest of your "historical" contributions to Wikipedia. Jason A. Quest (talk) 14:04, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Woops! A terrible lapse on my part on this edit, possibly caused by watching commentary on MSNBC while transcribing the plot from a old magazine into the 1924 film article. Left a response on Jason's page, assuming fair and good intentions on his part. Deanlaw (talk) 20:59, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Harry Brand

Harry Brand photo!

Thank you for adding the imgage to the Harry Brand artcle. I tried to track a photo down through the Brand family a gazillion years ago but I gave up. Thank you thank you! JSFarman (talk) 05:30, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, it took about an hour of research to verify that this Harry Brand, president of WAMPAS, was indeed the famous press agent. Deanlaw (talk) 17:12, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Tensta runestone

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On reflection I decided not to oppose the deletion. Deanlaw (talk) 04:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

File uploaded to wrong movie

Hi Deanlaw, back in February 2020 you uploaded to Commons a file from a Spanish periodical Cine-Mundial from May 1916. The image was uploaded to Florence Reed's 1916 movie THE WOMAN'S LAW. It's incorrect. The file pertains to John Barrymore and a K9 in the film THE LOST BRIDEGROOM 1916. I've tried to change the name and/or move it to a new name. I believe a file mover or admin is looking at it now. Here's what I did https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Woman's_Law_(1916)_-_1.jpg in the process of name changing]] Sincerely, ___ Koplimek (talk) 17:39, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction to the still and also to remove it from the incorrect film. It also gave me a chance to read up on The Lost Bridegroom. I also updated the still file's description following its renaming. Deanlaw (talk) 05:45, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

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