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(Point) Marion Bridge

Thanks for the pointer; it's not an error by the NRIS, because the nomination form refers to the bridge by name four times, and all four are simply "Marion Bridge". I've not searched through the entirety of its multiple property submission form, but the first and last (and only, as far as I know) references to it, pages 8 and 43, are both "Marion Bridge" as well. The forms were composed by PennDOT employees, so I would guess that this was perhaps the official name/an official name for the bridge. Thanks, too, for the references; I'm hoping to visit the area before too long, so I may try to get a picture of the site. Nyttend (talk) 23:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I saw the forms were compiled by PennDOT employees, but it would be a lot more likely those filings were incorrect than every other usage being wrong. Aside from the NRHP filings, everything on PennDOT's site says Point Marion Bridge or Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge. PennDOT even had an interpretive panel for the bridge prepared which mentions its NRHP listing as "Point Marion Bridge." [1]

PennDOT's historical records, in the custody of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, also refer to the company as Point Marion Bridge Company and bridge as Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge.[2] Local usage and references by the media are split between Point Marion Bridge and Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge.

The town was Point Marion. The company that built it was the Point Marion Bridge Company. There is no logical reason why the bridge would just be named Marion. If the bridge was still standing, I'd contact the Keeper about the issue but since the bridge has demolished and should be getting de-listed there seems little point in doing so. What it boils down to is that someone was sloppy when preparing the NRHP listing.

There really isn't anything to see of the old bridge on the site at this point. The superstructure has all been removed and when I was last through about a month ago they were finishing demolition of the piers and site restoration. Brian Powell (talk) 02:28, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, thanks for the details; it's a pity to see the destruction of another historic bridge. It's not the only one from this multiple property submission; Google Maps and Street View shows that the West Hickory Bridge in Forest County has been similarly destroyed and replaced with a concrete structure. Now I'm curious — is the new bridge easy to reach from the site of the old one? Google still shows the old bridge, so I have no idea how to get to the new one. Nyttend (talk) 03:58, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

The new bridge is right next to where the old one was located. New bridge is a simple truss; there were vertical clearance issues with the river that prevented the use of a beam bridge. I uploaded some photos to Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge from last year showing both bridges. Brian Powell (talk) 04:15, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much! If we'd not gone through this discussion today, I would have wondered upon reaching Point Marion whether I had somehow ended up at the wrong place, and/or if the NRHP had somehow mislocated the bridge. Nyttend (talk) 04:29, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Climate Section for Stephens City, Virginia

Perhaps you can help....I am wanting to add a climate section for Stephens City, Virginia and am using Washington, DC's section as an example of how it should look. Stephens City is about 70 miles west of DC, so Stephens City has the same weather, seasons, and the like as DC, so I am highly considering using some of the wording. The problem I am running into already is that might come across as using someone else's text (from the DC page) on the Stephens City page. I currently have the DC climate section copied on a sandbox page on my userspace. What should I do to make it unique to Stephens City or should they all sound the same? - NeutralHomer • Talk • 05:47, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I'd probably just reuse the existing language where possible. Less room for error and it makes it easier to expand climate data to other cities because it becomes more of a plug-and-go template sort of setup. Maybe think about cutting back on the some of the narrative about storm events for brevity, but otherwise I don't see a problem with what you have there. Brian Powell (talk) 05:56, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Excellent....Thanks! If you are still online when I get done, and if you don't mind, I will send a link along so you could give a one-over. Thanks for your help :) - NeutralHomer • Talk • 06:05, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Legislative Routes

Hmm, this is rather disturbing...I had no clue how much we needed to fix. Thanks for the pointer; I assumed that you were making a small error based on typical West Virginia usage. After four years in Beaver County, I'm quite familiar with the little square white signs that the List of State Routes in Pennsylvania notes in its intro, and I know that they don't say what they are; in the absence of any other information, I had assumed that they were still Legislative Routes. Nyttend (talk) 02:38, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, unfortunately there is going to be a bit of work involved in changing over the locations everywhere. Google Maps seems to have the SR listed for about half the routes on its maps, so at least that speeds up the process of updating things somewhat. The official source for the SR numbers is PennDOT's Type 10 county maps at [3]. Brian Powell (talk) 03:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

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April 2010

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Mike Oliverio. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:36, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

You write, I was the one who tagged the existing article for POV issues in the first place; but your edits reflected a strong non-neutral point of view and made the article less useful to readers attempting to find out what Oliverio stands for, and seem to reflect your support of this candidate. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:43, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Brian, maybe I misunderstood your tweet; if so, I wasn't the only one (one reason among many that I hate Twitter). The problem here is that the more you trim back the article, the less unusual Oliverio looks in the context of the Democratic Party of the 21st century. I feel that this distorts the reality of his record, and I don't care about the anonymity of another editor (hey, could I be much more out there than I am?) --Orange Mike | Talk 23:50, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

The tweet about Oliverio saying it was God's decision about what happens definitely doesn't reflect my own views. (I'm agnostic, so me suggesting anything was in God's hands would be absurd.) I read the quote in the newspaper and mentioned it on my Twitter feed, which I tend to do a lot with stuff I think is interesting or unusual. My Twitter followers would have known what I was doing, but when it was taken one tweet just by itself I could see where there was potential confusion.

My reason for summarizing the quotes rather than directly including them was two-fold: (a) the quotes seemed pretty heavily slanted and (b) they broke up the flow of the article and were extremely verbose for an encyclopedia. I'm not against necessarily against including them if someone can figure out a better way to integrate them.

While Oliverio is definitely out of the norm from what you'd see from Democratic candidates nationally, West Virginia Democrats are much more conservative than in most places. I grew up in Ohio and it was a big adjustment moving to West Virginia and realizing how much further to the right politics are here. At least on social issues, Oliverio is not much out of line with other West Virginia Dems. For example, the other Democrat who attended that Family Policy Council dinner mentioned in the article was the House majority leader.[4] Several WV Senate chairs (Democrats) sponsored an amendment to ban gay marriage this year.[5]

I pointed out the anonymous IP editor largely out of being annoyed that he was attacking me, which he could do because I was transparent in identifying myself, but he won't make his own identity known. Brian Powell (talk) 00:45, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, at least you and I understand each other better now (for the record, I'm a Christian, and find Ollie's remarks blasphemous in the extreme). --Orange Mike | Talk 00:53, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

The Dominion Post

When you moved The Dominion Post to The Dominion Post (Wellington), and then changed the old title to a disambiguation page, you may have overlooked the fact that well over a hundred other Wikipedia articles contain links to "The Dominion Post". All of those links are now pointing to the wrong page and need to be fixed. As this guideline notes, if you change the page to which an existing title links, "it is strongly recommended that you modify all pages that link to the old title so they will link to the new title." --R'n'B (call me Russ) 13:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

NPOV tags

Please do not add NPOV tags to articles unless you also start a discussion of the specific content or issue(s) you are referring to on the article talk page. Thanks! Yworo (talk) 16:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

I thought the issue was pretty clear from the discussion on the talk page already. Brian Powell (talk) 04:29, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Morgantown PRT

I have written an article on the transit plan for Columbia Maryland, which during the late 60s competed with Morgantown WV for a PRT transit award. Morgantown won the award so it is relevant to my article. I use two pictures of their PRT in the article, which is to be published in the Journal of Urban Planning and Development. Visit my website at www.plainview3d.com to contact me.

Peter Tocco Ptocco (talk) 13:44, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Glad you found the photos useful. Brian Powell (talk) 17:12, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Your involvement with Rumble Strip article

Hi Brian,

Recently, you removed some of my work and your reasoning was: "milled and molded rumble strips are actually common on concrete roads in northern US' I had to counter/repair this with a direct quote from literture and afterwards you didn't challenge it.

Yesterday, I removed the NPOV banner that has been up for 4 months that was initiated by Alex Sims and it appears that he's the only one that feels that way despite about 90 views per day and this, more or less, supports that it was firvolous. This is discussed in more detail on the Talk Page. Are you a Wiki editior? What is the purpose of leaving the banner up for more than 4 months? Albertoarmstrong (talk) 09:45, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

P.S. I already consulted a Wiki editor Dolphin recently about this and was adivised if there was no opposition to removing the firvolous NPOV banner then I could take it down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts.

The banner (and Talk Page section) has been up since Feb 10, 2010 (over 4 months) and nobody has a showed interest. These banner should have an expiration date and anything less is subject to abuse. 4 months is long enough. Even cheques are stale dated after 6 months. The concern with leaving it up indefinately is that whomever intiates it is hoping if they leave it up long enought someone will finally support them. After 4 months and about 90 views per day - nobody - time to take it down and move forward.

Albertoarmstrong (talk) 12:03, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Frankly, Albertoarmstrong, you seem to have problems with WP:OWNER judging by your interaction with myself and other editors. (Referring to my edit as "mild vandalism" would be an example.) I determined I have better uses of my time than this article. Brian Powell (talk) 15:04, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Brian,

4 months ago the article was very short and very underdeveloped. Go back and look for yourself. I took the initative to make it comprehensive and structured. At first, Alex Sims complained it was too long but then a couple of days ago he added new material to make it even longer. Actually, I appreciate his new Ghana reference.

You removed my reference that claimed that raised rumble strips were not feasible in areas subjected to snow plowing which is puzzling because it is so obviously true. "Mild vandalism" - what else was I suppose to think?

I don't claim to "own the article". It's not my fault nobody else took the effort to fully develop it. Actually, other people's work is mixed in with. If I thought I "owned" the article I would have deleted all. Also, over the past 4 months (despite 90 views per day) almost nobody has stepped up to contribute other that typo and grammer corrections so I must be dong a good job.

It appears you re-installed the NPOV banner it because of perceived slights. Unfortunately, these are not valid reasons.

Do you have any legitimate NPOV concerns? If so, please specify. Albertoarmstrong (talk) 16:04, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

You are supposed to assume good faith by others. You failed to do so. While you never explicitly claimed ownership of the article, your attitude towards others' edits and posts on the talk page definitely seem to suggest you believe it.

I'd also suggest you go back and look at the changelog - it was User:Alex Sims who brought back the NPOV banner. As I indicated in my earlier comment, I'm not going to waste my time any further in a squabble over this article. It's peripheral to my core editing interests.

I removed the section indicating that it wasn't practical to use milled or molded rumble strips on concrete pavements. They are, in fact, commonly used on concrete roads in northern states. As an example, see sheet 4 from [6] which includes plans for using them on West Virginia's Corridor H. The comment about Botts Dots was connected to this and no longer relevant once the original statement was removed.

Brian Powell (talk) 17:47, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the info on rumble strips in concrete pavement shoulders. I've done a lot of driving in southern U.S. in the past year and have never seen these. I guess its done in northern states where raised systems are not practical (snowplows)? However, it must be difficult to mill into concrete as opposed to asphalt.

Actually, I did start out with "good faith" but the firvolous NPOV and other questionable article sections were/are frustrating. Thanks Albertoarmstrong (talk) 15:01, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Reviewer

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Cranesville Swamp Photo

Just a note to let you know that I would like to use your picture of Cranesville Swamp for a geocaching.com Earthcache background. No financial gain at all. It's simply a hobbyists portal to share geocaching experiences.

MSmith831 (talk) 22:02, 15 August 2010 (UTC) Mike Smith

That sounds great. Thanks for letting me know. Brian Powell (talk) 07:46, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Requesting rename

I am requesting a rename to username Bitmapped on Commons, it.wiki, and Meta. My old username is Bmpowell. Bitmapped (talk) 14:19, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

it.wiki username Bitmapped is now available for your SUL account. Ciao, Ary29 (talk) 11:42, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

West Virginia Governor

Howdy. The way I understand it, Tomblin's Official website has him as the 35th Governor & not Lieutenant Governor/Acting Governor. Unique in the USA as it is, W.VA allows for Tomblin to hold the top 2 executive offices concurrently. GoodDay (talk) 23:50, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Tomblin's official website says he's the 35th Governor. Also, why would Farnsworth be governor & Tomblin not? GoodDay (talk) 23:57, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Tomblin is not governor in his own right - if he is no longer Senate President, he is no longer governor. The state constitution indicates that in the absence of a governor, "the president of the Senate shall act as governor until the vacancy is filled."[7] It doesn't say the Senate President becomes governor himself.

Looking at newspaper articles, AP [8], Charleston Daily Mail [9], Charleston Gazette [10] all refer to him as the acting governor. Considering that Tomblin wishes to delay a special election for the governor's office until 2012 and has stated that he will run for a full term, there is an argument that it would be politically beneficial for him to be portrayed as being the incumbent governor and not merely a placeholder.

It is worth noting that Farnsworth's brief stint occurred under the state's original constitution, not the current one from 1872. Bitmapped (talk) 00:32, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Whatabout Tomblin's official website? GoodDay (talk) 00:43, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

As I wrote above, he can have his own political reasons for wanting to be called "governor" and not "acting governor." In this context, I don't think his website would qualify as a reliable source for his exact job title. It's definitely not a secondary source. Bitmapped (talk) 00:46, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Brackets or not, I think we can both agree that he's not the 35th Acting Governor. It's either 35th Governor or just Acting Governor. GoodDay (talk) 00:52, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

I agree, dropping the 35th makes sense. Bitmapped (talk)

I did a check up. Article 7, section 16 of the W.VA Constitution says you're correct. Tomblin is President of the state Senate/Acting Governor, until the inauguration of the next Governor (whoever wins in 2012). Oh geez, I hope West Virginia & Massachusetts are the only states that do this (leave their governorship vacant til the next full-term inaugural). GoodDay (talk) 01:01, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

The whole "acting governor" thing has become a very hot button issue here in West Virginia. The Constitution says that a special election must be held, but doesn't specify when. There are dueling interpretations, either that it must be held soon or with the next regularly-scheduled election in November 2012. There is now a case before the state Supreme Court on this issue and it appears likely the Legislature will become involved once their session begins in January. Bitmapped (talk) 01:10, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

The current gubernatorial term began in January 2009, which means there's over 2yrs left of vacancy ('til Jan 2013). A prediction, the supreme court will rule that Tomblin 'Governor' (including retroactively). PS: Here's a Presidential hair puller - If the Presidency & Vice Presidency becomes vacant simultaneously, the House Speaker (or whoever's next in line) has to resign their positions to assume the Presidential powers & duties as Acting President. But, if the resigned thos positions, they'd no longer be in the line of succession. Then how could they assume presidential powers & duties. Luckily, so far, the USA hasn't had to test the 1947 succession act (not any of its predecessor acts). GoodDay (talk) 01:26, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

There are a lot of issues peculiar to West Virginia politics involved that I won't get into here, but nobody in power has suggested that Tomblin assumed the office of governor himself like what would happen in the vacancy in the U.S. presidency. The oath he took at his investiture ceremony (not inauguration) specifically indicated he, as Senate President, would act as governor pursuant to the state constitution. (See video at [11] near 23:30 mark.) Technically, the office of governor remains vacant; Tomblin is merely exercising the duties and powers of the governor by virtue of being Senate President. (The lieutenant governor honorific was added in 2000 in state law and was rarely used.)

All of the questions being raised are when (not if) a special election will be held. Based on existing state law, the Secretary of State and legislative attorneys indicate a special election will be held concurrently with the regular 2012 election with the special only covering approximately a two-month period from November 2012 to January 2013. An opposing camp, led by House Speaker Rick Thompson who himself wants to become governor, is trying to get the Supreme Court to rule the WV Constitution requires a special election be held sooner, or failing that, wants the Legislature to change the law. Bitmapped (talk)

I've changed everything back to 35th Governor of West Viriginia. I'll let you guys duke it out from here & will sit back & see what the West Virginia Supreme Court will rule. PS: I've asked for help at WP:WVA. -- GoodDay (talk) 07:15, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

I wonder if West Virginia would be interested in adopting Utah's system? GoodDay (talk) 04:59, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Having an existing statewide officeholder, such as the Secretary of State or Treasurer, become the governor should a vacancy occur is one proposal that has been discussed. Bitmapped (talk) 00:56, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

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Thanks

Thanks for your help on I-70, 470 and Wheeling Tunnel. --Admrboltz (talk) 03:08, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about the Fort Henry Bridge thing... I tend to overreact. --Admrboltz (talk) 02:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Bitmapped (talk) 02:48, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks again

Just so you know both 70 and 470 are up for A-Class nominations:

--Admr Boltz 23:56, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Excellent. I figured as much from your ACR edit comments. Bitmapped (talk) 23:58, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Hah yeah... I tend to use GAN, ACR and FAC when I am making edits specifically asked for from any venue. Both reviews are asking for details on stuff I just don't have access to from Utah. Can you take a peek and see if you can access anything to help either article. I am hoping to get them both up to FAC. --Admr Boltz 00:01, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

I'll dig around and see if I can find some information, but offhand I'm not going to hold out a lot of hope for stuff not on Google. WVDOH is generally decent about replying to e-mails if you want to try that. Bitmapped (talk) 00:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Last time I emailed them, I had to be sent around 4 times because all the info on their site was out of date... then they tried to call me the other morning at 8 am (eastern)... 6 am my time... needless to say I did not return that call. Then that stupid snow storm hit and I haven't gotten back to them again. --Admr Boltz 00:43, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

From User:Route 11

On my talk page it says,Judging by your uploads here and on Wikimedia Commons, it is apparent you either do not understand or have no interest in obeying copyrights. Simply put, you can't upload photographs unless you took them yourself or can show documented permission that the images can be reused here. You need to stop uploading improper images or you will be blocked. Bitmapped (talk) 01:42, 19 February 2011 (UTC). I was wondering how to get copyright on my images. Route11 (talk) 05:30, 19 February 2011 (UTC). If you have a answer please put it on my talk page.

Thank you for answering my question. Route11 (talk) 12:01, 20 February 2011 (UTC).

image use on non-wikipedia project

Hi Brian,

My name is Lauren Rodgers, and I am a staff writer at Ballotpedia.org. Per your request, I wanted to let you know I used one of your images for a non-Wikipedia project. You can see the file on our website with the citation information. I am building articles about interstate compacts, and am using your image as the icon for the Jennings Randolph Lake Project Compact.

Please let me know if you would like for me to change anything about the citation. Thanks, Lauren — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.69.31 (talk) 17:52, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Looks good. Thanks for letting me know. Bitmapped (talk) 18:02, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Page moves

Hi Bitmapped, I noticed that a few months ago you moved this article [12] when you're moving articles please be sure to check any related media on the page for fair use rationales. If an article is moved an image has a fair use rationale on it, then it becomes broken after the move and someone may come along and remove the image, and then delete it. I went ahead and updated this one for you [13]. Any questions, let me know!--Crossmr (talk) 08:49, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion for WikiProject United States to support WikiProject West Virginia

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Than== Commons file nominated for deletion ==

Commons file File:Mountain_Parkway_Byway_-_Cleveland_Kiosk has been nominated for deletion by a sock of Todd Schoolcraft--Elen of the Roads (talk) 20:36, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Bitmapped (talk) 22:03, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

West Virginia

This edit here: [14], thank you for re adding the Mountain Party. I thought they had ballot access, but wasnt sure. Thank you again!America69 (talk) 15:03, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

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Photo of Thurmond used in Bankrate gallery on ghost towns

Brian, I used a picture you took in Thurmond, W.Va., for a gallery I did on ghost towns. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/real-estate/8-ghost-towns-9.aspx

Holden Lewis 65.199.223.2 (talk) 16:37, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. 157.182.51.135 (talk) 17:03, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Cardinal

Hello there. You're raised a valid point about the infobox picture on the Cardinal so I thought I'd let you know I've opened a discussion on the talk page. Best, Mackensen (talk) 00:07, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	For you excellent pictures of sites on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Braxton County, West Virginia Pubdog (talk) 02:14, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Bitmapped (talk) 18:26, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

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Christopher Werner

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USRD WikiProject Newsletter, Winter 2012


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Pocahontas Times, Monroe Watchman

Brian, I've used one of your photos in a blog entry for the Pocahontas Times about the Sweet Springs Resort: http://www.pocahontastimes.com/blog/blogpost/mint-juleps-invented-at-west-virginias-sweet-springs/206367

The Monroe Watchman also would like to use this photo. Both articles will credit you as the photographer.

This is for a project called Traveling 219: The Seneca Trail, documenting the history and interesting sites near US 219 in West Virginia. http://senecatrailwritersproject.wikispaces.com/Seneca+Trail+Writers%27+Project

Thanks! Roxy Todd — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.100.196.249 (talk) 18:11, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

That's great. Thanks for letting me know. Bitmapped (talk) 00:30, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

184.13.170.171

Why do you call this vandalism? I don't see why you consider it that way, and thus I've declined the WP:AIV request. If it's something that needs explanation, you can bring it up at WP:ANI. Nyttend (talk) 02:41, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Wow, that sounds harsh; I'm sorry. Let me be clear — I'm simply confused, and I'm not trying to castigate you for anything. Nyttend (talk) 02:41, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

I should have been more explicit in my edit comments. The user added two interchanges that don't exist in the listed configuration to this page. This user, who seems to have jumped IP addresses over last 2-3 years after a succession of blocks, has a history of deliberately mis-editing highway exist lists. They'll add interchanges that don't exist, change exit numbers, and otherwise cause a lot of damage that other editors have to fix. It seems to be a game because this user goes back and does the same thing, time after time, as soon as their blocks expire. Bitmapped (talk) 02:50, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. I now note that the only post-block warning was left after the most recent edit; I'll not block yet as a result, but now that I understand I'll be willing to block if any more of these edits continue. Feel free to notify me on my talk page if you want, but because of my odd work and class schedule (I'm in class until 8:30PM Monday-Thursday), I might not be able to respond as fast. Nyttend (talk) 03:14, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Big_Muskie_-_Side_View Photo Credit

Hi Brian M. Powell,

My name is Shelby Redfield and I work on Jack Hanna's Into the Wild, and we are interested in using the Big_Muskie_-_Side_View picture in one of the episodes we are working on. I wanted to know how you'd like the photo to be credited, and also if you would be able to sign an acquired footage release.

Thanks so much, Shelby Redfield shelby.redfield@spectrumproductions.tv — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.243.239.158 (talk) 19:58, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

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Yours, Maximilianklein (talk) 04:05, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Mr. Powell, I would like permission to use your picture of the Houston Company Store found on Wikepedia. I am submitting a press release about work I will do doing with students at the store on behalf of of the McDowell County EDA and Jean Battlo. Please feel free to contact me for further information. Susan Williams, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Recreation and Tourism Management, Concord University swilliams@concord.edu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.34.141.17 (talk) 00:28, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Tick Ridge Fire Tower photo

Brian,

I plan to share your photograph on the facebook page "West Virginia Day in Florida" and will, of course, credit you as the owner/photographer. Many native West Virginians live in the northwest area of Florida and we meet once each year to celebrate our heritage. 2013 will be the 25th anniversary of West Virginia Day in Florida. The offices of both Governor Tomblin and Senator Rockefeller have congratulated us on twenty-five continous years of celebrating our heritgate and promoting the great state of West Virginia.The facebook page allows us an opportunity to spread the word of the event. Please feel free to visit the page and share the information.

Respectfully, Fonda Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.6.192.27 (talk) 22:21, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

That sounds great. Thanks for letting me know. Bitmapped (talk) 01:14, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Using your photo of the R.D. Bailey Lake Dam

Dear Sir,

The editors of the new edition of the book "Dams of the United States" wish to request permission to including your photos of the R.D. Bailey Lake Dam:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:R.D._Bailey_Lake_Dam.jpg

What specific photo attribution would you prefer?

The book will be available at the 2013 ICOLD conference in Seattle:

http://www.icold2013.org/

Thank you,

Tom Lundy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.165.205.25 (talk) 20:28, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Please just list it as Brian M. Powell. Thanks. Bitmapped (talk) 20:29, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Photo Question

Hey Bitmapped, long time, no see, hope all is well with you. I was wondering if, since you live in or near the Morgantown area, you could take a couple photos for me. I have been looking for a picture of the outside of the WCLG-AM/FM studios in Morgantown, but it is proving very difficult to find a free version. I was hoping, since you live near Morgantown, you could snap a couple shots for me (for the WCLG articles) while running errands or on the way home from work. I just need a shot of the outside of the WCLG studios (at 343 High Street) with the BIG WCLG sign out front. I will be using it on the WCLG-FM and WCLG (AM) articles only. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:46, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Interstate 470 (Ohio–West Virginia)

I am polishing up Interstate 470 (Ohio–West Virginia) for FAC soon, and you had helped me out by providing information from a 1976 WVDOT highway map. I would like to know if you still have it and if so what the section number you referenced was and the scale of the map. Thanks! --Admr Boltz 17:22, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

The I-470 construction was only visible on the Wheeling inset, not the main map. No scale is given for the insets. Bitmapped (talk) 04:39, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! --Admr Boltz 18:42, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Cranesville Swamp Bog photo

Hello, I would like your permission to use your swamp photo, as is, on a Facebook page about Western Maryland history. No commercial gain, no ads, strictly a history site. My wife and I last visited Cranesville Swamp Bog years ago, the 1970s I think. Tranquil316 (talk) 16:28, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

That would be fine. Bitmapped (talk) 00:57, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Photo usage

Hello, Bitmapped / Brian M. Powell

A while ago, I used your creative-commons photo of the "Big Muskie" for a project outside of the Wikimedia Commons (in a non-commercial youtube video). Somehow, at the time I uploaded the video, I overlooked your note that you wanted to be notified of any usage of your photo outside of the wikimedia commons.

The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK1BAGSpySM

Your photo is used at the very beginning of the video. You are credited as the source of the photo in the credits at the end of the video.

If you have any concerns or comments, don't hesitate to contact me,

best regards, Prm141 (talk) 18:43, 30 April 2014 (UTC)prm141

Thanks for letting me know. Bitmapped (talk) 18:46, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Middle Mountain Cabins.jpg

Hi Brian I am using your Middle Mountain Cabins.jpg image, for a fictional restaurant website, that is supposedly located in a leased cabin in Pike National Forest, for my IT3210 Class Project at Capella University, the image is perfect for the fictional website, which will not be published to the Capella website (budget cuts), but just turned in to Professor Lewis, our instructor. Thank you so much, 12.231.151.200 (talk) 23:10, 6 May 2014 (UTC)Mark Mitzen

Thanks for letting me know. Bitmapped (talk) 23:11, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

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Photo of Cacapon State Resort Park, WV Brian M. Powell

Just a note to let Brian know on his talk page that I am using this photo in a book titled "Exploring Our Exciting World, Book One: Southeastern U.S." He is receiving full credit.

Stanley J. St. Clair — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.119.146.24 (talk) 15:57, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Bitmapped (talk) 20:21, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Bluefield, West Virginia

The caption summarized West Virginia in a photo. Original research? Coal, schools, churches, food...it's all in the article. Anyone from West Virginia who saw the photo was nodding their head. The Commons even did a photo contest about proverbs and idioms. I'm the first to clean up around here, but c'mon. Magnolia677 (talk) 00:07, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

The caption came off as more of a marketing slogan or throwaway line than something encyclopedic. Beyond that, WV schools are generally not ranked all that well (see [15] as an example) and coal is only "common life" in a relatively small portion of the state. Bitmapped (talk) 00:17, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Arch Moore

If he's known simply as "Arch Moore" then the article title itself should be changed to reflect that. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 04:54, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

There is a disambig page there because of other people with similar names, or I would have moved it. Bitmapped (talk) 04:55, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Should it be moved to "Arch Moore (politician)" then? All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 05:06, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

I don't think that offers a clear improvement over the current name. Bitmapped (talk) 05:09, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Getting any photos?

Thought of you today while taking NRHP photos in Greene County PA (and one in Monongalia County, the Mason-Dixon Line terminus marker), and I was just curious if you're still getting any photos yourself. I checked your contributions, but given your username change, I wasn't sure but that maybe you had one or more other usernames (openly acknowledged, I'm meaning, not deceptive socks!) that were still uploading images. Nyttend (talk) 04:26, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm still around and taking photos, just not as much as I used to. I normally try to upload pictures to Wikimedia Commons if I notice something's missing a photo and I already have one, but with other commitments I'm not really able to aggressively search out photos anymore. Bitmapped (talk) 01:31, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

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Hello, Unfortunately I deleted the file per the listed criteria. Please note that we cannot use the email as a reliable source, as it is considered to be original research. Best, Mike V • Talk 02:20, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Photo use

Brian,

I didn't see that you requested that I notify you for using your pictures in a non-Wikipedia project. My sincerest apologies. I am using your pictures on a www.landmarhunter.com. Specifically, I have been updating National Register of Historic Places listings on this website with pictures and Google Street Views. I used you pictures under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license listed for you photographs, but should you wish for me to stop using your pictures and wish for me to remove the ones that have already been posted, please let me know. I do not wish to use your pictures against your will and certainly understand considering I did not notify you prior to use, per your request. The best email to respond to me would be michael.miller@pepsico.com.

Sincerely,

Michael Miller Native West Virginian, Born and Raised Proud Graduate of Marshall University Current Sandlapper Living in South Carolina198.231.24.241 (talk) 16:23, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

You're perfectly welcome to use the photos I posted to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. I normally just put the request there for my own curiosity to see how stuff is being used. Bitmapped (talk) 16:25, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

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using your photo

Unless I can find a better photo in our files or take one of my own, I plan to use your photo of the Tygart River at Valley Falls SP http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Valley_Falls_State_Park.jpg in our upcoming revision of the WV State Wildlife Action Plan. I will credit you accordingly. Feel free to contact me directly with any comments or questions.

David Thorne WV Division of Natural Resources129.71.207.63 (talk) 20:39, 24 April 2015 (UTC) Wildlife Section PO Box 67 Elkins WV 26241

304-637-0245 david.w.thorne@wv.gov

Thanks for letting me know. Bitmapped (talk) 20:40, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

c:File talk:Big Muskie - Side View.jpg

Hi Bitmapped, please see c:File talk:Big Muskie - Side View.jpg for an external usage of one of your photos. Raymond (talk) 16:27, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Bill Cole (politician)

Hi there. Saw your edit on Bill Cole (politician) from a little while ago. Now, I won't assume you're from West Virginia or are pushing any sort of agenda. But please be aware that editorializing links and drawing conclusions on your own can look like you have a certain bias. The link you sourced said the man is a car dealer, and he championed a bill that makes manufacturers go through channels to sell to consumers. Maybe he was eliminating competition, maybe he was trying to pass what he considered a great bill. Regardless, its not up to us, the editors, to speculate. If the link doesn't mention it, we shouldn't either (in the article or our edit summary). Happy editing, good day — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.14.57.197 (talk) 02:11, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

My edit comment was in response to the previous editor's comment. Also, don't revert my talk page especially when you're unwilling to actually login as an account. Bitmapped (talk) 15:40, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

No it wasn't. You only removed mine after I raised a valid point which you haven't responded to. I don't create accounts on any website for my own reasons, but that doesn't negate my point or make it any less valid. I guess if you don't want to respond that's your own decision, but I just wanted to let you know how it can appear to other people that when you do things like that, that you are pushing some bias. Especially if you for five years didn't archive your page then immediately did once I left the comment. Anyway, just trying to help. Good day.

The previous editor said the item was irrelevant. I felt the comment was relevant - sorry if you felt it was biased, but I provided a supporting rationale. I deleted your initial comment because, frankly, I was less than enthused about an anonymous editor calling me out for something that they could not have done if I was anonymous like they were.

I'll archive my talk page when I feel like archiving it. I thought I had actually previously set it up to do this, but when I got to looking at things, I realized it was not working. That should be fixed now. I reserve the right to manually archive or remove any comment, including this one. Bitmapped (talk) 20:31, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Okay, you seem to be taking this personal even though I felt like I've been really nice. All I was saying that if the source does not mention it, you drawing your own conclusion on what is necessary might seem a little biased. That's it. Also, you simply removed my comment without replying to it under the title "cleanup" even though mine was the only one you removed when you had comments from more than five years ago on your page. Yes, that's your right and I didn't say it wasn't. All I said was I thought you could at least respond, but whatever that's your call. I really just wanted to help out since I thought you should know when you edit like that, how people perceive it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.14.57.197 (talk) 00:13, 2 November 2015 (UTC)