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Harrison College

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Miami/Public Ivy

Moll's book was not updated in 2001. That was a similarly titled book that had no connection to Moll. Moll's book was a one-time deal, published in 1985 and not updated since. As such, it really is based on quarter century old data. Besides, using the past tense is grammatically correct in that the sentence goes on to state that this term was applied in 1985.

Huddleston House Tavern

Is the Huddleston House Tavern on the National Register and the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana's Huddleston Farmhouse Inn Museum one and the same?--Bedford 22:34, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Since the National Register nomination was done, it was deemed more appropriate to call this property an rather than a tavern.unsigned by DIDouglass

Well, I started the article for it, deciding on Huddleston Farmhouse.--Bedford 04:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Jacob Piatt Dunn

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Two of PKT's founders lived in the room in which PDT was founded?

Hello. On April 7, 2007, you added info to the Miami University page that indicated two of Phi Kappa Tau's founders lived in the room in Elliott Hall in which Phi Delta Theta was founded [1]. I was wondering where you found this information. I cannot seem to find it anywhere else on the internet. Bajenkins (talk) 14:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Phi Kappa Tau Founders William H. Shideler and Clinton D. Boyd lived in the Phi Delta Theta Founders room in the 1905-06 school year. This information is found in Charles Ball's book, From Old Main to a New Century: A History of Phi Kappa TauDIDouglass (talk) 04:20, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Richmond, Indiana and Glen Miller

Dear DIDouglass, I note that you reverted the wiki link to Glen Miller, for whom the park is presumably named. It does not appear as a link anywhere else in that article, that I am aware. The link makes sense to me. However, before I revert this, I thought it would be nice to know your reasoning. Happy editing. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 16:46, 8 November 2008 (UTC) Stan[reply]

Stan--The park is not named for Glenn Miller the band leader. That Miller's name is correctly spelled Glenn, not Glen. The word glen in the park's name refers to a "wooded glen"--not a man's name. Miller comes from the name of the man who owned the land previously, I believe.DIDouglass (talk) 05:45, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Eli Lilly

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		For picking up the dubious fact about the Lilly Endowment on the Colonel Eli Lilly article, I thank you! Fact checking is very important and I always appreciate a hand at it. Happy editing! Charles Edward (Talk) 18:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for the clean-up

at the Purdue State Bank article. That was sort of a smash and grab, event, long over due. I'm still looking for my pictures of it but it is gratifying to see it improving. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 13:18, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment of Phi Delta Theta

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Earlham College

Can you please explain what makes you believe that this is a reliable source? I don't see how "Dan Tate's Blog: Commercial/Industrial Real Estate" comes close to being a reliable source for nearly anything, including historical facts about governors of Arizona. ElKevbo (talk) 03:30, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Tate blog may not be a reliable source. But I linked the name to his page on Wikipedia and there is ample sourcing there.DIDouglass (talk) 03:37, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Then (a) don't use the Tate blog and (b) copy one or more of the reliable sources from the other article. We don't use Wikipedia articles as sources.

And try communicating next you revert another editor's edits. ElKevbo (talk) 03:42, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A blue link to an adequately sourced page is really all we need. I'll remove the other source as it is now superfluous.DIDouglass (talk) 03:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, a "blue link" is most certainly not adequate. Our policy on Verifiability is explicit on this issue: "Articles on Wikipedia, or on websites that mirror its content, should not be used as sources..." Either copy over a reliable source or remove the addition; don't make other people have to clean up after you. ElKevbo (talk) 03:53, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Snowball Rebellion

I've been trying to clean up the Miami University article and I noticed that the section was added... do you think we should work this into the history section somehow? Nomader ^(Talk) 03:35, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... I'm not sure how important it is though in the grand scheme of things for the school historical-wise. I think it's worth a mention in the history section but maybe not a whole two paragraphs like it has now. I'll see what I can do tomorrow if I get the chance but no guarantees I'll be around to work on it, I'm not exactly the most active editor as it were. Nomader ^(Talk) 05:31, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bix Beiderbecke

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Looking for advice

 I see that you are a recent contributor to the Wikipedia article about Madison, Indiana.  I just signed up as a Wikipedia user today.  I am a retired software developer and web site designer who just moved to Madison.  I am proud of my historic home and would like to publish photos and information about it.  I'll bet a lot of Madison people feel the same way.  I'm thinking of setting up some kind of social website (a facebook group, maybe?) where people can upload photos and stories about their historic homes.  Probably there would be a discussion group or a wiki where people could debate historical matters.

 There may eventually be some body of verifiable data of the quality that appears in Wikipedia.  Is it crazy to think of greatly extending the Wikipedia coverage of Madison to include essentially every home in the historic district?  On the other hand, I'm rather intimidated by the formality of the Wikipedia community.  Maybe I should go my own way and build my own wiki, one that permits speculation and basically publishes whatever people want to upload.  Does that sound like a bad idea?

 This is the first time I've used this Wikipedia Talk thingy.  I assume that it may be a long time before you look at it, but there is no hurry.

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Roger Counsil article

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