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--Kumioko (talk) 15:18, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Love your recent work on District of Columbia City Hall. You may be interested in the drive by WP:NRHP to get all the DC lists of NRHP sites (start at List of RHPs in DC) fully illustrated and linked to an article on each site. We'd like to do this before next year's Wikimania. Any help appreciated. Keep up the good work. Smallbones (talk) 16:43, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ok I now understand the difference now. BUT. Take a look at Alabama. Looking at List of U.S. states and territories by area. This article says that Alabama has 50,744.00 sq miles of land. Then if you look at List of U.S. states and territories by population. Here it says that Alabama has a pop of 4,779,736. Pop divided by sq miles equals 94.193. This is still different for the 94.4 that you undid the edit for. Either of us has been right. Rocketmaniac ^RT 13:49, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's definitely odd but there has to be some explanation. As it is, we don't let our own calculations stand without a source because they're not verifiable and basically amount to original research. There has to be something that we're missing, or it's possible the Census Bureau made an error. I would contact them to find out. Best, epicAdam^(talk) 13:55, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I love Wikipedia, but I see so many inconsistent articles. Thank you for your comment vs just undo-ing my edits. Rocketmaniac ^RT 14:22, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On 19 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article District of Columbia City Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the trials of three people accused of involvement in assassination attempts on U.S. presidents were held at the District of Columbia City Hall (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/District of Columbia City Hall.You are welcome to check how many hits the 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.

Thanks from me Victuallers (talk) 12:01, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey I saw the revert that was done in the Baltimore article and the building has changed names. Per http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-10-31/business/bs-bz-transamerica-move-20111031_1_lexington-realty-trust-legg-mason-tower-ober-kaler, this became effective on 11/1. I think that the Baltimore article will need to be updated and the Legg Mason Building article will need to be renamed Wildthing61476 (talk) 13:18, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Thanks for the update. I couldn't find anything about it when I did a quick search. Best, epicAdam^(talk) 18:33, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Why did you undo my revision? 98.221.125.119 (talk) 05:55, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The entry in Wikipedia under history and founding father misses the historical point as to why Washington DC is in the Constitution as a Federal City. The United States Congress, the capital, was chased out of Pennsylvania in 1783, then the entire US Capital was moved 4 times.....and finally put in a special Federal District (the District of Columbia) where it would not 'be at the mercy of a state government'.

That is the history of Washington, District of Columbia and is in Ron Chernow's book on Alexandra Hamilton.

p. 182 (Ron Chernow's book on Alexander Hamilton) quoted below:

When Pennsylvania refused to put down an uprising in 1783, the capital, the United States Congress, was moved from Philadelphia to Princeton, moved to Annapolis, because of the cramped quarters at Princeton that lacked even a desk, then a year later to Trenton, and in 1785 to New York.

"The Philadelphia mutiny had major repercussions in American history, for it gave rise to the notion that the national capital should be housed in a special federal district where it would never stand at the mercy of state governments."' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.44.43.238 (talk) 12:36, 8 January 2012 (UTC) [reply]

I think this point is made quite clear in the article on Washington, D.C.: "In his Federalist No. 43, published January 23, 1788, James Madison argued that the new federal government would need authority over a national capital in order to provide for its own maintenance and security. Five years earlier, a mob of unpaid soldiers besieged the Congress while meeting in Philadelphia, but the Pennsylvania government refused requests to forcibly disperse the protesters. This situation emphasized the need for the national government to not rely on any particular state for security." Best, epicAdam^(talk) 14:54, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to say hi & thanks! ^~^

Also; I thought it was interesting that your user page redirects to a talk page, I haven't seen that before. CLICK...if you dare! (talk) 15:53, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I have noticed you made edits on File talk:Samesex marriage in USA.svg and/or File talk:Samesex marriage in USA.svg/Archive 5, so I am contacting you to take part in a newly-formed discussion at File talk:Samesex marriage in USA.svg as for whether we should update the map directly when a new legislation or court-order hits the books or if we should wait until said action takes effect. Historically, we have been updating the map when the new legislation is signed (or veto overrode or won at the ballot box, etc.), and thus it can be inferred that the consensus is to update as soon as one of those occurs. A discussion has emerged in regards to whether we should begin updating from the effective date instead of from the date of signing/etc. If you have an opinion over this matter please post it at File_talk:Samesex_marriage_in_USA.svg#When_to_update_map.3F_Effective_date_or_signing.2Fruling_date

Thegreyanomaly (talk) 22:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Adam, you just undid my revisions at Political divisions of the United States. I am still in the process of updating this article. You say that the links are an important part of this article. I disagree. They are an important part of the Insular Area article, and you'll note, are copied from there almost word for word. This page, rated C by the United States project, is currently a mess. I am trying to clean it up. I will copy all this to the talk page. Let's talk about it there. Bg860e (talk) 07:15, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Kirill ^[talk] 18:43, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Epicadam, As noted at WP:AN3, I've blocked this person for 24 hours to send a message. As this wasn't edit warring per-se, you probably would have been better off reporting it at WP:AIV. I'd be happy to follow up if this person resumes their vandalism - please drop me a note on my talk page if there are further problems (though do note that I live in Australia, so I may not be in the right time zone to respond rapidly here!). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 03:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Nick-D. I appreciate the follow-up. If I need any further assistance with this vandal, I'll let you know. As it is, s/he doesn't seem to respond to anything... just keeps making the same unsourced edits over and over. Best, epicAdam^(talk) 04:36, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

EpicAdam,

The Sacramento numbers are now consistent with FBI data. I made changes, which you rolled back--I redid them and double checked and made a couple additional edits. Sorry I'm not logged--not a normal user but local city-data users noticed this problem and I wanted to fix it. Thanks 146.114.69.2 (talk) 16:50, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hope to see you there! -Pete (talk) 19:12, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey Epicadam; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:53, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I take it you tacitly agree with this change? I have never heard of South Central PA (much less anywhere else) being affiliated in any way with Balt/Wash. At least in climate there is a sharp gradient between Harrisburg and Baltimore. GotR ^Talk 04:38, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for two exciting events this weekend:

On the evening of Friday, April 19, we're hosting our first-ever WikiSalon at our K Street office. The WikiSalon will be a twice-monthly informal meetup and collaborative editing event to help build the community of Wikimedia enthusiasts here in DC; please join us for its inaugural session. Light refreshments will be provided.

On Saturday, April 20, we've partnered with the George Washington University to host the All Things GW Edit-a-Thon at the Teamsters Labor History Research Center. Please join us for behind-the-scenes tours of the University Archives and help edit articles about GWU history.

We look forward to seeing you at one or both of these events! Kirill ^[talk] 20:00, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, May 11 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 23:00, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of May 24 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 18:15, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Join us at the NLM next week, either in person or online, to learn about NLM resources, hear some great speakers, and do some editing!

On Tuesday, 28 May there will be a community Wikipedia meeting at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland - with a second on Thursday, 30 May for those who can't make it on Tuesday. You can participate either in-person, or via an online webinar. If you attend in person, USB sticks (but not external drives) are ok to use.

Please go to the event page to get more information, including a detailed program schedule.

If you are interested in participating, please register by sending an email to [email protected]. Please indicate if you are coming in person or if you will be joining us via the webinar. After registering, you will receive additional information about how to get to our campus (if coming in-person) and details about how to join the webinar. Klortho (talk) 00:40, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 6 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 11:45, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Please see Talk:Washington, D.C.#Commas. Thanks. Inglok (talk) 15:25, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for the last-minute notice, but on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 6 PM, Wikimedia DC and the Cato Institute are hosting a Legislative Data Meetup. We will discuss the work done so far by WikiProject U.S. Federal Government Legislative Data to put data from Congress onto Wikipedia, as well as what more needs to be done. If you have ideas you'd like to contribute, or if you're just curious and feel like meeting up with other Wikipedians, you are welcome to come! Be sure to RSVP here if you're interested.

I hope to see you there!

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Harej (talk) 04:31, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Now, some of you might have already received a similar message a little while ago regarding the Recruitment Centre, so if you have, there is no need to read the rest of this. This message is directed to users who have reviewed over 15 Good article nominations and are not part of WikiProject Good articles (the first message I sent out went to only WikiProject members). So for those who haven't heard about the Recruitment Centre yet, you may be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around it (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers: Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with (at the time this message was sent out, 2 recruiters have volunteered), the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available". Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497). Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along. A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk) This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 14:46, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, June 15 at 5:30 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 20:04, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

	Great American Wiknic DC at Meridian Hill Park
	You are invited to the Great American Wiknic DC at the James Buchanan Memorial at Meridian Hill Park. We would love to see you there, so sign up and bring something fun for the potluck! :)

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Harej (talk) 15:56, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, July 13 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 00:37, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:SAAM facade.jpg American Art Museum

Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian American Art Museum You're invited to the Luce and Lunder Edit-a-thon, part of a series of edit-a-thons organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum to add and expand articles about American art and artists on Wikipedia. This event will include a catered lunch and special tours of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and the Lunder Conservation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 19, 2013 Smithsonian American Art Museum Meet at G Street Lobby (9th St. & G St. NW, Washington, D.C.) Capacity is limited, so please sign up today! If you would not like to receive future messages about meetups, please remove your name from our distribution list. Message delivered by Dominic·t 00:06, 12 July 2013 (UTC).[reply]

Luce Foundation Center

Further input may be required at Talk:List of states and territories of the United States. Thanks, TBrandley (T • C • B) 17:02, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You'd asked at some point about how the population info for United States is updated. It turns out there's no bot or other automated process involved. Template:Data United States is manually updated about once monthly, with human editors giving a definitive starting point figure and an estimate of daily rate of change (example edit). Hope that helps. --MZMcBride (talk) 03:44, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) on Saturday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please see the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 04:18, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next DC WikiSalon, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 24 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 11:54, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you free on Saturday, September 14? If so, please join Wikimedia DC and local Wikipedians for a social meetup and dinner at Vapiano (near Farragut North/Farragut West) at 6:00 PM. All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages are welcome!

For more information and to sign up, please visit the meetup page. Hope to see you there! Kirill ^[talk] 19:11, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

		The Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Washington, D.C. (estimated annual readership: 2,259,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:56, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Million Award is a new initiative to recognize the editors of Wikipedia's most-read content; you can read more about the award and its possible tiers (Quarter Million Award, Half Million Award, and Million Award) at Wikipedia:Million Award. You're also welcome to display this userbox:

If I've made any error in this listing, please don't hesitate to correct it; if for any reason you don't feel you deserve it, please don't hesitate to remove it; if you know of any other editor who merits one of these awards, please don't hesitate to give it; if you yourself deserve another award from any of the three tiers, please don't hesitate to take it!

Cheers and all best, -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:56, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 5 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 15:11, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for our next WikiSalon, which will be held from 7 to 9 PM on Thursday, September 26 at our K Street office.

The WikiSalon is an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss the Wikimedia projects and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own. Light refreshments will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 06:08, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for a special WikiSalon at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library's Digital Commons Center. We will gather at 3 PM on Sunday, October 13, 2013 to discuss an important topic: what can Wikipedia and the DC area do to help each other? We hope to hear your thoughts and suggestions; if you have an idea you would like to pursue, please let us know and we will help!

Following the WikiSalon, we will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant, Ella's Wood Fired Pizza.

If you're interested in attending, please sign up at the event page. We look forward to seeing you there! Kirill ^[talk] 02:25, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Epicadam - I guess my edit summary in the list of most populous US cities was misleading. It must have sounded like I was putting up a 2013 figure for Pembroke Pines, Florida, when in fact the new number is a corrected figure for April 1, 2010. I didn't want to clog up the table with a reference, but here's a link to one of the many 2010 census tables for Pembroke Pines: [1] . You'll see that the population cell has the original figure they recorded, then a footnote that links to the corrected figure. --Ken Gallager (talk) 01:52, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ken. Thanks for the note. Yeah, it seemed like you had updated the 2013 numbers (which aren't even out), so I was dubious. Yes, please make the update with a reference if it's not abundantly clear in the main citation. Best, epicAdam^(talk) 01:57, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you just reverted my edit, claiming there was a "broken link". Why do you believe that? I just tested it; the protocol-relative URL worked just fine. --bender235 (talk) 14:38, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bender235. For whatever reason I got a timeout error when I tried it. May have just been the site being whacky. I'll go ahead and revert! Best, epicAdam^(talk) 14:42, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - You are invited!

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Hi Epicadam! The first ever Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 across the United States and Canada - including Washington, D.C.! Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join! Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors. Bring a friend and a laptop! Come one, come all! Learn more here! SarahStierch (talk) 06:25, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see you reverted my edits, Sorry I guess maybe the census hasn't yet updated their site: :http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/11000.html There quickfacts page still says 632. Anyhow, I think whether DC should be in with a list of cities or U.S. states/territories list in the intro is more open to debate. Unlike all of the cities on that list, DC isn't part of any state. If there hasn't already been a fairly recent discussion about it on the talk page, I would be interested to see if anyone might think that it might be better to switch it back the other way.Lance Friedman (talk) 18:06, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lance. Thanks for your edits; the changes made to the last paragraph are definitely clearer. As for the population data, the QuickFact pages are often out-of-date, which is why we link directly to the census estimate. As for rankings among cities or states, that was a topic of discussion a while back. The consensus was to rank the District among cities exactly because it is not a state. Many editors thought that wording like "the 50th most populous political jurisdiction" is so convoluted that average readers (especially the many users of the English Wikipedia who are not American) are likely to be confused as to what that even means; it even took me a second to realize that Puerto Rico was also included in that ranking! In addition, I personally believe that ranking the District among like entities (i.e. cities) is far more useful to the average reader. Ranking the District among the states is really only useful in the context of discussing voting rights, which is discussed at length later in the article. Best, epicAdam^(talk) 18:40, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's been over 72 hours since I've posted at the talk page there, and I gave you 24: "If no satisfactory refute is given within 24 hrs, I am reverting." 173.66.83.254 (talk) 16:23, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey!

You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:

• Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
• Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.

I hope to see you there!

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Harej (talk) 00:06, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Adam, I added the three institutions in question to their own category in the above list. Let me know if this works! I also responded to your comments