User talk:Billmckern

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		For finding and inserting images on many articles that needed them or were lacking them in certain places. Ira Leviton (talk) 14:33, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

hi my name is Matthew Fay my grandfather's grandfather is Wallace thank you for putting the info about him up MattyFay03301 (talk) 00:41, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

I've just seen your reverts at this article. I hope we're having a misunderstanding here, because I've seen your edits on U.S. military articles for at least five years.

So please, do tell me that you are fully aware that when text includes things like "a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, was organized in the New Jersey, Vermont and Delaware Army National Guard. It was organized to consist of 1st Battalion at Trenton Airport, New Jersey, Company D at Burlington Airport, Vermont; Company E at New Castle Air National Guard Base, Delaware and Company F at Dover, New Jersey, all elements of the 50th Armored Division.." it almost certainly stems directly from the Lineage and Honors of the regiment concerned?

Now, I have just rechecked history.army.mil, and, CMH as usual not really covering Guard units, there is no L&H included for the 150th Aviation. I have just rechecked and also found that I inserted the original text via in 2014 into the regimental article, saying it was literally from Army L&H.

You are right, we should attempt to source things. But it's not a reason for automatic removal of content.

The 36th Brigade is easier - it's active!! I can add that source in the next couple of days.

Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 20:41, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

If you have a source, then how about creating a footnote?Billmckern (talk) 20:51, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

I've just run another search, this time for word strings in the 150th Avn L&H. It led me straight to - so EBay or similar like maybe where I found it back 2014 wise is not necessarily a reliable source. This may be why I did not insert a reference back in 2014. Buckshot06 (talk) 20:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

You created the article C. Whitney Tillinghast 2nd. Shouldn't the post-nominal be "II"? I have never seen "2nd" used on Wikipedia in this context. Roast (talk) 21:43, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

"2nd" is correct. That's how Tillinghast preferred to write his name. It's similar to the mayor of Albany, New York, Erastus Corning 2nd. For whatever reason, they each preferred "2nd" to "II" or "Jr."Billmckern (talk) 21:53, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Bill, thank you so much for all the research and dedication to make this page possible. Col Miller was my great-grandfather - my mother's grandfather, she was the daughter of Lucretia (Abbey) Bridget. I have been writing a family history and have found fascinating stories about so many ancestors - especially Col Miller. I have a copy of his naturalization in South Dakota, photos in SD taken by Charles Grabil an historical photographer during that time about 1890 - Once I was able to id him in old photos I found so much information and I appreciate all you have done to make him "come to life" again. Molly Shannon. ~2026-14116-90 (talk) 23:36, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate them.Billmckern (talk) 23:58, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your additions to the newly created page for Frazer Metzger. I was having a really hard time getting the right data for the infobox and I was out of my element for a lot of it. I know his great-grandson who lives in my town, so I started the page and quickly realized there was going to be a lot there. He did some very important things for Randolph, it's good to see this information there for others to learn from Jessamyn (my talk page) 18:43, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

@Jessamyn: I just added links for the Metzger article to several other articles. Rule of thumb is that inclusion on a half dozen or so other pages work to establish notability -- list of notable alumni in articles about colleges, list of notable residents of towns and cities, etc. I included Metzger in the articles for Gloversville, Randolph, South Windsor, Defiance, and Union. You already had him linked in the 1912 gubernatorial election article. So we're at six, which should be a pretty good start.Billmckern (talk) 21:16, 15 March 2026 (UTC)