User talk:Woodlot
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Dockside Casinos
I am afraid I have to respectfully disagree with your assumption that the term "Dockside Casinos" does not apply. I would agree that the casinos on the coast are not necessarily over water anymore but those exceptions to the rule that are on land are still required to be within and control 750 feet of contiguous land to the water, hence "dockside". Also, these casinos are still empowered by and regulated under all the laws that govern the other dockside casinos along the MS River and on the Coast and as such should be held separate from the other land-based casinos that are tribally owned. Perhaps the term "Waterfront Casinos" is more accurate, but if you where to Google "dockside gambling" or "dockside casino" you would find that it is an industry term for the many casinos that several states allow to operate, just not on their soil. MS has a few exceptions to that rule but I do not feel that strips the casinos of their identity.
Perhaps a note in the history that recognizes that some casinos came on-shore following Katrina would clear up any confusion.
On the other thing, I asked Bill, the webmaster of the Gulfport site if I could use his text as a jumping off point: he said it was cool.
Cheers Mikemiller10 (talk) 22:09, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi Woodlot: Many thanks for deleting the vandalism from my user page on 7 May 2011. Regards, Pinethicket (talk) 15:19, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Nice work
Good job on Mississippi Armed Forces Museum and your other articles. --Pmsyyz (talk) 22:30, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Edmund Richardson
In your recent Richardson article, please clarify a point that I am a bit confused about. You state: “In 1868, Richardson exploited this abundance of labor by striking a deal with Federal authorities in Mississippi (still under the rule of postwar Reconstruction), to use ex-slaves to work his farms in the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta.[4] Richardson agreed to provide supervisory guards and to treat the convicts well by providing food and clothing.” Are these ex-slaves that were also convicts—ex-slave convicts? I guess the implication is that Richardson did not use white prisoners.
Thanks for your interesting and well-done article. Regards, Pinethicket (talk) 16:37, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
National Register Harrison County
Howdy. I noticed you changed the date for the delisting of the Brielmaier House due to Katrina destruction. This leads to a conundrum. The site is definitely on the delisting list back in 1995 as well, and I haven't yet found a relisting date for it. Do you know if the house was moved sometime in the early 90s? Thanks, 25or6to4 (talk) 01:30, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
- I see what you mean. I thought I was just correcting a typo on the delisting date, which I found on this Mississippi Department of Archives and History website: http://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=9796&view=facts&y=738
- You are correct, the house was moved: "...Constructed in 1895, the Brielmaier House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1984, as part of the Historic Resources of Biloxi multiple resource nomination. At that time, the house was located at 436 Main Street...In July 1986, the building was moved approximately three-and-one-half blocks south, at which time it was automatically delisted from the National Register..."
- There is a National Register of Historic Places Registration Form dated May 22, 1995, but it was never signed by the National Park Service. http://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/prop/9796.pdf Woodlot (talk) 13:28, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
- The following notation appears on page 14 of the 1995 Registration Form: "...An individual nomination was filed in 1995 and the (Brielmaier) house was listed individually on 9 Sept 1995...The house was destroyed on August 29, 2005 by Hurricane Katrina and should be delisted. Signed 5-19-2008." Woodlot (talk) 20:04, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
NRHP in Lauderdale County
Thanks for adding those pictures to the Lauderdale County, MS list. I had actually already seen them (and was about to upload a few), but I was unsure if they had been released under the correct license for use on Wikipedia. I am currently in the middle of an email conversation with a staffer at MDAH to find out if the images are useable, and it appears as if they will add a specific license to the pictures in the near future. Did you double check with MDAH to make sure these are in public domain, or did you just assume?--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 18:29, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- I relied on a statement in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Policy for Products, Services and Fees, which read in part: MDAH will produce digital images only from items held in the public domain or from copyrighted items for which permission to digitize has been obtained from the copyright owner(s). Since the NRHP Nomination Forms were digitized on the MDAH website, the use of the images seemed to fall within that policy statement. I would concur that a "specific license" from MDAH to use the photos would be more appropriate. Woodlot (talk) 20:36, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Ah ok I was not aware of that statement. I did see that the database of historic sites itself has a manner in which to cite the database (suggesting the pictures are available for use), but I didn't go to the MDAH homepage. I'll continue talking to the staffer there, and hopefully they'll put something up. It appears that these are fine, though, so I went ahead and uploaded File:Lacy Homestead.jpg from the database, which I put in the article I created earlier today about Lacy Homestead.
- Just curious.. are you from Mississippi? I was born in the Meridian/Lauderdale County area.--Dudemanfellabra (talk) 20:55, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Mississippi Department of Archives and History images
The copyright status of Mississippi Department of Archives and History has turned out to be a bit confusing. You might wish to read the text at commons:COM:ON#2010071210046496 since you have uploaded quite a lot of those images. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:44, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
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- Source information, My own work, was added to File:EBStapp.jpg. Woodlot (talk) 12:19, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Harrison County list
Yes, it's a rather blatant example of attempting to ignore WP:UNCENSORED. It tells the reader "We're doing our best to prevent this information from appearing on this list". Any rules that forbid members of a given organization, fraternity, or religion to show a name or image do not apply to Wikipedia because Wikipedia is not a member of those organizations, so the National Park Service rules that prohibit its employees from showing images of these sites are not applicable here. Nyttend backup (talk) 16:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
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| Thanks for all of the work you have done for historic sites in Mississippi! Altairisfar (talk) 19:42, 17 July 2012 (UTC) |
A cup of tea for you!
Nice work
I've been adding to some articles about Mississippi and keep coming across your excellent work. Thanks for doing this.
Richard Apple (talk) 14:05, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
White tailed deer
You know, I thought they may have been Mule Deer too, but I saw their white behinds and thought of the white tailed deer. They were far away so I couldnt get that great of a look at them, and I am not a hunter. So if you say that they are mule deer, you can go ahead and remove the image. I will upload a new one with the appropriate info. Thanks for letting me know.--The Old Pueblo (talk) 21:55, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Gulfport Army Air Field Hangar
Nice work. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 03:41, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
Spelling, punctuation
Hi Woodlot, thank you for checking the spelling and punctuation of Uppspretta. English is not my maternal language, so I'm glad with any correction you can find. Have a nice day! Ymnes (talk) 12:37, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Mind have a look and fix some spelling mistakes in an article?
Hello, I spotted you few days ago and wanted to ask if you would mind to search for any spelling or grammer mistakes here: Draft:Palestinian workers in Israel? Thanks. --Bolter21 (talk to me) 22:17, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
A kitten for you!

Hi Woodlot! I've noticed you fixed a grammar error on the page I've created! Thank you so much! :)
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Clogs
Hi. Thanks for catching footware/wear. Pattens though is the correct term, not patterns. Have a look at Patten (shoe) were you'll see the derivation is probably from pate through patyns to the modern patten. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 17:03, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
Merger discussion for List of grandsons of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud by seniority

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French destroyer Surcouf (D621)
I am the person who (in "Major modification", October 30, 2016 at 4:12 p.m.) added the text:
"In order to install an Operations center and housings for an admiral and his staff, the forward 57mm mount was removed (extending forward the bridge) and the triple backward (long-)torpedo launchers were disembarked (replaced by housing)."
On November 4, 2016 (at 11:45 am) you request a clarification on this statement. Here it is: on the destroyers of this class, there were four banks of three 550-mm torpedo tubes capable of launching both anti-submarine homing torpedoes and anti-ship.
The "banks of three 550-mm torpedo tubes" were of two kinds: on forward, two banks of "short" tubes (for 4.50 meters torpedoes - anti-submarine); on rear two banks of "lengthy" tubes for 7.50 meters torpedoes against surface ships. All-caliber 550 mm. These banks for "lengthy" torpedoes are thoser which have been disembarked in order to install rear staff accommodations.
Perhaps this is a translation issue: confusion between "long" and "length / lengthy"?
To make it more clear ( "clarification"), it would be better to use the term "triple backward (length-)torpedo launchers" (or "triple backward (lengthy-)torpedo launchers" ?), and perhaps it would be more explicit in the "Design and Construction" section and in the Infobox ship characteristics?
--Fondudaviation (talk) 22:43, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Woodlot, Thanks for your reply and your words "Nice article."
- You now well understand the meaning of (long-) torpedo tube!
- For "triple backward" I maybe wrong (as you have discovered, English is not my native language);
- I would want to talk at the same time/together :
- about configuration Triple of the platforms (three tubes on each "bank" — but even "bank" seems a misnomer for "platform/rig (?)")
- about Positioning of these platforms (on the back of the boat, behind the short tubes — those which are located towards the middle of the boat).
- How better to explain the "back" position of removed platforms? Is "Backward" not the right adverb?
- Other than that, I agree with your proposal. I make corrections (text and infobox).
- Regards - Fondudaviation (talk) 17:21, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Woodlot, I think you have fully understood my explanation.
- The torpedo tubes are actually groups of three on a platform (= triple), located toward the back of the ship.
- A single precision missing in my explanation: where were mounted residential areas, there were not one but two platforms of this model, one on each side (one on starboard and one on port side).
- So the text for inclusion in the article would be:
- "... The two aft torpedo platforms were removed so that housing quarters could be constructed."
- Moreover, is it my description (in infobox) of this armement convening for you:
- 6 × 550-mm (22-inch) short tubes for anti-submarine torpedo (2 × 3)
- 6 × 550-mm (22-inch) long tubes for dual purpose: anti-ship and anti-submarine torpedo (2 × 3)
- Moreover, is it my description (in infobox) of this armement convening for you:
- It is quite clear and explicit?
- Regards - Fondudaviation (talk) 18:44, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
Thanks!
Woodlot, Thanks for your article on the Finkbine Lumber Company, active in southern Mississippi in the early 20th century. My father grew up in the Inda Community, near Ten Mile (Perkinston/Wiggins MS), and he asked me to look this company up. We were so surprised to see such an extensive and well-written article on the topic, with old photos to boot. You made a nostalgic old man very happy. Romaniceloqui (talk) 01:18, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
Thank you
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