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Why do you keep removing the link to the sjrates site, is a website thats extremly useful to people who live in South Jersey, Everybody Banks somewhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerseydeviljb (talk • contribs) 21:52, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should I create a page for it first then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerseydeviljb (talk • contribs) 00:37, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but sjrates.com wouldn't meet the notability guidelines for companies on Wikipedia. Only businesses which have significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources, such as newspapers or books, are typically included. For example, Le Bec-Fin has its own Wikipedia article, but the Springdale Farm doesn't. --Apollo1758 (talk) 00:46, 30 December 2009 (UTC) [originally posted on User talk:Jerseydeviljb][reply]

Hello Apollo1758 - This is a clumsy way to do this, I couldn't find a way to comment to you directly -- but I wanted to say that your Transportation of New Jersey page is great -- just wanted to ask you if you considered adding pipelines as a transport category. They carry a lot of tonnage --- but are hardly ever noticed. Thanks for all your hard work on Wikipedia.org. -- Opusiv (talk) 19:38, 16 January, 2010 (UTC) [originally posted on User:Apollo1758]

Perhaps this is the place to say that pipelines bring a lot of petroleum and natural gas to New Jersey and should be considered for inclusion on the Transportation of New Jersey page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Opusiv (talk • contribs) 00:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that pipelines do qualify as a form of transportation, since they transport commercial items. You could create a new section and add information about pipelines to Transportation in New Jersey, as long as the information is encyclopedic. --Apollo1758 (talk) 14:56, 17 January 2010 (UTC) [originally posted on User talk:Opusiv][reply]

I have nominated List of bus transit systems in the United States, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bus transit systems in the United States. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

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Hello. In January you added a citation to a book from the "Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases" series published by Icon Group International to this article. Unfortunately, Icon Group International is not a reliable source - their books are computer-generated, with most of the text copied from Wikipedia (most entries have [WP] by them to indicate this, see e.g. [1]). I've only removed the reference, not the text it was referencing. I'm removing a lot of similar references as they are circular references; many other editors have also been duped by these sources. Despite giving an appearance of reliability, the name "Webster's" has been public domain since the late 19th century. Another publisher to be wary of as they reuse Wikipedia articles is Alphascript Publishing. Fences&Windows 01:08, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for the tip. I'll be more vigilant next time when finding references for articles. --Apollo1758 (talk) 02:29, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Apollo1758! I noticed you just created a much needed article on Wolff Schoemaker. I think it would be worth pursuing it to T:DYK. Let me know if you're interested, or need any help. --Elekhh (talk) 23:08, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm interested in getting this article on T:DYK because it could be an excellent candidate with appropriate revision. Would you be able to find referenced information for his personal life? There are probably Dutch and Indonesian books about him, but I don't know a single word of either language, and there isn't much information on the web. --Apollo1758 (talk) 23:29, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great! I'm happy to help. Will try to find some good sources and expand it today or tomorrow. --Elekhh (talk) 23:53, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok so there is this book which was just published in May this year and would be great to have, but I am also on another continent so it is unlikely we'll get to it in the next days. Otherwise there are bits and pieces on different websites, which might enable to expand the description of each of the key buildings. There are some very interesting facts about his bio on the Dutch wiki (converted to Islam, went to Mecca, was a close friend of president Sukarno), but I couldn't find reliable sources yet. There is an image of him as well which is most likely to be PD but again could not find any source to confirm that, in order to upload to wiki commons. The article qualifies now for DYK but would be nice to see it further expand prior to nomination. The "Frank Lloyd Wright of Indonesia" might be an interesting hook. --Elekhh (talk) 02:34, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I already saw the image that we could use. Right now, I was about to do some copy editing, and the article could use some more information about what he did after becoming professor. The information on the Dutch wiki seems interesting, but it'll need to be cited appropriately to qualify for DYK. I'll do more editing later because it's getting late over here in New Jersey. --Apollo1758 (talk) 02:53, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I created a nomination for the article at Template talk:Did you know#Wolff Schoemaker. --Apollo1758 (talk) 21:50, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good work. I added an image: maybe get lucky and have it included. --Elekhh (talk) 16:04, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note: seems like it will still take a day or two until is on the mainpage. Is great you got this article started. If you'll be interested to bring it to GA level or even further, I will be happy to assist. --Elekhh (talk) 05:46, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Wolff Schoemaker at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Thelmadatter (talk) 02:00, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On August 10, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wolff Schoemaker, which you created or substantially expanded. 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.

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On 21 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Perelman Building, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the owl, dog, pelican, opossum and squirrel sculptures decorating the Perelman Building in Philadelphia symbolize attributes of insurance: wisdom, fidelity, charity, protection, and frugality? 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi. We appreciate your work moving images to commons. Just one small request along the way: instead of directly using the {{Nowcommons}} template, consider using the {{subst:ncd}} template. It dates the move and helps us administrators to process things. Thanks. Magog the Ogre (talk) 22:35, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, no problem. I'll do that from now on. --Apollo1758 (talk) 22:37, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That was cool of you to post some positive feedback about the sticky notes idea. Hopefully, eventually, after some more brainstorming it will be ready for the proposal page of the idea lab.-Tesseract²(talk) 19:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This Wikification Ribbon is given to Apollo1758 for completing 10 articles in the August 2011 Wikification drive. Thanks, and keep up the great work! Nolelover ^{Talk·Contribs} 15:07, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just wondering, are there any sources that show that the Nationals were a continuation of the Reds? I've done a little searching, and I can't find any good sources that clearly say that. I could be missing something, though. The history section of the Sixers' media guide begins at 1946: [2]. Zagalejo^^^ 23:24, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Great point, Zagalejo. This seems like a rare case of circular references because I haven't found any books older than 2007 that state that the Nationals were a continuation of the Reds (according to the history of the Syracuse Nationals article, an IP user added it in 2007). These books [3] [4][5] [6] aren't reliable sources so it seems plausible that each of them copied their info from Wikipedia. Also looking at the article history, the only reason I restored it was because another IP user removed it without discussion and I was kinda inexperienced at the time so I didn't know which references were reliable. The best thing to do would be to remove any mention that suggests the Nationals were a continuation of the Reds because every book or website that states it seems to be a circular reference. --Apollo1758 ^(talk) 03:26, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind making your edit again, but without substituting the template? Thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:24, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. --Apollo1758 ^(talk) 15:29, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:37, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Sounds interesting! I'll try it. --Apollo1758 ^(talk) 20:53, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, you started this page with a redirect.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_transport_in_the_United_States

I just moved content into it. - Wxidea (talk) 03:07, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, I'll try to find more referenced material to put into the article. Thanks for moving content into it. --Apollo1758 ^talk 03:36, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi,

I was wondering if you knew the (approx) address of a photo you posted, of Camden, NJ?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Camden_NJ_poverty.jpg

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SandraP17 (talk • contribs) 04:11, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Apolla1758 I am probably going about this the wrong way (pardon me if I am messaging in the wrong section), but I had no idea where I should type. I would like to commend you for fighting to make changes on the Northeastern United States page that more accurately reflect the culture and general definition of what the Northeast Region is. I don't care about how the census bureau classifies what states make up the Northeast. Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C. (possibly Virginia) should be included in the Northeastern Region. I am a Delaware Native and I can guarantee that 99% of Delawareans consider themselves "Northeasterners". The current page is awful. Please continue the fight to make the changes that need to be made. Thank You!! (Denative1 (talk) 02:18, 21 February 2013 (UTC))[reply]

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