Fortguy

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Same Sex Marriage in Mexico

I saw your postings over at Equality on Trial, and I'm an experienced Wikipedia editor, but have no Spanish ability at all. Let me know if you want me to chime in on something. The page is getting complex, but I'm not sure there is that much ability to simplify it. Hopefully, we'll be able to take a look at that after Marriage Equality comes to all of Mexico.Naraht (talk) 17:42, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

File:Kent-Crane Shell Midden.png

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25or6to4 (talk) 18:56, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

File:SH 34 Trinity Bridge.png

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25or6to4 (talk) 18:56, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for completing and adjusting so many of my categories in Texas. Kalbbes (talk) 16:26, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

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Blanking

Hi Fortguy, thanks for your contributions to our project! But please do not blank pages. The reason is: These pages do not show up in any maintenance category (how should they, containing nothing?). If you want an empty category to be deleted add simply {{speedy|empty}} on top of that page. So it's easier for us and in addition it is done faster. Thank you. Best, --Achim (talk) 18:54, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Texas category

• File:Oak Lawn Cemetery, Cooper, Texas (8591707542).jpg comes from Flickr and is called "Oak Lawn Cemetery".
• File:Cooper Cemetery 2 (8590606827).jpg by the same photographer is called "Cooper Cemetery" and looking at maps, it is in the same place.

I have now put them both in "Category:Oak Lawn Cemetery. Do you agree? Kalbbes (talk) 18:46, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Cotton Belt Museum in Tyler

So, is that Cotton Belt Depot Train Museum not in Downtown Tyler, Texas? ----DanTD (talk) 13:35, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

At best, only peripherally. Besides, "Downtown" is a nebulous, undefined term with no official municipal recognition as it is not within any local historic zoning overlay district or National Register district. The categories such "Downtown City, State" should be used sparingly when there is no official designation as they are always very subjective and their contents are usually redundant with "Buildings in City, State". Fortguy (talk) 20:41, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Houston Negro Hospital, Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing Building

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  This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 82004856.

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  This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 82004857.

These two buildings are listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places listings in inner Harris County, Texas and have separate articles on wikipedia. Riverside General Hospital, Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing Building According to Riverside General Hospital, it sounds like they are either attached buildings or at least part of the same complex. On the Commons they are under separate cats and the relationship between them is not shown or apparent in anyway. What do you think about creating a cat that would connect them? Best, Kalbbes (talk) 14:37, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Kalbbes! I've been auditing the historic sites for Texas counties over the past several months, but I've been holding off on doing Harris County for last since it is such a huge challenge. As such, I'm going to trust that you have spent more time familiarizing yourself with the sites in that county than I have. First, I'll ask if there are any other images of these two sites than these two photographs. In any case, I could certainly support a "Houston Negro Hospital complex" category, but if either historic place has more than one image, I'd give it its own subcategory with its own {{NRHP}} template. That way, each Wikipedia article can have a Commons link to the appropriate subcategory and each subcategory can have appropriate parent category trees not pertaining to the other such as "hospitals" versus "nursing schools". Still, I certainly can see how it would be beneficial to group the two together and would support doing so, not only because of their proximity, but also due to their architectural similarity, shared cultural heritage, and likely intertwined professional relationship. Fortguy (talk) 02:54, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

I haven't found other images of these two buildings. The Wikipedia articles are confusing, have redirects and are not well sourced except from NRHP and Riverside General Hospital website]. But the buildings were apparently "published" by NRHP on the same day with different ID numbers and names: "Houston Negro Hospital" and "Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing Building". Otherwise, all the info is the same: architectural style, areas of significance, etc. except they do have different "Significant Years" (1926 vs. 1931) and different "Asset ID"s :(62109ae1-59f8-4125-8795-51fc68d76542 vs. 9b3e0f6c-7100-413d-8b27-2c70fe2fd798). Perhaps you know the importance of these differences. I would agree that a "Houston Negro Hospital complex" category would be a way to go as they are on the same campus (not attached as I had originally thought), and I usually like to keep the NRHP name. How important is the name change to Riverside General Hospital? What name would those looking for the images use do you think? Perhaps a redirect? Kalbbes (talk) 17:26, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

I would keep the Riverside name for the Wikipedia article simply because the hospital remains a current, functioning facility under that name and the ideal article should respect that emphasizing present-day statistics and other info about the hospital with its historic heritage reflecting only a part of the facility's notability. Indeed, the NRHP infobox should be nested within w:Template:Infobox hospital in order to give a more complete overview in a better developed article. As far as the Commons category goes, I don't think it really matters as long as there is a redirect. Using Riverside as the category name might make it easier and less confusing to readers when linking from the article, however. Which ever name is used, an explanatory sentence at the top of the category page mentioning that the building is also known by the other name would be helpful. Fortguy (talk) 05:23, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Category:Jersey Lily Saloon

@Fortguy: there is a typo. It should read Jersey Lilly Saloon, like here. Can you rename please? Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 05:51, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

@Lotje: , the category name is not a typo. The Jersey Lily Saloon is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and the spelling conforms to its listing on that heritage registry by the Texas Historical Commission. Thank you, however, for the interest. By the way, the saloon's namesake was Lillie Langtry, not Lilly, but 19th Century American frontiersmen were not especially renowned for their literacy, and that was true even of frontier judges. Fortguy (talk) 06:18, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

@Fortguy: how interesting! Thank you very much for this detailed information. Lotje (talk) 08:44, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

@Fortguy: FYI: I added your explanation to the commons category for future pass byers . You might wish to take a look and correct possible misunderstandings/mistakes. Lotje (talk) 09:02, 26 November 2018 (UTC)