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Hi Dystopos! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 12:37, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okeedokee. --Dystopos (talk) 17:26, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Henry F. DeBardeleben

Hello. Just created Henry F. DeBardeleben. Could you please provide a reference to prove that he was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)? Btw, very interested in writing more articles about the Birmingham area here. Please reply on my talkpage. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 09:02, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Feel free to transfer his picture to Wikimedia Commons if copyright permits. Are you interested in helping me improve the Drummond Company btw?Zigzig20s (talk) 12:52, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Would you consider moving this picture to Wikimedia Commons please? I would like to add more info about Drummond as I said; both the family and the company. Also the Stephenses and Mountain Brook.Zigzig20s (talk) 18:21, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That photo was contributed and is published on Bhamwiki by permission. The creator didn't want to relinquish the rights necessary to put it on Wikimedia commons. --Dystopos (talk) 18:57, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Nadcap

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Wallace S. McElwain

Hello. Would you mind sharing some references (articles, books, etc.) about this person please? You have an article on the Birmingham Wiki, but no references. Thanks.Zigzig20s (talk) 15:40, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a long list of authoritative references, but the ones that I used are linked right there in the "References" and "External links" sections of the article. I could try to find some better ones if you're having difficulty. Bhamwiki:Wallace McElwain --Dystopos (talk) 16:35, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Marconi and trivia

Reverted this edit. List are not intended to include every mere mention of a subject that an editor can find (see WP:TRIVIA and MOS:POPCULT). Problem has been noted for quite a while and there is ongoing talk. Please bring up comments there. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 14:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's not trivia. It is not what is discussed in WP:Trivia. It's a relevant entry among the honors given to Marconi. It's verifiable under the guidelines even for having its own article. But, you win. Wikipedia is your kingdom. And this is why I stopped being active here. --Dystopos (talk) 14:11, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Kay Tipton

Regarding Draft:Kay_Tipton, I have been trying to gain approval for inclusion, but meeting pushback ("heroic teachers aren't notable" - unhelpful... who decides?). Biographical data, actionable suggestions, or weighing in on notability would help. The ongoing notability debate is happening at User_talk:Kostas20142#13:51:27.2C_9_October_2017_review_of_submission_by_Pacingpoet. Thank you in advance, Pacingpoet (talk) 20:14, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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John J. Eagan (ACIPCO) needs footnotes

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Birmingham in the civil rights movement

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- I'm interested in seeing Wikipedia better cover the topic of Birmingham in the civil rights movement, but I'm focused on my efforts to document the area on Bhamwiki. If it helps, all of the content on Bhamwiki is published under a license compatible with Wikipedia, so if you want to borrow from the work I and others have done there, it should be fairly easy to do so. Bhamwiki:Civil Rights Movement is probably a good place to start. I expect we'll have some improvements to the Fred Shuttlesworth entry soon as my wife has been reading the Manis biography. --Dystopos (talk) 20:39, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks

... for your article about Jean Galatoire on Bham wiki. Much better than the Wikipedia article. I just uploaded this image of him to Commons from the New Orleans restaurant's Facebook page. Perhaps you can use this image at Bham wiki? Andrew Dalby 15:11, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nice photo, and nice words. Thanks! --Dystopos (talk) 19:37, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]