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easier to start a new article than make major Improvements to one that needs it. I was hoping others would join in to improve the content that was mentioned in the review for which I neither had the expertise nor interest. Without further assistance, it didn't reach Good article status but I learned a lot about a widely misunderstood body of water.
1044:- When this new terminal was ready to open, I took a stub and expanded it to a fairly complete article on this dynamic, new transit center that is destined to become a local landmark. The research was interesting because each source only had a limited amount of information and the article was criticized for relying too much on primary sources. 716:. As I learned about the nature preserve, I extensively improved the article, making it my second most edited article. Near the end of October 2022, American Prairie was the subject of 60 Minutes which shot up the page views astronomically for two days. I was glad it was available though I immediately made a few more improvements. 751:
a bunch of additional sites of this company throughout the U.S. were added along with detail and citations. After getting over my shock, I realized the title could cover all these and had to rewrite the lede to fit. It probably could still use some editing to integrate the material and update the status of all of the sites.
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I started this article in February 2016 after reading about a battery recycling plant in southeast Los Angeles County that emitted toxic metal dust over decades contaminating as many as 10,000 homes in half a dozen working-class, Latino communities near the plant. I was surprised when in March 2018,
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Major contributor (my eighth most edited article) and appreciated the reviewer opening my eyes to issues so the article could be expanded and fine tuned. Enjoyed working with other editors who dropped in to help make an article that was written very well, contained factually accurate and verifiable
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as I was found grasslands with and without bison. That led me to learn more about the history of bison conservation and go beyond a list to start this article in December 2021. I moved the bison list to the article on bison which is my third most edited article. It is interesting that bison is used
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I am enjoying expanding the articles that others have started from these lists. As part of county history, they often show the early days of the settlements that turned into the cities listed below. I want to better understand categories and which places are on which lists so I have organized them
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edits that had accumulated. I passionately started to piece together the history and worked to understand the role and authority of the different agencies. I have made the most edits to this article by far, probably because I was improving the content and integrating new content in. It is actually
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Some of my favorites are historic site stubs and populated places. City articles are sometimes a list of notable residents with some folk knowledge thrown in. I especially enjoy writing after stumbling onto a surfeit of references though crafting a good article takes time.
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here for quick reference. The redlinks indicate ones that might be good to create and populate. The County and all cities are listed below but there are three other classifications and some landmarks may be associated these settlements
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had an article. I then found out that a great way to learn about local history is to expand those stubs. I am a newspaper reader and often come upon articles that would provide some historical information for an article.
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I started this page in February 2020 when I heard about this 1.3-mile-long (2.1 km) open-air museum dedicated to preserving the history and culture of African Americans being constructed along Crenshaw Boulevard in Los
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as the scientific term but buffalo is commonly used as it continues to hold cultural significance, particularly for Indigenous people. I had became interested in American bison after learning about the herds at
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Historians note how previous cultures leave deposits, traces, influences, legacies, or renewable forces that get interwoven into the cultures we now inhabit long after their โ€œdecline.โ€
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I started editing when I noticed some errors and gaps in local, mainly historical, information on Knowledge (XXG). I noticed that editors had started stubs so that every entry at
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as place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and
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I found an interesting newspaper article about this Post office being for sale. I wanted to add it as a reference to the appropriate article but found only a redlink on the
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information, was broad in coverage with a neutral in point of view, and was illustrated by relevant images. I pushed it over the finish line so it could be listed as a
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I also started contributing photos when needed. Several of my photos are on this page and all the photos I have contributed into the
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However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the
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This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than
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will show the articles in draft or final that I have created. I have also contributed photos that you can see at
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I became interested in American bison and began looking for places with conservation herds. I created
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Enjoyed responding to the new historic district and recognizing a small community impacted by the
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since I had recently contributed. The history narrative was jumbled so I tried to sort it out the
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While I am mainly interested in expanding existing articles on historical places, my
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California
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can be assisted by the availability of quality articles with appropriate
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This user tries to do the right thing. If he makes a mistake, please
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Seems like a decade could be added to many of the historic landmarks
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An editor notified me when this article was nominated for
1025:- A historic place that had a very unencyclopedic article 1111:, Opened my eyes to the important contributions made by 1031:- established Catholic cemeteries in Ventura and Oxnard 948:- symbolic of the beginning of the automotive era. 148:and thinks that everybody should use them as well. 1042:Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center 664:All my articles in order of entry into main space 796:United States Post Office (Berkeley, California) 904:Historic house of the Dudley family in Ventura 145:includes edit summaries in their contributions 960:I have added a lot to this article. 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