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2767:, the fort was the site of an engagement between Cherokee warriors and provincial militia that ended in a victory for the militia. Fort Dobbs was abandoned after 1766, but archaeological work in the 20th century and historical research in 2005 and 2006 led to the discovery of the fort's exact location and probable appearance. The site on which the fort sat is now operated by North Carolina's Division of State Historic Sites and Properties as Fort Dobbs State Historic Site, and supporters of the site have developed plans for the fort's reconstruction. ( 3165: 510:. It is only a starter but I think it has a bit more legs (no pun intended). I am hoping you might help make it look a bit more presentable. Were you able to confirm the true existence of said "roster"? If it does exit it presents a small problem. The presumed Captain wrote the name Col Kiliaen van Rensselaer. He was actually shot in Saratoga being an old timer may not have been at Fort Anne. All accounts say Henry Kiliaen van Rensselaer was shot.... 4715: 3745: 2334: 1120: 3920: 2701: 3255:. This lack of articles could well be due to many buildings not be listed in any year category. Sub categorizing those has been a big task. But when you look, there are huge numbers of building not classified in that tree, even when the build date is known. One other consideration. Modern military facilities tend to be opened in some year and are then expanded over time. So for many of these something like 2800: 2499: 2135: 1789: 1176: 402: 302: 203: 610: 533:

give you some advice. My advice from before still stands. Before you write more, look at a bunch of other similar Knowledge (XXG) articles. Then, basically copy those articles' style and formatting, but put your own words into them. That's the best way to start writing good articles. Certain subjects that you've written about, however, are likely going to have trouble with

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Thanks! I appreciate your earlier work, and for some reason I didn't think to contact you when I was reworking it. I am trying to standardize the format for NC's generals, as I am planning on creating a featured topic; I'd like to get this one and Robert Howe's articles to FAC, so any suggestions or

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Thanks. He was a pretty fascinating guy. As for infoboxes, I guess it's a matter of personal preference. Generally, for reasons I can't explain, I like infoboxes on most pieces, but when it comes to biographies, I find them distracting. I've tried it both ways, and I have no objection to others using

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That is amazing work; it's a fascinating-looking article, and I can't wait to read it. Out of curiosity, I noticed you didn't have an Infobox. Is that personal preference, or just an omission of necessity? I am a slave to putting Infoboxes in my article, but I rather like the look of Joseph Martin

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Hmm...Interesting. I'll keep looking, but haven't found anything on those properties yet regarding NRHP. Doesn't yet appear that they were on it and de-listed either. Only have found some mentions of local historic notice, not NRHP. Maybe they are currently in the nomination process possibly? Do the

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The house on Academy Street is at Lat 35.579801 Lon -80.819563, whilst the house on Wilson Ave is Lat 35.580141 Lon -80.819890. If you're looking at Google Maps in default orientation, Academy and West Wilson form an "X", and the houses are in the top "quadrant" of the "X" (rather than left, right,

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JGVR, unfortunately I'm finding my time a little stretched thin right now between working on an article I have that's soon to be a featured article candidate, working on a good article nomination for a wikiproject i'm in, and uploading historic sites photos. I was hoping someone at WP:MILHIST could

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I hadn't really thought much about it; my concerns are: 1) I prefer content work, and I'm not sure how well that meshes with adminship; 2) I have been on here since 2009, but took a break between 2011 and mid-2012, so I'm still theoretically new; 3) My work schedule can sometimes be hectic (lawyer)

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Sure, I'd be more than happy to - I'm not a Charlottean (I live about an hour or two away) or a huge editor outside of my music/sports/football scope, but I want to work on Carolina Panthers related articles, which are obviously within that scope. I didn't even know the Project existed, so getting

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is helpful too). One thing to watch out for is that some places say they are on the NRHP even though they merely exist in an NRHP historic district or they've been de-listed for whatever reason at sometime. I have seen those things happen sometimes. But if they truly are, then I'll try to help you

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of my doing so you had slapped a "Multiple issues" – "footnotes", "refimprove" and "pov" – tag on it. As you know, this advises me either to "improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page." I therefore tried to explain the position and sought your advice there. That was over a week ago, so I

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I'm not sure how to respond to some of them. I'm not really keen on taking much of the background info out, because the Anglo-Cherokee War article is relatively pitiful on its own. I'd rather have a mini-explanation, rather than direct someone to get their background info in a less-than-polished

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Joanna, thanks for swooping in to help again! The two properties that I think are missing are located next to each other, one on Wilson Ave, the other on Academy St. in Mooresville (they occupy the same corner at the intersection of those two streets. Off-hand, I don't know the addresses, but I

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Many thanks! I enjoyed researching him, and once I'm done with getting NC's Continental Army Generals to GA, I plan on going back to Fanning (and some of the other notorious Tories) and improving them further. Fanning was a fascinating guy! If you're interested, his diametrical opposite was

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I had posted the nomination a while back, but no one has reviewed it yet. Don't know if that means it just wasn't that interesting a factoid or what. Maybe too much time has passed since it was nominated now, I don't know. Anyway, if you get a chance, could you take a look at it. Thank you. --

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if there are a sufficient number of military structures completed in individual years. From going through many of these by year categories, I'm not sure that is the case. There are probably more articles post 16th century on armories then forts. There are also some others around like

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I appreciate your efforts to help the project curator; however, note that he has said "I chose the account name so that whoever comes after me can use the account". Since you work right next door to the library, you might want to stop by and explain to him why that's not a good idea.

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Thank you. Saw your request at the WPNC talk page about Fort Dobbs and will see what I can do about that. Not sure that I should really do a review since I did contribute a tiny bit to it, but will look over FA guidelines and see. Not done a FAC review before. Anyway, good luck. --

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could dig up GPS coordinates. The only reason I believe they're on the register currently is because I've seen them on a map of NRHP-listed places in Mooresville that was provided by a consulting firm for the town. Thanks for the help with my userpage, by the way!

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Thanks for patrolling new pages. With attack pages, like a couple just now, it's probably best to tag them only with G10, even if other criteria like A7 also apply. That way (I believe) the system gives the attacker a more appropriate warning on the lines of

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is also kept, that would probably be the parent category. As a side note, some editors prefer that buildings be placed directly in a category that includes the word building with that category in turn being placed in the infrastructure category.

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There's another issue I'm trying to solve. Two homes which are definitely listed on the NRHP in Mooresville aren't present on this list. I'll try and dig them up and add them. I hate the NRHP's website. Makes me want to choke myself out.

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Heh, no shame there -- Storm and Parsecboy have a bit of a mortgage on this thing so often the real contest is to see who comes second (which you managed resoundingly here!) but it is, as you say, still good fun... ;-) Cheers,

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I thought it would be ok, at the bottome it says it can be used so long as it is non profit I aint looking to dispute it with you just Im new and that is what the cite says If I am wrong please let me know if you are sure I am

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Answering here because I just archived December: The time needed for promotion varies; I'm not involved in promotion at A-class since I review all of them. You're welcome, and I think GAN makes sense. - Dank

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That's strange, I don't recall making that edit. It's possible I accidentally clicked the rollback button on my watchlist (the page is on my watchlist) and didn't notice. My sincere apologies.

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I'm a little skeptical of some of the advice you're currently getting, although I need to look at the article more carefully to see if my skepticism is justified, when I can get to it. - Dank (

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My first barnstar! Thank you for your help and edits! Also, sorry for the spelling issues; I'm trying to learn how to edit with my ipad, and autocorrect and I don't always see eye to eye.

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Yes, I've tried to do some research on NRHP stuff in the past, also. Their site is pretty difficult sometimes. Lots of other Wikipedians have made it easier though. The NRHP wikiproject has

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I created that one a few years ago, and ran myself out of the source material I could find at the time; I had forgotten about it for some time. Good job on your recent work on it! --

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On behalf of the coordinators of the Military History Wikiproject, I am very pleased to award you your first A-class medal as a token of recognition for your work in developing the

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I'd be glad to help, and am always happy to do so -- feel free to ask here first, as I'll likely pick it up off the WP:NC page anyways. I, too, have two that are hanging around at

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Thanks for the heads-up on John Hamilton. I'll have a look. I've done some work on the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, on King's Mountain, and role of the Overmountain Men and on

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Many thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to continue the productivity. I've taken a small break, but plan to get back into action this weekend. Thanks for all of your help, Dank!

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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "

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When it is clear on a quick scan that a government built the fort I do place it in the government built category in addition to the infrastructure category. If you read the

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Hi Clark, on 30 December I contributed a new Knowledge (XXG) article on the late Michael Croft, founder and director of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. Within

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Thank you very much! I will be moving beyond North Carolina next, I've just stuck with it for now because its what I have the most sources at hand for. Thank you again!

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if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Knowledge (XXG) (see

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In military parlance, the term refers to the buildings and permanent installations necessary for the support, redeployment, and operation of military forces.

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them. I guess when it comes to one man, or one woman, I generally like to see the page without distractions. Just personal preference. Best wishes,

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or any other experienced member of the project, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome, and we are looking forward to seeing you around!

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Please, I dont want the category:Tusenfryd on wikipedia so please put a tag that it will be speedy deleted from wikipedia. Leave a message on my

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I have given him a call. Clearly he'll need to get an individual username. Sorry for bothering you about it, but I didn't know his intentions.

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Thanks! I thought I had it in the bag until Sturm came along with three "sleepers" at the last moment. Oh well - still a lot of fun!

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award Cdtew with this Triple Crown for exceptional content improvements to Knowledge (XXG). Thank you for all you do. Cheers,

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properties have names/titles of any kind that you know of? Might want to take to the project talk page as well. Thank you. --

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