User talk:Indy beetle

Your GA nomination of Rubel Phillips

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Your GA nomination of Rubel Phillips

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Happy Seventh First Edit Day!

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Your GA nomination of Rubel Phillips

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Secretary of State

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Your GA nomination of The Robesonian takeover

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Secretary of State

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Secretary of State

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Your GA nomination of The Robesonian takeover

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The Robesonian takeover has been nominated for Did You Know

Hello, Indy beetle. I've nominated The Robesonian takeover, an article you either created or to which you significantly contributed,  to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. Aaron Liu (talk) 16:13, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of North Carolina Council of State

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Attorney General

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Attorney General

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Council of State

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Your GA nomination of North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Robeson County, North Carolina Update

Hello,

I hope all is well. I was wondering if you knew what the status of the GA review is for Robeson County? I'm thinking the review will likely start around early June (if no reviewer is free right now) because it's not a high-ranking article on Wikipedia. I also officially requested new images of NC/SC county courthouses to replace the missing or unfit images currently on their pages. I added Scotland County to that list as well so hopefully an updated image can be uploaded soon (I might have an opportunity to take a picture of that courthouse in the coming weeks though). Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 23:44, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

• @DiscoA340: All quiet on the Southern front. The GA process has just undergone some revision, which now includes the listing of the passed GA noms vs reviews conducted ratio per article nominator by each nomination, and if I remember in some of the related discussions regarding GA reform some of the more prolific reviewers said they would not review noms by people who they didn't think were "doing their share" of reviews themselves. Since I'm at 22/77 with several other noms in the queue and geography is not as popular a category, I think it might be a while. June seems a fair estimate. In the meantime, the only Robeson related thing I've dug up as of recent is this interesting facsimile, though that probably belongs on an article yet to be created. With regards to the file requests, best of luck on the Scotland County Courthouse. Also, have you tried searching Flickr for Wikimedia Commons-compatibly-licensed photos? For more high profile places such as Boone/Watauga County, you might get lucky in finding a photo of the newer courthouses/county government buildings. -Indy beetle (talk) 05:28, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
• Might I also ask that if you are down that way in Scotland and happen to pop by Lumberton in Robeson, to take a photo of the Robeson County Administration Center? It's in a former bank building downtown just across from the rear of the courthouse. The county article would have room for that photo and I think it would be a nice addition. -Indy beetle (talk) 05:42, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

  Thanks for the info about the GA process. Sadly, I've not found a licensable images for the remaining ones on Flickr. I don't think I'm going close to Lumberton anytime soon but I'll try to get a couple good pictures of Laurinburg. I'll try to get that picture next time I go to Lumberton though. Have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 13:12, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

  Also, I'll be heading along the I-74/US 74 so I will get some pictures along that corridor as well. Keep me posted about the GA Review, I'll be happy to help out when the time comes. DiscoA340 (talk) 14:17, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I just got some pictures of Laurinburg and the Scotland County Courthouse. I will look through them in a couple weeks or so. I’ll message you when they’re uploaded. DiscoA340 (talk) 21:51, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I just finished uploading all my pictures regarding Laurinburg and Scotland County (you can find them here). I'll keep my eyes peeled again the next time I'm around the region, but I hope these help. Have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 04:31, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

@DiscoA340: Thank you for those shots of the Scotland County Courthouse. I saw you photographed the hospital in Wilmington. I haven't really considered it before, but those hospital photos might prove useful in the future. I haven't hit the road since January (new job etc.), I need to get out more. Hope it was a good trip! -Indy beetle (talk) 08:50, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Also I added the photo you took of Cleveland County's administrative center to the Cleveland County article. Another thing I did not originally consider on my own past travels (centers of county government) but will also prove useful in the future. Shelby is a great small town, if you're ever back that way again I recommend the Shelby Cafe, their sausage and gravy ain't so bad. -Indy beetle (talk) 09:12, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Always glad to help. Also, thanks for the recommendation, I don't know when I'll next be beck in Shelby but I'll keep it in mind. I've still got a lot more photos to upload from this trip (additionally, my hotel was near the Buncombe/Asheville Government complex, so keep posted if you need a photo of the complex). Photos of county, city, etc... government buildings might be good in the "Government and politics" sections which usually get neglected the most when it comes to photos (let's be honest, they aren't Mount Michell or Wright Brothers National Memorial). But as I said last comment, I'll keep my eyes out (especially to whittle down these two lists); keep me posted if there's any pictures you want taken in the south Sandhills/Coastal region of NC. Thanks again, have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 21:45, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

I found some more photos taken in Scotland and Robeson Counties. I believe that is it for all the important photos I took in both counties. Have a good day! DiscoA340 (talk) 04:14, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

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Editor of the Week

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User:DiscoA340 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Indy beetle to be Editor of the Week for their amazing contributions in both Wikipedia and Commons. While the user has heavily contributed to countless articles (full list can be found here), I would like to focus more on their work on North Carolinian articles as that is where I seen his work the most. Currently, they have heavily worked on 49 and likely many more articles ranging from notable political leaders, towns, cities, and counties in the state. The user has helped to improve multiple county pages in the state (with one currently waiting for GA approval) and that has greatly helped me as I mainly work on county pages. You can regularly find the user spending hours working on them and turning them into very informative articles, especially in the "History" sections. As well as that, they have uploaded hundreds of images to Commons with a fair portion of that number being their own pictures. All of these uploads help to improve lesser-known pages which many times lack a photo in the infobox. I believe this user is a great candidate for Editor of the Week for their outstanding work and contributors to Wikipedia. Below are two examples of county pages they worked on:

Robeson County: (Before) (After) Scotland County: (Before) (After) You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 23:47, 11 March 2023 (UTC)