User talk:Ebyabe

Villa Vizcaya, in Miami. I took this photo, as well as the others on this page. Plus about 20,000 or so others.

Archive extra This user is one of the 200 most active English Wikipedians of all time.

À ringraziè vi (Corsican), Zikomo (Chichewa)

or

Wiliwni (Abenaki), ngiyabona (Zulu)

That's thank you, from A to Z (by word or language). Sometimes I'm not good about thanking folks who thank me for my aimless fiddling around on Wikipedia. So in case I do forget, this should cover it. If you'd like more words of appreciaton, find them here.

Hey, they even have translations of the classic My hovercraft is full of eels!

Here (and on my user page) are a few of the photos I've taken in my NRHP roadtrips. More to be found here.

Also, if you have an issue with me on Wikipedia, please comment here on Wikipedia. Not on Wikicommons, not on WikiVoyage, not on the Tardis Wikia. Here. Or not at all.

This user is one of the 400 most active English Wikipedians of all time.

50,000 NRHP sites illustrated

		WikiProject National Register of Historic Places Award
		For helping WP:NRHP to illustrate 50,000 historic sites. We couldn't have a "project achievement" barnstar without including you. Keep up the good work!Smallbones(smalltalk)

P.S. - I think I hit a wrong link earlier - you should have been at the top of the list.

Thanks! :)

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Ayeza Khan

Dasgourav7 (talk) 04:20, 2 August 2015 (UTC) Hi Ebyabe, What I did or edited to the profile named Ayeza Khan is very true and verified and also sourced. So, I request you to do not remove or undo it, please.

Sorry, but Facebook and stylentips are NOT reliable sources. So they will continue to be removed, not only by me, but other responsible editors on this site. If you want that information to stay, discuss it on the talk pages of the articles. If you continue on your current path, then you are likely to get blocked, and then what good will your editing have accomplished? Cheers. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Welfare State ‖ 04:27, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Also posting the exact same wording on the talk pages of all the editors who have reverted you shows rather a lack of creativity, don't you think? Anyone can copy-and-paste. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Inspector General ‖ 04:29, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Mary, Queen of Scots

Hi, you advised me on this page to discuss on the talk page. Actually, I've been doing that. Please feel free to join rather than adding to the edit war just for the sake of it. 80.44.64.116 (talk) 03:59, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

When the discussion is completed on the article talk page, and the changes you propose pass consensus, THEN the article can be updated. Until then, leave it as it is, as YOU are the one edit-warring. I expect you to be blocked soon for your recalcitrant behaviour. Have a nice day, sir or madam, adult or child, human or alien, since I cannot determine your true nature from an IP address. Good night. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - General Health ‖ 04:04, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

I seriously doubt you even understand what the word consensus means. What happened to your contributions to the talk page by the way? You started edit warring in the name of consensus and told me I should go to talk. So when should I expect to see you posting there too? Am I going to have a long wait by any chance? I'm betting I will. 80.44.64.116 (talk) 04:08, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Yes you will. Since you are obviously always right and infallible and everyone else is wrong and why won't people just do what you say? I didn't realise I was speaking to Pope Francis. My apologies, your Holiness. Have a lovely evening in Vatican City. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - General Health ‖ 04:12, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

If you can read this talk page, I see you have been blocked. Which is the inevitable result of your behaviour. I expect you will not be able to get the changes you want made to the Mary article. That's what you get for being obstreperous and unduly froward. Have a lovely vacation. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - General Health ‖ 04:24, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

So, you've been around long enough to have heard this before, but in case you want my opinion, I don't think the sarcasm is helpful. It's lots of fun, of course, but makes it slightly harder for strangers like me to drop by and see who's playing nice, and when you're this obviously in the right it's not helpful. I know it's unfair of me to scold you after you've been being baited by a nationalist for days, so sorry, but still. I'm an advocate of radical CIVILity: I think it's more useful both in the short term (making it easier for others to take your side) and long term (making the site more tolerable to useful editors).

Thanks for your good work! Amazing photos. FourViolas (talk) 05:11, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

I know, but it's my method of coping. I won't use expletives, but sometimes a vandal irritates the bleep out of me, and the sarcasm comes out. Plus it's an attempt to force them to discuss, in hopes of distracting from reverting. Which is a vain hope. I have duly reported myself for edit warring, b/c that's just who I am. Ironically, I was starting to sort of agree with them. Then they started sockpuppeting, and that just really sent me over. I have few qualms against those who are so thoroughly obstinate and clueless. Normally I stop myself, but tonight I was look, boom. But I do understand where you are coming from, and that's mostly my philosophy too. I'm going to bed now, 'cause this dingyness has keep me up way past my bedtime. :) And thank you for the comments about my photos. I love my historic photo roadtrips. Gods help me, I've uploaded over 20,000 photos to Wikimedia. Yeah, I know. If you are ever in Florida, I can point you to some interesting stuff that's not typical touristy. Anyhoo, cheers and g'night. ;) --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Repel All Boarders ‖ 05:22, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Troll

Re: the troll on my talk page, that's actually a sock puppet I think. Gonna file an SPI. Thanks for reverting though. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 00:54, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Took care of it.... Dbrodbeck (talk) 01:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I know it's not FF2, as he/she may be confused, but has never been outright mean. I've said it before, the mindset of trolls eludes me. Even when I was an adolescent boy I'd never have done this kind of childish stuff. Oh well, cheers.  :) --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Health and Welfare ‖ 01:50, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Wild Heron

Your photo of Wild Heron at National Register of Historic Places listings in Chatham County, Georgia, for instance, does not match the house in the NRHP photos. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 04:41, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

That's weird. I don't remember taking those pictures at all. It may have been remodeled, or that was the likeliest looking house at the location. There's no address, so I must've gone by geo-coordinates. I'm glad you moved the picture then. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Opposites Attract ‖ 05:01, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

I don't think it can be the same house remodeled - they are too different. I live less than an hour away from there, and I go up that way a few times per year, so I'll check it out. Unfortunately, it is near Richmond Hill, where I got in a bit of trouble twice. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 05:20, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Looking at Google Maps, I see the big house with five columns, but it is probably the one with the red roof that is nearby. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 05:27, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

And the color photo here shows it with a reddish roof. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 05:31, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

You know the area better, so I will trust your judgement. Usually when I can look at a picture I took, the whole experience of taking it comes flooding back to me. I'll recall what was playing on the radio, the temperature, where I had to park, etc. For this place, nothing. Heck, even Google Street Viewing how I would have gotten there isn't bringing back anything. :(

Richmond Hill is where I stayed when visiting Savannah. Infinitely cheaper. Like $30/night. It's a bit of a drive up 17, but nice. Be careful whenever you get back there.  :) --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Welfare State ‖ 12:29, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

I looked at it on Google Maps and the satellite view. Wild Heron Dr. goes to the house you photographed, the one I believe is the actual one on the NRHP, and one on the other side. It ends there. If it is a public street - no problem. But if it is a private drive, I'm going to stay out. From the public highway, I could easily get the house you photographed, but it is blocking the actual NRHP house. So it depends on whether or not that is a private drive. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 15:11, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

I understand. I've been kind of lucky with photo'ing houses, often meeting the owners. When I explain what I'm doing, they usually happily let me photograph the place. But then everyone doesn't have the Irish charm like me. :) Anyways, good luck and practice safe photographing. :) --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Border Town ‖ 15:20, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

I've only had those two problems. I pulled into a private driveway and one man was positively angry. Another asked for identification, but was OK otherwise, but two or three times I asked if I could snap one quick photo, and he said nom it is private property. Often people ask me what I'm doing. One was concerned about the rain on my camera (it was raining a lot on my trip to Peach county a couple of weeks ago.) Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:30, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

And speaking of hotel expense, everything within 50 miles of Nashville seems to be a lot higher. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:36, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

It's been over ten years since my mom and I visited Nashville. We got a hotel near-ish to the airport, and I don't remember it being terribly pricey. But everything's gone up, hasn't it? Regarding the photo taking. I wouldn't pull into a private driveway. I usually park on the side of the road when I'm not in cities where I have to use actual parking spots. I'm a park and walk around kind of guy. With Google Street View, I've even taken to scout out potential parking spots in advance. And hey, at least you didn't drop your camera in a river. I was trying to get shots of the bridges over the Apalachicola River in Chattahoochee. Little did I know how muddy the river bottom was. My feet sank up to my ankles. I almost lost my sneakers. Trying to extricate myself, I dropped my camera. I got it out, but the next day or so there was an aura/fog around the edges of the photos I took. Surprisingly the camera lasted a while after that before finally giving out in Bartow in 2011. Where I got a better camera at Wal-Mart for a quarter of the price of the old one. Needless to say, I am much more careful with that camera, and don't go wading in rivers so blithely anymore.  :) --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Border Town ‖ 02:57, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

I've done some rivers, but I do it from bridges. Usually if a camera goes in the water, you can forget it. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 03:16, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

I like getting under-bridge shots when I can, 'cause I think it's interesting to see the support structure. And I couldn't remember, so I checked the pictures. It was 4 months after dropping in the river that the camera finally phased out. So I was lucky there. What I recall more after the wet camera incident was taking my sneakers off and putting them on the dashboard to dry in the sun, since I didn't have a spare pair with me. Another thing I learned to have on hand after that, doncha know.  :) --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Health and Welfare ‖ 05:14, 17 August 2015 (UTC)