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Revision as of 00:52, 21 July 2008

Geohash Goals

Having edited one quarter of our Three Graticule Tall state, I firmly intend to visit a geohash in each Graticule of our state - eventually. Going to be tough to catch those two coastal ones (Forks and the one south of it). Although the "Victoria" one contains a nub of Washington, I am going to call that one Canada and skip it for now.

Raptors!

Likewise disappointed to have missed you, but we had to get home to Canada before dark because the motorcycle headlight doesn't work properly. We almost certainly passed you on the way back to Granite Falls. I'm glad you saw our message. I often wonder at a hash if I have missed someone, or if someone is about to come along.

I definitely look forward to the next opportunity to meet you. Robyn 05:09, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Thanks for the category help on my pictures. I'll try to get that right next time.

The only point the cherry has in favour of the moon landing is that it is clear to see in icon form. I initially uploaded a version with too much whitespace, but I replaced it with a full sized one in a circle. However the original image persists in the ribbon, and I can't find the page (Virgin geohash.PNG) at all. I like the pun, but I also think xkcd art should take precedence, so I won't sic [more] raptors on you if you get it to work with the new art.

Oi!

Sorry I missed you at Cosmo's. One of these next times, though, for sure.--Nukewaste 02:14, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Good job on making the Active/Inactive graticule categories! I think it's awesome. Booberfish 05:31, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Categorization Scheme

(discussion moved to Category_talk:North_America)

Tyler hash

There was one in Tyler? Too bad I don't go to school near there anymore! --BenPop 00:35, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Cape May graticule

I think it's closer to 99.5% water. :-) Since Jan 1st, the geohash has been on land 3 times, and twice it was wetland. On the other hand, a lot of people in the area own boats, so close-to-shore spots are fair game for weekend meet-ups. --Jevanyn 15:34, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Deleting redirects?

Hey there -- why are you deleting redirects? They help people who are searching for shorthand (eg, "San Francisco") find what they're looking for faster. What's the point of deleting them? --Tapin 17:15, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I can't know which redirects are in active use and which aren't, so I deleted the ones that no longer fit the naming convention of "city name, statename". I expect the ones that are in use will be recreated, which is a simple enough process. The majority of older redirects were created when pages were moved, and (once the references were corrected) were never being used.

A caveat - I hope the ones that are "in use" aren't actually bookmarks or browser cache. Those usages should, IMHO, also be corrected. Why hit the wiki for the extra lookup? It causes a slowdown (small, but not non-zero) for other users. --Thomcat 15:56, 7 July 2008 (UTC)