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I don't want to be too picky, but didn't the convention convene in 1850? And might not this particular case call for capitalizing "constitutional convention?" -LegalBeagle (talk) 22:35, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It did convene in December of 1850, but lasted several months into 1851. The constitution they created is known as the constitution of 1851, but was not adopted until 1852. By my logic, the convention would refer to the document they produced, rather than the year they were called. I don't believe the convention had an official name. I was also unsure on the capitalization. Whatever change is made should probably be mirrored in Category:Delegates to the 1816 Indiana constitutional convention. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 03:17, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Charles, THANK YOU for finding that great photo of D.C. Stephenson. I had just about given up trying to find a public domain photo that would be suitable. —Aetheling (talk) 19:58, 23 May 2009 (UTC).[reply]

You are quite welcome! I just came across it today at the library while looking for some photos of someone else. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 20:05, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You could probably use his mugshot under fair use rationale.. maybe. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 20:08, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just thinking too, he was arrested in Indiana, so any mugshot would have been taken by state police, making the photo property of the state. In Indiana, the state waives all copyright restrictions on public owned works. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 20:20, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, I wish we had known that earlier. We tried to use his mugshot several years ago, but it was pulled for copyright violation. —Aetheling (talk) 14:38, 24 May 2009 (UTC).[reply]

If you still have it, you can upload it again using this template:

{{pd-because|This image is part of the public records of the state of Indiana. Under Indiana law, it is therefore the intellectual property of the state of Indiana. Indiana public records may be copied without limitation and used for any purpose. ::The State of Indiana retains copyright but has explicitly waived all restrictions on copying any official state property, designs, or works. See Indiana Code 5-14-3 generally.}}.

That is assuming it is his mug shot from his time in the Indiana State Penitentiary. Otherwise I am not sure what to use. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 20:00, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Man, I can sooo use this information. Thanks CE.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 20:52, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. It is pretty handy! You can access the Indiana Code on the IN.gov website too, it is pretty much a open and shut case on public records. I don't think certain artwork and other certain things like that is covered in every case though there are a few exceptions noted. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 21:03, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for finding all the election results for governor! I had looked when I added the recent ones but couldn't find any others. The only thing missing is references for them. What source did you use? That should be included as well (unless it's OurCampaigns, which is unreliable). Reywas92^Talk 23:16, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am getting them out of The Governors of Indiana by Linda Gugin and James St. Clair. I will go through and add page numbers for them. It gives numbers for alot of them, but some it don't give very much details, I have been adding hidden comments to the page with what I have found on the missing ones. I am trying to expand all the Governor's articles up to B class, so far I am up to James D. Williams now. I hope to finish in a week or so. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 00:03, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at them, they seem to be coming along very well. Thanks for your hard work!! Reywas92^Talk 00:47, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On May 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Isaac P. Gray, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 14:22, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You may be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Indiana/Popular pages, which will now be generated monthly by User:Mr.Z-bot. It lists the top 1000 articles belonging to WP:IN by their popularity of the last month, along with their quality rating. It can be a guide for the articles that are most important to bring to FA/FL/GA status. Cheers, Reywas92^Talk 20:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lol! Micheal Jackson, of course! Some of those are surprising though. That list will very useful. Most of the 500+ daily hits look to be mostly b class or better. It probably wouldn't be alot of work to get the others other 500+ hits that high. I would love to get Indiana up to FA. It is primarily in need of references, copyediting, and a bit of cleanup. I bet we could at least get it past a GA in a couple weeks or so without a ton of work. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 00:21, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any resources with historical information about Indiana's counties? I would like to take List of counties in Indiana to FLC, but it needs a little more meat in the lead. It's somewhat basied on List of counties in Alabama. Thanks!! Reywas92^Talk 20:48, 6 June 2009 (UTC) Also, I've had some problems cross-referencing the dates founded. For many counties, there are different dates on the county article, NACo, and this site. Any suggestions? Thanks, Reywas92^Talk 21:06, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is [1] which is the Indiana County History Preservation Society website. There is quite a bit of info on there, but I don't find the site very user-friendly, but by clicking the counties you can get formation date and some level of detail about the county. I am not sure if it qualifies as reliable, but I would think it does. I have never found anything ther inaccurate so far. If nothing else, the website does give pretty good sourcing for the info on it, so you could just reference back to it (most of which is also available for viewing on their website) For origins of the county names, I went through last year and put the source for quite a few names with references into their county article history sections. There are still some I am not sure about, and for some, like Floyd County, there is no recorded source of the name, just speculations. The other info, size, population, fips, etc, could all be copied from the county articles. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 21:09, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I dug into my library and I have a book: Sketchbook of Indiana History, by Arville Funk, 1968, that lists all of the counties, their creation date, county seat, and the origin of its name. I will cross reference the article with the book and make any corrections, and add the source to the article. The book also has a footnote that says there is disagreement about several county creation dates because the territorial record keeping was poor, and until the state library had its own building in 1827 some state records were lost by officials. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 11:54, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On June 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Warren T. McCray, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 23:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article Levi Coffin you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Levi Coffin for things needed to be addressed. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:22, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's better, but there's still a few things that need to be fixed. Take a look and see what you can do. My comments are on the talk page. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 18:50, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly new at Wikipedia, and I know History of Hartford City, Indiana and Roll, Indiana are low priority, but I still would like to improve their quality. Any suggestions? TwoScars (talk) 04:40, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]