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==18th Anniversary and Business Meeting==
* Save the date. I have booked [[Rojo]]'s side room for an 18th anniversary party and business meeting on the afternoon of Sunday, March 17, 2024 (St Patrick's Day) from 1:00 to 4:00. The agenda for the business meeting is "Time to Grow Up", and we will aim to draft an advisory committee which will take up the task of discussing the future of the website (succession plans, etc.)  Anyone interested is invited to join us. More information to come. Feel free to contact me with questions, etc. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 10:05, 1 February 2024 (CST)
** I have created an event page on Facebook. If you haven't been invited to interact with that page and would like to be, just let me know. Facebook interaction is by no means a requirement for actually coming to the party. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 14:43, 12 February 2024 (CST)
*** Thank you to everyone who showed up. It was a surprisingly good turnout and very enjoyable. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 11:23, 19 March 2024 (CDT)


===Remarks===
* You can find a copy of my remarks here: [[Bhamwiki talk:Messageboard/18th Anniversary notes]]. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 20:01, 18 March 2024 (CDT)


== Telephone books ==
===Advisory committee ===
I've discovered some old Birmingham telephone books in the collections of the Internet Archive.  So far I've only found [http://archive.org/details/usteledirecbirm1920y 1920] and [http://archive.org/details/usteledirec00046 1945].  I did a cursory search, but that's all the luck I've had.  If anyone has a little time to dig into deeper, please feel free (and share your results). --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 10:36, 24 January 2013 (PST)
* As mentioned in my spoken notes, I do plan to convene an advisory committee or like body, using the names proferred in March (and any others who are interested). I expect to be sending out an email in the next week or so. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 16:33, 10 May 2024 (CDT)
 
== 2013 anniversary ==
Our 7th Anniversary is coming up, and I've been irresponsible about scheduling a meet-up. If you guys want to get together on Friday 15 or Saturday 16, I can make it, but I can't help plan it because I'll be away from email and such for the two weeks between now and then. I promise to check back and see if there's somewhere I need to be. If not, I'll get back with you and put something together for a later weekend. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 20:29, 1 March 2013 (PST)
* Sadly, it looks like I'm probably unavailable every weekend from the 15th on in March. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 20:53, 1 March 2013 (PST)
**Since this has come and gone, do we want to do a belated Anniversary dinner in early April? [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 19:29, 24 March 2013 (PDT)
*** I'm ready when y'all are. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 06:46, 25 March 2013 (PDT)
*** Looks like I might not be free until the weekend of April 20. Some stuff on the calendar may not be set in stone, though, so let me check. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 08:28, 26 March 2013 (PDT)
**** Okay, looks like 4/12-13 or 4/19-21 are the best days for me. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 12:06, 27 March 2013 (PDT)
***** Any of those is fine with me. Saturdays might be a little easier if we want to start on the early side. As of yet, I don't have any suggestions where to meet. Silvertron again, maybe? --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 16:11, 27 March 2013 (PDT)
****** Sigh.  I received information about more things after posting.  If you want to do Saturday, it looks like April 13 would be best.  Silvertron is fine with me. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 09:18, 28 March 2013 (PDT)
******* April 13 should work for us. Silvertron works too! I haven't been there since the last time we went. Plus 1 and a highchair, please. [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 14:34, 28 March 2013 (PDT)
* We'll meet at 6:30 PM at [[Silvertron Café]] in Forest Park on Saturday, April 13. If you're on Facebook, you can get more info and RSVP [http://www.facebook.com/events/547326618640994/?ref=22 here]. If you're not, just let me know to expect you. I'm looking forward to seeing all you strangers. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 08:51, 29 March 2013 (PDT)
** There will be an after-party at Desert Island Supply Co. (DISCO) in Woodlawn, too. Details soon! --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 10:47, 29 March 2013 (PDT)
*Planning on being there if I don't forget about it. I'm a maybe on Facebook. Also, if someone wants to give me a ride from Silvertron to DISCo that would make my life easier considering the current state of mass transit.--[[User:Jared Johnson|Jared Johnson]] 19:00, 7 April 2013 (PDT)
 
=== Results ===
[[Image:Bhamwiki 7th anniversary dinner.jpg|thumb|center|800px|Bhamwiki contributors and friends]]
Thanks for another fun evening, John. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 22:56, 14 April 2013 (PDT)
 
== Sloss, Sloss, & Sloss ==
 
The articles [[Sloss Furnace Company]], [[Sloss Iron & Steel Company]], and [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]] seem rather redundant.  Should they be combined into one or will there be enough information in the future that it will warrant three separate articles?  I'm not disparaging their creation, as I'm sure it made sense at the time.  I also noticed that these three articles say the last name change came in 1902, the [[Sloss Furnaces]] articles says it happened in 1899.  (I suppose [[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] might suggest I read the book he gave [[User:Wheresdib|Wheresdib]] and me copies of a few anniversary dinners ago, but it's packed away at the moment.) --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 11:16, 6 May 2013 (PDT)
* Yeah, I dunno. If you feel confident about the best approach, go for it. One thing I like about separate articles is that it makes the establishment/disestablishment categories more fine-grained. I'm tetchy about the [[:Category:Sloss]] (and its cousins), too. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 11:42, 6 May 2013 (PDT)
** The establishments/disestablishments item is a good point.  I hadn't thought about that. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 11:20, 8 May 2013 (PDT)
 
==So==
So what's on everyone's mind? --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 10:23, 2 June 2013 (PDT)
* Same as usual; an upgrade to make <nowiki><ref> and #if</nowiki> work. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 13:07, 6 June 2013 (PDT)
** Upgrading is in the works. Not sure how soon. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 06:44, 7 June 2013 (PDT)
 
== I-20/59 template ==
 
I created [[Template:I-20/59]] purely out of laziness. Now, instead of having to type <nowiki>"[[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|59]]", you can just type "{{I-20/59}}"</nowiki>. Perhaps this will help prevent typos, assuming you can remember to use the curly brackets instead of square. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 10:31, 9 July 2013 (PDT)
 
== Succession box ==
 
Should we change [[Template:Succession box]] so that the default for '''after''' (Succeeded by) is "current" (or "(current)")? --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 08:25, 25 July 2013 (PDT)
 
== Homewood streets ==
 
With [[Columbiana Road]] and [[Brookwood Boulevard]] done, I believe every 4-lane or wider road in Homewood now has a page.
* Wow. That might be the first complete series of anything on Bhamwiki! --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 13:53, 7 August 2013 (PDT)
** No, [[User:Wheresdib|Wheresdib]] finished off all 365 days a while ago, so he wins. :-) --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 07:08, 8 August 2013 (PDT)
*** All 366, even. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 14:52, 8 August 2013 (PDT)
**** Touché. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 06:58, 9 August 2013 (PDT)
***** What did I win? [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 19:06, 11 September 2013 (PDT)
****** Bragging rights. :-) --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 07:23, 12 September 2013 (PDT)
******* Respect and gratitude. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 07:37, 12 September 2013 (PDT)
** Oh, and I'd forgotten I'd completed all U.S. Highways in Jefferson County back on [[U.S. Highway 411|July 17]].  And all streets in downtown Homewood back in 2011. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 06:56, 29 August 2013 (PDT)
**And, before I finished the 366, I also wrote articles for every [[List of banks|bank]] in Birmingham. Of course that list has changed drastically since I "finished" those!!! [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 19:34, 11 September 2013 (PDT)
 
== Waymarking ==
 
We have permission from user "Scooter Bill", real name Dennis Lesley, to use any pictures he has uploaded to Waymarking.com for BhamWiki purposes, as long as he is credited. The date of the listing will show on the page, that is the date he took the picture. An example is [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1W2H_McAdory_Thomas_House_Bessemer_Alabama McAdory, Thomas House, Bessemer, Alabama]. The "Posted by" field shows "Scooter Bill", and the "Date Posted" is 7/17/07. Please note that currently "Scooter Bill" is the only user we have permission from, we should not use other users' images without their permission. [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 14:09, 30 December 2013 (PST)
* Thanks to you both for the consideration! --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 15:52, 30 December 2013 (PST)
* Does he prefer to be credited as Scooter Bill or Dennis Lesley? --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 06:53, 31 December 2013 (PST)
** I have just been crediting him as Dennis Lesley. He has also contributed other images unrelated to Waymarking (such as Image:RPES.jpg, so to stay consistent I have just been crediting him under his real name. [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 08:10, 31 December 2013 (PST)
 
== Individuals epiphany ==
 
I had an epiphany about the "Individuals" section of the year pages.  We've been inconsistent with how we use them, and I'm as guilty of that as anyone.  Here's my current thought on how it should be used.  Please feel free to point out all the holes.  People who get positions related to the Birmingham District should go under the appropriate Events sub-section (e.g. mayors in Government, principals in Education, pastors in Religion).  Birmingham-related people who get important positions elsewhere (e.g. Condoleezza Rice becoming Secretary of State) go in the top of the Individuals section (above the sub-sections).  People arriving in the B'ham area also go there.  Births, graduations, etc. remain as they are, of course. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 06:52, 31 December 2013 (PST)
* That sounds like a good idea to me. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 07:41, 31 December 2013 (PST)
** I really don't understand what you're saying we should do. Again, dim bulb... [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 08:11, 31 December 2013 (PST)
*** Not necessarily you.  I'm known to make leaps without explanation, assuming people will make the same leap without context.  On the pages for each year, sometimes things like "John Smith succeeded James Jones as pastor of Local Church" have been put in the Individuals section (between that header and the Births sub-header).  But other times it's put under Events/Religion.  I'm saying that if Local Church is in the B'ham District, always put it in Events/Religion, not Individuals.  OTOH, if local boy John Smith became a big-time bishop of some far away place for 50 years, stick that in the Individuals section.  Things like "[Future dept. store chain founder] Jake Johnson moved to Birmingham" stay in the Individuals section. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 11:58, 31 December 2013 (PST)
**** And if you're like me, you'll do whatever comes to mind when you're doing it and hope that Lee comes around later to repair inconsistencies. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 12:27, 31 December 2013 (PST)
***** Thanks to my OCD, such is my lot. :-) --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 08:19, 2 January 2014 (PST)
 
== 2014 BBVA Compass Bowl ==
 
I have some decent pics that my wife took with the "real" camera on Saturday. What sort of shot would you prefer that I upload to the new article? We were on the Houston (home) side, and the stands on the Vandy side were pretty full. We have some shots of game play, as well as the bands. If you have no preference I'll just pick what I think is the best one and post it soon. [[User:Wheresdib|--Wheresdib]] 09:27, 6 January 2014 (PST)

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18th Anniversary and Business Meeting

  • Save the date. I have booked Rojo's side room for an 18th anniversary party and business meeting on the afternoon of Sunday, March 17, 2024 (St Patrick's Day) from 1:00 to 4:00. The agenda for the business meeting is "Time to Grow Up", and we will aim to draft an advisory committee which will take up the task of discussing the future of the website (succession plans, etc.) Anyone interested is invited to join us. More information to come. Feel free to contact me with questions, etc. --Dystopos (talk) 10:05, 1 February 2024 (CST)
    • I have created an event page on Facebook. If you haven't been invited to interact with that page and would like to be, just let me know. Facebook interaction is by no means a requirement for actually coming to the party. --Dystopos (talk) 14:43, 12 February 2024 (CST)
      • Thank you to everyone who showed up. It was a surprisingly good turnout and very enjoyable. --Dystopos (talk) 11:23, 19 March 2024 (CDT)

Remarks

Advisory committee

  • As mentioned in my spoken notes, I do plan to convene an advisory committee or like body, using the names proferred in March (and any others who are interested). I expect to be sending out an email in the next week or so. --Dystopos (talk) 16:33, 10 May 2024 (CDT)
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