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Col Charles Miller

Bill, thank you so much for all the research and dedication to make this page possible. Col Miller was my great-grandfather - my mother's grandfather, she was the daughter of Lucretia (Abbey) Bridget. I have been writing a family history and have found fascinating stories about so many ancestors - especially Col Miller. I have a copy of his naturalization in South Dakota, photos in SD taken by Charles Grabil an historical photographer during that time about 1890 - Once I was able to id him in old photos I found so much information and I appreciate all you have done to make him "come to life" again. Molly Shannon. &#126;2026-14116-90 ↗ (talk) 23:36, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

:Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate them.Billmckern (talk) 23:58, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Fraser Metzger - thank you

Thank you so much for your additions to the newly created page for Frazer Metzger. I was having a really hard time getting the right data for the infobox and I was out of my element for a lot of it. I know his great-grandson who lives in my town, so I started the page and quickly realized there was going to be a lot there. He did some very important things for Randolph, it's good to see this information there for others to learn from Jessamyn (my talk page) 18:43, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

{{ping|User:Jessamyn}} I just added links for the Metzger article to several other articles. Rule of thumb is that inclusion on a half dozen or so other pages work to establish notability -- list of notable alumni in articles about colleges, list of notable residents of towns and cities, etc. I included Metzger in the articles for Gloversville, Randolph, South Windsor, Defiance, and Union. You already had him linked in the 1912 gubernatorial election article. So we're at six, which should be a pretty good start.Billmckern (talk) 21:16, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Image Request

Any chance you can upload free high-quality images for James Warburg ↗, Charles Crocker ↗, Jack Nicholas Pritzker ↗, Forrest Mars Sr. ↗, Lukas Walton ↗, William Randolph Hearst III ↗ and Valerie Mars ↗. I'm sure they would make nice additions to Wikipedia. Thank you for your consideration. Emiya1980 (talk) 05:42, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

The Natural

Yes, I watched the clip. Nowhere did I see or hear anything said about Hobbs being poisoned. ←Baseball Bugs ^{''What's up, Doc?''}

:carrots ↗→ 22:53, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
:{{ping|User:Baseball Bugs}} "We pumped your stomach and came up with this." Why else would his stomach be pumped except poison?Billmckern (talk) 05:18, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
::That's original research. You're reaching a conclusion based on a personal opinion, not on facts in evidence in the movie. ←Baseball Bugs ^{''What's up, Doc?''} carrots ↗→ 12:19, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
:::{{ping|User:Baseball Bugs}} It's context not original research. Try reading this ↗, and this ↗, and this ↗, and this ↗. But I'm not going to keep arguing over such a minor point when it's obvious that nothing will convince you. Do whatever you want. I'm out.Billmckern (talk) 12:57, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
::::{{ping|User:Baseball Bugs}} You know what? There's no horse too dead to kick again. '''Volcano' to Break Great Books Jinx?'' Aljean Harmetz, ''The New York Times''. Reprinted in the ''Omaha World-Herald'', July 15, 1984, page 4-N:
::::"–Poisoned– In Towne's final script, Roy Hobbs – the aging right fielder played by Robert Reford – is deliberately poisoned ↗ in order to keep him from playing in a crucial game. In Malmud's book and Dusenberry's script, he poisons himself by shoveling in food until his body collapses."
::::I will concede that the movie does not contain a scene in which Memo holds a vial aloft and declaims "I, Memo, administer this vial of poison to you, Roy!" But it's in the script. And in the scene, the context is obvious. And there are sources. That's not "original research." That's footnotes and citations.Billmckern (talk) 23:25, 10 July 2026 (UTC)