User Talk: Rdenney

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May 2022

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:Thank you. Yes, I've been on Wikipedia for about nine years, though inactive for a while. Definitely respecting copyrights. rdenney (talk) 21:51, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

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:<nowiki>~~~~Diannaa I see the copy of page 500 of the original Tannehill Deed has been removed. That is a personal photograph taken at the courthouse of a publicly available document from 1839. I don't see why there would be a copyright issue. This are public records? Other copies of the same document are available on-line through the Portal to Texas History. Part of the issue here is that a certain author in Austin published modified copies of that document. That info has then been showing up in official applications e.g. for the Nat'l Register of Historic Places. Let me know how to proceed.</nowiki> rdenney (talk) 13:27, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
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:::Diannaa I also see the verbiage about the 1891 school was removed. That is from the publication from my own Travis County Historical Commission, there is no copyright, and that material routinely used in City of Austin publications word for word. Again, just let me know how to proceed. rdenney (talk) 13:35, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
:::Diannaa - I talked w/ a colleague of the Commission that does a lot of our deed research. His understanding is that deeds are public domain, and certainly one that is 139 years old? rdenney (talk) 14:41, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
:::Diannaa I went back and re-wrote the section about the African American school from our (TCHC) publication so as to avoid any copyright issues, then cited out publication. Hoping this addresses the concerns. rdenney (talk) 16:16, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
:::Hopefully I have gotten the licensing on the deed photo fixed. rdenney (talk) 18:22, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
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Hi! I just moved the paragraph you were questioning over the talk to page since it's arguably WP:UNDUE ↗ no matter what. Hopefully, the current version of the article is accurate now. Yuchitown (talk) 17:16, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

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:While I am interested in Indigenous peoples in general, as a member of the TCHC and THC I have about all I can handle focusing on topics that relate to Travis County (or Texas at large sometimes .. but even then it usually dove tails into something that is going on in Austin, Travis County or Central Texas). And my Wiki work related to that goes beyond Indigenous peoples. But thanks for the invite / suggestion. To much stuff .. too little time :-) rdenney (talk) 20:41, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Travis County, Texas ↗

With this edit ↗ at Travis County, Texas ↗, you wrote:
{{quote|Able bodied men faced the decision to voluntarily join the Confederate Army, face conscription, risk death by Confederate loyalists, or as some Unionist opted for, leave Texas. Those opting to leave included prominent citizens such as lawyer and businessman, Josiah Fisk, namesake of Fiskville and brother of Greenleaf Fisk ↗.}}
To support your edit, you cited this source ↗. Perhaps I missed it, but where is that text supported at the source cited? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:31, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

:Hi, notice I said the ''application'' for that historical marker (as memory serves). Also, the Richard Lincoln Preece papers at the Briscoe. Without referencing sources outside of Travis County, there were many Unionist that were killed. And not all sources are on-line, or accepted by Wikipedia. We secured the application through THC, which unfortunately does not keep everything online, and published it as part of an article on our site. The marker applications contain way more information than the marker which is very limited. There is also his diary which his descendant published then pulled. That is cited in the application. rdenney (talk) 15:50, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
::Here's an article on Wikipedia, but again, this is not Travis County .. but is an example of issues Texas wide that were faced in Travis Nueces massacre ↗ rdenney (talk) 15:55, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
:::Here's an article about Preece written by Mike Cox. It's in one of his books as well http://www.texasescapes.com/MikeCoxTexasTales/267-Bull-Creek-Battle.htm rdenney (talk) 16:01, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
::::Again, having to step outside of Travis County, but more w.r.t. this statewide trend during the Civil War. This is Marble Falls in neighboring Burnet County .. from TSHA https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/dead-mans-hole rdenney (talk) 16:03, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
:::::If you want to read the full marker application it's been published here, but again, Wikipedia will not accepted our blog where we publish articles, including marker applications that THC is able to relocate. Some applications are on-line at the Portal to Texas History, but it's hit and miss. https://traviscountyhistorical.blogspot.com/2021/09/fiskville-application-to-texas.html rdenney (talk) 16:08, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
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::::::Please do not add unsourced content to Wikipedia. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:11, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
:::::::With all due respect, the application is the source for Fisk. It's not online, but I was not aware that all sources had to be online? rdenney (talk) 16:17, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
::::::If you want to track it down, here's the story of "Scott's Leap" from the paper. Another Unionist that was chased down in Travis County for Confederate conscription. He didn't get away. Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas, United States of America) · 8 Jun 1893. I would attach the article but looks like no way to do so.
::::::Please advise. I tried to keep the references to a) Travis County as requested and b) keep it high profile individuals. I can look in Brown's Annals (which are all online) or History of Travis County (Barkley) if you'd like. rdenney (talk) 16:15, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

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:I hopefully fixed the misdirect. I used the tool to add the link, picked the write one, but probably botched it in doing the edit of text. Anyway, its hopefully fixed now. rdenney (talk) 13:43, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

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left|25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hello Rdenney. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to :Austin, Texas ↗, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements ↗. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest ↗ (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. '''Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia.''' Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view ↗ and what Wikipedia is not ↗ and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation ↗ regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization ↗.

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:I am not being directly or indirectly compensated for any of my edits. I am Vice Chair of the Travis County Historical Commission, and an archeology and history steward with the Texas Historical Commission. TCHC members are volunteers appointed by the Travis County Judge; THC stewards are likewise volunteers that are appointed by THC. Please refer to my Wikipedia profile for the various city, county, state and private folks I collaborate with. No financial gain at all. None. rdenney (talk) 15:12, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
::This is me
::https://www.traviscountytx.gov/historical-commission/contact rdenney (talk) 15:14, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
:::This is an overview of the volunteer process for the TASN
:::https://thc.texas.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/archeology-tx-stewardship-network.pdf rdenney (talk) 15:16, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
::::You have stated here ↗ that you edit ("we") on behalf of the Travis County Historical Commission. As such, you have a shared account ↗, which is not permitted. Please take a moment to read WP:COI ↗. Going forward, I strongly suggest your edits be make via edit requests on article talk pages. Thanks for you understanding. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:21, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
:::::I read the COI page. Yeah, I'm confused.
:::::"Do not create a shared organizational account, or use the name of an organization as the account name. <u>The account is yours, not your employer's."</u>
:::::TCHC nor THC are my employer. As a volunteer in these groups, how do I contribute to Wikipedia in general. If there is a COI form I need to fill out, Ill be glad to do so. The encyclopedia and its readers benefit from having editors that are knowledgeable. I can't help the fact that also qualifies me to be the Vice Chair of the TCHC etc.
:::::Still not clear what I did wrong but willing to do the right thing. rdenney (talk) 15:31, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
::::::re: Any user account should represent an individual and not a group (and an individual should normally only have one user account; see next section). Sharing an account – or the password to an account – with others is not permitted, and evidence of doing so will result in the user being required to stop the practice and change their password, or in sanctions (up to and including the account being blocked), depending on circumstances.
::::::>> My account is mine, and has been since about 2005. It is not shared
::::::re: Usernames that unambiguously represent the name of a company, organization, website, product, musical group or band, team, club, creative group, or organized event
::::::>> My user name is mine ... it is not representative of TCHC .. I can't help that I am a member of that group
::::::re: Users who adopt promotional usernames, but who are not editing problematically in related articles, should not be blocked.
::::::>> I am not using a promotional username; I am responsibly editing articles I have expertise in
::::::Magnolia, I'm honestly confused as to what COI is being claimed. rdenney (talk) 15:53, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
:::::::Look back at your edits, and edit summaries. You appear to edit on behalf of your group, and often add external links back to your group. You also appear to edit in order to "set the record straight". Again, please review the COI policy. If you disagree, then we should refer this to WP:COI/N ↗. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:59, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
::::::::Yes, please let's refer this to COI/N ... I can't help that my expertise for helping Wikipedia is the same expertise that puts me on TCHC. And I can't help that links to TCHC materials are valid source material .. by definition that's what TCHC is about, factual information about the county. If my bad was saying "we" my apologies. But yes, I would sincerely like to understand the COI .. if I quit as an editor, Wikipedia readers suffer. If I quit TCHC, then all the folks I help -- city, county, state, non-profits -- suffer. rdenney (talk) 16:11, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
{{od}} Would you be willing to make suggested edits only on the talk pages of articles connected to your organization, and refrain from adding external links to your organization? Magnolia677 (talk) 20:11, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

:Can you elaborate on the external links .. I don't know what these are. TCHC is not Travis County Archives. rdenney (talk) 20:17, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
::re: articles connected to your organization
::Again, not sure what "connected to your organization" means? But I think you are saying to make any edits w.r.t history at all. That's extremely limiting. I added a COI/N notice ... never done that so hope I did it correctly. rdenney (talk) 20:19, 31 May 2026 (UTC)