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It appears to me that Montgomery Bell Tunnel and Harpeth River State Park are both about the same tunnel (which is a National Historic Landmark). However, I've never been to the place discussed, and I don't have any firsthand knowledge. Does anyone know? Are they one and the same? --Orlady (talk) 17:38, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, the Narrows of the Harpeth is a section of the Harpeth where two ends of a large bend in the river nearly join (naturally). The Montgomery Bell Tunnel is a manmade tunnel from one end of this bend to the other. It was part of Narrows of the Harpeth State Historic Area until recently (2004 or so), when this state historic area was combined with Mound Bottom and several other sites along the lower Harpeth to create Harpeth River State Park. The Montgomery Bell Tunnel article incorrectly places the tunnel in Montgomery Bell State Park, which is further to the north in Dickson County (Harpeth is in Cheatham County). Bms4880 (talk) 21:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The reason the article said it was part of Montgomery Bell State Park is that the National Park Service information sheet says it is part of that state park. Apparently the information sheet is out of date (my best guess is that the State Historic Area was administered by Montgomery Bell State Park). Particularly, if the article is going to contradict the information in a reliable source, the article should cite another source to substantiate its facts. --Orlady (talk) 14:53, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article is wrong. The tunnel is not the Narrows of the Harpeth. The tunnel is at the Narrows of the Harpeth. The Narrows of the Harpeth are natural...the tunnel is manmade. --Smashville^BONK! 13:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that. Does "Narrows" refer to the pinch of land between the two ends of the bend, or something else? The USGS classifies it as a "gap." Bms4880 (talk) 14:14, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Now this is beginning to make sense to me! I've looked at photos and maps on various websites, and it appears to me that the name "narrows of Harpeth" is associated with a large incised meander of the Harpeth River. It's not clear whether the word "narrows" refers to the stream channel itself or to the closeness of the two ends of the meander, but I think the second possibility is more likely. In any event, Montgomery Bell's tunnel connected the two ends of the meander, harnessing 16 ft of hydraulic head as source of water power. --Orlady (talk) 15:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think "Narrows" might refer to the land between...since the river comes within 200 feet of running back into itself (of course, if memory serves me correctly...there's a huge rock hill in the way...which is what the tunnel was built through) --Smashville^BONK! 15:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

O.K., both articles and the Harpeth River article should now be correct. I'll expand the Harpeth River State Park article when I get a chance. Bms4880 (talk) 16:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I agree that there is little purpose in reassessing articles. That opinion notwithstanding, I've inaugurated the new classification level by reducing three articles from B-class to C-class (I thought all three articles were over-rated). --Orlady (talk) 02:02, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Arpad Vass - anthropologist request for over a year fulfilled - A fact from Arpad Vass appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on July 8, 2008. SriMesh | talk 03:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Miller's Department Store is unreferenced and may be original research. Can someone familiar with the company and source material about the company add references? If it's notable, there should be mentions in local specialty books and in local news outlets. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 22:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's unreferenced, but the content is valid. I couldn't have written it, but from personal knowledge and memory I can vouch for the general validity of much of the article. The contributors probably had a source. --Orlady (talk) 00:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For better or for worse, Wikipedia doesn't like original research. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 00:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Is this really a state park? It looks to me to be a private golf course. If you have information on it, please comment on the talk page. --Orlady (talk) 20:00, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've requested a move of article The Hermitage (Tennessee) to rename it from "The Hermitage (Tennessee)" to "The Hermitage (Andrew Jackson home)". Please discuss at its Talk page. Notice provided also at wp:Requested moves and at wt:NRHP. Thanks. doncram (talk) 21:06, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having trouble finding the following information for this article:

1. The year the park was established
2. The company that owned/operated the strip mine upon which the park was established

Any info. will be helpful. Bms4880 (talk) 18:30, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm not really familiar with making requests for semi-protection, but are there any reasons we shouldn't request semi-protection for the Polk article? It's vandalized several times per day. Bms4880 (talk) 16:49, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it deserves semi-protection. I'll go request it. --Orlady (talk) 16:59, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and semi-protected for a week...pretty obvious, no need to go through the request...obviously, if it keeps up once it comes off, I'll extend it...--Smashville^talk 17:00, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just added a stub article at Knoxville City-County Building, because it was a red link on another page. The only thing I was able to find about it was the address. Perhaps a local can fill it in. --rogerd (talk) 18:10, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm surprised it's even notable. It's a big rectangular building overlooking the river. It had prime Boomsday seating if you had an office in it. That's about all I remember. I'll check some hardcover sources at the library tomorrow. Bms4880 (talk) 23:36, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for saying that. I also consider the Knoxville City-County Building to be utterly unremarkable (not that I'm entirely sure which building it is). Apparently the redlink of concern was in City-County Building, which link does not exactly establish notability. --Orlady (talk) 04:41, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In this photo it's the large building in the foreground on the left that looks like a skyscraper turned on its side. I didn't find anything on it in any hardcover sources. A more recent text might have some info on it. Bms4880 (talk) 23:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I found some additional info about it, and added to the article. --Orlady (talk) 04:21, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. I'll keep an eye out for any extra information. Bms4880 (talk) 21:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to overhaul and expand this article tomorrow, and I was wondering if there is a Wikipedia rule against the use of eye dialect. Several editors have been using it for examples in the "Sample Vocabulary" section. As far as I can tell, linguists and researchers in the field frown upon its use, and I'm going to delete or re-word most of the examples, but I thought it odd that multiple editors were doing this. Bms4880 (talk) 23:34, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see absolutely no reason to keep those misspellings. After all, while the dialect's speech may be...unique, the words they represent are still spelled the same as Queen's English, and this is a written encyclopaedia. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 05:02, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

144 articles in Category:Tennessee articles missing geocoordinate data do not have geographic coordinates. Coords are useful for making the article appear on Google Maps & many other mapping services; and they allow our users to click through to see the article subject location on a map. There's a short guide to on how to add geocodes to articles ... it really is very easy to do. I hope you'll take some time to ensure that Tennessee is as well represented as it can be on wikipedia by fixing up the listed articles. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please help expand Tennessee coal sludge spill, and if you're in Tennessee, get photos. Badagnani (talk) 20:33, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh! In its infinite wisdom, the new Republican majority in the General Assembly has decided to dump the old http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/ URL and change everything over to http://www.capitol.tn.gov/ . Suffixes also have been changed from "htm" to "html". This means that many links in reflists and EL lists are now bad and will need to be updated. --Orlady (talk) 17:33, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article says that Judge Norman was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1962. Online records don't seem to go back that far; is anyone in a position to verify this with offline resources? Thanks. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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