User talk:Peterfitzgerald
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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!
Welcome Peter! From Peter! So that no one leaves you a hideously huge welcome boilerplate! --Peter Talk 11:34, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Map of neighborhoods in DC
Thank you for creating the map of neighborhoods in DC! Quacks Like a Duck (talk) 21:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- My pleasure ;) --Peter Talk 22:20, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Russian SVGs
Hey, Peter. I've amended the license on the image you mentioned, and have no issues with amending others. Have at it! --JFMorse (talk) 01:13, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DC neighborhood map?
Hi Peter, what was your source for the neighborhood boundaries and names for that map? --AW (talk) 17:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hey Andrew, good question. I checked across a number of sources for information on both boundaries and names, including Neighborhood Info DC and Washington DC HouseHunt. But the vast majority of information upon which I based the boundary and name information was from Wikipedia itself—from the individual articles linked at List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward as well as the maps on those articles.
- Ultimately, though, most boundary info for DC neighborhoods is going to be borderline original research. There is no official way of dealing with neighborhoods, and there are no commonly agreed apon precise boundaries. I added the map here since I figured it would be helpful in illustrating the List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward article, rather than to define the boundaries definitively. But I also recognize the danger that, in the absence of official treatment, my map may start to shape the common understanding! And I suppose Wikipedia shouldn't be doing that.
- In any rate, was anything sticking out in your mind as inaccurate or particularly contestable? --Peter Talk 19:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
