C. Whitney Tillinghast 2nd

You created the article C. Whitney Tillinghast 2nd. Shouldn't the post-nominal be "II"? I have never seen "2nd" used on Wikipedia in this context. Roast (talk) 21:43, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

"2nd" is correct. That's how Tillinghast preferred to write his name. It's similar to the mayor of Albany, New York, Erastus Corning 2nd. For whatever reason, they each preferred "2nd" to "II" or "Jr."Billmckern (talk) 21:53, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

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. ~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)

@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)

Link to alienist on Charles J. Guiteau

I note you have reverted my addition of the "disambiguation needed" tag on Charles J. Guiteau. The link to alienist takes the reader to the disambiguation page Alienism. It is generally better to take the reader to a specific article rather than expecting them to work out which possible link is intended. Unless we could vreate and article to Alienist (psychitry) or similar title, then a link to Psychiatry or Psychiatrist seems most appropriate. The "note" explaining it is "What we would now call a psychiatrist." is unlikely to be looked at by most readers. The link to the dab page will also be picked up by the various lists and tools at Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links so may be edited by other editors, although I will no longer edit it.— Rod ^talk 15:04, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@Rodw: I disagree but I'm not inclined to quibble. If you think this edit is needed, I won't argue.Billmckern (talk) 15:10, 19 April 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)