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::::::::You want [[Point Pelee National Park]], for the point, on the mainland, furthest S in Canada. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 16:21, 7 December 2015 (UTC) |
::::::::You want [[Point Pelee National Park]], for the point, on the mainland, furthest S in Canada. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 16:21, 7 December 2015 (UTC) |
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::::::::::That comment is both unsourced and wrong. It's over 60 km from downtown Windsor to Point Pelee, most of it open farmland: [https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Windsor,+ON,+Canada/Point+Pelee+National+Park,+Point+Pelee+Drive,+Leamington,+ON,+Canada/@42.1390935,-82.9179566,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x883b2ac1b54f886b:0xb66cd49527fcdc51!2m2!1d-83.0363633!2d42.3149367!1m5!1m1!1s0x883a94fa6827315f:0x82ccab70a6e1ac54!2m2!1d-82.51844!2d41.962772]. (While Los Angeles and a few other megacities might have suburbs that extend out that far, Winsdor, Ontario most definitely does not.) [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 19:10, 7 December 2015 (UTC) |
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:::::::(OP here)I was thinking that it CONUS it could be farther east, say somewhere between Northern Alabama and North Carolina because Cuba is much farther south...[[User:Naraht|Naraht]] ([[User talk:Naraht|talk]]) 12:41, 7 December 2015 (UTC) |
:::::::(OP here)I was thinking that it CONUS it could be farther east, say somewhere between Northern Alabama and North Carolina because Cuba is much farther south...[[User:Naraht|Naraht]] ([[User talk:Naraht|talk]]) 12:41, 7 December 2015 (UTC) |
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Iwo Jima Marine Memorial
Hello, When I enter "Iwo Jima Memorial" in the search box up comes an article on the Marine Iwo Jima Memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery with a nice clear photograph of the memorial sculpture. So, my question is: Is this photo image considered to be "in the public domain"? That is I see no copyright mark or attribution and I wish to use that photo image to make a U.S. postage stamp. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.99.9 (talk) 18:08, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- The picture is claimed to be in the public domain because it was produced by the US government.
As for making a US postage stamp... unless you're in charge of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, you're not going to be doing that. Besides which, that's already been done, twice at least:[1][2] ←Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:29, 4 December 2015 (UTC)- Your claim about making stamps is incorrect - you don't have to be the BEP, USPS allows users to make custom stamps with custom images through certain third-pardy vendors, see here [3]. Perhaps the OP just wants a stamp with a specific picture, and doesn't want to use several old, collectible, out-of-print postage stamps just to mail a letter. Photographs that suit the OP's need may even be freely available online through the Library of Congress collections linked to Zazzle. SemanticMantis (talk) 19:44, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- Sounds good! Thanks for the tip. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:40, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- Your claim about making stamps is incorrect - you don't have to be the BEP, USPS allows users to make custom stamps with custom images through certain third-pardy vendors, see here [3]. Perhaps the OP just wants a stamp with a specific picture, and doesn't want to use several old, collectible, out-of-print postage stamps just to mail a letter. Photographs that suit the OP's need may even be freely available online through the Library of Congress collections linked to Zazzle. SemanticMantis (talk) 19:44, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- To teach you how to fish... If you click on the image, you will see the licensing information for that photo. That's the way images work here at Wikipedia. You must click on the image. The copyright status of each image will not be on every article that uses that image. Dismas|(talk) 21:29, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- What about the lack of "Freedom of Panorama" in America? Or is the statue itself also considered to be public domain? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:42, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- Good question. According to Felix de Weldon, the statue was commissioned by the U.S Government. You would think the inquiry would end there – that that would mean it was PD – but then you look at Copyright status of work by the U.S. government#Works produced by contractors and start tearing your hair out.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:27, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- What about the lack of "Freedom of Panorama" in America? Or is the statue itself also considered to be public domain? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:42, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
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advertisement template helphi everybody, i want to place a template on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama#Tourism i don´t know the name of the template, but i think it says something like this: this section (or article) looks written like a advertisement. ........ i don´t remember what i follows next Thanks, Pancho507 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pancho507 (talk • contribs)
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December 7
Farthest point in the US from another country?
Excluding Foreign embassies and consulates, where is the point in the United States *farthest* from a foreign country? I presume the answer is Hawaii, specifically one of the islands at the northwest end of the chain near Midway. However, if Hawaii is excluded, is it somewhere is it somewhere in SW Alaska at the base of the Aleutians or is it somewhere in CONUS like Missouri?Naraht (talk) 03:31, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- Attu Island is "just 208 miles (181 nmi; 335 km) away" from Russia, so nyet to first guesski. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:35, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- Not this one, but is there another Aleutian island that is farther from Russia than Missouri/Kansas is from Canada/Mexico? Akseli9 (talk) 08:39, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- Unalaska is about 1100 miles from Bering Island and a similar distance from Mt. St. Elias. It's about 1800 miles from Brownsville due north to the Canadian border, which means (I think) that nothing in CONUS will be more than 900 miles from either Mexico or Canada. --jpgordon::==( o ) 08:58, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- Not this one, but is there another Aleutian island that is farther from Russia than Missouri/Kansas is from Canada/Mexico? Akseli9 (talk) 08:39, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- Unalaska is however only about 750 miles from continental Russia. Still probably further from any country than any location on American continent. Nikolski, Alaska seems to be slightly better, about 780 miles from Russia. - Lindert (talk) 11:16, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- Doing some eyeballing of the continental U.S map and using this utility the longest distances from a location in the U.S. to the U.S. borders with both Mexico and Canada seems to be somewhere a bit northeast of Salina, Kansas, and that distance is on the order of 690-700 miles (I couldn't find the exact perfect spot, but it was somewhere around that). Still less distance than Nikolski, Alaska is from Russia or Canada. --Jayron32 11:32, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- Just to add my methodology: I tried to find points that were far enough from both Detroit, Michigan (which is the deepest south into the U.S. that Canada comes at Windsor, Ontario) and Langtry, Texas, which is the deepest bend in the Rio Grande. The longest straight-line distance from the Mexican to Canadian border is, I believe, Brownsville, Texas to Grand Portage, Minnesota, but the midpoint of that line is too close to Detroit/Windsor for our purposes. I started looking at the longest straight-line distance from Langtry, Texas to the Canadian border somewhere north of Langtry, and the midpoint of that line came out near Salina, Kansas (actually a bit north of it). --Jayron32 11:38, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- You want Point Pelee National Park, for the point, on the mainland, furthest S in Canada. StuRat (talk) 16:21, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- You're right, using this circle tool I estimate that the sweet spot is just south of Electric Mills, Mississippi, about 700 miles from the closest country, though just southeast of Williamsburg, Kansas is very close: about 691 miles from the closest border. Do note the Bahamas though, they are further north than Cuba. - Lindert (talk) 13:20, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
- As for Hawaii, unless I'm missing something, Penrhyn Island in the Northern Cook Islands seems to be the closest at 2,002 miles, according to the Google Maps calculator. Alansplodge (talk) 14:02, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Opposite of Feminism
Is there an equal and opposite term for the male version of feminism, or are we all doomed to a life of being called bigoted sexists? KägeTorä - (影虎) (もしもし!) 20:07, 7 December 2015 (UTC)