Was it necassary to delete so much info regarding the topic Schol clubs from the article Thomas R. Grover Middle School?? respond back on my talk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Umm killer (talk • contribs) 01:33, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
AWWWW o well it was indeed too detailed but w/e--Umm killer 01:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The New Jersey State and County Route Newsletter Issue 6 – October 1, 2007
The 6th edition of the WP:NJSCR newsletter. This one will hopefully start a monthly streak of newsletters.
Centre 2000 The deletionist brigade is after this article which you helped save once. Please weigh in again. Also in the debate on Macleod Mall and Centennial Mall68.144.31.71 02:54, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Alan, I am wondering why you deleted information on recreation and historical landmarks in Montvale? I don't see how it would infringe on copyrights, particularly the recreation information. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Annieherman (talk • contribs) 18:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I have moved New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission to Taxicabs of New York City. This is to allow consistent naming with other similar articles; I have spent much time in producing a coherent set of taxicab articles on a world-wide basis. Also the article deals with taxicabs in New York as a whole, not just the Commission. I have to say that I don't see why the article was split out but since we work well together I won't fight over it. However, it is important to maintain a proper structure. TerriersFan 15:18, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Wow, you did a great job with that. I e-mailed Frank to let him know. I'm starting to look into transcription services for my interviews. I'm really backed up - I have five recorded but not yet transcribed, which is the most laborious task in the process. But the going rate is $1.25 per audio minute! My interview with Augusten Burroughs is 2.5 hours! So, I need to find a high school student or something. --David Shankbone 19:28, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of schools offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Cool Hand Luke 08:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome, I just hope he'll stop. Corvus cornix 22:09, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hopefully. Corvus cornix 22:12, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I wish you would rephrase your accusation of abuse you leveled at me. I made a mistake, it happens. As you may have noticed, I worked on finding citations for a high school with you, so you must know that I am not on some sort of crusade to wipe out all school articles. SolidPlaid 21:33, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Number 6 (6 create/expand - 0 nominations)
--Allen3 talk 02:16, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL? I AM A CURRENT STUDENT AT ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL AND MY WHOLE FAMILY GRADUTED FROM ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL. WE KNOW MORE THAN YOU. EVERYBODY THAT WHEN TO ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL KNOWS THAT THE SCHOOL HAS A GANG PROBLEM AND IS THE WORST IN THE STATE. SO WHY DID DELETE THAT? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerzey jon (talk • contribs) 17:41, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. We either use categories or a list page, but notable residents should not be on the page about the location itself. Thanks. -- Avi 05:25, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I take it you brought the birth and death dates up and used the names of the months. I don't mind that too much, but any Quaker would know that the minutes book from which the death date was obtained would not have used the names of the months, because Quakers don't use the "pagan" names for days and months. Broadcastinglive 17:13, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, AfD is an inconsistent process. I think we should WP:DRV Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of schools offering the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme on grounds that the discussion for the other two suggests a non-consensus. I would support undeletion. It's absurd to have deleted only the one. Cool Hand Luke 15:23, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
NPOV and basic accuracy demand the most precise terminology available. Without making any value judgements, it is reasonable to point out that "gay" is an imprecise term at best (at the time, McGreevey identified as heterosexual) and by all accounts the affair was purely physical rather than emotional.
Such physical intercourse without an emotional component is colloquially referred to as "homosexual" rather than "gay". However this is not precise either, since "sex" is not possible in the technical sense between two males. Hence "homofecal" is sometimes used as a substitute. See for instance http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1799
I want to make it clear that I have nothing against homosexuals/gay people. If this had been an affair between two self-identified gay/homosexual people, that would be one thing. Since this is not the case, my edit gay-> homofecal has the virtue of accuracy. This can be debated one way or the other, but it was certainly not vandalism as alansohn falsely termed it, and should not be labeled as such. Watcher On The Wall 16:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
re: David Null, Clifton High School Notability standards set at WP:PROF for professors are not the notability standards for high school alumni. Please explain how this edit violates the notability standards for high school alumni if you disagree with this edit.```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pupluv (talk • contribs) 06:52, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Number 7 (7 create/expand - 0 nominations)
--Elkman (Elkspeak) 17:03, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not remove valid tags from articles without fixing the underlying issue. Quatloo 02:36, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Before deleting unsourced content from articles, you should first make a good faith effort to find a source for the material, and then place a tag (for example [citation needed] to request a source for encyclopedic content. Going on a rampage and deleting content is considered bad form. Alansohn 04:23, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pupluv Comment noted.
I expanded the article. I saw no evidence of him racing, so I move him from Category:NASCAR drivers to Category:NASCAR people. If this is incorrect, then please cite that he has raced in NASCAR at any level and revert my change. Otherwise, you could leave a message on the article's talk page - it's on my watchlist. Cheers! Royalbroil 02:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you have an issue with Daniels conduct, take it to AN/I or daniels talk page - not the MfD. Ryan Postlethwaite 13:36, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I hate to second-guess a more experienced wikipedian, but I thought that your third-level warning to User:TBL Al Capwn was a little harsh, considering that it was for an edit that was self-reverted a minute later. That editor has not contributed anything useful yet, but I was trying to be gentle (perhaps too gentle) in admonishment, hoping that they could still become a useful contributor. I just wanted to get your thoughts. Do you feel that I treaded too gently? -- Pawl 14:53, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You, too, are edit warring, even if not breaking 3RR technically, and you've carried on with this for far too long. I've watchlisted the article to watch both you and ILike2BeAnonymous. If you continue the edit war, I will block you. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 07:00, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Alan Sohn Russel G. Ranney's real middle name is actually Gaylord. I'm not vandalizing it, just making it as accurate as possible. Get your mind out of the gutter and into the fact books. Excuse me for not signing. I'm a wikipedia noob. Stop using twinkle to change his middle name. Why are you the boss of the Ranney wikipedia page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.187.15.76 (talk) 03:01, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Number 8 (8 create/expand - 0 nominations)
--Elkman (Elkspeak) 20:31, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
An IP asked for instruction on how to email you on your userpage, i reverted it and gave my email address to the IP and said I'll forward you the email as I don't mind just giving out my email address directly on-wiki. Is that OK with you? If not I'll have another chat with the IP. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As much as I don't like to make accusations... User:Nitsirk edits the same articles, already tried to change all of the infobox's to 'senior high school' out of style... I haven't been active editing in a while, but it smells fishy to me, what do you think? MrMacMan Talk 23:53, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I have substantially expanded the article and I wonder if you would revisit your recommendation at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Littlemoss High School, please? TerriersFan 00:28, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was about to "Afd it," but I saw your opinion on its talk page so I didn't. I disagree with you, but I have too much respect for your work to go against your opinion. I tagged it, however. If you don't like the tag, then remove it. All the best, --Brewcrewer 02:25, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You've expressed an interest in the upcoming New York City Meetup for Saturday, November 3. I'd like to update you on an important change of schedule.
This will be in addition to the previously scheduled roving activities at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (this activity has also been cut short a bit) and at the Brooklyn Museum. For full details, see Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC. Ask any questions at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/NYC. Thank you.--Pharos 21:11, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, perhaps you would revisit your 'weak' keep, pl? TerriersFan 18:09, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that the Cape Citizen For Open Gov't blog is a reliable source. The Cape Cod Times speaks with the site's administrator regularly, and Mr. Lopez is pretty well-respected as a government watchdog... I revered the edit but am open to discussion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.19.116.105 (talk) 01:06, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure what you're doing here, but you've recently changed occurrences of Essex, a county of England that is referred to as Essex, to a peculiar phrase Essex County. The later may have a meaning in the US, but not, sadly in English. I think you should consider where the place is, before making the change. Thanks Kbthompson 16:36, 29 October 2007 (UTC) ...[reply]
Hello,
Someone is harassing me on Wikipedia. They left this message for me:
Hey, high school dropout, get a life. 71.124.133.4 20:20, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Please let me know how I should proceed... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.19.116.105 (talk • contribs)
Hi. I made a Wiki Hello badge in case anyone's interested in using it for the Meetup. It's on the Meetup page. Nightscream 16:47, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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I saw in the WikiProject New Jersey State and County Routes that the naming convention states "New Jersey Route X" should be used instead of what I was using for NJ state highways but that only pertains to articles specifically about NJ highways or interstates within NJ. The unused highways article is obviously not just about New Jersey so it shouldn't be included. If there is some other mandate/law/rule that states "New Jersey Route X" should always be used to refer to NJ state highways, please show it to me because I am unaware of it. I have been working hard on the article, making it accurate and cited and written the same way for every state. Thanks!!Bodo920 18:14, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Mr Jersey: Look at the redlink at Agnes de Lima. Do you know what it is? --Brewcrewer 18:47, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Can you tell me why this can't seem to get capitalized?--Brewcrewer 01:05, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Number 9 (9 create/expand - 0 nominations)
--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 17:08, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You might like to take a look here where a large number of schools have been indiscriminately prodded. TerriersFan 19:23, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could we please do something about Dane Rauschenberg's sockpuppets, who are determined to restore his article to its former, WP:COI glory.Xcstar 18:46, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Alansohn- We seem to keep running into each other on various articles - small world, isn't it? :o)
I've reworded slightly Ocean Grove, New Jersey since your edit, to clarify that although the court quashed OG's status as a separate borough in 1921, the Camp Meeting Assn continued to exercise local ordinance powers for another 60 years (until the newspaper deliveryman sued the Assn in 1981 because he couldn't drive his delivery truck into the Grove on Sundays).
Just didn't want you to think me rude for changing your edit.
Cheers, JGHowes talk - 19:25, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, CelticGreen and I work together on the soap projects and often cross paths but she does nighttime shows too and I tend to avoid those. I work on the soaps, and have been a project member longer than her, but we met on a mutual page through a mutual editor, Flyer22. She rarely backs my arguments for deletion unless it gets crazy like the West Garden Grove is getting. If having similar names is a prerequisite for suspicion would that make you and Alanraywiki the same person? He's editing the article and you are fighting for it. Now, I'm not accusing, just pointing out with a limited number of names, there will be similarities. There's also a user named IrishGuy that I have only seen reported on the admin board. Try to not throw accusations at people. Especially those that are unwarranted. You really need to stop that practice in general. It's rude to assume you know why someone nominated an article for deletion and to assume someone is ashamed of their home. IrishLass0128 14:23, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Number 10 (10 create/expand - 0 nominations)
Hi there Alan. Very unusual. Just the thing that DYK wants! Keep it coming! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a CDP? My mistake. That's what I get for assuming again...lol. I could have sworn it was a CDP, though. Anyway, you're right, it needs something to differentiate it from the (now) Robbinsville Township. We could do "Robbinsville, Robbinsville Township, New Jersey", but that's way too wordy. Why not just merge them together, since it's nothing more than a neighborhood of the township now? It seems like wasted space to have them separate. It'd be like having a separate article for Pedricktown and Oldmans Township; the names are interchangeable in Salem County, so there'd be no need to switch them.
Speaking of, you got something against Salem County, saying my examples weren't good enough? ;-) LOL EaglesFanInTampa 20:47, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why did you eliminate a cite to this:
Bearian 21:15, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you believe that you can do a better job, then you have a try at it. --Rschen7754 (T C) 00:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There may be a thin line between commenting trenchantly on editing behaviour (allowed) and personal attacks, but I think you crossed it with this edit in your deletion review. Your anger at mistakes you believe JzG has made may be very real but it does not help your cause to express it in this way. Sam Blacketer 00:32, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Mr. Sohn for the info and updates...forgive a Winki neophyte. ~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by KenRTrackman (talk • contribs) 04:18, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sweet! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 15:30, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't bother me at all if we disagree on something -- in fact, it's got to happen. I appreciated your points, and they helped me to think about the matter. What annoyed me and caused me to take the deletion discussion off my watch list was the attitude of some of the other editors. I find I don't feel nearly as bad about being on the losing end of a deletion discussion if the article is kept -- I guess that's my inclusionist attitude at work. Cheers! Noroton 23:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I found a source[1] that gives information about education in the in the United States, put out by the Department of Education. It is full of data; by my reading (see Table 89) in 2001 there were 26,407 public high schools and 10,693 private high schools in the United States, and 92,858 elementary schools (68,173 public, 24,685 private). Interestingly, there were still 423 grade schools where one teacher taught all the grades. There were 14,928 public school districts in 2001. See if you can find other useful information in the source. SolidPlaid 05:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I removed content from a banned user per guidelines. If you would like to find and source and reword the information about the government, feel free, but do not restore comments by banned members. Any banned member using a sockpuppet is not allowed to contribute to Wikipedia and their edits are justifiably removed. Thank you for understanding why this was done. If you can find and source the removed information, feel free to add it in, again, in your own words.`IrishLass0128 13:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC) Copied from my talkpage.[reply]
I give up. I try and clean up the page, you revert my edits. You make false accusations toward me that I removed links to references without justification, fine. I have evidence on my side that I did no such thing. You want the WGG article to look like crap, go for it. I'm done. Now I do hope the article gets deleted. IrishLass0128 16:59, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I see you've been making accusations of vandalism, but it appearz that you aren't using the same definition as the rest of Wikipedia. The term "vandalism" has a very specific meaning on WP and it shouldn't be misused in editing disputes. Basically, any good faith effort to improve the project, no matter how misguided, is not vandalism. Even harmful edits that are not explicitly made in bad faith are not considered vandalism. See WP:VANDAL. It is uncivil to make threats about the material, Saying things like: "rv earlier vandalism of sourced content"[4], "rv removal of sourced content; any further removal will be treated as vandalism"[5], or "Any further removal of sourced content (and this is not the first time) will be treated appropriately as vandalism. I can have no issue with efforts to improve the article, but I will not tolerate playing games whose only goal is to diminish the quality of the article."[6], are not helpful. We've all been in editing disputes, but the best way to deal with them is with patience rather than threats or name calling. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 19:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is it necessary to quote the text from the reference in the article itself? Isn't that the purpose of the reference - to provide text in support of a particular claim made in the article? Also, the article itself makes no mention of what Shlomo means. SWik78 20:11, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just to be clear, I'm not saying that the existence of that parameter in the template is idiosyncratic: it's the overuse of that parameter in this article which I'm objecting to, and removing. Look around you; I challenge you to find another article that makes such heavy use of that facility. As it was, there was more meat in the references than there was in the article, which after all is just a stub. It's a matter of proportionality. What's idiosyncratic is the way the editor who stuck them in in the first place stubbornly keeps putting them right back in, without batting an eyelash or giving a word of explanation. +ILike2BeAnonymous 06:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...thank you for your participation. I withdrew with 83 supports, 42 opposes, and 8 neutrals. Your kind words and constructive criticism are very much appreciated. I look forward to using the knowledge I have accrued through the process to better the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers and Wikidudeman for their co-nominations.
Hi, you might want to have a think about Raleigh School that I just rescued from a speedy. TerriersFan 12:13, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your edits on diplomats relating to India. I invite you to join Wikipedia:WikiProject International relations if you are interested in additional work in this area. there are alot of diplomatic articles that need sprucing up like the edits you did (and I have been doing). Thanks and regards Mikebar 16:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I know you're familiar with municipal government structures and their treatment by the Census Bureau and I would like your opinion on a prooposal of mine. I have suggested merging town center CDPs articles into the town article. Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Vermont#Merging town center CDP articles into town articles and Talk:St. Johnsbury, Vermont#CDP change for details. I'd like to hear your comments about whether the town center and the town should be treated as two different places or if my merger is acceptable. Please see St. Johnsbury, Vermont (my most recent version) for an example of my proposal. Thanks. --Polaron | Talk 20:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I notice you are still hand forming your citations, just use this quick cut and paste. Move them wherever its more convenient, I keep them on my home page. That way if Wikipedia decides its going to switch to "First name last name" instead of "Last name, first name", all they have to do is change the one citation template and all 1 million ones using the template are rearranged. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 22:56, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that. I'm reverting about 25 edits a minute, so I probably slipped up. Thanks for catching my mistake! Master of Puppets Care to share? 00:58, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings. I would just like to introduce you to my site, ironfurnaces.com, that is dedicated to cataloging all of the historic iron furnaces around the world (no matter how little content is available). I do not take information from places to put it on my site, instead I would rather have people come and put information on there themselves. I invite you to become an editor on the site and load some photos and a brief history if you would like. This site is completely free to use or edit and contains no advertisement or pop-ups of any kind. (And uses the Wikimedia software.)
All the best, Raymond Hammond —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhammond (talk • contribs) 09:54, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, we seem to have competing articles being developed. See:
To avoid wasted work you might like to liaise with User:TP kelli? TerriersFan 17:15, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, would you take a look please at User:Alansohn/Columbia High School (New York) which I think now has enough meat to be moved across? In particular, you are much better than me in spotting athletics awards. TerriersFan (talk) 23:30, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You've got email and a barnstar. NHRHS2010 talk 00:26, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about the arch remark! Didn't realize you had edited the soccer remark as well. Just looking at an earlier edit.Student7 (talk) 13:43, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, would you take a look at User:TerriersFan/Lakelands Park Middle School, please? This was deleted in an AfD but I have progressively improved it since. What do you think, please? TerriersFan (talk) 01:25, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Character Education Partnership, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of the page. ElKevbo (talk) 22:49, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
{{dated prod}}
Thanks for your kind words. I really don't know whether to stay or not. There are a lot of great contributors on WP, but alas they seem to be the voiceless majority. DuncanHill (talk) 03:48, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Quote from bottom of AFD - "Comment I agree with Agavtouch that one needs only to match just a few of the users who voted Keep here with the client list of 5W Public Relations which is listed on Wikipedia as adverts. It is a sad sham. Also transparent spin tactics used by the employees of 5W Public Relations to attempt to divert attention and attack those who have voted delete from the many gross and documented violations of SPAM and NPOV committed by Torossian and his paid employees. Lastly, please note how Torossian & Co. continue to delete any mention on this article of the New York Post news story illustrating malice and bad faith created by Torossian against the NYC PR industry. Not very objective.[2] Heathspic (talk) 17:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)"
Thank you.
I invite you and anyone to scrutinize any of my edits. While placing an article about something I have involvement with may be seen by some as a blatant Wiki violation, I also know that many articles are started by people who have deep knowledge, hobby interest, or first hand experience with a topic, even if there is no financial interest, it is a closeness that drives the piece. If done right and notability is there, there is nothing wrong with it as I see it. Being open about it helps too. I know that these three parties to the deletion are a person with little Wiki concern and a huge axe to grind. I have edited and added articles for a year and a half on many topics, most of which I am familiar with and have researched. Enjoy the holiday. Juda S. Engelmayer (talk) 18:18, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi there--he actually went to New Brunswick's St. Peter's High, not St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City. I'm slowly creating a page for the high school here; I'll wikify Cahill's entry when it's ready. Dppowell (talk) 18:54, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Technical question: In the "edit this page" version of the article there are two paragraphs that refuse to show up in the actual article. Would you know why? --Brewcrewer (talk) 05:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your imput is needed into a weekly collaboration for articles under the jurisdiction of WP:NYSR. Comments are at WT:NYSR. Regards.Mitch32contribs 02:18, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have now moved Columbia High School (New York) back to mainspace. it still needs a lot of work on both academic and sporting achievements but it is not now deletable. TerriersFan (talk) 03:40, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, just a note to make sure you haven't missed Wikipedia:WikiProject school consensus resolution. TerriersFan (talk) 22:33, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You wrote a comment in the page that says that "Hannah Keifer" needs to have a source tying her to the school. I am the source...but I don't know how to quote myself. I went there and so did she, and I know her personally. Any help would be appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Makbrandon (talk • contribs) 21:43, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am trying to understand the view point that you expressed in the AfD/Fiddy2 comments. Perhaps where we disagree is that I view the entire fiddy2 enterprise as non-notable self-promotion. The materials deleted from the Dane Rauschenberg article may have been significant to the author of an autobiography, but would not be of value to the reader of an encyclopedia article. Many people run marathons slower than 3 hours. Many people run multiple marathons. The concensus of the AfD on the Dane Rauschenberg article was that the only item worth mentioning was that he ran 52 marathons in 2006. I was not the editor to cut it back to that, but I have honored that conclusion. The two articles, fiddy2 and Dane Rauchenberg, reduce the credibility of Wikipedia in the eyes of committed runners.Xcstar (talk) 15:08, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Category:South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. – Black Falcon (Talk) 17:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Roxbury Mall, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Roxbury Mall satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roxbury Mall and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Roxbury Mall during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 17:46, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You reverted my edits claiming that "synthesis claim is false, see AfD. Restore source that provides clear example of use of term. Deleting sources to "support" a claim of non-notability is not legitimate." The same can be said for adding irrelevant sources and deleting those tags. Consensus on the AfD recognizes both the invalidty of those sources and the use of synthesis in the "modern prevalence" section. If you remove those tags or reinsert those references again -without giving an explanation or giving the discussion time to reach consensus- I will report you to an administrator. Thank you. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 17:49, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is it possible that the reason why we are both a bit testy is that we both walked into the middle of an edit war between Dane's sockpupets and the anti-Dane sockpupets?Xcstar (talk) 23:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Although there strong feelings on the running blogs for the pro- and anti-Rauschenberg camps, let's strive for a fact-based neutral article that let's the reader reach his own conclusion regarding DR's achivements or non-achievements. Wikipedia is under some scrutiny regarding this article. Thanks. Xcstar (talk) 16:00, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You have violated the three revert rule on the L'Arche page. You are not adding any new content. Xcstar (talk) 17:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to look at the comment I made here and the associated article edit. Funnily enough, after I decided to edit the article, I looked at the talk page and realized that it related to a discussion that you and I had almost two years ago. If you'd like to revert what I did, I would not feel too badly about it, but this is how I think it ought to be done. If we are going to leave it this way, then the intro probably should be edited to say something like "Non-operating districts, when listed, link to the corresponding municipality's article." Or maybe that violates some rule against self-reference on Wikipedia. I don't know. I just hate red links, and as I said two years ago, there is never going to be a viable article on a non-operating district, or in my opinion, a one-school district either. They are, nevertheless, officially school districts. No need to respond to my talk or here, you can just comment at the article talk page. Neutron 18:55, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your input would be appreciated on the article Megullia Dotata.--Doug talk 16:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there and thanks for the message. The Zolotow article says "Woodburn" NJ, which I knew was odd, but I left it in, since I wasn't sure what was meant. Ancestry.com doesn't have any directories for New Jersey, so all I know is what the article says. Perhaps one could put "Woodbury" with a footnote? kosboot 21:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Considering reality shows and many of their contestants have pages on wikipedia, it can be easily inferred that they are notable enough to be listed as a graduate on the school's page. Because one person does not recognize the value or notability of a certain genre does not mean it is not notable for others. Unless the school itself denies an alumna's stature, I will continue to submit Kelly Chang Rickert as a notable alumni of Montville Township High School. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.170.1.84 (talk) 20:19, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have now expanded the article so you may wish to revisit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heath School. There is still more to be done (do you feel moved to make an infobox (I'm not good at those)?) and still some sources left to incorporate, but sufficient is now there. TerriersFan (talk) 21:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please see this edit I think you were possibly editing an old version, or had some other edit conflict. It will be a lot of work to individually undo the little damages you caused by not being more careful. -- Thisis0 (talk) 17:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Would you be willing to review the Samson article to see if it deserves to be upgraded to Good Article--69.153.74.192 (talk) 04:00, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the message. There are pages like Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles, which proposes:
As a dedicated random-page addict, I like to see it as setting the context so an article explains itself fully, in a self-contained way, in the intro. Sgt Pinback (talk) 18:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for uploading Image:Jennifer Beck.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:
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Crime Index for Princeton Borough and Township
I have removed the crime index data that you had added for Princeton Borough and Princeton Township. While I agree that this could be very useful information in this and other articles, the data as added provide no context as to what the numbers mean, how they compare to other municipalities or what the source of the data is. Are the 161, 164, 106 values for the past three years good or bad? Is the change an improvement or not? With additional information these issues could be clarified for readers. I will be more than happy to help you structure this information if the source for this material was available. Please let me know where this data cam form and I can assist you in adding the required information. Alansohn 03:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Average for US Municipalities is about 400. Lower numbers are better than higher numbers, which indicate more crime. The numbers 161, 164, 106 are good, the crime rate is dropping.
I was looking for more citations for Holy Cross High School, and found this one where the Illinois House of Representatives congratulates them on winning the "United Performing Association (UPA) Varsity One Division Champions and being crowned High School Cheerleaders Grand Champions, the highest honor cheerleaders can receive". The problem is that the article says the school is all-male. Unless the school happen to have boys named Audrey, Marissa, Courtney, Claire, Lisa, Christine, April etc., the article must be wrong. Right? AnteaterZot (talk) 19:36, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah it probably would have been a good idea, but I don't mind changing it when the time comes. Speaking of which, Bridgeton High School is applying in January to become a member of the Tri-County Conference and moving out of the Cape-Atlantic League (CAL). So, we might have to change those member schools again sooner rather than later. Jrcla2 (talk) 21:50, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Look moron, I don't know who you think you are, but don't tell me what to do. In addition, do not threaten me either. You are unable to ban me from wikipedia in the fact that I have contributed large sums of money to the site. An apology from you is expected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kfalko01 (talk • contribs) 02:34, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding Wilton Mall at Saratoga and Regency Mall (Racine) and my other recent mall AfDs, I really did do a search for sources, but found none. Just so you know. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 19:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Anteater has prodded a whole bunch of elementary and middle schools here that you might want to glance through. In particular, please watchlist Collierville Middle School that is a Blue Ribbon school (82-83). I will pull the prod when I've cleaned it up a bit. TerriersFan (talk) 23:03, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So what? "One of the biggest of the year" in one election, in one city. This strikes me as recentism at its silliest. How many rallies have been held in that park over the long decades? --Orange Mike | Talk 19:27, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Reversing my edits repeatedly and defaming me on the talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sturgis_Charter_Public_School
Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.19.116.216 (talk • contribs)
Please block the user who referred to "disgruntled former student".
This is ad hominem and irrelevant to the discussion.
Thx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.19.116.216 (talk) 21:20, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that Sturgis isn't in the US News list is relevant as it puts the Newsweek rating in context -- one publication thinks it's top 60 in the country -- one doesn't think it's top 40 in the state.
If one is relevant, so is the other.
It's similar to the fact that it's relevant that George Bush lost the popular vote in Election 2000. This adds context to Sturgis' victor in Newsweek
I have posted this on the sturgis talk page -- no one has responded affirmatively or negatively... Shall I go ahead and revert the edit to include the material? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.19.116.216 (talk) 21:24, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Re: [9], Synthesis and primary sources contradict the text of your edit summary that "...helpful hint: if it has a source, it's not OR..." OR can be done with sources. TableManners U·T·C 05:58, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It isn't just a publication that it isn't mentioned in! LMAO.... It's a competing list that didn't include Sturgis and that's relevant. It's like if an athlete is named rookie of the year in a poll of fans but not by BBWA, it would be relevant to say that "Won the fan's vote however did not not win the award granted by the BBWA".
I honestly am shocked you can't wrap your head around the idea that it's different from saying that Sturgis hasn't discovered oil... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.19.116.216 (talk) 09:45, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually several IB schools did make the list -- if you actually take the time to read what they wrote. They just weren't able to include that as a metric the way they included AP, but being an IB school did not bar a school from the list.
And since, as you said, Newsweek ONLY LOOKED AT AP/IB tests, shouldn't a note to that effect be placed in the article on Sturgis?
And, PLEASE BAN THE INDIVIDUAL WHO REFERRED TO ME AS A DISGRUNTLED FORMER STUDENT. That's a personal attack, it's a form of outing, and it has nothing to do with this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.19.116.216 (talk) 13:16, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please do block the one who made those comments on the discussion page for hte school. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.19.116.216 (talk) 14:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Though I don't give a fig if the article is deleted or not, I wanted to point out to you that it has not been recently "abusively gutted". It has recently been stripped of information which was improperly sourced. The article has been a magnet for editors from one side trying to put a promotional spin on the article, and editors on the other trying to provide some balance to the hype through unallowed original research, speculation, and a self-published source. Unfortunately when there are few independent sources available, editors are often impatient to ignore WP:RELY, WP:NOR, and WP:SYNTH to fill gaps in the article space. Gaps in the available sources do not justify the abandonment of core policy. Removing non-compliant content is not "abusive", it's essential. And what should happen next is that editors source all edited claims, properly. If you can't source it, you can't say it~that simple. Professor marginalia (talk) 15:05, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Look, Alan, I appreciate all you do around here, especially with the New Jersey content but I really wish you'd try to be a little kinder to the people that disagree with you on the legistorm link issue. For instance, I was trying to find a path forward where folks could calm down and we could then move forward on a controlled removal of legistorm from the blacklist. Instead, I felt like you were not very nice in response.
I'd like to find some sort of collegial solution to all of this. --A. B. (talk) 18:56, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toby Lawless Elementary School; I think your second sentence is missing a 'not' :-) TerriersFan (talk) 23:57, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There is a user attempting to out me on his edits on Wikipedia's Sturgis article -- If you do not take the appropriate action, I will go to the proper authorities. Thx.
Please do not get into an edit war over this article. or risk violating 3RR. No There is room for discussion, and as this is a BLP issue, it should be discussed before adding to the article. Please keep WP:CIVIL and WP:NPOV in mind. There is room for dicussion, which is not the same as censorship. See talk page. — ERcheck (talk) 06:19, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This comment is uncivil, please moderate your remarks and be more cautious in the future. Dreadstar † 23:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Alansohn, I would like to invite you to take a look at the comments I made at the George Thomas Coker talk page, and I do hope that you find that a satisfactory resolution, and I look forward to your response there. Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 00:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for spotting the cat removal. I have warned our friend that any repetition will be treated as abusive editing (he blanked it straight away). If he does it yet again a level 3 or 4 warning template can be used. TerriersFan (talk) 18:12, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, can you revisit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coombabah State Primary School, please? After some rounding out by DoubleBlue the page now looks quite decent (I'm barred from extensive editing sessions until tomorrow night else I'm dead meat :-)) TerriersFan (talk) 19:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Florida, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of University of Florida. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!
Hey Alansohn- I created the Cape-Atlantic League (also redirects from "Cape Atlantic League") tonight while I was bored. I haven't added the wikilink to each school's page yet, but I just thought I'd let you know because you like to watch these types of pages. I also added it in the dismbig page to CAL, too. Jrcla2 (talk) 03:53, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Created this tonight. It was long overdue, considering it was the only Tri-County school that didn't have its own page. Jrcla2 (talk) 01:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Threat versus warning. Compare those. You have been warned several times on both this page and the Coker talk page about your behavior, by me and others. Focus on the task at hand, stop changing other's words around, making obviously inappropriate assumptions about others opinions, calling names, etc. You've been uncivil and disruptive. Lara❤Love 19:26, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not restore the neighborhoods to the Essex County template: as neighborhoods, they are not separate communities, and templates nationwide do not include them. Nyttend (talk) 23:04, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Number 11 (10 create/expand - 1 nominations)
--Gatoclass (talk) 13:31, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Wauwatosa West High School that you worked on was, in my view, wrongly deleted. I have moved it to my user space and have already substantially expanded it prior to recreating. There are still loads of other sources available. Please feel free to contribute. TerriersFan (talk) 16:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could you check out Woodbury Junior-Senior High School and fix the citation error in the new infobox? I don't know what's bad about it but reference #1 at the bottom of the article says something is. Jrcla2 (talk) 20:31, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, sorry for being a pest. I made some more comments at this AfD. I still don't get what makes it notable. Am I missing something? Is there a WikiProject ongoing to list all named Manhattan streets, or all Lower East Side streets, or whatever? Did someone notable grow up on this street? If so, I have no problem with keeping this article in the goal of being inclusive. Please get back to me or at User talk:Bearian. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 18:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]