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[edit] AfD nomination of Amish school shooting
An article that you have been involved in editing, Amish school shooting, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amish school shooting. Thank you. A. B. (talk) 22:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nomination of List of YouTube celebrities
I have nominated List of YouTube celebrities, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of YouTube celebrities (2nd nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. The Helpful One (Talk) (Contributions) (Review Me!) 20:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] civility?
I'd appreciate it if other editors knew what the fark they were writing about,... Dr. Cash (talk) 02:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] User 12.39.2.83
I have asked a non-involved admin to keep an eye on this guy. [1] He's trying to make a false neutral-point-of-view argument about the talk page (it doesn't apply there) but his other smart-aleck comments suggest that he's merely trolling. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 15:09, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
- I filed an ANI and they issued a 31-hour block, a few hours ago. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 00:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] NC A&T
Thanks for your inquiry.It is confirmed that he is a graduate, but DISTINGUISHED he is not. It is public knowledge that he is a graduate of A&T but the university does NOT recognize him as a DISTINGUISHED alumus. Please do not add his name back to the list. If you notice, I have not deleted A&T off of his page because that is relevant to HIS history but not A&T's.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Prowrite10 (talk • contribs) 10:30, February 20, 2008
- I disagree. The institution does not get to determine who and who is not distinguished in a general sense. You seem to be applying the word solely in a positive manner whereas it has a broader, more neutral denotation. Infamy counts as "distinguished" just as fame counts. --ElKevbo (talk) 14:36, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
We can agree to disagree, but as I have stated, on his page it has relevance but not on A&T's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prowrite10 (talk • contribs) 14:56, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
- Please raise this on the article's Talk page to garner further discussion and input. At least one other editor has expressed a viewpoint similar to mine but we need further input. --ElKevbo (talk) 15:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sheesh
Something wasn't right, but it took me hours to find it.[2] I missed :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 06:44, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] So much for running amok
Glad you're back; you were missed. Flowanda | Talk 02:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] NYU
The refernce supports the statement that NYU spent most of its endowment at the time "But unlike most institutions, which plow such sums into their endowments and then live off the interest, N.Y.U. spent nearly all of it to rebuild the university" [3] Uconnstud (talk) 20:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
- The statement is clearly talking about the money that was raised, not the endowment. --ElKevbo (talk) 20:48, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Peter Yarrow
You're probably right about the edit. Whatever the merits of the content it's better not to edit protected pages except in extreme BLP violations and those categories are not a clear case. Mea culpa. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 02:07, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Real Life Ministries
I've sought your help before with problems on this article and I seem to need help again. Could you please review the recent edit history regarding unverifiable sourcing by '1TruthTracker'. I have tried to explain that the sourcing does not meet WP:VER and WP:RS standards but that seems to make no difference to this editor. 'TRAVELLINGCARI' has also tried to explain this via the discussion page and yet, a revert war is brewing. The entire editing history of '1TruthTracker' seems to be obsessing over this article and I don't know what to do about it. Please Help! Bg357 (talk) 05:42, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
You might also take a look at my talk page, where I'm being verbally assaulted by some weirdo (76.182.159.122) who thinks I'm somebody else. Bg357 (talk) 06:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Stuyvesant High School has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.
[edit] Re: University of Toronto
Sorry--lazy rollbacking on my part. freshacconcispeaktome 13:47, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. As I said in my edit summary, I thought it was random vandalism, too, until I checked the cited source. --ElKevbo (talk) 13:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Spellmanloves67
Thank you for your assitance with Spellmanloves67. I really don't understand what he's trying to accomplish. Sxbrown (talk) 04:51, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
I just want to dance!Spellmanloves67 (talk) 12:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
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- ElKevbo, thank you for your warning reminder. Sometimes I fail to realize that I need to take the time to think and consider what I am going to say.Spellmanloves67 (talk) 02:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Harvard transfer admissions
Please allow my few last changes to Harvard site. The fact is, it is a controversy and hopefully one that will continue to gain attention. Thank-you, John C. Pierce (talk) 19:26, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hey ElKevbo
Thought you'd appreciate this. University of California, Riverside made FA! Have a drink on me. Ameriquedialectics 03:19, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Rankings
Yeah, I got my copy this morning in the mail, online goes live this weekend I believe.
Also, if you look at the US News website, they are already updating all the methodology info--Finalnight (talk) 23:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Thanks for the quick reply and the even quicker updating of articles! --ElKevbo (talk) 00:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Information related to something you said in an edit summary on the List of unaccredited universities
See User talk:Orlady#Appreciation and the earlier unsigned message from 117.199.32.100 at User talk:Orlady#I need your help to check the Serampore University Fraud. --Orlady (talk) 13:48, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Improving Facebook to Featured Article status
I am currently working on improving Facebook to Featured Article status, and I noticed that you have made substantial contributions to the article recently. If you have time, I would appreciate it if you could help out and improve the article. Some comments by other editors have been left at the peer review, Wikipedia:Peer review/Facebook/archive2, so feel free to address those issues, also. Thanks for your time! Gary King (talk) 08:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reverts. Glad to see I'm not the only one watching this article :) I guess today is going to be a busy day on Wikipedia due to April 1, 2008? Gary King (talk) 02:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
- I would like to improve the article to featured status, and I believe it is ready for that. But, I already have one nomination right now, so I can't nominate another article. If you think you can donate some time to the article's nomination, then I would be more than willing to help out. Please let me know. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 22:39, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Under Construction Tag
You removed my Under Construction Tag from Ryerson University and I'd like to request some clarification.
Template:Inuse lists that "If you wish to indicate that an article is being rebuilt over a longer period of time consider the Template:Underconstruction template. That template encourages others to edit the article while indicating that it is a work in progress." I am undertaking major edits on this article, and the Template was only in place for a short time since I last had the article as inuse (which I only use while actively editing). That line on the Inuse template page.
As well, the Template page for Under Construction states "If this article has not been edited in several days please remove this template."
I was not planning on leaving this tag up indefinitely, I am simply undergoing a major round of edits. Why was it removed? (Not saying that it was wrong to, I'm new and would love to better understand. I know the whole of wikipedia is a work in progress, but I understood that between major active edits that are part of a series of major edits, one would use this tag)
Thanks! Wjw0111 (talk) 02:43, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- If you really want to replace the template, please be my guest. I just don't see much point in it myself. --ElKevbo (talk) 04:16, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Teen Challenge
Please take your issues to the talk page. There is not copyright violation. This is all detailed on the talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahumanbean (talk • contribs) 02:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- I am saddened that despite your exhortations for me to "take [my] issues to the talk page," you yourself (a) refuse to participate in discussion on the Talk page and (b) persist in violating our copyright policies by blindly restoring material that is blatantly in violation of copyright. I have asked that you be blocked for a brief period of time as you continue to willfully violate our copyright policies. --ElKevbo (talk) 02:53, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you for your management of this situation. I have a lot to learn about Wikipedia dispute resolution processes,and some of the finer points of the rules (eg users right to edit own talk pages) and appreciate your involvement. I was a bit lost for a while there- I have not experienced such situations before.WotherspoonSmith (talk) 08:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] U of Miami - $ 1.4 Billion Endowment
Hi, I updated the endowment of U of Miami. However, I did not cite a source for that number: http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,2593-1;60269-3,00.html
Secondly, I edited information on Donna Shalala regarding the endowment, fixing faulty information that stated the university had yet to reach the $1 billion mark. It has. I am new to Wikipedia, so I did not know I had to cite the information. If this information could be updated with the aforementioned source, it would be greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eastcoast76 (talk • contribs) 06:32, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
- Unless I'm mistaken, that article states only that UM's capital campaign has reached $1.4 million. It's not referring to the endowment. --ElKevbo (talk) 12:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nomination of List of YouTube celebrities
I have nominated List of YouTube celebrities, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of YouTube celebrities (3rd nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Buc (talk) 16:08, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] AfD nomination of List of YouTube celebrities
I have nominated List of YouTube celebrities, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of YouTube celebrities (3rd nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Buc (talk) 12:08, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Deletion
Hi, I deleted your subpage per your request. I also deleted the talk page User talk:ElKevbo/Wikindx even though you didn't request it. If you didn't want that deleted then just request so on my talk or at the administrator's noticeboard (linking here showing that its ok by me). I'm going to be away from an internet connection for a few hours so it might be quicker at AN. James086Talk | Email 04:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Endowment
I realized the link I provided does not go directly to the source, for some reason. If you scroll though the pages of the link I provided, you can see that Duke's endowment increased 25.6 percent from 5.9 billion, making it roughly 7.4 billion today. LaszloWalrus (talk) 17:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
- I haven't seen that. Can you please provide a direct link to the page that cites the endowment (and just the endowment) as being 7.4 billion dollars? --ElKevbo (talk) 17:37, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] ElKevbo sent me a warning
To me egurr but I can't quite figure out what the warning is. I have added a few links to the bottom of some colleges where I found useful external info on a couple of sites. Basically, there is no tuition info, enrollment info or other that is updated so I found a site that does that. Past that, I really haven't done a whole lot other than business stuff, and there I tend to write articles. Egurr (talk) 19:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
- I was referring to these edits: Historically black colleges and universities, Graduate school, List of colleges and universities in Georgia (U.S. state), List of colleges and universities in California and List of colleges and universities in Arizona. --ElKevbo (talk) 19:58, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I gotcha. I think the HCBU and the gradschools should stay. The Georgia and Arizona schools need some of the red removed (We need specific pages for these schools.) You can wipe out the link if you want, or find a better source, but I do think the lists inside states need to be more comprehensive. If you look at the bottom of all the state pages they are usually 2 year tech colleges, which are the fastest growing higher ed segment. Ultimately I work more with Voc ed kids in high school, and they end up at DeVry or ITT, nothing wrong with this but somehow they have to know there are more choices. Just my two cents and I'm open to suggestions. But let me know if you don't want the detailed college pages please so I don't was a ton of time on them. (We've all had that happen before and a page gets bounced. Egurr (talk) 20:05, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
- It would be much better if you could add information to the articles, perhaps using these links as references, than to add these links to a bunch of articles. It appears to be WP:SPAM and we're very sensitive to that as many people try to abuse Wikipedia to promote their own website(s) or those in which they have an interest. --ElKevbo (talk) 20:12, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Congrats
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[edit] Edit reverts
Just FYI...I reminded [User:Macae]] about editing policies on Wikipedia, so hopefully the continuous reverts will discontinue (see User_talk:Macae and Talk:University_of_Texas_at_Austin). Thanks for your input. --Eustress (talk) 12:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hello
Hi, I have some concern about Queen's University, to me, this article seems to be overrated, we should keep watching people from doing that. Thanks. Firewal2 (talk) 00:44, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Adding Spoken Web
Hi, This is not a personal web site or link that attract visitors to a web site Spoken-Web is a free Web portal, managing a wide range of online data-intensive content like news updates, weather, travel and business articles for computer users who are blind or visually impaired. I would be glad to receive your feedback. Please send me any comment or suggestion Thanks in advanced for your time Eyalshalom (talk) 12:37, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- I recommend taking up the subject on the Talk page of the relevant articles. You came up on my radar as you were (a) adding the same link to multiple articles (b) without any discussion or (c) history of editing those (or any other) articles. That typically indicates that someone is trying to promote a website or product. If that is not the case in this instance, please accept my apologies! --ElKevbo (talk) 13:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Quotes
Well, in that case, the MOS is wrong. Colons, semicolons, and periods are almost never supposed to go outside quotes, and never in the circumstances I've corrected.
"Verifiability, not truth." Yipee. Tromboneguy0186 (talk) 04:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
- I don't see how you can state that any publication's chosen style is "wrong." You may not *like* the chosen style (I don't care for this specific "rule," either) but that's a subjective judgement. The MOS ensures we're consistent and that's the important thing. If it really bothers you, you might want to take it up on the Talk page of the MOS. --ElKevbo (talk) 05:02, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
- It is wrong (it's as wrong as using "alright" in place of "all right," which to my shock some otherwise intelligent people also dispute), but I can't change it. Nor do I really care to. Thanks for the message, I guess. I'll stop trying to help now. Tromboneguy0186 (talk) 05:06, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
- Not that it really matters, but you're right that 'wrong' is the, well, wrong word for it. What it is is substandard. And substandard usage frequently becomes standard, much to the chagrin of people like me who were taught and appreciate established norms. Anyway, cease and desist message received, loud and clear. Tromboneguy0186 (talk) 08:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Departments
are there any academic departments at universities that you have in mind to add to WP? email is ok, or here. DGG (talk) 19:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
- Pardon? I'm afraid I don't quite understand what it is you're asking... --ElKevbo (talk) 19:34, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Social network stuff
FYI, there's a relatively new site on Social network analysis software where you might direct folks sometimes. I don't really Watch it, altho it is on my watchlist. Cheers. Bellagio99 (talk) 01:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] American Intercontinental University
Excellent job navigating the treacherous shoals! Mysteryquest (talk) 01:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Barnstar
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| For your excellent work in mediating an anon rebellion against the text in American Intercontinental University and managing to strike an equilibrium which has apparently held sway, I award you this barnstar. Keep up the good work!Mysteryquest (talk) 02:00, 3 May 2008 (UTC) |
[edit] Distance Learning Edit
Hi. I had made some changes to the Distance Education but you removed them as commercial spam. The content that I added is very similar to the paragraph describing 'Second Life' in the same article - and that wasn't added by me. The content talked about WebEx, for which a proper article exists already in Wikipedia and it's use in education similar to Second Life. I added references to major US universities, and companies that are using this technology for educational purpose. The reference specifically cited them using it, so it wasn't just random. I'm curious why this is considered 'commerical spam'. H20rose (talk) 18:19, 7 May 2008 (UTC)H20rose
- The main thing that really tipped me off was that the only substantive reference provided was a reference to the company's website. If you can find an independent reference or two supporting the assertions then I would be okay with its inclusion. Of course, I'm not the only editor here so maybe others feel differently. It's definitely worth bringing up on the article's Talk page as I may be in the minority whereas other editors may be ok with the text as originally written. --ElKevbo (talk) 19:14, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, that's like saying that I can't quote Microsoft's website to show their strategic customer relationships? Webex has US revenues of $380 Million, 3500+ employees, and is OWNED by Cisco Systems. I would think that the reference should be considered legitimate especially since all of the text WAS going to educational universities or companies using their technology specifically for distance learning. Regardless, would a reference like the one I left and this and this and this and this be considered appropriate? H20rose (talk) 23:00, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] George Wythe College
Could you let me know what else could be added to the George Wythe College entry? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.39.136.74 (talk) 16:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
- I would recommend taking a look at this, particularly the example articles listed at the bottom. Those should give you plenty of ideas and inspiration! --ElKevbo (talk) 16:35, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Duke University FAR
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