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[edit] QB Test

See also: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football and List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Starting Quarterbacks

Reggie Ball, 2003-2006 quarterback for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. Photo by Jamie Howell

Taylor Bennett, 2005-2007 quarterback for the Yellow Jackets. Photo by Jamie Howell

Damarius Bilbo, wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys. Photo by Jamie Howell

[[Image:Eddiemcashan.jpg|thumb|100px|Eddie McAshan, quarterback for the Yellow Jackets 1970-1972; played in the WFL (1974-1975)]]

[edit] Featured article project

I would like to nominate Asian arowana for featured article status some time in the near future. I am writing to ask for your help in improving the article in any possible way in preparation for nomination. Thanks! --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · contribs} 16:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

I would be more than glad to help you but I am not very familiar with the Asian arowana species. I am much more knowledgable about the South American genus Osteoglossum. I would probably not be much help as far as providing any information beyond the divergence or comparison of the two related genuses. --Excaliburhorn

[edit] GT FOOTBALL TEST

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in collegiate level football. The Yellow Jackets are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Georgia Institute of Technology has fielded a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 649-436-43 (a .594 winning percentage). The Jackets play in Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia, which holds up to 55,000 fans. The Jackets have won four Division I-A college football national championships and 15 conference titles.

[edit] History

[edit] The Beginnings

• Leonard Wood
• Uga rivalry born

[edit] Heisman's Legend

• John Heisman
• 1917 Title
• 222-0
• Grant Field construction

[edit] Alexander Continues the Trend

• William Alexander
• 1928 Title
• The Plan

[edit] Dodd Wins Titles, Sets Records, Beats Mutts

• Bobby Dodd
• 1952 Title
• 8 IAR over dogs
• Stadium expands

[edit] Coaching in Dodd's Shadow

• Bud Carson
  • Eddie McAshan first African-American scholarship
  • Steel Curtain after leaving Tech
• Bill Fulcher
  • Eddie McAshan scandal
• Pepper Rodgers
• Bill Curry
  • Black Watch Defense

[edit] Old Gold Gets New Shine

• Bobby Ross
• 1990 Title

[edit] Scandals and Heisman Contention

• Bill Lewis
  • Davis-Luginbill Debacle
• George O'Leary
  • Joe Hamilton
  • 3 IAR Over dogs
  • Resume Scandal

[edit] Current Regime

• Chan Gailey
  • 11 Player Flunkgate
  • Reggie Ball
  • Calvin Johnson
  • Bowl Streak

[edit] Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field

[edit] Team Achievements

[edit] Title History

[edit] Bowl History

[edit] Individual Achievements

[edit] Heisman Finalists

[edit] All-Americans

[edit] Individual Award Winnners=

[edit] Authorities

Your edit to Roeboides was incorrect. Parentheses around an authority indicate that the species is placed in a different genus to that which the namer assigned it; the lack of parentheses indicates that the genus is unchanged. For example, we write Roeboides microlepis (Reinhardt, 1851) because Reinhardt originally placed the species in the genus Epicyrtus; whereas there should be no parentheses in Roeboides dispar Lucena, 2001. Gdr 17:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

My bad I was just throwing up the Characinae pages with too much haste and got a little carried away. Thanks for the correction. Excaliburhorn

[edit] Georgia Tech

I saw you created 2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team and thought you may be interested in creating either Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets or Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football. --MECU≈talk 17:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I love GT football and all but I think that a general GT Yellow Jackets article will suffice and I'll get to work on it sooner or later. ----Excaliburhorn 12:33, August 3, 2006

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[edit] Wikiproject Georgia Tech

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know that I've started WikiProject Georgia Tech, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Georgia Tech. 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! —Disavian (talk/contribs) 23:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

		The Running Man Barnstar
		The Running Man Barnstar: given in appreciation for substantial contributions to existing articles about Georgia Tech and college football

Great Job on the team page! CJC47 16:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kudos and Something To Do

Those are some nice images you've uploaded :) also, your changes to Rambling Wreck are wonderful! :) The only problem with that article is that there aren't any references. What I really wanted to mention is that since you've got the most experience with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets article, I'd like you to (eventually, no rush) (re)move most of the Athletics section in Georgia Institute of Technology as that section is just as long as the subpage. Examples of what I'm talking about can be found at Duke University#Athletics and Cornell University#Athletics (both are featured articles). Thanks! —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 06:10, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

After finals, I will knock out a bunch of that stuff. Right now projects/tests/papers/etc. are a pain in the butt. User:Excaliburhorn

Understandable. Thankfully, it's a co-op semester for me, so I don't have to worry about that stuff. Good luck on all that, though. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 07:29, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

The template on Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets is kind of odd. I've been trying to make a template with optional parameters in order to fix it, but when you omit a parameter, it inserts <p></p> into the html at that point, leaving a chunk of empty space. It's better than what we've got now, but I'd rather have something "perfect." See what I'm talking about in action at User:Disavian/Sandbox/Georgia Tech/Complex Transclusion Test2. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 17:28, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First GT Football Coach?

Leonard Wood says:

The source that article cites says:

Should he go on {{GTFootballCoach}} ? —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 05:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Refs needed for I-AA records

This is good stuff. I assume you were reading some document when you put this in. Please provide a reference so we can be complete. Thanks a bunch! --Jayron32 19:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Future Projects

On the "future projects" section of your userpage, I saw that you (eventually) plan to write articles for a lot of on-campus dorms/apartments. I just wanted to point out the article Eighth Street Apartments :) —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 04:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright problems with Image:Hamiltonaction.jpg

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[edit] Budweiser Song

Nice addition to Georgia Tech traditions. Do you think you could work on Here Comes the King and integrate that information into it? Also, do you have one or more references for that section? While I'm thinking about it, I'd also like to point out the following recently created articles: Javaris Crittenton, Mouhammad Faye, Thaddeus Young. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 22:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NCAATeamFootballSeason

I really love the template used on 2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, {{NCAATeamFootballSeason}}, so I requested a basketball equivalent. A user has started work on one and has asked about any changes that should be made. I feel like a basketball noob, so I'm directing his question your way. See User talk:Disavian#NCAATeamBasketball and Template talk:NCAATeamFootballSeason#Basketball. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 16:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A.J. Suggs

Hi there,

I just listed A.J. Suggs for Speedy deletion. I did so because he does not pass Wikipedia's policy on notability. I suggest you read the policy before taking further action towards article creation of quarterback's that did not play at the "highest level" like Suggs. Feel free to leave me a message at my user page.--Thomas.macmillan 05:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• It wasn't actually nominated for AfD, but it is now. Now you have your chance to defend a player that lacks notability.--Thomas.macmillan 18:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• I think you forget that Jordan Palmer is extremely likely to be drafted and play in the highest professional league, while A.J. Suggs couldn't even earn a long term starting job in college. Palmer was a 4 year starter with UTEP and, not to mention, is the 2nd outstanding Palmer (aka Carson). Simply put on Suggs AfD, I do not believe that every college football player deserves an article on Wikipedia.--Thomas.macmillan 22:33, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• It is not so much that I care more about the pro-game, I am just concerned that the way some people believe that any college starter on a major team deserves a wiki-bio. He played against those notable quarterbacks, but that in and of itself does not make him notable. He was an average player, I know (and I am sure you do as well), I watched him on TV. Do you really believe that playing against notable people gives you notability? BTW, I fought to include Greg Olsen from Miami, Jamaal Anderson from Arkansas and many other notable college players, so I hope you do not think I am against college football. Any player that has a chance or has reached the highest level of the sport should have an article, its just that being a back-up quarterback to another average quarterback (Reggie Ball) really should not pass notability rules.--Thomas.macmillan 23:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Relevant to your interests

See Wikipedia:Peer review/Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate/archive1. Someone came along and left some comments, let's see if we can work on some of that :) —Disavian (^talk/_contribs)

Bah, why did there already have to be an article for Danny Hall? —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 08:01, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Someone made Tashard Choice recently. It's not a very good article at the moment, but it's a start. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 01:36, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

After all your work, it looks eligible for a DYK. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 04:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I did make Shawn Jones, but it's a substub. I've just been going through List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni and filling in football players without articles from the biographical data on DatabaseFootball. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 06:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I think we need to think about making a template for that infobox we've been using on articles like Shawn Jones, using some ideas from the {{Infobox NFL player}}. Any particular features you would like? —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 06:42, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

The thing is Shawn Jones only saw action in one professional game so I just used this college template I found on some other guy's wikibio. His collegiate achievements are more important than his sole professional appearance. I've gotta get some sleep. I'll get some 'Nique sources tomorrow with more info. me 02:54, 12-Apr-2007 (UTC)

I agree that the college infobox is appropriate there. I was just saying that we should make a template that encapsulates it into something like {{Infobox Georgia Tech player}}. Friday's Nique includes a report on football spring practice, btw. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 06:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like a great idea. me 03:01, 12-Apr-2007

New articles you may care to know about: 2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, 2005 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball, 2007-08 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team, Kenneth G. Matheson. Significant updates: Buzz (mascot), Ramblin' Wreck From Georgia Tech, Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center, Georgia Institute of Technology#Alumni, Bobby Dodd Stadium, History of Georgia Tech. I've been busy :) —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 01:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ramblins Discrepancies

I recently found some discrepancies between the Ramblins articles by Pat Edwards and other websites so I double checked with some GT Historians. One, in particular, was pretty familiar with Edwards and said that some of his information was poorly researched and that dates and other facts may be incorrect in his articles.

Alumni Association Homecoming - This site says homecoming started in 1920.

Ramblins: Anak -This Pat Edwards article says:

'Georgia Tech's first homecoming celebration was organized and sponsored by ANAK in 1916. It was at this time that Tech's proud tradition of combining the alumni reunions with Homecoming was established. This tradition, once unusual among colleges, continues to this day.'

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Excaliburhorn (talk • contribs) 16:05, 21 May 2007

Fascinating. I don't really trust anything that mentions ANAK anyway. At least Edwards wrote something, though; his articles cover a pretty broad range of topics related to Tech, so they've been reasonably useful. I don't know any GT Historians... mind hooking me up and/or having them look at History of Georgia Tech? It's the next article I want to nominate for FA status. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 20:13, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Also, is there a good source for historical GT sports records? In particular, I'd like to find specific scores/opponents (similar to the information on 2006-07 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team) from the early days of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball so that I can fill in that History section a little better. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 20:38, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] martlets

In martlet, I changed the caption "The family crest of Bird" to "Coat of arms of a family named Bird"; though the image is not on a shield, the rectangle suggests a flag and these two forms are normally interchangeable. Is it in fact a crest, i.e. a symbol worn atop a helmet rather than on a shield? —Tamfang 19:29, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Georgia

FYI, for the Georgia Tech-related articles you have been creating, you should note that Georgia is not an article about a state of the U.S. For that subject, you should link to Georgia (U.S. state). Thanks. --Russ (talk) 12:15, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I made a template, started copy and pasting, and never looked back. Thanks for the help. --Excaliburhorn 17:02, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania bid

A few dedicated individuals, myself included, are putting together a bid to host Wikimania on Georgia Tech's campus. This is an incredible opportunity, so any assistance that any of you would be able to provide will be greatly appreciated. Please read m:Wikimania 2008/Official requirements for bidding cities and contribute to the ongoing bid, located at m:Wikimania 2008/Bids/Atlanta. The deadline for bids is August 30, 2007, so we need to contact and plan quickly. Thank you for your help. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 21:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

I notice you didn't respond as far as volunteering to help a bid goes. Would you be interested in volunteering your services to help bring a Wikimania here, or to set up later down the road, or do stuff online? The possibilities for volunteering are really endless at this point. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 21:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Eddiemcashan.jpg

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[edit] AfD nomination of Georgia Tech Freshman Experience

I have nominated Georgia Tech Freshman Experience, 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/Georgia Tech Freshman Experience. 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. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 08:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me. I will do my best to preserve the article and the integrity of the wikipedia.--Excaliburhorn (talk) 02:44, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Potential Featured Topic

Just wanted to let you know of a potential featured topic that is (kinda) related to Georgia Tech football. I've been working on articles about the ACC Championship game, and I've created yearly articles for each: 2005 ACC Championship Game, 2006 ACC Championship Game, 2007 ACC Championship Game, and 2008 ACC Championship Game. The 2007 article is already featured, and the 2005 article is undergoing a GA review right now.

If you're able to help out, all that needs to be done is to bring the 2006 article and the ACC Championship Game article to good/featured status. Since you seem to be one of the leaders of the Georgia Tech contingent around here, I figured I'd ask you for help, since the 2006 article needs the most help, and I don't think I could do it justice. I'll be polishing off the 2005 article within the next week or so, and then concentrating on the keystone article.

I'm just asking for a little help with the 2006 article, if possible. I've got the format figured out, but it needs someone to fill in the blanks. Once that's done and the article's at good status, we'll have the first featured topic associated with American football on Wikipedia. Do you think you could lend a hand? JKBrooks85 (talk) 00:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow, what a depressingly sad game to reflect on. I'll look into. Job is making it tough to contribute as much as normal but will work on it. I'm sure there are some interesting facts and stats hidden in all of the sullen post-game commentary from Tech/Atlanta media.--Excaliburhorn (talk) 01:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Housing

I added a section stub for "Housing" in the main GT article: Georgia Institute of Technology#Housing. Would you know off the top of your head something to write in there or any sources that would be most useful for a general overview of housing? I was thinking that could be a leaping point for a new Georgia Institute of Technology Housing article, in the same way that Georgia Institute of Technology#History led to the creation of History of Georgia Tech. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 17:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)