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[edit] United States Ambassador to Pakistan

Just a quick question, are all the ambassadors listed in the article meets WP:BIO to have their own articles? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 20:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] lifeguard picture

Hello, I noticed that on the search page for the word "lifeguard" an Ocean City, MD Beach Patrol employee shows up on the right hand side of the page. Who is in the picture and how did you take it? I worked for the OCBP and was excited and suprised to see the photo.

Chad Whitehead 612 E. Chestnut St. Lancaster, PA 17602-3124

302-588-4468 cell # cdog8889@hotmail.com -email address

68.36.70.143 (talk) 14:26, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:Melvin_Steinberg.jpg

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Bob mcdonnell.jpg)

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[edit] Vandal?

Can you look at Holtth (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)? This is the same user that vandalized your page. Notice that all this editor does is create user pages for accounts which do not exist. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 01:08, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Won't you delete the pages? Think there are one or two accounts which do indeed exist. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 04:00, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
It's fine. BTW, have looked at the history page of User:Holtth? There's something strange about it. Are these socks editing the page? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 18:39, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I have watchlisted said user page. Can you do the same or is yours too full ATM? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:08, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Do you think deleting User:Holtth would be a good idea? Seems to serve as a sandbox for vandals and/or socks. What do you think? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 05:28, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Bob McDonnell page.

Tom,

The grad student from William and Mary, apparently doesn't like sourced, factual information that is not favorable to the political aspirations of the subject of the page. He keeps removing my additions to the page, and has apparently requested that you protect the page.

The idea behind WikiPedia, I thought, was to provide information — not just favorable information — about various subjects.

Please consider removing the protection, or in the alternative, consider placing a disclaimer on the page stating that the information on the page is biased toward the subject.


Dave Briggman (talk) 12:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for protecting the Bob McDonnell page, but there is information posted by Briggman that is unsourced and unfactual. He insists on re-inserting the last paragraph in the entry which is simply untrue. I ask that you consider removing this paragraph from the entry and maintaining the protection.
Rdelgado43 (talk) 19:35, 25 April 2008 (UTC) rdelgado
Tom, the cites I have used are a U.S. District Court case (from their site), and Virginia Supreme Court case (from their website and the website of the Virginia General Assembly.
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled the McDonnell's transportation legislation was unconstitutional. Just because the McDonnell supporter doesn't like the information doesn't make it any less true. Calling someone's legislation unconstitutional is not defamatory in the least. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Briggman (talk • contribs) 20:58, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
There is no such thing as "McDonnell's transportation legislation." He is not a member of the legislature and cannot sponsor or introduce legislation. He was involved in the litigation as a result of his statutory role as the Attorney General who defends the laws passed by the Virginia General Assembly.

Rdelgado43 (talk) 01:12, 29 April 2008 (UTC)Rdelgado43

[edit] Mark Twain photo on TV

I was shocked a couple of days ago when I saw your cropping of Mathew Brady's Mark Twain photo appear on TV. See WLVT Tempo. It's about 45 minutes through the hour long program, so maybe it's not worth it... I've compared the cropping quite closely - same height, slightly narrower (maybe from the borders). Not that this is a big deal - it's from a fairly small PBS station - but I'd never run into TV borrowing from Wikipedia before.

FWIW, we seemed to have a bit of disagreement on selecting the right Twain photo. I'll take this as a sign that we got a good one. Thanks. Smallbones (talk) 14:35, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Vandal?

Left a reply here. The user's page is still being vandalised by possible socks. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 03:34, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia meetup

As someone who may live or work near Washington D.C., you may be interested - if you've not heard already - about the meetup scheduled for Saturday, May 17th, at Union Station. For details, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4.

You are receiving this automated message because your userpage appears in Category:Wikipedians in Maryland. Melon‑Bot (STOP!) 19:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hon. Lubbie Harper, Jr.

Hey Tom:

I don't understand why Judge Harper was deleted. Over the next few weeks, I'll be working on biographies for all Supreme and Appealette court judges in Connecticut.

Lets talk.

Ctpolico —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ctpolico (talk • contribs) 02:28, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph C. Howard, Sr.

Hey Tom: Would you take a look at Joseph C. Howard, Sr. and consider upgrading it to a B-class article? It was just featured on DYK today. Should it remain start class? Marylandstater (talk) 00:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I called the District Court and they have a book of his decisions that they will lend me. I also think there is a book out there about him that might have the same info stated a bit more concisely. As for the native american thing: because he had the proverbial ounce of black blood, he was considered black by his peers. I think it was left over from the Jim Crow days. Therefore, I am not certain how to deal with the native american part. Marylandstater (talk) 16:48, 7 June 2008 (UTC)