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[edit] The WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue V (January 2008)

The January 2008 issue of the WikiProject Universities newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you for your continued support of WikiProject Universities! —Noetic Sage 22:00, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bob Knight

Thanks, I appreciate it! I'm always glad to help! BlueAg09 (Talk) 15:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

I appreciate the pat on the back (Barnstar) for my Gnomish/OCD ways. I'll still be tinkering around the Texas project so I am sure you'll see me popping up on your watchlist from time to time! Thanks again! Jacksinterweb (talk) 22:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the DAB elimination

I needed a laugh. — BQZip01 — talk 17:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Glenrio

Thanks for the note. My objection is not that there can be multiple communities with the same name in different states, but that the same community cannot be in two states. Your example of Kansas City is good: there must be different articles because it's in different states; and the only way that KC is in both states is the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, and I doubt we need to be talking about a Glenrio metro :-) If it's in both states, we could have two articles (Google Maps labels the two sides separately). It's just that, due to the way states work, a community (even if unincorporated) in one state is rather different from another by being bound by a totally different set of laws, and really shouldn't be considered as being in multiple states. Nyttend (talk) 23:17, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually, the article was moved. No clue how long "Glenrio" has existed as a redirect or separate article. Nyttend (talk) 21:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thanks so much

That is SO nice of you! A little gesture like that makes all the hard work worthwhile.--Gilabrand (talk) 17:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sally Kipyego

I just received your message from November 2007 - have not logged in in a while. I see the changes you made on Sally's page, and they look great! Yes, you are correct that the year refers to the calendar year of her accomplishments, and I think the new title was put in a good place. Great work! Runshan —Preceding comment was added at 02:16, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Red Raider Band (Barnstable)

So I have a problem. The high school band is being tagged as a university band but it obviously isn't. Do you think you coud whip up a high school band template. I would but previous templates have ended in utter disaster. Thanks in advance for any and all help/advice. Kevin Rutherford 03:26, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Obama image

Yes, it could be just cropping, and I'm cool with that. I'd much prefer to assume good faith on this, but thought it was important to share my concerns. All of this lively attention to a photo that was uploaded in 2006 comes at a curious time given concurrent references in the talk-hate media to Obama's "fiery oratory". So given that context, maybe you can understand better why I'm looking at it so cautiously. Thanks for all your work to make Wikipedia better. --HailFire (talk) 20:07, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fight song lyrics

I have a question regarding the inclusion of lyrics in the articles for fight songs. Can they be there or not? In the past, you've removed them from some articles, summarizing "remove lyrics which, if copyrighted, shouldn't be on any Wikimedia site, and if not, should be on Wikisource". Nevertheless, there is absolutely no consistency on Wikipedia in this regard. Some articles include the lyrics (public domain and otherwise) while others do not. →Wordbuilder (talk) 18:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

In my opinion they should not be, and that seems to be the consensus. Stifle (talk) 20:17, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thanks for your help! Laboviorodruin (talk) 17:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] images

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Harry Barrow (talk) 22:41, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Obama image

Rather than just undoing revisions without an edit summary in a content dispute it would be much more productive to discuss the matter on the article's talk page.--STX 22:42, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removing my post

So you just remove my entire posting because of the image? (Which can be commented out) --STX 01:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trolling

You have crossed the line with your trolling comment on Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Harry Barrow (talk) 01:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

(Harry Barrow confused my comment about "polling" with an accusation of "trolling" (see here). →Wordbuilder (talk) 02:45, 28 February 2008 (UTC))

[edit] What about sourcing that the video was said to help campaign

(and so on and so forth)? --Justmeherenow (talk) 01:10, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Image:TTUvBU.png at IFD

I deleted the image. In the future, please use {{db-author}}. Thank you. MECU≈talk 15:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Warning

Listen, Barack:

This is your last warning.
The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Harry Barrow (talk) 21:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Barack? Vandal? Honored and then insulted... →Wordbuilder (talk) 21:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue VI (February 2008)

The February 2008 issue of the WikiProject Universities newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you for your continued support of WikiProject Universities! —Delivered on 19:22, 5 March 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)

[edit] Report of abusive username

You may notice that the Superdelegate article has been edited, vandalistically, by a couple of new users, Wordbuider and JamesMLanet. I've reported these abusive usernames at Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention. JamesMLane t c 21:18, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Addendum: Wow, that bunch is fast. They've already blocked both users and removed the listing. Here's what I posted, now of historical interest only. JamesMLane t c 21:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm the admin who soft-blocked those two usernames ... I'm filing a checkuser as well, since they all edited within 10 minutes of each other--enough time to edit, sign out, sign back in as someone else and edit again. Blueboy96 21:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, well, well ... what do we have here? Both blocked. Blueboy96 21:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Confirmed. Blueboy96 13:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] good compromise

i like your style. (no need to answer this- but why do we have such a narrow view of CW on the page? I know its easier than edit warring mostly- but I really feel like some editors use the cite process and tags to intentionally make the page stylistically ugly, and asthetically ugly.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.0.180.2 (talk) 21:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

and seriously I have three cats and am GREAT at washing them in the tub- the key is the hand-shower lol. 72.0.180.2 (talk) 21:44, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
I would be happy to try and streamline the cites or something but I doubt that would go well. The page seems pretty static lately so now might be a good time to try and get people, on both sides, to commit to a framework like we have now. at the same time I like that it is a fluid page and has lots of edits, sometimes. I just wish people used talk before they delete- I don;t mind crazy additions because you can usually work around those. but deleting just seems so cold-war to me. 72.0.180.2 (talk) 22:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Ebritton.jpg

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Ebritton.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 11:56, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not a problem

yah well your rv's at least were usually justified. I am always pushing the boundaries of what you can add without a cite (on general principle) but really, its nuclear warfare on that page and I just concentrate on keeping everything in the king's english. No worries about your prior rv-s, they were months ago anyways, and believe me lots of good editors rv me ALL THE TIME. I have kind of a confrontational style (as you may have noticed lol) and I do it intentionally, so usually I get what is coming to me.

anyways its a BS checkuser- I'm sure you're not very worried about it. Something needs to be be done about andy, but I wondering how much longer we need wait before he does it himself. regardless at this point I spend about half my WP time reading policy pages and the conflict resolution process pages, so believe me I will be ready when he really screws up. I just get so depressed at how ugly he makes everything... 72.0.180.2 (talk) 20:39, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I just spotted this too. The dude needs his head examined or something. I've been restricting myself just to the Obama bio because dealing with Andyvphil all the time is too stressful. -- Scjessey (talk) 21:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ruffin McNeill article

Hey, I was wondering if you were planning on creating a Ruffin McNeill article soon? If not, I was thinking about gathering some info and finally creating one. I've created a grand total of one article, so if I get one started I might need some help with all things wiki I can potentially miss; I can't make it perfect ya know? Almosthonest06 (talk) 00:13, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

It's alive! Let me know what you think and feel free to make any corrections/additions as needed. Thanks! Almosthonest06 (talk) 17:28, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photo requests

Are all photo requests limited to states or counties? The reason I ask is, while Sally Kipyego is a student at Texas Tech University, she competes at running events throughout the nation. So, photo opportunites aren't limited to Lubbock County or to Texas. →Wordbuilder (talk) 18:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

You can add a photo location request for each location a Wikipedia photographer likely would find Sally Kipyego. As a student at Texas Tech University, a Wikipedia photographer in Lubbock County likely would find Sally Kipyego to snap her photo. Template:Reqphoto has other parameters, such as "|of=" where you can specify a particular type of photo (e.g., "|of=Kipyego at the beginning of a race." I added some more to the Sally Kipyego talk page. GregManninLB (talk) 18:42, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips. I appreciate your help. Keep up the great work. →Wordbuilder (talk) 19:36, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] photos

Feel free to copy any of my photos anywhere. I have no interest in them beyond their use on wiki, and I don't care if other people use them. I would recommend trying to find the best 'crop' of each shot though. Several of them that I've uploaded multiple times are actually the same photograph that's just cut differently. I definitely do want to keep all the good images we have up here somewhere so they're here if we need to use them for something else.--Elred (talk) 05:01, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue VII (March 2008)

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[edit] WikiProject College football April 2008 Newsletter

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[edit] Big 12

(Barnstar moved to main page.)

[edit] Fire

I left the fact tag for the 'thousands of years' phrase, nowhere is it referrenced- it could be far fewer years, it could be more. Cheers, Jonomacdrones (talk) 09:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

That makes sense. If I pull out the time frame portion of the claim, would you object to the removal of the fact tag? →Wordbuilder (talk) 13:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Of course not, go for it Cheers, Jonomacdrones (talk) 21:37, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! Done. →Wordbuilder (talk) 21:54, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] we missed you

well some of us did... I think NPR missed you too, for an interview. Oh well, if you were looking for relaxation, you looked in the wrong place lol. 72.0.180.2 (talk) 19:30, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I was still here on Wikipedia. I just needed a breather from Andy and his ilk, lest I reach through the Internet and strangle someone. I'm back though and resuming the good fight. I tried to revert Andy earlier today but someone beat me to it. I can't complain when one of the good guys is quick on the draw, though. I read the NPR interview who did they talk to? →Wordbuilder (talk) 19:37, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
They talked to me, among others. I refused to be interviewed on the radio, but I responded to written questions. -- Scjessey (talk) 19:40, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Tvoz as well, who I had not met much in my short time here. Also Jonathan S. (is that wasted time r?). IMHO the wiki woman article is still the best one. 72.0.180.2 (talk) 20:16, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Sucks that I missed it. I would have probably agreed to talk on the radio, then dreaded it, then thought it wans't so bad, then been glad that I took part. →Wordbuilder (talk) 20:37, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] images in the commons

Heya mate, I noticed a couple images that were moved into the commons that are credited to me and aren't mine. The one of the main library (629056811 0147edf6ee.jpg) and the night time masked rider statue (Masked Rider Statue 2.jpg) don't belong to me. Those were some of the shots taken by a professional photog who gave me permission, but became reluctant after we realized the extent to which he'd have to release the rights to the images. It would probably be best to completely remove those two from wiki. I'd do it but I'm not sure how to. Thanks. --Elred (talk) 02:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Colorado Buffaloes

Sorry, I didn't look that closely. It looked to me like you had tried to repair the vandalism (which I agree on removing) but had mistakenly removed additional items or just deleted full text and we had lost some useful items. I'm fine if you want to remove that stuff again. I doubt it will ever get sourced (at least anytime soon). Sorry for my error, but thanks for talking about it and letting me know. MECU≈talk 22:41, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adding Log to Info Box

Thanks for your comment, I didn't think anyone had noticed my little page here.

I was wondering if you could help me add our logo to the info box. I'd added it initially, but it was removed for some reason. Being VERY new to Wiki editing, I really don't know what I'm doing yet. The logo itself is the same one which we've had since 1977 except for a brief period from the late 90's to ~2006 or so. The key designer was and is our advisor, Bobby Green. On his suggestion, I'll be working to register it as a trademark once we get a few minor details corrected with our graphic designer. To clarify, Bobby created it, and somewhere in the last 30 years the digitized version was lost. A fried of mine has recreated it digitally to aid in publications. I digress, I would like to add it to our Info Box, and update the same with our incoming president. Can you help me? Thank you very much.

[edit] SET Logo

Where should I upload it? If it needs to be somewhere on Wiki, I'm not sure how to do that since I can't find how to edit the info box. If you just mean upload online, here's a link.

Also, when I or other officers go to update the info box, where is the link to do so? I tried to go through the help links within Wikipedia, but honestly, there seems to be so much jargon that I had a really hard time wading through everything. Thank you very much for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dolamite02 (talk • contribs) 19:36, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


Sweet! Thank you very much. You don't know how helpful you've been. I didn't know Wikipedia had the means for users to interact like this. You've dramatically brought down the intimidation factor for the forum. Cheers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dolamite02 (talk • contribs) 19:56, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar eaten by a bear award

(Barnstar eaten by a bear moved to main page.)


[edit] KURE article

Wordbuilder,

If you have time could you review and/or edit the article for KURE? I am seeking out user reviews as this article is my responsibility for an English project. Thanks.

Clintpickard (talk) 02:31, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bart Thomas

I'm just curious...what would you suggest other than "apparently" in this article? There is an article that indicates he was charged, but there isn't really any good source for the outcome. Erechtheus (talk) 06:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I asked when I noticed your template because I remember struggling with what to say there. I'll take a look at what you've done. Erechtheus (talk) 21:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Quay County

It doesn't seem like it should be that hard to find a better reference, either - it's not a hard fact to believe. Perhaps I'll try to find something at a local library. I even have a Frommer's NM and there's nothing in there. Tan | 39 16:10, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll do you one better. I have the book Quay County and could not find it in there. Admittedly, it was a local effort and the editing and arrangement are a bit weak so that might explain it. Nyttend added a stronger source, which is great since he was the one who first added the Fact tag, which needed to be done. →Wordbuilder (talk) 16:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, glad I could catalyze the reference being located ;-) Tan | 39 17:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Indeed. Keep causing the good work to happen. {:o) →Wordbuilder (talk) 17:54, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject College football May 2008 Newsletter

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[edit] WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue VIII (April 2008)

The April 2008 issue of the WikiProject Universities newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you for your continued support of WikiProject Universities! —Delivered on 21:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)

[edit] so help me write an addition

three times I tried adding a detail to the Petra page about a cover by Hokus Pick, and three times you removed it. Short of emailing HP themselves and asking them to write the addition for me...you know I've seen stuff on wiki without references and the top of the page says "article may not cite sources", why are you so hard on this note? I'm hoping someone else can confirm it and provide that elusive proof you desperately need so that you can sleep soundly at night. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MRJM01 (talk • contribs) 13:46, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Texas Tech SET logo.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Texas Tech SET logo.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. BJBot (talk) 12:07, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Concern addressed. →Wordbuilder (talk) 13:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dashes

Oy. You're right. I had to look at it on a page because it shows up to me as regular old hyphen. Should I got back and change everything *facepalm* or just let it go for now? Thanks for the tip! Geologik (talk) 22:23, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

That'd be a fantastic idea, actually (Bot). I have no idea where to make a request like that though. Geologik (talk) 22:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I couldn't! It was a persistent nag that needed to be rectified. :P Geologik (talk) 19:23, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar! It made me smile :) Karanacs (talk) 17:17, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tjasker

I've added a ref, and replied on my Editor review. Mjroots (talk) 21:18, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you and asking advice

First off, thank you for cleaning up the Famous Maroon Band page I recently created. In fact, thank you for the several edits you've done to pages I've created in the last several weeks regarding marching bands and WikiProject Marching Band. One of my year-long Wiki Goals is that I'm trying to create a basic set of stub articles for every university or college marching band in the United States. Concerning that I have a question. Would it be wise to create every band in stub form, which would allow for all of them to be later expanded upon by users who know more about the bands than I? Or would it be better to devote my time and energy to the betterment of a few specific articles I know a lot about? Thanks for the help and advice! Fliry Vorru (talk) 19:45, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Each editor takes a different approach of course. My vote would be to go with a stub for each and then come back and devote time to expansion. I think it's better to have a little information about a subject than none at all. Plus, I've noticed that many are quick to lend their expertise to an existing article but slow to create an article where one doesn't exist. So, you're right; once the stub is there, others may go to work on expanding it.
No problem on lending a hand. I'm hoping that the Marching Band WikiProject will become more active. Maybe it will pick up over the summer. You've set a high goal. I'll continue to help out where I can. →Wordbuilder (talk) 19:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject College football June 2008 Newsletter

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